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The opening day of the Pantaenius Yacht Insurance Port Stephens Trophy challenged crews and officials in equal amounts, as there were long delays to the start of racing, and a drawn-out race against dramatic skies offshore for the Garmin NSW…
Winning class at Antigua Sailing Week is worthy of proper celebration, but the biggest prize is the Lord Nelson Trophy, which has been awarded 51 times since 1968, which is why the regatta attracts teams from all over the world…
Dramatic cloud formations over the mountains surrounding the Bay of Tivat under an overcast sky suggested that 44Cup Porto Montenegro competitors would be in for another day of adrenalin-filled competition in winds in the high teens. In the event, the…
Sailing in his first 5.5 Metre regatta, Peter Morton, along with Australian Andrew ‘Dog’ Palfrey and Ben Cornish, on GBR 40, took the win at the 2019 Alpen Cup on Lake Garda in Italy. New Moon BAH 21 (Mark Holowesko/Peter…
While the sun was out and the rain held off, Porto Montenegro presented a challenging second day of 44Cup racing, starting in 10 knots and building to 20 by the close of play mid-afternoon. A light patch around the committee…
Port Stephens is preparing to host the best of Australia’s eastern seaboard keelboat racing this weekend when a record 150 crews, racing trailable sports boats to the latest generation TP52, aim to make their mark on the Pantaenius Yacht Insurance…
The Australian Sailing Team (AST) and coaches are in Italy, ahead of the second European Olympic classes regatta for the season, the Hempel World Cup Series – Round 3, Genoa being held from 16 to 21 April. Last week the…
The first half of Sail Port Stephens closed out in the most breeze of the three-day series, puffy southerly winds up to 22 knots on the bay causing spinnakers to flog and some crews to scramble as boats tipped and…
The European sailing calendar 2019 is set to be inaugurated in traditional fashion, with one of the greatest events on the circuit: the sixteenth edition of Sail Racing PalmaVela. Organised by the Real Club Náutico de Palma, the regatta will…
While the forecasts had looked glum and windless, the Bay of Kotor somehow allowed PRO Peter Reggio and the race committee successfully to lay on two races on the opening day of the 44Cup Porto Montenegro. Having been delayed for…
Stuff.co.nz Jimmy Spithill has had a cheeky crack at Team New Zealand's America's Cup win in Bermuda. The former Oracle Team USA skipper was a constant thorn in the side of the Kiwis over the last two America's Cup matches…
Current European champion, Fredrik Löof, from Sweden is the new OK Dinghy World No.1 in the April 2019 release of the World Ranking List. As runner-up in the past two world championships he overtakes Greg Wilcox, from New Zealand, who…
Day two of the Bannisters Port Stephens Commodore’s Cup had an all-sorts look – burning sun, sudden heavy rain, bullets of 20 plus knots on the start line to barely any wind, lightning, a rainbow and dark clouds to the…
MIAMI (April 7, 2019) — Alessandro Rombelli and the Italian STIG team of Francesco Bruni, Giorgio Tortarolo, and Tea Faoro are the winners of the 2019 Melges 20 World Championship hosted by the Coconut Grove Sailing Club in Miami, Florida….
A record Bannisters Port Stephens Commodore’s Cup fleet of 100 boats opened their three-day series on Monday April 8, 2019 in light winds on a postcard autumn day. It was summer revisited for the offshore course that began off the…
It’s 22 nautical miles from Newcastle Harbour to the Port Stephens heads, and today there was a catch – as in, no breeze at the start of the annual Sail Port Stephens feeder race. So instead of the postcard getaway…
MIAMI (April 6, 2019) — There is no doubt that the story of the day today at the Melges 20 World Championship is the ultra-tight racing that is ever-present in the fleet. Three days of racing are complete, and each…
Australian Sailing Team members Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin have claimed Gold for Australia in the Nacra 17 class at the 50th Princess Sofia Trophy Iberostar in Palma, Spain today. The Nacra 17’s did not have the opportunity of sailing…
Cannes, France: The 2019 Dragon Grand Prix Cannes concluded in style at the Yacht Club de Cannes with one final race in superb conditions to decide the winner. Going into the day just ten points separated the top six teams…
Australian Sailing Team members, Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin (Nacra 17) and Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (470 Men’s), are heading to the Medal Races at the 50th Princess Sofia Trophy Iberostar in Palma, Spain. Retaining top place in the…
Australian Sailing Team members Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin have kept the pressure on in the Nacra 17 class on Day 4 of the 50th Princess Sofia Trophy Iberostar in Palma, Spain, while Mat Belcher and Will Ryan have climbed…
Two more clubs have entered the National Sailing League Final, including the first international team representing the ‘other’ sailing powerhouse in the Oceania region – New Zealand. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, home of the next America’s Cup, is…
Melges 20 sailors enjoyed a lively first day at the 2019 Melges 20 World Championship in Miami, with Daniel Thielman’s Kuai (USA) and Cesar Gomes Neto’s Portobello (BRA) each winning a race. This morning, sailors were greeted with fog and…
BANGKOK, Thailand – Organisers of the Top of the Gulf Regatta presented by Ocean Marina are gearing up for the event's 15th sailing with more than 700 competitors representing 30 countries around the world expected to compete. Organised and hosted…
Cannes, France – 4 April 2019 – Day three of the Dragon Grand Prix Cannes 2019 delivered glorious sunshine, some very strong winds and a spectacular fourth race. After overnight thunderstorms, it took a while for the wind to finally…
Cannes, France – 3 April 2019 – After the opening day's sunshine, the rain and squalls on day two of the Dragon Grand Prix Cannes were less than welcomed by the 51 International Dragon sailors competing in the first event…
Nine RC44 teams are set to make their debut on the beautiful waters of Kotor Bay, Montenegro for the first event of the newly christened 44Cup over 10– 14 April. While the majority of teams have opted for strategic consistency,…
Australian Sailing Team members, Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin, have made their move to the top of the leaderboard in the Nacra 17 competition on Day 3 of the 50th Princess Sofia Trophy Iberostar in Palma, Spain. Despite moving into…
When Bill Hopton entered his Swarbrick S99 into the 2019 Airlie Beach Race Week, he wasn’t expecting to be the first local in the Festival of Sailing’s fleet. Nonetheless, it wouldn’t be the first time ‘Mistery’ has claimed an inaugural…
As Sail Port Stephens 2019 comes under starters orders, a mammoth 248 entries have been received across classes ranging from sports boats to TP52s – even before counting the junior one-sail and 16-foot skiff fleets that will register on their…
Cannes, France – 2 April 2019 – German 470 World Champion Tanja Jacobsohn showed the 50 strong fleet how it's done with some wonderfully consistent sailing at the opening day of the Dragon Grand Prix de Cannes on the Cote…
NZ Herald. By: Christopher Reive Team New Zealand has sunk reports that the three late challengers have withdrawn from the 2021 America's Cup, confirming no Challenger has pulled the plug on their campaign. Speculation that DutchSail, Malta Altus and Stars and…
The Australian Sailing Squad pair of Kurt Hansen and Simon Hoffman have made an early charge in the 49er class at the Princess Sofia Trophy Iberostar in Palma, kicking off their competition with 6, 1, 2 results to lead the…
While the RORC Easter Challenge is on the one hand a training regatta offering free world class coaching from grand masters like Jim Saltonstall, it also kicks off the Royal Ocean Racing Club's domestic racing season. At present inshore…
The Australian Sailing Team had a mixed opening day at the Olympic classes Princess Sofia Trophy Iberostar in Palma, Mallorca – Natasha Bryant and Annie Wilmot got off to a flying start in the 49erFX skiff, but were subsequently protested…
30 March, 2019 – Tortola, British Virgin Islands – Racing was canceled at 1000 hours with barely a breath of air to spare on the race course. It was maybe a blessing in disguise following a magical night in the…
The inaugural TP52 Gold Cup resumed in earnest on the final day of SailFest Newcastle, with the seven-strong fleet completing four windward-leeward races in challenging offshore conditions. Koa, co-owned by Peter Wrigley and Andy Kearnan, capitalised on its opening day…
Stuff.co.nz. By Laine Moger. The America's Cup will be defended on Auckland's waters in 2021 but the race is already on to clean up the harbour before that happens. A daily drain of toxins, plastics and sediments is degrading the Hauraki Gulf, a stretch of ocean…
31 March, 2019 – Tortola, British Virgin Islands – “It was thrilling to see this place buzzing again!” Miles Sutherland-Pilch, General Manager of Nanny Cay Marina enthused after a fantastic week-long fun-filled event that saw more than 800 sailors on…
South Australia’s longest-running junior sailing event returns to its roots next weekend when the 52nd Fisher Peterson Tillett Regatta takes place on the Patawalonga Lake on Sunday 7 April. Originating on the lake as an event for juniors in the…
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