The virtual version of the Vendée Globe, held on world-leading digital sailing platform Virtual Regatta, was officially won on Saturday 16 January at 11:18am. Much like the ongoing real-life race, it was an incredibly close-fought affair, with a mere one minute and 35 seconds separating first and second place. Frenchman Jean-Claude Goudon, known on Virtual …

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Finn Lynch was declared 2020 Irish eSailing National Champion on a total of 20 points over six races in total, and after a 4th, 1st and 12th on the last night in the virtual 49er racing. The Jeneral (Colin Kavanagh) came in second on 26 points and RedOne (Ronan Downing) a close third on 28 points. Olympian, Ryan …

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Great Britain and Spain will go head-to-head in the inaugural eSailing Nations Cup Final on Friday 6 November at 21:00 UTC. Great Britain captain, Mike O’Donovan, and Spain captain, Carlos Paz, will lead their teams of ten in a best-of-nine race series. Different classes, fleet sizes and racecourses will be used to test the teams’ …

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World Sailing’s eSailing World Championship Final and the eSailing Nations Cup Final will be broadcast live on the Olympic Channel and across World Sailing’s channels on 6 and 7 November. On Friday 6 November, Great Britain and Spain will go head-to-head in the inaugural eSailing Nations Cup Final starting at 21:00 UTC. Great Britain captain, …

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World Sailing, the World Sailing Trust and Virtual Regatta are excited to announce the launch of the World Sailing Trust Challenge ‘Race for Change’ within the forthcoming Vendée Globe eSailing race. The challenge, the first of its kind, will be held on Virtual Regatta Offshore for the duration of the real-life race, with a portion …

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Rocco Guerra, a 16-year-old from Puglia nicknamed ‘rock on fire’ on Virtual Regatta, beat a strong fleet to win the 2020 Italian eSailing National Championship. Following the qualification process, 160 eSailors were reduced to 16 finalists, with the top 10 progressing to the Medal Race. Amongst these were last year’s eSailing World Champion Filippo Lanfranchi …

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The battle to crown the top eSailing nation is now down to just eight remaining teams, following an entertaining week of First Round matches in the eSailing Nations Cup. Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands have all made the Quarter Finals, which are scheduled to take place between 20 – …

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As the excitement for the first ever eSailing Nations Cup builds and we get ready to watch the fleet races on 10 October (from 20:00 UTC), here are the details for the knock-out stages of the competition, and how the rounds will look based on the seeding. The illustration below is based on 13 teams. …

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During an action-packed three days of racing in the eSailing World Championship PlayOffs, the 2020 finalists were decided! From 30 September to 3 October, 820 eSailors fought it out over three different challenges to make it to the last eight and seal their place in only the third ever eSailing World Championship Final. Day 1 …

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An intense day of racing on Saturday 10 October will open the inaugural eSailing Nations Cup, a nation v nation knockout challenge, with at least 10 nations fighting to be recognised as the world’s best in competitive eSailing. Commencing with fleet racing and followed by knockout rounds, a range of formats will test the teams …

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