New boats in the IMOCA class are coming out of the sheds thick and fast on the Atlantic coast of France, many of them at the old German World War II U-boat base at Lorient in Brittany. These days, in ...

Victory marks watershed moment for women in offshore sailing Bonafous wins after tense duel with Beyou's Charal IMOCA class features cutting-edge 60-foot racing yachts July 29 (Reuters) - Elodie ...

The Ocean Race features two fleets of high-performance racing yachts, both capable of speeds high enough to travel 600 nautical miles or more in 24 hours under the right conditions. For the first time ...

Thomas Ruyant won the IMOCA class in the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe when he crossed the finish line off Pointe-à-Pitre at 06:51:25hrs UTC Monday November 21. His elapsed time of 11 days ...

Just over a week ago, one of the world’s most grueling races got underway from Spain. Eleven teams, including five International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA)-class racing yachts, departed ...

MCLEAN, Va., July 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) announced today that the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA), has named Iridium as their ...

Viewers will be able to see the projected route of each boat calculated by PredictWind’s world-leading Weather Routing technology PredictWind, has announced its official partnership with IMOCA - one ...

Sam Goodchild, a British skipper, has won his first race in the IMOCA class. He led MACIF Sante Prevoyance in the Course des Caps – a 1,800 nautical mile race around Britain and Ireland. Goodchild, ...