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August 2025 – Brest, France The Youth World Championship in Brest, France hosted 400 competitors from 36 countries – 150 in my U19 Men’s fleet. Light winds and shifty conditions tested patience, an early black flag forced caution, and tactical discipline…
🌊 DAY 3 RECAP – 2025 29er World Championships | Porto 🇵🇹 After a delayed start, Porto delivered on Day 3! With a big swell and light breeze early on, racing was slow to begin ⏱️— but when the sea…
The 2025 ILCA 6 Youth World Championships wrapped up in spectacular style at Cabrillo Beach, Los Angeles, with over 220 of the world’s top youth sailors battling it out across 12 races in varied conditions. Greece’s Hermione Ghicas and Italy’s…
They’ve done it again. The CYCA team of Cole Tapper, Hamish Vass, and Jack Frewin are now back-to-back Governor’s Cup champions. As reigning title holders, the pressure was on, but the trio kept their composure and battled their way to…
⛵ One Last Race Before the Storm The final day of the 2025 Junior World Championship delivered high drama and even higher waves 🌊. As wind and rain swept across the Øresund, Race Committees managed to run one final race before safety concerns…
The Admiral’s Cup is back – reborn after more than two decades. Following over two years of planning and preparation by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, its revival marked a defining moment in the Club’s centenary celebrations and the 100th…
Australia’s largest celebration of sailing just got even bigger, with the Festival of Sails expanding to five action-packed days of racing. The Royal Geelong Yacht Club will play host to the Australian Multihull Championships in 2026, seamlessly adding two days…
Discover the Best Day Boats in Sydney – September 13-14 – 11am-5pm 📍 Fergusons Marina, The Spit, Mosman Sydney’s iconic boating precinct is set to come alive this September as The Spit Boat Show at Fergusons Marina makes its official…
The 37th edition of the Fuerteventura World Cup has officially wrapped up after an exhilarating week of non-stop wingfoiling action. The iconic Sotavento beach delivered solid conditions throughout the event, allowing for the successful completion of both the Surf-Freestyle and FreeFly-Slalom disciplines. From…
Porto | Vila Nova de Gaia | Matosinhos📅 August 1–8, 2025⛵ 202 Teams | 26 Countries Plenty of Australian teams for us to cheer on at this regatta, with 5 boys teams and 1 girls team. Top Aussies after Day 1 were…
The 2025 Contender World Championship concluded today at Fraglia Vela Malcesine after five spectacular days of world-class sailing on the stunning waters of Lake Garda. The event brought together the very best of the international sailing community, with 12 nations…
QUEENSLAND 18 FOOTER HISTORY Decades of successful ideas and achievement Queensland’s revival over recent seasons, which resulted in a two-pronged attack by experienced and young teams in new skiffs at the 2025 Giltinan world championship, brought back memories of the…
World Wide Boat Brokers Appointed Australian Dealer for Southerly Yachts and QLD Dealer for Excess Catamarans, Revolutionising Australian Sailing World Wide Boat Brokers (WWBB), a rapidly expanding and respected yacht brokerage in the Australian marine industry, is proud to announce…
San Pedro, Los Angeles, USA | August 1, 2025. Day 2 of the 2025 ILCA 6 Youth World Championships brought another exciting chapter both on and off the water, as sailors arrived early, full of energy and anticipation for the…
Rungsted Harbour, Denmark Event: 49er & 49erFX Junior World Championship 2025Date: 01 August 2025 ☁️ Calm Skies, Unshaken Spirits With Day 3 offering little more than still skies and scattered clouds, the qualifying rounds of the 49er and 49erFX Junior World Championship…
Will Baum didn’t grow up in a sailing family—but that didn’t stop him from falling in love with the sport. At 12 years old, he was “thrown into a cadet” and never looked back. By 16, he was working in…
Sailing will be part of the sport programme for the eighth edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in Malta, marking the first time that sailing has been included in the event. The sailing competition is due to…
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin: 31 July 2025: Alexis Loison and Jean-Pierre Kelbert’s JPK 1050 Léon has been crowned overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race. No other boat still racing on the 695 nautical mile course can catch the French doublehanded duo for overall…
During the upcoming Airlie Beach Race Week, Selden for Sailing’s “Making Sailing Easy” will be on show at the Whitsunday Sailing Club. They will have 2 display-rigs on show, offering an insight into the latest reefing and furling systems to…
The Australian Sailing Team’s (AST) ILCA program is built on a legacy of excellence, underpinned by world-class athletes, a strong squad culture, and elite equipment. As the focus shifts to the LA 2028 Olympic Games, the AST is proud to…
The 2025 Pittwater Sail Expo presents an exciting opportunity to not only enjoy a free, family-friendly weekend at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, but you can also experience an exclusive preview of the brand new Fountaine Pajot FP 41 and Dufour 48! From Friday…
Source – Marine Rescue Port Stephens Facebook PAN PAN at Sea – Medical Emergency 25 Nautical Miles Offshore At 8:45am on Sunday morning 27 July, Marine Rescue Port Stephens received a PAN PAN call via marine radio — a specific…
Rungsted, Denmark | 30 July 2025 The Junior World Championship has officially begun! Last night’s Opening Ceremony welcomed 210 athletes across 105 teams with cannon blasts, food, and good vibes to launch one of the biggest youth sailing events of the year! ⛵ Who’s Racing? Teams have travelled from over 24…
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France: Wednesday 30 July 2025 The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) is delighted to announce the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM) as the winner of the 2025 Admiral’s Cup. After an intense battle during the RORC Channel Race, six…
The next Etchells World Championship in Australia will be held at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club in January 2029. To help Australian sailors prepare, on 8-11 January 2026 the host venue, Royal Geelong Yacht Club, will host the Etchells Australasian…
In an era where politics overshadowed sport, the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow became a defining moment of sacrifice for many Australian athletes, including the 12 sailors who were selected to represent their country but never got the chance to…
Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) has been working hard to provide a memorable experience for all at its 37th edition of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), this year sponsored by 74 Islands Distillery and to be held from 7-14 August, when over 130…
Record-breaking team celebrate in London When England’s Tim Robinson skippered Rockport to victory in the 1999 JJ Giltinan 18 footer Championship on Sydney Harbour, he set the record of becoming the first skipper from the Northern Hemisphere to win the…
Italian teams and yachts made a strong start to the 2025 ORC European Championships at the 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE. A promising offshore breeze which topped 14kts at times diminished as the afternoon rolled meaning only the one windward leeward…
CHERBOURG-EN-CONTENTIN, 29 July 2025: Remon Vos’ RP100 Black Jack 100, skippered by Tristan Le Brun, has taken Monohull Line Honours in the centenary edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race. The sleek 100-footer and her 19 crew crossed the finish line…
Third time’s the charm for new M32 helmswoman NEWPORT, R.I. (July 27, 2025) — With ten races down and just two points separating four teams at the top of the leaderboard, it all came down to Sunday. Christina Sakellaris and the Rated…
‘Catch Me If You Can’ – Smuggler Puts Down the Hammer and Goes Unchallenged The reigning Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Champion, Smuggler, set a clear goal to open her offshore season with strength and continue her streak of top performances. She delivered on…
CHERBOURG-EN-CONTENTIN, 28 July 2025: As dawn was showing its first rays this morning off Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, so the sleek light blue triple-hulled form of the Ultim trimaran SVR Lazartigue sped across the finish line of the 51st Rolex Fastnet Race to…
“This is our impact P&L” – World Sailing’s inaugural Impact Report charts a new course for a sustainable future in sport World Sailing, the global governing body for the sport of sailing, today released its first Impact Report, a comprehensive overview…
CHERBOURG-EN-CONTENTIN, 27 July: Compared to the morning after the start of the last two Rolex Fastnet Races, this year’s special centenary edition has seen just a tiny number of retirements as the frontrunners fan out across the Celtic Sea and…
The 2025 Tornado World Championship has come to an exciting conclusion after ten thrilling races, all successfully completed despite the continuously tricky wind conditions that tested sailors’ strategy, stamina, and skill across the fleet. In the Open Category, GRE 86…
COWES, 26 July: Spectators in their thousands swarmed Cowes Green and the shores of the western Solent to witness the starts of the 51st Rolex Fastnet Race from 1120 until 1320 BST today. This year’s event marks the centenary of…
BERGAMASCO & LATTANZI WIN! The final day of the WASZP Games 2025 delivered everything you could want in a championship showdown—tight racing, pressure starts, tactical battles, and decisive performances. With the Gold Fleet behind on their race schedule, the priority…
Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race The Weather Gods Promised – and Delivered The start gun for the 2025 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race fired at 1300hrs sharp, sending the fleet off in stunning conditions. The early morning clouds and light…
COWES, 25 July: For the 444 yachts entered in the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s centennial Rolex Fastnet Race all eyes remain on the weather going into the last hours before the start tomorrow (Saturday 26 July). This looks set to be…
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