WASZP Games preview
Around 70 WASZPs will compete in the final warm-up event – PRE-GAMES 9/10th July – Then 170+ boats will hit the start line on the 12th of July for the Games of which 16 are representing Australia. The 2022 International…
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Performance Pathways preparing champions
Launched in 2021, The Australian Sailing (AS) Performance Pathway represents the progression from competitive club sailing to the Australian Sailing Team for Olympic and Olympic pathway classes. A crucial step of the Performance Pathway is the Australian Sailing Futures Program,…
Postma extends on Day 3 of Finn World Masters
Racing resumed at the Finn World Masters in Helsinki, Finland, after Tuesday was lost due to high winds. Pieter-Jan Postma, from The Netherlands, again stamped his authority on the fleet with two confident race wins to extend his lead from…
Day 2 – 2022 Europeans from Aarhus
Aarhus, Denmark – Mihovil Fantella of Croatia bolted the port wing back onto his 49er early this morning after a starting line crash in Tuesday’s last race wrecked his boat, sails and rig. After some late night epoxy work and…
Wing Foil World Cup – Lanzarote
Paula Novotna (CZE) has won the Surf/Freestyle discipline at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup in Lanzarote. She beat Nia Suardiaz (ESP) in the final, making it her second tour win of the year. The Men’s division will be run on…
Swan One Design Worlds – Day 1
The Swan One Design Worlds, hosted by the Real Club Náutico de Valencia, got underway in some style today with three races for each competing class delivering dramatic and exhilarating racing in brisk conditions off Valencia, Spain. Following storms overnight…
Pro Sailing Tour down to the Final Rush
After two months of high-intensity competition that has taken seven talented Ocean Fifty trimaran skippers from the Mediterranean to France’s Atlantic coast, and then on to Cowes on the Isle of Wight, the outcome of the 2022 Pro Sailing Tour…
Aussies off to a flying start at Euros
A wide range of conditions in Aarhus, Denmark tested all on the opening day of the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships, including the Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes taking part. The 49erFX (the…
Jean Genie wins 5.5 Metre Worlds
Peter Morton’s Jean Genie (GBR 42, Elliot Hanson, Andrew Palfrey, Sam Haines), designed by David Hollom, and built in Cowes, UK, has won the 5.5 Metre World Championship in Hankø, Norway, on Tuesday, after winning both races on the final…
World Sailing bids for LA28 Paralympic Games
World Sailing, the world governing body for the sport, has reached a major milestone in its Paralympic quest by submitting the official application for inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games. “Today is a pivotal moment – our LA28…
Women’s and Youth America’s Cup formats announced
The competition for places onboard the Challenger and Defender yachts is extreme, and, in the past, the pathway has been varied. But for 2024, the game has changed, supported magnificently by the confirmed teams, it is aimed at encouraging the…
Bumper schedule for Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore
With six races covering 1,615 nautical miles, the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore returns with an exciting full schedule for 2022/23. The previous two Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscores were shortened due to COVID-19 restrictions. But the Cruising…
Swan One Design Worlds in Valencia
The historic Spanish port city of Valencia takes its turn in the spotlight this week with the arrival of one of the undoubted highlights of the ClubSwan Racing season, the Swan One Design Worlds. With the high-profile title of World…
Finn World Masters in Helsinki
Pieter-Jan Postma, from The Netherlands has opened his first ever Finn World Masters, in Helsinki, with two race wins. Laurent Hay from France is in second after twice placing second while Peter Peet, also from The Netherlands, is in third…
5.5 Metre Worlds in Hankø going down to the wire
Just one race was sailed on the fourth day of the 2022 5.5 Metre World Championship at Hankø Yacht Club in Norway. The win went to Jean Genie (GBR 42, Elliot Hanson, Andrew Palfrey, Sam Haines) who put on a…
Phuket Raceweek wraps up
The 19th Phuket Raceweek came to a close today, and unfortunately, the weather gods who had been so kind the first three days of the regatta did not come out to play today, so racing was cancelled.Still, PRO Simon James…
2022 Cowes Classics – Day 5
Day Five Report of Cowes Classics Week saw West South West to South South Westerly winds of up to 20 knots and lots of sunshine providing exciting champagne sailing. All classes had one race only, windward/leeward laid marks for the…
Botticini wins Foiling Week
Italian WASZP sailor Ettore Botticini announced himself as a major contender for the International WASZP Games after winning foiling week by 2 points from Irish sailor Charles Cullen and fellow Italian Enzio Savoini. After 4 days of great racing, the…
5.5 Metre Worlds resumes in Hankø
New Moon II (BAH 24, Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Anthony Nossiter) extended their lead on day 3 of the 2022 5.5 Metre World Championship at Hankø Yacht Club, Norway. Artemis (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Trond Solli Sæther) won…
GLOBE40 First Leg
EXPRESS VICTORY FOR MILAI Around The World IN THE 1ST LEG OF THE GLOBE40 Making the finish this Sunday in the marvellous Mindelo Bay (Cape Verde) at 15.25 hours local time, the Japanese crew of Masa Suzuki and Koji Nakagawa…
Charisma wins 44Cup
A miserable day weather-wise off the west coast of Sweden turned magnificent, like the fortunes of Nico Poons’ Charisma, which after three races today claimed the 44Cup Marstrand over Igor Lah’s Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860 and Chris Bake’s Team…
Phuket Raceweek 2022 Day 3
The Wind Whisperer, aka PRO Simon James, set his finely-tuned wind detecting skills to work again and got the competitors in two races on the third day of action at the 19th Phuket Raceweek at Cape Panwa Hotel. The first…
Vaucluse Amateur 12ft SC
VAUCLUSE AMATEUR 12 FOOT SAILING CLUB Pathway to the future, pathway to the 18 footers When nine times JJ Giltinan world 18 footer champion Seve Jarvin recently presented the prizes to the junior sailors of the Vaucluse Amateur 12 Foot…
2022 Cowes Classics – Day 4
Day 4 of Cowes Classics Week saw South Westerly winds from 10 to 15 knots and some sun giving the competitors a good days racing in a crowded Solent which had four Cowes Classics Week race circuits, the Royal Southern…
Change up on 44Cup Marstrand leaderboard
From south-westerly winds gusting up to 20 knots on one of the sharpest sea states the class has endured, dropping to 5-6 knots, along with the lightest conditions sailable by the nimble RC44, the 44Cup Marstrand’s penultimate day provided a…
Strong winds stop racing at 5.5 Metre Worlds
Racing on the second day of the 5.5 Metre World Championship in Hankø, Norway was cancelled on Saturday local time, as the forecasted strong winds arrived and buffeted the island all day. Competitors took the opportunity for maintenance, sightseeing and…
Ganesha wins Superyacht Cup Palma by narrowest margin
In a testing final day amid challenging conditions, the ultimate outcome of the 2022 Superyacht Cup Palma could not possibly have been closer, but in the end, went to Ganesha. The destination of the overall Superyacht Cup Palma Trophy remained…
New Moon shines on opening day of 5.5 Metre Worlds
After a year of delay, the 2022 5.5 Metre World Championship finally got underway on Friday local time, with two races held in light to moderate winds for the 23 boats representing 10 nations. New Moon II (BAH, Mark Holowesko,…
Velsheda victorious as Svea leads into final day of Superyacht Cup
Atoning for a less than perfect race on Thursday when they finished a distant fourth, Velsheda and her crew won today’s 22 nautical mile coastal round-the-buoys course, an upwind/downwind that spanned the full width of the Bay of Palma. However,…
Ideal sailing on Day 2 of Phuket Raceweek
PRO Simon James started the fleet for the 19th Phuket Raceweek in the same spot as on Day 1, just south of Koh Lan off the southern coast of Phuket in a light 6-8 knots for the first windward-leeward race,…
Team Aqua begins ascent at 44Cup Marstrand
The waters off the Swedish holiday hotspot of Marstrand took on a different complexion on day two of 44Cup racing, with a sharp chop and the wind backed from the north-west to the south and gusting into the mid-high teens…
Nail-biting day at Superyacht Cup sets scene for super finale
Some big changes in fortune, along with a change in wind direction and the closest possible finish in one class, meant results in the Superyacht Cup Palma fleet set the scene for a dramatic finale after a day of frenetic…
2022 Cowes Classics – Day 3
Day 3 of Cowes Classics Week saw South Westerly winds from 8 to 15 knots and some sun, giving competitors an easier day’s racing and enabling two races for the classic dayboats on the bank and one longer race for…
Phuket Raceweek 2022 Day 1
You couldn’t have asked for better sailing conditions than we had today to start the 19th Phuket Raceweek as winds picked up to 20 knots allowing PRO Simon James to get in two races for all classes just south of…
ORC World Champs wrap up in Porto Cervo
The three new world champions crowned in their respective classes are Beau Geste, Essentia 44 and Sugar 3 Porto Cervo, 30 June, 2022. The ORC Offshore Sailing World Championship, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in collaboration with the…
Superyacht Cup Palma full fleet in action
Kiboko 3 and Savannah stars of the show in classes A and B Svea closes the gap on J Class leader Topaz Coastal race proves to be a close contest The entire Superyacht Cup fleet made the Bay of Palma…
44Cup Marstrand – Day 1
Njörðr, the Norse god of the sea and the wind was clearly smiling upon both the 44Cup Marstrand and local team Artemis Racing for the first day of the 2022 44Cup’s third event off western Sweden’s holiday hotspot of Marstrand….
Finn World Masters in Helsinki
Seventy years ago the Finn changed sailing history and put in its first appearance at the Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. To celebrate this occasion, the Finnish Finn sailors decided to hold the 2022 Finn World Masters in Helsinki and…
44Cup Marstrand
July begins and so too the holidays in Sweden, with a deluge of tourists set to descend on western Sweden’s most picturesque island of Marstrand for the first official weekend of the summer. Visitors to this favourite holiday hotspot will…
2022 Cowes Classics – Day Two
Day 2 of Cowes Classics Week saw South South Westerly winds of up to 20 knots and some sun, giving the competitors a great but hard days racing. The excellent conditions enabled two good races for the classic dayboats on…
