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The KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney returns to the iconic Sydney Harbour on 8/9 February 2025! The Aussies will be battling to secure another victory on home waters. Mark your calendars, as a limited number of pre-sale tickets…
Barcelona, 28th September 2024 The America’s Cup has concluded its first-ever esports season, the America’s Cup e-Series, with a thrilling Grand Final event in Barcelona that saw eSailingCentral emerge victorious, claiming the coveted e-Series trophy and the €25,000 grand prize. The…
Andoo Team Australia’s Women’s squad hit the water in Barcelona for Puig Women’s America’s Cup first practice day on Saturday. Andoo Australia’s women’s team, led by skipper Olivia Price with co-helm Laura Harding and trimmers Lisa Darmanin and Annie Wilmot…
The 2024 52 SUPER SERIES championship went to the wire once again. After 41 races at five different regattas, contested between April and September, including two at Newport RI in the USA, and from a record sized fleet of 13…
Beta Crucis (AUS 63, Martin CROSS, Bob STODDARD, John CROSS) has won the 5.5 Metre French Open after an eventful final day in Cannes in some spectacular conditions. They won the only race completed on Friday to win another title for…
Super close three cornered title fight for 2024 52 SUPER SERIES circuit title set for Saturday. After three races contested in very varied offshore wind conditions on the waters off Valencia’s famous Malvarrosa Beach three teams go into the final…
A spectacular summer finale is scheduled for September 2025 on the Adriatic Sea. The Ocean Race Europe 2025 will finish in Boka Bay, Montenegro, with the IMOCA fleet racing into the Adriatic Sea for the first time, to connect European…
Elodie Mettraux, Simon Koster and Alan Roura are the leaders of the Swiss Offshore Team, due to be launched in 2025 ahead of The Ocean Race Europe A new, Swiss national offshore sailing team is being launched, with the mission…
With a €50,000 prize pool, a star-studded line-up of the world’s best players, and the once-in-a-lifetime chance to sail on an AC40 yacht in the ‘real world’ up for grabs, the America’s Cup’s debut esports season reaches a thrilling crescendo…
We’ve got something special waiting for you at the 60th Nationals All you need to do? Register early – HERE Register your boat into the 2024-25 60th Australian Cherub National Championship by the 31st October and you will recieve a…
Game on! Starting tomorrow, Saturday 28 September, Saint Tropez will once again take centre stage on the international nautical scene as it celebrates the 25th anniversary of Les Voiles. With the motor yachts having graciously vacated the Var region’s famous…
SEPTEMBER 26 2024, SASSNITZ, GERMANY | The coastal town of Sassnitz on the island of Rügen will host the first-ever Germany SailGP event. The international championship, recognized as the world’s most exciting racing on water, will take place on August 16-17,…
If proof were required as to just how closely matched the two teams in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final are, today in stunning and breezy Barcelona conditions, INEOS Britannia and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli went toe-to-toe throughout the day’s two…
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s young guns, generational talent, dominated the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup Final with a comprehensive victory over NYYC American Magic in a high-adrenaline, six-leg, race sailed in winds up to 18 knots and big waves. Led by…
Winning the only race of a frustrating second day of the Valencia 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup, Ergin Imre’s Provezza team are now four points clear at the top of the event classification. But the high level of consistency so…
Beta Crucis (AUS 63, Martin CROSS, Bob STODDARD, John Cross) posted a perfect score on Day 2 of the 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes, after Tuesday was blown off. Otto (NOR 68, Bent Christian WILHELMSEN,…
‘To win the America’s Cup, first you have to win the Louis Vuitton Cup.’ It is one of the most famous phrases that surrounds this pinnacle sporting contest with the richest of histories dating back 173 years, and it’s now…
By Media RPAYC: The second day of the 2024 Finn NSW Championship at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club brought much lighter and shifty winds, drastically changing the dynamics from the previous day’s strong conditions. With forecasted westerlies of just 8-10…
25 SEPTEMBER 2024, TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – A purpose-built grandstand will give fans a whole new perspective on sailing, with SailGP unveiling a first look at its Race Stadium for the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Auckland,…
Whether he’s dressed in a business suit or wetsuit, Hugh Skeen is seeing the growth of the 13ft skiff class first-hand. By day, the 20-year-old dons the shirt and tie for work as a construction management student/cadet, dovetailing that work…
Superyacht captains and owners are taking every measure possible to ensure safety, and monitoring technologies are the easiest, most reliable way to do this. There are a range of risk factors onboard a superyacht, and captains will keep an eye…
It could well be billed as the ‘battle of the new age’ as two of the world’s finest young sailing talents go head-to-head for the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup title. Marco Gradoni, the mercurial and fast-coming Italian talent from Luna…
At close of business on Friday, 20th September the 45th Rolex Middle Sea Race, which starts on 19th October 2024, had amassed a fleet of 110 yachts. The entrants represent 29 countries: from Australia in the south to Finland in…
Ergin Imre’s team with their newly launched Provezza lead the Valencia 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup after the first two races of the final event of the 2024 season were sailed in a testing, shifty light to moderate offshore SW’ly…
Andoo Team Australia led from start to finish to win the last race of the semi-final but missed a spot in the two-boat final. The Andoo Team Australia youth crew finished their America’s Cup UniCredit Youth campaign today in Barcelona…
23 September 2024 – It was a day when the brightest youth sailing talent on the planet announced their arrival into the big league after an outstanding day of racing at the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup that saw a total…
“We’re all in the same boat” – SailGP joins forces with Creatures United to engage fans in the conversation for a Better Planet MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK: SailGP, the world’s most exciting racing on water, has announced an innovative partnership…
Two official practice races today proved how close and competitive the decisive final regatta of the 2024 52 SUPER SERIES season, the Valencia 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup is going to be. In good winds, up to 18kts, there was…
The Andoo Team Australia youth crew smashed out a convincing win today in race 7 of 8, to secure their spot in the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup semi-final tomorrow in Barcelona. The Andoo Australia youth squad, led by Skipper Cole…
The 2024 TF35 season came to a quiet close today at the Société Nautique de Genève, as calm conditions on Lake Geneva persisted for a second consecutive day, preventing any further racing. Having raced only three regattas on the opening…
Race 2 of the 2024 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore, the 88 nautical mile Flinders Islet Race, saw 33 yachts take on a course from Sydney down to Wollongong and back. The race kicked off at 1000hrs on Saturday…
23 September – Update With racing canceled yesterday due to lack of wind after a long day waiting, today we are scheduled to race in two Groups to help get all UniCredit Youth teams through the competition. The changed program…
Porto Cervo, 21 September 2024: The final day of the 22nd Rolex Swan Cup treated the fleet of competitors to a beautiful day at sea, the best possible invitation to return for the next edition in 2026. The light easterly…
It was some of the best racing we’ve seen in this fabulous summer of sailing in Barcelona with the Invited Teams of the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup having a rip-roaring day in a big sea state that rewarded accuracy and…
Palma (Spain), 21 September 2024 The Sandberg Estates J/70 Worlds has a winner. After five intense days of competition on the Bay of Palma, the American team, Douglas Newhouse and Jeremy Wilmot’s “Yonder” were proclaimed world champions of the class…
Friday 20th September 2024: Ibiza JoySail continues to confirm its position as a key event in the superyacht calendar with a second day of racing in the beautiful waters off Ibiza, in the Spanish Balearic Islands. An early morning rain…
Following an extremely close race and a final night spent punching into an intense current, it was Legallais (199) which finally took the win in this 15th edition of the CIC Normandy Channel Race. Skippers Fabien Delahaye and Benjamin Schwartz crossed the finish line…
Guy de Picciotto’s Zen TOO made the best start today to the final deciding event of the 2024 TF35 season when they won the first race, took third in the second race and followed it up with another victory in…
Barcelona continued it’s mixed weather conditions as the rain set in early on Friday 20 September. The Group B (invited) teams took to the water for their first race of the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup at 2:20pm (CEST) following being…
The American team, led by Douglas Newhouse and Jeremy Wilmot continue leading the championship and increase their advantage by 15 points over the second place. Saturday is the last day on the Bay of Palma, with five teams competing for…
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