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During her fifth night at sea in the Route du Rhum, Francesca experienced a serious setback when the bowsprit on 11th Hour Racing broke as the boat was reaching at speed at a position about 450 nautical miles west of Horta in the Azores.

Thousands of race fans around the world have been watching the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe and wondering why so many skippers and boats are getting into difficulties in the middle section of the race.

Defending champion Enzo Balanger of France won two of the three races completed to tie for the lead with Richard Didham of the USA on the first day of the 2026 International Moth Worlds. In third place is Bradley Funk USA with 13 pts, fourth Ryan Littlechild AUS on 14 pts and fifth Jack Bennett…

Light and unstable conditions tested the international J/24 fleet in today’s Invitation Race before competitors from 10 nations came together for a Welcome to Country, smoking ceremony and Parade of Nations at Sandringham Yacht Club.

Armel Le Cle´ac’h was rescued from the upturned Maxi Banque Populaire XI by the crew of Palexpo, a Panamanian cargo ship, and is safe and well on board.

Tom Laperche (SVR-Lazartigue) continues to lead the Ultim fleet at the front of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe. Laperche has a 455 nm lead over Thomas Coville (Sodebo Ultim 3) with Ultim newcomer Louis Burton (Armand Thiery), just 40 nm astern and both sailing faster than Laperche on Friday morning. With 600 nm…

21 boats sailed across both fleets, with a wide variety of courses and conditions that truly embodied the weather throughout the season, but also the versatile race offering at the Plym.

The main aim of the day was to complete 3 races for the Towers Cup (open to all sailors under 16) and the MiniHelm trophy (open to all sailors in Yr6 and below), with supported sailing and joyrides available for our Pirates and Beginners.

Italian skipper Ambrogio Beccaria has been forced to retire: after a heavy fall inside his cockpit last night—while holding fifth place in the 60-foot monohull class—the skipper of Allagrande Mapei is suffering from severe back pain.

With a wet and variable weather system forecast to roll in over the weekend ETNZ rolled out of the shed at 0910 Thursday morning for their likely last day of this training block.