America’s Cup end of year report
It has been a very busy lead up to the Christmas break with the America’s Cup teams all at full tilt either on the water or in preparation for what is shaping up to be a very intense New Year….
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Brickwrecks – Sunken Ships in LEGO® Bricks
This exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum is a unique combination of Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught’s stunning LEGO® models, plus real shipwreck objects, hands-on interactives and audio visual experiences that bring to life astonishing shipwreck stories. Come and try…
ETNZ AC40 back out on the water
Auckland – 16th December 2022 Emirates Team New Zealand made a return to Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf today on their newly repaired and rebranded AC40 for its first sail since the nosedive causing bow structure damage just over three weeks ago….
MarineJobs.org.au closes the year with 600+ job postings
With more than 600 jobs posted, 70,000 visits to the site and 180,000 job views since launch in 2021, employers and job seekers alike continue to reap the benefits of the marine industry online careers platform, MarineJobs.org.au. The Marina Industries…
44Cup – Team Nika win in Oman, but Charisma dominates the season
On the concluding day of the 2022 44Cup’s final event, the 44Cup Oman, PRO Maria Torrijo defied the odds and was able to stage three races. As is usual with this fleet of high performance owner-driver one designs, the results…
222.4 km/h: Wind powered world land speed record broken
Lake Gairdner – 12th December 2022 Emirates Team New Zealand and Land speed pilot Glenn Ashby have sailed ‘Horonuku’, their wind powered land speed world record craft, faster than any previous records. ‘Horonuku’ named by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei meaning ‘gliding…
Latest episode of the World Sailing Show
The latest episode of the World Sailing show goes behind the scenes to look at the first weeks of testing ahead of the 2024 America’s Cup in Barcelona. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s LEQ12 test boat is currently in Cagliari as…
Project Landspeed hits 200 KM/H
Lake Gairdner – 5th December 2022 After what has seemed like endless weather delays over the past couple of months, finally Horonuku got to stretch its legs on a dry Lake Gairdner with breeze that is edging closer into the…
How to design a prototype
Watch how it was born and who is behind the boat designed and built at the Cagliari base. LUNA ROSSA PRADA PIRELLI TEAM The Luna Rossa team was born in 1997 when Argentine yacht designer German Frers proposed to entrepreneur…
Dragonfly 28 trimaran
The European designed and built Dragonfly 28 trimaran is setting new standards for what’s possible in a sailing boat. Of course, the perfect boat doesn’t exist – but the Dragonfly 28 comes very, very close. The Dragonfly 28 trimaran is…
Seawind and Corsair fleet at Moreton Bay Rally
Seawind Catamarans, Corsair Marine and Multihull Central brought 21 boat owners together for a spectacular weekend of social racing on Moreton Bay as hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. A mixed fleet of 15 Seawind catamarans and 6 Corsair…
Positive forecast on horizon for Project Landspeed
Lake Gairdner – 29th November 2022 Lake Gairdner in South Australia is vast, a 160km long and 50 km wide salt lake where Emirates team New Zealand are aiming to break the Wind powered Land Speed World Record in their…
Capucine Kite-Surf World Champion
Capucine Delannoy took the title in the quarter-finals before an all-Brazilian final where Kesiane Rodrigues defeated dynamic cross-over freestyler, Bruna Kajiya! Day four at the Copa Kitley GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Brazil was filled with grit and determination. As tour…
BIA Launch Discover Boating Campaign – See You Out There
The Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA) has launched its Discover Boating campaign, ‘See You Out There’, ahead of the expected busy summer season. The three-month campaign aims to retain the high levels of interest and participation in boating, as well…
Artzner and Galea win GWA Surf Slalom World titles
After five action packed days in Taiba at the Copa Kitley GWA Wingfoil World Cup Brazil we finally arrived at the deciding heats of the 2022 Surf Slalom championship on Sunday. Men’s 2022 Wingfoil Surf-Slalom World Championship podium:1 Titouan Galea…
GWA Wingfoil World Cup Brazil
After an epic climax to the Surf-Freestyle championship on Friday, focus shifted to the Surf-Slalom fleets on day four of the Copa Kitley GWA Wingfoil World Cup Brazil. It was crunch time for Titouan Galea and Flora Artzner who have…
ETNZ have suffered damage to the bow of their AC40
Auckland – 21st November 2022 Emirates Team New Zealand have suffered damage to the bow of their AC40 today after an early start testing on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf in some top end conditions. In recent weeks the Emirates Team New…
Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship
For the first time in 30yrs of the event, racing was Abandoned late in the afternoon on the final day before any racing took place due to weather conditions in Pittwater. As a result, the final placings were based on…
Copa Kitley GWA Wingfoil World Tour Brazil 2022 – Day One Highlights
Day One of the Copa Kitley GWA Wingfoil World Cup Brazil burst to life yesterday for the final round in Taiba. Paula Novotna has already sealed the deal on her first world title in the women’s Surf-Freestyle. Find out about…
World Sailing Show episode 6
The special October episode of the World Sailing Show, which premiered on 31 October 2022, goes inside the World Sailing Awards, a glittering ceremony where unstoppable Nacra 17 teammates Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti were named male and female Rolex…
Plattners’ Phoenix keeps pressure on
After a challenging three race day at the 52 SUPER SERIES Barcelona Sailing Week which saw the Tina Plattner steered South African flagged Phoenix score a third, first and a second while the American Quantum Racing netted 14pts, Doug DeVos’…
GKA Freestyle-Kite Neom results and highlights
Neom, Saudi Arabia is firmly on the event map after four consecutive days of excellent conditions, delivering sensational and heavily contested Freestyle finals in both the men’s and women’s competitions on Saturday. Claudia Leon’s unmatched consistency in the women’s final…
Day 1 highlights – 52 Super Series Barcelona Sailing Week
Light winds prevailed for the first day of the 2022 season title deciding regatta, the 52 SUPER SERIES Barcelona Sailing Week, which saw a comfortable win for Doug DeVos’s Quantum Racing. With De Vos steering they started sharply and with…
52 Super Series Barcelona
Two official training races today gave the ten 52 Super Series Barcelona Sailing Week teams a final chance to re-acquaint themselves with the race course area and reading the light winds which are likely to prevail this week, on the…
Australia SailGP headed to Sydney in February
The most exciting racing on water arrives for the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney on 18-19 February 2023. Witness the world’s best sailing athletes from nine nations go to battle in flying F50 foiling catamarans on Sydney Harbour….
GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup Neom-Day1 video
Day 1 update – Wednesday 19th October:The rich, deep turquoise hues of the lagoon water contrasting the yellow sands of the Neom Beach Games kite spot looked out of this world, but it was the 8.87 that Gianmaria Coccoluto scored…
Project Landspeed – more rain equals more frustration
Lake Gairdner: It has not been an easy few days for the Land Speed Team on Lake Gairdner. Like much of Eastern Australia, it too has seen more precipitation than welcome. The eternally optimistic pilot Glenn Ashby has been closely…
Globe40 – Gryphon Solo 2 and Whiskey Jack arrive in Auckland
Luna Rossa prototype launch
Cagliari, October 13th, 2022 – The futuristic Luna Rossa Prototype, that will showcase the team’s return to on-water training, was launched today at 2 pm local time at the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli base. The sailing sessions with this boat…
Rolex Middle Sea Race – the essential details
The start of the 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race is less than a week away. The Royal Malta Yacht Club has been a hive of activity over the past month, and the clubhouse and moorings are ready to welcome the…
Aussies win at EurILCA Master European Champs
The 2022 EurILCA Master European Championships concluded in great way today after the last two scheduled races held in L’Escala, Spain. 7-10 knots of wind and almost flat water were the prevailing sailing conditions for all 5 fleets. The day…
Formula Kite World Champs Day 3
HIGHLIGHTS– Mistral offshore breeze of 5 to 12 knots shakes up the pack on day 3– Daniela Moroz (USA) the only rider still to have won all races– Toni Vodisek (SLO) stays at the top of the men’s fleet– End…
Light and challenging opening to 44Cup Worlds
An ultra-light onshore breeze at the 44Cup Portoroz World Championship should have made for a straightforward opening day to the high performance one design’s pinnacle event of the season. In fact it demonstrated how the nimble RC44 can race meaningfully…
Day One – GWA Wingfoil World Cup Tarifa
The GWA Wingfoil World Tour crew are delighted to be back in Tarifa for the penultimate event of the 2022 season, where 48 men and 15 women have registered to participate in this pure Surf-Freestyle event. Read on for the…
2022 Formula Kite World Championship – Day 2
HIGHLIGHTSThunderstorms and rain stop play, and not enough wind for racing when sun came out on day 2Daniela Moroz (USA) and Lauriane Nolot (FRA) lead the women’s qualifying fleetsAxel Mazella (FRA), Toni Vodisek (SLO) and Max Maeder (SGP) are top…
2022 Formula Kite World Championships – Day 1
HIGHLIGHTSSolid breeze from 160 degrees, increasing from 9 to 14 knots during the afternoonA total of 20 qualifying races completedDaniela Moroz (USA) and Lauriane Nolot (FRA) lead the women’s qualifying fleetsAxel Mazella (FRA), Toni Vodisek (SLO) and Max Maeder (SGP)…
How to sail the AC40
It has the America’s Cup and wider sailing community tuned in and eager to understand its design and performance when considering its core purpose to provide the pathway into the America’s Cup for the next generation of Women and Youth…
Project Landspeed: Windows of opportunity
Lake Gairdner – 11th October 2022 With the Wind Powered Land speed World Record being so heavily dependent on Mother Nature, Glenn Ashby and the team on Lake Gairdner are having to constantly monitor the weather and the windows of…
Formula Kite World Championship 2022 – Day 0
Olympic Kitefoilers ready to race the World Championships in Sardinia A total of 150 riders representing 44 nations from every continent are set to contest the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia, over the next seven days. Taking…
Explosive Last Race Decides M32 World Champs
The stage was set for a grand finale day of racing on the last day of the M32 World Championship. As all boats headed to the course the top 6 boats had clear intentions of spraying champagne and taking the…
