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Buildup to Middle Sea Challenge Sees Favourites at Front of the Fleet in Malta Coastal Race
15th October 2020 Middle Sea Race
The buildup to the 41st edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Offshore Race from Malta on Saturday (October 17th) continues in Valetta in muted style in line with pandemic restrictions, and while yesterday's traditional preview event, the Yachting Malta Coastal…
Favourable Conditions Continue for Female Two-Handed Round Ireland Challenge
15th October 2020 Round Ireland Speed Record
Female Two-handed Round Ireland Record Day Three 0900hrs: At 0745 hours this morning, Pamela Lee and Catherine Hunt in the Beneteau Figaro 3 Iarracht Maigeanta had put County Mayo's northwest headlands of Eagle Island and Erris Head well astern, and were…
Two Handed Round Ireland Female Sailors Head North in Record Bid
14th October 2020 Round Ireland Speed Record
Female Two-handed Round Ireland Record Day Two 1800hrs: As Pam Lee and Cat Hunt continue to make good progress on Ireland's west coast northwards towards Connacht with light to moderate winds in the easterly sector, the developing weather for their Round…
Great Foze Rock Reclaimed for Ireland in Magenta Circuit
14th October 2020 Round Ireland Speed Record
Female Two-handed Round Ireland Record Day Two 1400hrs: The Great Foze Rock has come and gone well to starboard at 12.15hrs today in the lengthening litany of marks of the course as Pam Lee and Cat Hunt continue their impressive campaign…
Two-handed Round Ireland Record Bid Passed Fastnet Rock at 0400hrs This Morning
14th October 2020 Round Ireland Speed Record
Female Two-handed Round Ireland Record Day Two 0900hrs: The Magenta Round Ireland two-handed record challenge Record campaign from Dublin Bay by Pam Lee and Cat Hunt of RL Sailing and Greystones has logged an excellent start in its first 24…
Round Ireland Two-Handed Challenge Speeds West into the Night Towards the Fastnet Rock
13th October 2020 Round Ireland Speed Record
Female Two-handed Round Ireland Record Day One 2000 hrs: The Round Ireland two-handed record challenge by Pamela Lee and Catherine Hunt, which started from the Kish in Dublin Bay at 0745 this morning, had been accelerating westward well out to sea…
Kish for Breakfast, Tuskar for Lunch – Old Head of Kinsale for Dinner? Ireland's Flying Female Circumnavigators Closing in on the First Major Turn
13th October 2020 Round Ireland Speed Record
Female Two-handed Round Ireland Record Day One 1400: Kish Lighthouse for breakfast. Tuskar Rock for lunch. That's the way it is for Pam Lee and Cat Hunt as they've scorched down Ireland's East Coast in a fine fair wind with…
Female Two Handed 'Magenta Project' Round Ireland Sailing Record Tracker HERE!
13th October 2020 Round Ireland Speed Record
Track Ireland's female 675 nautical mile round Ireland sailing record bid below as the Figaro3 races 675-nautical miles against the clock to establish a new Irish sailing record. The foiling Figaro 3 Magenta Project - double-handed by Greystone's Pamela Lee and…
Round Ireland Female Two-Handed Record is in Clear Sight & Fascinating in Context
12th October 2020 Round Ireland Speed Record
Early tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, the foiling Figaro 3 Magenta Project - double-handed by Greystone's Pamela Lee and Cat Hunt - will blast south from the official Round Ireland Records line, which is eight miles long between the Kish Lighthouse and…
Cork Harbour rockstar helm Nin O'Leary will be racing the Reichel Pugh 72 Aragon in October's Middle Sea Offshore Race if the Royal Malta Yacht Club can successfully maintain its careful progress through the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, something…
Middle Sea Race Has Defending Champion Woman Skipper In Unique Double Role
9th October 2020 Middle Sea Race
Dr Maya Podesta belongs to one of Malta's most noted offshore sailing families. Her late father Arthur (who died in 2015) was a pioneer of the Middle Sea Race – he raced in the first one in 1968, and raced…
New Start Line for Female Round Ireland Speed Sailing Record Bid
8th October 2020 Round Ireland Speed Record
Offshore duo Pamela Lee and Cat Hunt who have announced an October bid to set a new Female Round Ireland sailing speed record now say the record run will start from the Kish Light and not as originally indicated off…
Double-Handed Offshore Racing Discipline to be Represented by New Organisation
7th October 2020 Mixed Offshore Keelboat
A new organisation has been founded to represent the emerging discipline of doublehanded offshore racing, called the 'Offshore Doubles Association'. The association has attracted a number of key offshore sailors and administrators including former Volvo Ocean Race chief, Knut Frostad…
Sometime after October 12, British skipper Cat Hunt and Greystones, County Wicklow sailor Pamela Lee aim to sail a Figaro Bénéteau III racing yacht around Ireland, in an attempt to set the first record for an all-female, doublehanded sailing circumnavigation. They…
Tom Dolan Now 10th Heading Into Figaro’s Second Leg After Protest Committee Call
5th September 2020 Tom Dolan
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan is now in an even stronger position heading into the second leg of La Solitare du Figaro, after the protest committee’s strike against two higher-placing finishers from Thursday (3 September). Both Tanguy Le Turquais and…
Mark Mansfield, Olympian and Professional sailor and a member of this year's Fastnet 450 Race organising committee reckons lessons learned in this COVID-hit 2020 sailing season means there can still be good compliant big boat racing even in these strange…