Musto Skiff Worlds 2025 – Day 3
Following a night of heavy rain, the fleet arrived at the club knowing a new weather system was now in play. The wind had swung round to a little west of south, a fairly rare thing in these parts, and…
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ILCA Nationals – Littlewood and Stransky named Australian Champions
After 12 races showcasing a vast range of conditions on the waters off Manly in Brisbane, Zac Littlewood and Mara Stransky have emerged victorious at the 2025 ILCA Oceania and Australian Championship in the ILCA7 and ILCA6 classes, respectively. The…
Moth World Championships Day 4
It was game on for the penultimate day of racing at the PredictWind Moth World Championships at Manly Sailing Club, north of Auckland for the first day of finals racing. After three days of qualifying, with nine races completed, the…
2025 World Match Racing Tour season kicks off the all-new Macao Match Cup
Macao (7 January, 2025) The 2025 World Match Racing Tour season kicks off this week at the all-new Macao Match Cup, 8-12 January, hosted alongside the annual MGM Macao International Regatta organized by the Sports Bureau of the Macao SAR…
13ft and 16ft Skiff nationals – Day 3
Light air specialists the ones to watch at skiff nationals Queensland’s Hervey Bay is renowned as the whale-watching capital of Australia but yesterday it was the giants of sailing who entertained spectators aboard a tour boat as Race 4 of…
Dragons’ Prince Philip Cup – Day 2
First and third places on a day of boat busting conditions were enough to keep Richard Lynn and the Gordon crew at the top of the leader board on the second day of the Dragons’ Prince Philip Cup, the class’s…
505 World Championships – Final Day
The final day of the Wireless Communications International 505 World Championships was crazy. Racing started early at 11am. Two races were planned. The weather was beautiful, the breeze in the morning was easterly, straight offshore. The forecast was for 15-20kn…
Dragons’ Prince Philip Cup – Day 1
Richard Lynn and his crew sailing Gordon have grabbed an early lead at the end of the first day of the Prince Philip Cup, the Dragon Australian Championships, being hosted by the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club on Perth’s Swan…
CYCA Announces Admiral’s Cup Team for 2025
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) is proud to announce the Club’s entry for the highly anticipated return of the Admiral’s Cup in 2025. Representing the CYCA and Australia will be Zen, the well-known TP52 owned by Gordon Ketelby, and…
Musto Skiff Worlds 2025 – Day 2
Day two of the Musto Skiff World Championships dawned with blue skies and a slightly lighter forecast than day 1, and with the building tide and the NE breeze at 15 to 20 kts, it provided a glamorous set of…
505 World Championships – Day 4
Conditions for day 4 of the Wireless Communications International 505 World Championships were windy. The forecast was for 20-25kn South East -South Freshening to 30 knots late in the day. We expected the strongest part of the breeze to be…
13ft and 16ft Skiff nationals – Day 1
It’s well known that you can’t win a nine-race series on Day 1 but the Imagine Signage crew of Nathan Wilmot, Ricky Bridge and Simon Hoffman made a commanding statement yesterday as the 2025 Hervey Bay Boat Club 13ft and…
Willy Packer’s clean sweep in Dragons
Willy Packer sailing Scoundrel made a clean sweep of the Dragon class’s Ted Albert Memorial series, winning all three races, but by his own admission there was a bit of luck involved. Sailing with Randall Harding and Jock Packer the…
Musto Skiff Worlds 2025 – Day 1
With the Pre-Worlds behind us, the fleet strapped in for what promised to be a bold and beautiful first day of the Musto Skiff World Championships with a strong north-easterly blowing down the main harbour against an ebb tide and…
Magpie sails through to take Etchells Pre-World Championship 2025
Reigning Etchells World Champions, Graeme “GT” Taylor and James Mayo, with the return of former crew Ben Lamb on Magpie AUS1486 sailed an incredibly consistent final day in variable conditions to take the pre-Worlds regatta win. In what ended up…
Moth World Championships Day 2
An earlier start didn’t bother the young Kiwis who were the first out of the boat park for Day 2 of the PredictWind Moth World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. The home advantage is making waves on the scoreboard with Mattias…
2024 Couta Boat Nationals
Mal Hart sailing his newly launched ‘Betty’ takes Line Honours title in the TLC Healthcare CBA Nationals hosted by Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club with over forty starters. Close racing between Nick Williams ‘Wagtail’, David Beck’s ‘Jocelyn’ and Harry…
STS Young Endeavour to be Official Start Boat for Festival of Sails 2025
The 2025 Festival of Sails will open with a truly historic spectacle, as the iconic tall ship STS Young Endeavour is announced as the official start boat for the 182nd Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race. This marks an exciting moment…
Tradewinds await skiff fleet at Hervey Bay nationals
The 1200km drive north is done and dusted, so too registration and boat weighing. Now, all that remains to awaken Queensland tourist town Hervey Bay from its summer slumber is for racing to commence tomorrow in The Boat Club Australian…
Dragon Ted Albert Memorial Trophy
Willy Packer sailing Scoundrel sailed to a comfortable win in the opening race of the Ted Albert Memorial Series, the warm up regatta for the Dragons’ Prince Philip Cup, their national championship. Crewed by Randall Harding and Jock Packer, Willy…
Weather Wins on Day 2 of Etchells Pre-World Championship 2025
The heat was on for day two of the Etchells Pre-Worlds, predominantly for the Race Committee, who were dealt a rough hand by the weather gods. There was hope that even in the extreme temperatures the northerly gradient breeze blowing…
Moth World Championships Day 1
Blustery start for the PredictWind Moth World Championships in New Zealand It was touch and go with the PredictWind forecast for the first official day of racing for the PredictWind Moth World Championships on the Whangaparāoa Peninsula north of Auckland today. However,…
Australian 9er Nationals
The 2025 Australian 9er Nationals have wrapped up for 2025. The event was held on Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The organisers would like to thank all the Jury, PRO, Volunteers and Parents for a great regatta….
Musto Skiff Australian National Champs and Pre-Worlds 2025
Report by Paul Newman Matthias Houvenagel wins the Australian National Championship with Robert Richardson winning the Pre-Worlds This year’s Australian Nationals was also the Pre-Worlds practice races for all the competitors competing in the ACO 14th Musto Skiff World Championship…
Moth World Championships Preview
The PredictWind Moth World Championships at Manly Sailing Club on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, north of Auckland, is set to deliver high-octane racing action after the last world’s frustrating non-event in Weymouth, UK, where light winds kept the fleet ashore. This…
Dragon Prince Philip Cup
Richard Lynn believes there are six boats that are capable of winning the Dragons’ Prince Philip Cup, “it’ll be tight”, he commented, adding “we’ll scrape in at sixth place on that list.” As a skipper who has won the trophy…
505 World Championships – Day 2
Day 2 of the Wireless Communications, International 505 World Championships turned out better than expected. The forecast had been for a hot day. In Adelaide, hot days mean no wind. However, on arrival at Adelaide Sailing Club, there was a…
Etchells Pre-World Championship Commences at Royal Brighton Yacht Club
The Etchells Pre-Worlds commenced on Friday from Royal Brighton Yacht Club with 32 boats racing ahead of the 2025 Etchells World Championships next week. Port Phillip Bay delivered quintessential Melbourne conditions for crews to continue their World Championship preparations on…
56th Manly Junior Australian Champonships
BYRA held the Manly Junior Nationals on the stunning waters of Pittwater from December 28-30. Great to see this class still going, with it’s novice and open fleets giving all the kids a chance to shine and get an even…
505 World Championships – Day 1
Day 1 of the Wireless Communications 505 World Championships at Adelaide Sailing Club, from a weather perspective, was crazy. Everything looked normal at the start of the day. Beautiful blue skies, a gentle breeze from the South, with everyone expecting…
505 Pre-Worlds – Day 2
Wireless Communications International 505 World Championships. Day 2 of the Sir James Hardy 505 pre-worlds in Adelaide brought picture perfect conditions for a day at the beach. It also brought pretty good sailing conditions. We had more breeze than yesterday,…
Petersville Regatta – Final Day
The 2024 Petersville Regatta came to a close on Monday, with no racing on the final day due to no wind. The hot northerly conditions created a glass out on Port Phillip Bay with no possibility of getting any racing…
13ft & 16ft Skiff Australian Championships PREVIEW
Keep an eye out for the hammerheads and turtles and embrace everything Hervey Bay throws at you – on and off the water. That’s the advice from eight-time Australian 16ft champion – and Hervey Bay specialist – Lee Knapton as…
Petersville Regatta – Day 3
Competition heats up after penultimate day of 2024 Petersville Regatta Competition is heating up at the 2024 Petersville Regatta, hosted by Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron, after some glamour racing on the penultimate day of the regatta. The Day 3 format saw…
Petersville Regatta – Day 2
Cruising division enjoys 23-mile race down Mornington Peninsula on Day 2 of the Petersville Regatta The cruising division made its way down to Mt Martha on the second day of the Petersville Regatta, ticking off their long course race, while…
2024 Petersville Regatta – Day 1
More than 450 sailors were welcomed by the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron on Friday afternoon for a twilight race to kick off the 2024 Petersville Regatta. Competing in the opening race of the regatta in pristine conditions off Mornington Peninsula, all…
Over 50 boats set to take on Blairgowrie waters today at the 2024 Petersville Regatta
Over 50 boats are ready to take on the 2024 Petersville Regatta, kicking off today December 27. A staple in the Blairgowrie calendar, over 450 sailors are excited to kick off the summer with the iconic event. Sailors hit the…
PP1 flies into Cock of the Bay Record Book
The power of the mighty Melges 40 yacht was on full display when PP1 flew down the Port Phillip coastline to Mornington to smash the Ronstan Cock of the Bay Race Record today. Skipper Damian Thomas, from the Sandringham Yacht Club…
GWA 2025 Calendar is Here!
Just in from the team at the GWA Wingfoil World Tour…. The 2024 GWA Wingfoil World Tour delivered an incredible season of action, with athletes showcasing their skills across Wave, Big Air, Surf-Freestyle, and FreeFly-Slalom disciplines. From breathtaking performances to…
WASZP & SailGP Announce New Competition Structure
23rd December 2024 – Sydney, Australia | WASZP, the innovative one-design foiling class, and SailGP, the global racing championship, have announced a strategic restructuring of their original partnership to introduce a WASZP Grand Final Event and Global Qualification Series, beginning…
