Groupama Race
The Calm After the Storm The trade winds have settled in New Caledonia and the fleet have continued to enjoy the calmer conditions. The majority of the fleet are now around the North of the Island and heading upwind for…
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Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race cancelled
The Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race has been cancelled due to the size of boats competing, and the amount of water at the entrance to Keppel Bay Marina or Rosslyn Bay Boat Harbour. “The water is only 1.1m at…
Grinders or Cyclors for the Next AC75s
When Emirates Team New Zealand arrived in Bermuda in 2017 for the 35th America’s Cup, they spectacularly wrong-footed their rivals when they unveiled a mini peloton of four “cyclors” pumping away on a row of fixed bikes instead of a…
Kiel Week winners from five nations
The first Kiel Week 2022 winners have been determined and saw four Germans, three Danes and a Norwegian plus Hungarians and Kiwis in front in the international classes. The Gold Cup in the Folkboats was won by Søren Kæstel, Erik…
52 SUPER SERIES
Runners Up Twice Today, Quantum Racing Open Strong in Cascais at the Rolex TP52 World Championship. Racing in winds which were much lighter than Cascais has built its reputation for, Doug DeVos US flagged Quantum Racing has the early lead…
La Niña ends with potential return later in 2022
The Bureau of Meteorology has announced an end to the 2021-22 La Niña in the tropical Pacific, with the status changed to La Nina WATCH. Whilst the 2021-22 La Niña has ended, there is around a 50 per cent chance…
Persico 69F Cup
The GP2.1 Persico 69F Cup, a three-day highly competitive event in one of the best race courses in the Mediterranean, Puntaldia, has just ended, crowning Fin1Racing team for the third GP in a row. Allan Norregaard, Janne Jarvinen and Iago…
Gone with the Wynns
One of the world’s most popular and prolific YouTube sailing channels, Gone with the Wynns, have just announced their purchase of a new ecofriendly hybrid-electric HH44 sailing catamaran. The HH44 ‘Ocean Cruiser’ version is a high-performance cruising catamaran designed to…
Dame Ellen MacArthur enters Round the Island Race
Dame Ellen MacArthur is set to sail alongside young people supported by her cancer charity after confirming she will take part in this year’s Round the Island Race on Saturday 25th June. The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust has been the…
CYCA Members take on New Caledonia Groupama Race
Good luck to CYCA Members Geoff Hill and Ian Edwards, who are taking on the 654 nautical mile New Caledonia Groupama Race. Geoff, a 30-Year CYCA Member, leads the monohull charge on his Santa Cruz 72, Antipodes. Antipodes has been…
Seized Russian superyacht sailed to Hawaii
A Russian-owned superyacht seized by the United States is now in Honolulu Harbour flying an American flag. The US earlier this month won a legal battle in Fiji to take the $450 million vessel and immediately sailed it to Hawaii….
Where does solo offshore racing come from?
When sailing single-handed for extended periods, the greatest problem was, in the past, who was going to helm and keep watch when the skipper had to sleep? This was an intractable and potentially dangerous situation. So it is no wonder…
HMPE Rope Lifeline amendment
An amendment to the Special Regulations now allows HMPE ropes (such as Dyneema) to be used as lifelines in category 4 to 7 monohulls and all categories for multihulls. This presents new challenges for Equipment Auditors. Category 4 – 7…
Pro Sailing Tour 2022
It’s time for round two of offshore racing’s most exciting new competition! Seven Ocean Fifty foiling trimarans that regularly see speeds of up to 42 knots are converging on Brest in Finistère, Brittany, this week for Episode 2 of the…
Day 3 at Kiel Weel
WWW in Schilksee – Waiting for wind and weather was the name of the game on the third day of the Kiel Week regatta for the crews in the ten international classes and for the offshore yachts: Thunderstorm cells around…
Rolex TP52 World Championship
The second event of the 52 Super Series, the 2022 Rolex TP52 World Championship, will see nine teams compete at the hugely popular venue of Cascais, Portugal renowned for its strong winds and Atlantic waves for the world’s leading grand…
Elan E6 Wins Prestigious Design Award
Elans new flagship, the E6 performance cruiser has won the prestigious designaward in the category for Sailing Yachts at the 11th International Yacht & AviationAwards 2022. This award ceremony last week was hosted by interior and aviationdesign magazines Design et…
SASC 150TH ANNIVERSARY – 1872-2022
On Tuesday, 1st October 1872 in Tom Keary’s Hotel on the corner of William and Brougham Streets, Sydney, a meeting culminated in the formation of Sydney Amateur Sailing Club with four boats and 12 members. In 2022 we celebrate our…
Sailor Dies in Newport Bermuda Race
Captain of yacht Morgan of Marietta loses life after going overboard HAMILTON, Bermuda (June 19, 2022)— The organizers of the Newport Bermuda Race regret to report that our Fleet Communications Office for the 52nd Bermuda Race received a report of…
Results of the Arctic Vendée
The finish line of the 2nd Arctic Vendée – Les Sables d’Olonne has been closed since the arrival of the last competitor, Kojiro Shiraishi (DMG MORI Global One), Saturday June 18 at 10:33 p.m. The classification is now official, let’s…
GWA Wingfoil World Cup
GWA Wingfoil World Cup Switzerland – Day Five – Surf-Freestyle Finals Day five lined up to be a similar day to the first. With not a cloud to be seen and scorching sun, it was only a matter of time…
GWA Wingfoil World Tour 2022
ROUND FIVE: Ensis Engadinwing by Dakine GWA Wingfoil World CupWRAP-UP – Day Five Check out all the action from Day five in the highlight video below! Yesterday we saw the completion of the Men’s Surf-Freestyle which gave awesome action from…
Day 2 at Kiel Week
Strongly shifting, northerly light winds made the second day of racing at Kiel Week on Sunday (June 19) a tactical challenge for all sailors. Some sailed steeply downhill in the overall ranking after the dream day before, others climbed to…
5.5 Metre German Open concludes with no more races
After two days of great racing at the 2022 5.5 Metre German Open at the Robbe & Berking Sterling Cup at Flensburger Segel Club, the event ended on somewhat of an anticlimax on Sunday, with no sailing possible due to…
MC38 Act 4 home club victory
Event: MC38 2022 Season Act 4, June 18-19 hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club with racing on Pittwater The 2021 MC38 season champion and home club team has taken their first scalp for 2022 on Pittwater by four…
Huge Aussie fightback to win SailGP
Two-time defending and reigning SailGP champions Australia have once again proved their prowess in the three boat winner-takes-all race, after scraping into the final and emerging triumphant winners in Chicago. Tom Slingsby’s team picked up a 99% fly time in…
Doldrums, pot au noir, ITCZ: what is it like to cross this area?
The Global Solo Challenge is a single-handed without assistance around the world sailing event with a unique format. It will depart from A Coruña, Spain in September 2023. One thing about the Global Solo Challenge is for sure: both the…
M32 European Series event in Medemblik
Clip from the M32 European Series event in Medemblik June 2022 and interview with Adam Minoprio
John ‘Woody’ Winning, 70 years young
Australian 18 Footers League President and legendary 18ft Skiff champion John ‘Woody’ Winning celebrates his 70th birthday this week but you would never know it as the dynamic ‘Woody’ prepares for his 38th season of 18 footers racing on Sydney…
Aussies recover from poor start in Chicago
Chicago: Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP Team finished the first day of racing in Chicago in fourth place, despite the team being plagued with a penalty and challenging racing conditions. The battle between the world’s top sailors erupted in Chicago, with…
Artemis wins 5.5 Metre German Open with day to spare
With four wins from seven races, Artemis (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Christen Horn Johannessen) has won the 2022 5.5 Metre German Open at the Robbe & Berking Sterling Cup at Flensburger Segel Club with a day to spare….
Denis Van Weynbergh out of Vendée Arctique
Belgian solo skipper Denis Van Weynbergh, with less than 20 miles to the finish line, made the shattering decision at 08h22 PM this Saturday evening to abandon the Vendée Arctique – Les Sables d’Olonne His choice was made after succumbing…
Teamwork and perseverance wins Rolex Giraglia for Lisa R
Genoa, Italy: Every offshore race offers a unique and stringent examination of human perseverance as sailors are presented with the challenges introduced by the wind and the sea and the Ker 46 Lisa R passed the exam and was confirmed…
Vendee Arctique – 1,300 rugged miles reveal winner and hard lessons
By 1400hrs UTC this Saturday afternoon, only four solo-skippers had still to cross what has become the de-facto finish line of the Vendée Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne race, set at the Iceland gate, just to the east of Iceland. The majority…
Kiel Week starts with 42 brilliant races
Medium to fresh westerly winds on a summer day of 23 degrees gave the 128th Kiel Week in its 140th year a picture-perfect sailing start on Saturday local time. On seven courses plus the Eel Regatta for offshore yachts to…
Torn main ends Isabelle Joschke’s Vendée Arctique
Franco-German skipper Isabelle Joschke, (MACSF) has retired from the Vendée Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne within 50 miles of the finish line because of damage to her mainsail sustained more than 24 hours ago. The brutal wind and sea conditions prompted race…
Shots fired by GBR SailGP skipper Ben Ainslie
Chicago: Great Britain Driver Ben Ainsle has demonstrated the ‘ashes on water’ rivalry is fiercer than ever, firing warning shots at Tom Slingsby’s Australian SailGP Team ahead of the T-Mobile United States Sail Grand Prix I Chicago at Navy Pier….
Jeff Loosemore wins Laser Masters
2022 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships Presented by Paradise Village Group – Final Day Vallarta, Mexico – Although Hurricane Blas threatened to steal the breeze, the wind gods prevailed on Banderas Bay for the final day of the ILCA 6…
5.5 Metre German Open underway
The 5.5 Metre class returned to Glücksburg this weekend for the 2022 5.5 Metre German Open, sailed as part of the Robbe & Berking Sterling Cup at Flensburger Segel Club where the crew of Helly Hansen were the standouts. Thirteen…
Rolex Giraglia line honours to Magic Carpet Cubed
Genoa, Italy: Following an epic contest, Magic Carpet Cubed secured line honours at the 2022 Rolex Giraglia. Crossing the finish line in Genoa, Italy at 22:07:17 CEST on Thursday 16 June, Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones’s Wallycento registered an elapsed time of…
