TMG Yachts @ SIBS
Join TMG in Sydney for the Sydney International Boat Show 2023 where they will be displaying their Lagoon 46 & SIXTY 5 + PRESTIGE 420S & 460 REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL This will also be our first every PRESTIGE display with…
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Stellar Lineup of New Models at Sydney International Boat Show
The Yacht Sales Co and Multihull Solutions will have one of their largest displays ever at the 2023 Sydney International Boat Show with a line-up of six models, including the global and Asia Pacific premieres of three new yachts. The…
Pittwater Artist Trail Open Studios – Ally Bryan
If you are on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and have some free time this weekend (22-23 July 2023) then why not visit Ally Bryan at her open studio weekend, where she will be sharing a diverse collection that reflects the many…
Swan European Regatta in Turku to welcome more than thirty Swan yachts
The Swan European Regatta in Turku, the bi-annual event organized by Nautor Swan, ClubSwan Racing, the City of Turku, Turku Yacht Club, Merikeskus Forum Marinum and Sunborn Events, is welcoming more than 30 Swans in the Baltic waters, from tomorrow,…
52 Super Series is back in the USA in 2024
After three year spell confined to racing only in Europe, the 52 SUPER SERIES circuit expands its horizons once again for the 2024 season when it will return to race two key regattas in the USA. While owners and teams…
How The Ocean Race 2022-23 drove action to protect the seas
The Ocean Race 2022-23 featured the most ambitious sustainability programme in the Race’s 50 year history, including initiatives that were firsts in the event industry and sports’ world, from efforts to influence global ocean policy to pioneering ways to reduce…
Fresh upwind start forecast for 50th Fastnet
COWES, UK, 18 JULY 2023: As competitors in this special anniversary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 50th Rolex Fastnet Race arrive in the Solent, or Cherbourg in preparation for Saturday’s start from Cowes, focus is turning to the…
Final wrap-up of the Wingfoil event in Gran Canaria and what’s coming next!
Report from Day Six – Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria Words: Ian MacKinnon Photos: Lukas K Stiller The GWA Wingfoil World Cup in Gran Canaria met the GWA team and riders with strong winds that allowed for three different disciplines to…
First ‘Racing on the Edge’ episode of Season 4
LONDON, July 17, 2023 – Race day one of SailGP Season 4 saw ten teams cross the start line, the largest fleet the global championship has seen to date with the introduction of the Germany SailGP Team announced only three…
18ft Skiff Racing Sponsorships
Long history of partnerships in an iconic Australian sport Long-term sponsorships in sport are rare and any sport which has been fortunate enough to have one must be either lucky or be doing something ‘right’, or both. To have two…
Lessons learned and bar raised at Olympic Test Event
A Sou’wester of 10-12 knots made sure there was still more variation to come into play on the final day at the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event in Marseille. The three Australian entries in action were unable to improve on…
M32 European Championship
RIVA DEL GARDA, ITALY (July 16, 2023) — Andrea LaCorte and his Vitamina Veloce Cetilar team executed a stunning, stand-out performance this weekend in Riva del Garda to win the M32 European Championship and the M32 European Series title. Conditions…
Wingfoil Big Air World Champions 2023 are crowned
The first ever GWA Wingfoil Big Air World Champions are crowned BIG AIR MEN’S FINALS The battle to become the first GWA Wingfoil Big Air World Champions at the iconic spot of Gran Canaria’s Pozo Izquierdo in perfect, cranking winds…
50th Edition Rolex Fastnet Race – One week until the start!
COWES, UK, Saturday 15 JULY 2023: Seven days until the sails rise, hearts race, and dreams chase the horizon at the 50th Edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race. Undoubtedly among the crown jewels of offshore sailing, the Rolex Fastnet Race…
Matt Wearn wins Gold at Olympic Test Event
Matt Wearn OAM has secured Gold in the Men’s ILCA 7 dinghy at the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event in Marseille. An emphatic win in the crucial, double points medal race had him seven points clear of his nearest rival…
ETNZ waste no time getting out sailing on the waters off Barcelona
Barcelona – Friday 14th July 2023 Emirates Team New Zealand, the Defenders of the America’s Cup, wasted no time getting ‘Te Rehutai’ out sailing on the waters off Barcelona on Friday, a day earlier than scheduled thanks to a favourable…
FreeFly-Slalom winners crowned in Gran Canaria
MEN’S ELIMINATIONS 5-7 The third day of competition, with 35 men and 14 women battling for 8 hours, served up some of the most exciting FreeFly-Slalom ever seen, with the athletes amped by the cranking winds and swell for the…
Morris up to second at Olympic Test Event
Grae Morris continued his climb at the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event in Marseille, moving up to second place in the iQFOil windsurfing class with seven fleet races to come. Morris said afterwards, “We had four slalom races today. Light…
WASZP – Hippolyte Gruet wins European Games warm-up event
The wind once again picked up on the final day of the WASZP European Warm-Up. In true WASZP style, only 2pts separated the podium at the event. After 10 validated races, Hippolyte Gruet is the Overall Winner of WASZP European…
Wearn moves into First, Morris Third at Olympic Test Event
The Mistral came in and delivered a Nor’wester of 15-18 knots for day five at the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event in Marseille, and Australia’s reigning Olympic Gold Medallist in the ILCA 7, Matt Wearn OAM relished the conditions. The…
Sun Fast 30 – The future of offshore racing
In 2021, the Royal Ocean Racing Club in collaboration with the UNCL Pole Course du YCF and the Storm Trysail Club started the project to create an affordable offshore race boat designed to attract youth sailors. The Sun Fast 30…
Italians favourite for Rolex Fastnet Race’s Class40 honours
COWES, UK, 13 JULY 2023: France traditionally dominates the non-IRC classes which compete in the Rolex Fastnet Race, both in numbers and results. This comes as no surprise since they created classes such as the Ultim and IMOCA. This has…
FreeFly-Slalom in Gran Canaria – Day 2
Tight battles & heavy crashes during the FreeFly-Slalom discipline Report from day Two, Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria Words: Ian MacKinnon Photo: Lukas K Stiller MEN’S ELIMINATION 1-3 It was a thrilling second day at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Gran…
Aussies meet the challenges at Olympic Test Event
Day four at the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event in Marseille was nothing if not consistent to the plan of the last few days. The weather is hot, the days are long and at the conclusion there are four Aussies…
Big Air & Surf-Freestyle action kicks off with a bang in Gran Canaria
The GWA Wingfoil World Cup Gran Canaria event has attracted a total of 35 male and 14 female competitors. On the first day in Pozo Izquierdo, the prevailing strong winds made it evident that the men’s division qualification for the…
Game, set and probable match to Leopard 3 in Aegean 600
Press release issued by the International Maxi Association on 12/07/2023 Thanks to its famous Meltemi, the third edition of the Aegean 600 this week galvanised its reputation as one of the windiest of the world’s 600 mile offshore races. Particularly…
Aussies among the action at Olympic Test Event
Day three brought all the Australians into racing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event in Marseille, France. The breeze may have gone back a little more East, and even offered an extra little bit of pace, but it retained…
Rolex Fastnet Race – Battle lines drawn for IRC Three
50th Edition – Saturday 22nd July 2023 – Cowes to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin via the Fastnet Rock COWES, UK, 11 JULY 2023: Nearly half of the impressive fleet of nearly 90 boats in IRC Three come from the drawing board of three…
Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre – a record entry
At some four months before the start of the biggest, most competitive ocean race of the year, the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre reveals a comprehensive start list of all the boats and skippers entered to date. Over 100…
Aussies embrace the work at Olympic Test Event
Hard work was the name of the game on day two of the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event in Marseille, France. A wonderful second place in the last race of the day by Western Australian pair Nia Jerwood and Conor…
Last chance to enter 2023 Yacht Sales Co. Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race
Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron is putting a call out for last minute entries for the Yacht Sales Co. Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race before entries close on Sunday, 22 July 2023. This year marks the 3rd edition of the…
New Caledonian entry heads to Airlie Beach Race Week as onshore program finalised
As Airlie Beach Race Week’s onshore program was being finalised, a New Caledonia entry marked the 140 entry and the 21st Multihull Racing competitor for Whitsunday Sailing Club’s (WSC) 35th running of the annual event, which kicks off on 10…
Fast first half for the AEGEAN 600 fleet
10 July 2023 – Lavrion, GRE – With the help of a solid Meltemi wind throughout the race area, and reaching and running angles in the first few legs of the course, the fleet of yesterday’s 44 starters has had…
Rated X is not playing games
Young Jake Julien is taking names in the M32 fleet this year NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (July 9, 2023) — Jake Julien and his Rated X team were crowned champions of the M32 Midtown Cup Event 2. They did not need…
Provisional Barn Door and Kalakaua Trophy winners announced at Transpac
July 9, 2023 — Honolulu, Hawaii — With the finish of 19 out of 52 boats in the fleet this afternoon and no potential rivals on the eastern horizon, the fastest monohulls in elapsed and corrected time have been provisionally…
AEGEAN 600 off to a spectacular start
Lavrion, GRE – With picture-prefect conditions of clear skies, azure seas and 12-15 knots of northeast wind, the 3rd edition of the AEGEAN 600 is off to a spectacular start. This offshore classic race is organized by the Hellenic Offshore…
Aussies begin the assault at Olympic Test Event
A gentle yet challenging Sou’east breeze greeted the first of the Australian athletes taking to the Marseille racecourse at the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event. Some of the crews have a few more days to wait before their racing commences,…
2023 ILCA 6 Youth and Men’s Worlds – Day 6
Dziwnow, Poland – Three races were completed on the final day of the 2023 ILCA 6 Youth & Men’s World Championships, hosted by the Gdmina Dziwonow. It was an even lighter day of sailing than day 5, with a north-to-northeasterly…
Platoon maintain their Menorca winning record
Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon extended their record in Menorca to three victories when the German flagged team today lifted the Royal Cup as winners of the third regatta of the season, the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup. Platoon also won…
18ft Skiffs – Iain Murray AM, The 18-footer legend continues – a winner who keeps on winning
When Iain Murray graduated from the Cherub and 12ft skiff classes to join the 18 footer ranks as a 17-year-old in the 1976-77 season, with the sponsorship support of local TV station Channel 7 for his self-designed and built Color…
