A thin Spanish breeze skitters over the northwestern Mediterranean as evening slowly fades into night’s cooler comforts. Ashore in beautiful Barcelona, the evening’s bustle is reflected in the myriad lights that are sparking to life, but aboard the IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss, U.S. sailor Ryan Breymaier and his Spanish teammate Pepe Ribes are living by the time-honored ocean-racing adage that “slow is smooth and smooth is fast.” Read the full article here. #press

Published on December 17, 2015, Scuttlebutt Sailing News (read the article here) American Ryan Breymaier announced a marketing and sponsorship opportunity that is in search of a company seeking international reach. The program would begin in early 2016 and include exposure at three key singlehanded IMOCA (Open 60) events. The plan begins in May with the ‘Transat’, a race from England to New York; the ‘New York- Les Sables’ race which takes the fleet back to France; and the ar

We are thrilled to be notified that Ryan Breymaier is one of 12 men and 6 women to be shortlisted for the 2015 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards. This award recognizes the most significant sailing performances for 2015 by US Sailing. A panel of respected sailing journalists will review the merits of each nominee and vote to determine the winners. The winners will be announced in mid-January and honored at February 25, 2016 in New York at the New York Yacht C

I was featured in this Sailing World article by Craig Leweck which discusses the importance of setting and breaking records. Working with Lending Club CEO Renauld Laplanche and an international crew, we chartered the 105-foot trimaran to take a crack at sailing's record book. We racked up 3 records from Newport - Bermuda, Cowes - Dinard and the Transpac course. Read the full article here. #press

Article and interview with Scuttlebutt Sailing News (published on July 22, 2015). "While the 2015 Transpac Race fleet is working their way toward Hawaii, Ryan Breymaier is already relishing the aloha spirt of the island. As the co-skipper of the 105-foot trimaran Lending Club 2 that reduced the 2,215 nm Los Angeles to Honolulu outright record to rubble, blistering across in 3 days, 18 hours and 9 seconds, a full day faster than the existing record, Ryan chats with Jeremy Leon

In June 2014 I raced from New York to Barcelona onboard IMOCA Hugo Boss with Spanish co-skipper Pepe Ribes. It was one of the toughest races I have ever done. Situations meant that Pepe and I had no time to train together and we hardly knew the boat, in addition we had some very talented, stiff competitors. We left the dock in New York knowing it was going to be a big challenge. Good times and bad times; stressful moments in no breeze; breakages in big breeze and relentless p

Leading American Offshore Sailor Partners Sailing Consultancy Five˚West 17th September, 2013 – Today, leading offshore sailor Ryan Breymaier announces his intention to build a campaign for the Vendee Globe in 2016. Following an increase in interest in short-handed round the world sailing in the United States, Ryan has committed to developing a competitive campaign with the goal of a podium finish in 2016. To assist him with the search for commercial sponsors and to manage the