Fastnet Race: An impressive spectacle
The 49th edition of Rolex Fastnet Race started from Cowes, England, on 8 August, with over 300 yachts setting off into the teeth of a strong westerly. – Rolex
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Train like a sailing champion
Ever wondered what it takes to become a top athlete? The Dinghy Racing Channel caught up with Micky & Hannah, ILCA (Laser) sailors with the British Sailing Team, to find out about their training regime and how they keep in…
Mills & McIntyre (GBR): 470 Women Gold | Tokyo 2020
Emotions ran high after the final sailing race of Tokyo 2020, when Women’s 470 Olympic champions Hannah Mills & Eilidh McIntyre had to wait for the results of an onshore protest from the French bronze medallists before their gold medal…
Airlie Beach Race Week ready to roll
Despite the latest lockdowns in NSW and the south east corner of Queensland, organisers at Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) are looking forward to welcoming competitors and their supporters to the 33rd running of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), which starts on Thursday…
Fastnet Race: French trimaran first to finish
The extraordinary 32 metre long Ultime Maxi Edmond de Rothschild showed a clean pair of heels to the rest of the fleet in the 49th Rolex Fastnet Race arriving this evening (Monday 9 August) at 20:24:54 BST, setting a new…
Fastnet Race: Skorpios leads monohull fleet
Almost 10 hours after the lead Ultime trimaran, Russian Dmitry Rybolovlev’s new ClubSwan 125 Skorpios became the first monohull to round the landmark. Due to this year’s mostly upwind conditions being more ‘typically Rolex Fastnet Race’, even the massively fast…
French trimaran first to reach Fastnet Rock
While the majority of the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet is still toughing it out in the Channel, at 0800 BST this morning Maxi Edmond de Rothschild was the first Ultime to reach the Fastnet Rock. Since yesterday’s dramatic departure from…
Rolex Fastnet Race 2021 – The Start
Catch up on the start of the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race.
Lisa Blair takes on Antarctica – again
Only a handful of people have attempted to circumnavigate Antarctica in a yacht, including Australian sailor Lisa Blair. In 2017, Blair, the 37-year-old from Queensland, became the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica with one stop. “I think it…
Arigato Tokyo: Mat Belcher represents Australia at closing ceremony
Men’s 470 sailing gold medalist Mat Belcher carried the Australian flag as a festive and fanciful Closing Ceremony brought the Tokyo Olympics to an end on Sunday night. Like the Opening Ceremony, there were no fans in attendance at the…
British skipper wins Pro Sailing Tour
Despite undergoing several re-groupings throughout the race, skipper Sam Goodchild and the Leyton crew came out on top yesterday evening after a five-and-a-half day sail in the closing offshore leg of the Pro Sailing Tour. Having skippered their yacht from…
The ins and outs of antifouling
Summer always seems to come and go fast, and before you know it, you are preparing your boat for winter. During this time, it’s important to start figuring out how and when you want to antifoul your boat. Typically, antifouling…
August boating destinations
Destinations to check out in August include Australia’s western and northeastern coastlines, where spring is making a welcome return, kick-starting the Southern Hemisphere’s yachting season. Not sure where’s best to drop anchor this month? Here are some of the best…
Kettering local enters 2023 Global Solo Challenge
William Croxford, from Kettering, England, has dreamed of sailing around the world since childhood, and after a difficult 2020 he has decided that now is the time to turn that dream into a reality. Croxford is the 28th entry in…
GC32 Lagos Cup 2 – Wrap up
Lagos, Portugal: At the second event of the GC32 Racing Tour 2021, five teams stood a chance of being on the podium right up to the final race. Big breeze saw the fleet hit some of its fastest speeds in…
Fastnet Race: Lumpy Solent takes its toll on competitors
A total of 337 boats from 24 nations, including the largest ever turn-out from France, crossed the start line in strong south-westerly winds as part of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s premier event – The Rolex Fastnet Race. The Fastnet…
International recognition for Coral Sea Marina
As voted by superyacht captains and crew, Coral Sea Marina has been announced as a Runner-Up in the ACREW Superyacht Business Awards 2021 in the Best Superyacht Marina category. The Superyacht Business Awards is a global awards program, with a…
Rolex Fastnet Race – one day to go
Like a trial run for tomorrow’s start of the Rolex Fastnet Race, today the Solent has been in a blustery mood with an overcast sky, rain and perpetual gusty winds – and the forecast for the start of the 49th…
39 Copa del Rey top award to Banderas and Cuevas
Top boat overall at Mallorca’s 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE goes to the durable Spanish partnership of owner Javier Banderas and skipper Daniel Cuevas on the Swan 42, Teatro Soho Caixabank, winners of the BMW ORC Class 2. Teatro Soho…
Rolex Fastnet Race: A big or small boat race?
The start of the Rolex Fastnet Race will take place from the Royal Yacht Squadron line off Cowes on Sunday, with the first Warning Signal for the multihull classes at 1100, followed at 15-minute intervals by the IMOCAs/Class40s, and then…
Watch the 49th Fastnet Race start live
The Rolex Fastnet Race starts on Sunday 8th August, 2021 from the Royal Yacht Squadron line, Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK. The first warning signal of the 49th edition of the race is at 1100 (first start 1110) and the…
Cowes Week comes to a close
Cowes Week 2021 delivered a mix of interesting and exciting racing, with up to 40 races per day across 30 classes and Giles Peckham’s Daring Dauntless won the regatta overall for a record fourth time, having notched up five wins…
Copa del Rey: Saturday’s Single Race Showdown Beckons
With just one race to sail at Palma’s 39 Copa del Rey Mapfre, Andy Soriano’s TP52 team on Alegre have all but secured the overall win in the IRC class, with another two hard earned wins in today’s light, shifty…
Weather preparation for offshore sailing
Libby Greenhalgh has navigated around the world twice with the Volvo Ocean Race; and her experience has given her an exceptional eye for weather. Greenhalgh sat down with North Sails to share her steps for planning a trip offshore. NS:…
Copa del Rey Mapfre | Day 3
As the Copa del Rey MAPFRE moved into the final series, several teams stepped up their performance, posting their best day yet to ultimately upset the standings.
Anchorage calculations
Would you decide to move to a new anchorage if it meant sailing through shoal water in approaching bad weather? James Stevens looks at the problem and provides the solution. Rachel is on board her yacht Pampero, an 11m Sadler 34,…
Cowes Week: Daily round up
Among the largest boats in the IRC classes, Peter Morton’s GP42 The Jean Genie had another spectacular day on the sixth day of Cowes Week, winning the New York Yacht Club Challenge Cup, ahead of Richard Matthews’ new Carkeek CF520 Oystercatcher…
Racing trimaran is dismasted
The Arch, competing on the Pro Sailing Tour’s Final Rush, the offshore race between Toulon and Brest, dismasted this morning at 01:23 while leading the race. “We were sailing under full mainsail in 14-18 knots of wind, I was at…
Final series begins at Copa del Rey MAPFRE
As the Copa del Rey MAPFRE moved into the final series, several teams stepped up their performance, posting their best day yet, shaking up the results. In the highly competitive ClubSwan 50 class, with Australia’s Tom Slingsby calling tactics for…
SailGP: Clash on board
The only English athlete on the French SailGP Team, Leigh McMillan, explains what really happened at SailGP Plymouth.
NAVatHOME – Navigation made easy
NAVatHOME Australia is the perfect online learning platform for sailors and motor boat enthusiasts keen to hone their skills, including navigation, passage planning, weather forecasting, rules of the road and more. Practical sailing skills only get you so far. Without…
Belcher and Ryan (AUS): 470 Men’s Gold press conference
Mat Belcher & Will Ryan topped off their outstanding Tokyo 2020 gold medal with a Medal Race victory. Belcher looks back at their silver medal win at Rio 2016 and how it inspired them for more this time around. –…
Austrian sailor’s world record attempt
Austrian adventurer and sailor Norbert Sedlacek is set to become the first sailor to ever complete a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation without assistance through all of the world’s oceans. Sedlacek will depart on board his Open60AAL Innovation Yacht on the 15th of August from Les Sables d’Olonne, France, the home of…
Australian sailors in Tokyo
Enoshima Yacht Harbour on Japan’s Sagami Bay will forever hold a very special place in the history of Australian sailing, especially as it is the venue of a last gold medal to be dished out in the Men’s 470 class…
Tokyo 2020: 470 Gold Medals for Australia and Great Britain
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition concluded with two Medal Races in the 470 Men and 470 Women. With the 470 becoming a Mixed Event for Paris 2024, today was the last time that these partnerships would race side by…
Rolex Fastnet Race countdown
The 355 entrants in the world’s biggest offshore yacht race, the Rolex Fastnet Race in its 49th year, will be gearing up for the start this Sunday, August 8. This year, for the first time since the race was first…
Day 11 Sailing Highlights | Tokyo 2020
It was a remarkable day on the water for the last sailing races of Tokyo 2020, as the final medals were awarded in the 470 Men and Women. For the full results, see: https://tokyo2020.sailing.org/results-centre – World Sailing
Rolex Fastnet Race preview
The Rolex Fastnet Race returns on Sunday 8 August. In 2021, Rolex celebrates twenty years as partner of this legendary race and its organisers Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC). The Rolex Fastnet, first held in 1925, is a cornerstone of…
Cowes Week – Day 5
Another long wait for the breeze to build another battle between the SE and SW sea breezes and today’s racing got underway once again. But this time the stakes were raised in Class 0 and Class 1 as they raced…
39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE: Consistency is key for regatta leaders
In the ClubSwan 50 division at the 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE, Marcus Brennecke’s Hatari has consistently stayed in the top four for the first six races and have built a sizeable 19-point margin over the second placed Bronenosec 50….
