MAJOR DAMAGE SVR Lazartigue Global Sailing Highlights Jan 19.24 BROKEN Boats Sails, Crew more

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days.
Trimaran SVR Lazartigue has Major Damage after hitting something and having water flooding into the hull. Keep watching this channel (Subscribe) for our extra videos as they come in.
Charles Caudrelier, (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild), has opened a 70 miles lead on second placed Tom Laperche, (SVR Lazartigue), as the ARKÉA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest’s two pacemakers, contemplate their rapid descent into the Southern Ocean, set to pass Tristan ds Cunea tonight, making between 34 and 36 knots, with some 1400 miles still to sail to pass the longitude of the solo Ultim race round the world’s first great Cape, the Cape of Good Hope.

This is your weekly Global Sailing Highlights Show, the World on Water January 19, 2024.

Still with the Arkea Ultim Race, here is their weekly recap of the first week of racing. Imagine just eight days of sailing and the lead boats are in the deep south Atlantic headed for passing the Cape of Good Hope. The leader is clocked at 35 knots. All the teams are represented in this report.

A total of 101 sailors from 46 countries participated in the 2024 Ilca 6 Women’s World Championships. Anne Marie Rindom from Denmark, was crowned Women’s World Champion in the Ilca 6 Class 2024, maintaining her lead throughout the championship. The current Olympic champion finished with 58 points in eleven races. Charlotte Rose, from the United States, finished in second place, with 75 points, and with a three-point difference, the Belgian, Emma Plasschaert, secured third place.

There was an incident packed stopover in Auckland after the Ocean Globe Races’, Leg 2 finish, the fleet set off on Leg 3 to Brazil via Cape Horn, on a sparkling Kiwi Day.
There was a unfortunate incident during the stopover which involved race leader Translated 9, resulting in a heavy time penalty on the yacht going forward, and the subsequent removal of their skipper.

The shore Team for Ultim Banque Populaire has finished their repair and now it’s time for Armel to get back into race mode. He has lost a day and the fleet has made good progress towards their first Cape.

Emirates Team New Zealand brought their new foil out into sailing commission this week out on a beautifully flat Hauraki Gulf summer’s day with the mercury nudging 23 degrees, and a variety of wind strength from 5-13 knots, perfect for the initial test of the most refined foil, yet seen in this America’s Cup cycle.