Jean Genie lets rip on Day 2 of Fast 40+ Round 2
eter Morton’s Jean Genie had the best of Day 2 of Round 2 of the Fast 40+ 2021 Race Circuit, part of the RORC IRC National Championship in Cowes, Isle of Wight on a very grey day, with flat water…
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The Ocean Race Europe – This was Leg 3
The highs, the lows, from Alicante 🇪🇸 to Genoa 🇮🇹. This was Leg 3 of The Ocean Race Europe.
Italian youth crew prevails among Rolex Giraglia’s IRC 0 maxis
In a fantastic result for the Rolex Giraglia’s hosts and organiser, the Yacht Club Italiano (YCI), their ‘club boat’, Adriano Calvini’s Felci 61 Itacentodue, claimed the race’s IRC 0 maxi boat class after crossing the Genoa finish line mid-evening yesterday….
Fast 40+ Round 2 – dismal day on Solent but sizzling racing
Race 1 and 3 winner, Niklas Zennstrom’s Rán leads the Fast 40+ in Cowes, Isle of Wight after the first day from Peter Morton’s Jean Genie (Race 2 winner) and Christian Hamilton/Guy Gillon’s Khumbu. Rán won Races 1 and 3,…
The Ocean Race: Teams prepared for winner-take-all finale in Genova
After three weeks of intense offshore and inshore action that has seen The Ocean Race Europe’s 12-boat fleet race over 2,000 nautical miles from France to Italy with stops in Portugal and Spain, the event’s inaugural edition will come to…
Melges Argentario Rally: Race fleet doubles in Cala Galera
Cala Galera, Italy: Today was the second day of racing at the Melges Argentario Rally for the Melges 32 fleet with three more races completed, bringing the series total to six, and the Russian entry Tavatuy (Pavel Kuznetsov) continues to…
Crews look forward to stepping up competition in Swan Sardinia Challenge
Preparations are under way to welcome 35 Swan one-design yachts to the season’s second major regatta in the splendid surroundings of Porto Cervo, where the Swan Sardinia Challenge will take place in all four Swan one-design classes from 22-26 June….
The Ocean Race: Offshore Team Germany claims IMOCA leg three victory
Offshore Team Germany, the non-foiling IMOCA 60 skippered by German Olympian Robert Stanjek, has pulled off a spectacular victory in the third and final offshore leg of The Ocean Race Europe. After almost four days of racing since leaving Alicante,…
Rolex Giraglia line honours for Arca SGR
Since setting off from Sanremo, Italy at midday yesterday, a tough contest for maxi yacht line honours has been playing out in the Rolex Giraglia, the fourth event of the International Maxi Association’s Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge. Overnight, as crews…
Cork Harbour to bid for 2024 America’s Cup
Cork Harbour is lining up a bid for the rights to host the prestigious 2024 America’s Cup yacht race — the oldest sporting trophy in the world that scooped over a billion dollars for the New Zealand economy when the…
The Ocean Race: Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team clinches leg three victory
The third and final offshore leg of The Ocean Race Europe came to an exciting conclusion in the early hours of Thursday morning in Genova, when the Portuguese entry, Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team, pulled off a come-from-behind victory in the…
Melges World League: Argentario Rally kicks off in Cala Galera
Sails are warming up in Cala Galera, Italy for the Melges Argentario Rally, the second act of the international Melges World League circuit – and the first to get to the water are the crews of the Melges 32 fleet,…
Rolex Giraglia – 18 maxis set sail
The longest yachts in IRC 0 were the first to get away from the Sanremo start today in the Yacht Club Italiano’s Rolex Giraglia. This fourth event of the International Maxi Association’s Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge set sail on time…
The Ocean Race: Fleets compress as light air pervades on approach to finish
Another 24 hours of light wind racing out on the Mediterranean on the third and final leg of The Ocean Race Europe has seen both the VO65 and IMOCA 60 fleets compress significantly as they push towards the finish line…
SailGP will return to Sydney Harbour in Season 2
SailGP today announced the Australia Sail Grand Prix as the ninth event in the global championship’s second season calendar. SailGP will return to the iconic Sydney Harbour on December 17 and 18, 2021, following the European stage of Season 2,…
Jenetta raised from the depths and headed to 12-Metre Worlds
From the drafting table of Scotland’s renowned naval architect Alfred Mylne and launched in 1939, Jenetta (K-1), design #395 was one of four 12mRs commissioned by Sir William Burton. An accomplished gentleman sailor, and president of the International Yacht Racing…
Copa del Rey Mapfre entries exceed 100
On Wednesday local time, the Real Club Náutico de Palma (RCNP) officially presented the 39th edition of the Copa del Rey Mapfre, following the cancellation of last year’s event due to the Pandemic. President of Real Club Náutico de Palma,…
No funding agreement in place for America’s Cup in New Zealand
Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) and the Government, along with Auckland Council, has concluded exclusive discussions regarding funding for the next America’s Cup (AC37) following ETNZ’s successful defence in Auckland of the…
Three to battle for 68th Rolex Giraglia line honours
Italy’s premier offshore race, the Rolex Giraglia sets sail on Wednesday local time, when 143 yachts, including three challengers for Line Honours, will take part in the fourth event of the International Maxi Association’s 2020-21 Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge. Due…
The Ocean Race: Leaders extend in new breeze – more calms expected
The crews competing in The Ocean Race Europe have spent a second restless night out on the Mediterranean searching for wind to help them along the race’s third and final leg from Alicante, Spain to Genova, Italy. Racing in two…
Entries open for 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
xcitement is building for the return of the historic Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with entries now open for the 77th running of the race. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) has launched the Notice of Race and is…
Argo demolishes Bermuda-Plymouth record
In her first outing since the beginning of the pandemic, Jason Carroll’s MOD70 trimaran, Argo, last week blew away the existing record for the passage between Bermuda and Plymouth, UK. The previous record for this 2870 nautical mile course eastbound…
First Tracks storms home to secure Etchells Nationals title
Peter Merrington and his team of Ian McKillop and Steve ‘Mothy’ Jarvin on First Tracks have won in the Etchells Australian Nationals and the Australasian Championships sailed in Mooloolaba over the long weekend. Merrington won the final race of the…
Be inspired by the ‘Blue Mind’ theory and get out on Whitsunday water
With the beautiful winter weather calling visitors to our region and tempting locals to get out and explore their own backyard, the importance and value of nature has never been more apparent than it is now. Whilst the incredible natural…
Breakaway moves deliver mixed results in The Ocean Race Europe
The 12 teams competing in The Ocean Race Europe have been dealing with light and incalcitrant breezes on their first night at sea after setting off yesterday on the inaugural event’s third and final leg from Alicante, Spain to Genova,…
Life onboard a racing yacht | The Ocean Race Europe
Life onboard can be tough, but the sailors in The Ocean Race Europe are tougher. Featuring Justine Mettraux from 11th Hour Racing Team, Emily Nagel from Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team, and Benjamin Dutreux from Offshore Team Germany.
Fast start with a long and interesting leg to Genova
The third and final offshore leg of The Ocean Race Europe got underway on Sunday local time in Alicante, Spain where the 12-boat international fleet of yachts representing nine countries and crewed by sailors from around the world set off…
Bol d’or Mirabaud: Ylliam XII – Comptoir Immobilier takes TF35 win
In sparkling conditions on Lake Geneva yesterday morning, the seven high-performance TF35 hydro-foiling catamarans joined 440 other boats of all shapes and sizes for the 82nd edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud. The first half of the 120km race was…
43rd Three Peaks Yacht Race starts June 19
The Barmouth to Fort William Three Peaks Yacht Race will start from Barmouth on Saturday June 19, when 16 teams of sailors and mountain runners will set out for Fort William. Sailors will navigate through the difficult waters of the…
John Winning – one of three greats in 18 Footer history
There have been many champion competitors, builders, designers and administrators involved with the 129-year-old sport of 18 footers racing, but three men with the foresight, positive thinking and financial wisdom to promote the 18s to the masses, stand out as…
Tied at the top ahead of Sunday start of final leg to Genova
The 12 international crews competing in the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe will leave Alicante, Spain on Sunday June 13 bound for Genova, Italy, on the final stage of the new three-leg offshore event. The fleet of five…
Team Peter Merrington leads Etchells Nationals
The Etchells Australian National Championship kicked off on Thursday 10 June in Mooloolaba and it is tight at the top after two days of racing and following some unsurprisingly high scoring results, across the board. Not unbefitting to a National…
Britain’s Dobson and Tidy win 49erFX Championship in Cascais
After leading the 49erFX Championship in Cascais since day one and following a protracted battle with the top ranked Spanish crew, Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey from GBR have gone on to win the event from their rivals, Tamara Echegoyen/Paula…
Great Britain and Spain continue domination of 49erFX Cascais Championship
Charlotte Dobson/Sakia Tidey (GBR) continue to lead the 49erFX Championship in Cascais, although their lead decreased on the top five, after scoring 7-12-3 results today. In second place is Tamara Echegoyen/Paula Barcelo (ESP), who after a finishing the day with…
Bol d’Or Mirabaud 2021 almost back to normal
Geneva: The world’s greatest lake regatta, Bol d’Or Mirabaud, is back after being cancelled last year for the first time in its history, so it is therefore an immense satisfaction for the organising team and competitors to be a short…
Michael Blackburn appointed Australian Sailing Technical Director
Olympian and two-time Olympic gold medal winning coach, Michael Blackburn, will continue to play a leading role in shaping the future of Australia’s high performance sailing program after being announced the new Australian Sailing Technical Director. As Technical Director, Blackburn…
Record tumbles as cool cats and tris join in for Airlie Beach Race Week
With entries not due to close until Monday 2 August, Airlie Beach Race Week has already reached an unprecedented high of 139 boats, outstripping the event’s record of 133 in 2016 and more than doubled those of 2020 when COVID…
Close Leg 2 finishes leave things square at top of leaderboards
The second leg of The Ocean Race Europe finished in Alicante, Spain on Wednesday, the culmination of three days of tight racing between the 12 international crews since they left Cascais, Portugal on Sunday afternoon. The second leg of the…
Big names from Vendée Globe join Rolex Fastnet Race
Almost six months after they competed in the world’s most brutal race, the single-handed non-stop lap of the planet that is the Vendée Globe, many of the IMOCA fleet will be returning to the race course for the first time…
Block Island Race Week will kick off with 165 boats
The planning for 29th Block Island Race Week began on the last day of the 28th edition in 2019 and between then and now, there have been a few iterations, but the Storm Trysail Club is ready to welcome 165…
