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Challenging Auckland wind and waves played their part in determining the outcome of the Hyundai 49er, 49erFX & Nacra 17 World Championships. We have three winners, but anyone watching the groundbreaking live coverage will know that there were no runaway…
The much-anticipated duel between the Aussies in the Nacra 17 at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland lost its lustre today, with Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin sitting in second place while the Outteridge…
The breeze was a little softer than previous days and at times extremely unpredictable and shifty, but somehow the class acts continue to prove that they’re still the class acts, able to cope with any slings or arrows that are…
The first day of the Farr 40 Pittwater One Design trophy was held on the Palm Beach circle, with a nice nor’ easter of 5-8 knots providing perfect conditions for the class’ final regatta of the season. PRO Steve Merrington…
The first day of Gold fleet racing brought mixed results for Aussie teams chasing podium places at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland. Leading the Aussie pack in the 49er Gold fleet are the…
On the fourth day of the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships, the race for the titles and Olympic qualification is beginning to take shape as the fleets split into their respective Gold fleets. 49er – Germans…
Unlike many previous years, when the organisers prayed for a breeze, there was too much wind for many of the boats, as the fleet contesting the 33rd Phuket King’s Cup Regatta prepared to race on Friday morning. Only five of…
Day 3 of the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland is complete, although it's been a busy evening in the protest room. The end of the Qualifying Series in any Olympic-class World Championship is always…
A battle royale is brewing between high-flying Aussie sailors in the Nacra17 Class at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland. After a tough day’s sailing in light fickle conditions Australian Sailing Team entries Nathan…
It has been a feature of the Nacra 17 fleet in Championships to date that the favourites rise to the challenge and begin the series strongly. None more so than the never-ending saga for British nomination to the Tokyo Olympics…
4 December 2019, Phuket – Thailand’s former world Optimist champion and two-time Asian Games gold medalist Noppakao Poonpat transferred her skills from the small boats to the big ones to register a first and second in the two races held…
Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel opened day one of the World Championships with a stunningly consistent performance while some of the other big guns failed to fire. Two 49er races were completed after wild weather lashed the race areas off…
Perth’s Mounts Bay Sailing Club has been swarming with activity over the last few weeks as a number of the world’s best sailors arrive ahead of the 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds, which run from 9-18 December. Among the fleet…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is offering six lucky guests the opportunity of a lifetime – to play an active part in the invitation-only Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, held on Sydney Harbour Tuesday 10 December. eBay auction…
With boats belonging to international entrants arriving in Australia, the temptation to take part in the upcoming 5.5 Metre Class World Championship proved too strong for some big names on home soil, who have now signed on the dotted line…
2 December 2019, Phuket – Good, steady wind and some very close racing helped get the 33rd edition of the annual Phuket King’s Cup Regatta off to an exciting start on Monday. A total of 75 boats are contesting 10…
The Winning Group team of John Winning Jr., Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton gave a brilliant exhibition to dominate the fleet and take out Race 2 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. After leading narrowly over…
Don't miss the final chance to buy tickets to Sydney SailGP at a 15% saving and witness the world's fastest sail racing when SailGP Season 2 kicks off February 28 and 29, 2020. Early bird tickets have almost sold out…
Blair Tuke hoped it was a good omen as heavy rain belted down during last night's opening ceremony of the Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships. Tuke told the crowd of sailors, officials, coaches, supporters and representatives from…
On the final day of the Musto Youth International Match Racing Regatta, New Zealanders Jordan Stevenson, Mitch Jackson, George Angus, Jake Erson and Jeb Lardies have been declared overall winners of the 2019 ‘Joy Ride’ Trophy, winning their first World…
Two semi-finalists have been decided on Day 3 of the Musto International Youth Match Racing Regatta as Matthew Whitfield delivered a knockout blow to defending champion Frankie Dair in today’s Quarter-Finals, scoring 3-0, to book his berth in tomorrow’s semi-finals. Whitfield…
There were some big movers on Day 2 of the Musto International Youth Match Racing Regatta as the international teams took charge, with all teams fighting for the prized top four spots which secures them a berth in the quarter-finals and…
London – November 26, 2019: Ben Ainslie – the most successful Olympic sailor of all time – today joined the Great Britain SailGP Team. Beginning in the global league’s second season kicking off in February 2020, Ainslie and a world-class squad…
It was a day of contrasts on day two of the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Oceania Championships. With breezes at almost the polar opposite to yesterday with a 10-12 knot seabreeze from the north, the fleets headed…
November 26, 2019 – Swiss photographer Loris von Siebenthal is the winner of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image photo competition 2019. No less than 133 photographers representing 29 nationalities joined the 10th edition of the event. The photos submitted illustrate the 2019 sailing…
It will be a home affair for Melbourne’s world class Finn sailor Oliver Tweddell when the Finn Gold Cup – the World Championships of the Olympic Finn class – starts in Melbourne in a couple of weeks. Seven months out from the…
The opening day of the 2019 Musto International Youth Match Racing Regatta got off to an intense start as wild weather conditions swept across Sydney at midday, temporarily postponing racing. The fleet of 12 competitors had to work around the ever-changing conditions…
Two 49er teams well known to the podium but yet to qualify their countries for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finished first and second at the three-day Oceanic Championships which served as a warm-up event for next week's 2019 Hyundai…
Glamour conditions greeted the 178 international teams on the opening day of racing at the 2019 49er, 49erFX and Nacra17 Oceania Championships. The three-day warm-up regatta before next week's world championships is hosted by Auckland’s Royal Akarana Yacht Club. With…
Ed Psaltis (Midnight Rambler) was a class act on the water in Saturday’s Combined Clubs Summer Pennant winning Division One IRC, AMS and taking second in PHS on corrected time. The 1998 Sydney to Hobart winner and 2019 entrant kept…
A last minute crew change brought the 2010 JJ Giltinan Championship-winning team of Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Tom Clout back together again and the combination showed they had lost none of their 18ft Skiff handling skills when they brought…
After two round robins of racing at the Harken International Youth Match Racing Regatta on Pittwater, the top four teams have been identified, including the two Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's teams skippered by Alistair Read and Juliet Costanzo. The…
Langkawi: Varying winds made for challenging sailing at the 30th Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta (RMSIR) and the final day of racing today was no exception, with the fleet starting the first race of the day with fair winds that…
Despite the rather melancholy weather, the competition was as stiff as ever in the 42nd running of the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) over the weekend. Gerry Hatton’s Bushranger crew came down…
A Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) team skippered by Alastair Gifford has won the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship on Pittwater this weekend, successfully defending the title won by fellow club member…
Kuah: On the first day of the Langkawi inshore races at Kuah Harbour, participating boats in the 30th Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta (RMSIR) experience a good day of racing despite some tricky winds. Rolf Heemskerk’s ‘The Next Factor’ placed…
The Finn has been the dinghy of choice for generations of sailors seeking to challenge themselves to the limits of their sailing skills and their physical endurance and has a culture that embraces sailors of all ages and a camaraderie…
A fantastic welcome ceremony got underway for the 2019 Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. The star-studded line-up of 10 youth (under 23) teams from both local and international clubs came together…
Three Hobsons Bay Yacht Club boats have collectively taken out an emphatic Lipton Cup victory over their cross-town rivals and event hosts the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV), after the new teams format was introduced for the first time….
The Sail Melbourne – Summer of Sailing 2020 count-down is on with only three weeks to go to the start of an exciting series of world-class sailing in Australia this summer. Seven months out from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games,…
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