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Pro Sailing Tour’s testing second leg sets scene for dramatic ‘Final Rush’
A shortened course, racers just a minute apart, and a second victory for Erwan Le Roux and Keosio — the challenging second stage of the Pro Sailing Tour has set the scene for Sunday’s dramatic finale. The five Ocean Fifty…
Sail Port Stephens Bay Series sailors treated to sparkling conditions
Off-the-beach sailing was the winner today as more than 90 boats, comprising sports boats, J70s, International Canoes, RS Aeros, Finns, OK dinghies, Windsurfers and a smorgasbord of other classes, competed on three race tracks in Day 2 of the Sail…
Ocean Race – Newport In Port Race postponed
Due to deteriorating weather, Saturday’s In Port Race in Newport has been postponed and will now be incorporated into the start of Leg 5. Safety is a top priority for The Ocean Race. With a forecast for increasing winds, deteriorating…
Impressive performances at TF35 Geneva Cup Day 3
At the morning briefing for day three of the TF35 Geneva Cup, there was uncertainty as to whether the forecasted wind would hold on long enough to allow for a full racing schedule. However, with 10- 15 knots on the…
Plymouth Fastnet 500 set to be a regular feature
The 2nd edition of the Plymouth Fastnet 500 takes place on Sunday 13th August. Starting on and finishing from Plymouth Sound, this is a great option to see the Fastnet rock in all its splendour without the logistical headaches before…
Ocean Race – The fight for first starts in Newport
Three teams are within one point at the top of the leaderboard… Four IMOCA teams will compete in the Newport In Port Race on Saturday before heading off across the Atlantic as The Ocean Race leaves the Americas and returns…
Exceptional performance from Realteam Sailing at TF35 Geneva Cup
Day 2 of the TF35 Geneva Cup was marked by an exceptional performance from Jérôme Clerc and his crew on Realteam Sailing, as they claimed victory in four out of five races sailing an almost perfect day. The only team…
470 Euros – Jerwood and Nicholas finish on a high note
Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas (Australian Sailing Squad) have finished the 2023 Mixed 470 European Championship in San Remo, Italy on a high note, achieving their best result at a major international event. The West Australian pair came tantalisingly close…
470 Euros – Lessons learned as Medal Race approaches
In the three races completed on Day 4 of the 2023 Mixed 470 European Championship, Australia’s top ranked team of Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas (Australian Sailing Squad), dropped just one place and learned some valuable lessons with just one…
A quarter point secures North Star IMA Maxi Europeans victory
After seeing victory slip through his fingers in 2022 when his Maxi 72 North Star was becalmed on the final run into the finish of the last race, today owner Peter Dubens, tactician Nick Rogers and the North Star crew…
Superb opening day for the 2023 TF35 season
A superb opening day for the 2023 TF35 season, hosted this week by the esteemed Société Nautique de Genève, saw different teams come to the fore, with Bertrand Demole’s Ylliam XII – Comptoir Immobilier winning the day with an impressive…
Domonkos Nemeth makes history to take both Finn European titles
Domonkos Nemeth from Hungary took it right to the wire but claimed both the 2023 Open and U23 Finn Europeans in Csopak, Hungary on Thursday. In doing so, he becomes the first sailor ever to win both the senior and…
Manly 16ft Skiff Club Centenary Presentation night
It was a Night of Stars as the sailors and volunteers of Manly 16Ft Skiff celebrated the season and winners of the Club Championships in the Centenary Year. It has been a memorable year at the club and it was…
Emirates Team NZ to purchase 10 Elliott 7’s for RNZYS programmes
Emirates Team New Zealand is directly investing in the future of New Zealand’s world class sailing talent by purchasing a renewed fleet of ten Elliott 7’s yachts for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s Mastercard Youth Training Programme (YTP) and…
470 Euros – Two Aussie teams into Gold fleet finals
A superb Day 3 on the water for Australian teams competing at the 2023 Mixed 470 European Championship, Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas (Australian Sailing Squad), along with Sophie Jackson and Angus Higgins (Australian Sailing Futures), making it into the…
Double bullet day for Vesper at IMA Maxi Europeans
After one offshore and two days of coastal racing, today the fleet competing out of Sorrento, Italy for the International Maxi Association’s Maxi European Championship were sent off on two windward-leeward courses on the Bay of Naples along the north…
Domonkos Nemeth moves closer to first Finn European title
Domonkos Nemeth from Hungary took three more race wins on the fourth day of the 2023 Open and U23 Finn Europeans in Csopak, Hungary to take a commanding lead with just one more day to sail. Laurent Hay, from France,…
Sailing at “Full Volume” – A rare ride on the AC75 ‘TE REHUTAI’
A first hand account by Magnus Wheatley The opportunity for a non-professional sailor to ride aboard an AC75 is, undoubtedly, a once-in-a-lifetime experience and something so scarce in sailing to be almost unfathomable. So tight are the America’s Cup testing…
Sydney International Boat Show presents New Products and Premieres
Advances in design and technology shape the diverse line up of exhibitors at the 2023 Sydney International Boat Show, 3 – 6 August at the International Convention Centre, Sydney and adjacent Cockle Bay. With the opportunity for visitors to see…
Making Waves in Queensland!
On Friday 5th May, Making Waves Queensland took delivery of their latest program yacht “The Tribe” (a Farr 40) which was trucked all the way from South Australia, with Federal Member for Bonner Ross Vasta MP, Julian Martin, CEO of…
2023 Pittwater Cup
Nothing can interfere with the Beneteau Pittwater Cup The 2023 Beneteau Pittwater Cup marked the 22nd running of this popular event. Beneteaus from Sydney Harbour, Gosford, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle and Port Stephens often attend, and this year would be no…
Pro Sailing Tour 2023 sees dramatic end to the first stage
The first leg of the 2023 Pro Sailing Tour concluded in dramatic fashion on Sunday with the leading two trimarans separated by less than one minute after 42 hours of high-intensity racing. Erwan Le Roux on Koesio – racing with…
Day 2 racing abandoned 470 Euros
Once again, the vagaries of the weather played havoc with the fleet on Day 2 of racing at the 2023 Mixed 470 European Championship in San Remo, Italy where the only race of the day was abandoned in its final…
Lap of Capri and a photo finish at the IMA Maxi Europeans
While many were predicting the second day of inshore/coastal competition for the IMA Maxi European Championship would be cancelled due to the heinous conditions forecast and even an official storm warning issued because of an intense depression passing over Naples,…
Domonkos Nemeth in charge at Finn Euros
The U23 Finn World Champion, Domonkos Nemeth from Hungary, laid down a marker on the third day of the 2023 Open and U23 Finn Europeans in Csopak, Hungary with two emphatic wins that puts him back at the top of…
Slow start to 470 European Championship for Australia
Day 1 of racing at the 2023 Mixed 470 European Championship was punctuated by a long delay ashore followed by a thunderstorm and lightning on the waters of San Remo in Italy where the Australian teams taking part did not…
60 footers make the strongest start at the IMA Maxi Europeans
The Bay of Naples lived up to its reputation as one of yacht racing’s trickiest venues on the first of four days of inshore racing for the IMA Maxi European Championship. With the northwesterly wind starting light to moderate, the…
Laurent Hay leads Finn Europeans after single light wind race on day 3
Laurent Hay, from France, has taken the lead at the 2023 Open and U23 Finn Europeans in Csopak, Hungary, after just one race was possible on the second day on Lake Balaton. Filipe Silva, from Portugal, moves up to second…
Applications for Australia’s Womens and Youth America’s Cup closing May 31
With the Team Australia Challenge (TAC) confirmed to race in the Youth and Women’s America’s Cup in Barcelona 2024, local organisers have been receiving expressions of interest from around the country online – with the application period due to close…
Australians geared up for 470 European Championship
Racing gets underway at the 2023 Mixed 470 European Championship on Monday local time at Marina degli Aregai, on the waters of San Remo in Italy, where three teams will represent Australia. Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas, Australian Sailing Squad)…
On The Up – Morris finishes sixth at the iQFOiL European
Australian Grae Morris has scored a breakthrough sixth place at the iQFOiL European Championships after finishing third in his quarter final, a result good enough to win the Under 21 European Championship title. After nearly four hours waiting for 40…
Maxis – North Star wins second offshore race at Euros
With the 26 strong maxi fleet sub-divided into three classes, the remainder of the Regata dei Tre Golfi maxi fleet arrived throughout the course of yesterday afternoon. Giuseppe Puttini’s Swan 65 ketch Shirlaf was last home at 17:45CEST. Due to…
Domonkos Nemeth dominates tough opening day at Finn Europeans
Hungary’s Domonkos Nemeth won both races on the opening day of the 2023 Open and U23 Finn Europeans at Csopak on Lake Balaton, on Sunday. Laurent Hay, from France is in second with Filipe Silva, from Portugal in third. 70…
Sail Port Stephens 2024
I know it has only just wrapped up for 2023, but this is a reminder that the dates for 2024 are April 15-20 for the Passage Series and April 26-28 for the Windward-Leewards. Please note that this unavoidably coincides with…
18ft Skiffs – Mark Foy, More than just the father of 18 footers
Mark Foy fathered the sport of 18 footer racing when he staged a regatta, featuring his spectator-driven concept, on Sydney Harbour in January 1892, but Foy was far more than a ‘one-trick pony’. Born in the southern Australian state of…
Medal Race looms for Morris at iQFOiL Euros
Australian Sailing Squad athlete Grae Morris will enter tomorrow’s Medal Race at the iQFOiL European Championships in fifth place, after a complex final day of fleet racing in Patras, Greece. “Light wind course racing in around 13 knots today, but…
Maxis – Record tumbles in Regata dei Tre Golfi
For its 26 competitors, the IMA Maxi European Championship set sail at 1700 yesterday with its offshore race, Regata dei Tre Golfi, running between Naples and Sorrento via the turning marks of Ponza in the north and Li Galli, off…
Morris moves up to sixth at iQFOiL Europeans
Sydneysider Grae Morris is stitching together a stunning set of results at the iQFOiL European Championships, with yet another race win has moving him up to sixth overall with two days of racing to come in Greece. In lighter conditions…
SCL Asia Pacific Final – Ultimate bragging rights on the line
AUTHOR: Harry Fisher The stage is set for a much anticipated SAILING Champions League Asia Pacific Final as 16 teams will go head to head on 20-21 May to see who will be crowned the best sailing club in the…
