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By Caroline Morris A bit of rain wasn’t going to stop the show as the day’s action opened with the quarter-final in the men’s Defender GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Sylt 2024. Heat one saw Kiko Roig (ESP) going head-to-head against…
For day two of the 44Cup World Championship the nine RC44 teams ventured out from the host village of Brunnen on to the Urnersee section of Lake Uri [Lucerne] to a full windless, glass-out. After two hours of waiting patiently…
Barcelona, once again, put on its finest display today on day two of the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta with outstanding sailing conditions for the sailors and wonderful viewing opportunities for the spectators. All along the Barceloneta beachfront and at the…
The 39th Edition of Hamilton Island Race Week has marked an increase in female representation in key roles on boats, from skippers to navigators and plenty of female crew out on the water. Rhumb Runna competing in the Trailable Yacht…
By World Sailing Following the conclusion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, five international sailors have been elected to the World Sailing Athletes’ Committee where they will serve as the athlete voice throughout the Federation. The sailors joining the World Sailing…
HIGHLIGHTS France’s Bastien Escoffet recorded the highest speed – 33.0 knots – on day one of WingFoil Racing World Cup China. Taking place out of the tropical paradise of Pingtan Island, the Marathon Race saw 113 riders launch out of…
Tilos opened its arms to welcome the sailing boats participating in the Aegean Regatta, the international sailing race that is being held for the 23rd time in the blue waters of the Aegean Sea. On the morning of Wednesday, August 21, the boats departed from Nisyros and with the help of the westerly…
With the accuracy of a Swiss watch, the 15+ knot thermal wind kicked in on time as advertised on the Urnersee – north-south section of Lake Uri (Lake Lucerne) – enabling three races to be held on the opening day…
Day four of racing started in style this morning with the annual Hamilton Island Race Week Prix d’Elegance. Sailors smartened up their uniforms or used their creativity to parade and compete for two different prizes, ‘Best Presented’, or ‘Best Themed’,…
The Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta got underway in Barcelona today with all four scheduled races between the six competing teams taking place in near-perfect conditions. Four teams sit on one point after today’s racing but – by way of the…
Helmsmen set the scene at press conference on eve of racing at Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta in Barcelona Under the spotlights in the cooled air of the auditorium at Barcelona’s World Trade Centre, the world’s finest sailors faced the international…
Breakthrough technology will visualize the wind live on screen, allowing fans and commentators to better understand optimum routes and team tactics, and making coverage of the sport more accessible than ever before. Capgemini and the America’s Cup Media today revealed…
By Alinghi Red Bull Racing Tuesday 20th August, Alinghi Red Bull Racing faced a rig failure. Fortunately, due to the quick response from the crew, everyone onboard is safe, and the situation was promptly managed. 1) What happened? We were…
20 August 2024—San Francisco, CA, USA – After three days of registration, boat inspections, and sail and equipment checks, the 2024 Diversified Melges 24 World Championship on San Francisco Bay is officially underway. Returning to this windy venue after ten years, anticipation was…
It was an early start for the IRC Divisions on day three of Hamilton Island Race Week, with the Nautilus Marine insurance Classic Long & Medium Races on the schedule commencing from 0915. The 49 nautical mile Nautilus Marine Insurance…
London, UK (19 August, 2024) The World Match Racing Tour, sailing’s longest running global professional series and special event of World Sailing, today announced a new championship stage to the global tour starting in 2025 in MACAO, Special Administrative Region…
Have you ever wondered where the next generation of SailGP foiling superstars are made? Join us in Sandefjord, Norway for the ROCKWOOL WASZP Games 2024. Hosted by ROCKWOOL Racing Athlete Katja Salskov-Iversen, we discover how the next generation of professional…
As we start getting excited ahead of the America’s Cup Prelim regatta, why not have a quick look at this SailGP video from Tom and Jason on how that win in Sydney unfolded. Personally, it was one of my best…
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez – Saturday, September 28 – Sunday, October 6, 2024 Making up the Classic, Modern and Maxi classes, nearly 250 boats are officially entered in Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, which begins September 28. Scrolling the entry lists made…
There are boats from all eight Australian states and territories, ranging in size from the 100ft Super Maxi ‘Wild Thing 100’ to the smallest yacht, a 20.6ft Sonata 6.3 ‘Norbert G’ skippered by Ghigo Casalini. There is also a boat…
“Second only to the immortal Chris Webb” William J. ‘Billo’ Hayward was not only one of the great champion 18 footer skippers at the NSW (now Australian) 18 Footers League during the 1930s and 1940s, he was also one of…
Less than a month to go for the 2024 A-Class Catamaran World Championships in Tuscany, and the Centro Velico Punta Ala is once again setting a new record for the number of participants! From September 7th to 14th, Tuscany will once…
Hamilton Island Race Week officially opened with a bang last night, marked with fireworks at the Nautilus Marine Insurance Yacht Owners and Skippers Welcome Cocktail Party. While the welcome went off with plenty of sparks, the breeze this morning for…
This Thursday in Barcelona, the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta gets underway with far more questions ahead of the competition than answers. This is the third Preliminary Regatta on the journey to the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup but is the…
Posted by Beau White on the F16 website following their recent Worlds win in Lake Como. Grab a coffee and have an entertaining little read. Picture yourself on a boat on a blue lake, with breeze in your sails, boards whistling…
Andoo Team Australia hit the waters off Barcelona for some America’s Cup AC40 yacht training time this week and an opportunity to utilise all the knowledge gained from hundreds of hours in the Sydney based simulator and translate to the…
Hamilton Island Race Week 2024 is around the corner and southerners shivering through the winter season, are dreaming of warm days, exquisite chef dinners and joyful reunions, all set against the backdrop of Australia’s most beloved winter sailing competition. For…
For the second time this season, the 44Cup is to visit a new venue. After racing in Baiona, Spain in May, for its fourth and penultimate event, the high performance owner driver one design class will compete for its annual…
The Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup is set to be the most accessible in the event’s 173-year history with multiple viewing options: The Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta starts on Thursday 22 August 2024 in Barcelona with the five Challenger teams and…
Newport, R.I. — For much of the recorded history of grand-prix rating-rule competition, from the CCA rule to IOR to IMS, the path to major international success was paved with gold. There were few substitutes for the money required to…
Compliments flowed from competitors at Whitsunday Sailing Club’s (WSC) Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024, following a solid week of racing, as the Club and Whitsunday Islands delivered the best mix of racing seen for a while, allowing…
“Where is that damn wind”, we were all asking this morning, Day 5 at Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 – so no racing starting on time while officials monitored conditions on what was an otherwise picture perfect…
Day 4 at Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 was the antithesis to the earlier part of the week-long regatta, as variable warm breezes under a sunny sky meant a return to the beautiful tropical Whitsundays, the light…
The Australian pair of Ewan Jaspan and Katie Potter were crowned at the first-ever Qatar Airways GKA Kite Park League World Championships which went down over a thrilling week in the iconic setting of the US’s Hood River. For Jaspan…
With the start of Hamilton Island Race Week just days away, the Nautilus Marine Insurance team are geared up to join sailors from around Australia at the acclaimed regatta. As CEO of Nautilus Marine Insurance, one of Australia and New…
Dear AUS O’pen Skiff Association members, Our Annual Genral Meeting is this Thursday August 15th at 8pm (AEST). It will be online via Google Meet. Access detail below. Date: 15 August 2024Time: 20:00hrs (AEST, Australian Eastern Standard Time)Location: Online https://meet.google.com/apj-ywfi-cmzTo join by phone, dial +61…
MySailing have reported on numerous regattas around the world using reports and coverage from ICARUS Sports. If you are planning a regatta and want some media coverage, then you can’t go too far wrong by getting in touch with their…
It is the morning of Day 4 (Tuesday) at Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 and the sun is out again after an extremely wet lay day – the question though is will there be any wind…
Sandefjord, Norway – August 11, 2024 After a week of high-intensity racing at the 2024 International WASZP Games, Danish sailor Magnus Overbeck of the KDY club emerged victorious, clinching the title by two points ahead of Norway’s Markus Berthet. In…
Doyle Sails and Quantum Sails will sit alongside other NTG brands, including North Sails and Southern Spars North Technology Group (NTG) continues to expand its family of best-in-class marine brands by adding two of the world’s most respected sailmakers, Doyle…
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