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HAMILTON, Bermuda (Mar. 16, 2020) — Organizers for the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s Bermuda Gold Cup match racing regatta have postponed the celebratory 70th running to October due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and travel restrictions imposed…
There were some very weary Masters sailors hauling their boats up the beach on the last day of the Oceania and Australian Laser Masters Championship. It was a glorious sunny day in Geelong, but the wind was shifting up to…
Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart’s MC38 Lazy Dog from Middle Harbour out-ran the pack at the class’ 2020 reduced national title on Sydney Harbour, posting a low-scoring 13 points that included five wins from eight starts. The hours Lazy Dog’s…
The Honda Marine team of David McDiarmid, Matt Steven and Brad Collins tightened their grip slightly on the 2020 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship when they scored their second win of the regatta in Race 2 on Sydney Harbour today….
It is with great disappointment we hoist the AP flag on our flagship promotional event; the March 28-29 visit of the America’s Cup to the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) and hope we may be able run the event…
The defending champion Honda Marine team of David McDiarmid, Matt Steven and Brad Collins began their attempt to win a third consecutive JJ Giltinan Championship when they scored a come-from-behind win in Race 1 on Sydney Harbour on Saturday. It…
Tortola, British Virgin Islands: In light of the statement made by the Government of the Virgin Islands on 13 March, 2020 regarding measures being taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BVI Spring Regatta Board has been instructed to…
Now two-time Melges 24 Australian Champion Robin Deussen capped off his second title in dominant fashion yesterday, closing out the event with three wins on the final day in big breeze off Adelaide Sailing Club. A stark contrast to the…
When the 2020 Laser Masters World Championships were postponed indefinitely owing to the Coronavirus, it wasn’t just the sailors who were affected. The Victorian Laser Association, which has won praise for its staging of a massive summer of Laser sailing…
Two races were sailed on the first day of the Oceania and Australian Laser Masters Championships on Corio Bay, with stand-out performances in some divisions and mixed results in others. Standard Thirteen times World Masters Champion, Brett Beyer (NSW) had…
After taking into account all available guidance from the Australian and Victorian governments, the organisers of the 2020 Oceania and Australian Laser Masters Championships have announced that the event will go ahead with format changes. The announcement comes after the…
The traditional Invitation Race for the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship was sailed on Sydney Harbour on Friday in a 12-15-knot north-east wind, a chance for the fleet to warm up ahead of the major event starting today, Saturday. Tech2…
Cagliari: Due to ‘force majeure’ – following the declaration of the Pandemic CoViD19 by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the restrictions imposed by the different governments – COR 36 has declared the impossibility of organising the ACWS Sardinia –…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Francisco SailGP event scheduled for May 2-3 has been cancelled. SailGP CEO, Sir Russell Coutts, said: “We are of course disappointed to cancel our event in San Francisco. “This decision has been made…
Due to ongoing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and following recommendations from Oman’s Ministry of Health, the opening event of the 2020 GC32 Racing Tour in Muscat has been cancelled. On 7 March 2020, Oman’s Ministry of…
UPDATE: Due to the obvious concerns around running any form of event or mass gathering at the moment, Ronstan and Metung Yacht Club have decided to postpone the Sailing to Recovery Regatta indefinitely. Further information regarding a future date for the event will be released in due…
World Sailing has cancelled the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Genoa event that was due to be held in the Italian city from 11 – 19 April 2020 due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy,…
The Sunshine Coast Yacht Club, based at the Mooloolaba Marina Precinct, is proud to again host the Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta (SCOR). This year SCOR will be run over the weekend of 18th and 19th July. SCOR was run from…
When the world’s top twenty-four 18ft Skiffs line up to contest the 2020 JJ Giltinan Championship on Sydney Harbour, from 14-22 March, the AeroMedia Live Broadcast team will be alongside and above the fleet sending vision of the action to…
One of South Australia's most well-known sailing rivalries has been revived once more as Robin Deussen and Sandy Higgins finish the opening day of the Australian Melges 24 Nationals just one point apart. Fresh off a win in last weekend's…
In response to the rapid growth of the OK Dinghy class in recent years, and calls for a coordinated European circuit, the International OK Dinghy Association has launched the 2020 OK Euro League. In this inaugural year five events have been…
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) is pleased to announce the famous ‘Auld Mug’, the America’s Cup, is headed across the Tasman Sea to the club in March for a special weekend of events, marking the first time it…
When the 24 boats contesting the 2020 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour from March 14-22, defending champion David McDiarmid could become the first New Zealand skipper to win three titles in the 82-year history of the world’s…
More than 20 clubs from two Australian states and Hong Kong made up 19 divisions for the 15th Sydney Harbour Regatta conducted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) with the cooperation of key Sydney clubs and a host of volunteers….
The Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Trent Barnabas became the Australian 18 Footers League Club champions after leading all the way to score a convincing win in Race 16 of the series on Sydney Harbour today. …
An investigation into the death of a 44-year-old man, Rickie Makin, has commenced following a fatal marine incident in Moreton Bay, east of Redcliffe, on Saturday afternoon. Around 5pm, emergency services were called to two men who were thrown overboard…
The 19-22 knot of mostly consistent south easterly winds, causing big seas on Spring Bay, have proved no difficulty for experienced SB20 sailor Nick Rogers (Karabos) in the Spring Bay Mill SB20 Australian Championship in Tasmania. Brett Cooper, the 2017…
Sydney Harbour Regatta’s opening day brought together a multi-club effort spanning the Harbour and offshore for the 185-strong fleet from around NSW and Victoria. Conditions offshore made it harder for the Open Class and Sydney 38 fleet to sail cleanly…
The current monohull record holders for the Groupama Race around New Caledonia will return in 2020 with the Hong Kong team hungry to also claim the multihull record for the biennial South Pacific race starting June 21. “This time the…
The clock is counting down to 4pm on 6 March 2021- the start of Race 1 of the 36th America’s Cup presented by Prada. It marks the first official race of the ‘Defence’ of the Auld Mug for the holder…
With no racing possible on the final day of the Odzala Discovery Camps 52 Super Series V&A Waterfront Cape Town regatta, the 2019 circuit champions, Azzurra, lift the first series title of the 2020 season. Racing in South Africa for…
NZ Herald www.nzherald.co.nz American Magic skipper Dean Barker has labelled the upcoming America's Cup World Series event in Cagliari a “risky proposition”, following the realities of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. Barker is hopeful a decision will be made on…
by Duncan Johnstone www.stuff.co.nz Team New Zealand will start their defence of the America's Cup in a year's time but mystery continues to shroud yachting's pinnacle event. The America's Cup match starts on March 6, 2021 and the next…
Nacra 17 sailors Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin have been announced as the latest selections to Australia’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic sailing team. “I’m excited but also relieved we get the opportunity to fight for a gold medal,” 28-year-old Darmanin said….
Entry for the Whitsunday Airlie Beach Festival of Sailing opened on 1 March, 2020 and can be found online, along with Notice of Race, easily found on the Home page of the official Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) race website. The…
18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Race 5 (resail) & Race 9 Sunday, 1 March, 2020 Sydney Harbour The Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Trent Barnabas became the 2019-2020 Australian 18ft Skiff champion following two more impressive performances in…
Ben Ainslie and the British team wasted no time establishing themselves as the ones to beat this season as they put on impressive performances throughout Sydney SailGP to claim their first event title. In the first match race of SailGP…
Sir Ben Ainslie had a debut to remember as he skippered the Great Britain team to victory in all three races on Day 1 of the season-opening Sydney SailGP leg, but homegrown fans need not despair, with Tom Slingsby's Australia…
GKSS Match Cup Marstrand was today announced as the new name of the Swedish world championship event of the 2020 World Match Racing Tour, this year hosting its 26th edition from 1-5 July. The event will be sailed in M32…
Melbourne Australia. February 28, 2020. It may have been a case of “saved by the wind” for Rio Olympic champion, Marit Bouwmeester. The three-time world champion led by 24 points over night but saw her margin trimmed to just two…
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