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19 August 2022 Vilamoura, Portugal – Three races were completed today in each fleet at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships. Vilamoura provided a nice southeast breeze of 7–13 knots, and with pent-up energy from no racing yesterday, the…
Nantes, France: The 53rd edition of La Solitaire du Figaro is set to start off Saint Michel Chef Chef, at the entrance to the Loire, on Sunday August 21 at 1540hrs local time, with 34 yachts taking part following a…
Copenhagen, Denmark: On a day of highs and lows for the SailGP athletes and fans, the event site in Copenhagen was treated to a royal visit before adverse weather conditions meant day one of the Rockwool Sail Grand Prix Copenhagen…
The Lipton Challenge started in False Bay on Wednesday with the Royal Natal Yacht Club defending the Lipton Challenge Cup which they won last year on Saldanha Bay. Challenging them are five other clubs, namely the Royal Cape Yacht Club…
It’s finally here… Join us for the premiere of our brand new documentary, From the Ground Up, supported by Harken Australia. This 30-minute doco takes a look at the manufacturing history of the Australian Sharpie class to identify the importance…
The best grand prix yachts and multihulls from around Australia and overseas will take to the water for the 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) at Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays, where racing takes place from 21-27 August. All the big…
Alongside SailGP veteran Nina Curtis and aspiring driver Tash Bryant, Lucy Copeland completes Australia’s three-strong female roster for Season 3. Despite joining alongside Bryant this season, 25-year-old Copeland had her sights set on SailGP since the very beginning. Learning about…
Sydney, Australia – 19th August 2022 We’ve just had the joy of sailing the all new 28ft Corsair 880 Sport trimaran on Sydney Harbour and we filmed a video review of our experience. If you missed it at the Sydney…
Now is the time for you or your kids to come on down and give sailing a try yourself. The 2022/2023 sailing season at Concord and Ryde Sailing Club (CRSC) kicks off on Saturday the 3rd of September 2022 and…
CLASS: Australian Sharpie AUTHOR: Harry Fisher, Down Under Sail IMAGES & VIDEO: Down Under Sail – Available from 6pm this evening Showcasing the importance of grassroots manufacturers in sailing is the focus of a new documentary by Down Under Sail,…
The Great Britain SailGP Team is in a race against time to compete in the ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix this weekend, after sustaining damage to its F50 race boat during practice racing today in Copenhagen. The team was completing…
COPENHAGEN – August 18, 2022 – Having made its first ever event final last time out at the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in Plymouth, the Denmark SailGP Team presented by ROCKWOOL is looking to go one better and make…
After 3 glorious days of racing, it was AP over A in Vilamoura, Portugal. No races were sailed today due to lack of wind. Scoring remains the same as yesterday. Three races are scheduled for friday, with the first warning…
Day 12 Race Report: Thursday 18 August IMOCA Medallia, skippered by Pip Hare, took Line Honours in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race in an elapsed time of 10 days 13 hours 23 minutes and 22 seconds. High pressure…
A magic day on the water for the record fleet of 178 taking part in the final day of racing at Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) in the Whitsundays, the sun and wind turned on their charms one more time,…
Take a look at the third racing day of the ILCA 4 Youth World Championship!
Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by Vilamoura Sailing. Another day of excellent sailing conditions, the sea breeze held 12–16 knots for all six fleets to successfully get off…
Kerrie Driver is among the off-the-beach F18 multihull sailors competing at the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s 34th Airlie Beach Race Week this week and all of the class knows who the Sydneysider is. Driver, who has raced in the F18 class…
Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Edward Wright) has won the 5.5 Metre Swiss Open at Brunnen on Lake Lucerne, hosted by Regattaverein Brunnen, on Wednesday. Ali Baba (BAH 23, Flavio Marazzi, Gregoire Siegwart, Max Salminen) won both races…
Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 18 August, 2022 – SailGP today announced a new sponsorship with KPMG Australia, which sees the leading professional service firm become the Title Partner of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix I Sydney, in a multi-season deal….
At 1000 BST on Day 11, sixteen teams have rounded Muckle Flugga and turned their bows south into the North Sea. Finally the majority of the fleet are enjoying fast downwind conditions. Four teams are still to round the lighthouse…
Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) reached its penultimate day and a lovely 15-20 knot breeze shook up competitors who had been basking in light conditions all week at the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s marquee event. Just ask Rohan Veal. The Victorian…
Check how the second racing day of the ILCA 4 Youth World Championship went!
Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by Vilamoura Sailing. With another day of beautiful sailing conditions, 12–19 knots of wind, the top sailors are separated by just a few…
A super competitive father and son are sailing in the Weta trimaran class at Airlie Beach Race Week in the Whitsundays this week where the results have sea sawed between the pair from Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club in Boreen, Queensland….
UF50 Celebration 18 – 21 August 2022, Cowes, Isle of Wight Flying Fifteen boat Coweslip returns to its original home in Commodores House on Cowes waterfront for the UF50 for a few days. The boat – owned by His Royal…
Act 4 of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup in Torbole, Lake Garda, was the closest competition yet seen Torbole, 16 August 2022 – The Dutch team, Team DutchSail – Janssen de Jong mixed, rose to the pressure to win Act…
The 5.5 Metre class is famous for going to nice venues, but no one was really prepared for how nice the first day of the 2022 Swiss Open turned out. Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Edward Wright) took…
The Whitsunday Sailing Club’s Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) continued today, with multiple classes and a record 178 entries where some pointscores are becoming clear and others are so close they are tied on points. Trailable Yachts Graham Turner ‘s…
The rising trajectory of the New Zealand SailGP Team, which topped the podium for the first time in Plymouth, has been captured in the latest episode of the league’s behind-the-scene docuseries Racing on the Edge. With unprecedented access into the…
The Denmark SailGP Team has hit home waters ahead of the ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix, which gets underway later this week in Copenhagen. Driver Nicolai Sehested has been putting his crew through their paces as practice begins for the…
With another light on for breeze weather forecast today, the record fleet of 178 boats competing at the 34th Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) will shift gears as the much anticipated Bay Race, which normally occurs on the final day,…
Les Sables d’Olonne, 15th August 2022 Skipper Norbert Sedlacek Koch has set sails to accomplish his ANT ARCTIC LAB record challenge, to sail around the world nonstop, single-handed, without assistance through all five oceans including the most dangerous oceans on…
Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today in each fleet at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by Vilamoura Sailing. All 426 boats launched efficiently in under 45 minutes for a smooth start to the day. The…
Monday 15 August, 2022: After nine days of racing 21 teams are still competing in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race. All bar three of those teams have rounded St Kilda, the isolated Scottish archipelago in the North Atlantic….
The Global Solo Challenge starts in September. This will be a non-stop, single-handed race around the world. Boats will be starting based on handicap, with the first starters off on 2nd September and the last ones on 28th October. First…
The final day delivered with picture book conditions, 3 races and great sailing… If you’ve never seen a Pathfinder start, have a look at the start of the video to see how to do it as well as how not…
By Jules Hall – Owner of J/99 Disko Trooper After two years of COVID cancellations it was very special to have the Noakes Sydney to Gold Coast race back in action, and the inaugural running of the two handed division….
Following an hour’s delay in racing at Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) today as officials waited for the breeze to fill in, Ray Roberts and his Team Hollywood (NSW) added a further win to their Day 1 victory to take…
Australian Olympian Mara Stransky is among the record numbers taking part in the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s 34th Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), which started off Airlie Beach in the Whitsunday Islands on Friday. The 23-year-old competed at the 2020 Tokyo…
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