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Two days of racing remain at Whitsunday Sailing Club’s Airlie Beach Race Week, which continues today with a mix of windward/leewards and passage racing, all starting on Pioneer Bay in the stunning Whitsunday Islands – or Paradise, as it is…
Tim McCall and the Hairy McClary crew from the Capricornia Cruising Yacht Club in Queensland had their day in the sun at Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing, their race win taking Tim McCall’s Trailable yacht to a one…
It’s rare to loose three consecutive days of racing at a major sailing championship, and even rarer to loose three days of racing in the Swedish yachting capital of Marstrand, but sadly that is now the case for the Dragon…
Official competition for the 2021 EVLI 12 Metre World Championship commenced today with two races held in the Gulf of Finland. In Race 1 keeping an eye to the sky paid off for the hometown Blue Marlin (FIN-1) team, skippered by Henrik…
Fun was had by all on yesterday’s lay day and today the proof will be in the pudding at Airlie Beach Race Week – who will turn up prepared, and who will be dusty – the results will be the…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) returns to the sailing calendar in September, and Townsville Yacht Club (TYC) and its organising committee are looking forward to hosting this essential event for the community, and those entrants who are able to join…
American Magic, the U.S. Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup [AC36], is moving ahead with performance development work in preparation for a challenge for the 37th edition of the oldest event in international sport. To lead the design effort for…
Grant Dalton, Emirates Team New Zealand ceo, addresses the on-going speculation regarding the venue for the 37th America’s Cup. So today, being five months since we won the 36th Americas Cup and just one month from the Venue Announcement of…
For the second day running the wind gods refused to shine on the International Dragon Gold Cup 21 by Yanmar in Marstrand; on the opening day they provided far too much wind and today they refused to send any wind…
The Christchurch leg of the prestigious SailGP yachting series has been scuppered with SailGP announcing that the Government had refused its application for contestants to access MIQ facilities (these facilities include accommodation, testing regimes and more.) Organisers and Christchurch authorities…
The Italian team, Young Azzurra is set to begin racing today in the second event of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup at Lake Garda. The Youth Foiling Gold Cup was established as an alternative to the Youth America’s Cup, which…
Three days of superb racing conditions and a fabulous social atmosphere a world away from lockdowns and the serious business of work life as competitors acknowledge and appreciate their week of racing at Whitsunday Sailing Club’s (WSC) Airlie Beach Race…
The final day of the 44Cup Cowes was always going to be big. Despite the overnight seven point gap between the leaders Aleph and second placed Ceeref, experience told Hugues Lepic and his team that they should take nothing for…
After the Balboa Yacht Club saw one of its own win the 54th annual Governor’s Cup just two weeks ago, on Saturday the host club was treated to an all-Balboa Yacht Club final at the Youth Match Racing World Championship on Saturday….
Marstrand, Sweden: The Race Committee went to sea to inspect the conditions on day one of the International Dragon Gold Cup by Yanmar, but sadly the sea state was too severe so racing had to be abandoned for the day….
Seventy-three teams from across Europe and as far afield as Japan and Australia have arrived in Marstrand, Sweden to compete for the International Dragon Gold Cup by Yanmar, to be raced from 15 to 20 August. The 2020 Gold Cup…
They say it takes all kinds when it comes to sailing and that something a little bit different on Jono and Gemma Winterbottom’s Seawind 1000, About Time, has them all talking at the 33rd edition of Airlie Beach Race Week….
Practice or showcase, call it what you will, the 44Cup fleet simply call it another opportunity to line up against each other – and while starting off the Royal Yacht Squadron to canon fire is always special, so too is…
Another day of ideal sailing at Airlie Beach Race Week with a race course weaving through the beautiful Whitsunday Islands and an ideal 15- 20 knot wind, but fun seems to be the focal point for most competitors who are…
Day 1 out of the way, officials and competitors at Whitsunday Sailing Club’s annual Airlie Beach Race Week have dusted themselves off after the night’s celebrations and are now looking forward to the day ahead, which Event Chairman, Ross Chisholm,…
Since arriving in Cowes for the 44Cup, all eight teams had been expecting conditions to build for the second day of racing, and with 20-24 knots to kick things off, that was precisely what was delivered and Aleph finished the…
It had all the drama of soap opera; while some revelled in the 20-knot breeze, others were dismasted or were damaged, which put paid to their race on the opening day of Whitsunday Sailing Club’s (WSC) 33rd Airlie Beach Race…
What the opening day of the 44Cup in Cowes lacked in sunshine it more than made up for with close racing and the morning started with just 8-10 knots of breeze and flat seas, but as the day played out,…
On the second day of the Youth Match Racing World Championship at Balboa Yacht Club, California, there was little change as the two favourites continued to dominate the double round robin stage of the event. First day leader Jeffrey Petersen…
Hugues Lepic’s Aleph Racing is currently leading the 44Cup in Cowes after having podium finishes for all three races. The morning had started with just 8-10 knots of breeze and flat seas but, as the day played out a series…
Tokyo 2020 was no easy gig as COVID-19 restrictions, language barriers, and the field of play offered constant obstacles. New Zealand’s Megan Kensington, a member of the Race Management Team, shares what life was like in the bubble. For the full…
The high calibre of sailing among the RC44 fleet today, made it hard to believe that it was just a day of practice racing. Following the 44Cup in Marstrand, Sweden in early July, eight teams will compete in the UK…
Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin have revealed a plastic bag hooked on their rudder has foiled their bid for a medal in Japan. The devastated cousins were in a bronze medal winning position when disaster struck in the medal race…
Despite the latest lockdowns in NSW and the south east corner of Queensland, organisers at Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) are looking forward to welcoming competitors and their supporters to the 33rd running of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), which starts on Thursday…
Men’s 470 sailing gold medalist Mat Belcher carried the Australian flag as a festive and fanciful Closing Ceremony brought the Tokyo Olympics to an end on Sunday night. Like the Opening Ceremony, there were no fans in attendance at the…
Top boat overall at Mallorca’s 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE goes to the durable Spanish partnership of owner Javier Banderas and skipper Daniel Cuevas on the Swan 42, Teatro Soho Caixabank, winners of the BMW ORC Class 2. Teatro Soho…
Cowes Week 2021 delivered a mix of interesting and exciting racing, with up to 40 races per day across 30 classes and Giles Peckham’s Daring Dauntless won the regatta overall for a record fourth time, having notched up five wins…
With just one race to sail at Palma’s 39 Copa del Rey Mapfre, Andy Soriano’s TP52 team on Alegre have all but secured the overall win in the IRC class, with another two hard earned wins in today’s light, shifty…
Among the largest boats in the IRC classes, Peter Morton’s GP42 The Jean Genie had another spectacular day on the sixth day of Cowes Week, winning the New York Yacht Club Challenge Cup, ahead of Richard Matthews’ new Carkeek CF520 Oystercatcher…
As the Copa del Rey MAPFRE moved into the final series, several teams stepped up their performance, posting their best day yet, shaking up the results. In the highly competitive ClubSwan 50 class, with Australia’s Tom Slingsby calling tactics for…
Enoshima Yacht Harbour on Japan’s Sagami Bay will forever hold a very special place in the history of Australian sailing, especially as it is the venue of a last gold medal to be dished out in the Men’s 470 class…
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition concluded with two Medal Races in the 470 Men and 470 Women. With the 470 becoming a Mixed Event for Paris 2024, today was the last time that these partnerships would race side by…
In the ClubSwan 50 division at the 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE, Marcus Brennecke’s Hatari has consistently stayed in the top four for the first six races and have built a sizeable 19-point margin over the second placed Bronenosec 50….
What was meant to be a straightforward gold medal celebration for Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) has had to be delayed until a protest has been heard and resolved onshore. France’s Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz are protesting Great…
Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) have won gold in the Men’s 470 class, with Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom (SWE) taking silver and Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodriguez (ESP) bronze. Out of the start it was even between the…
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