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Paris Olympians and grassroots sailing community celebrated at 2024 Australian Sailing Awards. Congratulations to all recipients: Male Sailor of the Year – Matt Wearn OAM (WA) Female Sailor of the Year – Breiana Whitehead (QLD) Team of the Year –…
Next Sunday, that is the 10th of November, the 40 skippers of the Vendée Globe will start the 10th edition of the legendary solo non stop round the world race. From 8 a.m. (local time France, +1hr UTC) , the…
Luke Deegan, from New Zealand has taken the lead at the 2024 OK Dinghy European Championship in Palma after just one more race was sailed on Saturday. Overall, Britain’s Charlie Cumbley dropped to second while Sweden’s Niklas Edler climbed to…
After winning her second consecutive Olympic gold medal in Paris, 37-year-old Caterina Banti has decided to step back from competitive sailing. This choice was a thoughtful one; she feels a pull toward new life adventures beyond the wind and waves….
(Hamilton, Bermuda 1 November 2024). – Denmark’s Kristine Mauritzen and her Team Seagulls upset the form book on Day 3 of the Aspen Bermuda Women’s Match Racing Regatta. They defeated regatta leader Julia Aartsen (NED) 3-2 in the best-of-five quarter-final…
(Hamilton, Bermuda 31 October 2024) The final four skippers advancing to the semi-final were decided today on Day 3 of the Bermuda Gold Cup in Hamilton Harbour. Defending 2023 event winner Johnie Berntsson (SWE) joins Chris Poole (USA), Nick Egnot-Johnson…
Entries for the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race have recently closed, with an impressive and diverse fleet of 112 yachts ready to take their positions at the starting line on Boxing Day, 26 December. At 1300hrs local time, the…
Absolute Yachts has unveiled the spectacular new Navetta 70 Allure setting a new benchmark for innovation and design. The new Navetta 70 Allure marks a turning point in the luxury yacht market, introducing innovative and contemporary design elements without forgoing…
The world’s best skippers are making their final preparations for the “Everest of the seas”—the 24,300 mile non-stop round-the-world solo epic that is the Vendée Globe. “It’s a combination of factors that makes this race as extreme as it is—two-and-a-half…
Newport, R.I. — The New York Yacht Club is pleased to announce the inaugural International Women’s Championship, a female-only competition that will be sailed in the Club’s fleet of 37-foot IC37 yachts, September 12 to 19, 2026. “The New York Yacht Club…
Charlie Cumbley, from Britain, leads the OK Dinghy European Championship in Palma after the first three races were sailed on Thursday in Palma Bay. Luke Deegan, from New Zealand, is second, on equal points with Britain’s Matt Howard. All three…
(Hamilton, Bermuda 31 October 2024) The Netherlands’ Julia Aartsen and France’s Pauline Courtois completed the round robin stage of the inaugural Aspen Bermuda Women’s Match Racing Regatta yesterday in a joint lead, each with six wins and one loss. The…
(Hamilton, Bermuda 31 October, 2024) Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson, 2023 defending champion of the Bermuda Gold Cup and three-time winner of the event, completed the round robin stage of this year’s Bermuda Gold Cup event with six wins out of seven…
Great consistency is a winning formula Since the beginning of last season’s (2023-24) 18 footer campaign, the Vaikobi team of Kirk Mitchell (skipper), Andrew Stephenson (sheet hand) and Daniel Barnett (bow) have been one of the most consistent teams in…
You can’t be what you can’t see, so the old saying goes. At Manly 16ft Skiff Club, a record number of females are entering the various classes on the back of the path paved by some of Australia’s finest women…
There is a lot more to SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) than meets the eye, as organisers at Townsville Yacht Club continue their mission to make sure the Island’s community benefits from the annual event in more than the…
The OK Dinghy European Championship was opened in Palma Tuesday evening with 82 sailors from 14 nations completing registration. Hosted by the Real Club Nàutico de Palma, it will be the first ever international OK Dinghy championship to be held…
(Hamilton, Bermuda 29 October, 2024) The 2024 Bermuda Gold Cup kicked off today in exhilarating 18-22 knot conditions in Hamilton Harbour, providing the ideal stage for the world’s top match racing teams to master the challenging International One Design (IOD)…
World Sailing is inviting proposals for exhibition events at the 2026 and 2027 World Sailing Championships. Successful events will also have the opportunity to be considered for inclusion in future World Sailing events and the Olympic Games programme from 2032. …
The 2024 Gold Coast Open Day run by The Yacht Sales Co is shaping up to be the biggest and best yet and we would love to see you at this special boating extravaganza this weekend. The free event will be…
The energy and enthusiasm for offshore yacht racing has never been more evident with a large fleet entered in the 2024 Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race, also known as the Rudder Cup. Close to 40 boats will be on the…
The Etchells National and World Championships in January 2025 at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club, are attracting a range of international performers across classes including the most recent Star Class World Champions, John Kostecki and Austin Sperry. “I am still…
2024 IOM World Championships in Gladstone Queensland, Australia. Hosted by the Australian Radio Yachting Association and the Gladstone Radio Controlled Yacht Club Day Six. The International One Metre World Championships are complete. By day three of the regatta, two sailors…
At its Annual General Meeting held this week, Shevaun Bruland was elected as President of Australian Sailing – the first woman to hold the position. Bruland has been a member of the Australian Sailing board for five years, serving the…
Former Kiwi flight controller Andy Maloney has opened up about his decision to leave the Black Foils and join incoming team Brazil on the start line of next season. Maloney’s departure marked one of the highest profile athlete transfers in…
The Swan One Design Worlds came to a dramatic conclusion today in Palma de Mallorca, with the world champions in three ClubSwan Racing classes crowned — two by a single point — and the season-long Nations League contest ultimately decided….
2024 IOM World Championships in Gladstone Queensland, Australia. Hosted by the Australian Radio Yachting Association and the Gladstone Radio Controlled Yacht Club Day Five. The second last day of the IOM World Championships was, for the leaders, akin to a…
Race 2 of the 2024 Sixt Spring 18 footer Championship was conducted by the Australian 18 Footers League on Sydney Harbour today when 16 of the club’s teams faced the start in a 8-12 knot north-east wind, which produced much…
The GWA Wingfoil World Tour crowned two new world champions in the Wave discipline at the third and final stop of the season after an epic day of action in the left-hand break of Ibiraquera in southern Brazil. The US’s…
Have you wondered what happend to the classic maxi Brindabella? The iconic maxi yacht and former Sydney-Hobart line honours winner, Brindabella, will compete in next February’s 75th running of the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race. This special…
2024 IOM World Championships in Gladstone Queensland, Australia. Hosted by the Australian Radio Yachting Association and the Gladstone Radio Controlled Yacht Club Day Four. Day four was magnificent. Perfect conditions greeted the competitors today, 10-15 knots from the East, which…
No two of 67 starters in this year’s PIC Coastal Classic are identical. That is where the handicap system kicks in, giving opportunity to any boat no matter how big, small, new or old, to take away a victory based…
Australia’s Paul McKenzie finishes 5th overall and 1st Grand Master. Italy’s Alessandro Marega has won the Finn European Championship in Cannes after the final day brought even more drama and turnarounds. Valerian Lebrun, from France, ended up second, and also…
Following the announcement yesterday of the overall winner of the 45th Rolex Middle Sea Race, attention has turned to the remaining boats at sea, class winners and other podium places. Since Wednesday afternoon, a further 26 boats have finished, leaving…
67 yachts set sail from Auckland this morning in the much-anticipated 2024 PIC Coastal Classic, one of New Zealand’s premier yachting events. The fleet departed from Devonport in nearly perfect conditions, with a moderate breeze of 10 to 12 knots…
The fourth day of the 2024 Finn Open Europeans was, and is, filled with drama and uncertainty after a day of waiting for wind, then multiple restarts and finally multiple hearings in the jury room. As this report goes out…
2024 IOM World Championships in Gladstone Queensland, Australia. Hosted by the Australian Radio Yachting Association and the Gladstone Radio Controlled Yacht Club Day Three. It was deja vu all over again at the IOM World Championships in Gladstone. For the…
Final team sales set to unlock a range of shock athlete transfers and exciting appointments. Both New Zealand and France will race in the 2025 Season alongside two new national teams, as SailGP confirms a new points sytem and expanded…
Here’s an interesting little breakdown from the team over at the 49er and Nacra 17 organisation on the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. It points out some interesting facts and observations. You may not agree with all their observations, but…
The Sydney International Boat Show contributed $353m in total economic output from the 2024 event at Darling Harbour, according to the Boating Industry Association Ltd CEO Andrew Scott. Scott said the show once again proved its worth following an independent…
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