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The impressive Sydney to Hobart contender ‘Smuggler’ has become the first yacht to sign on for the 2024 Festival of Sails being held in Geelong on January 26 to 28, 2024. With the official Notice of Race for the event…
Another hard one for Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson and his team at 2023 SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), as light fluky airs necessitated three course changes from Around the Island to a race to White Rock and a…
The Notice of Race is published and entries open for the fast and furious Sydney Harbour Sprint Series, to be held over three weekends each in spring and winter, competitors hitting the ground running with three races away on Saturday…
Issued by the International Maxi Association on 04/09/2023 With conditions off the Costa Smeralda that started at 10 knots from the north and built to more than 20, the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised in conjunction…
World Sailing is delighted to announce that the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) will host the upcoming 2023 World Sailing Youth Match Racing World Championship, to be held from 9-15 December 2023 in the iconic setting of Sydney Harbour….
It was back to business for ‘It’s Live in Queensland Race Day’ out on the Bay for the 16th running of SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) on another light breeze day, but at least it filled in at a…
Issued by the International Maxi Association on 3/09/2023 A powerful fleet of 48 maxis (including three not racing) is in Porto Cervo chomping at the bit for tomorrow’s start of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. This annual highlight of the…
With only two races sailed due to light winds on the final day of the TF35 Malcesine Cup 1, Realteam Sailing, skippered by Jérôme Clerc, who have clinched the victory at every event of the 2023 season, claim the annual…
31st August 2023 Barcelona, Spain America’s Cup today announced a new technological partnership with ACCIÓ, the public agency for the competitiveness of Catalan enterprise which is part of the Ministry of Business and Labour of the Generalitat of Catalonia. The…
Garry Holt, Skipper of ‘Get It On’, has enthusiastically confirmed his participation in the 14th Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta which is Southeast Queensland’s largest regatta, scheduled from September 30th to October 2nd, 2023. (Registration Friday, September 29th) Following his remarkable…
Stella Marine, a cutting-edge design, engineering and manufacturing company servicing the marine industry has purchased Australian Davits & Cranes (ADC). This strategic move reinforces Stella’s commitment to innovation and expands the company’s product offering. The addition of Australian Davits &…
Changing 100 years of 18 footer tradition With the 2023-24 Australian 18 Footers League season about to get underway with Race 1 of the annual Spring Championship on October 8, it’s time to take a quick look at the success…
A fondness for extremely light testing conditions, focus and determination were qualities that were needed in spades on Townsville City Council race day, the second day of 2023 SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW); race officials monitored the weather for…
On the final day of the 8 Metre World Championship, with the boats waiting in the harbor for the wind to pick up, the rankings from yesterday were confirmed. The Swiss crew of Yquem II, skippered by Jean Fabre and…
Day three of the TF35 Malcesine Cup 1 saw an intensifying rivalry between Yann Guichard’s Spindrift and Jérôme Clerc’s Realteam Sailing, as both teams claimed two victories each in a full-on, four-heat afternoon. Following a brief delay ashore, waiting for…
No history of the America’s Cup is complete without mention of the J Class, the magnificent sloops that competed for the trophy in three editions between 1930 and 1937. Their grace and beauty reflected a time where a booming global…
The 2023 Finn European Masters takes place next week at Campione del Garda, Italy. There are 98 entries from 23 nations on the entry list. It’s the last major championship of the year and has attracted a diverse fleet including…
The opening day of 2023 SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) was an absolute glamour, if you were thinking of a picnic or going to the beach, but as Denis Thompson predicted, a light breeze did fill in and patience…
It was classic Lake Garda racing for the opening of the TF35 Malcesine Cup today, featuring two practice races followed by two official points-scoring races sailed in a 15-knot Ora breeze. In Race 1, the current tour leaders, Realteam Sailing,…
A weak breeze confronted competitors and race officials on the opening day of the 2023 SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), but it did not faze most, who felt lucky to be at this Northern Queensland regatta at all –…
With two more valid races, the Swiss team of Yquem II solidifies their lead in the provisional rankings With another day blessed by perfect weather conditions, the series of races in the 8 Metre World Championship continues with two more…
Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club’s successful second running of their KISS (Keelboat Introduction to Sailing Savvy) program for women, by women, came to its pinnacle on Saturday 26 August 2023 with the 26nm Passage Rally from Brighton to Queenscliff. An early…
Second day of races in the Gulf of Genoa For the second day of races, Genoa has provided a perfect day again, with short waves and an initial 8-knot breeze from the Southeast, which later increased to around 14 knots…
New global brand campaign ‘We Are Racing’ brings SailGP’s action-packed, adrenaline-fueled battles to world famous Piccadilly Lights big screen.Emirates GBR athletes Hannah Mills and Matt Gotrel arrive in full race kit to witness the screening LONDON – August 30, 2023…
Challenging and exhilarating, two-handed sailing has rapidly gained popularity in Australia over recent years, and the CYCA is using its 2023/24 Two-handed Pointscore to drive further participation. The CYCA’s race fleets of two-handed boats have grown steadily since the inception…
The WASZP European Games were already slated for Norway in August 2024, however, due to the success of last month’s EuroCup and the desire of the WASZP community, the event has now been upgraded to an International Games status. The…
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Jake Julien Clinches M32 North American Championship Title in Thrilling Showdown Rated X emerges victorious in an intense final race duel with Convexity, winning both the North American Championship and the Midtown Cup NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (August 28, 2023) —…
Ali Baba are German champions Melx III (GRE 5, Stavros PAPAGIANNOPOULOS, Yannis MITAKIS, Pavlos KAGIALIS) has won the 2023 5.5 Metre German Open at Tutzing on Starnberger See, hosted by the Deutscher Touring Yacht-Club. Ali Baba (GER 125, Wolf-Eberhard RICHTER,…
Genoa – August 28th / September 2nd With the opening ceremony at the headquarters of the Yacht Club Italiano in Genoa, the World Championship of the 8 Metre Class officially started today at 18:00. This championship will see 20 yachts…
Day Five Report – Sylt, Germany Saturday turned out to be the only day of the week with a favourable wind forecast to conclude the men’s division. The wind picked up in the afternoon, reaching around 15 knots, thereby creating…
The 2023 5.5 Metre German Open is going down to the wire. Two wins on Saturday to Ali Baba (GER 125, Wolf-Eberhard RICHTER, Beata KALLKOWSKI, Bernd SELIG) and one to Melx III (GRE 5, Stavros PAPAGIANNOPOULOS, Yannis MITAKIS, Pavlos KAGIALIS)…
Harm Müller Spreer’s German flagged Platoon team clinched the 2023 Rolex TP52 World Championship title with a thrilling comeback in the final minutes of the final race off Barcelona. From fourth at the last windward mark of the championship, they…
Saturday, 26 August 2023 By Lisa Ratcliff/HIRW media Final Hamilton Island Race Week blast A final blast to the Molle Islands and back in trade winds up to 22 knots closed out the 38th Hamilton Island Race Week and decided…
Melx III (GRE 5, Stavros PAPAGIANNOPOULOS, Yannis MITAKIS, Pavlos KAGIALIS) leads the German 5.5 Metre Open at Tutzing on the Starnberger See. Ali Baba (GER 125, Wolf-Eberhard RICHTER, Beata KALLKOWSKI, Bernd SELIG) are second with the classic Manuela V, (ITA…
1200hrs, Sunday 13th August saw the start of the Plymouth Fastnet Race. A South- south westerly 14-16 knot wind greeted them as they made their way out of the western entrance of Plymouth Sound towards the Eddystone Lighthouse. The sea…
After a summer break since late June, the 2023 season for the TF35 high-performance one-design foiling catamaran resumes next week with the first of two events hosted by Fraglia Vela Malcesine on the beautiful shores of Lake Garda, Italy, from…
The leaders of the 2023 52 SUPER SERIES circuit, Ergin Imré’s Provezza, carry a slender three points lead into the final day of the Rolex TP52 World Championship, Saturday. After two back-to-back wins between the last race yesterday and first…
Friday, 25 August 2023 By Lisa Ratcliff/HIRW media Hamilton Island Race Week’s 60-foot multihull behemoth Rex came close to their top speed on the penultimate day, hitting 37.8 knots of boat speed in the fresh south-easterlies. “Magic fast sailing,” said…
Press release issued by the International Maxi Association on 25/08/2023 Given the light, patchy forecast, the Palermo-Montecarlo, which set sail on Tuesday 22 August, yet again proved itself to be highly tactical demanding patience and utmost concentration from competitors. With…
If ever the cliché “labour of love” applied to the restoration of a vessel, then the 67-foot sailing yacht, Dreamtime takes the title. For never was a yacht, once abandoned on ‘death row’, so fortunate to find an admiring owner…
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