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By Blue Robinson/HIRW media Perfect opening day at Hamilton Island Race Week Hamilton Island Race Week 2023 got underway in stunning conditions, with sunshine and a south-easterly breeze of 18-22 knots for the fleet of close to 180. The thirteen…
Home supporters were treated to the first Dutch gold medals of the Allianz Sailing World Championships as Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken celebrated 49er glory. Having already assured themselves of a hat-trick of world titles even before the medal…
Please join the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Northwest Maritime Center in welcoming Hōkūleʻa to Port Townsend August 22-24. Hōkūleʻa is a legendary voyaging canoe that revived the lost art of Polynesian voyaging and navigation and sparked a cultural renaissance in…
Caracole (SUI 214, Bernard HAISSLY, Daniel STAMPFLI, Nicolas BERTHOUD) has won the 2023 5.5 Metre Swiss Open at Cercle de la voile de Grandson, on Lac de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, after an amazingly consistent performance that left them two points ahead of…
Snakes and ladders in Saltsjöbaden Day 5 of the Championship provided yet another different day of unique conditions for the sailors to get to grips with. With longer, pressure driven shifts, consistency was very difficult to achieve and many of the…
Australia’s 49erFX team of Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine have won a bronze medal at the 2023 Sailing World Championship, a best-ever World Championship performance by Australian sailors in the 49erFX. With this record-breaking performance, the Sydney-based team also secured…
Many of Australia’s most celebrated sailors, started their careers at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Youth Sailing Academy (YSA). On Friday 15 September, the CYCA will proudly celebrate the YSA’s 30th anniversary, by inviting members of the sailing community…
Making its fourth appearance on the global race route, Airlie Beach in The Whitsundays will once again welcome the eleven-strong fleet of Clipper Race yachts in January 2024. Known to be one of the toughest endurance challenges on the planet,…
Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ, Przemysław GACEK, Edward WRIGHT) leads the 2023 5.5 Metre Swiss Open after three races were sailed from Cercle de la voile de Grandson, on Lac de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on Thursday. A north-easterly thermal wind filled in…
Australia’s internationally renowned Hamilton Island Race Week gets underway Saturday evening with the traditional skipper’s sunset welcome party before racing commences Sunday August 20. A forecast of consistent southeast trade winds building to 20 knots by Thursday is the perfect…
17 August 2023 – Cowes, UK – Winning the Dragon Edinburgh Cup has always been regarded as one of the great challenges in one design keelboat sailing, and this 75th edition is proving as challenging as any of its predecessors….
Foiling, friends and fun in Saltsjöbaden As every sailor knows, the one thing we cannot control in our sport is the wind, and the waters surrounding The Royal Swedish Yacht Club, on Day 4 of the European Championships were calm from start to…
The business end of the 2023 Sailing World Championships has arrived, and several Australians find themselves at the right end of the leaderboard with Medals and 2024 Olympic nation qualification quotas within reach. Olympic ILCA 7 Champion Matt Wearn managed…
The final day and no wind to speak of on the horizon on an otherwise beautiful sunny day, as officials at Whitsunday Sailing Club’s (WSC) 35th Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sail waited until near the 1pm cut off,…
Hedvig and Hugo Liljegren extend their lead into final series Against the picturesque backdrop of Saltsjöbaden, the sailors navigated the challenging shifty and gusty conditions, truly testing their abilities, determination and resilience. Hedvig and Hugo Liljegren once again showed their…
Three Allianz Sailing World Championships gold medals were decided in Scheveningen on Wednesday including a home pair making it a hat-trick of titles. Bart Lambriex and Floris van der Werken went into the day in second place in the 49er class,…
An historic para sailing regatta came to a close in dramatic fashion as Betsy Alison brought down the curtain in Braassemermeer to claim Allianz Sailing World Championship gold. This was the first time that para events were part of the Sailing…
Reigning Olympic ILCA 7 champion Matt Wearn has rocketed up the leaderboard to second after posting a bullet (race win) and a third in today’s racing at the Allianz Sailing World Championships in The Hague, The Netherlands. It was a…
Racing on Day 5 at Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) started later than the planned 10am, as competitors and officials alike again waited for a constant light breeze to fill in – and their patience was rewarded – shortly after…
Registration and NOR now available As I’m sure you are all aware, the next Cherub National Championships will be held at Perth Dinghy Sailing Club between the 28th December 2023 and 4th of January 2024. We are very excited to host you…
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor SailGP Spain’s nail-biting entry into LA’s three-boat, winner-takes-all Final and consequent victory will make the league’s most experienced realize that ‘every point matters’, SailGP’s commentary team has said. Botin’s young Spanish team scraped into the…
10 days of nautical passion at sea and on land for the 25th edition of Les Voiles A prestigious and not-to-be-missed sailing event organised for the 25th time by the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez brings together…
Australia’s 49erFX team of Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine moved into second place after the first day of Gold fleet racing at the Allianz Sailing World Championships in the Hague. The Sydney-based pair joined forces at the start of the…
Local sailors Hedvig and Hugo Liljegren move into poll position The waters of Saltsjobaden delivered spectacular conditions for Day 2 of racing at the European Championships, allowing race teams to run four fantastic races in 8-16 knots. Local sailors Hedvig…
15 August 2023 – Cowes, UK – Lawrie Smith, sailing Alfie for the Glandore Yacht Club, gave a sailing masterclass in perfect Solent conditions to claim twin victories on the opening day of the 75th Edinburgh Cup and UK Dragon…
by Paddy Butler The 2023 Hobie 18 and Hobie 17 North American Championship was held from 31st July to 4th August at Lake Quinault in the Olympic National Park about 3 hours east of Seattle in Washington state, USA. Lake…
It’s rare for professional sailors to look at a boat and go: “how does that work?” But down in Barcelona there is such a craft – the Patín de Vela, or more commonly the Patín Catalán – a hugely popular…
Dunkerque, France 16 – 20 August As the Qatar Airways GKA Kite World Tour concludes in Rio de Janeiro, the team is now moving on to the next destination on the calendar – Dunkerque, located in the northern part of…
Registration complete and teams ready to race for the 75th Edinburgh Cup and UK Dragon Grand Prix sponsored by Clear Solutions International Ltd. Sailors and guests enjoy champagne and canapes at the Yanmar sponsored Opening Ceremony, where historic and current…
Over the past year, 12 #FINNTALKS have been published, conversations with Finn sailors around the world. The latest one is with Simon Percival the Secretary of the British Finn Association talking about the recent Finn World Masters, Finn sailing in…
14 August 2023 – Issued on behalf of: World Sailing Heiko Kröger sealed gold in the 2.4m Norlin OD with a day to spare at the Allianz Sailing World Championships, while Olivier Ducruix and Ange Margaron also secured top spot…
Attention all New South Welshmen! The start of the 2023/24 season is fast approaching and we can’t wait to see you all back on the water for more competitive racing and laughs in the boat park.Calendar Release for 2024/24 The…
Stunning sunshine accompanied 6-10 knots of wind to begin racing at the European Championships hosted by The Royal Swedish Yacht Club, Saltsjöbaden. With two seperate fleets on each race course, the conditions were certainly challenging and ‘one thing is for…
An outgoing tide and no breeze to speak of, meant race officials at Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) were up against it to get any racing in on Day 4 of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), even though a breeze teased…
Day 4 of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) after competitors made the most of lay day yesterday, sightseeing and shopping locally, or on adventures further afoot, returning this morning to find organisers at Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) had displayed AP…
The Hague’s famous “Magic Carpet” tidal flow wreaked havoc with the afternoon session at the Allianz Sailing World Championships today, with races abandoned when light winds met the strong current to stop sailors in their tracks. “Everyone knew this was…
The Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes and the Solent laid on a World Championship worthy of the leading owner-driver one design class, the RC44. Over four days, the nine teams enjoyed top of the range conditions, plus the usual complexities of…
The breeze was on again at the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, with seven Australian teams across the Skiff and Nacra 17 classes finding their way into Gold Fleet racing at the conclusion of their qualifying series. New…
With near gale force winds forecast for the afternoon, to stay on schedule racing for the high performance owner-driver RC44 one designs on the penultimate day of their World Championship was brought forward by two hours with a first warning…
Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) continued today in a light breeze on a typically balmy Whitsundays day, but all were kept on their toes as the tide played a big roll and found some stranded ashore for a time when…
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