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Twenty years ago last December, the then Sydney-based yachtsman Ed Psaltis skippered AFR Midnight Rambler through 80-knot winds in the Tasman Sea to win the tragic 1998 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. On Sunday, Psaltis, now re-located to Tasmania, skippered his…
PATTAYA, Thailand – An AP on shore delayed this morning's start but the wait wasn't too long and just over an hour later the AP was down and the sailors headed out to their rides for the final day of…
SAN FRANCISCO – May 5, 2019 – Thousands of spectators waved their favorite team's colors from the packed Marina Yacht Club Peninsula Race Village as they witnessed the Australia SailGP Team repeat as champions with victory over Japan, to win…
Claire Leroy (FRA) and Marie Björling Duell have joined the line-up for the Women’s Match Racing World Championship 2019 in Lysekil. The top teams in the world are heading to Lysekil Women’s Match, the official world championship of 2019….
Pattaya, Thailand: When the wind doesn't play ball, it's a tough day on-the-water and today was one of those days. All classes headed out to their respective courses to be greeted by light breeze and come start time, it was…
Medals were decided and handed out to close the 51st edition of the Semaine Olympique Française in Hyeres, France today, with Australians taking Gold by 43 points, Bronze and fourth. LaserGold – Matthew Wearn (Australia) – 16 pointsSilver – Sam…
The 52nd edition of Antigua Sailing Week will be remembered for a cocktail of superb sailing, thrilling racing and a great party atmosphere ashore. Teams from 21 different countries from all over the world chose Antigua Sailing Week as their…
San Francisco Bay delivered on the opening day of SailGP, in which a sell-out crowd, seated just 200 meters from the finish line, watched the Japanese team dominate. After a week of intense training featuring highs and lows, with the…
To be held from 6 to 14 May, the 470 Europeans are just a few days away and will be held on the race area just off Marina degli Aregai in Santo Stefano al Mare, on Italy’s Ligurian Riviera, where…
Fresh trade winds piping up to 20 knots in the gusts blessed Antigua and BarbudaRace Day, the last race in the stunning fabled sailing grounds of Antigua, with one race held for all classes to decide the teams to be…
Cascais, Portugal – The competition at the Dragon HM King Juan Carlos Trophy in Cascais is really heating up with the top five boats now separated by just three points going into the last day of the regatta. On Day…
A day before SailGP's official race debut on San Francisco Bay, the atmosphere is building, as the six competing teams in the new global championship have completed their final checklists and concluded their training. After weeks of anticipation and fine-tuning…
Big breeze and huge Caribbean surf spiced up the action for KPMG Y2K (Youth to Keelboat – Y2K is all about getting young Antiguan sailors into the yachting industry) Race Day, the penultimate day of racing at Antigua Sailing Week….
Consistent excellence over a full week in all conditions in Hyères has earned Australian Matthew Wearn and Italy’s Mattia Camboni and the right to party on Friday night before Saturday’s Medal Race. Blasted by 25-knot westerlies, even Wearn and Camboni…
Pattaya, Thailand: All the weather apps forecasted light winds dropping off in the early afternoon for today, and thankfully all were wrong, as a solid 10-15 knots meant all 12 classes could catch up on their respective series’, leaving race…
Wright of Passage Mercator has returned from Hobart thanks to Mike Muir, Clive Hasset, Roger Bonnet and James Dorsett, and is now back at Woolwich Dock in Sydney, ready for Stage 2 of the Wright of Passage Youth Program. Do…
PATTAYA, Thailand – Following a marathon day on-the-water yesterday for the keelboats and multihulls, today's 10 knots of breeze at start time dropped off early on. Race Officer Jerry Rollin had to settle with a single race, though managed to…
Italy’s Mattia Camboni looks closest in the Semaine Olympique Française fleets to being able to have a party on Friday before Saturday’s medal races, after extending his lead in the men’s RS:X. But another full day of racing in Hyères…
2 May 2019 – Cascais, Portugal – After the strong winds and drama of the opening day, day two of the Dragon HM King Juan Carlos Trophy, being hosted by the Clube Naval de Cascais from 1 to 4 May,…
SAN FRANCISCO – May 2, 2019 – The Australia SailGP Team will be gunning for back-to-back wins at this weekend’s second event of the newly formed SailGP, a professional sailing championship featuring teams from the United States, Great Britain, China,…
20 knots of trades powered up the action on Reggae in the Park Race Day at Antigua Sailing Week. Over a thousand people from 21 nations enjoyed the spectacular conditions on the south coast of Antigua. Two races were held…
PATTAYA, Thailand – The 15th Top of the Gulf Regatta presented by Ocean Marina got off to a good start with a solid 10 knots on the first day. This gave the Race Officer confidence to set the fleet on…
The ANZAC dominance of the Laser fleet at the Semaine Olympique Française regatta in Hyeres intensified on day three with the top six all from New Zealand and Australia. It must look a fairly distressing scoreboard for most of the sailors from…
1 May 2019 – Cascais, Portugal – The opening day of the 24th HM King Juan Carlos Trophy in Cascais produced the strong winds and big seas for which this open ocean venue is famous. After the success of the…
Hamilton, Bermuda: What’s the recipe for an unpredictable, Grade 1 match racing regatta? Start with two women’s crews, add a dash of youngsters and throw in a handful of treacherous veterans and you get the 2019 Argo Group Gold Cup….
There may be some early celebrations in the Italian city of Civitavecchia tonight after their local duo won all three of the races in the men’s RS:X on the second day of the 51st Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères. Daniele…
SAN FRANCISCO – April 30, 2019 – For the first time on San Francisco Bay, the six SailGP teams – representing the home team from the United States and rival teams from Australia, China, France, Great Britain and Japan –…
The second day of Antigua Sailing Week was Fever-Tree Race Day, with the impressive fleet mixing it up in gorgeous weather on the south, east and west coasts of Antigua. The Bareboat fleet, Double-Handed and Club Class started off Windward…
The first day of the 51st Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères saw the kind of conditions that the French Riviera specialises in: endless sun, testing breeze and diamonds dancing on the water. With the wind shifting from the northerly in…
Magnificent historic sailing craft are due gather on the Bay of Naples on 7th May 2019 for four days of competition that will celebrate yachting from its golden era. Created by the International Schooner Association in conjunction with the International…
Southern Tasmania has some unique yacht racing events, such as a series of regattas on the River Derwent and down the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, the circumnavigation of historic Bruny Island and the Autumn Short-Handed Series which began today. Despite an ominous…
Henrietta McRae steered her Dragon keelboat, ‘Dragon Lady’, to two wins from three races at the Brighton Ladies Skippers Series (BLiSS) today – it was the final race of the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series (PPWCS) held on Port Phillip. …
The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron open team has taken out the debut NationalSailing League Oceania event, earning the honour of 'best club' plus awildcard entry to the Sailing Champions League Final in St Moritz in August. At the completion of…
Brilliant sunshine, solid trade winds and Caribbean surf made for the perfect start for the 52nd edition of Antigua Sailing Week. The cocktail of heaven-sent conditions was very apt for English Harbour Rum Race Day. The six CSA racing classes…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia was the big mover on day two of the National Sailing League Final on Sydney Harbour, the Sydney club’s open and junior teams leapfrogging into the top three standings after 18 races back-to-back. At…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone Kiwi yachting great Sir Russell Coutts hopes to add a New Zealand team to his ambitious SailGP series. The series, featuring modified foiling catamarans used in the 2017 America's Cup in Bermuda in fleet and match-racing,…
Day one of Australia’s first-ever league style sailing event on Sydney Harbour brought 14 teams from clubs spanning Perth to Auckland, New Zealand, together for a brilliant hit-out of 15 races in a mix of autumn conditions. Highlights from day…
Austin, Texas, USA (25 April 2019) – In the wake of last month’s termination of its contract with its European builder, the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) announced today that, from 25 April 2019, all new, class-approved boats will be sold and raced under…
Antigua Sailing Week is considered one of the world's most prestigious regattas, and the 52nd edition will commence with the Round Antigua Race on Saturday April 27, ahead of five days of racing off the rugged south coast of Antigua…
SAN FRANCISCO – April 23, 2019 – With two weeks until SailGP’s inaugural stateside racing, the U.S. SailGP team made a splash when its F50 racing catamaran was hoisted into the waters of San Francisco Bay for the very first…
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