.jpg "Credit - Sally Collison/RORC") Brian Thompson and the Artemis Ocean Racing Team today officially launched ‘Artemis’ the state of the art Open 60 racing yacht at the Ocean Terminal in Leith, Scotland, the home of ‘Artemis Ocean Racing’. Artemis, one of the UK’s leading investment companies announced their innovative sponsorship of Brian Thompson in July, and welcomes Brian and his team to Scotland for the first time. |
.jpg "Photo by: Carlo Borlenghi/ Rolex") If history is anything to go by, then an American team should stand the best chance of winning the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island. The past three World titles have gone to teams from the host nation, so the question is whether this run of home form will continue into 2006. The fleet - currently 38 strong - will get an indicator with this week's Pre-Worlds (September 1-2), a tune-up for the world championship scheduled the following week, September 6-9. |
.jpg "Photo by: Carlo Borlenghi/ Rolex") In less than two weeks, Newport will become the stage for a battle that has been brewing around the world for the past nine years. Never before, have 40 Farr 40s assembled to contest the class's world title. That may all change September 6-9 when the 2006 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship takes place. Currently, Stagg Yachts, the class's management arm, is anticipating that 40 teams will take to the starting line - already the entry list stands at 37 with a handful of programs not yet committed. |
.jpg "Photo credit: Daniel Forster / Rolex") The Bay of Lübeck in northern Germany provided mixed and challenging conditions for competitors in the IMS Offshore World Championship and the Star Class European Championship at Rolex Baltic Week held from the 6th to 13th August out of the Ancora Marina, Neustadt. Despite the wind all but disappearing towards the end of the week clear winners emerged in both championships to claim these prestigious titles. |
.jpg "Image") ‘Artemis Ocean Racing’ took line honours last night in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, claiming the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) record for the fastest lap time in the history of the race. The Open 60, sponsored by leading UK investment company, Artemis, crossed the finish line off Cowes, Isle of Wight, at 10:29pm, completing the 1,800 mile course in a record seven days, four hours, 29 minutes and 40 seconds. |
.jpg "Photo credit: Daniel Forster/Rolex") Once again the weather failed to co-operate allowing no racing to be held on the final day of Rolex Baltic Week. While the two divisions competing in the IMS Offshore World Championship twice ventured out on to the water the wind never sustained and twice the boats were spent back to the marina at Neustadt. Fortunately the new IMS Offshore World Champion for Division 1 was already decided yesterday. Holding a lead of more than 30 points in the 26 strong fleet, even if two races were held today the title would still have gone to Russian Sergey Shevtsov and his team from Taganrog, on the Azov Sea and their Grand Soleil 42R Yugtranzit, who have sailed a superb regatta. |
.jpg "Photo credit: Daniel Forster / Rolex") Sergey Shevtsov's Russian team on Yugtranzit is new IMS Offshore World Champion in division 1. With two races to spare they hold a lead of more than 30 points over second placed Al Cap One(Peer Moberg, Norway) and cannot be beaten on the final day. The Star European Championships once again had no race on Friday because there was not enough wind on the Bay of Lübeck for the penultimate day of Rolex Baltic Week in Neustadt, Germany. |
.jpg "Photo credit: Daniel Forster / Rolex") Just when conditions on the Bay of Lubeck seemed like they could get no more challenging for Rolex Baltic Week, so today large clouds passing overhead were responsible for reaping havoc on the race course. |
.jpg "Photo credit: Daniel Forster / Rolex") Mark Mendelblatt and Mark Strube's amazing run of consecutive race wins came to an end today at Rolex Baltic Week's Star European championship with New Zealand's Hamish Pepper/Carl Williams and US Americans Andrew Horton/Brad Nichol respectively scoring bullets in races four and five of this championship. |
.jpg "Photo credit: Daniel Forster / Rolex") In an unprecedented performance at a major Star championship American duo Mark Mendelblatt and Mark Strube added two more first place results to yesterday's win, giving them a perfect record so far at the Star Europeans, part of Rolex Baltic Week, now in its third year. |
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