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National Safe Boating Week (NSBW) is back from the 1st to the 7th of October, reminding boaters of the importance of lifejackets ahead of the busy summer season. The Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA) has partnered with the Australia New…
Once again, the beach at Bandol, France, has filled up with OK Dinghies from all over Europe ahead of the 2022 European Championship, which was opened on Tuesday at the Société Nautique de Bandol. The OK Dinghy class loves coming…
Sea, sun, sailboats… and the Mistral! Shenandoah of Sark, star of the Rolex Trophy A working boat among the Classics, Madcap graces Les Voiles. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez brings together all the ingredients of a festive extravaganza: sea, sun, sublime…
In a double announcement by America’s Cup Events Limited (ACE) it is confirmed today that Iain Murray has been appointed as Independent Regatta Director for the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona alongside Richard Slater who continues in the role as…
Storm Force from NafpaktosDay one of the Lepanto 2022 Formula Kite European Championships in Nafpaktos, and the weather forecast in western Greece was so apocalyptic that the government forbade any on-water activity today, and that included the kiteboarders. NO SERIOUSLY,…
Day 3 Semi-finals racing – Similar to yesterday, racing for the final day of the semi-finals got underway shortly after 11:00 AM in the offshore breeze. The early race started off in 12 knots of breeze but, it didn’t hold….
After two races in winds which topped 27kts in the gusts Quantum Racing lead the Royal Cup Scarlino 52 SUPER SERIES regatta. With American owner driver Doug DeVos back as helmsman after missing the last event in July in Mallorca,…
Below is a quick report from Juliet COSTANZO, representing the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club at the Women’s World Match Racing Tour in Denmark with her crew – Clare COSTANZO, Sarah PARKER, Jemma HODGSON and Ruby SCHOLTEN. Great job girls….
Day 2 Semi-finals racing – Racing for day 2 of the semi-finals got underway at 11:00 AM in the offshore breeze. The first session sailors did two back to back races. The first race of the day was sailed in…
Two practice races in light breezes on the beautiful Gulf of Follonica out of Tuscany’s Marina di Scarlino served as the final warm-up for what promises to be a brisk opening Tuesday to the Royal Cup 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino,…
The fourth and penultimate event of the 52 SUPER SERIES 2022 will kick off today and run through until Saturday, returning after years of absence from the Tuscan coast.The coveted circuit was hosted by the Marina di Scarlino in 2016…
Cowes, IOW, United Kingdom: Ante Razmilovic’s Swedish Blue (GBR 1438) is the 2022 International Etchells World Champion with crew Brian Hammersley and Noel Drennan. Open Division Swedish Blue, GBR1438, Ante Razmilovic / Brian Hammersley / Noel Drennan New Order, NZL1499,…
Day 1 Semi-finals racing – We had to wait for the wind, but it came. Another long onshore postponement waiting for the wind to settle and fill. Racing got underway at 2:00pm with 8-13 knots of wind from the NE,…
URM Group claimed the overall win, Line Honours and set a new record time in the 2022 Flinders Islet Race, the second race in the 2022/23 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore. Anthony Johnston’s Reichel/Pugh 72, skippered by Marcus Ashley-Jones,…
First ever event win for Quentin Delapierre’s France SailGP Team, defeating Jimmy Spithill’s U.S. team and Tom Slingsby’s Australia in final at Spain Sail Grand Prix CÁDIZ- ANDALUCÍA – September 25, 2022 – In the closest-ever finish to a SailGP…
Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi (Aspire) from Poland have retained the 5.5 Metre French Open title they won in 2021 after the final two races were sailed on Friday at the Regates Royales in Cannes. New Moon III (BAH…
Summer is slowly deserting France, with all the country moving into autumn, leaving the heady delights of summer in its wake; that is all except for Saint Tropez, the little village in the Var region bordering the Mediterranean, which is…
On a wide-open day of racing there were three different race winners and six different teams in the top three finishers at some stage and the large crowds in Cádiz, Andalucía, were treated to a thrilling day of action at…
Day 3 Onsite Qualifying – It was cloudy, cool, and breezy for the final day of racing in the qualifying series of the Hobie 16 Worlds in Sant Pere Pescador, Spain, the day starting with light winds and an onshore…
Andalucía – Cádiz: As SailGP enters the second half of its third season, a good result has never been more important for the nine national teams at the Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía – Cádiz presented by NEAR to…
The fourth regatta of the five-event 52 Super Series season for 2022 opens on Monday in beautiful Tuscany, Italy with the official practice race for the Royal Cup 52 Super Series Scarlino. Points scoring starts Tuesday on racing waters that…
Not someone that enjoys idle time, it has been an agonising month of waiting for the moving waters of Lake Gairdner to evaporate for Land speed pilot Glenn Ashby. Since early August when he reluctantly declared the Landspeed project as…
Up to 150 of New Zealand’s yachts will create a mass spectacle in Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour for the start of the PIC Coastal Classic off Devonport Wharf when the race gets underway on October 21 at 10am. The PIC Coastal…
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…
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 (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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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