Transat Jacques Vabre countdown
11th Hour Racing Team will line up to start the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre in one week on Sunday November 7th with four sailors and two IMOCA 60s – Mālama and Alaka’i.
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Middle Sea Race review
Records were broken at the 42nd edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Organised by the Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) and partnered by Rolex since 2002, the 606-nautical mile race is renowned for its beautiful racecourse and challenging conditions….
Mapping ghost gear in Narragansett Bay
In the summer of 2021, Charlie Enright took an excursion out on his local waters of Narragansett Bay with the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation onboard the fishing vessel Christopher Andrew to learn about the problems ghost gear causes for local…
iQFOIL European Championships: Day three
Competitors were relieved to get racing on day three of the iQFOIL European Championships in Marseille, after racing was abandoned on day two.
iQFOIL European Championships Marseille: Day two
Despite little to no wind, fun was had on day two of the iQFOIL European Championships in Marseille, France.
SailGP Moments: Saint-Tropez
SailGP Moments is a new series where we are breaking down defining moments on the racecourse with commentator Stevie Morrison. First up Stevie analyses the France Sail Grand Prix in Saint-Tropez, including close calls, collisions and exactly how the Japan…
2021 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race boat profile: Navy One
This year the Navy One crew will look to defend the Oggin Cup, which is awarded to the first Armed Services yacht on corrected time in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. By CYCA
Middle Sea Race start
One of the highlights in the international yachting calendar, the annual Rolex Middle Sea Race commenced on Saturday from Grand Harbour, Valletta. Organised by the Royal Malta Yacht Club and partnered by Rolex since 2002, the 606-nautical mile (975 kilometre)…
Nautor’s Swan house design influences
During the latest edition of Salone del Mobile in Milan, Giovanni Pomati, Nautor Group CEO, and Lucio Micheletti, Designer, met at Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia to share their ideas about their design choices for living well on a…
Swan One Design Worlds: Final day highlights
Swan One Design winners were crowned on a balmy evening in St Tropez following four days of great racing.
Swan One Design World Championships: Day 3
The Gulf of Saint Tropez kept the surprises coming for the third day of the Swan One Design Worlds.
Twenty five years of the Clipper Race
For 25 years, Race Crew, from all walks of life, have had the same purpose: saying yes to discovering personal frontiers and achieving something extraordinary. The ocean is their race track.
Spain SailGP highlights
Spain Sail Grand Prix in Cádiz, Andalucía had it all: thrills, spills, a win at home and a podium final that had us on the edge of our seats. Catch up on all the highlights from this fitting conclusion to…
Lagoon catamarans make splash in Pittwater
The Multihull Group Team took the Lagoon 42, 450 and 46 for a shakedown sail.
World Sailing 11th Hour Sustainability Award: Nominations open
There are less than five days remaining to submit nominations for this year’s World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award, the highest recognition of success in marine sustainability. Launched in 2018, the award celebrates the delivery of high-impact, highly replicable…
IKA KiteFoil World Series: Final day highlights
Cagliari, Sardinia: Frenchman Axel Mazella won the third leg of the IKA KiteFoil World Series. Lauriane Nolot was the first female kite foiler and Riccardo Pianosi won the U19 category.
New Zealand SailGP Team: Race to save Antipodean albatross
Through its #RaceforTheFuture charity partnership with Live Ocean, the New Zealand SailGP Team is shining a light on an issue that means a huge amount to them. Albatrosses and sailors have a special connection. They’re also the most threatened bird…
IKA KiteFoil World Series Cagliari: Day one
In the gusty and shifty Mistral breezes that hit 33 knots off Cagliari’s Poetto beach on the Italian resort island of Sardinia, the leading men and women racing in one fleet traded bullets and the overall leads.
Transat qualifier on board new IMOCA 60
Go on board 11th Hour Racing Team’s IMOCA 60 racing yacht for their longest offshore yet since the new boat was launched in August 2021. Charlie Enright and Pascal Bidégorry embark on their 750-nautical mile qualifying passage for the 2021…
Nautor’s Swan diverse fleet
The Swan world presented through the Swan Line, with the new Swan 55, the new Maxis – Swan 88, Swan 108 and the launch of Swan 120, and Swan Shadow, the first Swan motor boat.
Australian Sailing Olympic webinar with Mara Stransky
In this Olympic Webinar Series, Ash Brunning chats to Laser Radial sailor Mara Stransky. Stransky made her Olympic debut in the Laser Radial class at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. She finished 14th at the Games with highlights include winning…
Women leaders in sailing
Leaders from officiating, coaching, administration and sailors themselves talk about their journeys in sailing.
Next chapter for INEOS Britannia
INEOS Britannia today confirmed its core leadership team to lead the British challenge for the 37th America’s Cup live from the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team HQ in Brackley, UK. The America’s Cup is sport’s oldest international trophy, predating the modern…
SailGP: The wind whisperer
This episode of the behind-the-scenes docuseries we get to know Japan SailGP Team driver Nathan Outteridge. Find out why he earned the nickname “The Wind Whisperer”, how he keeps his cool under pressure, and what coming this close to winning…
Menorca 52 Super Series: Day three recap
Menorca, Spain: Platoon has overtaken Alegre, and are now the overall leaders of the Menora 52 Super Series Sailing Week.
Olympic webinar with Gold medallist Matt Wearn
This Australian Sailing webinar features Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gold Medallist Matt Wearn. Matt brought home Australia’s third consecutive Olympic medal in the Laser class and impressively assured gold before the medal race.
Menorca 52 Super Series: Day two recap
Alegre has established a 10-point lead after two days of racings at the Menorca 52 Super Series Sailing Week.
Rolex Fastnet Race: Pushing crews to their limits
The 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race – which exceptionally finished in Cherbourg, France, rather than Plymouth – marked 20 years of Rolex’s partnership with the event and its organiser, the Royal Ocean Racing Club, as part of its wide-ranging support for…
TF35 Scarlino: Final day highlights
With an impressive eight-point lead Esteban Garcia’s Realteam Sailing, co-skippered by Jérôme Clerc has dominated in Scarlino this week.
NYYC Invitational: Final day highlights
Highlights from races 11-12, on race day five of the 2021 Rolex New York Yacht Club held at the New York Yacht Club, Rhode Island on September 14-18.
Australian Sailing Olympic webinar with Mat Belcher, Will Ryan and Victor Kovalenko
This is your chance to hear from our most successful Olympians about how they progressed from club sailing to the Olympic stage. Victor Kovalenko has 11 Olympic medals under his belt which has well-earnt him his status as “the medal…
Sailing aboard 11th Hour Racing Team for Défi Azimut
Justine Mettraux and Simon Fisher move up the IMOCA fleet ranks in the 48-hour race to claim second in the main event of the 2021 Défi Azimut. Apivia and LinkedOut rounded out the podium for first and second place.
49er and Nacra 17 European Championships: Final day highlights
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is behind us and the fleet starts to look toward Paris. The next generation of sailors assembled in Thessaloniki, Greece for the 2021 European Championship.
GC32 Worlds: Alinghi breakage sees Red Bull win
Villasimius, Italy: Red Bull Sailing Team were trailing by 3 points going into the final race. But a breakage on Alinghi saw the Austrian boat win the event on countback.
Day 1 at GC32 World Championship
The third GC32 World Championship got off to a difficult start today off Villasimius, Sardinia. One race was successfully held the magnificent bay off Marina di Villasimius and the Capo Carbonara marine reserve before the wind began performing laps of…
GC32 World Championship descends on Villasimius
Top international sailors, including America’s Cup winners and Olympian gold medallists, are descending on Villasimius for one of the pinnacles in foiling catamaran racing – the third GC32 World Championship.
Six Metre European Championship: Day two highlights
Sanxenxo, Spain: Check out the highlights from day two of the Six Metre European Championship 2021.
Nord Stream Race 2021: Stockholm highlights
After a thrilling offshore leg between the Danish and the Swedish team from Copenhagen to Stockholm, the Danes took the overall lead in the offshore ranking. After the inshore race in Stockholm won by Team Russia, the Danes caused a…
Six Metre European Championship: Day one highlights
Sanxenxo, Spain: Check out the highlights from day one of the Six Metre European Championship 2021. Sailors put up a good fight in the light and flukey wind conditions. But their had work was rewarded when some marine life decided…
France SailGP highlights
All the highlights from an incredible weekend of racing on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez as eight national teams went head to head, the big wings made their debut, and a whole lot more.
