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LONDON – December 18, 2020 – SailGP today announced two new venues that will be added to the European leg of the global championship’s second season in 2021. In two firsts for the league, SailGP will visit Saint-Tropez on the…
As if written into the script, the final race was the one that mattered when it came to who would take the PRADA America’s Cup World Series Auckland trophy. With Emirates Team New Zealand and American Magic on even points,…
Yesterday, on the opening day of racing among the four America's Cup syndicates, the British Team INEOS failed to finish both races, citing problems with the foil arm mechanism on their boat. The mechanism is “supplied equipment”, meaning all boats…
Four match races have been held on the second day of the PRADA ACWS Auckland on race course C, the preferred playing field as it brings the racing right into the heart of the Waitematā Harbour, with a shifty and…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. British skipper Sir Ben Ainslie has opened up on his team’s America’s Cup struggles, insisting they are surmountable. INEOS Team UK had a disastrous official practice period, plagued by breakdowns that saw them have just one…
The first racing day of the PRADA ACWS Auckland has just concluded and New York Yacht Club American Magic is leading the provisional ranking after winning both the matches they raced today. In second position comes Emirates Team New Zealand…
Kiwi skipper Dean Barker had a big day on the water on Tuesday, getting past the British America’s Cup challenger before taking on Team New Zealand and beating them in practice racing. All eyes were on the Brits early as…
Sail Sydney rounded out with a bang today, with friendly fire forcing an early end to the regatta for Australian Sailing Team (AST) pair Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin. It was their Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) teammate Lucy Copeland and…
The 2020-2021 NSW Championship continued to produce some of the best 18ft Skiff action seen on Sydney Harbour for several seasons when the defending champion Winning Group team of John Winning Jr., Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton hung on grimly to…
Stuff.co.nz Sir Ben Ainslie’s new America’s Cup boat has been labelled “the lamest of ducks” in a damning summation on the eve of proper racing. British pundit Magnus Wheatley has delivered a brutal blog on Ainslie’s chances as the INEOS Team UK…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. Team New Zealand again looked impressive as the British and American challengers were absent when the second round of official America’s Cup practice was held in Auckland on Thursday. Emirates Team New Zealand put on a…
The Australian Sailing Team is going to have to wait another day for a return to competitive action, as Day One of Sail Sydney was called off after a southerly buster hit Sydney Harbour shortly before racing was scheduled to…
NEW YORK – December 8, 2020 – SailGP today announced champion sailor Jimmy Spithill has signed on to become CEO and helm of the United States SailGP Team. Spithill will lead the U.S. team as it fights to claim the…
InfoTrack owner Christian Beck and his crew continue to firm as the ones to beat for line honours in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after they produced a near-perfect performance to win the 2020 Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat…
ABC North Qld. By Nathalie Fernbach A book by America's Cup winning skipper John Bertrand borrowed from a Townsville library in 1987 has been returned after sailing around the world for 33 years. The book, Born to Win, was…
Inside the Games. By Nancy Gillen. Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics reportedly estimate the postponement of the Games is set to cost an additional $1.9 billion (£1.4 billion/€1.6 billion). Tokyo 2020, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Japanese Government…
Another row has erupted between America's Cup defender, Emirates Team New Zealand, and Challenger-of-Record Prada. According to Duncan Johnstone, writing on the Kiwi website Stuff, Prada said Team New Zealand had wanted to exclude specific journalists from the media centre…
In contrast to the 40-knot winds that battered Sydney Harbour last Sunday and forced the Australian 18 Footers League to abandon Race 2 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship, today's 20-knot westerly wind produced one of the most spectacular 18ft Skiff…
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, USA (December 2, 2020) – Following the resounding success of the 2019 12mR World Championship held in Newport, R.I., the International Twelve Metre Association (ITMA) has again selected America’s City by the Sea as the venue for…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone Defenders Team New Zealand and the three challengers have been granted five days of official practice, including some racing, ahead of the world series regatta in Auckland in December. The world series regatta, featuring 12 round-robin…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) coincided with Sydney’s record-breaking hot weather weekend, 28 crews enduring 40 knot gusts for race two and brutal temperatures in the low 40s both days of the longstanding annual series….
Fresh North West winds over 20-knots, with gusts up to 40-knots prior to race time, cast doubt over the Australian 18 Footers League being able to stage Race 2 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today, and finally…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Lazy Dog team closed out the 2020 MC38 calendar with a third series triumph, giving Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart’s crew the overall season trophy from six acts. Act 6 pointscore results Tilly Lock video of…
Inside the Games. By Nancy Gillen Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has revealed her hopes of holding the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year with “full spectators present”. Koike discussed her best-case scenario for Tokyo 2020, which has been postponed to 2021…
Only three of five foreign journalists who have so far applied to come to New Zealand for the 36th America's Cup have been approved entry, according to Tracy Neal on the Radio New Zealand website. TVNZ has secured the New…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone America’s Cup teams have been warned they face “substantial penalties” for coordinated practice after a concerned Team New Zealand took the issue to the arbitration panel. With all four teams now fine-tuning their second generation boats…
131 professional photographers took part in the special edition of the “Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image of the Century” photo competition, designed to celebrate the best sailing images taken since 1 January 2000. Gilles Martin-Raget (FRA) won the main prize, while…
LONDON – November 23, 2020 – SailGP today announced an updated schedule for the first half of its second season, with the opening events now set for the island of Bermuda and the southern Italian city of Taranto. On April…
The Australian champion tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake took out Race 1 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today after three boats were ruled out of the race for being over the…
Stockholm, Sweden, 22 November 2020: The Mange Olsson Foundation has today announced Peter Burling the 2020 winner of its prestigious Magnus Olsson Prize. Awarded annually to an individual who has made an indelible contribution to the world of sailing, previous…
Inside the Games. By Liam Morgan. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has encouraged athletes to have a COVID-19 vaccination before the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics but insisted it would not be an entry requirement for the Games. Bach, speaking…
Auckland, New Zealand – 19th November 2020 Emirates Team New Zealand revealed its second generation AC75 to the world this evening at its base in Auckland’s Viaduct. It is the boat that will be used to defend the 36th America’s Cup…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. Team New Zealand are still negotiating the racing format for December’s America’s Cup warmup regatta, acknowledging they are at odds again with Italian challenger of record Luna Rossa. The December 17-20 event involves a world series…
Larchmont, NY – The Notice of Race for the 29th Edition of the biennial Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville has just been issued by Storm Trysail Club Rear Commodore and STC-BIRW 2021 Event Chair Ray…
This Thursday, November 19, go behind-the-scenes with the Australia SailGP Team as Winning Calls with Oracle, the virtual race-viewing event series, gives fans unprecedented access into how strategic decisions and powerful data analysis power winning performances by the team. Developed…
Former premier of Tasmania, Will Hodgman, is to launch ‘Blue Water Classics: Portraits of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race’, to be hosted by Fullers Bookshop at the RACV Hotel in Hobart on early Friday evening. Hodgman resigned after six years…
A great all-the-way win to the Smeg 18ft Skiff team in today's final race of the Australian 18 Footer League's Spring Championship series wasn't enough to take the overall title from today's second placed Yandoo team, which finished four points ahead of…
With four bullets from eight races and winning consecutive boat of the day flags, the newest team to the Farr 40 Class Bluetack took out their first one design trophy. There was absolutely no stopping the Bluetack crew from holding…
Each America's Cup team has a few key tools to work with: The AC75 class rule, fresh talent, proven experience and a finite amount of time. From these common ingredients grows a competitive philosophy that is unique to each team. For American Magic, the U.S….
By Coronado Times, 8 November, 2020. 2020 strikes again. A large racing sailboat became unmoored early Saturday morning during a storm. It then grounded at Coronado’s Central Beach, just south of the main lifeguard tower. Initially, the boat appeared to…
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