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As owners, skippers and crews look forward to the opening day of the regatta on June 20, new entries are still joining the already impressive fleet. The most recent is the stunning Meteor, returning to the Superyacht Cup for the…
NEW AT THE 2019 TOUR VOILE: After more than 40 years existence and a renewal with the arrival of the Diam 24s, the Tour Voile continues to cement its place as a major sporting event of the summer. Always on…
The fifteenth edition of the revived Quarter Ton Cup is less than a month away with more than 20 boats expected on the start line come 10—12 June for what is building up to be an intense and intriguing battle….
49er: A bag of bullets for Burling and Tuke They’re not long back in the boat after their two-and-a-half year holiday in the America’s Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race, but already Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are back at…
Two medal races, sailed in perfect Mediterranean conditions, wrapped up the 470 Europeans, organised by local Yacht Club Sanremo and Marina degli Aregai, in co-operation with the national and international 470 class. At the eve of the grand finale, both…
Giles Scott, from Britain, leads after the first day of racing at the 2019 Finn Open Europeans in Athens following three races on Tuesday. Scott won two races and placed third in the other to hold a four-point lead over…
A record 22 maxi yachts will take to the water tomorrow for the first day of racing at Rolex Capri Sailing Week. This is the second event in the International Maxi Association’s new Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge and follows the…
When Victorian John Chipp and his Beneteau Oceanis 411 crew arrive for their maiden SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week at the end of August, they will be right at home with the other fun-loving entries that have come to define…
The Australian Sailing Squad’s Will and Sam Phillips have kept the momentum of yesterday’s top results going at the 49er European Championship in Weymouth, UK, today moving up to third place on the leaderboard after three further races were completed….
NEWPORT, R.I. (May 14, 2019) – When the 12 Metre World Championship takes place in Newport over July 8-13, it will celebrate one of the greatest classes in world sailing history. The 112-year-old International 12 Metre Class encompasses a living…
Mooloolaba Yacht Club is hoping to attract crews from around the country to the SheSails @ Mooloolaba Winter Regatta, as part of its program to entice more women into sailing. It will be the first time the club has hosted…
The Yacht Racing Forum 2019 will take place in Bilbao, Spain, on November 25-26, at the Euskalduna Conference Centre. The venue is beautiful and easy to reach thanks to its International Airport. It is located right next to our official…
The sailors at the 2019 Finn Open European Championship in Athens will have to wait another day before racing can commence after a long day waiting onshore Monday, with no racing possible in very light and unstable winds. The…
No luck today for organizers and crews at the 470 Europeans, organised by local Yacht Club Sanremo and Marina degli Aregai, in co-operation with the national and international 470 class. Since the early morning hours, and despite a sunny sky…
Nacra 17: Tita and Banti Back on Top Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti (ITA) showed the fleet they remain the favorites today as the 2019 Volvo 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships opened. The defending World Champions and two…
Day 1 of the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships at Weymouth in the UK, and the Australian Sailing Team (AST) enjoyed conditions they are more at home in, with a 15 knot onshore breeze and lumpy seas on…
TP52 racing by any standard is a thrill to watch, particularly when it involves the current top two Australian players in Ichi Ban and Hooligan, with the two heavyweights of yachting returning to Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing…
Over six races in very mixed conditions Neville Crichton’s Maserati team posted their third regatta winning performance of the MC38’s 2019 season, which drew seven of the one design fleet to Sydney Harbour. “We’ve got a good team, we’ve been…
HAMILTON, Bermuda (May 11, 2019) — Just when it looked like Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson was going to even the score in the final of the 69th Argo Group Gold Cup and send the match to a fifth and deciding race,…
Racing among the giant schooners concluded on Saturday in Capri with the first round of the Schooner Cup Series. For 2019 this comprises single races here in Capri and at September’s Monaco Classic Week and Les Voiles de St Tropez…
Perfect champagne sailing conditions, a solid Bay-of-Palma sea breeze of up to 20 knots and spring sunshine, signed off the 16th Sail Racing Palma Vela regattas as one of the very best for many years. Not surprisingly the biggest smiles…
The past three days has produced tantalisingly close racing for the 72 boats in the Vice Admiral's Cup – an increase of 40 per cent on last year's entry. Despite what initially appeared to be an unpromising forecast, six to…
Tough conditions prevailed on Day 4 of the on Day 3 of the 470 Europeans, organised by local Yacht Club Sanremo and Marina degli Aregai, in co-operation with the national and international 470 class. The men’s Gold and Silver fleets…
NZ Herald. By: Liam Napier. Sir Ben Ainslie has cast further doubt over the three late America's Cup entries making the start line, and the Ineos Team UK skipper also suggests construction complications have delayed the arrival of his team in…
Research into the impacts of wild weather and climate change on the Gold Coast is being stepped up with the launch of a bright yellow monitoring buoy nicknamed ‘Big Bird’. ‘Big Bird’s’ launch formally marks the establishment of the Coastal Engineering…
The one-design Viper class is making a first appearance at Sail Racing PalmaVela as the fleet based at the RCNP grows. An initiative shared between the club, and builders Rondar Boats, is centered on allowing teams to come in and…
Day 2 of racing at the Vice Admiral's Cup delivered four short, sharp races that tested the 72 competing boats and hundreds of sailors over a wide range of conditions, on a day of intensely close racing in a very…
Perseverance was needed, but patience was rewarded, with exciting racing on Day 3 of the 470 Europeans, organised by local Yacht Club Sanremo and Marina degli Aregai, in co-operation with the national and international 470 class. Several hours of waiting…
When the 49erFX fleet joins the 49er and Nacra17 for the 2019 Volvo Europeans, among the battles for Olympic selection will be the defending World Champions, Annamiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz, (NED) who are looking to keep their Tokyo 2020…
On the second day of the 16th Sail Racing PalmaVela, the fleet on the Bay of Palma grew to 110 boats, as the ORC and One Design classes started their racing program in the curtain raiser for the Mediterranean mixed…
After a remarkable opening day of the 470 European Championship, wind was not on the organiser's and sailors’ side on Day 2 of the event, organised by local Yacht Club Sanremo and Marina degli Aregai in co-operation with the national…
The opening day of the Vice Admiral's Cup served up light airs, with big shifts and wind reversals that challenged competitors and race officials alike – a quiet morning quickly giving way to an afternoon that started with fast-paced action…
The Nacra17 class will take to the waters of the London 2012 Olympic sailing venue off Weymouth, England for the 2019 Volvo Europeans when57 foiling Nacra 17 teams hungry to secure national selection as the Tokyo 2020 Games grow ever…
Just when it seemed that the four giant schooners were likely to spend the day tied to the dock, the sea breeze filled in perfectly allowing the penultimate race of Capri Classica to take place, but sadly, due to the…
Hamilton, Bermuda: The 69th Argo Group Gold Cup advanced to the semi final round this afternoon, with Ian Williams of the U.K and Johnie Berntsson of Sweden moving to match point in their respective matches. Williams opened a 2-0 lead…
For day two of maxi schooner competition at this inaugural Capri Classica, the Gulf of Naples took on a northern European feel with an overcast sky, Vesuvius obscured by the mirk and a dark grey cloud parked over Capri’s highest…
The gulf of Sanremo has lived up to its fame, delivering perfect conditions for the opening day of the 470 Europeans, organised by local Yacht Club Sanremo and Marina degli Aregai, in co-operation with the national and international 470 class….
HAMILTON, Bermuda (May 9, 2019) — The repechage round of the 69th Argo Group Gold Cup was expected to produce close-quarter racing as eight teams fought for one of four spots in the quarterfinal round. And it delivered. With…
Out on a sunny but chilly Bay of Naples, there was a remarkably action-packed opening day of racing at the inaugural Capri Classica, with lead changes galore, a David v Goliath competition and an encounter with a Neapolitan fishing net…
HAMILTON, Bermuda (May 8, 2019) — Ian Williams and his Team GAC Pindar crew from the U.K. won the initial round robin stage of the 69th Argo Group Gold Cup and advanced to the Quarterfinal Round as the No. 1…
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