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Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) and the Government, along with Auckland Council, has concluded exclusive discussions regarding funding for the next America’s Cup (AC37) following ETNZ’s successful defence in Auckland of the…
Italy’s premier offshore race, the Rolex Giraglia sets sail on Wednesday local time, when 143 yachts, including three challengers for Line Honours, will take part in the fourth event of the International Maxi Association’s 2020-21 Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge. Due…
The crews competing in The Ocean Race Europe have spent a second restless night out on the Mediterranean searching for wind to help them along the race’s third and final leg from Alicante, Spain to Genova, Italy. Racing in two…
xcitement is building for the return of the historic Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with entries now open for the 77th running of the race. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) has launched the Notice of Race and is…
In her first outing since the beginning of the pandemic, Jason Carroll’s MOD70 trimaran, Argo, last week blew away the existing record for the passage between Bermuda and Plymouth, UK. The previous record for this 2870 nautical mile course eastbound…
Peter Merrington and his team of Ian McKillop and Steve ‘Mothy’ Jarvin on First Tracks have won in the Etchells Australian Nationals and the Australasian Championships sailed in Mooloolaba over the long weekend. Merrington won the final race of the…
With the beautiful winter weather calling visitors to our region and tempting locals to get out and explore their own backyard, the importance and value of nature has never been more apparent than it is now. Whilst the incredible natural…
The 12 teams competing in The Ocean Race Europe have been dealing with light and incalcitrant breezes on their first night at sea after setting off yesterday on the inaugural event’s third and final leg from Alicante, Spain to Genova,…
Life onboard can be tough, but the sailors in The Ocean Race Europe are tougher. Featuring Justine Mettraux from 11th Hour Racing Team, Emily Nagel from Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team, and Benjamin Dutreux from Offshore Team Germany.
The third and final offshore leg of The Ocean Race Europe got underway on Sunday local time in Alicante, Spain where the 12-boat international fleet of yachts representing nine countries and crewed by sailors from around the world set off…
In sparkling conditions on Lake Geneva yesterday morning, the seven high-performance TF35 hydro-foiling catamarans joined 440 other boats of all shapes and sizes for the 82nd edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud. The first half of the 120km race was…
The Barmouth to Fort William Three Peaks Yacht Race will start from Barmouth on Saturday June 19, when 16 teams of sailors and mountain runners will set out for Fort William. Sailors will navigate through the difficult waters of the…
There have been many champion competitors, builders, designers and administrators involved with the 129-year-old sport of 18 footers racing, but three men with the foresight, positive thinking and financial wisdom to promote the 18s to the masses, stand out as…
The 12 international crews competing in the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe will leave Alicante, Spain on Sunday June 13 bound for Genova, Italy, on the final stage of the new three-leg offshore event. The fleet of five…
The Etchells Australian National Championship kicked off on Thursday 10 June in Mooloolaba and it is tight at the top after two days of racing and following some unsurprisingly high scoring results, across the board. Not unbefitting to a National…
After leading the 49erFX Championship in Cascais since day one and following a protracted battle with the top ranked Spanish crew, Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey from GBR have gone on to win the event from their rivals, Tamara Echegoyen/Paula…
Charlotte Dobson/Sakia Tidey (GBR) continue to lead the 49erFX Championship in Cascais, although their lead decreased on the top five, after scoring 7-12-3 results today. In second place is Tamara Echegoyen/Paula Barcelo (ESP), who after a finishing the day with…
Geneva: The world’s greatest lake regatta, Bol d’Or Mirabaud, is back after being cancelled last year for the first time in its history, so it is therefore an immense satisfaction for the organising team and competitors to be a short…
Olympian and two-time Olympic gold medal winning coach, Michael Blackburn, will continue to play a leading role in shaping the future of Australia’s high performance sailing program after being announced the new Australian Sailing Technical Director. As Technical Director, Blackburn…
With entries not due to close until Monday 2 August, Airlie Beach Race Week has already reached an unprecedented high of 139 boats, outstripping the event’s record of 133 in 2016 and more than doubled those of 2020 when COVID…
The second leg of The Ocean Race Europe finished in Alicante, Spain on Wednesday, the culmination of three days of tight racing between the 12 international crews since they left Cascais, Portugal on Sunday afternoon. The second leg of the…
Almost six months after they competed in the world’s most brutal race, the single-handed non-stop lap of the planet that is the Vendée Globe, many of the IMOCA fleet will be returning to the race course for the first time…
The planning for 29th Block Island Race Week began on the last day of the 28th edition in 2019 and between then and now, there have been a few iterations, but the Storm Trysail Club is ready to welcome 165…
LONDON – June 8, 2021 – SailGP – the sport’s pinnacle league featuring the world’s most competitive racing on-water – is the first organization to achieve both the Carbon Neutral International Standard and three gold medals in the U.N. Climate Neutral Now Initiative…
Relive all the action from a spectacular weekend of racing in Italy’s City of Two Seas, Taranto.
The Sydney Festival of Boating will be four days of exhibitions, festivities and a celebration of the boating lifestyle at Darling Harbour from 29 July to 1 August. Exhibition space inside the Halls of the International Convention Centre in Sydney…
A series of three webinars will be streamed nationally on consecutive Thursday nights in addition to the in-person conferences being held in each state. Thursday 10th June: Club Sailing Pathways – registration cut off 12pm Thurs 10th June.Australian Sailing’s National…
The weather experienced by the 12 international professional crews competing in The Ocean Race Europe have moderated considerably from yesterday’s fierce headwinds winds that funnelled against them through the Gibraltar Strait. However, despite the Mediterranean’s gentler breezes and flatter seas,…
The Australian Etchells Championship will open tomorrow at 1800 hours with the competitors briefing at the Mooloolaba Yacht Club, located at The Wharf, Mooloolaba. There will be close to 40 teams competing with a number of notable sailors, including the…
On the second day of the event, Cascais did not disappoint, with the opening race held in the Guia race area in 15 knot north-westerly winds that increased, forcing the Race Committee to move the race course to Cascais bay…
London: the sport’s pinnacle league featuring the most competitive racing on-water – is the first organisation to achieve both the Carbon Neutral International Standard and three gold medals in the UN Climate Neutral Now Initiative by achieving the highest standard…
We ask Seth Hynes (from @The Sailing Family and Outremer 51owner) and Doug Hibberd (Outremer 4X and former 5X owner https://sailpuffin.com/ ) why a performance catamaran should be considered for cruising with family. This full replay of the panel discussion…
To celebrate our amazing blue planet this World Ocean Day we asked those who have seen more of the seas than most people on earth – The Ocean Race sailors – about their special connection with the ocean and what…
A day after leaving Cascais, Portugal on the second leg of The Ocean Race Europe, this afternoon the race’s 12-boat fleet battled fierce headwinds in the Gibraltar Strait – the narrow and congested waterway dividing mainland Europe from north Africa…
Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) has committed to drive Hydrogen innovation in the marine industry by developing Hydrogen powered chase boats for the 37th America’s Cup. The America’s Cup team has been working with AFCryo, a Christchurch based innovative company…
At the end of three races of the 49erFX Cascais Championship, topping the overall standings is Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey (GBR), who won the last race of the day, while Victoria Travascio/Sol Branz (ARG) are in second place, with Tamara Echegoyen/Paula…
On Friday morning, a lifesaving crew from the German Sea Rescue Society (DGzRS) worked with German police to save a historic sailing vessel from sinking in Eckernförde Bay, located on Germany’s Baltic coast north of Kiel. At about 0925, the master…
We were treated to an action-packed Medal Race day in beautiful weather at the Hempel World Cup Series – Allianz Regatta! Check out the best bits and hear from the gold medallists in the RS:X Men & Women, ILCA 7…
Leg 2 of The Ocean Race Europe set out in fine sailing conditions from Cascais in Portugal, but was marred by a collision that fortunately left nobody injured. The IMOCA 60 fleet and the VO65s were mixing it up as…
SailGP fans were out in full force – with sell-out crowds on-shore and nearly one thousand registered boats lining the racecourse – to enjoy the second and final day of the Italy Sail Grand Prix in Taranto. Keeping spectators on…
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