Sardinia

Caligari, Sardinia, Italy - "If you go overboard, you're dead."  Some form of that is the mantra of many an ocean sailor, and particularly solo sailors.  The idea is to stay on the boat, no matter what.  So on Friday, during the solo (singlehanded) Cap Istanbul Race, when Matthieu Girolet came upon competing boat SIRMA flogging in the darkness with a torn spinnaker, the horror of what had happened was soon obvious.  SIRMA was empty, and her skipper Christophe Bouvet was somewhere out in the darkness, lost at sea.

Sardinia, Italy - After a week of sailing in yachts that range from "Mini-Maxi" to what truly earn the title "Super-Maxi," the winds have died, the results are in, and on the podium there have been a few surprises. The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda hosted some big names and big yachts in this 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, and the varied sailing conditions were a perfect test of the boats' and crews' abilities and performance.  With 40 boats, four classes, and some of the most spectacular

Sardinia, Italy - With two races to sail on the last day of the Cagliari RC 44 Cup, Armando Giulietti’s Team Hiroshi – Città di Milano was sitting at an enviable position yesterday morning, seven points ahead of Banco Espirito Santo. However, the situation was more complicated behind the leader, with four teams separated by five points.