44Cup racing resumes in Portorož
Following a few days training here in Slovenia, owners and crews of the eight RC44s are now back in the saddle and ready for tomorrow’s start of the 44Cup Portorož. The last time the 44Cup fleet raced was in Palma…
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Entry opens for NZ Millennium Cup 2022
New Zealand’s packed summers of superyacht racing are set to continue with entry open and the release of the 2022 NZ Millennium Cup Notice of Race Four superyacht owners have already declared their interest in racing in the world’s longest-standing…
iQFOiL International Games back on Lake Garda
After a successful 2020 event in late October last year, a fleet of 38 women and 69 men for a total of 107 windsurfers gathered on Lake Garda for the 2021 iQFOiL International Games hosted by Univela Sailing in Campione…
ORC European Championship – Day 1
Rolex Capri Sailing Week 2021 The first day of mark racing got underway today in ORC European Championship 2021 with a fleet of 62 hulls from 12 different nations taking to the waters off Capri this morning to do battle…
2021 Beneteau Pittwater Cup – One for yourself, and the team!
24 boats and over 140 sailors had eagerly waited for the 2021 Beneteau Pittwater Cup. Its arrival brought welcome sun, and much lighter breezes, raising the hopes for yet another brilliant event. There have been 20 of them, in fact,…
Entries flow in for 2021 Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta
Entries are now flowing in for both the Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta and its feeder race Brisbane to Sunshine Coast. SCYC Members and their families are excited about welcoming this year’s fleet of competing yachts on the Sunshine Coast. The…
Fifty plus teams for RORC Vice Admiral’s Cup
High performance racing with the Royal Ocean Racing Club is back with the Vice Admiral’s Cup taking place in the Solent from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd May and over 50 teams have taken up the challenge for 2021. The…
Realteam sailing wins TF35 Nyon
With just two points separating the leader, Realteam and second-placed Alinghi, there was the potential for an exciting showdown at the TF35 Nyon in Switzerland, but the weather decided otherwise, and racing cancelled, Realteam prevailed. Looking at the forecast overnight,…
Realteam sailing hits the gas on Day 2 in Nyon
While on day one there was no stand-out team, today Esteban Garcia’s Realteam Sailing, co-skippered by Jérôme Clerc, had the bit between her teeth, posting an almost perfect 1 1 2 1 scoreline. Race 1 got underway in a steady…
InfoTrack’s quick rise to the top in MC38 class
Every new MC38 team knows it takes a season or two to get a handle on the nuances of the slippery one design keelboat, and usually much longer to climb past the class stalwarts – a couple of them with…
New SailGP racing speed record
As well as beating Australia to win the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by Hamilton Princess, Great Britain also dealt a further blow to the Aussies by breaking their SailGP racing speed record. Tom Slingsby’s team had held the F50…
GC32 Racing tour 2021 preview
After a break the 2021 GC32 Racing Tour will once again see top foiling catamaran competition between some of the world’s top professional teams as well as owner drivers kicking off in Lagos, Portugal at the end of June.
Alternative events for Paris 2024 approved by World Sailing’s Council
World Sailing’s Council have approved the Men’s and Women’s Kiteboarding (Formula Kite) and Men’s and Women’s Two Person Dinghy (470) as the first and second alternative event proposals to Mixed Offshore at Paris 2024 following their meeting at the 2021…
Spindrift leads day one of T35 Nyon
The opening day of the TF35 Nyon was an unusually high scoring for all but Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard’s Spindrift. The French team, helmed this weekend by Xavier Revil, claimed the second race of the day after splitting from…
Fra Diavolo victorious in Stage 1 of Rolex Capri Sailing Week
In light airs, with things not looking good early on, Vincenzo Addessi’s Fra Diavolo came through with two bullets to win Stage 1 of Rolex Capri Sailing Week, while Alberto Leghissa’s Anywave was first over the finish line. Following last…
Back after 18 months – 44Cup ready to set sail in Slovenia
Following a huge effort on the part of the local organisers in Slovenia, the owners and teams arriving from the four corners of the globe are ready for the 44Cup season to fire up again next week at the 44Cup…
Andy Maloney sweeps to victory at 2021 Finn Gold Cup
It took more than 60 years for a New Zealand sailor to win the Finn Gold Cup, and now two have come along in a row, with Andy Maloney sweeping to victory and defending champion, Josh Junior, finishing third. Maloney…
Maxi racing resumes in Capri after a year-long break
Following a very sparse season in 2020, inshore maxi yacht racing fired up in anger again today in Capri, Italy, with the start of the Maxi Yacht Capri Trophy, part of Rolex Capri Sailing Week, running from today to May…
New Zealanders run the show on penultimate day of Porto Finn Gold Cup
New Zealand’s Andy Maloney has extended his lead at the 2021 Finn Gold Cup in Porto, Portugal, to take a five-point lead into the final day on Wednesday, with three races possible. Zsombor Berecz, the 2018 champion, from Hungary, moves…
Bringing the sisters and soul together at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week
Townsville sailor Donna Dewhurst is happily heading to her 10th SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) where she will arrive with the usual all-female crew and her Hunter 310, Soul Sister, for Townsville Yacht Club’s annual event, which opens spring…
Unstable conditions provoke second lost day at Finn Gold Cup
While different storms rage elsewhere in the sailing world, for the second day running, no racing was possible at the 2021 Finn Gold Cup after offshore Atlantic storms brought very unstable conditions to Porto. It wasn’t for lack of trying….
Nature wins on second day of Finn Gold Cup as discussions on future of Finn continues
Racing was cancelled on the second day of the 2021 Finn Gold Cup in Porto, Portugal, with huge waves battering the harbour entrance in the afternoon, following a complete lack of wind in the morning, following overnight storms. While the…
United States and Germany win 49er and 49erFX Championships
Portugal: Two months out from the Olympics, the big winners of the 49er and 49erFX Championships 2021 in the Olympic class 49er were the North Americans Nevin Snow and Dane Wilson, while Germany’s Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke held their…
Porto delivers on opening day of 2021 Finn Gold Cup
New Zealand’s Andy Maloney has grabbed the early lead at the Finn Gold Cup in Porto, Portugal, after three races on Saturday, the first day of racing, and Australia’s Jake Lilley is well-placed in 10th. Joan Cardona, from Spain, won…
Top ten qualify for 49er and 49erFX Medal Races
On the fifth and penultimate day of the 2021 Cascais 49er and 49erFX Championships, the 49ers sailed their three scheduled races, but the light wind on the bay of Cascais fizzled during the 49FX first race of the day, and…
France and Israel win 470 European Championships – Australia fourth
France’s Kevin Peponnet/Jeremie Mion and Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz have produced outstanding performances, respectively taking out the Men’s and Women’s 470 European Championships in Portugal, with Israel ‘s Nitai Hasson/Saar Tamir winning the Mixed team title and New Zealand winning the…
Finn world champions disappointed by Olympic decisions ahead of Finn Gold Cup
The 2021 Finn Gold Cup opened on Friday in Porto, Portugal, but minus an opening ceremony due to COVID-19, but with a practice race with a small fleet taking part. Nearly 60 sailors from 33 nations are taking part in…
Spain and the United States in control in Cascais
On the fourth day of the 2021 Cascais 49er & 49erFX Championship, the Cascais the Race Area once again did not disappoint, delivering epic conditions for the 49er and 49erFX fleets where Australians Tess Lloyd and Jaime Ryan are in…
Nina Curtis to join Australian SailGP Team for Season 2
Australian sailor and Olympic silver medallist, Nina Curtis, has been selected to join the Australian SailGP Team for the duration of season 2 of the global league, following a development and training camp at the Bermuda Grand Prix event. The…
18 Footers: Record breaking boat – record breaking team
When Michael Walsh, Phil Barnett and Neil Paton teamed in the 18ft Skiff Prudential and won the 1989 JJ Giltinan world championship on Sydney Harbour, they equalled the 1981 record set by the legendary Color 7 team of Iain Murray,…
American match race – Spanish on rise at 49er and 49er Fx Championship
On the third day of the 2021 Cascais 49er & 49er Fx Championship races, the two Olympic class 49er fleets returned to the Guia race area to fulfill, once again, the scheduled races of the day. Today was the time…
Star World Championship will be held during Kiel Week
The Star World Championship returns to Kiel. And this September, two events are on the schedule at once. For the Junior Star World Championship (August 31 to September 3) 40 boats are expected and for the Star World Championship (September…
Day 5 of the 470 Europeans – Champagne Sailing
Champagne sailing in Vilamoura, with an excellent breeze with 10/12 knots all along the day, D Flag going up at 13:00 for the 3 fleets. The French teams, Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz in the women’s fleet and Kevin Peponnet…
Day 4 of the 470 Europeans – Perfect Conditions
A sunny and warm day in Vilamoura (air temp. 27 C), with excellent breeze, allowed, again, to complete the 2 scheduled races. Sailors were back ashore just past 16:30, leaving plenty of time to enjoy the Portuguese spring. Paul Snow-Hansen…
The AC75 Wings
Talking about the 36^ America’s Cup presented by PRADA means talking about foils. Flying boats are the new frontier of sailing. In the America’s Cup, where innovation is the name of the game, developing and building a flying monohull has been the…
High Speed action Video from SailGP
Experience life onboard the F50 with GoPro, SailGP’s adrenaline action content partner for Season 2. SailGP is sailing redefined. Established in 2018 and headquartered in London and New York, SailGP is an annual, global sports championship featuring bold, cutting-edge technology…
Day 3 of the 470 Europeans – Challenging Conditions
Day 3 of the 470 European Championship in Vilamoura. Two races sailed for the 3 fleets with the D Flag going up at 12:35 for the 3 fleets. “It’s really enjoyable to be back sailing with the 470 fleet, after…
Day 1 – Cascais 49er & 49erFx Championship
On the first day of the 2021 Cascais 49er & 49er Fx Championship races, the Olympic fleet consisting of 28 boats, of the 49erFx class plus 10 boats, of the 49er class, fulfilled the day’s schedule when holding the three…
Heavy hitters heading to Airlie Beach Race Week
A trio of past Sydney Hobart winners in Geoff Boettcher, Darryl Hodgkinson and Phil Turner, along with yachting champion Marcus Blackmore, are among the heavy hitters heading north to race in the IRC Passage Division at the 33rd running of…
Belcher and Ryan move in to top three at 470 European Championships
Published Tue 04 May 2021 Australia’s hopes for a medal in the 470 men’s division at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are pinned on class veteran Mat Belcher and crew Will Ryan and the pair found their rhythm on day two…
