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Six weeks from the 2017 Bol d'Or Mirabaud, which will take place June 16-18 at the Société Nautique de Genève, the organizing Committee is pleased to announce the following new features for the 2017 edition. The 79th edition should welcome…
Australian Sailing is pleased to announce the appointment of John Lee as Chief Executive Officer. John is an experienced and well-regarded sports administrator and has held senior roles in transport, tourism and Government. A former Board member of the Australian…
Swiss sailing team Alinghi were crowned Kings of Qingdao for a second year running as they swept to glory in the second Act of the Extreme Sailing Series. The 2016 Extreme Sailing Series champions saw off their six international rivals…
Whether you own a Beneteau, crew on a Benny or want to go for a fun sail on a Saturday, time to get registering for the next Pittwater Beneteau Regatta. This year the regatta will be held at Royal Prince…
It was a case of déjà vu on the final day of racing at Sailing's World Cup Series in Hyères, France as Cypriot Laser sailor Pavlos Kontides once again stole gold from underneath the nose of his rival. On…
After two severe days, Sotogrande and the Andalucian coastline laid on perfect conditions for the final day of competition at the RC44 Sotogrande Cup. Mountainous seas gave way to a short chop, torrential rain gave way to brilliant sunshine and…
Extreme Sailing Series young guns Land Rover BAR Academy stole the show on the penultimate day of Act 2 in Qingdao, China, jumping from last place to second with a masterclass of consistency. Skipper Rob Bunce's team of talented under…
52 boats from 13 Nations turned out for one of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s most colourful events, the Nations’ Cup, including Australia, Germany, Netherlands, England, France, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, United States and Wales. Competitors…
The Round Antigua Race produced a spectacular match race between two magnificent ocean greyhounds with an unbelievable finish. Sir Peter Harrison's British ketch Sojana and Jean-Paul Riviere's French sloop, Nomad IV battled it out for the 52 miles, just a…
More America’s Cup Class (ACC) practice racing has been taking place on Bermuda’s Great Sound, now with all six America’s Cup teams taking part for the first time on the racecourse that will be used in the 35th America’s Cup….
Today (28 April 2017) the World Sailing has confirmed its support for the existing roll out plan to release the first batch of 45 Foiling Nacra 17’s on June 26. The European Championship, as previously stated in the released NoR…
Winning a Masters is the highest achievement in Golf. It’s something every golfer aspires to and the image of the winner donning a green jacket echo’s for ages through golfing lore. While golfers have been slow to attend Olympics, they…
April 28, 2017. Yesterday evening, Francis Joyon and the crew of the IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran, Clément Surtel, Alex Pella, Bernard Stamm, Gwénolé Gahinet, with just Sébastien Audigane missing as he was busy on a delivery trip in the middle of…
ABC News. By Sam Tomlin. Members of a newly-established yacht club in regional Western Australia are not letting the fact they are four hours from the nearest ocean stop them from tackling the country's longest maritime rally. Members of the…
Yesterday marked the final race day of the 2017 Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series (PPWCS) and was hosted by Royal Brighton Yacht Club. This series was completed with the two-day Brighton Ladies Skipper’s Series (BLiSS) Regatta with only the Sunday…
The first pointscore race of the CYCA Winter Series was greeted with sunny skies and building south, south-westerly breeze. The 95 starters jostled for the final placings in each division, where just seconds separated some. Division A1 was one of…
Sailors are always thrilled when they have a return of straight race victories. Then there are times when they are happy to come out in one piece, still within touching distance of the medals. That was the case today at…
After less than one week since the first sail in Bermuda, Emirates Team New Zealand joined their opponents on the water for the last day of the latest round of the America’s Cup Class (ACC) practice racing. All six America’s…
Rain of Old Testament magnitude descended on Spain's Costa del Sol for day two of the RC44 Sotogrande Cup. While the wind was not excessive, the sea state decidedly was. Even as RC44 crews and race management surfaced for their…
Qingdao went from calm to classic in a matter of minutes today as Act 2 of the Extreme Sailing Series got off to an exciting start. China's Olympic Sailing City is renowned for its tricky weather conditions that can catch…
The Maritime Executive A tragic accident in the port of Rimini, Italy claimed the lives of four yachtsmen last week when a storm drove their vessel onto the rocks. On April 18, the 50-foot sailing yacht Dipiù departed Marina di…
Nicholas Heiner's (NED) consistency in the Finn is equalling success at Sailing's World Cup Series in Hyères, France. Out of the 534 racers from 52 nations, racing across the ten Olympic events, Foiling Formula Kiteboarding and 2.4 Norlin OD, Heiner…
Sotogrande, Spain laid on a tricky first day of the 2017 RC44 Championship. Nonetheless Principal Race Officer Peter Reggio read his crystal ball well enough to stage four races on this course which uniquely has Europe, Gibraltar and North Africa…
Afrodite Zegers and Anneloes van Veen (NED) were unstoppable on day two of Sailing's World Cup Series in Hyères, France, winning both Women's 470 races in convincing style. Out of the 534 competitors from 52 nations racing across ten…
Sail Racing PalmaVela 2017 begins in exactly one week’s time, with an intense four-day competition. The fleet, as it stands today, is made up of 143 boats from 16 nationalities, and is divided into 11 classes. The event, hosted by…
Of the 10+ teams set to take part in this year’s GC32 Racing Tour, three teams – a cosmopolitan mix from the USA, Japan and Monaco – will fight it out for the 2017 Owner-Driver Championship. A unique aspect…
The first day of the Hyeres World Cup delivered moderate conditions in which Australia's small team of male sailors struggled to keep up with the early leaders. Only Tom Burton (third in the Laser) and Mat Belcher/Will Ryan (fourth in…
April 25, 2017, Tortola, British Virgin Islands – On the heels of the 2017 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival, preparations have already begun for 2018. The week of March 26 – April 1 will offer the unique opportunity to race under…
The Royal Gazette. By Talbot Wilson. Emirates Team New Zealand sailed their America’s Cup Class race boat on the Great Sound for the first time over the weekend — and yesterday the Kiwis’ boat showed no ill effects from having…
Their sails have powered eight out of nine Volvo Ocean Race winners since 1989-90, with Steinlager 2. Here's everything you need to know about North Sails' sails. 1 ) They're not paneled, they're composites Instead of assembling cloth panels into…
Land Rover BAR's Technology in Sustainability Partner BT, together with innovative UK tech start-up Coderus, have worked with Land Rover BAR to create a tactical aid which will act as a virtual seventh crew member to help create a competitive…
BBC News A famous ocean racing yacht has returned home to Southampton 27 years after it carried the first all-female crew around the world. Maiden made history in 1990 when its female crew, led by Tracy Edwards, became the first…
August's Rolex Fastnet Race remains on track for a record-sized fleet. Currently 390 boats are entered: 338 competing for the main IRC handicap prize; the remainder racing for their own trophies in the Class40, IMOCA 60, Volvo Ocean 65 and…
Fair winds and blue skies greeted the fleet of 59 boats entered in the Beyond Bank Regatta held on Batemans Bay last weekend. The boats ranged from tiny single handed Optimist Dinghies to 25 foot sports boats and 20 foot…
The southern stretch of Canaipa Passage, which runs up the western side of North Stradbroke Island in Moreton Bay, appears to be silting up. My house on Russell Island overlooks the area and in the past two years I have…
Still here, parked day or two, Cane Garden Bay BVI. Wonderful Bay, nice beach restaurants and bars. On the main Island Tortola. “Road Town” capital of British Virgin Islands is on the other side of the Island. To get from…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) is pleased to announce that high profile Victorian sailing administrator, David Staley, has joined the club as its Sailing Manager. Staley, who was also recently appointed Vice Chairman of the Para World Sailing Committee, started…
The Clipper round-the-world ocean race is to return to Liverpool with the start and finish of this unique global challenge moving from the capital back to the River Mersey on the tenth anniversary of its last partnership with the region….
It is no accident that Andrew ‘Yorky’ York finds himself entrenched in the upper echelons of sailing – it’s in his DNA – but the son of famous yachting parents Michael ‘Mick’ York OAM and Jeannette York OAM has moved…
It is just over three weeks since Emirates Team New Zealand was sailing in New Zealand, and today the teams America’s Cup Class race boat was out sailing on Bermuda s Great Sound for the first time under inquisitive gaze…
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