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Rhode Island: Thick fog and light winds greeted sailors on the final morning of Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week, and after an hour-long postponement, the Race Committee ultimately decided to abandon racing on Margaritaville Race Day due to…
Porto Cervo: Today was the final day of racing at the inaugural Swan Sardinia Challenge and the fleet of 34 yachts was divided into four classes ready for the final day of racing when the winners were delivered to the…
Sailors at Block Island Race Week were treated to the highlight of the series so far, the Regatta Craft Mixers Round the Island Race delivering the best racing conditions, not just for the week, but in recent Round-the-Island history as…
Porto Cervo: Three races were run at the Swan Sardinia Challenge today; the current leaders are Hatari (ClubSwan 50), G-Spot (ClubSwan 36), Nadir (ClubSwan 42) and Ulika (Swan 45), denoting changes at the top in some classes with just one…
Currently in the lead of Swan Sardinia Challenge in Porto Cervo are ClubSwan 50 Sparti; G-Spot and Vitamina are tied in the ClubSwan 36 Class; Koyré-Spirit of Nerina is in the lead of the ClubSwan 42s and Ulika is leading…
Rhode Island: The sun was bright, and the breeze was anticipated to be light for the halfway point, but racing was briefly postponed to allow the Race Committees to set a new course, as the cool 8-10 knot north-westerly breeze…
Block Island, Rhode Island: The fog lifted overnight so the Race Committee sent the 158 crews for Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville out to their assigned race circles for North Sails Race Day to get some points on…
Today marked the first day of racing at the Swan Sardinia Challenge, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in collaboration with Nautor’s Swan and ClubSwan Racing, and although the breeze was light on, all were pleased just to be…
Beginning with a Practice Race, the Skipper’s Briefing and the traditional Welcome Cocktail, today was the first day of the first edition of the Swan Sardinia Challenge, organized by Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with Nautor’s Swan and ClubSwan Racing. The…
The ORCV Winter Series kicked off with 45 competitors on Port Philip in Melbourne enjoying close racing after the conclusion of the lockdown period last Saturday, and John Paterson was the victor with his Farr 45, Rush. Tricky light winds…
“Somehow Mother Nature knows when a regatta is starting, so the great weather you have been having is probably going to change,” meteorologist Chris Bedford said with a chuckle, as he kicked off the North Sails Weather Briefing Webinar ahead…
Hoping to have definitively left behind the pandemic issues, the International Melges 24 Class Association’s specialists are confidently looking to preparing a revised and amended racing calendar and have chosen Malcesine, Italy for the season opener. Management of the class,…
The World Match Racing Tour today announced the Fareast 28R keelboat has been selected and approved for the Shenzhen Bao’an Match Cup, host of the WMRT Finals in Shenzhen, China from 15-19 December 2021. A new fleet of seven Fareast…
Round 2 of the Fast 40+ 2021 Race Circuit concluded Sunday in Cowes with a win for Niklas Zennstrom’s Rán, from Peter Morton’s Jean Genie and Christian Hamilton/Guy Gillon’s Khumbu, with no more races possible on the final day due…
Cala Galera, Italy: The battle for the Melges 20 title was open until the last day, when Filippo Pacinotti and his reigning world champion crew of Brontolo crew established themselves as the winners. Consistency paid for Pacinotti, especially on the…
Sydney dumped an ice-bucket on MC38 crews racing on Pittwater in Act 3 of the season, but Marcus Blackmore’s local Hooligan crew shook off the dismal winter conditions and their class rivals, to land back on top of the one-design…
Cala Galera, Italy: Light breeze set the pace over the second event of the Melges World League, the Argentario Rally, and because of this, all crews were tested over the three days, with tacticians having to make complicated choices based…
The long winter is finally over! Get ready for a SUPER-CHARGED three-event 2021 52 SUPER SERIES season, starting in Puerto Portals on 24th August!
There must be something about sailing on Queensland waters in winter, because the 2021 ASBA National Title, hosted by Darling Point Sailing Squadron, has attracted 20 Sports Boats to the regatta with less than a week until the starters gun….
eter Morton’s Jean Genie had the best of Day 2 of Round 2 of the Fast 40+ 2021 Race Circuit, part of the RORC IRC National Championship in Cowes, Isle of Wight on a very grey day, with flat water…
In a fantastic result for the Rolex Giraglia’s hosts and organiser, the Yacht Club Italiano (YCI), their ‘club boat’, Adriano Calvini’s Felci 61 Itacentodue, claimed the race’s IRC 0 maxi boat class after crossing the Genoa finish line mid-evening yesterday….
Race 1 and 3 winner, Niklas Zennstrom’s Rán leads the Fast 40+ in Cowes, Isle of Wight after the first day from Peter Morton’s Jean Genie (Race 2 winner) and Christian Hamilton/Guy Gillon’s Khumbu. Rán won Races 1 and 3,…
Cala Galera, Italy: Today was the second day of racing at the Melges Argentario Rally for the Melges 32 fleet with three more races completed, bringing the series total to six, and the Russian entry Tavatuy (Pavel Kuznetsov) continues to…
Preparations are under way to welcome 35 Swan one-design yachts to the season’s second major regatta in the splendid surroundings of Porto Cervo, where the Swan Sardinia Challenge will take place in all four Swan one-design classes from 22-26 June….
Since setting off from Sanremo, Italy at midday yesterday, a tough contest for maxi yacht line honours has been playing out in the Rolex Giraglia, the fourth event of the International Maxi Association’s Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge. Overnight, as crews…
Sails are warming up in Cala Galera, Italy for the Melges Argentario Rally, the second act of the international Melges World League circuit – and the first to get to the water are the crews of the Melges 32 fleet,…
SailGP today announced the Australia Sail Grand Prix as the ninth event in the global championship’s second season calendar. SailGP will return to the iconic Sydney Harbour on December 17 and 18, 2021, following the European stage of Season 2,…
From the drafting table of Scotland’s renowned naval architect Alfred Mylne and launched in 1939, Jenetta (K-1), design #395 was one of four 12mRs commissioned by Sir William Burton. An accomplished gentleman sailor, and president of the International Yacht Racing…
On Wednesday local time, the Real Club Náutico de Palma (RCNP) officially presented the 39th edition of the Copa del Rey Mapfre, following the cancellation of last year’s event due to the Pandemic. President of Real Club Náutico de Palma,…
Italy’s premier offshore race, the Rolex Giraglia sets sail on Wednesday local time, when 143 yachts, including three challengers for Line Honours, will take part in the fourth event of the International Maxi Association’s 2020-21 Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge. Due…
Peter Merrington and his team of Ian McKillop and Steve ‘Mothy’ Jarvin on First Tracks have won in the Etchells Australian Nationals and the Australasian Championships sailed in Mooloolaba over the long weekend. Merrington won the final race of the…
In sparkling conditions on Lake Geneva yesterday morning, the seven high-performance TF35 hydro-foiling catamarans joined 440 other boats of all shapes and sizes for the 82nd edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud. The first half of the 120km race was…
There have been many champion competitors, builders, designers and administrators involved with the 129-year-old sport of 18 footers racing, but three men with the foresight, positive thinking and financial wisdom to promote the 18s to the masses, stand out as…
The Etchells Australian National Championship kicked off on Thursday 10 June in Mooloolaba and it is tight at the top after two days of racing and following some unsurprisingly high scoring results, across the board. Not unbefitting to a National…
After leading the 49erFX Championship in Cascais since day one and following a protracted battle with the top ranked Spanish crew, Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey from GBR have gone on to win the event from their rivals, Tamara Echegoyen/Paula…
Charlotte Dobson/Sakia Tidey (GBR) continue to lead the 49erFX Championship in Cascais, although their lead decreased on the top five, after scoring 7-12-3 results today. In second place is Tamara Echegoyen/Paula Barcelo (ESP), who after a finishing the day with…
Geneva: The world’s greatest lake regatta, Bol d’Or Mirabaud, is back after being cancelled last year for the first time in its history, so it is therefore an immense satisfaction for the organising team and competitors to be a short…
With entries not due to close until Monday 2 August, Airlie Beach Race Week has already reached an unprecedented high of 139 boats, outstripping the event’s record of 133 in 2016 and more than doubled those of 2020 when COVID…
The planning for 29th Block Island Race Week began on the last day of the 28th edition in 2019 and between then and now, there have been a few iterations, but the Storm Trysail Club is ready to welcome 165…
LONDON – June 8, 2021 – SailGP – the sport’s pinnacle league featuring the world’s most competitive racing on-water – is the first organization to achieve both the Carbon Neutral International Standard and three gold medals in the U.N. Climate Neutral Now Initiative…
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