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Pilar Lamadrid (ESP) and Sam Sills (GBR) managed on to their respective leads at the top of the general classification after a very demanding day on the waters of the Canary Island of Lanzarote. It was a great day too…
The historic 180th Passage Race heralds the opening of the 2023 Festival of Sails this morning, when the cannon is fired at 9.30am sending huge fleet on its way to Geelong in the 34 nautical mile race. Starting off Williamstown,…
The Finn class has descended on Miami for the 2023 Finn Gold Cup with fabulous conditions on Biscayne Bay over the past few days. Much of the fleet have been out training, welcomed into the water by a local manatee,…
Day 3 Races 4 and 5 Well, I promised breeze for day 3 and I lied. The beautiful sunny conditions Qld is renowned for were blocked by cloud all day. As a result, the thermal didn’t eventuate, and racing was…
Spain’s World ranked number one female Pilar Lamadrid (ESP) and GBR’s Sam Sills made the best starts to the Lanzarote iQFOil Games. Lamadrid leads the women’s field after a solid opening day whilst Sills proved unbeatable winning all four of…
Entries have opened for Superyacht Cup Palma, the highlight of the Mediterranean superyacht calendar, with the Notice of Race now available for the 21-24 June celebration of sail. Over a dozen prospective entries have declared an interest in joining the…
Day 2 Races 1-3 It was a busy day today for the 505 fleet. The race committee went for three races in anticipation of some difficult conditions later in the week. As expected, conditions were similar to yesterday, but this…
The 20th anniversary edition of NZ’s biggest multi-day keelboat regatta – Bay of Islands Sailing Week – begins with Registration today. Racing will take place throughout the spectacular Bay of Islands over three days from Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th…
Day 1 – the Invitation race Like any good invitation race, you take what you want from the form on display. What they do well is open the door to speculation. As expected, conditions were pretty mild. 8 knots from…
Luke Reinehr and the crew on his S80, Intrusion, will arrive at Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s Festival of Sails with a target on their backs, having won their 15th Victorian S80 Championship on Port Phillip last week. Intrusion won five…
The 2023 Ronstan Australian Championships start today at Darling Point Sailing Squadron in Manly Queensland, (the one with the blue roof). Like many classes, it has been a while since the 505 have been able to conduct a National Championships…
It says a lot about Sail Racing’s ambitions and expectations that a top 10 finish at the Australian 16ft Skiff Championships came with a tinge of disappointment. The Felix Grech-skippered boat finished a creditable sixth overall after winning heat two…
An usually very light wind week in Miami, Florida, for the first event of the 2023 Youth Foiling Gold Cup, the 69F series reserved for the Under25 sailors. The eight teams attending, representing six nations, were only able to enjoy…
NSW Championship, Race 5Race Sponsor: Fisher & PaykelSunday, 22 January, 2023Sydney Harbour The Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton officially became the 2022-23 NSW 18ft Skiff champions after today’s final race of the championship was…
Over the summer holidays in Australia, the 50th Australian Hobie Cat National Championships took place in Jervis Bay, NSW; home of the 20th Hobie 16 World Championships. The eight day regatta hosted a total of 130 entries, the largest multihull…
Back in the day, Miami OCR in January always marked the traditional start of the northern hemisphere Finn season, so it with some anticipation that the Finn class returns to Miami next week for the 2023 Finn Gold Cup, the…
Although the Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton have already secured a victory in the 2022-23 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship, Sunday’s final race of the championship still holds tremendous importance for all the leading teams…
It was raining more than just medals on the final day of Sail Melbourne, with multiple classes tasked with navigating heavy rain and a two-meter sea state to decide podium positions. The weather was too risky for the 49er and…
The Youth Foiling Gold Cup 2023 started today in Miami, Florida, with Act 1 of four. The Youth Foiling Gold Cup is the successful 69F circuit reserved for under 25 sailors. It is made of four events, two in Europe…
The Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta will take place on the weekend of 4-5 March, with online entry now open and the Notice of Race published for the largest annual keelboat regatta in NSW, organised by Middle Harbour Yacht…
Sail Melbourne was back in all its glory today, with Royal Brighton Yacht Club hustling and bustling to the sounds of sails slapping, rigging clanging and competitors chatting on the penultimate day of racing. The regatta has been a mainstay…
EVENT: NSW Sailing League – Leg 1: Regional QualifierCLUB: Newcastle Cruising Yacht ClubDATES: 14/15 Jan 2023AUTHOR: NCYC/Alex DarePHOTOS: Jack Buchan The first 4 clubs secure themselves spots in the NSW Sailing League Final, set to take place in April at…
London, UK (16 January 2023) The Women’s World Match Racing Tour today announced the line-up of four events for its 2023 season including San Francisco, Annapolis, Le Havre, and Copenhagen. The Tour is the world’s only professional sailing series for…
It’s not too late to join sailors from all over Australia who will saturate Geelong when the Festival of Sails takes place over the Australia Day weekend from 26-29 January, with entries closing this Thursday, 19 January, at 5pm ADST….
January 16, 2023 (Miami, FL) – The Sidney Doren Memorial Regatta marked the first event of the Etchells Class’ winter series hosted by Biscayne Bay Yacht Club after a false start due the lack of wind at last month’s Louis…
A complete lack of wind at the scheduled start time caused a delay to racing on day three of Sail Melbourne, but a late Seabreeze kicked in allowing for an action-packed afternoon to mark the halfway point of the 2023…
18ft SkiffsNSW Championship, Race 4Today’s Trophy: R. Watt Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: Rag & Famish HotelSunday, 15 January, 2023Sydney Harbour The Andoo 18ft Skiff team of John Winning Jr., Seve Jarvin and Matt Stenta, wrapped up the 2022-23 NSW 18ft Skiff…
SINGAPORE – January 15, 2023 – In a gutsy and impressive performance New Zealand defied the odds to win the Singapore Sail Grand Prix. The win cements Peter Burling’s position as the main threat to Tom Slingsby’s charge for a…
The upper edge of a low-pressure front sitting off the south coast of Tasmania served up big winds and a bouncy sea state across Port Phillip on day two of Sail Melbourne 2023. The annual event, hosted by Royal Brighton…
A flurry of activity returned to the shores of Brighton today with more than 220 competitors in Olympic and invited classes beginning their Sail Melbourne campaigns in glamour conditions. Also known as the Sailors Regatta, Sail Melbourne 2023 is host…
A broken rudder pin worth around $20 left one boat heart-broken and another ecstatic as the Australian 16ft Championships ended in the same dramatic way they started at Manly on Saturday. St George entrant Noakes (Dave O’Connor) looked set for…
They bickered constantly when they first sailed together but brother and sister combination Jemma and James Hopkins are now a united front with a national title under their belts after streeting the opposition at the Australian 13ft Championships at Manly….
St George boat Noakes has launched one of the great back-from-the dead revivals in recent history to snatch the lead and set-up a thrilling finish to the 2022/23 Australian 16ft Championships at Manly. The Dave O’Connor-skippered Noakes was outside the…
The Australians are preparing to face challenging light air conditions today at the first ever Singapore Sail Grand Prix. Slingsby has also been faced with a last minute crew change, with Wing Trimmer Kyle Langford unable to race due to…
SINGAPORE – January 13, 2023 – As SailGP continues to enhance its reputation as a truly global championship with a regional debut this weekend, all nine drivers have been coming to terms with the unique waters off the coast of…
The 12 Foot Skiff Australian titles where held at the Sydney Flying Squadron from the 5th to the 8th January. For Sydneysiders this conincided with the strong southerly gusting into the +30 knot range for the fist two days &…
Australian yachting icon John Bertrand, alongside star-studded crew George Richardson and Lewis Brake, has taken out the 2023 Australian Etchells Championship in a dominating display at the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia this week. On board Triad2020, Bertrand’s team…
SKE Electrical was forced to overcome a notorious harbour flat spot, an intruding power boat and a stablemate desperate to spoil the party on a day where two more clubs joined the winners’ list at the Australian 16ft Championships at…
Back on Sydney Harbour this Sunday The incredible story of John ‘Woody’ Winning and his son John ‘Herman’ Winning Jr. continues on Sydney Harbour this Sunday when the two skippers lead their teams in the quest to win the 2022-23…
SINGAPORE, 12 January 2022 – The nine teams competing at the inaugural Singapore Sail Grand Prix took to the water on Thursday (12 January), where they familiarised themselves with the course ahead of this weekend’s races. The nine teams –…
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