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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…
Having proved right the old sporting adage of never ever giving up with a surprise win in the VO65 class on Leg 1, the skipper of The Austrian Ocean Race Project, Gerwin Jansen, said his young crew would be giving…
Realteam Sailing, owned by Esteban Garcia and co-skippered by Jérôme Clerc, triumphed on the final day of the TF35 Mies with wins in both races before a lack of breeze ended the day early. Clerc started the day in second…
In our first episode covering Season 2, we look back on the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix and examine just what happened in the crash between the United States and Japan? SailGP is sailing redefined. Established in 2018 and headquartered in…
Fantastic sailing conditions on the Portuguese coast made for stunning images and close racing in Cascais
Talented youth sailors took to the water alongside the F50s for the SailGP Inspire Racing x WASZP program on the first day of the Italy Sail Grand Prix | Taranto.
Here we go! The Medal Race line-ups are confirmed in all five fleets. Tomorrow we’ll see who wins this year’s medals at the Hempel World Cup Series – Allianz Regatta…
Taranto: It was an eventful first race day for Slingsby’s Australian side and the league as a whole, as teams competed in a new crew set up at the first ever Italian Sail Grand Prix. Due to lighter conditions on…
The TF35 Mies fleet racing was paused today to allow the seven TF35s to join more than 250 other boats to participate in the iconic Genève-Rolle-Genève long-distance race: the prologue to the Bol’Or Mirabaud. After 30 nautical miles of racing…
The Ocean Race Europe fleet returned to competitive action in Cascais, Portugal today where the 12 international teams representing nine countries took on the Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy coastal race ahead of the start tomorrow of the second offshore leg…
As part of the effort to stem the tide of plastic pollution entering the world’s oceans, the Coca-Cola Company is joining with The Ocean Cleanup to expedite the deployment of clean-up systems in15 rivers around the world. The partnership is…
Porto Cervo: After three days of perfect breeze, the conclusive day of the 14th Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of title sponsor Loro Piana, was characterised by lighter airs that allowed…
Italy shone in the RS:X fleets, while the fight for the top 10 in the ILCAs is hotting up at the Hempel World Cup Series – Allianz Regatta!
Tom Slingsby is still confident that his Australian team is prepared to face off against all eight national teams at the Taranto Sail Grand Prix, despite a challenging final day of practice. All eight national crews took part in practice…
The new TF35 hydro-foiling catamarans enjoyed a cracking day of super-competitive racing in the sunshine as the TF35 Mies got underway, with Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi emerging as top boat. Bertarelli’s crew opened the day on a roll with wins in…
Taranto: The sport’s best athletes return to the racecourse this weekend when the first-ever Italy Sail Grand Prix gets underway in the Southern Italian city of Taranto. Following show-stopping action in Bermuda – which produced dramatic racing and an epic…
Porto Cervo: Competitors in the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta were graced with a third day of ideal wind and sea conditions in which yesterday’s victors – Missy in the Superyacht division and Highland Fling XVII among the Multihulls – confirm…
Bruno Bich, 74, died on May 30, 2021. Son of Marcel Bich, founder of BIC, Bruno devoted́ his entire professional life to the company and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to 2006, and Chairman of the…
It was all about reading the shifty conditions on Day 2 of the Hempel World Cup Series – Allianz Regatta!
Sir Stephen Tindall is retiring as Chairman and Director of the Board of Emirates Team New Zealand after a long and successful tenure as Director of the 4 x America’s Cup winning team. Sir Stephen is best known as a…
Tax Deductible Donations for a Cleaner Ocean Ocean Crusaders have been cleaning waterways across the Eastern seaboard for the last 5 years and have removed staggering amounts of debris, stopping it from getting out into our playground. In 2020 that…
LORO PIANA SUPERYACHT REGATTA, IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR RACE DAY 2 Missy and Highland Fling XVII winners of the day and leaders of their respective divisions Porto Cervo, June 3, 2021. The Costa Smeralda put on its best show to…
Australian SailGP Team suffer damage to rudder in drama filled first training on Italian waters, ahead of Taranto Sail Grand Prix. The Australian SailGP Team’s revolutionary F50, emblazoned with a giant kangaroo, set sail on Italian waters for the first…
This weekend the seven cutting-edge TF35 hydro-foiling catamarans will compete in a bumper weekend of racing. The competition will start on Friday with what promises to be another round of hotly-contested one-design racing at the TF35 Mies, the third event…
Enjoy some exhilarating high-speed sailing from the Atlantic Ocean Leg One of The Ocean Race Europe, because why not..?
The Great Britain SailGP Team has taken flight in the stunning surroundings of the Taranto Harbour in southern Italy for the first time, as training begins for the Italy Sail Grand Prix this weekend. There was, however, a new but…
There was a sense of excitement in the air on the opening day of Hempel World Cup Series – Allianz Regatta in Medemblik, The Netherlands as sailors hit the water at the first World Cup event since Miami in January…
First day down at the Hempel World Cup Series – Allianz Regatta! Catch up on the ILCA 6 and 7 fleets and the RS:X Men and Women.
The opening leg of The Ocean Race Europe came to a nail-biting conclusion today in Cascais, Portugal with the winners in both the VO65 and IMOCA 60 classes decided only in the last few moments of the four-day passage from…
In just a few days SailGP’s adrenaline-fueled racing is set to kick-off for the first ever Italy Sail Grand Prix on June 5-6 in Taranto, Italy. Packed with excitement and drama, Season 2’s opener in Bermuda set the stage for…
Porto Cervo: The 14th edition of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta got off to an auspicious start today, with a fresh south-easterly wind of 16 to 17 knots creating ideal conditions for today’s racing. Right on schedule at 12.30pm, the…
It hasn’t quite been 50 years, but on Sunday a rambunctious crowd of sailors gathered at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club to celebrate the 50th anniversary of New Zealand’s success in the 1971 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Runaway (Brin Wilson),…
The excitement of Congressional Cup racing will return to Long Beach Yacht Club September 14 to 19, 2021 when the world’s leading match racing skippers compete for this venerated trophy and the prized Crimson Blazer. “Our lineup is set, with…
In previous years it might have been an interesting side note if five Australian crews travelled over to compete at a New Zealand national championship, but in 2021 it’s a big deal, as a quintet of teams from across The…
Nominations have opened for inductions to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame; and in an ongoing collaboration between Australian Sailing and the Australian National Maritime Museum, the Hall of Fame offers a platform to honour the most significant contributions and…
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