Offshore racing: a laboratory for innovation in alternative materials
As part of its commitment to sustainability, the IMOCA class has recently introduced an experimental rule regarding the use of alternative materials in boat construction.
•••As part of its commitment to sustainability, the IMOCA class has recently introduced an experimental rule regarding the use of alternative materials in boat construction.
•••There is an old saying in sailing that yacht races are won on the shore before a boat or a…
•••Last year the Class established its successful Green Sail rule that focused on reducing em…
•••1st | 400 pts | ||||
2nd | 391 pts | ||||
3rd | 355 pts | ||||
4 | 331 pts | ||||
5 | 263 pts |
On day four of the Transat Jacques Vabre race on board Malizia - Seaexplorer, Boris Herrmann and Will Harris deployed a scientific instrument called a drifter buoy off the coast of Portugal at 37 degrees North.
•••With just over a week to go to the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre, the IMOCA Class has re-affirmed its ban on introducing T-foils on its boat’s rudders, and voted overwhelmingly in favour of introd…
•••Now well into its first season – having been introduced in January this year – IMOCA’s successful environmentally-responsible Green Sail Rule is set to be expanded and made more stringent, as it moves ahead from the firs…
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