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By the International Maxi Association After two days of strong winds it was third day lucky at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Rolex IMA Maxi 1 World Championship. With more strong conditions expected, the race committee brought forward the…
The Australian International Marine Export Group (AIMEX), the Boating Industry Association (BIA) and Marine Jobs hosted the second annual Gold Coast Marine Jobs & Careers Expo, on Saturday 7 September 2024. This free-to-attend Expo connected over 1,200 attendees offering the…
11 September 2024 – Kinsale, Ireland – With four races down and two to go Australia’s match racing legend Peter Gilmour sailing JPN56 YRed continues to hold a narrow lead at the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 supported by Astra Construction…
Great to see the squad finally on the water in Barcelona as they start to get the feel of the real thing after hundreds of hours on the simulator back in Sydney. Good luck to both the Youth and the…
Fountaine Pajot has announced its latest model, the elegant NEW 41, representing the perfect blend of elegance, performance and habitability. Available with an internal combustion or electric drivetrain, this sleek sailing catamaran has been designed to offer outstanding autonomy for extended…
10 September 2024 – Kinsale, Ireland – Race three of the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 supported by Astra Construction Services Ltd was held in a strong and squally north-westerly that at times pushed both the sailors and their boats to…
The Etchells World Championship in Melbourne this coming January will have a new focus as it drives amateur and youth participation in the class. Club Corinthian has been introduced by the Australian Etchells Fleet this season specifically out of the Royal…
Rungsted, Denmark (10 September 2024) Danish skipper Camilla Ulrikkeholm and team made it a home win on Sunday winning the Danish stage of the 2024 Women’s World Match Racing Tour season. Ulrikkeholm defeated fellow Danish finalist Lea Vogelius and team…
SailGP Media: On Monday, a SailGP F50 carrying a crew of six athletes experienced a catastrophic wing failure during training in Bermuda. All athletes are safe with no injuries on board, and damage to the boat is currently being assessed….
9 September 2024 – Kinsale, Ireland – After the previous day’s strong winds, day two of the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 supported by Astra Construction Services Ltd produced fabulous conditions, allowing races one and two of the six race series…
It was a day of tie-breaks and heartbreaks as the Round Robin stage of the Louis Vuitton Cup drew to a close. For INEOS Britannia, the Challenger of Record, it was unbridled joy as they secured the top spot in…
The world’s most popular sailing trimaran is making a resurgence in Australia with two brand new pre-sold Corsair 880s arriving in Sydney this week for assembly by distributor Multihull Central, alongside a third also on display. A fourth Corsair 880…
The Yacht Sales Co. has announced the details of its highly anticipated Gold Coast Open Day, set to attract hundreds of boating enthusiasts on Saturday 2 November. The free annual event will be held at the company’s Gold Coast Sales Centre at The Boat…
Entries are now open and the Notice of Race is live for the 52nd Australian Hobie Cat National Championships, hosted by McCrae Yacht Club this 24/25 New Year period. It’s the news we’ve been waiting for folks! The Australian Hobie…
Max Maeder cruised to yet another championship title while for Jessie Kampman it was a real battle to earn her maiden victory at a KiteFoil World Series event. After two days of good breeze which produced 12 massed-start fleet races, medal series day on Lake Traunsee delivered a nailbiting finale of four-rider competition at KiteFoil World Series Austria….
The PIC Coastal Classic isn’t just about race day—it’s about ensuring you and your crew are fully prepared for any challenges you may face. That’s why we’ve introduced a dedicated clinic aimed at crew, focused on personal safety. While skippers…
Ibiza, 5 September 2024. Superyacht racers who have been heading to Ibiza JoySail have always had the opportunity to attempt the record from Punta Cala Figuera, Mallorca to Tagomago island Ibiza. However, until this 2024 edition of Ibiza JoySail, these…
Benoit Gomez of France took his first race win of KiteFoil World Series Austria but it’s still Max Maeder of Singapore who continues to rule the roost on Lake Traunsee. The northerly breeze was blowing nicely on the Austrian lake, strong enough to give the kitefoilers a bit of a headache over kite…
With thunderstorms looming, the fleet headed out for an early start, squeezing in five races in 12-15 knots of the northerly Peler wind. On the final day, Rated X, led by skipper Jake Julien and tactician Keith Swinton, demonstrated why they are the defending…
7 September 2024 – Kinsale, Ireland – Kinsale Yacht Club has thrown open its doors to welcome more than 200 Dragon sailors from around the globe in preparation for the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 sponsored by Astra Construction Services Ltd,…
Barcelona saw some dynamic and fast-moving conditions today with a northerly airflow switching east but ushering in significant rain showers and the ever-present threat of thunderstorms coming off the hills to the north of the city. With the risk of…
On day three of the M32 World Championship the race area was shifted more to the centre of the Lake to give the teams new challenges and to create more opportunities for passing lanes. The top four teams separated by…
Conditions were pitch-perfect in Barcelona for the seventh day of the Louis Vuitton Cup, with the wind clocking round to the south-south-west and delivering a breeze that topped out at 17 knots and an off-axis swell – challenging conditions that…
San Francisco, September 6, 2024: The Ocean Cleanup today declared the eradication of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) achievable within a decade and an ambition to make the cleanup happen faster and more cost effectively. Today’s announcement is the…
Congratulations to Australia’s Jack Eickmeyer who finished 2nd in the U23 Silver Cup. Oskari Muhonen has become the first ever Finnish sailor to win the Finn Gold Cup. He has dominated this week in Aarhus in light and strong winds…
Porto Cervo:. The Etchells European Championship that was to be held in Porto Cervo from the 3rd to the 6th of October will be moved to Cowes hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron from 11th to the 13th October. In agreement…
Max Maeder was back to his winning ways on day two of KiteFoil World Series Austria. Six days short of his 18th birthday, the teenager from Singapore won all six races in light winds on LakeTraunsee in Upper Austria. “Winning six races back to back, that definitely puts a smile on…
The M32 World Championship is as tight as it gets, with the top three teams—Youngblood, Miles Julien, Surge, Ryan McKillen, and Rated X, Jake Julien, —all tied at 17 points. Each of the five races had a different winner, showcasing just how fierce the competition…
A breezy week seems to be in prospect for competitors at this year’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup which starts on Monday out of Porto Cervo, Sardinia. Two J Class teams, Velsheda and Svea, will race in mixed fleet handicap divisions…
Finland’s Oskari Muhonen put on a masterclass for the 104 sailors from 20 nations taking part in the 2024 Finn Gold Cup in Aarhus, Denmark. He won all three races sailed on Friday, two by huge margins to put himself…
Despite never winning a race, Ku-Ring-Gai lll (John Bacon, Joost Houweling and Edward Wright) sailed an impressively consistent series in a fleet that’s fiercely competitive, yet also has an enviable level of camaraderie. Bacon’s team was the sole one to count only…
Two new race winners on day four of 5.5 Metre world championship, hosted by the Yacht Club de l’Odet Seven boats are now race winners in the 2024 world championship, yet only one has scored two victories – Aspire (Przemek…
After yesterday’s cancellation of racing due to inclement weather, the Louis Vuitton Cup schedule got right back on track with five races completed in a shifting 6-10 knot thermal southerly breeze that challenged the sailors. The big story of the…
Aspire (Przemek Gacek, Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Kilian Weise) won today’s first race – the fifth of the championship – by a narrow margin at the end of what proved to be an adrenaline fuelled downwind leg for many competitors, with many…
After yesterday’s inclement weather that saw the abandonment of the second race of the day between Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and Emirates Team New Zealand in the Louis Vuitton Cup second Round Robin, unfortunately it’s more of the same today…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2024 ended abruptly this morning as conditions dictated there would be no further racing and therefore winners were declared based on overnight’s pointscores at another wonderful week of sailing in the Townsville Yacht Club hosted…
Having secured naming title partner Andoo, the Australian campaign for the Youth and Women’s America’s Cup Team have welcomed new brand sponsorship partners this month with Myer signing on as Platinum Partner and Gold Sponsors ExpenseMe and Ray White Commercial…
In today’s first race Arunga XII(Mark Tolhurst, Stephen Mc Conaghy and Thomas Spithill) stunned the fleet with a port tack start from the pin end of the line. Tolhurst says, “we always wanted to get a port end start at the…
There is gold in the waters of Aarhus this week, Finn gold, and the 104 sailors who made it out to the start left everything on the water fighting for every metre, for every point, for every boat, for every…
Rain clouds coming off the mountains to the north of Barcelona produced some challenging and dynamic conditions with enormous shifts in the wind on day one of the Louis Vuitton Cup second Round Robin – the stage of the Challenger…
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