Start gun ready for 40th edition of Copa del Rey
On Friday 29 July, the Sala Magna at the Real Club Náutico de Palma hosted the opening ceremony of the Copa del Rey Mapfre, with an act which has served as the start gun to the 40th edition of the…
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La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
Today Friday July 29 at 1302hrs CEST marks exactly 100 days before the start of the 12th edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, a symbolic point in time for sailors who are set to compete, for the…
Slingsby looking to take Ainslie down in Plymouth Sail Grand Prix
Tom Slingsby’s Australian crew have their sights set on snatching the win from Ben Ainslie on his home waters when the rivals face off this weekend at the Plymouth Sail Grand Prix. Ainslie and the British team will be looking…
Light winds to provide tactical challenge in Sydney Gold Coast race
Light winds look set to challenge the tactical nous of competitors in the 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, which begins Saturday at 1pm. The 384 nautical mile race, organised by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, is the…
And the Clipper 2019-20 Race winner is…
After over 40,000nm sailed, six oceans crossed and eight legs completed, the Clipper Race has announced its champion – the Clipper 2019-20 Race winner is Qingdao. Skippered by Chris Brooks, Qingdao had been the team to beat from early on…
53rd La Solitaire du Figaro
The starting gun for the first stage of the 53rd edition of La Solitaire du Figaro will sound on August 21, off Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef in the Loire-Atlantique after the fleet has paraded up the Loire from Nantes. And this year’s edition…
World Sailing Show shines spotlight on Para Sailing
Episode 3 of the relaunched World Sailing Show premieres on Friday 29 July with an update on the campaign for the reinstatement of sailing to the LA28 Paralympics, and the importance of providing Para Sailors with opportunities to compete at…
ILCA 6 Youth World Championship – Day 4
Shoreacres, TX, USA – Two races were completed on the fourth day of the 2022 ILCA 6 Youth World Championship. It was another day of consistent weather, with a midday sea breeze building for the afternoon. About 14–16 knots filled…
Sydney Gold Coast TP52 sailors prepare for ‘tricky’ conditions
See the below story by Greta Quealy from the Australian TP52 Sailing Association on the TP52s competing in the upcoming Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. Two months ago, getting to the start line for the Noakes Sydney Gold Coast…
Pressure on GB to trounce Aus on home waters
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor @ SailGP The British team must be more aggressive off the start line to prevent a repeat of Australia’s triumph on British waters in Season 2, SailGP’s international commentators have said. The Great Britain Sail…
Day 2 of BYC Governor’s Cup
Day 2 of BYC Governor’s Cup: Jeffrey Petersen & Co. maintain their lead, with only three points separating the next nine teams Fight for four semi-final spots still far from decided among the twelve teams from five countries NEWPORT BEACH,…
ILCA 6 Youth World Championship – Day 3
Shoreacres, TX, USA – Two more races were completed on the third day of the 2022 ILCA 6 Youth World Championship. With clear skies and a building sea breeze on Galveston Bay, the 200 boats launched and started on time…
Coral Sea Marina Resort wins prestigious Superyacht Business Award
Coral Sea Marina Resort, the Great Barrier Reef’s most popular and awarded destination marina, has won ‘World’s Best Superyacht Marina’ 2022 in the prestigious ACREW Superyacht Business Awards this week. The ACREW Superyacht Business Awards are considered globally to be…
Canada SailGP team owner reveals his vision
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor @ SailGP Sports team owners aren’t known for seeking the spotlight, with most preferring to shy away from the attention of their teams. But after the first two events of Season 3, it is clear…
Sydney International Boat Show
A stunning winter’s day at Darling Harbour for the opening of the iconic Sydney International Boat Show at Darling Harbour. It looks like the good weather will be with us for most of the show, so no excuses not to…
Aussies at Governor’s Cup
NEWPORT BEACH, CA (July 26, 2022 – BYC Media Team) — Jet lag for defending champion Jeffrey Petersen (USA) of host Balboa Yacht Club is evidently not a problem as he stands in first place at the end of the…
ILCA 6 Youth World Championship – Days 1 and 2
Shoreacres, TX, USA – The 2022 ILCA 6 Youth World Championship kicked off racing on Monday, July 25 under clear skies with a warm breeze. The sailors were divided into four fleets – one division for the 50 women sailors,…
Phoenix win in Puerto Portals
The Plattner family’s South African flagged Phoenix laid to rest the ghosts of November past when they today clinched the third regatta title of the 2022 52 SUPER SERIES season, the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week, which finished…
Roschier Baltic Sea Race – Overall winner: Silver Moon II (FIN)
Finnish H-323 Silver Moon II, skippered by Salla Kaven has won the Roschier Baltic Sea Race having scored the best time after IRC correction for the new race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Offshore…
US win M32 event in Marstrand
The M32 fleet gathered in Marstrand over the weekend for the 3rd event in the European Series and were joined by teams from the U.S. Reigning World Champions, team Convexity, having had a break since winning the Miami Winter Series…
Roschier Baltic Sea Race: Sweden wins IRC One
Helsinki, 25 July, 2022: The Swedish Farr 400 Wetjob, skippered by Niclas Heurlin is the winner of IRC One for the first edition of the Roschier Baltic Sea Race. Arto Linnervuo’s Finnish Xp 44 Xtra Staerk is second and was…
Fuels ain’t fuels
This article is reproduced from the April 2019 edition of our Cruising Helmsman Magazine. Andrew Norton details the effects ethanol added fuels have on outboard engines and fuel tanks and the result is not good. Norton includes testing procedures and…
Australian Sailing Award Nominations Closing Soon
Nominations for the 2022 State and National Australian Sailing Awards are closing this Sunday 31 July at 8pm AEST. The Awards are your way to acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding organisations and individuals of the Australian Sailing community. Winners of…
SailGP set to deliver milestone event in Clean Energy Journey
PLYMOUTH, GREAT BRITAIN – July 22, 2022 – SailGP will take its biggest step forward in its ambition to be the most sustainable and purpose driven global sports league, with some of the most progressive technological and sustainable clean energy…
52 Super Series – Phoenix takes lead into final day
The Bay of Palma looks like it might deliver a whole new weather scenario for the final day title shoot out at the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. After eight races have been sailed in light to moderate…
French Off Shore Grand Prix – Clean Sweep for JPK
The French Grand Prix of Off Shore racing – The Drheam Cup – recently completed was a tribute to the JPK brand with first, second and third places on the Podium. JPK established some 20 years ago in Larmor Plage,…
Gizzeria KiteFoil World Series – Final Day
The final day of the KiteFoil World Series Gizzeria in Italy produced three highly-deserving winners after a quick-fire Medal Series. By the women’s four-rider final it was well established that port tack was the best way to start on today’s…
MC38 Swish trumps Act 5
Event: MC38 2022 Season Act 5, July 23-24 hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club with racing on Sydney Harbour The lottery that is winter sailing in Sydney toyed with the MC38 fleet for act 5 on Sydney Harbour. At the…
52 Super Series – Comebacks and Consistency Are Key To Podium Spots
With two days of racing still to sail, winners last year Sled have taken control of Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week but only by a couple of points. The US flagged team which are the reigning 52 SUPER…
Baltic Sea Race – I Love Poland takes Line Honours
Helsinki, 24 July, 2022: Volvo Open 70 I Love Poland, owned by the Polish National Foundation and skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski crossed the finish line in Helsinki to take Line Honours for the Roschier Baltic Sea Race at 19:27:35 EEST…
Consistent Interlodge leads 52 Super Series in Puerto Portals
A pair of third places to complement yesterday’s fourth and a win has resulted in Austin and Gwen Fragomen’s US flagged Interlodge taking over the leadership of the Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week in Spain. Since they returned…
Thrilling times as the breeze kicks in at Baltic Sea Race
By the morning of the third day of the Roschier Baltic Sea Race, the new 635 nautical mile event is producing thrilling competition, for both line honours and those in contention for overall wins. The race for line honours has…
Gizzeria KiteFoil World Series – Day 3
Day 3 of the KiteFoil World Series Gizzeria, in Italy, was the most interesting yet, with some significant moves on the leaderboard in warm winds of 12 to 16 knots. The power of the port tack start wasn’t nearly so…
52 Super Series: Phoenix rises from the ashes
After repair work late into the night, as well as remedial work to the engines of their support RIB after two unfortunate crashes within a few hours of each other, the Plattner family’s Phoenix team made a strong start to…
Special 50th edition Fastnet Race for 2023
A year from now the start gun will fire on what will be the most significant, historic edition of the world’s largest offshore yacht race, setting sail from Cowes on Saturday 22nd July 2023 will be the 50th edition of…
Gizzeria KiteFoil World Series – Day 2
Italy: Day 2 of KiteFoil World Series Gizzeria produced slightly lighter winds and threw some subtly different challenges at the 96 riders competing in the south of Italy and winning the first race of the day meant a lot to…
Baltic Sea Race Day 2
The fleet in the Roschier Baltic Sea Race made good progress on the first night, racing west towards Stockholm and just over 15 hours into the 635-mile race, Volvo 70 I Love Poland had raced nearly 200 miles and was…
Performance Cruising Yachts at SIBS
Sydney-based Performance Cruising Yachts will have three yachts on display at the Sydney International Boat Show (SIBS) from 29 July to 1 August, including two debutantes.In exciting news, the company is set to debut its first catamaran – the Dufour…
The Multihull Group – Inspire and Learn
If you are looking for some tips or tricks for your multihull, then please take a look at the TMG Inspire and Learn series of videos here Join TMG in Sydney for the Sydney Boat Show 2022, where the Lagoon…
ILIAD 62 official launch at the show
Next weekend is Sydney International Boat Show and Multihull Solutions encourage you to book your appointments early to view their extensive range on display. The spectacular ILIAD 62 will be officially launched at the show, and this model is available…
