Round the Island Race 2021
The weather may not have delivered but make no mistake, for many of the 7,000 crew that headed out for the 90th anniversary of the Island Sailing Club’s Round the Island Race (Cowes, England) this was a big day out….
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Cowes Round the Island Race: Eeyore wins again
The Island Sailing Club, Cowes, England, put on a spectacular 90th anniversary party for the 2021 Round the Island Race. The huge fleet of over 1200 boats showed how much people love taking part in this event. This year’s race…
Harris brothers – World 18ft Skiff Champions
Two brothers winning JJ Giltinan world 18ft Skiff Championships is not too rare. There have been at least ten ‘brothers’ winning boats in the 71 championships held so far, but the Harris brothers have a rare distinction with their victories. The…
Success for Australians at Moth Cup
The final day of the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup arrived with an unpredictable wind forecast as rain was expected to come in mid-day. However, Luca Rizzotti and his team hosting the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup did a brilliant job and they managed…
Nominations open for 2021 Australian Sailing Awards
Nominations for the 2021 Australian Sailing Awards have now opened, giving clubs and club members the opportunity to be recognised for outstanding achievements and contributions to the sailing community across the past year. The Australian Sailing Awards are the peak…
Rescuing required for Round the Island Race competitor
Experienced sailors who had just taken part in a prestigious yacht race had to be rescued when their vessel got into difficulty off the Dorset coast. The crew of three had taken part in the Round the Island Race at…
Opti Worlds 2021: Thailand’ Bhanubandh leads into Gold Fleet phase
Riva del Garda, Italy: A single race completed today in the third and final day of the qualification series valid for the Optimist World Championship underway in Riva del Garda. The new World Champion will be crowned on July 9th. The…
Pro Sailing Tour: Third stage win goes to Leyton
The third stage of the Pro Sailing Tour concluded today in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. The seven strong fleet of Ocean Fifty trimarans revelled in excellent racing conditions over the competition with new records in front of the…
GC32 Lagos Cup 1: An action packed race course
Alinghi wins the GC32 Lagos Cup 1 after a dominant final day in strong breeze and dramatic conditions. With the wind gusting close to 25 knots and sometimes arriving with little warning, Red Bull Sailing Team was caught out and…
GC32 Lagos Cup: Alinghi take the win after Red Bull’s dramatic capsize
Alinghi has won the GC32 Lagos Cup 1 after a dominant final day in strong breeze and dramatic conditions. With the wind gusting close to 25 knots and sometimes arriving with little warning, Red Bull Sailing Team was caught out…
Champagne celebration for GC32 Lagos Cup 1 Winners – Alinghi
2019 reigning World Champions continue their winning streak into the 2021 season taking the GC32 Lagos Cup 1 title.
Team Aqua – Masters of Marstrand for a fifth time
It is rare even between the ultra-close RC44s for an event to go to the wire in such an extreme way as it did at the conclusion of the 44Cup Marstrand. Going into the tenth and final race of the…
Moth Cup day 3 highlights
The third day of the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup saw some of the best sailors in the world race it out on Lake Garda, Italy.
Foiling Week: Slingsby leads into final day of racing
The third day of the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup was another successful race day. Four races were held in a strong southerly breeze, ranging between 14-20 knots. Again, the bookmaker’s favourite Tom Slingsby (36) from Australia was the sailor to watch. Tom had another…
GC32 Lagos Cup: Alinghi finds her mojo
Alinghi struggled early on with an out-of-character fifth place in the opening race of the GC32 Lagos Cup, but the Swiss regrouped and soon rediscovered their mojo to take the last three winner’s guns of the day from five races,…
Team Aqua’s big bounce back at 44Cup
Just when the pecking order seemed to be firming up at the 44Cup Marstrand, today’s final race off the picture postcard Swedish island turned the results on their head, yet again. Hugues Lepic’s Aleph Racing and Nico Poons’ Charisma were…
Foiling Week: Slingsby in control at Moth Cup
Fraglia Vela Malcesine, Italy: The bookmaker’s favourite, Tom Slingsby, did not disappoint on the second day of the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup where four races were sailed in a 10-16 knot southerly. Australian Slingsby, the reigning…
Team Aleph joins dots to lead 44Cup Marstrand
In an example of the high performance RC44 one design class’ typically ultra-close racing, yesterday’s winners dropped to the bottom of the pile at the 44Cup Marstrand today, as those that were consistent rose to the top. For competitors and…
23rd Match Race Germany will take place in 2022
Langenargen: The 23rd Match Race Germany will be sailed and celebrated from 2-6 June in 2022 (this 25 years after its premiere in 1997) and will attract tens of thousands of visitors to Langenargen’s famous Gondola Harbour and its surrounding…
Nacra 15 European Championship
The best Nacra 15 sailors have travelled to Lake Silvaplana in Swizerland’s Grison region, not far from St. Moritz, to sail the European Nacra 15 Championships this week from June 26th – July 4th. The Nacra 15 is a size…
Magenta Project’s Mentoring Project supports up-and-coming female sailors
The Magenta Project’s Mentoring Programme supports young female sailors around the world, empowering them to work towards achieving their goals in the sport. Find out more: http://themagentaproject.org/mentoring
Fleet of 266 Optimists prepare for World Championship
Riva del Garda, Italy: Just a few hours to go until the start of the Optimist World Championship, the flagship event of youth sailing sailing season, which for this year, after the postponement of the 2020 edition, has confirmed Fraglia…
2021 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race – Matt Donald profile
Matt Donald – the co-owner and skipper of the TP52 racing yacht Gweilo, discusses his and Gweilo’s transformation from newcomers on the Australian ocean racing scene to champions of the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore.
Pro Sailing Tour: 24 hour race commences in Spain
The third episode of the Pro Sailing Tour has gathered the largest ever fleet of the Ocean Fifty trimarans for four days of racing in the waters of Gran Canaria (a Spanish island, located off northwestern Africa). This is the…
Gusts up to 30 knots on Day 1 of 44Cup Marstrand
The 44Cup Marstrand had a tricky start today off the Swedish paradise island bearing its name. A weather front slowly moving across the west coast of Sweden brought with it solid 25 knots winds, 30+ knot gusts and the real prospect of…
Strong winds on Day 1 of racing at 44Cup Marstrand
A solid 25 knots of wind was in full force for day 1 of the 44Cup Marstrand in Sweden.
An action packed day 1 at the GC32 Lagos Cup
A day of excitement is guaranteed when you get five foiling catamarans battling it out on the Algarve Coast, Portugal. And there was plenty of excitement around, to say the least, on day 1 on the GC32 Lagos Cup.
Back in action at GC32 Lagos Cup 1
Four challenging races on day one of the GC32 Lagos Cup 1 brought sailors back to the marina with smiles seen all round. OK, so a lack of wind on the Algarve coast, located in Southern Portugal, meant racing was…
Fun had by all at historic S&S Swan regatta in Italy
Italy: The 9th S&S Swan Regatta, an event that takes place every two years, took place in Marciana Marina from June 23rd to 26th. The event is reserved for the legendary ‘swans’ of the Finnish sea created by the American…
Household names join 2023 Ocean Globe Race
On June 29, organisers, partners, media and entrants were delighted to finally meet in person on the occasion of the OGR Conference in Les Sables d’Olonne, home port of iconic ocean races, such as the Vendée Globe, Golden Globe Race…
Female participation strengthens in Rolex Fastnet Race
In August a record fleet of 450 boats is expected to be on the start line of the world’s largest offshore yacht race, the Rolex Fastnet Race. Among the crews of this traditionally male-dominated sport, just over 10% will be…
Zhik Official Supplier to Australian Olympic Team
Global technical sailing and watersports apparel brand Zhik has been appointed as an Official Supplier to the Australian Olympic Team. The announcement follows the company’s recent appointment as an Official Apparel Partner of Australian Sailing for the third consecutive Olympiad….
Sydney Festival of Boating cancelled
The Boating Industry Association (BIA) has cancelled the Sydney Festival of Boating, which was scheduled to run from July 29th to August 1st, to support efforts by government in controlling the current COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney. The BIA Board yesterday…
Sailing Champions League – Asia Pacific Finals to return in 2022
Next season’s SAILING Champions League – Asia Pacific Finals (SCL:AP) will be held in Newcastle on 19-20 March and 26-27 March 2022. The event returns to the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club after a successful effort last season that saw the…
GC32 Racing Tour resumes in Lagos
Excitement is in the air as competition on the GC32 Racing Tour resumes for the first time since the GC32 Oman Cup in November 2019.
Italy’s Altea dominates Melges 24 regatta on Lake Garda
Italy: The first regatta of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2021 has come to an end. And after a display of some stand out, one-design racing in Malcesine, Lake Garda, Italy’s Altea, steered by Andrea Raccheli, was the victor. Altea’s…
25th Anniversary Day #3- 2021 Superyacht Cup Palma
A final day of sublime sailing conditions brought the Superyacht Cup Palma’s landmark 25th anniversary regatta to a close on Saturday with a first time entrant stealing the headlines. Ravenger takes the overall 2021 Superyacht Cup title while Nilaya was…
Ravenger wins Superyacht Cup Palma
A final day of sublime sailing conditions brought the Superyacht Cup Palma’s landmark 25th anniversary regatta to a close on Saturday with a first time entrant stealing the headlines.
Racing abandoned on final day of Block Island Race Week
Rhode Island: Thick fog and light winds greeted sailors on the final morning of Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week, and after an hour-long postponement, the Race Committee ultimately decided to abandon racing on Margaritaville Race Day due to…
Winners declared after final day abandoned at Swan Sardinia Challenge
Porto Cervo: Today was the final day of racing at the inaugural Swan Sardinia Challenge and the fleet of 34 yachts was divided into four classes ready for the final day of racing when the winners were delivered to the…
