Great day for HillPDA
Skipper Martin Hill, tactical weapon Tom Slingsby and the rest of HillPDA’s credentialed crew produced a very worthy set of scores on day one of the Farr 40 NSW State Title staged off Manly in Sydney. HillPDA is perched three…
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Warren Jones: Harry Price crew claims the title
It had been yet another really challenging day for PRO Kim Laurence and his race management team with very light and fickle easterly early in the afternoon of Day 4. Having struggled to get some early Round Robin Two flights…
Clipper Race: Finally some breeze
And they’re off – much to the delight of the majority of Clipper Race skippers and their crews, the fourth day of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to Sanya, China, has brought about some long-awaited breeze which has…
MAPFRE conquers China
After winning the Guanzhou, China, in-port race, MAPFRE, skippered by Xabi Fernandez, is now at the top of the leaderboard for the Volvo Ocean Race In-port series, and with a five-point advantage. It proved to be a very fast race…
Maserati rounds Cape of Good Hope
After 16 days, 1 hour and 37 minutes of navigation, Maserati, Multi 70 skippered by Giovanni Soldini, rounded Cape of Good Hope at 12.20 UTC. After a night spent fighting with light winds, the arrival in South Africa occurred a…
Champion sailors launch Crown Series Bellerive Regatta
Three champion sailors, one a keelboat racing veteran and a teenage girl crew heading for the World Youth Championships, today helped launch Tasmania’s biggest sailing regatta for keelboats and off-the-beach racing dinghies. Bellerive Yacht Club member Troy Grafton will be…
2018 EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour
The waiting is over, the teams have gathered, and it’s all systems go for the all-new 2018 EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour. Sunday, February 4, will see the opening skirmishes in a highly competitive fleet of eight Diam 24…
Clipper Race: Doldrums before the Doldrums return
The third day of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to Sanya was meant to bring high winds from a low-pressure system but instead, the Clipper Race fleet has seen the return of the dreaded Pre-Doldrums, Doldrums. This is…
Ben Ainslie looks ahead to the AC36
It's a little over six months since Land Rover BAR made it through to the semi-finals of the 35th America's Cup, where it was knocked out by the eventual winner, Emirates Team New Zealand 5-2, sending the Cup back to…
State versus state – classmate versus classmate
The Australian Farr 40 class is the strongest among the international fleet in the world and all the major players are coming out of the stalls for this weekend’s Farr 40 NSW State Title hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club…
Clipper Race: Waiting for breeze
The slow start to Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to Sanya in China has continued over the last 24 hours with no change to the top of the leaderboard – Wendy Tuck’s Sanya Serenity Coast remains in the…
49er – Nacra 17 – Laser survive first round of 2024 process
World Sailing announced the meeting minutes of the Events Committee today with regard to event review for Paris 2024 and the Committee recommendation is to put up for review the Finn, 470, and RSX, leaving the 49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17,…
Para World Sailing returns in Hyeres
Para World Sailing competition will make its World Cup Series return at the next stop on the global sailing competition in Hyeres, France. Racing in the 2.4 Norlin OD will run from Tuesday 24 through to Saturday 28 April with…
Volvo fleet receives warm welcome to Guangzhou
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet was treated to a warm welcome in Guangzhou, China on Thursday afternoon, after arriving 70 miles up the Pearl River Delta from Hong Kong. The Chinese Dongfeng Race Team was in the spotlight for the…
Southport Yacht Club launches Oxenford Watersports Centre
Southport Yacht Club (SYC), along with the Gold Coast City Council, is set to launch a newly developed Watersports Centre at the Regatta’s Waters Lake situated within the Damian Leeding Memorial Park, Oxenford in Queensland. As the club continues to…
Tassie Too returns to the Derwent tomorrow
One of Tasmania’s most famous racing yachts, the 21-foot Restricted Class boat Tassie Too (affectionately referred to as ‘TT’), will once again grace the waters of Hobart’s River Derwent tomorrow morning, Saturday, 3 February. It will be the first sail…
Tasar Victorian Championship for Gippsland Lakes
The Ronstan Tasar Victorian Championship is being held on the Gippsland Lakes in Paynesville over the Labour Day weekend (10-12 March) and is shaping up to being one of the best ones yet. With its magnificent location 296 kilometres east…
Clipper Race: Sanya finds her groove in light wind lottery
A testing first 24 hours of Race 7 as the Clipper Race fleet makes slow progress whilst at the mercy of a light wind lottery, soaring temperatures to contend with and only a light breeze to fill the sails, teams…
Newly formed Land Rover BAR Gladiator makes TP52 debut
Land Rover BAR, the British America's Cup team, will race with Tony Langley's British sailing team Gladiator to compete on the TP52 Racing circuit as Land Rover BAR Gladiator. The newly formed team is gearing up for its racing debut,…
Maserati steaming towards Cape of Storms
At plus 521 miles at 8:21 UTC this morning, Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati Multi 70‘s advantage has grown again (120 miles earned in the last 12 hours) on Lionel Lemonchois, holder of the Hong Kong-London record. The trimaran is still rushing…
Warren Jones Youth Regatta: Boulden and Price seamless on tough day for all
It was a really tough day for Race Management on day three of the 2018 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, with shifting light winds all day on Perth Waters, meaning PRO Kim Laurence and his team were fully tested as…
World Sailing President reflects on last 12 months
World Sailing President Kim Andersen offers his look back and forward at the end of 2017 with reflection on what is occurring within the international governing body for the sport of sailing. Let me start my first newsletter of 2018…
Entry open – fabulous prizes for 2018 Sydney Harbour Regatta
Entry is open for Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s 13th Sydney Harbour Regatta and competitors will have an opportunity to win the grand prize – a return trip for two to Auckland inclusive of a $500 accommodation voucher courtesy of Air…
Latest fleet and match racing rankings
The World Sailing Fleet Rankings rate skippers based on their performances at World Sailing Graded events over a 24 month period prior to the release date of the Rankings. Top three rankings from the latest release 29 January: 470 Men1….
Maserati barrels towards Cape Town ahead of record
At 21 UTC Maserati Multi70 is at 37 degrees South and 49 degrees East as Giovanni Soldini’s trimaran travels at 23 knots towards Cape Town, which is around 1500 miles away. Soldini’s advantage over Lionel Lemonchois’ record rises to 400…
Land Rover BAR: Getting ahead of the Game in 52 Super Series
The crew of Land Rover Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR), who will be competing in the 52 SUPER SERIES this season, are stepping up their TP52 preparation and training program as they seek to take full advantage of their proven and…
World premiere at Sandringham for designer Ron Holland memoir
Celebrated yacht designer Ron Holland drew his first yacht at 19 years of age and rapidly made a name for himself as one of the most successful and sought-after designers in the highly competitive world of international ocean racing, before…
Clipper Race: Dare to Lead pulls away after Le Mans start
The Forever Tropical Paradise Race may only be in its opening hours, Dare To Lead has managed to pull away and currently has a two nautical mile advantage on the pack which, after the first Le Mans start of the…
Trans-Tasman rivalry for Hardy Cup Sydney International
Some of the best Trans-Tasman youth match racing teams will traverse the continent to be part of two hotly contested Australian match racing regattas, one of those the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s longstanding Hardy Cup Sydney International Match Racing Regatta….
Boulden and Price top dogs at Warren Jones International Youth Regatta
The City of Perth Festival of Sail kicked off on the weekend with two days of free ‘Discover Sailing’ and ‘Tackers!’ from Elizabeth Quay – and through the combined efforts of Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and Swan River Sailing…
Angel Louise first to complete Great Circle loops of Europe and North America
Dartmouth, Devon, UK: Ocean Cruising Club members Ed and Sue Kelly have completed exploration of America’s connecting inland waterways via the American Great Loop in 329 days – their Angel Louise is the first boat known to complete both American…
RORC Caribbean 600 numbers surpass expectation again
The Royal Ocean Racing Club's, RORC Caribbean 600 has once again surpassed expectation, with 80 boats from around the world signing up to race in the 10th edition starting on Monday 19th February 2018 from Antigua. Entries from 15 countries…
Carey and Armstrong win Mirror Nationals on countback
The 52nd International Mirror Class Australian Championship was held at Kingston Beach Sailing Club in Tasmania from 27-31 December 2017 when two dozen boats from all states except Queensland competed for the title. Ten races were sailed over five days…
Clipper fleet departs Whitsundays in style
The Whitsundays was picture-perfect today for the Clipper Race fleet’s departure, with its blue skies, azure waters and steady winds providing the ideal scene as it bid farewell and headed off for the Le Mans start for Race 7: The…
MAPFRE wins the Around Hong Kong Island Race
It was a challenging day for the Volvo Ocean Race teams as they tackled the Around Hong Kong Island Race on Sunday with a generously sized spectator fleet on hand to cheer them on. Light and variable wind shortly after…
The King is back – Scott wins Finn class in Miami
Olympic gold medallist Giles Scott confirmed he is still the king of the Finn class with an emphatic win in the Medal Race at the World Cup Series event in Miami today to take Gold by 32 points. Rio Bronze…
Sunshine Coast women’s sailing team head to Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
The Sunreef Women’s Sailing Team representing Mooloolaba Yacht Club will be competing for the first time at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) in Victoria in June. The Regatta, hosted by the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron from June 9 to…
Pre-launch of Fareast 37R at boot Düsseldorf
Fareast are always seeking breakthroughs in innovation, technology and performance and constantly optimising the manufacturing process using the latest 3D CAD – CAM systems. The company’s huge new five-axis CNC milling machine is now producing aluminium boat moulds; it sets…
Para sailing moves into next stage towards Paris 2024
Bonn, Germany: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board concluded two days of meetings and announced Sailing, Cerebral Palsy Football, Golf, and Powerchair Football, have all progressed to the next stage of the sports application process for Paris 2024. The…
New NZ Millennium Cup champion crowned
The 2018 NZ Millennium Cup has come to a close and Ammonite has taken the series, with former 2016 and 2017 champion Tawera, hot on her heels. Despite a postponed start due to light airs, entries weren’t complaining as a…
