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Race wins for Magda Woyciechowska from Poland and Gal Zukerman from Israel moved the two teenagers further up the rankings at the end of day four of the 2022 Lepanto Formula Kite European Championships in Nafpaktos, Greece. Still holding on…
Valerian Lebrun from France is the early leader at the 2022 OK Dinghy European Championship at Société Nautique de Bandol, France, after the first day of racing. He leads Bo Petersen, from Denmark and Stefan de Vries, from The Netherlands….
A whole day of fun and fiery Challenges of all kinds To France (12mR) the Club 55 Cup! Kismet triumphs among the Centenarians Thursday at Les Voiles has the spirit of the Nioulargue and the breeze at its centre, wrapped…
The waters of the Golfo di Follonica, Tuscany continue to deliver excellent racing conditions for the Royal Cup 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino. With winds gusting over 25kts for Race 5 of the ten race series and a slight drop to…
Hobie 16 World Championships Conclude – With 5 Australian teams in the top 9 ! Congratulations to our new 2022 Hobie 16 World Champions, Cam Owen and Susan Ghent from Australia. After a long day of waiting and an eventual…
It was Mistral 2: OK Dinghy Europeans 0, on Wednesday with 35-38 knots of wind blasting the bay of Bandol on the first day of the 2022 OK Dinghy European Championship. After the practice race was also lost on Tuesday,…
132 IRCs make towards Cavalaire: TP52s dominate play The schooners put on a show! Thursday festivities at Les Voiles Thanks to a slight easing of the Mistral and a warm sunshine, all the racers, in both the Modern and Classic…
Day 1 Finals racing – Building breeze and tight quarters for the first day of the finals. Winds started out on the lighter side but quickly built to 10-15 knots. With the field cut to just the top 48 teams,…
After four races at the Royal Cup 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino regatta in Tuscany, Italy there have now been different winners in every race. Takashi Okura’s 2021 circuit champions Sled are tied with Quantum Racing at the top of the…
A variety of entries for Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s (RGYC) 2023 Festival of Sails include newly minted Australian Yachting Championship winners, who look forward to racing at the annual event from 26-29 January when it celebrates the 180th edition of…
Once again, the beach at Bandol, France, has filled up with OK Dinghies from all over Europe ahead of the 2022 European Championship, which was opened on Tuesday at the Société Nautique de Bandol. The OK Dinghy class loves coming…
Sea, sun, sailboats… and the Mistral! Shenandoah of Sark, star of the Rolex Trophy A working boat among the Classics, Madcap graces Les Voiles. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez brings together all the ingredients of a festive extravaganza: sea, sun, sublime…
Day 3 Semi-finals racing – Similar to yesterday, racing for the final day of the semi-finals got underway shortly after 11:00 AM in the offshore breeze. The early race started off in 12 knots of breeze but, it didn’t hold….
After two races in winds which topped 27kts in the gusts Quantum Racing lead the Royal Cup Scarlino 52 SUPER SERIES regatta. With American owner driver Doug DeVos back as helmsman after missing the last event in July in Mallorca,…
Below is a quick report from Juliet COSTANZO, representing the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club at the Women’s World Match Racing Tour in Denmark with her crew – Clare COSTANZO, Sarah PARKER, Jemma HODGSON and Ruby SCHOLTEN. Great job girls….
Day 2 Semi-finals racing – Racing for day 2 of the semi-finals got underway at 11:00 AM in the offshore breeze. The first session sailors did two back to back races. The first race of the day was sailed in…
Two practice races in light breezes on the beautiful Gulf of Follonica out of Tuscany’s Marina di Scarlino served as the final warm-up for what promises to be a brisk opening Tuesday to the Royal Cup 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino,…
The fourth and penultimate event of the 52 SUPER SERIES 2022 will kick off today and run through until Saturday, returning after years of absence from the Tuscan coast.The coveted circuit was hosted by the Marina di Scarlino in 2016…
Cowes, IOW, United Kingdom: Ante Razmilovic’s Swedish Blue (GBR 1438) is the 2022 International Etchells World Champion with crew Brian Hammersley and Noel Drennan. Open Division Swedish Blue, GBR1438, Ante Razmilovic / Brian Hammersley / Noel Drennan New Order, NZL1499,…
Day 1 Semi-finals racing – We had to wait for the wind, but it came. Another long onshore postponement waiting for the wind to settle and fill. Racing got underway at 2:00pm with 8-13 knots of wind from the NE,…
Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi (Aspire) from Poland have retained the 5.5 Metre French Open title they won in 2021 after the final two races were sailed on Friday at the Regates Royales in Cannes. New Moon III (BAH…
Summer is slowly deserting France, with all the country moving into autumn, leaving the heady delights of summer in its wake; that is all except for Saint Tropez, the little village in the Var region bordering the Mediterranean, which is…
Day 3 Onsite Qualifying – It was cloudy, cool, and breezy for the final day of racing in the qualifying series of the Hobie 16 Worlds in Sant Pere Pescador, Spain, the day starting with light winds and an onshore…
The fourth regatta of the five-event 52 Super Series season for 2022 opens on Monday in beautiful Tuscany, Italy with the official practice race for the Royal Cup 52 Super Series Scarlino. Points scoring starts Tuesday on racing waters that…
Four Aussie Teams currently in the top 10 after Day 2 of Onsite Qualifying at the Hobie 16 Worlds. A strong breeze meant four more races were completed in two sessions today. The first session was sailed in 18-20 knots…
Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi) has made it four wins in a row at the 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes after two more race wins on Thursday, with just one…
2022 Hobie 16 World Championships Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, Spain Day 1 Onsite Qualifying -Testing conditions on the first day of the onsite qualifier. More wave than wind made surf launching a challenge today as boats left shore. Winds…
Entry for the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) is open and along with the Notice of Race, can be found online at the official site, with some competitors already preparing to rekindle old rivalries when Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s…
Day 3 Women/Youth/Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters Division The final day of this series delivered champion Hobie sailing conditions. Four more races were completed over two sessions today, concluding the series. On the water the sailors were energized going…
On the second day of the 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes, Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi) has extended its lead to two points over Otto (NOR 68, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen,…
Eighty-seven years of continuous tradition will continue next month when the Australian 18 Footers League’s iconic 18 footer spectator ferry will again follow all the club’s racing on Sydney Harbour. On Sunday, October 16, the League will conduct Race 1…
Japan will make Para Sailing history in just 30 days by hosting its first simultaneous Para World Sailing Championship with the Hansa Class Asia Pacific Championship on 20-23 October in Hiroshima Bay. Over 120 sailors from eleven countries will compete…
It was a slow day in Cannes but one of intensely hot competition. The 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes started with two very light wind races. Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio…
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona: The afternoon thermal on the Gulf of Roses just keeps delivering and lumpy and bumpy was the theme of the day. Early in the racing, the breeze was a bit stronger 12-14 knots but waned…
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, September 15-29, 2022 Day 1 Women/Youth/Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters Division – Today was the first day of racing for the Women/Youth/Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters. Today we saw another day of perfect…
Event: MC38 2022 Season Act 6, September 17-18 hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club with racing on Sydney Harbour A third place to Christian Beck and his Infotrack GO team is as good as the MC38’s Act 6 overall victory…
Sensational Rolex Swan Cup concludes the 2022 ClubSwan Racing season. Congratulations to the overall winners of the 2022 Rolex Swan Cup. MAXI CLASS🥇 Swan 90 | FREYA | Donald Macpherson MINI MAXI CLASS🥇 Swan 601 | FLOW | Stephen Cucchiaro…
Winners of the Rolex Swan Cup in their respective categories: Freya, Flow, Mascalzone Latino XXXIII, Crilia, Balthasar, G Spot, Nadir, Blue Sky Porto Cervo, 18 September 2022. The 21st edition of the Rolex Swan Cup concluded today with another day…
Cam Owen and Susan Ghent take the Masters for Australia Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, September 15-29, 2022 Day 4 Master’s Division – Day 4 was the final day of racing in the master’s division of the Hobie 16 World…
NEWPORT, R.I. — After displaying remarkable consistency across a range of conditions over the first three days of the 2022 Resolute Cup, Corinthian Yacht Club of Marblehead, Mass., decided to dispense with the pleasantries. The team representing the storied northeast…
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