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Helsinki: Someone forgot to make a deal with the Nordic wind god, Aeolius, as racing started in Finland for the 2017 Women’s Match Racing World Championship, with the race committee and teams facing challenges. All day light and shifty winds…
Geneva: The monohull regatta was as intense as that of the multihulls, if not more so – after leading most of the day, Hungary’s Libera Implantcentre Raffica handed the race to Syz & Co in the final kilometres after losing…
Geneva: The two Bertarelli family multis, handled by expert crews, dominated this 79th edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud, sailing side by side for most of the regatta. The pair created an impressive margin against their direct competition, finishing almost…
Emirates Team New Zealand had a perfect start to the America’s Cup match with two wins over Oracle Team USA, but they’re kicking themselves for a far from perfect performance overall. The most pleasing aspect for the Kiwis was the…
Day Two of the Pool A Qualifiers in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup once again belonged to Sweden’s Artemis Youth Racing as they topped the tables with two wins. Heading into the day the Swedish team once again grabbed…
Stage 3 of La Solitaire URGO le Figaro came to an end this morning, with the winner Nicolas Lunven, Generali, completing the course in less than 21 hours (10h54m55s). The fleet of 42 Figaros completing the 140-mile course ahead of…
Bright sunshine welcomed the 70 sailors participating in the 2017 Women’s Match Racing World Championship to Helsinki, Finland as the teams spent several hours training in the Nyländska Jaktklubben (NJK) fleet of well-prepared J/80s before the Opening Ceremonies. Well over…
RHADC Bermuda- June 15, 2017: ‘Selkie’, Chip Bradish’s 1988 Morris Ocean 32.5 footer from Jamaica Plain near Boston, was the overall corrected time winner of Class D and the entire 40th Anniversary Marion Bermuda Race. She was the smallest boat…
Artemis Youth Racing stole the early advantage in the Pool A Qualifiers of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, with the Swedish team finishing the pool’s first day of racing on top of the standings after scoring two first and…
This afternoon saw the start of stage 3 of La Solitaire URGO le Figaro race, the fleet departed the French port of Concarneau a little under 30 hours after arriving in the small hours of Wednesday morning on completion of…
The Barmouth to Fort William Three Peaks Yacht Race is one of the oldest and most demanding challenges in the sailing and adventure sports calendars. The race began in 1977 and this year celebrates its 40th anniversary event, but Pip…
Genoa – 15 June, 2017. The Maxi 72 Momo (GER) has claimed line honours at the 2017 Giraglia Rolex Cup. Arriving in Genoa at 21:39.04 local time on Thursday 15 June, Dieter Schön and his crew completed the 65th edition…
Australian Sailing and Yachting New Zealand have signed a joint commitment to attend major regattas on both sides of the Tasman for the next three years, strengthening existing events by generating international quality racing. The agreement with the working title…
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club’s first Sailing Institute Match Racing Regatta was held on Saturday 10 June in perfect conditions. The event was part of the youth winter training programme for the RFBYC Sailing Institute. Sailors from all three Winter…
While there is no denying the sailing pedigree of Emirates Team New Zealand’s Olympic-winning helmsman Peter Burling, there is still one major question that is yet to be answered – Does Pistol Pete have enough match racing experience to handle…
The words of a key character in the 35th America’s Cup who is more than happy to remain anonymous, but due to the close-quarter and dramatic nature of the racing in Bermuda, someone who has found himself thrust into spotlight….
McConaghy Boats Australia has announced that Jono Morris will be resigning as an employee of the Australian company, but will retain his long held role of Joint Managing Director and shareholder of MC2 Composites Limited and its subsidiaries. Morris, an accomplished…
RHADC Bermuda- June 14, 2017: ‘Jambi’, a new Hinckley Bermuda 50 skippered by John Levinson crossed the finish line off St. David’s Lighthouse at 12:47:00 ADT to take line honors in the 40th Anniversary Marion Bermuda Race. ‘Jambi’ had an unofficial…
The Volvo Ocean Race will switch from a 3-year to a 2-year cycle after the upcoming 2017-18 edition, a change that will provide more continuity and more commercial value for professional sailing teams, sponsors and host cities. Confirmation of the…
After three days, 9 hours 33 minutes and 46 seconds Adrien Hardy (Agir Recouvrement) crossed the finish line in Concarneau, France to take the leg 2 win of La Solitaire URGO le Figaro. Hardy crossed the line just 54 seconds…
While everyone who enters the Rolex Fastnet Race dreams of winning or doing well, the event's stature as the world's largest offshore yacht race, means this is often not the only reason for taking part. Around 400 boats will be…
Saint-Tropez – 14, June 2017. At 12:45 today an international fleet of 209 yachts commenced the 65th running of the Giraglia Rolex Cup. Departing from Saint-Tropez, France, their destination is the historic port city of Genoa, Italy with 241-nautical miles…
Lisa Blair has just left Cape Town, where she called in after losing her mast during her Antarctic circumnavigation attempt, heading for the point she was forced to abandon the “non-stop” portion of her journey. The first few days have…
In less than twelve month’s time a racing and cruising fleet will depart Auckland for the beautiful French Pacific Islands of New Caledonia. The Auckland Noumea Yacht Race is to be run by New Zealand’s premier offshore sailing club the…
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (June 13, 2017) – The US Sailing Safety at Sea Committee awarded the Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medals to a competing Lightning sailboat and two mark-set boats at the 2016 Ford Yacht Club Regatta for the rescue of…
The Notice of Race for the Pittwater to Paradise Regatta is now online at http://www.pittwatertoparadise.com.au/race-documents.html and boat owners have until December 1, 2017 to register for Australia’s newest summer series at the best entry fee rate. Announced back in April,…
Britain’s Dee Caffari will lead 'Turn the Tide on Plastic' – a mixed, youth focused team with a strong sustainability message in the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. Her campaign, already backed by the Mirpuri Foundation and Ocean Family Foundation, is…
This afternoon the fleet of La Solitaire URGO le Figaro sailors have been negotiating the final landmark of Belle Ile island before heading back northwest for a slow motion dash to the finish line in Concarneau. Coming into their fourth…
There is ‘never a dull moment’ at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, just ask returnees Colin and Denise Wilson, enduring owners of a yacht bearing that name who enjoy the scenic racing on the Coral Sea and the fun times…
RHADC Bermuda- June 13, 2017: Tuesday afternoon the fleet in the boat Marion Bermuda Race fleet got smaller by three more boats. Ray Cullum in ‘Frolic’ a McMullen & Wing Dixon 44 was becalmed, Robert Purcell’s ‘Swell’ a Beneteau 40…
Light winds again greeted the six international Red Bull Youth America’s Cup Pool B teams who returned to day two of Qualifiers fleet racing action on 13th June on Bermuda’s Great Sound. However, the wind speed did not stop the…
RHADC Bermuda- June 12, 2017: Monday morning the forty-seven boat Marion Bermuda Race fleet was in a bunch from 225nm away from Bermuda to about 310nm out. They are trying to make their way, but having a tough go of…
The 43 skippers of La Solitaire URGO le Figaro have spent their third day at sea since starting from Gijon on Saturday afternoon, negotiating a small virtual channel, created in between two restricted zones defined by the French navy for…
The twenty-strong fleet of yachts sailing with World Cruising Club's annual ARC Portugal rally set off from Falmouth yesterday (Sunday 11 June), having finally found a weather window for the trans-Biscay stage of the rally. The international group which includes…
Racing wrapped up along the north-east edge of the vast expanse of Port Phillip at the 27th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta with a third and final light air day for the Queen’s Birthday public holiday, Monday June 12, 2017. A…
Lisa Blair's attempt to become the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo, non-stop and unassisted came to an abrupt halt south of Cape Twon when she lost the rig on her yacht Climate Action Now. Undeterred, she headed for Cape…
It was billed as a case of “win or go home” in Bermuda today, with the battle to decide who will challenge Oracle Team USA in the 35th America's Cup Match sitting on match point. Emirates Team New Zealand held…
The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup began its 2017 campaign on 12th June on Bermuda’s Great Sound, the same waters that had just seen the conclusion of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs, and at the end of day…
Members of the Australian sailing community have been recognised in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for their contribution to our sport. One of our most accomplished sailors Sydney Fischer OBE has been recognised as a Member (AM) in the…
12/06/2017 – Leaving Panama I am on my way to Tahiti Panama is in The doldrums. Weather wise that is. Seems to be going well otherwise. (As long as you don't stroll into The wrong localities). On departure there was…
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