HALBTROCKEN 4.5 wins Alexela ORC World Championships in Estonia
Today was the best sailing day yet in the Alexela ORC World Championship 2021, with the fleet sailing two final windward/leeward courses where HALBTROCKEN 4.5 secured first place in both races, ensuring they were crowned the overall 2021 ORC World Champions. The final day of racing was where the 2021 ORC World Champions were decided …
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J70 Worlds, Jud Smith on Doyle Structured Luff jibs
J70 Worlds Jud Smith on Doyle Structured Luff jibs | The J70 World Championships are set for action, with racing starting on Wednesday local time in California. The world championship are hosted this year by the California Yacht Club and will be sailed on the waters of Santa Monica Bay. 62 crews will be out …
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Halbtrocken 4.5 win first race of the Alexela ORC World Championships in Estonia
Halbtroken 4.5 win first race of the Alexela ORC World Championships in Estonia. The first race has seen crews battling a range of conditions for 24 hours during their first 200 mile offshore race. Conditions were varied with portions of the race reaching in twenty knots to sailing upwind in tricky, light airs. Halbtrocken 4.5, …
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Successful season for Paul Zabetakis’ Swan 42 Impetuous
Dr. Paul Zabetakis, Vice Commodore of the New York Yacht Club and owner of Swan 42 Impetuous has had one of the most successful seasons sailing in his 15 years of racing the class. Doyle Sails Newport expert and sailor Alex Clegg, has been sailing with the team for a number of years and has …
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Stu Bannatyne, onboard Warrior Won for the Transpac 2021
Warrior Won has worked hard on developing their sail program with offshore sailing legend Stu Bannatyne, from Doyle Sails New Zealand working with Chris and his team to deliver the ultimate sail package and boost in performance. Stu talks through his involvement with the Warrior Won programme sharing how he transfers his wealth of knowledge …
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Doyle powered J70’s take all three podium spots at Pre Worlds
Forty-four teams tuned up at the Pre-World Championship over the weekend with breeze in the high teens on day one and slightly softer conditions on day two. Bruce Golison won with his crew of Steve Hunt, Erik Shampain and Jeff Reynolds on board “Midlife Crisis” representing the San Diego Yacht Club. The crew managed to …
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Tammo Baldszun – Countryside upbringing didn’t stop his ocean based career.
“He drew sails before he could write” is what Tammo Baldszun’s mother loves to tell when asked about her sons’ unique choice of work. In any case, growing up in the southern German countryside far away from any ocean, none could expect that Tammo would become a Master Sailmaker, building sails for Volvo Ocean Races, …
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Doyle powered yachts all secure podium spots in 51st Transpac Race
The 51st edition of the Transpac race provided champagne sailing conditions to the majority of the fleet with a near-perfect breeze for the 2225 nautical mile downwind ride from Los Angeles to Honolulu. With the first yacht crossing the Diamond Head finish line in the early hours of the 23rd July, the primary wave of …
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Transpac 2021: Halfway to Hawaii
With 1000nm completed and the same distance to go again sounds like most of the 40 crews racing to Oahu are happy on board their yachts, only major complaint seems to be the noticeable lack of sunshine. A steady 15-20 knots has seen the fleet stay in reaching conditions for the first three days, with …
Stark Raving Mad IX, podium finishes powered by Doyle
Jim Madden, a sailing and downhill skiing enthusiast from New York, USA, has been racing his “Stark Raving Mad” series of yachts worldwide since 2000. Jim began sailing at an early age, seeing him progress through Blue Jays, Lasers, a C&C 30 and a Ranger 33, all on Oyster Bay, New York. From there, Jim’s …
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The ultimate partnership in Superyacht sails
The philosophy and delivery of the 46m sailing yacht Elfje’s new sail package was always going to ask a lot of the sailmakers and furling manufacturers, with high level loads and a large sail area. When designing Elfje’s new sail wardrobe to incorporate the Doyle Sails Structured Luff and Cableless technology, carefully engineered sails changed …
Doyle Sails Ireland going from strength to strength
Doyle Sails Ireland is no stranger to legendary sailors joining their team and 2021 shows no sign of slowing down with Nicholas ‘ Nin’ O’Leary continuing to strengthen the brand on Irish waters. People are at the core of what makes Doyle Sails tick, and while Doyle Sails has had a well-recognised presence in the …
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Perfecting the Performance Cruiser with HH Catamarans
HH Catamarans was formed in early 2012 and set out to develop something extraordinary. From there, HH has come to represent a commitment to the quality and success of every boat built. “This is a new generation of luxury high performance cruising cats – the goal is to take multihull yachting to the next level”.” …
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Making the SailGP ‘Circus’ run on time
RNZYS Breeze Magazine By Ivor Wilkins (republished with permission) If you are a person who struggles to pack a weekend sailing bag and then still leaves the dock with half the essentials missing, spare a thought for Brad Marsh who has responsibility for the daunting challenge of moving the entire SailGP event from venue to …
Australia SailGP Team celebrate first Season 2 win in Plymouth
The Australia SailGP Team on Sunday celebrated its first event win of SailGP Season 2, being crowned champion of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix on Plymouth Sound, as a sun-drenched crowd was also treated to a race win for the home British team. The Aussies, skippered by Tom Slingsby, beat France and the United …
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Botin 52 CARO launches in Auckland
Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf is one of the most spectacular training grounds for high performance race yachts, and this week was no different with a break in Auckland’s wild winter weather providing the perfect sea trial conditions for recently launched CARO, a Botin 52 built by Core Builders Composites in New Zealand. The yacht is will …
Doyle Sails partners with Voyages of Agape
Doyle Sails is pleased to announce their partnership with Rachel and Joshua from Voyages of Agape. Voyages of Agape was dreamt up by two love birds addicted to travel and enamored by the sea. After sailing away from their homeport of Ventura, California back in 2016, Rachel professional model and creative, and Joshua a writer, …
Doyle powered yachts secure majority of nominations at the 2021 World Superyacht Awards.
The 16th annual edition of the BOAT International World Superyacht Awards will take place in Monaco on Sunday 5th September 2021 at the Monte Carlo Sporting. The World Superyacht Awards recognise the ingenuity and craftsmanship of the most remarkable luxury yachts from across the world. The globally acclaimed event, known for its credibility, prestige and glamour, is …
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Coach, US Sailing Director, Pro Sailor and all round sailing expert – this is Tony Rey.
Tony Rey grew up in Larchmont, New York racing dinghies from the young age of 8 years old as he grew older, his passion for sailing grew with him and he began crewing on keelboats in the area. Tony continued to sail right through his high school and college years, making the Collegiate All American …
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Khaleesi – Moving on up!
Khaleesi owners Sandy Farquharson and Rob Aldis secured their third win in four races in the Sydney Harbour Winter Series, just what was required to take second place overall for the series. This comes after a summer of great results for the team on board Khaleesi that started with a successful week at the Port …