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Mako, the much travelled Sydney 40 owned by a Newcastle, NSW syndicate is officially the first entry received for Airlie Beach Race Week 2022, which will be held in the Whitsunday Islands from 11 to 18 August. Entered by Newcastle…
An eclectic mix of yachts is ready to line-up for the inaugural ORC Championship, which will kick-start the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) Pittwater Regatta, to be held from 11-13 February. The Championship, supported by Sydney Marine Brokerage and to be…
Hobart: Match racing from the Melges and some fancy footwork from Footloose were the highlights of racing in the Combined Clubs Harbour Series on Saturday. The series, run by Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, Derwent Sailing Squadron Inc and Bellerive Yacht Club,…
An organisation set up to find, develop and promote more sustainable practices in sailing and the marine industry has strengthened its team with recent news that four-time Paralympian and world champion sailor (GBR), Hannah Stodel, is to become their latest…
The Sydney 38 Association has gone all out, chartering a Sydney 38 for an all-female crew to race at the 2022 Sydney 38 One-Design NSW Championship, to be held in conjunction with the Pittwater Regatta in NSW this weekend. “We’ve…
The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton continued the outstanding form it has shown over the first two days racing with another impressive display in today’s Races 4 and 5 of the Australian 18 footer Championship…
The International Musto Skiff Class Association is pleased to confirm an invitation to host their ACO 11th Musto Skiff World Championships 2022 event as part of Kiel Week 2022, with registration for entry now open. This year’s Musto Skiff Worlds…
Challenging south-east winds ranging spectacularly from 12-25 knots made for a captivating show over the weekend (February 5-6), with round two of the NSW Cherub Championship held on Sydney’s western harbour. Gusts above 25 knots came off the back of…
The Lazy Dog team, owned by Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart, opened the MC38 class 2022 season soundly with a four-point win on Pittwater on February 5-6 in gusty sou’east winds and dark cloud banks that dumped rain squalls, creating…
Gusty 18-23 knots south-south-easterly winds produced spectacular, action-packed 18ft skiff racing for the large spectator fleet on day two of the 100th Australian 18 footer Championship on Sydney Harbour today. After going down to the current world champion Smeg team in…
The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton gave an outstanding display in the 12-23 knot south/south-easterly breeze to score a convincing victory in Race 1 of the 100th Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour on…
The inaugural Women and Girls’ sailing regatta will be held from 19-20 March at Humpybong Yacht Club (HYC), Woody Point in Queensland. This is a two day event and participants can register for one or both days of sailing. Regatta…
The Cherub National Council of Australia is proud to announce that an Inter-Dominion Championship Division will be contestable at this year’s Nationals to be held at Wangi Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club in NSW. Over the past two years, we…
On January 29-30, a 17 strong fleet of Seawind catamarans and Corsair trimarans flocked to the picturesque waters of Broken Bay and Pittwater for an epic weekend of sailing and racing in perfect conditions. Boats travelled from as far north…
Hobart’s Combined Clubs fleet will take to the water on Saturday February 5 for the second last day of the Harbour Series. The leading teams will be fighting it out to consolidate their spots in the point score. The predicted…
The International 5.5 Metre Class Association has appointed a new Technical Committee from 2022 consisting of some new and old names to the class. The prime roles of the technical committee are to monitor the existing rules as well as…
For its 15th season, the 44Cup will see 10 teams on the start line for the first event of 2022 in Lanzarote, hosted by Calero Marinas in Puerto Calero over February 9-13. Alongside the long-term regulars within the fleet, new additions have…
The 2022 Historic 18 Footer Australian Championship for the Galloping Ghost Trophy was conducted by the Sydney Flying Squadron (SFS) in conjunction with the Australian Historical Sailing Skiff Association (AHSSA), on Sydney Harbour over 3 races on 15, 22 and…
Jo Aleh always insisted she hadn’t retired as a high-performance sailor and will now make a tilt for a third Olympic medal, this time teaming up with Molly Meech in the 49erFX. The 35-year-old, who won Olympic Gold (2012) and…
The Australian Sailing Team have settled their coaching appointments for the Paris 2024 campaign, and the world is on notice. There are new faces, the return of an old one and new roles for others in the team assembled under…
Today, World Sailing, attended a virtual briefing by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as it outlined the terms and timeline for sports seeking inclusion in the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, USA. International federations (IFs) seeking inclusion were invited to…
Buoyed by a successful participation in the first round of the Bacardi Winter Series, the 69F fleet now tools up to welcome the future of sailing in the Youth Foiling Gold Cup (February 4-10). The 69F fleet has successfully completed…
When the 23-boat fleet from NSW and Queensland lines up for Race 1 of the 100th Australian 18 footers Championship on Sydney Harbour this Saturday, the type of boat competing and number of crew members on each boat will be vastly…
Reg Lord’s Juno has prevailed over a small but competitive fleet to capture the 2022 J/70 NSW Championship title contested on Sydney Harbour on January 22-24. The three-day series hosted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron was raced in predominantly…
The Mornington Yacht Club has redeemed itself after missing qualification for the Asia Pacific Final last season, clinching the SAILING Champions League qualifier event in Geelong last week in an epic finish and booking their spot for Newcastle in March….
World Sailing has appointed sustainability expert and Paralympic medallist Alexandra Rickham as Head of Sustainability. Rickham brings a wealth of expertise across sustainability, diversity and inclusion as a sports executive and professional athlete. Since transitioning from her 10 year sailing…
Ethan Prieto-Low and his Swan River Sailing team have won Royal Perth Yacht Club’s 2022 Colin Mullins Youth Regatta after a tight three-race series with fellow club mate, Marcello Torre and his Columbus Racing Team. After a day of match…
Tech2’s team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake became the 2021-22 NSW 18ft skiff champions when they dominated the fleet to win today’s final race (Race 8) of the series on Sydney Harbour. After trailing the leader Noakesailing over…
Day two at Bacardi Winter Series, January 28-30 2022, dawned as forecast with a big breeze of 27 plus knots and gusts up to 39 on Biscayne Bay, Miami, forcing the three fleets – J/70, Melges 24 and 69F –…
Lanzarote, Canary Islands has surprised during the grand final of the Lanzarote iQFoil Games 2022 with strong winds of more than 20 knots of southeast component and many waves that no one expected. In addition to typical ‘calima’, which has put on alert the…
Victor ‘The Medal Maker’ Kovalenko will continue to help guide Australia’s Olympic sailing champions after signing on to become Australian Sailing’s first ever Master Coach. Kovalenko is Australia’s most successful Olympic sailing coach, and the new role will reflect the…
A slow start to the opening race for all fleets at Bacardi Winter Series event 2, with a light fluky breeze ensuring the notorious Biscayne Bay race track lived up to its reputation. Plenty of leaderboard shuffles as the crews…
The 51st Trofeo Princesa Sofía, the first key test of 2022 in the build up to the Paris 2024 Olympics, will be held in Mallorca, Spain from 1-9 April and the largest Europe-based event for Olympic classes is expected to…
SailGP has announced a new partnership with Mubadala Investment Company as Title Partner of the Season 2 Grand Final. The Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix is the culmination of the world’s most exciting racing on-water and will take place…
Despite a lack of traditional Northeast winds throughout the 2021-22 NSW 18ft skiff Championship, the racing has been fast, exciting and has produced some great finishes with four different teams crossing the finish line first in the seven races so…
The SAILING Champions League – which is a ‘club versus club’ sailing competition that has taken off across the globe – made its official Geelong debut on the closing day of the Festival of Sails. Launched in 2013 and now…
More than 90 volunteers joined forces to work at the 2022 Festival of Sails, contributing almost 3000 hours of unpaid man-hours to support the event. From international race officials to local mums and dads prepared to make sandwiches, volunteers from…
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron formally accepted the New York Yacht Club American Magic’s challenge for the 37th America’s Cup to be held in 2024 – the third additional challenge accepted for AC37. “It is great to be back in the…
The sailors have been able to recover this Wednesday after the battle experienced during the first day of the Lanzarote iQFoil Games, as, unfortunately, there was not a breath of wind. Despite the race committee’s best efforts throughout the day, it…
Five members of the sailing community have been recognised with award in the Order of Australia for their services to the sport in this year’s Australia Day Honours list. The Order of Australia recognises Australians who have demonstrated outstanding service…
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