Nothing between top boats at 52 Super Series finale
Never before has there been such a tight race between the top group of boats at the 52 Super Series, with the final to take place next week at the Bay of Palma. At stake are the Rolex TP52 World…
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Women’s Match Racing World Championship takes over Cherbourg
The 2021 Women’s Match Racing World Championship, featuring Olympic and America’s Cup champions, is set to take over Europe’s second largest artificial harbour – Cherbourg-en-Cotentin in Normandy, France – from Thursday October 28. The eight teams of four and five…
Australian Sailing supports Paralympic reinstatement bid
Australian Sailing has thrown its support behind World Sailing’s campaign for sailing to be reinstated at the Paralympic Games in Los Angeles (USA) in 2028. World Sailing, the governing body for the sport of sailing, this morning announced a set…
Bumblebee IV’s family affair at Sail Paradise 2022
Acclaimed Queensland ocean racing yachtsman, Graham ‘Scooter’ Eaton, will put his family first when he competes in Southport Yacht Club’s Qoin Sail Paradise Regatta in January. The reason is simple; his yacht – the famous 23m long aluminium sloop, Bumblebee…
Knockout rounds commence at Youth Foiling Gold Cup
Cagliari, Italy: The Youth Foiling Gold Cup has ramped up a gear with the start of the knockouts, a series of direct eliminations that the teams must face over the coming days in order to secure a place in the…
Youth Foiling Gold Cup: DutchSail flies straight to finals
Cagliari, Italy: With five races held on Monday, eight flights have been completed and the five qualifying days of Youth Foiling Gold Cup, Act 3, have drawn to a close. The fleet was called onto the water shortly after 10…
Strong start to season for new 18ft skiff team
The Australian 18 Footers League’s 2021-2022 18ft skiff racing season began on Sydney Harbour yesterday, when the Club staged races one and two of the annual seven-race Spring Championship series. In ideal 10-12 knot SE winds, the day was a triumph…
Girls on Film retains 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup
With a final race sailed on Saturday, Girls on Film, sailed by Peter Morton, Andrew Palfrey and Ben Cornish, has retained the 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole, which they also won in 2019, the 2020 event cancelled…
2022 Finn Gold Cup headed to Malcesine
The International Finn Class and Fragila Vela Malcesine are pleased to announce that the 2022 Finn Gold Cup will be held at Malcesine on Lake Garda, Italy, from 15-21 May. Following its exclusion from the Olympic Games, the Finn class…
Girls on Film dominates to lead 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup
Peter Morton’s Girls on Film (GBR) crewed by Peter Morton/Andrew Palfrey/Ben Cornish, has taken the lead at the 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda, after three more races were sailed on Friday local time. John…
Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères returns in 2022
For the first time in France, all 10 Olympic classes to be contested at the Paris Games will be on show at the Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères, which returns to the calendar in April 2022 following a hiatus due…
Wild downwind sailing at 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup
The 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole, on Lake Garda, Italy, is normally the opening event of the season, but it has been cancelled the last two years because of COVID. However, this year the club kindly offered…
Code Zero sets sights high at TP52 World Championship
Former top Dutch Finn and Star class sailor turned leading offshore racer, Code Zero’s Marc Blees will field a team at next week’s 10 boat Rolex TP52 World Championship in Palma, Mallorca. A long-time friend, supporter and an ardent fan…
Perfect start to Youth Foiling Gold Cup
In the first day of racing in Cagliari, the under-25 69F fleet completed the first six qualifying races as per the schedule. Races began shortly after 1 pm, with a light thermal breeze that filled in over the course of…
Australian 18 Footers League Academy
The Australian 18 Footers League has established an exciting new concept to encourage and educate new recruits, or recently recruited young sailors to the high-speed world of 18ft skiff racing. According to organisers, the Academy will fast track learning and…
Olympic champion Mat Belcher joins Zhik Board
Triple Olympic medallist Mat Belcher is used to being at the top of his game and, in the wake of his gold medal at Tokyo 2020, has just been appointed to join the Zhik Board of Directors. The move comes…
Canada completes 10 boat line-up for SailGP Season 3
SailGP has announced that the line-up for Season 3 – starting May 2022 – will be further enhanced with the addition of Canada. This is the league’s second expansion franchise to be announced, with Canada joining Switzerland on the start-line…
Australian Sailing Awards finalists announced
The finalists for the 2021 Australian Sailing Awards have been announced, with volunteers, clubs and our Olympic sailing stars all in contention for Australia’s peak sailing awards. The 2020-21 season was not your standard sailing season with lockdowns and border…
New York Yacht Club statement on 37th America’s Cup
In a letter to the Trustees of the New York Yacht Club, the Flag Officers of the Club announced the Club was pausing its pursuit of the America’s Cup. New York Yacht Club Commodore Christopher J. Culver wrote: “There are…
New York Yacht Club will not challenge 37th America’s Cup
The New York Yacht Club, which backed American Magic in the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland, has written to members saying it won’t challenge the 37th edition of the event in 2024. It’s understood American Magic, led by Terry Hutchinson,…
Swan One Design winners crowned
Swan has crowned its winners across the four classes of the Swan One Design Worlds after a week characterised by challenging conditions on the Gulf of Saint Tropez. The final day of racing delivered more shifty wind and allowed two…
Strong fleet building for 2021 Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta
The fleet for the 2021 Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta has grown to 20, with some of Australia’s most historic boats set to take to Sydney Harbour from 10-12 December. The annual regatta, organised by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia,…
Kite Worlds: Moroz lands fifth successive world title
The US’s Daniela Moroz closed out a remarkable consecutive five titles at the Formula Kite World Championships on the Italian island of Sardinia, coming from behind in the final shootout on the sparkling Gulf of Oristano, to seize the coveted crown….
Kite Worlds: Competition heats up ahead of finals
The penultimate day of the Formula Kite world championships fought out on the glorious Gulf of Oristano on the Italian island of Sardinia, sparked tense drama all over the race track in difficult conditions. Shifty ponente sea-breezes that fluctuated between…
Success for Swan 115 crew at inaugural JoySail Regatta
Racing at their first regatta since acquiring the boat, the crew of the Swan 115 Moat, were crowned winners of the inaugural Ibiza JoySail regatta. The team led by skipper Nicolas Gonzalez and with round the world race and America’s…
A ‘new team’ of experienced 18 footer crew
Keagan York’s Finport Finance will feature a brand-new team when it lines up against 17 other top performers at the Australian 18 Footers League for the club’s 2021-22 season on Sydney Harbour. Keagan, Director and Co-Founder of sponsoring Compass Global…
Fitful easterlies rewrite Swan leaderboard in St Tropez
The Gulf of Saint Tropez kept the surprises coming on the third day of the Swan One Design Worlds, with the wind swinging right round to the east again and signs of a good sailing breeze early on were scuppered…
2021 Formula Kite Worlds Day 3
Only the finest margins separate the top of the order after scintillating racing, as the Formula Kite World Championships are about to hit the final series on the penultimate day of the regatta on the Gulf of Oristano on the…
Medals decided at Finn World Masters
The 2021 Finn World Masters at Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain concluded on Friday with no more races possible and so the minor medals were decided, as France’s Valerian Lebrun had already secured the Championship win. With a difficult forecast, the…
Westerlies finally give Swan fleets boost in St Tropez
Crews were scrambled early this morning, given the news that racing in the Swan One Design Worlds was to begin early at 11am to take advantage of a good sailing breeze, after the light winds and long waiting of yesterday….
Formula Kite Worlds Day 2
The fight for the Formula Kite world titles, which are being contested on the sumptuous Gulf of Oristano on the Italian island of Sardinia, shifted into high gear with drama all over the track in tough conditions that left some…
World Match Racing Tour final postponed
London, UK: Organisers of the World Match Racing Tour today announced the final event of the 2021 season, the Boa’an Match Cup/WMRT Final in Shenzhen, China will be postponed to March 2022 following a review of the current border and…
Valerian Lebrun wins Finn World Masters with day to spare
The fourth day of the 2021 Finn World Masters on Mar Menor in Murcia, Spain produced yet more great racing, with Valerian Lebrun, from France, securing the title with a day to spare. He takes an insurmountable 17-point lead into…
Champions crowned at Hansa World Championships
An exciting final day in Palermo, Italy, saw medals awarded in all four categories at the 2021 Hansa World Championships. Over 180 sailors from 25 nations showed exceptional technical para sailing and determination in extremely changeable conditions all week. Sailors…
Technical racing on opening day of Swan One Design Worlds
The excitement among competitors was palpable along the quayside on Thursday morning as crews prepared for the first race of the Swan One Design Worlds in St Tropez. After the fun of Wednesday night’s opening ceremony, it was game on…
18 foot Skiff season just around the corner
Despite the uncertainty around the Covid-19 pandemic situation in Sydney, the Australian 18 Footers League has been moving ahead at full speed in preparation for its 87th season of 18ft skiff racing on Sydney Harbour. As the club’s opening race of…
Fleet leaders survive light winds at Finn World Masters
Only one race was scheduled on the third day of the 2021 Finn World Masters on Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain. Anthony Nossiter, from Australia, led from start to finish in the light winds only to find he’d been black flagged…
Teams gearing up for Swan One Design Worlds
Saint Tropez is hosting the Swan One Design Worlds, with a record of 41 boats from 18 different nations lined up along the quay in the historic old harbour. The contrast between this historic port and the cutting-edge ClubSwan race…
Finn World Masters: Lebrun extends lead on high scoring day two
Bas de Waal, from the Netherlands, and Jesus Pintos, from Spain, may have won the races on the second day of the 2021 Finn World Masters on the Mar Menor, in Spain, but it was France’s Valerian Lebrun who extended…
High stakes at Kite World Championships
The world’s fastest kite board racers are set to battle for the coveted Formula Kite World Championships on the Italian island of Sardinia, marking the start of the countdown to kiteboarding’s Olympic debut at the Paris 2024 Games. Over five days that promise high-intensity action, the biggest kite foil…
