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Matt Wearn has wrapped up the gold medal in the Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition, making him the third consecutive Australian to have achieved the feat. Denmark’s Anne-Marie Rindom could have done…
While racing started on time for the second day of the GC32 Lagos Cup 2 on Portugal’s Algarve coast, sadly, only one race could be held before the wind and sea state escalated to levels felt to be too dangerous…
Matt Wearn has continued Australia’s legacy of success in the Laser class at the Olympic Games, with the Western Australian assuring Australia’s third straight gold medal in the class. The likeable sailor from Perth has an insurmountable 22-point lead after…
The French town of Toulon is hosting six Ocean Fifty yachts that will compete for the final round of the Pro Sailing Tour, a 1600-mile sprint between the French Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts which will decide the championship. Today the…
Australian Sailing Team Leader Iain Murray said, “Today brings a much lighter weather pattern and a mix-up of courses, so racing conditions will be dependent on each fleet’s start time. Every day is critical, but today is a super important day…
Tokyo 2020: Giles Scott made it four race wins in a row to move into the overall lead after two more confident victories on Thursday, while Spain’s Joan Cardona also moved up to second, after a 2,3 to leave them…
There were tears of joy and anguish on the boat park on the fifth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as some sailors scored double wins in their races, while for others today was the moment when their…
Two Australians sit atop the leader board after day five of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic regatta, with Matt Wearn (Laser) and Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (Men’s 470) making the most of favourable conditions in Enoshima today. Wearn put together…
It was a huge day for our Aussie sailors in Tokyo today, hear from them below and remember that you can a full list of results here. Men’s two person dinghy (470) Days don’t get much better at an Olympic regatta than…
Lagos, Portugal: While the results might indicate that Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi team had it their own way, topping the leader board after day one of racing at the GC32 Lagos Cup 2; this was far from the case with Rockwool…
Last week, I caught up with sailing superstar Tom Slingsby in London after the Australian SailGP team’s ‘surprise’ victory in Plymouth. The Australian Sail Grand Prix Team (SailGP) surprised everyone when they skyrocketed to the top of the leader…
Iain Murray, Australian Sailing Team Leader said, “We are almost half way through the regatta today and up to this point, the feeling within the squad is fantastic. Between the team of sailors, coaches and support staff there is a…
Enoshima is famous, notorious even, for its big wave action, and that’s what the sailors got on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. Eight out of ten fleets were racing on Wednesday, with only the Laser and…
Australia had six classes in action at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today, hear from them below. Men’s Two Person Dinghy (470) The Men’s 470 is expected to be one of the most closely fought classes in Tokyo, with seasoned campaigners…
An exciting four days of flying catamaran racing is guaranteed for the GC32 fleet when the second event of the 2021 GC32 Racing Tour season commences on Thursday in Lagos on Portugal’s Algarve coast. The forecast is for winds into…
Giles Scott, the British defending Olympic champion from Britain, won both races on the second day of competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, following a lacklustre performance on the opening day left him in ninth place. The top three…
Mark Ashmore’s Cal 40 Nalu V may not have had the fastest ride to Hawaii in the 51st edition of the Transpac, having broken their spinnaker a few days in, but they did raise $31K USD for ALS research (a rare neurological disease) in…
“Today the Laser classes will have their first rest day after a particularly big day for the men with three races and some big waits yesterday. Those two classes are now over half way through their program; having completed six…
On one of the most difficult course areas in Enoshima, Turkey’s Alican Kaynar made a perfect start to his third Olympic Games with two bullets, followed by Hungary’s Zsombor Berecz who picked up two second places while Spain’s Joan Cardona,…
The excitement kicked up a gear on the third day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as the women in the 49erFX Skiff put on a display of high speed boat handling and fast-thinking tactics. The wind was gusting…
July 27: It was another action-packed day of sailing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with five classes in action. Hear from our sailors below, and remember that you can a full list of results here. Men’s One Person Dinghy (Laser) Perth’s Matt Wearn…
Transpacific Yacht Club recognised more than just the top sailors at the Transpac award ceremonies (there were several), but the unsung heroes of the race, including the navigators and most valued crew members. TPYC acknowledges the historic importance of navigators in…
Germany: The 2021 Tornado European Championship, saw Michaela Pavlisova and Marek Pavlis from the Czech Republic, secure the European Championship titles in all three categories (Open, Mixed, and Youth). The event was ran by the Füssen Forggensee Sailing Club for the…
Day 3 Weather: Iain Murray’s report is in for today’s conditions with more Aussies hitting the water this afternoon. Murray said, “Today is the kind of day where you can lose the regatta but not win the regatta. We are caught…
Cork Harbour‘s goal to host the 2024 America’s Cup is understood to be a step closer after initial assessments in June saw the Irish venue as a ‘strong possibility.’ It appears more unlikely that the 37th America’s Cup will not be staged…
There was more wind than expected for the second day of racing at the Olympic Sailing Competition which was just as well, as the lumpy, confused wave pattern made it hard to get into the groove. When the Pacific swell…
Who’s going to win the Medals at Tokyo 2020? That’s what Andy Rice is discussing with TV commentators Alec Wilkinson (GBR) and Peter Lester (NZL). They go through all 10 sailing events… To listen to the podcast, see: https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/podcast-whos-going-win-sailing-medals-tokyo-2020 –…
July 26: The Laser and Laser Radial classes were back in action on Day Two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Hear from our sailors below, and remember that you can a full list of results here. Mixed day for Matt Perth sailor…
Honolulu, Hawaii: Several entries in this year’s Transpac, even class winners whose crew lists were peppered with pro sailors, had father-son pairs on board; seeing many father’s passing on the lessons learned in offshore racing to their offspring, including how…
Thousands of visitors are set to arrive on the Whitsunday coast for the annual Great Barrier Reef Festival (August 5 – 8), as Airlie Beach comes alive to celebrate the Whitsundays’ lifestyle and the communities at the heart of the Great…
Turku Archipelago, Finland: Swan 45 Aurora (winner of ORC1 Class) and Swan 37 Tarantella II (winner of ORC2 Class) came away with the Swan European Trophy at the Swan European Regatta 2021 over the weekend. More than 40 Swans (representing the…
July 25: Australian sailors were faced with light winds, a delay and a postponement on the first day of action at the long-awaited Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Team Leader Iain Murray shared his thoughts on the day with us here. “Today…
After two weeks of training in steady onshore breezes, the sailors were dealt a very different and more difficult hand for the opening day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. On the Enoshima course, close to the sailing centre,…
There are always many stories to come out of the Olympic Games, but for the 19 Finn sailors at Enoshima, these are all the more poignant as they contemplate the Finn’s final appearance at the Games and maybe their only…
Laser sailor Sam Meech (NZL) knows one bad race doesn’t make a regatta, especially at the Olympics, and has made a habit of navigating his way to the front of the fleet throughout his career. The Rio bronze medallist was 19th…
More than half of the fleet of 41 entries of the 51st edition of the Los Angeles-Honolulu Transpac are expected to be in to their berths before another large wave of 18 finishers are expected tomorrow night. Having start dates staggered…
Tokyo 2020: Everyone is ready on the eve of the start of the last Olympic Finn event; most have been ready for at least a year, but in the next eight days, many years of hard work will come to…
Nestled in the quiet waters of North West Bay south of Margate, one of Tasmania’s newest and best equipped marinas is continuing its major redevelopment. Margate Marina represents one of Tasmania’s largest private marina investments, ideally situated on the gateway…
Five years ago, Santiago Lange and Cecilia Caranza Saroli (ARG) set the Games alight with their victory in the Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17 event at Rio 2016. First was the fact that Lange was 54 years old competing in…
It’s the eve of competition for sailing at Tokyo 2020, and the boat park has been a place of focus and precision in the final 24 hours before battle commences in the Laser, Laser Radial and Men’s and Women’s RS:X….
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