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Competition hotting up for Race Day on July 1stThe new boat on the Solent scene this season is Notorious, a stunning Maxi 72 owned by Peter Morton, a long-time local in Cowes, who will skipper the boat in this year’s…
HIGHLIGHTS Two long distance races made for a tough opening day for the riders competing on Lake Silvaplana at the WingFoil Racing World Cup Ensis Engadinwing by Dakine 2023. In any surroundings the high-speed rabbit start is spectacular. But against…
The end of the coastal races. Tomorrow will see the start of the long race of 241 miles Light winds persist on the racecourses of Saint-Tropez for the two fleets which today were back racing on the same course, of…
The wind teased, tantalized, taunted and baited the sailors on day 1 of the Wetsuit Outlet and Zhik International Moth World Championship at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, but ultimately it was not to be, and racing was…
(No Jason Waterhouse!) Australia has announced its 12-strong group of sailors set to represent the nation at this year’s Paris 2024 Test Event, which is set to take place at the Olympic venue from 9-16 July. The team will be…
SailGP Season 4 returns to Chicago’s iconic Navy Pier for the opening event on June 16-17National pride, personal glory and US$4.6 million at stake CHICAGO – June 12, 2023 – SailGP is set to ignite the global sporting stage once…
Monday, June 12, 2023, the 3rd day of the 54th CISM World Military Sailing Championship continued with twelve sailing races. Team Brazil, keeping the lead on the leaderboard, won the sixteenth (R16-1), the eighteenth (R18-1), the twenty-second (R22-1) and twenty-fourth…
Light winds at Saint-Tropez for the two fleets which today were divided between two courses: the Maxis on an upwind-downwind off the beach of Pampelonne, Groups 1 and 2 along the coast for 19 miles for the former and 13…
One final windward/leeward race on Port Phillip in Melbourne decided the winners of Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron’s (RMYS) Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) today and Melbourne dished up another beautiful winter’s day on the water, one to be remembered. Claire…
Sabina Rosser has plenty of knowledge to impart and a wealth of stories to share when it comes to those sailing at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) hosted premier event held since 1991….
Day 2 of racing in Act 4 of the Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup closed out the 2023 series on Sydney’s Pittwater today. Hosts, the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, wisely opted to get racing away early at 9.30am, with…
Saturday, June 10, 2023, the 1st day of the 54th CISM World Military Sailing Championship started with five sailing races. The Greek crew “entering” very strongly to the Championship won the first race (R1-1) and ranked 3rd in the 3rd…
18ft skiffs return to Lake Garda Four top Australian 18ft skiff teams, representing the Australian 18 Footers League, will contest the 2023 Mark Foy Trophy regatta at Lake Garda, Italy from 26th-30th June when they take on the best of…
Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club and St George Sailing Club are increasing prize money for the 13ft and 16ft Skiff Classes and also offering generous subsidies for new and 2nd hand boats including the junior pathway classes of Flying 11s…
First day of inshore races for the fleet of 184 yachts of the Rolex Giraglia An early morning full of clouds covered Saint-Tropez but the sun broke out just as the impressive fleet of the Rolex Giraglia 70 began leaving…
WallyCento V takes the top spot in the Combined Performance & Cruising Class Porto Cervo, 10th June 2023. On the fourth and final day of the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta, the forecast breeze failed to arrive on the race course….
Magpie swoop second Etchells regatta in a row The third day of the International Etchells Australasian Championship was sailed on Sunday 11 June and despite the best efforts of their competitors, the team onboard AUS1486 Magpie skippered by Graeme Taylor,…
Two more races held at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) and the competition has been so rife with the leaderboard changing after each race, that only one boat has retained its series lead going into tomorrow’s final race –…
The first day of the International Etchells Australasian Championship was exceptionally challenging with breeze from west, round to sou’east, and sou-west over the course of the day. “It was lovely Moolooalaba winter weather” said Malcolm Page, tactician on RacerCC currently…
Porto Cervo, 9th June, 2023. Today saw the third and penultimate day of racing at the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta. With wind from the south-east that built from an initial 10 knots to reach 15-16 knots, the Race Committee set…
Porto Cervo, 8th June 2023. The second day of the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta served up conditions that were even better than the excellent sailing weather the fleet enjoyed yesterday. The Southern Wind Division started at 11.30 a.m., with a…
International Etchells 2023 Australasian Championship will be raced from the Mooloolaba Yacht Club (MYC) with eight races scheduled from 9-11 June 2023. World Champions and well-known sailors including Australia II skipper John Bertrand AO, who is also the current National…
THE SWARM IS BACKTeam Tilly – Australian Father/Son Combination Jervis & Louis LISTEN NOW The dynamic father and son combination taking Australian WASZP Sailing by storm. Jervis is the current President of the Australian WASZP Association and very proud Super-Master….
Porto Cervo, 7th June 2023. The Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta got off to a perfect start today, the event is organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of title sponsor Giorgio Armani, and is now in its…
6 June 2023Tarifa, SpainWords: Ian MacKinnonPictures: Samuel Cárdenas With massive Levante winds forecast for Tuesday, the organisers hope to complete the men’s and women’s Twin-Tip competition and the men’s Surfboard contest to crown the world champions in each division. On…
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (June 6, 2023) — The curtain on the Midtown Cup is officially open. Don Wilson and his Convexity team have been crowned champions of the first event in the American summer series. In hauntingly similar fashion to…
Barcelona, 6 June 2023 – The Swiss challenger for the America’s Cup kicked-off its match racing training in Barcelona today on the 37th America’s Cup race course just a few days after christening its second AC40 one design. The team…
Newport, R.I. — By weight, the 12 Metre Modern class might be the biggest one-design fleet at the 169th New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta, which kicks off this Friday off Newport, R.I. While just four boats are expected to…
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club 17th July to 1st August 2025 – Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK 5 June 2023, RORC LONDON: The Admiral’s Cup is back for 2025 and will be held biennially thereafter by the Royal…
by Miranda Blazeby, SailGP Digital Editor The fleet racing performances of SailGP’s nine strong F50 fleet throughout the 11-event calendar of Season 3 have been revealed thanks to SailGP Insights. Looking at individual fleet race wins, season runner-up New Zealand…
After two days of good racing, Lake Geneva was in a lighter mode for today’s final, with the temperamental southwesterly Joran wind failing to reach more than 5 knots all morning due to an impending storm forming. When the wind…
Ergin Imré’s Provezza team won their second title in a row today in Tuscany when they overturned nine points deficit over two final races to clinch the 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week regatta victory, adding to their success in…
Under normal circumstances a newer, longer canting keel race boat would comfortably leave a shorter, fixed keel water ballasted race boat as a speck in its rear view mirror. Not so with this year’s 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar, from Livorno to…
The final day of the World Championship in Bodrum saw early rain and no wind. Consequently, the Race Officer Nino Shmueli kept the fleet ashore until conditions improved. The fleet were released at 11.15 and Race 7 started around 1pm….
A three race day in a good nine to 11kts of breeze on Tuscany’s scenic Gulf of Follonica brought the 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week back on schedule after missing one race Thursday due to the threat of thunderstorms….
Filipe Silva, from Portugal, has won the 2023 Finn World Masters at Nea Iraklitsa, Kavala, Greece, after no more races were possible on Friday. Laurent Hay, from France is second with Peter Mosny from Slovakia in third. While the weather…
Bodrum – Day 4 of the Dragon World Championship began optimistically with a good breeze from 145 degrees. The fleet behaved well on start line, with just 3 boats recalled. However, a 30-degree shift to the right resulted in an…
Thunder stops play, Sled still on top Due to the threat of big thunderstorms only one race was sailed today at the 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. Quantum Racing powered by American Magic bounced back from a disappointing second race…
Filipe Silva, from Portugal, has extended his lead at the 2023 Finn World Masters at Nea Iraklitsa, Kavala, Greece, after two races were sailed on Thursday. Laurent Hay, from France is back up to second with Peter Mosny from Slovakia…
BODRUM, 2023 – Day 3 at the World Championships in Bodrum produced some exciting racing. After starting on time at 12.35, Race 4 had to be abandoned shortly after teams had rounded the first mark, due to the wind moving…
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