Volvo Grandstand finish, sailing icon rescued,news from around world

by Rob Kothe and the Sail-World team on 29 Jun 2015 If the Volvo Ocean Race organisers wanted a grandstand finish to what has been the closest of racing events in history, then they certainly got it with Saturday’s In-Port Race on the narrow channels of Gothenburg.

It was all set up perfectly. The battle for first in the In-Port Series between Abu Dhabi and Brunel meant that if Brunel won and Abu Dhabi finished last that Brunel would win on a count back. Even more interest surrounded the battle between Alvimedica and Mapfre.

Tied in the overall series it was down to the In-Port series to break the deadlock. Alvimedica had a two-point lead so Mapfre had to put a boat between them to get the win which would be decided on a countback.

If you did not see the final inshore race live, watch the replay

Knut Frostad download 2015 and uploads 2017- , the Volvo Ocean Race CEO continues his discussion on the event just finished and looks forward - ‘It’s such an intense event to organize as well, and also an intense challenge. Because we work with 11 different countries and government to host the race.

'We have the sailors going through some of the most dramatic and extreme conditions in the world, and anything could happen. And things do happen, they did happen this time as well.

Sailing icon rescued from sinking yacht - He has sailed nine times around the world, He broke world records in 1988 when he completed a triple circumnavigation of the world alone.

Twenty-seven years later, at the age of 75, West Australian sailor Jon Sanders is still sailing but this week a delivery passage went wrong.

A year out from Rio, and the final test event is looming on Guanabara Bay.Some Olympic classes will have their 2015 Worlds before then and some after.

The 2015 Laser World Championship - Kingston, Canada starts this week. The competitor list is filled with 159 of the best Laser Sailors from around the world. These world class athletes will represent 64 different nations. Racing begins on July 2nd and runs daily until July 8th.

Round the Island
A 1,584-strong fleet starts in Britain’s 2015 J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race,

The MOD70 trimaran Concise 10 took line honours, finishing at 1040, with an elapsed time of three hours, 30 minutes and 24 seconds. Close behind her were the four GC32 foiling catamarans crossed the line just after 1100, led by Sultanate of Oman and Alinghi, after a close race that saw the boats separated by less than six minutes at the finish.

Mike Slade's 100ft Leopard finished at 1140 to take monohull line honours, but was outside the record time he set two years ago.

2015 Transatlantic Race – An intense low-pressure system rolling up the Atlantic Coast put competitors and race officials on edge for the 48 hours leading up to the first start of the Transatlantic Race 2015, from Newport, R.I., to The Lizard off the southwest coast of England.

Contingency plans were made by both groups, with the option of delaying the start for a few hours getting serious consideration. The storm passed through overnight, however, leaving behind excellent, albeit unseasonably cool, conditions and a favorable boost from the outgoing current and the run-off from Saturday night’s heavy rain.

Lots more sailing news from the local scene and around the world.