Alex Thomson Racing will begin their 2021 competitive season with the Fastnet Race on August 8th. Three months out from the start of the race, the team this week returned the HUGO BOSS yacht to the water with his polished GORI Race prop all set to go 30kts plus foiling.
The majority of the new generation of IMOCA 60’s are equipped with the no drag GORI Racing propellers, one of them being HUGO BOSS, which also has the Oceanvolt electric propulsion system and carries Solar panels for regeneration giving a huge fuel weight saving. See a great video on Sailing To the Max with HUGO… Continue reading No Drag on flying IMOCA 60 HUGO BOSS
The 11th edition and 40th anniversary staging of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe solo transatlantic race got underway in spectacular style today off the Brittany port of Saint Malo. 123 skippers (a record entry) set sail for Guadeloupe with GORI propellers on all the UlTIME Trimarans, top IMOCA monohulls, and Class40 monohull fleets.
“Shark Bite If there is one thing that ruins a great day on the water, it’s a fouled propeller. At best it’ll hold you up while you take an icy swim to free your prop; at worst, your running gear could be badly damaged. Wise cruisers guard against such scenarios by installing a line cutter… Continue reading Sailing Magazine features Shaft Shark
We congratulate Robin Team and his crew on his J/122 TEAMWORK, winners of the 2018 ORC Chesapeake Championship for consecutive victories at the Annapolis YC Fall Series and the Storm Trysail Club’s Annapolis Fall Regatta. This series featured winds of all speeds and distance and buoy racing courses, with ORC’s Triple Number system used throughout… Continue reading J/122 TEAMWORK Blows Away the Competition
