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Miho Bay, Sakaiminato City, Japan: It was a fine day for Laser racing at Laser Radial Worlds – clear skies and a mostly steady 18-20 knot Westerly. They call this the Kamikaze Wind. The velocity varied a bit, with gusts in…
Whitsunday sailor Rupert King is the 100th entrant to the 2019 Airlie Beach Race Week, with his performance cruiser Overdrive. Deciding he was “over” driving, the former truck driver built the Richard Edlin-designed 10.6 metre trimaran after falling in love…
The 2021 RS Feva world championships are coming to New Zealand and are likely to be held at the same time as the America's Cup in an effort to attract a large international fleet. New Zealand was confirmed as the…
(Miho Bay, Japan) The Finals Series for Radial Women’s Worlds began today after the conclusion of the five race Qualifying Series yesterday. The 111 sailors have been split into Gold and Silver fleets and will race in those fleets for…
(Marstrand, Sweden – 21st July 2019) – Pieter Taselaar’s Bliksem recorded its best performance yet at the M32 European Series Marstrand today, winning five out of six races. In the ‘one that got away’ the New York-based Dutchman’s team recovered…
Miho Bay, Japan: The typhoon that was headed north towards the Sea of Japan veered west, over the Korean Peninsula, and is no longer a threat to Radial Worlds in Sakaiminato City. But it’s likely influencing weather patterns in the region,…
PHUKET, Thailand – The 2019 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek will go down as one of the most challenging yet – challenging for sailors, Race Management and organisers, and despite those challenges all classes got in a series of up…
(Saturday 20th July, Cascais) – Quantum Racing clinched their first 52 SUPER SERIES regatta title of the 2019 season, but their perennial arch rivals Azzurra ran them close, the Italian-Argentine teams losing out by a matter of a only a…
With the pressure off after securing the 2019 U23 Finn World Championship for the Jorg Bruder Finn Silver Cup, a day early, Oskari Muhonen, from Finland, led all the way in the final race to record one of the biggest…
Quantum Racing clinched her first 52 Super Series regatta title of the 2019 season, but perennial arch rival, Azzurra, was close, the Italian-Argentine team losing out by a matter of a couple of metres on the finish line of the…
Multiple races today put smiles on competitors' faces and got the 2019 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek back on track, with IRC Zero, IRC I, IRC II and Firefly 850 completing three races, while Multihull Racing completed two and Cruising…
Day two of the M32 European Series Marstrand dawned with the brilliant sunshine, so lacking on Friday, but with a shortage of wind, however building cumulus cloud inland brought a sense of promise. In the build-up to racing, flags were…
Oskari Muhonen, from Finland, has secured the U23 Finn World Championship for the Jorg Bruder Finn Silver Cup with a day to spare in Anzio, Italy after two more races on the fourth day in the toughest conditions so far….
A dramatic final race in the Boy’s Laser Radial turned the podium inside out in Gdynia, Poland as the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships came to a close. Poland’s Tytus Butowski and Australia’s Zac Littlewood were fighting for gold but…
Australian Sailing’s Will Cooley and Rebecca Hancock have won Gold in the Mixed Nacra 15 at the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia, Poland with one day to spare. The Nacra 15 lead changed on a daily basis,…
Phuket, Thailand: Anticipation was high this morning as dark clouds started to lift and the sky began to clear, but sadly it didn't last too long, as the rain soon returned forcing an AP onshore while the Race Management team…
Marstrand, Sweden: A growing question as the 27th August start of the M32 World Championship in Riva del Garda looms is – will this year’s world champion be a team from the M32 European Series or from the USA? The…
Quantum Racing goes into the final day of the Cascais 52 Super Series Sailing Week with a five-point lead over Azzurra and so sit on the threshold of their first major regatta title since victory in Puerto Portals in late…
(Thursday 18th July, Cascais) – After a disappointing Puerto Sherry regatta last month when they finished seventh overall, their worst regatta result in the history of the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit, Quantum Racing are on fire in the…
PHUKET, Thailand – Glorious blue skies and sunshine this morning were quickly replaced by building ominous clouds over the island's southeast corner, and as competitors boarded their yachts for the first day of racing the heavens opened. Rain doesn't deter…
The penultimate day of the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia, Poland saw three gold medals decided ahead of Friday's final races. There are double celebrations in the 420 fleets tonight after Seb Menzies and Blake McGlashan…
The 2017 U23 Finn World Champion, Oskari Muhonen, from Finland, has taken the lead at the 2019 U23 Finn World Championship for the Jorg Bruder Finn Silver Cup in Anzio, Italy, after wining both races sailed late on Thursday in…
Local sailor Tytus Butowski is leading the hopes of the home nation at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia, Poland, sitting atop of the Boy’s Laser Radial fleet. Butowski is a resident of Gdynia and grew up on…
(Wednesday 17th July, Cascais) – Two solid second places from the windiest day of racing so far of the 2019 52 SUPER SERIES sees Quantum Racing three points clear at the top of the Cascais 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week….
Joan Cardona, from Spain, holds a three-point lead at the 2019 U23 Finn World Championship for the Jorg Bruder Finn Silver Cup in Anzio, Italy, as the event passes the half way stage. Six races are done, with five to…
Nils Theuninck, from Switzerland, leads the U23 Finn World Championship, for the Finn Silver Cup, after the event got underway in Anzio, Italy, on Tuesday in fantastic sailing conditions. Former winner, Oskari Muhonen, from Finland is in second while James…
Maltese sisters Antonia and Victoria Schultheis found the right note at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships as the Girl’s 29er fleet commenced their competition. Having sat ashore waiting to race and subsequently unable to because of minimal breeze on…
Perhaps it is because people are becoming increasingly time poor, or because it neatly side-steps the problem of keeping a large crew together, but one area of offshore racing undeniably gaining popularity is double-handing. This unique discipline of our sport…
LOS ANGELES, CA – On the 50th edition of the Transpacific YC's 2225-mile race from LA to Honolulu, at 0200 Pacific Daylight Time this morning the YB tracking system had activated an emergency signal from John Sangmeister's Santa Cruz 70…
PHUKET, Thailand – Over 450 sailors, families and friends from more than 20 countries are set to make Cape Panwa Hotel their home this week as they head to Phuket to take part in the Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek,…
Nacra 15 Youth Olympians came to the forefront at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships on Monday as racing commenced in Gdynia, Poland. After two days of preparation, boat work and practice, Monday signalled the start of the 49th edition…
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, has renewed the Special Event status of the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) through to 2028. The announcement comes after the conclusion of the 2018-19 World Match Racing Tour Championship Final…
The news that the first America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) regatta of the 36th America’s Cup cycle will take place in Cagliari, Sardinia from April 23 – 26, 2020 has been announced at an event hosted by the Challenger of…
Holding an eight point advantage going into the final day, and then doing enough to hang on, enabled Chris Bake's Team Aqua to be crowned the 44Cup Marstrand World Champions for 2019. Bake’s team claimed this year's title ahead of…
Bruce Keen (GBR) kept his nerve and won the close battle for the ACO 10th Musto Skiff World Championship 2019 title in Medemblik, after it came down to the very last metres on the finish line of the final race….
Newport, Rhode Island: After a front carrying torrential rain passed through overnight, the Weather Gods graciously delivered sunshine and fresh 10-12 knot breezes to Rhode Island Sound for the fourth and penultimate day of the 2019 12 Metre World Championship….
After a marginal forecast left the nine-strong 44Cup fleet parked at the dock until 1300, the Swedish wind gods came good, allowing four races to be held in 8-12 knots on the penultimate day of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship…
The battle for gold at the ACO 10th Musto Skiff World Championship 2019 is heating up in Medemblik, Netherlands, and despite thunderstorms and heavy rainfall on Friday; the race committee got two out of three scheduled races in. Bruce Keen…
Following an extended period of reflection and careful deliberation, the Finn class is today announcing details of its plans to try to 'rebalance the slate. Within the slate of Olympic Sailing events voted for in Sarasota in 2018, there is…
Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose and unfortunately today was the latter for day two of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship 2019. At the skippers briefing in the morning PRO Peter 'Luigi' Reggio kept the crews ashore. The race…
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