2025 52 SUPER SERIES schedule
By popular demand the 2025 52 SUPER SERIES returns to two venues which were new to the circuit in 2022 and 2023. They are followed by an overdue visit to Cascais, Portugal for the third event, the Rolex TP52 World…
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Optimising sail trim: Upwind vs downwind
Sail trim is perhaps the single most important factor in boat performance. Whether you’re a weekend dinghy sailor or you sail on a 100-ft maxi, adjusting sail shape to maximise the wind that you have at your disposal is the…
Iconic Sydney harbour to host record sixth event in SailGP’s 2024/2025 Season
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – July 10, 2024 – SailGP, the most exciting racing on water, today unveiled a return to Sydney’s iconic harbour for a record sixth event as part of its 2024/2025 Season calendar. KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney…
2024 29er Euros – Gdynia, Poland Final Day
On Monday, the 29er European Championships held as part of the 25th Gdynia Sailing Days concluded. The event featured 138 teams from 25 countries. The Polish teams dominated the championship, winning four out of six gold medals. From Wednesday, three…
Latest Racing on the Edge reveals a race against time for four teams
Latest Racing on the Edge reveals a race against time, as four teams fight for their spot on the 2024/2025 Season startline This weekend’s SailGP Season 4 Grand Final is set to be the final event for one national team…
Poole and Östling victorious at 30th anniversary Match Cup Sweden
Marstrand, Sweden (8 July 2024) USA’s Chris Poole/ Riptide Racing became the first American skipper to win the GKSS Match Cup Sweden this weekend, the founding event of the World Match Racing Tour and this year celebrating its 30th Anniversary….
ILCA U21 World Championships – Final Day
The ILCA U21 World Championship has come to a thrilling conclusion, marking the end of an intense week of competitive sailing in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. To wrap up the event, sailors were faced with a breeze from 330º at…
Final day of the World Cup in Pozo Izquierdo
Offringa and Mortefon win in Pozo Izquierdo and lead the World Cup in Slalom X ➢ The Aruban and the Frenchman riders are the first windsurfers to be crowned in the new PWA discipline ➢ The Grancanarian Alexia Kiefer is…
Formula Kite Youth Worlds Champions for 2024 – Turienzo and Stragiotti
Argentine teenager Catalina Turienzo and defending Youth World Champion Lysa Caval from France were already in the finals, counting two and one points/wins respectively, waiting for their opponents to come through. Turkish Olympian Derin Atakan won her semi-final relatively easily and got her ticket to the 4-rider final. In the other semi-final, Magdalena Woyciechowska from Poland showed…
ILCA Under 21 World Championship – Day 5
Viana do Castelo, Portugal — The 2024 ILCA Under 21 World Championship in Viana do Castelo, running from July 1st to 8th, has completed the second day of the final series. The day was marked by very consistent sailing conditions, with wind starting from…
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World Cup in Pozo Izquierdo – Day 8
Santa Lucía de Tirajana, July 6, 2024.- The seventh and penultimate day of competition at the Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup 2024 was filled with excitement in the stands of Pozo Izquierdo, as riders returned to compete in the new…
ILCA Under 21 World Championship – Day 4
Viana do Castelo, Portugal — The 2024 ILCA Under 21 World Championship in Viana do Castelo, running from July 1st to 8th, has completed its 4th day of successful racing. Strong sailing conditions today marked the beginning of the final series. The…
Day 7 of the Windsurfing World Championship
Santa Lucía de Tirajana, July 5, 2024.- On the seventh day of action at the Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup 2024, spectators enjoyed the return of the Waves discipline, with the men’s and women’s double eliminations taking place. For the…
ILCA Under 21 World Championship – Day 3
Viana do Castelo, Portugal — The 2024 ILCA Under 21 World Championship in Viana do Castelo, running from July 1st to 8th, has completed its third day of successful racing. Another day of near-perfect sailing conditions afforded the sailors opportunities to gain in…
Australia’s America’s Cup Campaign announces Waszp training partnership
Australia’s America’s Cup campaign for the Unicredit Youth and Puig Women’s regattas in 2024 has announced a supplier partnership with Australian designed foiling dinghy creator WASZP to help train our elite squad bound for Barcelona. The WASZP is a proudly…
Mortefon and Offringa, strong contenders for the first X Slalom crown
The windsurfers from France and Aruba are the top riders dominating the new windsurfing discipline in Pozo Izquierdo Santa Lucía de Tirajana, July 4, 2024 – The sixth day of competition at the Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup 2024 thrilled…
ILCA Under 21 World Championship – Day 2
Viana do Castelo, Portugal – The second day of racing is in the books for the 2024 ILCA Under 21 World Championship in Viana do Castelo, running from July 1st to 8th. Today was another gorgeous day for sailing, conditions were warm and…
Courtois, Aartsen, Groeneveld advance to Women’s Trophy Semi-finals
Marstrand, Sweden (4 July 2024) A break in the weather allowed the Nordea Women’s Trophy at GKSS Match Cup Sweden to complete its quarter-final stage today with the top three teams joining Sweden’s Anna Östling (Team WINGS) in the semi-finals….
U21 and Masters finals at the World Cup in Pozo Izquierdo
➢ The Canarian, last year’s Junior World Champion, excelled during the championship in Pozo Izquierdo, solidifying his bid to retain the title ➢ Second and third places were secured by the Greeks Lennart Neubauer and Gregory Stathopoulos ➢ In the Masters category, British…
Slalom X lands at Pozo Izquierdo
Sarah-Quita Offringa (Aruba) and Pierre Mortefon (France) lead the windsurfing discipline, which is making its world premiere in Gran Canaria Santa Lucía de Tirajana, July 3, 2024 – A historic day for windsurfing in Pozo Izquierdo. The fifth day of competition…
Orient Express Racing Team skipper Quentin Delapierre keeps his eyes focussed firmly on the prize
As skipper and co-pilot of the Orient Express Racing Team’s AC75, Quentin Delapierre is focussed as the clock ticks down to the start of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Barcelona in 50 days’ time. While his primary objective is getting…
Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup – Monthly Roundup
There was a palpable sense of tension rising around the Port Vell throughout June as the business end of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup gets real. The time for thinking is over, it is all about execution now and…
ILCA U21 World Championship 2024 – Day 1 (of racing)
Viana do Castelo, Portugal – The 2024 ILCA Under 21 World Championship kicked off in Viana do Castelo, running from July 1st to 8th. Today marks the first day of racing, and the sailing conditions continue to surpass expectations in what will become…
Crucial points to count in qualifying stage
Marstrand, Sweden (2 July, 2024) USA’s Chris Poole/ Riptide Racing and Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson/ Berntsson Sailing Team share the lead of the 2024 GKSS Match Cup Sweden open event after two days, each team posting five wins in the qualifying…
WASZP – Class Rules R14.2
Class Rules Update:The latest version of the class rules are now live, effective from 1 July. The changes can be found in the rules and include: If you have any questions or require clarification please contact our class manager Martin…
Champions crowned at Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup 2024 – Marino Gil and Sarah-Quita Offringa
The Canarian, who finished second last year, delivered a stellar performance, beating German Julian Salmonn, followed by the Spanish-German Philip Köster. Lina Erpenstein (GER) and local rider Alexia Kiefer completed the podium in the women’s category. Santa Lucía de Tirajana,…
25 days to go till the Olympics!
The 49er and FX skiffs gave us a taste of the Olympics this summer in the YCPR Magic Regatta! 🇵🇱 Buksak and Weirzbicki (POL 49er) showed that they are ready for an Olympic medal, dominating throughout the event last weekend….
Barcelona’s ‘Summer of Sailing’ presented with the 4 magnificent event trophies
As the final act of the America’s Cup Trophy Tour, Barcelona’s ‘Summer of Sailing’ was officially presented today with all four trophies that make up the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup presented together for the very first time. The event…
Marstrand delivers on opening day of Anniversary Match Cup Sweden
Marstrand, Sweden (1 July 2024) The 30th anniversary of GKSS Match Cup Sweden got underway today in picture postcard conditions for the eighteen match racing teams competing at the six-day event including ten open teams, and eight all-female teams racing in…
Moths And ETF26 end Foiling Week 2024
French Enzo Balanger wins Moth class Second victory in a row for “Entreprises du Morbihan” in ETF26 class Politecnico di Milano wins Foiling SuMoth challenge 2024 World Sailing Vice President Yann Rocherieux declared great satisfaction for the “sustainability panel” organized…
Kiel Week – A sailing festival with all facets
The Kiel Week Regatta 2024 came to an end on Sunday (30 June) after 285 extremely varied sailing races between light winds and stormy gusts. Denmark was also narrowly defeated by the hosts in the nations’ ranking in sailing like…
ILCA 4 World Champs – Final day
Viana do Castelo, Portugal — Despite the weather constraints, the young sailors demonstrated remarkable resilience and skill, making the most of the conditions to deliver exciting performances out on the water. The final races were a testament to the dedication…
Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC75 Taihoro has first sail in Barcelona
Emirates Team New Zealand are back sailing in Barcelona. Their AC75 ‘Taihoro’, meaning to move swiftly as the sea between both sky and earth, did precisely that off the Barcelona waterfront which will be the racecourse for the Louis Vuitton…
Kiel Week – Wingfoiling without obstructive seaweed
Kiel Week is both traditional and modern. Wingfoilers celebrate their premiere at the 130th edition of the sailing regatta. Professionally coached youngsters demonstrate how the X-15 class gives them wings. This up-and-coming fun sport on the water could even become…
Kiel Week – Dream races reward wait for wind
The patience of all active participants and the regatta organisation was required on the penultimate day of Kiel Week 2024, when it took around five hours for a sailable sea breeze from the east to build up on all five…
ILCA 4 World Champs – Day 5
Viana do Castelo, Portugal — After a day without racing at the ILCA 4 World Championship, conditions improved today and racing was held in ideal sailing conditions. Today marked the start of the finals series. The day began promptly at 10:40…
Kiel – Strong gusts take their toll on sailors and gear
On Friday (28 June), gusts of force six to seven (24-30 knots) caused problems for the Kiel Week athletes on all five regatta courses in eight international boat classes. The planned racing programme was shortened in the early afternoon “because…
SailGP announces first ever fan-vote End-of-Season Awards
New York, USA – June 27, 2024 – As the conclusion of SailGP’s 13-event Season 4 approaches, the global racing championship has announced the launch of a new, fan-vote end-of-season awards. For the first time, fans worldwide will have the opportunity to…
Danish Dynamite and Samoa double start
Changing mood in Kiel-Schilksee: The second half of Kiel Week marks the hour of the eight international classes. High tension is guaranteed, as the regatta is the showdown between numerous world and European champions. However, the sailors were able to…
