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Today was the perfect day for sailors to ease into the Pre-Worlds event that is the Bill Steele Regatta off of beautiful Fremantle Sailing Club. Sunshine, a steady breeze and a glamour seastate saw two races completed with Hong Kong…
Sunday marked the final day of racing as we entered the medal series, a culmination of 3 elimination races where the top 10 contenders vied for the coveted medals. The top-ranked competitor automatically advanced to the grand final, securing a…
Australia’s Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot have finished 5th in the 49erFX. Erwan Fischer and Clement Pequin (FRA) won France’s first ever 49er world title on the final day of the 49er and 49erFX World Championships in Lanzarote. Odile van…
Race 9 – Race partner: The Kitchen Maker Sunday, 10 March 2024 – Sydney Harbour The Yandoo team of Micah Lane, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake became the Winnings 2024 JJ Giltinan world 18ft skiff champions today on Sydney Harbour…
Auckland, 10 March 2024 (Race Day 9th March) A fleet of 52 yachts gathered at the start line for the highly anticipated PIC Insurance Brokers Harbour Classic, but the race was swiftly claimed by the outstanding performance of Frank Racing!…
Miami, March 9, 2024 – The climax of The 97th Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta was a day of anticipation and pressure. The relaxed and friendly atmosphere in the boat park this morning belied the intensity about to unfold racing against many of the…
Waves towering above sailors make an end to the opening series Today marked day 4 of the iQFOiL International Games in Cadiz, presenting sailors with challenging conditions characterized by towering waves and shifting, gusting winds. It proved to be a…
Race 8 – Race partner: Smeg – Big Kite Memorial Trophy Saturday, 9 March 2024 – Sydney Harbour A brilliant victory by the Rag & Famish Hotel 18ft skiff team in Race 8 of the Winnings 2024 JJ Giltinan Championship on…
Day 5 of the 49er and 49erFX World Championships in Lanzarote featured challenging conditions with stronger winds and waves. French sailors Fischer and Pequin secured consistent finishes, keeping a big lead between them and the Dutch in second place. In…
Miami, March 7, 2024 – Today, March 7, racing got underway for the five one-design fleets competing in the Bacardi Invitational Regatta, with two hundred and seven teams and well over six hundred sailors delivering a stunning spectacle on Biscayne Bay. Weather conditions continued to…
Harding and Wilmot remain in 4th after the first day of Gold fleet racing. Day 4 of the Lanzarote 49er and FX Worlds featured Gold Fleet Racing, showcasing the dominance of Brazilian duo Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, the only…
Some of the world’s best professional and amateur sailors will fight it out on the same race course later this month as the 2024 Etchells Worlds get started in Fremantle, Western Australia. Victorian Etchells sailor and Tiger22 crew Nigel Abbott,…
Tears of Relief and Regret at Skiff Worlds The third day of Qualifying at the 49er and 49erFX World Championships in Lanzarote brought a mix of emotions, with some sailors facing broken dreams and others celebrating success. Read more about…
How much wind can we race with?Today marked day 3 of the iQFOiL International Games in Cadiz, and it proved to be a windy one. The morning began with winds around 20 knots, allowing for the first possible start at…
Race 7 – Race partner: North Sails – Bill Miller Memorial Trophy Thursday, 7 March 2024 – Sydney Harbour An outstanding all-the-way victory to the Rag & Famish Hotel 18ft Skiff team in today’s Race 7 on Sydney Harbour has…
Aussie news – Harding and Wilmot moved up to 6th in the FX Fleet. The French Tricolor was flying strongly on day two of the 49er and 49erFX World Championships in Lanzarote. On each side of the Yellow and Blue…
Miami, March 6, 2024 – All change in the leaderboard after race 3 on Biscayne Bay as a race win in the bag propels Eric Doyle/Payson Infelise into the overall lead, ahead of overnight leaders and defending Bacardi Cup Champions Mateusz Kusznierewicz/Bruno Prada. Biscayne Bay…
By iQFOil Class There is Always That One Day With No Wind On day 2 of the iQGames here in Cadiz, we faced a discouraging forecast that predicted light winds and shifts turning 360 degrees throughout the day, offering little…
Races 5 and 6 – Race partner: Vaikobi – A.J. Reynolds Trophy Wednesday, 6 March 2024 – Sydney Harbour The outcome of the Winnings 2024 JJ Giltinan Championship is still wide open between the three leading teams with just three…
Miami, March 5, 2024 – They came, they saw, they conquered was the story on day two of The 97th Bacardi Cup for defending Champions Mateusz Kusznierewicz/Bruno Prada. From start to finish, Kusznierewicz/Prada exhibited unrelenting control over the sixty-six boat fleet, claiming victory with an impressive…
Marina Rubicón, Lanzarote (Canary Islands), 5 March 2024 Xiaoyu Hu and Mengyuan Shan have taken a surprise early lead in the women’s skiff competition on day one of the 49er and 49erFX World Championships in Lanzarote. With the 51-boat FX fleet…
Races 3 and 4 – Race partner: Vakaros/Harken – Alan Cole Memorial Trophy Tuesday, 5 March 2024 – Sydney Harbour Following two days of brilliant 18ft skiff racing action, Day 3 of the Winnings 2024 JJ Giltinan Championship was sailed…
Miami, March 4, 2024 – The 97th Bacardi Cup, March 4-9, 2024, kicked off today in Biscayne Bay, Miami with sixty-six Stars representing fifteen nations for what turned out to be a light-wind tactical challenge. Seasoned Star Class veteran Augie Diaz and crew Henry Boening executed…
With the first entry registration period now closed, most of the racers who will compete at the 53 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Iberostar have already registered. With just under a month to go until the first start guns on…
We’re just a few days shy of the much-anticipated PIC Harbour Classic. With an impressive fleet exceeding 40 boats, this relatively new event promises excitement and camaraderie. If you haven’t secured your spot yet, now is the time. To ensure…
“It’s an unbelievable feeling,” were the first words Greg Croak spoke ashore after his Challenge crew broke Conspiracy’s stranglehold of the Sydney 38 One-Design class at their NSW Championship on the weekend. Challenge won four of the six windward/leeward races…
Three of the boats contesting the inaugural Fareast 28R one-design Australian Championship won two races each and it literally came down to the last race as to whose name would be first on the new trophy – and it was…
By Robert Deaves The 2024 Tan Lines OK Dinghy World Championship in Brisbane, Australia, was a fantastic celebration of OK Dinghy sailing in some amazing conditions and run with precision and enthusiasm by both the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron and…
Sunday 3rd March 2024: Halfway through the Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta (NMISHR), Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) is celebrating International Women’s Dayearly (it is on Friday 8 March), saluting women at the event, sailing, working in the on…
Entries opened for Townsville Yacht Club’s (TYC) SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week on Friday amid a flurry of activity, the much loved event was sold out in an unprecedented 12 minutes – minus a few seconds. “It was incredible,” a…
HIGHLIGHTS Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman (ESP) have been crowned 470 World Champions of 2024. After five days of competition in a variety of conditions on the Bay of Palma, the stormy conditions of Sunday meant no Medal Race to conclude the 470 World Championship in Mallorca. The Spanish team would have taken an 11-point advantage into the final race so there…
Four bullets from nine races was enough to secure Team Nika victory in the 44Cup Calero Marinas, opening event of the 2024 44Cup. All four days of racing in the Canary Islands were in maximum conditions for the high performance…
Race partner: Breene & Breene Solicitors – Cliff Monkhouse Memorial Trophy Sunday, 3 March 2024 – Sydney Harbour The Winnings 2024 JJ Giltinan Championship produced another cracking 18ft skiff race on Sydney Harbour today when the defending champion Andoo team scored…
Today’s weather was a turnaround from yesterday’s wet blowy day at the 2024 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta, a glorious north-north/easterly wind on a sunny hot day made a difference to many results of yesterday – but not all….
HIGHLIGHTS The sole Australian team at this event, Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas saved their best for the last day of fleet racing. A 3rd and 5th pushed them up to 15th place overall. Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman (ESP) revelled in the…
After Friday’s brutal conditions, the forecast indicated a slightly lighter day three of the 44Cup Calero Marinas. However the Lanzarote wind gods felt differently and with 30 knots blowing late morning, the call was made initially to postpone ashore, the…
Race partner: Fisher & Paykel – George Calligeros Trophy Saturday, 2 March 2024 – Sydney Harbour Race 1 of the Winnings 2024 JJ Giltinan Championship set the regatta off on the highest possible note on Sydney Harbour today with one of…
Despite moody skies and rain showers, the opening day of Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta 2024 was nothing short of exciting as gusting winds to 30 knots hit Sydney Harbour forcing the best out…
Nick Craig has won his sixth OK Dinghy World Championship after a tight week of racing at the 2024 Tan Lines OK Dinghy World Championship, hosted by Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, in Brisbane. There was no change in positions despite…
For fans of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, February was a month of tantalisation with the initial announcements in quick succession by Emirates Team New Zealand, Alinghi Red Bull Racing, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and INEOS Britannia giving notice…
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