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The GC32 Racing Tour for the Martin Fischer-designed one design foiling catamaran teams resumes this week in one of the circuit’s favourite venues. Lagos, Portugal, situated 10km away from Cape St Vincent, the southwesternmost tip of Europe, hosted two GC32…
Celebrations took place yesterday at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda to mark the 40th anniversary of the first Italian challenge for the America’s Cup Porto Cervo, 19th June 2023. It was 18th June 1983 when Azzurra took part in her…
It wasn’t supposed to go like this. After being initially postponed in 2020 for obvious reasons, the 2023 Wetsuit Outlet and Zhik International Moth World Championship at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) should have been rewarded with…
HIGHLIGHTS Fiona Wylde (USA) and Alessandro Tomasi (ITA) respectively have become the women’s and men’s champions at Wingfoil Racing World Cup Silvaplana. With no wind for the final day, the results all hung on the 10 races from the first…
Resilient American team is working to repair damaged boat and secure overall race title… Following yesterday’s dramatic collision, skipper Charlie Enright and his 11th Hour Racing Team are working 24/7 to get their damaged boat in a position to sail…
It’s time to clutch at straws in Portland Harbour as the wind continues to frustrate all. It taunts, as a reasonable breeze blows across the marina outside the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, and is high enough most of…
After a short delay ashore, the fleet were released on to the water around 8.15am, when it felt like a breeze was beginning to build. Alas it was not to be. Even in moments of severe strain, Principal Race Officer…
HIGHLIGHTS There was a change of venue for day three of the WingFoil Racing World Cup Silvaplana as the fleet drove 6km further up into the mountains to compete on Lake St Moritz. The sunshine was out but the wind…
HIGHLIGHTS A new star rose in the women’s fleet on day two of the Wingfoil Racing World Cup Silvaplana. This is Fiona Wylde’s first World Cup event in IWSA wingfoil racing, so it was understandable that the American rider flew…
From 7 to 14 of June 2023 the 54th CISM World Military Sailing Championship took place in Faliro Bay of Piraeus with the participation of 9 countries, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Ukraine and Greece. The program of…
It took a very early start, but racing is finally underway at the Wetsuit Outlet and Zhik International Moth World Championship! Sailors were already busy in the dinghy park at 6am, getting ready for an 8am start, with Yellow fleet…
HIGHLIGHTS Two long distance races made for a tough opening day for the riders competing on Lake Silvaplana at the WingFoil Racing World Cup Ensis Engadinwing by Dakine 2023. In any surroundings the high-speed rabbit start is spectacular. But against…
Auckland – 13th June 2023 While Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC40’s have been maximising their time on the water pre start training and development testing on Auckland’s harbour, the shore crew have been operating at equal intensity on top of…
The wind teased, tantalized, taunted and baited the sailors on day 1 of the Wetsuit Outlet and Zhik International Moth World Championship at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, but ultimately it was not to be, and racing was…
Monday, June 12, 2023, the 3rd day of the 54th CISM World Military Sailing Championship continued with twelve sailing races. Team Brazil, keeping the lead on the leaderboard, won the sixteenth (R16-1), the eighteenth (R18-1), the twenty-second (R22-1) and twenty-fourth…
Day 2 of racing in Act 4 of the Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup closed out the 2023 series on Sydney’s Pittwater today. Hosts, the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, wisely opted to get racing away early at 9.30am, with…
Saturday, June 10, 2023, the 1st day of the 54th CISM World Military Sailing Championship started with five sailing races. The Greek crew “entering” very strongly to the Championship won the first race (R1-1) and ranked 3rd in the 3rd…
Porto Cervo, 9th June, 2023. Today saw the third and penultimate day of racing at the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta. With wind from the south-east that built from an initial 10 knots to reach 15-16 knots, the Race Committee set…
6 June 2023Tarifa, SpainWords: Ian MacKinnonPictures: Samuel Cárdenas With massive Levante winds forecast for Tuesday, the organisers hope to complete the men’s and women’s Twin-Tip competition and the men’s Surfboard contest to crown the world champions in each division. On…
Ergin Imré’s Provezza team won their second title in a row today in Tuscany when they overturned nine points deficit over two final races to clinch the 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week regatta victory, adding to their success in…
The final day of the World Championship in Bodrum saw early rain and no wind. Consequently, the Race Officer Nino Shmueli kept the fleet ashore until conditions improved. The fleet were released at 11.15 and Race 7 started around 1pm….
A three race day in a good nine to 11kts of breeze on Tuscany’s scenic Gulf of Follonica brought the 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week back on schedule after missing one race Thursday due to the threat of thunderstorms….
Bodrum – Day 4 of the Dragon World Championship began optimistically with a good breeze from 145 degrees. The fleet behaved well on start line, with just 3 boats recalled. However, a 30-degree shift to the right resulted in an…
Thunder stops play, Sled still on top Due to the threat of big thunderstorms only one race was sailed today at the 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. Quantum Racing powered by American Magic bounced back from a disappointing second race…
Filipe Silva, from Portugal, has extended his lead at the 2023 Finn World Masters at Nea Iraklitsa, Kavala, Greece, after two races were sailed on Thursday. Laurent Hay, from France is back up to second with Peter Mosny from Slovakia…
BODRUM, 2023 – Day 3 at the World Championships in Bodrum produced some exciting racing. After starting on time at 12.35, Race 4 had to be abandoned shortly after teams had rounded the first mark, due to the wind moving…
Sled step clear in Scarlino Takashi Okura’s Sled team were top scoring boat over a testing day of shifting, light breezes on the Gulf of Follonica at the 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week today. The 2021 circuit champions sailed…
BODRUM, 2023 – On the 2nd day of racing the fleet got away on time (12.05) with just one boat OCS (POR 90) they were called back and they quickly re-started. Unfortunately, due to a 50-degree wind shift, the race…
The Quantum Racing powered by American Magic team may have missed tactician John Kostecki – who had to step aside at the last second at the weekend with a medical issue – but they still managed to compose a solid…
Filipe Silva, from Portugal, has taken the lead at the 2023 Finn World Masters at Nea Iraklitsa, Kavala, Greece after one more race was sailed on Tuesday. Winner of the only race on Tuesday, David Terol from Spain, moves up…
After the one way, one sided gains of the track of Saint Tropez earlier in the month, the 52 SUPER SERIES teams seem set to be offered the very opposite type of sea-breeze conditions over the first few days of…
The 2023 Finn World Masters was finally opened Monday evening on the idyllic beach at Nea Itaklitsa, near Kavala, in Greece and against the backdrop of the beautiful Gulf of Kavala. Earlier in the day the opening race was held….
BODRUM, 2023 – Two clear starts under a black flag, 24 teams racing in the most amazing conditions. Blue sky, 12 knots of wind in crystal clear water. Grant Gordon helming GBR 820 leads after recording a 2nd and 4th…
The leading trio are setting a blistering pace into the final 48 hours of leg 5 Records are being set and then broken again on leg 5 of The Ocean Race. First it was 11th Hour Racing Team, powering to…
If Pete Burling and Nathan Outteridge thought they were going to have it easy sailing the LEQ12 AC40 against the one-design AC40, they were sorely mistaken. Josh Junior and Leonard Takahashi absolutely took the fight to the established AC75 helms…
AUTHOR: Harry Fisher, Down Under Sail The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron has put its stamp on the sailing community after going back-to-back in the SAILING Champions League – Asia Pacific Final last weekend, hosted on the iconic Pittwater by the…
In stark contrast to the last three days when Lake Geneva delivered a brisk 10-15 knot breeze and a solid 5-race per day program, the final day of the TF35 Geneva Cup, hosted by Société Nautique de Genève, had to…
The Swan Sardinia Challenge delivered spectacular conditions and close racing for the owners and crews competing in the second instalment of the season-long The Nations League 2023. Teams in the ClubSwan 50, ClubSwan 42 and ClubSwan 36 one-design classes gathered…
At the morning briefing for day three of the TF35 Geneva Cup, there was uncertainty as to whether the forecasted wind would hold on long enough to allow for a full racing schedule. However, with 10- 15 knots on the…
Day 2 of the TF35 Geneva Cup was marked by an exceptional performance from Jérôme Clerc and his crew on Realteam Sailing, as they claimed victory in four out of five races sailing an almost perfect day. The only team…
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