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Guy de Picciotto’s Zen TOO made the best start today to the final deciding event of the 2024 TF35 season when they won the first race, took third in the second race and followed it up with another victory in…
Barcelona continued it’s mixed weather conditions as the rain set in early on Friday 20 September. The Group B (invited) teams took to the water for their first race of the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup at 2:20pm (CEST) following being…
The American team, led by Douglas Newhouse and Jeremy Wilmot continue leading the championship and increase their advantage by 15 points over the second place. Saturday is the last day on the Bay of Palma, with five teams competing for…
Douglas Newhouse and Jeremy Wilmot’s team is holding on at the top of the leaderboard after the discard has been applied, just one point ahead of second-placed Brazilian ‘Mindset’ and five ahead of third, also from the USA, ‘Rowdy’. Palma…
Porto Cervo, 19 September 2024. The third day of racing at the 22nd Rolex Swan Cup brought a northeasterly wind of 7-10 knots, allowing the competition to start on schedule at 12 noon CEST and all planned races to be…
Newport, R.I. — The New York Yacht Club, which sparked the keelboat team racing revolution with the creation of the Hinman Masters Team Race in 2000, will see this discipline attain the highest competitive level in the sport when it…
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, the team representing the Circolo della Vela Sicilia yacht club, secured their place in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final after a last race against NYYC American Magic where there were plenty more questions than answers before…
After winning the last two regattas, including the Rolex TP52 World Championship title in Newport in July, Tony Langley’s Gladiator crew head into the final event of the season carrying an eight point lead as they bid to secure the…
For most of our clubs, we are two weeks into the start of the season! If you haven’t already, it’s time to blow the dust off the Cherubs, make sure the gear is packed and register for the 2024 NSW…
Porto Cervo, 18 September 2024. Day two of the Rolex Swan Cup on the waters off Porto Cervo was marked by unstable weather conditions, managed skilfully by the Race Committee to fit in a coastal race for all classes, with…
A day of wildly swinging fortunes on a tricky Barcelona racetrack saw the Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia, secure their place in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final with a win over Alinghi Red Bull Racing in the pair’s second race…
Douglas Rastrello’s USA “Good to go” was the best of this second day of competition and Douglas Newhouse’s “Yonder” holds the lead for the second consecutive day. Palma, 18 September 2024 Regularity continues to rule the Sandberg Estates J/70 Worlds….
One day delay for Andoo Team Australia start in the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup regatta in Barcelona – now on Thursday, 19 September. The Andoo Team Australia campaign for the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup will get underway now on Thursday,…
Malcesine (Garda Lake) – The spotlights will be on Fraglia Vela Malcesine along the upcoming week end, on the occasion of the Grand Prix 4 of the 69F Cup, an event valid also as EUROSAF 69F European Championship. Seven teams are…
Due to feedback from the fleet regarding scheduling conflicts of sailing events in the 2025 portion of the Cherub calendar, Round 3 of the NSW Cherub State Championship has been rescheduled to the following dates: Round 3 – 22nd-23rd February 2025,…
Winning culture and Flying 11s – the key to Manly’s sailing success A quick glance at the results from Saturday’s first point-score race of the season tells you all you need to know about the conveyor belt of quality sailors…
This Tuesday, the bay of Palma witnessed a spectacular start of the event organized by the Real Club Náutico de Palma and the J/70 class International Association. With the first two races completed, Douglas Newhouse and Jeremy Wilmot’s, USA, “Yonder”…
Sometimes, good things take time, and after a lengthy delay on day one of the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup in Barcelona as the lower-end wind-limit of 7.5 knots struggled to be met, suddenly, in the early evening the regatta roared…
The A-Class Catamaran World Championships in Punta Ala, Tuscany, have just concluded after six days of competition, during which athletes faced highly variable weather conditions: from sunny days with moderate winds to sudden storms, strong gusts, and even a tornado!…
The Andoo Team Australia campaign for the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup gets underway this week when the six invited nations start competition in Barcelona and Australia once again flys the flag on the America’s Cup global stage. The Andoo Australia…
Sport has a funny habit of throwing up surprises and on what was billed as a potential day of elimination in the Louis Vuitton Cup Semi-Finals, what unfolded turned out to be the complete opposite with both Alinghi Red Bull…
Stellar conditions on a stunning Sunday in Barcelona, brought the crowds out at the Fanzones and Race Village and gave a truly global audience a thrilling spectacle of top-class racing in the dynamic AC75 yachts. As the sun sets on…
With the registration and measurement process underway since yesterday, Friday, at the Porto Pi Naval Base, the organising team of the Sandberg Estates J/70 Worlds is working around the clock to get everything ready for the start of the competition….
Rod Zemanek doesn’t have the same high profile in 18 footer history as many other leading skippers over the past 100 years, but he was certainly one of the best during a sailing career which was shortened by a business…
A prolonged Mistral may have restricted racing this week at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, but the Costa Smeralda saved the best to last, with a dramatic adrenaline-fuelled final day that saw winds reaching the mid-20s. After a windward leg…
Andoo Team Australia shows their form in official practice race today with two commanding wins from three races. The six invited Unicredit Youth America’s Cup teams completed three practice races today, which included broadcast rehearsals. Andoo Team Australia secured two…
The business end of the Louis Vuitton Cup began on Saturday under bright sunshine on the stunning waters off Barcelona, with the first day of the Louis Vuitton Cup Semi-Finals seeing two utterly ruthless performances from the top two Challenger…
13 September 2024 – Kinsale, Ireland – Going into the last day of the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 supported by Astra Construction Services Ltd the regatta was still wide open. Peter Gilmour had led from day one but had only…
The rumour mill was silenced this morning at the Press Conference on the eve of the Louis Vuitton Cup semi-finals with confirmation by Sir Ben Ainslie that INEOS Britannia had selected Alinghi Red Bull Racing as their opponent in the…
The UniCredit Youth America’s Cup is a glimpse into the very future of the America’s Cup itself. The crucible of ambition and, indeed, the very cauldron of competition, the waters of Barcelona are going to be jumping to a very…
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club together with International Hansa Class Association is excited to announce the opening of entries for the 2025 Hansa World and International Championships, for both competitors and coaches. The event will take place from 23…
12 September 2024 – Kinsale, Ireland – Day five of the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 supported by Astra Construction Ltd brought the fifth race winner in five races. A lighter northerly breeze of five to eighteen knots and a more…
On Friday 13th September, the Spanish Navy and the Naval Commission for Regattas will begin the arduous and complex process of measuring the entire participating fleet of the Sandberg Estates J/70 Worlds 2024, organized by the Real Club Nautico de Palma…
Manly 16ft Skiff Club’s 2024/25 season officially kicked off last Saturday with a non-pointscore race in a dying southerly, with 17 boats facing the starter’s gun. And while this is traditionally treated as a chance to blow off the winter…
By the International Maxi Association After two days of strong winds it was third day lucky at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Rolex IMA Maxi 1 World Championship. With more strong conditions expected, the race committee brought forward the…
11 September 2024 – Kinsale, Ireland – With four races down and two to go Australia’s match racing legend Peter Gilmour sailing JPN56 YRed continues to hold a narrow lead at the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 supported by Astra Construction…
Great to see the squad finally on the water in Barcelona as they start to get the feel of the real thing after hundreds of hours on the simulator back in Sydney. Good luck to both the Youth and the…
10 September 2024 – Kinsale, Ireland – Race three of the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 supported by Astra Construction Services Ltd was held in a strong and squally north-westerly that at times pushed both the sailors and their boats to…
The Etchells World Championship in Melbourne this coming January will have a new focus as it drives amateur and youth participation in the class. Club Corinthian has been introduced by the Australian Etchells Fleet this season specifically out of the Royal…
Rungsted, Denmark (10 September 2024) Danish skipper Camilla Ulrikkeholm and team made it a home win on Sunday winning the Danish stage of the 2024 Women’s World Match Racing Tour season. Ulrikkeholm defeated fellow Danish finalist Lea Vogelius and team…
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