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Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany: The surf is pushing on the beach and the wind blowing strong as I drive 100km/h with the landyacht as the water bangs against the visor and the breath hangs with the pulse pumping. Full concentration is…
Bandol, France: Fredrik Lööf, from Sweden, has lifted the 2018 OK Dinghy European Championship title with a thrilling last race win, after the title fight went right down to the wire, with Charlie Cumbley (GBR) taking Silver and Thomas Hansson-Mild…
Team Nika became the first team ever to claim a hat trick of RC44 World Championship titles after Vladimir Prosikhin, tactician Dean Barker and their crew fended off Igor Lah's Team CEEREF on the final day of big conditions racing…
Despite the capricious conditions – with the 200 boats and over 1,500 sailors forced ashore for two days due to strong winds – the 40th edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai will remain in the regatta’s history books…
Day two of their 2018 World Championship will go down in RC44 history books with three races sailed in waves, and at the top of the wind range, forcing teams to break out their number 3 headsails and small spinnakers….
Gaff topsails, genoas, jibs, staysails, spinnakers, mainsails, mizzens – you name it, any size, any shape and kind of sail could be seen on the bay of la Napoule today, for Day 4 of the Régates Royales. Classic yachts, small…
Day two of their 2018 World Championship will go down in RC44 history books with three races sailed in waves, and at the top of the wind range, forcing teams to break out their no3 headsails and small spinnakers. Racing…
Australian Nathan Outteridge has been linked to prospective Italian America's Cup challenger Columbus 2021 with a huge wage of $1m deal on offer for the skipper. Defenders Emirates Team New Zealand confirm they are in formal talks with Columbus 2021,…
13 knots, flat water, sun, blue skies and the stunning backdrop of the mount Esterel overlooking the Bay of Cannes. Who could ask for more on the opening day of the 40th Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai, after two days…
Winning two out of today's three races made Vladimir Liubomirov and Kirill Frolov's Bronenosec Sailing Team the stand-out performer on day one of the RC44 World Championship. With winds starting at 12 knots and building into the high teens,…
Strong wind and a big swell have halted once more racing at the 40th edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai. The 200 crews were forced to stay ashore, waiting for the weather to improve. A great opportunity to…
Teams of talented teenage sailors from secondary schools in New South Wales, Tasmania, VIctoria and the ACT are flying to New Zealand today (Friday) to prepare for the Australia versus New Zealand 2018 Interdominion Schools Team Sailing Championships. After training…
Derwent Sailing Squadron and Huon Yacht Club’s traditional lead-up to the official opening of Southern Tasmania yachting season, the Pipe Opener Series and Cock of the Huon regatta, celebrated its 50th anniversary last weekend, with an added status. Hobart’s Combined…
No racing for the opening day of the 40th edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai. An Easterly wind, exceeding 30 knots, a confused sea state out on the bay forced the race organisers to keep the boats at…
Following its Annual General Meeting held during this month’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the International Maxi Association, the World Sailing-recognised body that oversees maxi yacht racing globally, has announced its prize winners, voted in a new President and published its…
The weather is pure Cote d’Azur in Cannes, sunny and summery… Ideal conditions for the grand rendez-vous that every year reunites hundreds of classic yachts’ lovers. The crews are itching to start racing on the stunning bay of la Napoule…
NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 24, 2018) – An eight-race series held Friday through Sunday (September 21-23) on Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay determined title holders for the 2018 12 Metre North American Championship. The event, hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht Club…
James Hodgson, Harry Hall, Ryan Wilmot and Charlie Gundy have crushed the Final Day of the Australian Match Racing Championship, to defeat the previously unbeaten DownUnder Racing, 3-1 in the Finals Series to become Australia’s newest National Champion after gear…
On the opening weekend of the 2018-19 Farr 40 season, a gala ball brought past and present class champions and current one design crews together in Sydney to mark two decades of Australian racing. A crowd of 120 spent Saturday…
September 22, 2018 (CHICAGO, IL, USA): Day Three of the M32 World Championship was another day of shakeups in the standings. With a fleet of twelve eager competitors, general recalls quickly became the norm and no one was left out…
September 23, 2018 (CHICAGO, IL, USA): Following four days of intense racing, Rick Devos’s REV clinched their first title as M32 Corinthian World Champions, silently sweeping the fleet and sailing a tremendously consistent event in Chicago, IL. Mirroring the accomplishment,…
Chicago, USA: Day two of the M32 World Championship was a drastic change of pace from yesterday’s light-air affair, as westerly winds in excess of 25 knots upset the leaderboard and tacticians worked hard to stay in phase all day…
Harry Price’s DownUnder Racing crew have continued their winning streak from Day 1 to head into the final day of competition at the Australian Match Racing National Championship undefeated, winning the round robin stages 14-0. New Zealand’s Jordan Stevenson also…
Quantum Racing may have won the 2018 52 Super Series Championship title, but unsailable light winds on the last day of Valencia Sailing Week denied her crew the chance to pitch for their fourth regatta win of the season. Luna…
Porto Cervo, Italy: After three days of racing, the seventh edition of the Perini Navi Cup drew to a close today with the 50-metre Silencio winning the Cruiser Racer division, while The Maltese Falcon triumphed in the Corinthians Spirit yachts…
Australian, British and Brazilian competitors clinched Gold at the Para World Sailing Championships as the regatta drew to a close in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. After five days of competition in variable breeze, 2016 Paralympics sliver medallist Matt Bugg (AUS) snapped…
Australia’s highest ranked match racing team, DownUnder Racing, helmed by Harry Price, took a clean sweep on Day 1 of the 2018 Australian Match Racing National Championship, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. DownUnder Racing, which regularly competes…
Porto Cervo, Italy: The fleet of Perini Navi yachts once again took to the waters off Costa Smeralda for the second day of racing in the seventh edition of the Perini Navi Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda…
Lake Michigan showed a different side on Friday as strong winds whipped up just off of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA at the Para World Sailing Championships and after days of light, challenging breeze, gusts of up to 35 knots were recorded…
In updated Golden Globe Race news, there has been no further communication with Abhilash Tomy, the 39-year old Indian Golden Globe Race skipper, since his dramatic text message at 12:09 UTC today: Rolled. Dismasted. Severe back injury. Cannot get up….
World Sailing’s 2018 Annual Conference will include two open forums on Safety in Sailing and the future of Offshore and Keelboat racing with sport and industry leaders sharing their perspectives. The Annual Conference, where the key decisions for the future…
Royal Corinthian YC, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex (20 September 2018): With the wind projected to gust more than 40 kts on Sunday, the race committee at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch, has made the sensible decision to postpone the Keelboat Endeavour…
Porto Cervo, Italy. 20 September. The Perini Navi yachts unfurled their sails this morning for the first of three days of racing in the seventh edition of the Perini Navi Cup, an event organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda…
Light breeze coupled with choppy waves on Lake Michigan resulted in a tough day for the 98 competitors from 39 nations racing at the Para World Sailing Championships in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. Waves between two to four feet and a…
Chicago, IL, USA (September 20, 2018) – With the Chicago skyline hazed over, light air tactics were on full display for the twelve teams competing in day one of the 2018 M32 World Championship. Two races were completed before a…
In a powerful Westerly breeze on Sydney Harbour, Juliet Costanzo and her team of elder sister Clare, Jess Angus, Ann Scholten and Emma Rankin became Australia’s newest Women’s Match Racing National Champion, defeating New Zealand’s Celia Willison 3-0 in the…
British and Canadian teams booked their spot in Saturday’s RS Venture Connect winner-takes-all final as the Para World Sailing Championships continued in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. The qualification stage in the RS Venture Connect saw Alexandra Rickham and Hannah Stodel (GBR)…
Now a bunch of young sailors with a passion for the environment have the opportunity to follow in Blake’s footsteps by taking part in an environmental leadership development program. Join the Sir Peter Blake Trust, in partnership with Yachting New…
In less than one week, the crème de la crème of classic yachting will gather in Cannes to celebrate the 40th edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai, where the best crews and the most gorgeous boats will reunite on…
The top four teams have sailed through to the semi-finals at the 2018 Australian Women’s Match Racing Championship with Juliet Costanzo of Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) hanging on to her overnight lead. However, her perfect scorecard didn’t stay…
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