Offshore racing blog: guides and news

Guides, analysis and news about the great offshore sailing races: courses, classes, records and starts.

• How to follow the Route du Rhum 2026: tracker, video, game

  October 2, 2026

  Official website, videos, TV, Virtual Regatta: the ways to follow the Route du Rhum 2026 all the way to Guadeloupe.

• Route du Rhum 2026: where to watch the start in Saint-Malo

  September 30, 2026

  Pointe du Grouin, Cap Fréhel, the ramparts, the race village: where to stand on 1 November 2026 to see the fleet go.

• Route du Rhum 2026: the Vintage Monos and their skippers

  September 28, 2026

  Vintage Mono, a new category in the Route du Rhum 2026: 13 historic monohulls, often former IMOCAs.

• Route du Rhum 2026: the Vintage Multis and their skippers

  September 25, 2026

  Vintage Multi, a new category in the Route du Rhum 2026: 13 historic multihulls, including former ORMAs.

• Route du Rhum 2026: the Ocean Fiftys and their skippers

  September 23, 2026

  The 10 Ocean Fifty trimarans in the Route du Rhum 2026, their skippers and the class record.

• Route du Rhum 2026: the Class40s and their skippers

  September 21, 2026

  The 49 Class40s in the Route du Rhum 2026, the largest class: skippers, boats and record.

• Route du Rhum 2026: the IMOCAs and their skippers

  September 18, 2026

  The 22 IMOCA monohulls in the Route du Rhum 2026, their skippers and Thomas Ruyant's record to beat.

• Route du Rhum 2026: the Ultims and their skippers

  September 15, 2026

  The 8 Ultim trimarans in the Route du Rhum 2026, their skippers and Charles Caudrelier's record to beat.

• Route du Rhum: the story of the record

  September 8, 2026

  From Mike Birch in 1978 to Charles Caudrelier in 2022, how the Route du Rhum record came down.

• Route du Rhum 2026: course, classes, skippers and records

  September 1, 2026

  Starting from Saint-Malo on 1 November 2026: 115 skippers, six classes, the course and the records to beat.

• Transat Paprec: TeamWork's Figaro record

  July 28, 2026

  18 days 5 hours, the record of the two-handed race from Concarneau to St Barts, unbeaten since 2021.

• Rolex Fastnet Race: the course records

  July 7, 2026

  SVR-Lazartigue for multihulls, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing for monohulls, the Fastnet Race records.

• Transpac: the Los Angeles to Honolulu records

  June 16, 2026

  Mighty Merloe and Comanche broke both Transpac records in 2017. Both still stand.

• Québec-Saint-Malo: Spindrift's record

  May 26, 2026

  In 2016 Spindrift 2 sailed from Québec to Saint-Malo in 6 days, almost two days under the old record.

• The Transat: from 40 days to 8 to New York

  May 5, 2026

  From Chichester in 1960 to Richomme in 2024, the benchmark times of the oldest solo transatlantic.

• Barcelona World Race: the two-handed record

  April 7, 2026

  84 days 5 hours, Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam's 2015 time, the record of a race no longer held.

• Vendée Globe record: from 109 days to 64

  March 17, 2026

  From Titouan Lamazou in 1989 to Charlie Dalin in 2025, the story of the Vendée Globe record.

• Sydney Hobart: Comanche's record since 2017

  February 24, 2026

  1 day 9 hours 15 minutes, the Sydney Hobart race record won in the protest room in 2017.

• Jules Verne Trophy: the story of the record

  February 3, 2026

  From 79 days in 1993 to Thomas Coville's 40 days in 2026, the fastest crewed sail around the world.