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With 46 boats on the startline and the wind gusting from five to fifteen knots and swinging by up to 10 degrees, a good start was always going to be important as the first race of the Lasers got underway….
The Australian duo of Carrie Smith and Jaime Ryan will be making their Olympic debut in the 470W on Wednesday. It has been a tough road to Rio for the pair who have battled through injury in the last 15…
Although conditions were vastly improved at Rio 2016 today for the Laser sailors, every single one of the 46 strong fleet is now carrying a double-figure score after only four races. With the drop now in effect, Julio Alsogaray (ARG)…
The 2016 inductees to the America’s Cup Hall of Fame will be Mr. Ernesto Bertarelli, two-time winner of the Cup in 2003 and 2007 and runner up in 2010, and the late 4th Earl of Dunraven, Cup challenger in 1893…
Greece’s Sofia Bekatorou has had many great moments in sailing. A career spanning more than 20 years has resulted in four World Championship titles, two Olympic medals and two World Sailor of the Year awards. This success is not without…
A new documentary, narrated by presenter and broadcaster Clare Balding, gets behind-the-scenes access to Britain's Challenger for the 35th America's Cup – Land Rover BAR. Led by the most successful Olympic sailor in history – multiple gold winning Olympian Sir…
Sportsmen and women have their superstitions. From the absolute pinnacle of each sporting discipline to the weekend warriors, everyone has their own rituals which they believe directly influences their performance. Rituals and superstitions are there as comfort blankets, a sense…
When you’re standing on top of an Olympic podium, you’re in a place that hundreds and thousands, if not millions have dreamed of being. To share the podium with one of your best mates and to experience the journey with…
Speak to any athlete and ask them about a moment that defines their career. Whether it happened five days, five months, five years or even fifty years ago the chances are the memory of that moment is clearly engraved in…
The greatest stage in international sport, the Olympic Games, is a pressure cooker. While many wilt under the weight of expectation on their Olympic debut, two brothers from Brazil would shine. With the city of Angels their backdrop, The Grael…
Run a Google search of parallel and it gives you the noun, a person or thing that is similar or analogous to another. This description could not be more accurate for two Chilean sailing teams who draw distinct similarities in their…
Emirates Team New Zealand celebrated a long awaited milestone today at their Beaumont Street base in Auckland by launching their first custom-designed development boat. The 45 foot catamaran has been in the process of being built for the past six…
Rome 1960 was the first time ever the Olympic Games was televised around the world, arguably the first step on the road to becoming the global mega event we will see in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in just 50 days…
A small British pub, The Cove House Inn, was transformed into a little piece of Australia at London 2012 and turned into the focal point for the nation’s most successful sport at the Olympiad. Australian sport, in general, suffered at…
Perfect winds, cooler temperatures and a record breaking crowd of over 200,000 America’s Cup fans lining Chicago’s Navy Pier, combined to make Super Sunday, the final day of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Chicago, an incredible finale for…
Up to 1000 boats were ringing the race area just off the city front. Tens of thousands of fans were lining iconic Navy Pier. Bars, restaurants and fan zones were heaving. The best sailors and fastest boats were ready to…
ORACLE TEAM USA and Emirates Team New Zealand put on a spectacular show in Chicago during official practice at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series on Friday. The teams sit one-two on the overall leaderboard, but on Friday, neither team could…
The London 1948 Olympic Games was the start of a remarkable run of dominance from one man, one that would last unbroken for an incredible four Olympic Games and remain unequalled in sailing until Sir Ben Ainslie (GBR) in…
Emirates Team New Zealand are again in race mode, this time at the 6th event on the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Chicago, Illinois. With the successful regatta win in New York now a distant memory, so are the…
Following a no-start due to high winds at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, sailing's 112-year Olympic history began on the River Seine at Meulan on 20 May 1900. The venue, a small town 20km away from…
America’s Cup racing is coming to Asia for the first time in the 165-year history of the event. The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series is scheduled to bring exciting, fast, unpredictable America’s Cup racing to Fukuoka, the fifth…
Weymouth and Portland, the London 2012 sailing venue, will play host to the final big hit out before sailors make their way to Marina da Gloria in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games. From 6-12 June, Weymouth and…
Imagine running in a storm. The wind is blowing over 50mph, and the rain is driving sideways into your face. Now imagine trying to tell someone fifteen feet away that there's a hurricane coming and they need to get off…
Imagination matters when growing up. Children pictures themselves as their heroes and heroines. From film stars, sporting heroes, astronauts and firemen, the list goes on. Having a vivid imagination is key and playgrounds and playrooms are transformed into iconic venues…
Land Rover BAR has once again strengthened its sailing team with the addition of Xabi Fernández. The Spanish sailor has a tremendous depth of experience, with a gold and silver medal in the Olympic 49er (with Iker Martinez) from 2004…
Today, Sir Ben Ainslie's British America's Cup challenger Land Rover BAR hosted a visit at their Portsmouth home from Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cambridge – the Royal Patron of the team's official charity, the 1851 Trust. The Duchess…
Emirates Team New Zealand retained its overall lead in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series by winning the New York event. Artemis started the day well, winning the start of Race One and racing away to an unasailable lead…
The America’s Cup returned to New York and the Hudson River for the first time in nearly a century on Saturday, to the delight of tens of thousands of fans who came out to see what the new America’s Cup…
The second event of the 2016 season of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series: the Defender and Challengers meet again- this time in New York City on the 7th and 8th May- for a fresh series of battles on the…
Emirates Team New Zealand is in full event mode setting up for a return to the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in New York this weekend (7th & 8th May). It will be the first time America’s Cup racing…
The America’s Cup youth education and sailing program, called America’s Cup Endeavour, is branching out to New York and Chicago over the coming months. AC Endeavour has been operating in Bermuda, the host venue for the 2017 America’s Cup, since…
In a scene more reminiscent of The Matrix than Master and Commander, Land Rover BAR have launched the third in their series of testing boats. Audio communications network; jacked in and levels tested. Check. Computer; booted, logged in and network…
America’s Cup challenger SoftBank Team Japan added to their ranks by confirming that Olympic multihull sailor Jason Waterhouse will join the sailing team after racing in the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Representing his native Australian Sailing Team,…
The 2015/2016 Compass Global Markets MG14 Australian Championship were held at Illawarra Yacht Club in early January 2016. The fleet of 34 boats from 12 different clubs enjoyed a range conditions with some close and interesting racing. Tempest sailed by…
The 2015-16 Australian 16ft (and 13ft) Skiff Championships were sailed at Hervey Bay (Queensland) between 28th December 2015 and 3rd January 2016. The 2015/16 16ft Skiff National Championships were a close fought battle between Brydens Lawyers and Fire Stopping. With one point separating…
Sydney’s Middle Harbour Yacht Club were the worthy hosts of the 54th National Championship Regatta for the Cadet Class over the traditional Christmas-New Year period. The regatta experienced the full range of Sydney weather from gusty southerlies to torrential rain…
The 2016 Australian Championships has now come and gone. The record shows that Steve Brewin dominated the regatta, and won his third Australian Championship in the A Class Catamaran. Steven has been at the top of the class for many…
The 2015 World O’pen Cup, held at Safety Beach Sailing Club in Melbourne from 27th December – 3rd January, saw some of the best sailors in the world confronted with testing wind and sea conditions. With 130 sailors competing (including…
During testing in Bermuda, SoftBank Team Japan athlete Winston MacFarlane (using Derek Sawards life vest) took an unplanned swim during a gybe. All are safe and accounted for! https://youtu.be/NKxHEbPOz0Q
The Largs Bay Sailing Club was the host for the 51st Hartley TS16 Australian Championship held between the 28th December 2015 and the 6th January 2016. Largs Bay Sailing Club, situated towards the northern end of the Adelaide metropolitan coast…
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