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Western Australia’s return to the pinnacle of world 18ft skiff racing received a tremendous boost with the announcement that a strong team of champion WA sailors will contest the 2022 JJ Giltinan Championship in the well-named, Black Swan skiff. The…
Over 450 of the world’s very best youth sailors from 69 countries have confirmed their participation in the Allianz Youth Sailing World Championships 2022. Taking place off the coast of Scheveningen in The Hague, The Netherlands, from 8-15 July 2022,…
River Derwent, Hobart: Midnight Rambler proved unstoppable in the Banjo’s Shoreline Crown Series Bellerive Regatta over the weekend, winning on PHS and IRC handicaps in the racing keelboat group, and defending the Tasmanian AMS Championship for a third consecutive year….
First Tracks AUS1485 skippered by Peter Merrington with Ian McKillop and Steve Jarvin (David Gilmour day one and two) have won the Etchells NSW State Championship from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) with a race to spare in the…
Sydney Harbour: Jack Macartney, skipper of Tech2, today became only the fifth skipper in the 87-year history of the Australian 18 Footers League to win three consecutive Club Championship titles. Macartney and his team of Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake have…
Canary Islands: The final of the second edition of the Lanzarote International Regatta begun with the 49er fleet, going out to a race course with almost no waves, with winds blowing between 14-18 knots. After three races with the Papagayo beaches as a backdrop,…
Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban has clinched its fourth Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race in as many appearances, taking out line honours and overall handicap in a wet and windy race. Ichi Ban finished just after 3am yesterday…
Day two of the Etchells NSW Championship was exceptionally variable and shifty on Sydney Harbour with breeze starting at 210 degrees, and moving at times all the way to 240, then later in the day right around to 90 degrees…
The River Derwent will be flush with colour this weekend when over 100 entries from Tasmania’s top sailors take to the water in the Banjo’s Shoreline Bellerive Crown Series Regatta. The three-day event, which started with a twilight race on…
The 2022 Etchells NSW Championship commenced Friday on Sydney Harbour from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) and First Tracks, skippered by Peter Merrington with Ian McKillop and fill-in bow David Gilmour posted a dominating 1, 1, 2 to lead…
New York Yacht Club’s American Magic is pleased to announce its leadership team as the program continues its investment in top talent and preparation for the 37th America’s Cup. The leadership appointments reflect a commitment to people who bring deep…
The 2022 eSailing World Championships have kicked off with players around the world battling it out in the season opener in the Bay of Cádiz, Spain. Thousands of eSailors have competed to get a head start in this prestigious event, which…
The signature two-day classic yachting event on Port Phillip is all set for its 16th consecutive replay on February 19-20. The Cup Regatta is organised and hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria for the Classic Yacht Association of…
One of the Australian 18 Footers League’s most important events of the season comes to a conclusion this Sunday, February 20 on Sydney Harbour with the final race of the 2022 Club Championship. The championship recognises the most consistent performances in…
The Etchells NSW Championship will commence tomorrow, Friday 18 February, to be sailed over three days from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) with a fleet of 28 boats. The preview was sailed just two weeks ago, with the Milson…
Canary Islands: Spain’s Nicole Van Der Velden had a fantastic last day at the IQFoil Lanzarote International Regatta, snatching first place from Britain’s Islay Watson who dominated the opening races, with Italy’s Marta Maggetti taking silver. Pilar Lamadrid made the final 10 but an OCS stopped her…
Early indications are that Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) 17th Sydney Harbour Regatta (SHR), to be held over the first weekend of March, will be hotly contested with the return of past champions and up-and-coming challengers. Bob Cox’s DK46, Nine…
Today Australian Sailing will launch its landmark 10-year strategic plan, ‘Sailing 2032’. Sailing 2032 is a long-term vision for the sport that outlines why Australian Sailing exists, what the organisation hopes to achieve between 2022 and 2032, and how they…
The Sabot class continues to develop the sailing skills for our sport’s future and is extremely proud that the junior training class is continuing to be a chosen class for female sailors, with girls representing 44 per cent of the…
Geographe Bay Race Week is one of Western Australia’s premier yachting regattas and this year featured the racing of the inaugural Etchells Bill Steele Cup. Once called the Opium Pipe Ashes Trophy, the Cup was originally raced for in teams…
The 69F swapped the cool mountain water of Lake Garda for the sultry seas of Miami’s Biscayne Bay with the opening act of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup (YFGC) last week, and by all accounts it was a brilliant success….
Canada SailGP Team is pleased to announce two key appointments as the team’s preparations continue in the lead up to the start of Season 3 in Bermuda. Leading Canada SailGP Team will be incoming CEO Jean-Sébastien Chénier Proteau. An accomplished…
Midnight Rambler has once again stamped her dominance on the off-shore sailing scene in Hobart with a win in the IRC and AMS rating divisions of Saturday’s Bruny Island Race. Skipper Ed Psaltis sailed the Sydney 36 to her numbers…
Canary Islands: After two days enjoying the sun and friendly training for iQFoilers, finally the winds of Lanzarote offered perfect conditions to launch the Lanzarote International Regatta. Winds ranged from 10-16 knots, with flat sea with little wave, spectacular for slalom…
The Yacht Club Italiano, organiser of the 69th edition of the classic offshore regatta, is pleased to announce the opening of registrations and the publication of the Notice of Race for the Rolex Giraglia. In 2022 the race will return to…
The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton became a deserved winner of the 2021-22 100th Australian 18 Footer Championship which concluded on Sydney Harbour today. With three wins, a second and two thirds from the seven…
The final races were completed in the inaugural NSW ORC Championship, the Sydney 38 One Design NSW Championship and Pittwater Regatta, with new champions crowned and winners announced at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) early this evening. Gerry…
The Swan River Sailing Team, skippered by Ethan Prieto-Low (RFBYC), won the 2022 Perth Youth Cup over the weekend. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (RFBYC) hosted the match racing regatta. Prieto-Low’s team also won the WA Tour title after winning all…
Going into the final day of the 44Cup Calero Marinas in Lanzarote, Igor Lah’s Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860 held a strong 11-point lead. Normally this would have seen them packing their bags early, having won with a race to spare….
While the NSW ORC Championship continued with an offshore passage race, the Sydney 38 One Design NSW Championship and Pittwater Regatta began their respective competitions in the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) hosted events. It was a big day…
Day 1 of Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) NSW ORC Championship was a testing one for all competitors as torrential rain, squalls, thunder and lightning, combined with some shifty winds made for difficult but exciting racing on Pittwater. The…
After a zero wind opening day of the 44Cup Calero Marinas in Lanzarote, forecasts indicated day two might repeat this but in fact, after an hour’s delay, an easterly filled in and built to 12-14 knots allowing three good races…
Preparation for the annual Port Douglas Race Week is in full swing. North Queensland’s premier sailing event, hosted by Port Douglas Yacht Club (PDYC), is set to hit the waves from May 24 to 28, 2022. Entries are open and…
Columbus Racing, skippered by Marcello Torre, finished the 2022 Perth Youth Cup’s stage one (round robin) in first place. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (RFBYC) is hosting the match racing regatta. Swan River Sailing Team, skippered by Ethan Prieto-Low (RFBYC),…
Sadly, no water passed beneath the keels of the 10-strong 44Cup fleet on the opening day of their first regatta of the 2022 season off Porto Calero, Lanzarote. There was a small hope of the wind filling in early afternoon,…
In uncharacteristic light winds on Biscayne Bay, Miami, the M32 Winter Series started its 2022 season. With a successful World Championship in November last year, the Winter Series is a more relaxed regatta series. Many teams took the opportunity to…
After a weekend of five action-packed races, former 18ft skiff Australian Championship-winning skipper Seve Jarvin will be attempting to win his seventh title when he competes for the coveted trophy against a fleet of 23 boats from NSW and Queensland…
Australian Sailing is committed to ensuring a level playing field for all those who participate in our sport. There are inherent integrity risks at all levels of sailing, and in recent months Australian Sailing has worked to identify those risks…
Sport has a major role to play in ensuring a sustainable future for our planet. In 2018, World Sailing and 11th Hour Racing joined forces to create the World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award. The award celebrates the effective execution…
With the 44Cup Calero Marinas Lanzarote starting tomorrow, the high performance owner-driver one design class returns to having a double digit-sized fleet for the first time since 2016. Recent additions include the first team with a female owner, in Moscow…
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