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The opening day of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship 2019 was one of exceptional sailing conditions in 15 knot winds, under brilliant sunshine and usually on top of a short, sharp chop making for an exhilarating, if wet ride for…
Australia’s reigning Olympic Laser champion Tom Burton won the Laser Worlds in Miho, Japan late this afternoon, while Matt Wearn’s sterling performance in the final two races has earned the West Australian second overall; a satisfying result for Australia and…
Poland’s sailing capital, Gdynia, will come alive with the sights and sounds of the world’s best young sailors when the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships commences on 13 July. 409 sailors from 66 nations will race across nine youth…
On the second day of the ACO 10th MUSTO Skiff World Championship 2019 there is a new leader. It is the reigning world champion Jon Newman. By winning the second and third race, the Australian managed to climb from eighth…
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 9, 2019) — After a postponement ashore and then on the water this morning, a light breeze filled in nicely for the greater part of two races on Rhode Island Sound at the 12 Metre World Championship…
The Defender and Challenger of Record organizations for the America’s Cup presented by Prada have announced the specialist race management, rules and measurement teams chosen for the competition’s 36th edition taking place in Auckland, New Zealand in 2021. Race Management…
(Miho Bay, Japan) After ten races, Australia’s Tom Burton holds a12-point lead over his nearest competitor, Jean-Baptiste Bernaz fromFrance, going into the final day of the 2019 ILCA Laser Standard Men’sWorlds. Two final races are scheduled for tomorrow to determine…
Entries across all classes and division are shaping up well for Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing as the organiser, Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC), announced the winner of the early entries prize draw which offered the full value of…
After three races on the spectacular opening day of the ACO 10th MUSTO Skiff World Championship 2019, British sailor Bruce Keen has taken the lead. The world champion of 2012 and 2015 has a lead of four points over his…
(Miho Bay, Japan) Today marked the first day of the final series atthe 2019 ILCA Laser Standard Men’s Worlds. With the top sailors nowall grouped in the Gold Fleet, the battle of the world's best will nowunfold. Today’s conditions were…
Marstrand, Sweden (7 July 2019): Phil Robertson (ChinaOne Ningbo) has become Match Racing World Champion, defeating USA’s Taylor Canfield (US One) 3-0 in the finals in Marstrand, Sweden. It is Robertson’s second world title following his World Match Racing Tour…
Four sets of medallists were decided on an exciting fifth and final day of racing at the 2019 Para World Sailing Championships in Puerto Sherry, El Puerto de Santa María, Cadiz, Spain. Damien Seguin (FRA), Fabrizio Olmi & Davide Di…
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 7, 2019) — In preparation for next week’s 12 Metre World Championship (July 8-13) in Newport, R.I., a fleet of 16 12 Metres competed in Sail Newport’s annual Newport Regatta and counted it as their official 12…
The world’s attention will be on Melbourne this summer with the world’s best sailors heading down under for the Melbourne – Summer of Sailing. Six months out from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay from Sorrento all…
After a disappointing opening to their 2019 Tour Voile campaign, missing out on the eight-boat Final for the first of three back-to-back days of stadium racing in Dunkirk, Oman Sail’s Stevie Morrison, Quentin Ponroy and Abdul Al Mashari bounced back…
Marstrand, Sweden: Local favourite Nicklas Dackhammar (ESSIQ Racing) today secured his place in the Semi-final of GKSS Match Cup Sweden for the 2018-19 Match Racing World Championship, sending home six-time world champion, Ian Williams, in a straight 2-0 match. Dackhammar…
On the last day of fleet racing at the 2019 Para World Sailing Championships in El Puerto de Santa María, Cadiz, Spain, the line-ups for Sunday’s final showdown were confirmed. Thirty-three boats will battle it out on the Bay of…
Kühlungsborn, Germany: The last day of the Dragon Grand Prix Germany 2019 proved to be a cliffhanger as overnight leader Peter Gilmour, sailing Yred (JPN) with son Sam and Yasuhiro Yaji, and second placed Dmitry Samokhin, sailing Rocknrolla (RUS) with…
Miho Bay, Japan: After six qualifying races, the final two sailed in ideal 15-18 knot winds; the Gold fleet is now decided and will determine who will be named the ILCA Laser Standard Men’s World Champion. New Zealand’s Sam Meech…
One of Australia’s largest junior sailing events will head to the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV) this summer as the 2020 Gill Optimist Australian & Open Championships descend on Williamstown from 2-9 January 2020. The event will be run…
The battle to qualify for the final day of racing intensified on the second day of the 2019 Para World Sailing Championships in El Puerto de Santa María, Cadiz, Spain. The top 10 of each fleet is starting to take…
Medemblik is gradually filling up with the sailing acrobats preparing for the ACO 10th Musto Skiff World Championship 2019 in the Netherlands, where some 50 participants are already exploring the competition water and the West Frisian city on the IJsselmeer….
Marstrand, Sweden: After high winds cancelled racing yesterday, GKSS Match Cup Sweden resumed in earnest today with the eight-team repechage round held in glorious conditions. Winning their respective matches and advancing to the quarter-finals are two of the local favourite…
Miho Bay, Japan: After four qualifying races, Sweden’s Jesper Stalheim, Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA) and George Gautrey (NZL) are tied for first place with seven points each at the Laser Standard Men’s Worlds, putting them a mere 5 points ahead of…
(Miho Bay, Japan) Confirming that it is likely of the toughest, most competitive championships in the sport of sailing, only 10 points separate the top 10 sailors after day-one of the 2019 ILCA Laser Standard Men’s World Championship. Australia's very strong Laser squad…
The 2020 dates for Australia’s oldest annual sporting event, the Festival of Sails in Geelong have just been finalised with tens of thousands of people expected to enjoy Australia Day festivities along the Geelong Waterfront from January 25 to 27,…
The experienced sailors of the fleet made a good impression on the opening day of the 2019 Para World Sailing Championships in Puerto Sherry, El Puerto de Santa María, Cadiz, Spain. All four classes took to the water on Day…
The 2019 Interdominion Schools Team Sailing Championships between Australia and New Zealand will get underway 13-17 July at the Sandy Bay Sailing Club in Hobart. The top Australian teams selected to represent Australia from their results in the very hard…
It's the middle of winter when the breeze usually evaporates along with the warm temperatures and frenzied summer coastal weekend race schedule. For those whose addiction runs deep and need a fix there’s the option to burn the savings and…
July 2, 2019 – Yacht Racing photographers from all over the world are invited to submit their image for the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award 2019. Initiated in 2010, this event is the world’s leading photo competition dedicated to sailing…
Marstrand, Sweden (3 July 2019): The island of Marstrand on the west coast of Sweden today proved why it is one of the best sailing venues in the world, as the twelve teams competing in the World Match Racing Tour…
DutchSail, the late challenger from the Netherlands, have advised the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron that they are withdrawing from the 36th America’s Cup. Despite having received such strong backing from the local marine industry and interest from a number…
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 30, 2019) – The Newport Trophy Regatta, hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht Club and held this weekend (June 29-30) for ten 12 Metres, gave a sneak preview of the intense racing to come in July’s 12 Metre…
Having looked secure, leading by 16 points going into the last day, Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi team, helmed by Arnaud Psarofaghis, scored a 2-1-1 in today’s first races to win the 2019 GC32 World Championship with two races to spare –…
Caracole (SUI 214 Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stampfli) has won the International 5.5 Metre Swiss Open at the Société Nautique de Genève, Switzerland, after winning both races on the final day, Saturday. Marie-Françoise XIX (SUI 228 Jürg Menzi, Rasmus…
Caracole (SUI 214 Bernard Haissly, Berthoud Nicolas, Daniel Stampfli) leads the International 5.5 Metre Swiss Open at the Société Nautique de Genève, Switzerland, after winning two of the four races that were sailed on Friday in light winds. Defending champion,…
A dramatic turn of events on the Nacra 17 race course has seen local sailors Paul Kohlhoff and Alica Stuhlemmer hold on to their yellow jerseys for the second day running at Kiel Week. It was a breezy, shifty and…
Five more races in warm sunshine, flat water and a shifty 12-16 knot north-westerly off Lagos on day two of competition, and the leaderboard is starting to be defined at the GC32 World Championship, with the support of the City…
Strong shifty winds put the mixed teams to a test in Midsummer Match Cup when the Round Robin was finished today. Berntsson Sailing Team is the only Swedish team to advance to the quarterfinals. The conditions on the Race Arena…
The first day of racing at the International 5.5 Metre Swiss Open at the Société Nautique de Genève, Switzerland, was marred by the extreme high temperatures of the sudden heatwave hitting Europe, resulting in a lack of wind across Lake…
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