Hobie 16 World’s Day 2
Four Aussie Teams currently in the top 10 after Day 2 of Onsite Qualifying at the Hobie 16 Worlds. A strong breeze meant four more races were completed in two sessions today. The first session was sailed in 18-20 knots…
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SailGP making progress on Women’s Pathway anniversary
Andalucĺa-Cádiz, Spain: In a landmark year for women’s sport across the world, SailGP will celebrate its own milestone in the quest for gender equity this week at the Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía – Cádiz presented by NEAR. The…
Aspire wins three from three in Cannes
Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi) has made it four wins in a row at the 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes after two more race wins on Thursday, with just one…
Golden Globe: A game of snakes and ladders
Damien Guillou, the French favourite for the Golden Globe Race made it through the Lanzarote Rubicon Marina film drop under his biggest spinnaker on a tight reach, this morning after a wind vane repair returning to Les Sables d’Olonne had…
Russian-linked megayacht towed as police raid oligarch’s villa
The Russian-owned megayacht Dilbar was detained in Hamburg in March in connection with sanctions on Russia’s business elite, and she has now been towed off to a lay berth in Bremen as German authorities investigate her suspected owner’s finances. The…
Hobie 16 World’s Day 1
2022 Hobie 16 World Championships Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, Spain Day 1 Onsite Qualifying -Testing conditions on the first day of the onsite qualifier. More wave than wind made surf launching a challenge today as boats left shore. Winds…
2022 Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe officially launched
In the 44 year history of the Route du Rhum there has never been so many solo skippers set off as there will be at the start of this year’s edition. On this 12th Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe…
Entry opens for 2022 Sydney Short Ocean Racing Champs
Entry for the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) is open and along with the Notice of Race, can be found online at the official site, with some competitors already preparing to rekindle old rivalries when Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s…
Hobie 16 World’s: Four new champions crowned
Day 3 Women/Youth/Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters Division The final day of this series delivered champion Hobie sailing conditions. Four more races were completed over two sessions today, concluding the series. On the water the sailors were energized going…
Aspire wins on wild and windy Wednesday in Cannes
On the second day of the 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes, Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi) has extended its lead to two points over Otto (NOR 68, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen,…
AC40 Up up and away
Auckland – 21st September 2022 It was up up and away on a very successful maiden sail for Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC40 on the familiar waters of the ‘back paddock’ between Auckland’s Waiheke Island and Howick Beachlands. After a…
History of 18 Footer League’s spectator ferry
Eighty-seven years of continuous tradition will continue next month when the Australian 18 Footers League’s iconic 18 footer spectator ferry will again follow all the club’s racing on Sydney Harbour. On Sunday, October 16, the League will conduct Race 1…
One month to go to World Para Sailing Champs
Japan will make Para Sailing history in just 30 days by hosting its first simultaneous Para World Sailing Championship with the Hansa Class Asia Pacific Championship on 20-23 October in Hiroshima Bay. Over 120 sailors from eleven countries will compete…
Ride for the Future report
Cadiz, 20 September 2022 – At first light on Monday, 12 September, Canada SailGP Team athlete Isabella Bertold set off from Saint-Tropez on her Factor road bike to travel over 1,100 km to Cadiz, Spain, the location of the upcoming…
New AC40 tow test behind Hydrogen powered Chase Zero
Auckland – 20th September 2022 The exciting new AC40 that will be used to pave the way for women and youth into the America’s Cup has touched the water for the first time in Auckland today with Emirates Team New…
A slow day in Cannes – but hot competition for 5.5 Metre fleet
It was a slow day in Cannes but one of intensely hot competition. The 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes started with two very light wind races. Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio…
Hobie 16 Worlds: Mixed fleets Day 2
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona: The afternoon thermal on the Gulf of Roses just keeps delivering and lumpy and bumpy was the theme of the day. Early in the racing, the breeze was a bit stronger 12-14 knots but waned…
Boating Industry Academy established
The Boating Industry Association (BIA) has partnered with the Australian Industry Trade College (AITC) to establish the Boating Industry Academy, the first industry-driven program for high school students wishing to pursue a career in the boating and marine industries. The…
Hobie 16 World’s: Mixed fleets Day 1
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, September 15-29, 2022 Day 1 Women/Youth/Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters Division – Today was the first day of racing for the Women/Youth/Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters. Today we saw another day of perfect…
Golden Globe Race is a game
Lanzarote: The 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race made history delivering the first ever solo non- stop unassisted voyage around the world. Nine started, one finished, one died, one boat was lost. The legend of this amazing adventure was born….
Gosford Sailing Club Celebrates 90 Years
In September 2022, Gosford Sailing Club is celebrating its 90 year anniversary. After commencing as the Gosford Rowing, Sailing and Motor Club in 1932, then the Gosford and Brisbane Water Aquatic Club, it was named the Gosford Sailing Club in…
GGR entrant on rocks at night in Canaries
– Guy deBoer (USA) crashes into rocks at night on the north coast of Fuerteventura, Las Palmas in the Canaries, his yacht now stranded but he is safe. Salvage under investigation.– Simon Curwen (UK) , Tapio Lehtinen (FIN) , Pat…
GO GO Beck out-sails family while Lazy Dog edges out Swish
Event: MC38 2022 Season Act 6, September 17-18 hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club with racing on Sydney Harbour A third place to Christian Beck and his Infotrack GO team is as good as the MC38’s Act 6 overall victory…
Rolex Swan Cup – Final Day Video
Sensational Rolex Swan Cup concludes the 2022 ClubSwan Racing season. Congratulations to the overall winners of the 2022 Rolex Swan Cup. MAXI CLASS🥇 Swan 90 | FREYA | Donald Macpherson MINI MAXI CLASS🥇 Swan 601 | FLOW | Stephen Cucchiaro…
A final day of spectacular sailing rounds off the Rolex Swan Cup
Winners of the Rolex Swan Cup in their respective categories: Freya, Flow, Mascalzone Latino XXXIII, Crilia, Balthasar, G Spot, Nadir, Blue Sky Porto Cervo, 18 September 2022. The 21st edition of the Rolex Swan Cup concluded today with another day…
Hobie Worlds: Day 4 Masters division
Cam Owen and Susan Ghent take the Masters for Australia Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, September 15-29, 2022 Day 4 Master’s Division – Day 4 was the final day of racing in the master’s division of the Hobie 16 World…
Corinthian Yacht Club Wins 2022 Resolute Cup With a Perfect Final Day
NEWPORT, R.I. — After displaying remarkable consistency across a range of conditions over the first three days of the 2022 Resolute Cup, Corinthian Yacht Club of Marblehead, Mass., decided to dispense with the pleasantries. The team representing the storied northeast…
Fernandez and Giovanelli take European Finn titles
Miguel Fernandez Vasco from Spain has won the 2022 Open Finn European Championship after one final race was possible on the final day at Club Nàutic Hospitalet-Vandellòs, at Hospitalet de l’Infant, Spain. Italy’s Giacomo Giovanelli won the 2022 Finn European…
Hobie Worlds: Day 3 Masters division
Costa Brava, Spain: Day 3 was opposite to Day 2; yesterday there was not enough wind to race and today there was too much at the Hobie Worlds, after a cold front came in overnight dropping temperatures and bringing strong…
Blustery mistral postpones racing at Swan Cup
Italy: No racing could take place today at the Rolex Swan Cup in Porto Cervo due to a very strong mistral wind blowing at more than 35 knots, with gusts of well over 40 knots, conditions that obviously do not…
Corinthian surges into Resolute Cup lead
Newport, Rhode Island: On a shifty, puffy and generally frustrating day on Narragansett Bay, the key to success in the 2022 Resolute Cup was patience and conservative decision making, at least according to the two skippers currently occupying the top…
Sydney Hobart Yacht Race starts in 100 days
An international and star-studded fleet is building for the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with just 100 days to go until the start of the 77th edition of the historic race. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, organiser of…
Swan Cup: Champagne sailing in Porto Cervo
Porto Cervo, Italy: The Race Committee’s decision to bring forward the start for both divisions to 10am today enabled them to make the most of a mistral wind blowing at 18 to 22 knots before it became too strong to…
The Italian Job – Giovanelli wins both races on Day 3 of Finn Europeans
Italy’s Giacomo Giovanelli did the seemingly impossible and won both races on the third day of the 2022 Open Finn European Masters at Club Nàutic Hospitalet-Vandellòs, at Hospitalet de l’Infant, Spain. However, Spain’s Miguel Fernandez Vasco again extended his lead…
Hobie 16 World Championships: Day 2 abandoned
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, Spain: The wind on Day 2 of the Masters division of the Hobie 16 World Championships was ‘no bueno’, after The morning started with an offshore breeze that felt strong enough to sail in from…
Golden Globe fleet approaching Lanzarote
There has been plenty of drama in the Golden Globe race, as boats and sailors had their first shake-down in the Bay of Biscay, a steadfast Pat Lawless (IRL) leading the way. Ertan Beskardes (UK) had an electrical short, later…
GWA QS goes wave hunting on wings
Given the huge numbers of applications from riders wanting to compete on the GWA Wingfoil World Tour, at the end of the 2022 season, the Qualifying Series will provide a fair and sustainable route onto the Wingfoil World Tour with…
SailGP Season 4: Bigger and better than ever
The fourth season of SailGP, the purpose-driven global racing championship, will deliver more events than ever as the league’s season-on-season expansion continues at impressive pace. SailGP’s national teams will compete around the world with the aim to reach 14 events…
Finn Euros – Miguel Fernandez extends lead
Spain’s Miguel Fernandez Vasco has extended his lead at the 2022 Open Finn European Masters at Club Nàutic Hospitalet-Vandellòs, at Hospitalet de l’Infant, Spain, after a long day on Thursday with two more races eventually sailed. Laurent Hay from France…
Hobie 16 Worlds in Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona
Day 1 Master’s Division – Day 1 of racing got underway at the 2022 Hobie 16 world championships with the 38 teams competing in the masters division. The Hobie 16 world championships are composed of multiple preliminary events starting with…
