A light north-easterly breeze on a warm sunny day set the scene for the 2025 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race start off Barrenjoey Headland at 1pm today, with mono and multihull boats of all sizes and weights, inclusive of…
Issued on behalf of: World SailingWorld Sailing is committed to strengthening our contribution to the Olympic Movement through our Olympic Vision, and we welcome today’s announcement from the International Olympic Committee on athlete quotas and the event programme for the…
Italy’s Federico Colaninno made the best of the third day at the 2025 Open Finn Europeans in Naples, Italy, with a first and a second, in a gradually veering breeze through the day. Championship leader Valerian Lebrun, from France, responded…
Emirates Team New Zealand and Peter Burling have today confirmed that they have agreed to part ways ahead of the 38th America’s Cup. Discussions by the team management and Burling have been ongoing since Barcelona, however an agreement was not…
Leaders Modern Concept Constructions adopted the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) theory to take the sting out of the contest early en route to a maiden club championship victory on Saturday. In what was a winner-takes-all shootout pitting the three…
After the news yesterday that Sir Jim Ratcliffe was pulling INEOS out of AC38, this latest news from SailGP is probably not all that surprising either. I personally am pleased that they have discovered the cause of the Australian Wing…
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has abandoned plans to challenge for the next America’s Cup. An announcement on the INEO website reads: INEOS Britannia announces that it has withdrawn its intention to challenge for the next America’s Cup. The decision has been…
The Superyacht Cup Palma 2025 has welcomed an upsurge in new entries as Europe’s longest running superyacht regatta looks ahead to its 29th edition. From 25-28 June the Bay of Palma will now host no fewer than four of the…
Valerian Lebrun, from France, has taken the early lead at the 2025 Open Finn Europeans in Naples, Italy, after two challenging races in a very unstable breeze. Italy’s Arkadii Kistanov and Estonia’s Deniss Karpak took a win each and sit…
MIAMI (April 6, 2025) — 4 events. 11 teams. 16 drivers. 42 races. 1 hell of a season. The 2025 M32 Miami Winter Series wrapped today. Ryan McKillen’s Surge won the final event, while young Charlie Julien’s Rated X took…
Winner of the Women’s iQFOiL windsurfing competition, Great Britain’s Emma Wilson has been crowned outright champion of 54 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels. She received the trophy after her results across the regatta produced the highest score in…
Under the imposing shadow of Vesuvius, the 2025 Open and U23 Finn Europeans opens this week in the Bay of Naples, Italy, for the first time in 58 years, with 125 entries from 20 nations. Naples has a special place in…
Cream rises in phenomenal finale at Port Stephens It was a fitting finale to the 2025 Sail Port Stephens Passage Series (Commodores Cup), with crews aboard the 105 yachts enjoying the kind of premium sailing conditions that attracts boats from as…
16 – 23 August 2025 Sail the Olympic Course Before the World Arrives In 2025, Hamilton Island Race Week celebrates four decades of incredible sailing, epic adventures, and unforgettable memories. What began in 1984 with 93 crews testing their limits…
Grae Morris and Zoe Thomson have claimed a gold medal each at the Trofeo Princesa Sofía regatta, held over the past six days in Mallorca, Spain. Grae took the win in the Men’s iQFOiL after topping the overall leaderboard and…
All sweetness and light airs on day 4 of Sail Port Stephens With the switch flicked to signature Sail Port Stephens conditions, sunshine and a light south-westerly, the stage was set for a banner edition of the 2025 Passage Series on Friday….
With just under 700 nautical miles to go, Zero has officially entered Japanese waters. But their journey is far from over as they complete their passage through the transition zone or horse latitudes, crossing the Kuroshio current, which flows northward at…
As you chart your final course and make those last-minute tweaks before Friday’s big adventure, we’re thrilled to welcome you to one of Australia’s most iconic coastal races. Before you hoist the sails and chase the horizon, here are a…
As the Melbourne Osaka Cup enters its fifth week, the distance between the first and last starter has narrowed to just over 2000 nautical miles, with all now outside Australian waters. In a striking contrast, Zero the Imx40 skippered by…
In the early hours of Sunday, April 6, quick thinking and cool heads aboard Magellan averted what could have been a race-ending rig failure, just off Ambitle Island in Papua New Guinea. The drama unfolded when the crew discovered the…
Alive is on the move, gliding north like a great white shark, silently closing in on the fleet and picking off competitors one by one. The race now stretches over 2,500 nautical miles, with boats scattered from Queensland Australia, through…
Race update 3rd April 2025 midday. The Solomon Islands serve as a gatekeeper for the fleet, posing challenges for the most seasoned sailors. Here, routing software becomes less reliable, with forecasts often failing to materialise. Sailors must shift from data-driven…
The Royal Perth Yacht Club is proud to announce the return of the prestigious Fremantle to Albany Yacht Race in April 2026, a premier offshore sailing event proudly sponsored by Great Southern Lime, in celebration of the City of Albany’s…
A wide-ranging field of 33 boats is lining up for the 2025 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race which starts on 11th April at 1pm, the 39th running subject to restrictions on number of entries, as the marina at Coffs Harbour Yacht…
10am-2pm – Saturday, 5th April The Award Winning 45 foot Seawind 1370 will be at the Seawind Display Day on Saturday the 5th of April at Multihull Central in Annandale, alongside the new 39 foot Seawind 1170, showcasing the new modern design styles from the Australian…
The Sirena 60 is a yacht designed for those who refuse to compromise between performance, efficiency, and luxurious comfort. Whether you’re embarking on an extended voyage across open waters or indulging in a spontaneous weekend getaway, this 60ft motor yacht…
Exclusive look with Joe Fox The Lagoon 38 catamaran is set to launch in 2025, marking an exciting new chapter for Lagoon. As a successor to the legendary Lagoon 380, one of the most successful catamarans ever made, the new Lagoon…
Thursday 13 February – 9am – 2pm – Multihull Central, Annandale NSW Multihull Central are pleased to announce that Australia’s first Seawind 1370 will be open on display between 9am – 2pm on Thursday the 13th of February at the Multihull Central…
Boating enthusiasts in Western Australia are in for a treat when The Yacht Sales Co. hosts a special Open Yacht event on Saturday 15 March. The company will be showcasing a range of the world’s leading power and sailing catamarans at Port Coogee Marina…
Members of World Sailing’s Committees and Sub-Committees will work within their terms of reference to provide guidance to World Sailing and positively impact the sport for sailors worldwide. David Graham, World Sailing Chief Executive Officer, said, “The entire sport of…
Fountaine Pajot has just launched the latest model to its sailing catamaran fleet, the New 44, distinguished by extraordinary volume, comfort and impeccable design. The new model is an outstanding achievement by the Berret-Racoupeau Design team, creating a catamaran with the…
The final gathering of the 12th edition of the ARC+ transatlantic cruising rally took place last night in Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina in Grenada. 434 sailors from 26 nations came together to acknowledge their shared experience and achievement of…
The Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA) has wrapped up its highly successful 2024-25 Discover Boating campaign, which ran from 15 November to 15 February in NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and TAS. Designed to encourage new, existing and lapsed boaters to…
This story takes me back a few years to my early sailing days on the inland lakes and reservoirs in the UK. Looks like the Fireball has come a long way since those days. The New Fireball – A collaboration…
I received the following information from TfNSW that may be of use to some of you out there, especially following on from the damage caused by Cyclone Alfred. There’s a link to apply at the bottom of the page. TfNSW…
Sydney, Australia – March 11, 2025 – Everything Electric Sydney 2025, the world’s largest event dedicated to electric vehicles, home energy, and sustainable innovation, created a powerful platform for marine electrification, bringing electric boats and marine technology into the spotlight…
January 31st: the team is a bit nervous. After a month in the shipyard entirely focused on refining our floats, one question remained: would they perform as expected? As a reminder, we modified their shape to improve performance after installing our…
Carbon Yachts is excited to announce its exhibition of the Candela C-8 at Sydney Harbour Concours d’Elegance in partnership with Polestar Cars. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 27 February 2025.Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car brand, is teaming up with Swedish electric hydrofoil pioneer…
Already, a year has passed since the resounding victory posted off Brest by Charles Caudrelier and the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild in the Arkea Ultim Challenge – Brest. At the end of an epic voyage stretching across nearly 29,000 miles upon the…
Sydney, Australia – 17 February 2025 This week, 20 multihulls entered the 2025 Sydney Multihull Regatta, involving three races up the length of beautiful Sydney Harbour, with lunchtime raft-ups and onshore dinners in between, along with plenty of socialising. Supported…
Published 31st March 2025 by Gemma Hamaini – 2025 GKA Big Air Kite World Cup The 2025 GKA Big Air Kite World Cup kicked off in Barcares, France, on Saturday, with the Tramontana wind roaring at full force. Twenty-four men…
The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron has reinforced its reputation of its sailors after taking out its third SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific – Final last weekend at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club as a part of the Sailfest Regatta. Led by…
On Sunday 27 April at 13:00 hrs local time, the Class40 fleet will set sail from Marseille’s southern bay on the brand-new CIC MED CHANNEL RACE. Modelled on her larger established counterpart, the CIC NORMANDY CHANNEL RACE, this Mediterranean version…
Three times Wingfoil Racing World Cup champion Mathis Ghio of France has won the season opener in Dakhla, Morocco. The women’s competition was claimed by the 2024 series silver medallist Maddalena Spanu of Italy. Both gave dominant performances that will act as an ominous warning to their fellow competitors. Ghio needed just one race…
New Zealand will host the Southern Ocean stopover for the 12th time, with a 50-year anniversary on the horizon The Ocean Race, the world’s toughest test of a team in sport, will return to Auckland, New Zealand in the 2027…
Suardiaz and Berzolla claim the 2025 GWA Wingfoil Wave World Titles in Cape Verde GWA Wingfoil World Cup Cape Verde powered by Armstrong Foils – Cape Verde | 13 – 21 March, 2025 The GWA Wingfoil World Cup Cape Verde…
France’s impressive return to the F50 fleet in Sydney after sitting out the first two events of the season has been captured in the latest episode of Racing on the Edge. Quentin Delapierre’s squad sat out the season opener in…
Italy’s European Champion Alessandro Marega continues to lead the Finn World Ranking List as the fleet prepares to head into the first major event of 2025. He holds a 50-point lead over Peter Peet from The Netherlands with Switzerland’s Christoph…
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