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Tropical squalls keep teams on their toes as they leave the doldrums behind and push into the tradewinds On the race course on Wednesday, the top three teams are clustered together within 50 miles on the leaderboard, with 11th Hour…
Diverse PalmaVela fleet to kick off 2023 IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge Nine maxis will open the racing tomorrow at the Real Club Náutico de Palma’s Mediterranean season opener, PalmaVela. This is appropriate given PalmaVela originated solely for maxis: Palma…
Double bullet day is perfect start for Fragomens’ Interlodge team in Saint Tropez Austin and Gwen Fragomen’s US flagged Interlodge which has Cameron Appleton as tactician and 2020 Olympian Stephanie Roble debuting as strategist made their best possible start to…
Annapolis, USA (2 May 2023) – Sweden’s Anna Östling and her WINGS Team ended the second day of the 2023 Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Santa Maria Cup leading the first Round Robin stage with equal points to USA’s…
Antigua, Tuesday 2 May: Solid trade winds over 15 knots blessed the third day of Antigua Sailing Week. With racing now past the halfway stage, the action was as hot as the air temperature, with teams pulling out all the…
11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia are joined by Biotherm on the push north as the race closes up On Monday evening (UTC) Team Malizia led 11th Hour Racing Team across the equator, as The Ocean Race returned to…
“The GLOBE40 is reminiscent of the Mini spirit – albeit on Class40s – and the Tour du Finistère course – albeit on a planetary scale! In reality though, it’s a race like no other, whilst being technical and demanding in…
Check out the highlights video from the Axxess Marine Y2K Race Day at Antigua Sailing Week. The second day of racing at Antigua Sailing Week was blessed with fabulous sailing conditions. The trade winds were in, gusting up to 17…
Annapolis, USA (1 May 2023) – A fresh breeze greeted the opening race day of the 22nd Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Santa Maria Cup today, the second stage of the 2023 Women’s World Match Racing Tour from 30…
It has been a while coming with a two year postponement due to a Global Pandemic, but finally the Notice of Race for the 2024 Fireball Worlds has been released. The 2024 Fireball Worlds will be sailed on the waters…
Argentinian ace Guillermo Parada was undoubtedly the architect behind the successes of Azzurra when the Roemmers family’s team – which raced under the colours of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda – won the 52 SUPER SERIES title four times. He…
Brazil is in the rear view mirror for the four IMOCA teams racing to Newport, with a benign doldrims ahead… The USA lies to the north and Brazil is now in the wake of the four teams racing towards Newport,…
RIVA DEL GARDA, ITALY (April 30, 2023) — Andrea LaCorte and his Vitamina Cetilar team (ITA) were crowned champions of the M32 European Series opener. They kept the pedal down all weekend long and posted a perfect scorecard here in…
Antigua, Sunday 30 April: Day 1 of racing completed! We were blessed with beautiful sailing conditions today. Check out what Richard Moxey from El Ocaso has to say about today’s close racing, and Tahvorn George’s experience of Chase the Race…
Father & son, champions together For the past 45 years in Australia, the name Barnabas has been at, or near, the top of 18ft skiff championship point scores and has produced a total of eleven World, six Australian and five…
Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Sunday, 30th of April, 2023 Retired Navy commander, 43 year old Abhilash Tomy, the renowned sailor and first Indian to complete a solo non stop voyage around the world in 2013, made history on Saturday by…
Moderate trade winds have the teams speeding north Moderate easterly tradewinds have provided a speedy 24 hours of racing for the four IMOCAs charging north towards the doldrums. 24 hour distance runs have nearly doubled (although are still far off…
By Sail Port Stephens Media Team Visitors take the spoils at Sail Port Stephens The Sail Port Stephens Passage Series came to an early conclusion on Saturday with the fleet poised to start Race 5 until racing was abandoned due…
San Francisco, USA (28 April 2023) – Celia Willison and the Edge Women’s Match Team from New Zealand secured a hard-fought victory today at the inaugural all-women Casa Vela Cup hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco,…
The fleet is slow and the only relief will come from stronger tradewinds ahead of the doldrums early next week The four boats racing north are in a challenging position. The wind is very light and unstable. The result? 24…
Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Ed Wright) has won the 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole after two more races were held on Saturday in light winds. Artemis (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Trond Solli-Sæther)…
Australia has come away from the 2023 Hyeres Regatta in France with a silver medal in the 49er and Bronze in the ILCA 6 from the eight Australian athletes in the Australian Sailing Team (AST), Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) and…
Charlie Enright’s team is heading the fleet, while Kevin Escoffier is under jury rig to Rio and a race to rejoin It’s been a long speed contest for the four IMOCA racing to the northeast, away from the Brazilian coast….
Day 4 at Sail Port Stephens saw crews on the 107 boats enjoy flawless conditions perfectly aligned to the scenic offshore courses set by Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson. A squeeze at the pin end of the start line in…
Day 5 at the 2023 Hyeres Regatta in France decided who would make the cut into tomorrow’s Medal Race stage. The light and shifty conditions did not make it easy, however eight Australian athletes in five classes from the Australian…
Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Ed Wright) extended their lead on the second day of 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Torbole. Artemis (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Trond Solli-Sæther) moved up to second after winning the final…
Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Friday, 28th of April, 2023 It’s been a long time in the making for Kirsten Neuschäfer who got becalmed just hours before going through the finish line, off the coast on the world’s solo sailing capital…
2023 PITTWATER REGATTA 13 MAYGet out on the water with your crew! We are delighted to present this year’s Beneteau Pittwater Regatta on Saturday, May 13th, 2023, as part of the Lion Island series hosted by RPAYC Newport. Join fellow…
The team at Performance Cruising Yachts is proud to announce that they have been appointed the exclusive Australian and New Zealand dealer for Italia Yachts. A premium performance brand, the Italia Yachts shipyard is based in Castelnuovo – Fano, on…
San Francisco, USA (27 April 2023) – Day 3 of the all-women Casa Vela Cup at the St Francis Yacht Club today finished the double round robin qualifiers and advanced the top four teams to the semi-finals: Nicole Breault (USA)/Vela…
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The tension is building and the stakes are higher than ever for the highly anticipated Queensland Hobie Cat State Championships this weekend. Coordinated by the Queensland Hobie Cat Association in conjunction with the ever consistent Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, the…
Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Ed Wright) has the early lead after an action packed opening day on Thursday at the 2023 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda. Shaolin (SUI 226, Flavio Marazzi,…
Day 4, the first two days of Final’s racing at the 2023 Hyeres Regatta in France, was a test of light and shifty breeze skills and make or break time in a lot of respects, as Australian athletes worked hard…
San Francisco, USA (26 April 2023) – Day 2 of the Casa Vela Cup at the St. Francis Yacht Club finished with the ten competing all-women’s teams all vying for a valued spot in the semi-finals. Local sailor Nicole Breault…
Kevin Escoffier’s team is down but not out after dismasting while leading Leg 4… Near 0500 UTC, while the boat was racing east in moderate northerly winds and sea state, the mast on Team Holcim-PRB came crashing down. Skipper Kevin…
San Francisco, USA (25 April 2023) – Nicole Breault (USA) and her Vela Racing team of Molly O’Bryan Vandemoer, Dana Riley Hayes, and Maggie Bacon are undefeated on Day 1 of the 2023 Casa Vela Cup, the opening stage of…
An enticing combination of sunshine, steady breeze and some fast sailing between Port Stephens’s magnificent offshore islands made for a banner Day 3 of the Sail Port Stephens Passage Series. The wind gods bestowed their fickle favours upon the race…
The fleet is squeezing between the coast and an exclusion zone, keeping the racing tight… The five IMOCAs in The Ocean Race fleet are short tacking up the coast of Brazil, squeezed between the land to the west and an…
More wins and other top placings for Australian athletes competing on Day 3 of the 2023 Hyeres Regatta in France, this time in light and shifty airs that did not faze the athletes in the Australian Sailing Team (AST), Australian…
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