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In a global first, Mark Beretta, one of Australia’s best-loved sports presenters and Channel Seven Sunrise reporter, hit Sydney Harbour to water ski behind the Australia SailGP F50 catamaran during practice. Click here for Facebook video A professional water-skier, Beretta…
World Sailing has taken another step forward in its goal to grow sailing in Africa with the delivery of its first ever sailing development programme in Sudan with support from the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Olympic Solidarity fund. Held in…
In brief:– The team’s original foils will be installed into the raceboat for Leg 3 of The Ocean Race, from Cape Town, South Africa, to Itajaí, Brazil.– Team CEO, Mark Towill: “We are pleased with the Race Committee’s decision […]…
It’s been an eventful month of February for Kirsten Neuschäfer (ZAF), finally rounding Cape Horn at 2020 UTC 15th Feb. She moved to first place after 150 days of racing and since had to face two storms, breaking a spinnaker…
Nine F50s hit the waters of iconic Sydney Harbour ahead of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney on February 18 and 19 SYDNEY – February 17, 2023 – SailGP has officially arrived in Sydney as all nine F50s…
Mornington Yacht Club held its annual Schnapper Point Regatta on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February, sponsored by Mornington-based Town Planning Co, and supported by Ronstan. The regatta has been run over the last 25 years, providing some serious race…
The 2023 RORC Caribbean 600, set to commence on 20th February in Antigua, is expected to attract 71 teams representing 16 different nations. The event will feature a number of highly-anticipated classes, with IRC Zero being one of the largest….
Pattaya, Thailand – Two races were completed on the final day of the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, bringing the event to a close. Although three races were intended due to the…
Marina Rubicón (Lanzarote, Canary Islands), 15 February 2023 The first northerly breeze of the week brought flatter water and shifty, offshore wind conditions. Compared with previous big wave days at Lanzarote International Regatta, day six was a completely different challenge….
The news that the first AC40, Alinghi Red Bull Racing, has sailed in the beautiful waters of Barcelona for the first time, marks a new chapter in the 37th America’s Cup as this most exciting new foiling class of yachts…
Aussie athletes, CEOs come together to clean up Sydney’s most polluted beach in SailGP sponsorship Australia SailGP Team, WLTH & Parley For The Oceans join forces to clean up Sydney’s most polluted beach. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 16 February 2023: An…
Award winning agency TMG Yachts has been announced as the sole distributor for luxury powerboat manufacturer PRESTIGE Yachts – As a part of the Groupe Beneteau, the French based manufacturer is positioned at the top end of the luxury market…
The revival of the Queensland 18 footer racing scene took a major step forward recently when the Brisbane 18 Footers Sailing Club had a brand new 18ft skiff hull built by Van Munster Boatbuilders for David Hayter’s campaign at the…
Entries are officially opened for the 2023 Scandinavian Gold Cup and 5.5 Metre World Championship in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. The two events take place from 20-29 September. Organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, it will be the first time…
World Sailing has announced that the 2023 edition of its annual women’s sailing festival, Steering the Course, will aim to introduce female sailors to the sport by highlighting the many different pathways and careers available in sailing. The announcement comes…
Marina Rubicón (Lanzarote, Canary Islands), 14 February 2023 Tuesday was the start of part 2 of the Lanzarote International Regatta. After two days of the dusty Calima breeze from the Sahara, today the sunshine returned to the Canary Islands, and…
Pattaya, Thailand – Racing resumed today at the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, after a well-deserved rest day for the sailors. Two races were completed in about 6–10 knots of breeze and…
Half of Nathan Wilmot wants the 16ft skiff season to go on forever – the other half is craving a well- deserved breather. The Typhoon skipper added another piece of silverware to the collection on Saturday, combining with Mal Page…
February 13th at 22.09 local time (02.09 UTC on February 14th) the Canadian crew WHISKEY JACK crossed the finish line of leg 7 of the GLOBE40 at the entrance to the port of St Georges in Grenada. An express victory…
Two British skiff golds and a Spanish 1-2 in the 470 at the Lanzarote International Regatta Part one of Lanzarote International Regatta reached its climax with three enthralling medal races in the 470 Mixed, 49erFX and 49er fleets. The thick…
SailGP have just released episode 7 of their Season 3 ‘Racing on the Edge’ entitled ‘Team and Nation’, which goes behind the scenes of what makes Australian driver Tom Slingsby and his team so successful and how they pulled off…
Alinghi Red Bull Racing’s first AC40 – delivered to the team base in Barcelona at the end of January – was christened today. This second boat marks the start of a new phase of training towards the 2024 America’s Cup…
18ft SkiffsClub Championship, Race 14Race Sponsor: Marine OutletSunday, 12 February, 2023Sydney Harbour The talented young Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price, Josh McKnight and Harry Hall tamed a wild, windswept Sydney Harbour with some brilliant sailing to win…
Blast from the past returns in top form to win Fireball State Titles 2023. A small but competitive fleet contested the Fireball State Titles at Royal Geelong Yacht Club, home of the 2024 world championship. Brendan Garner and Ben O’Brien…
From slow boat to seven bullets The 44th Sabre Nationals 10 race series was held 11-14 January 2023 at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania on the Derwent River, Hobart, with 47 boats facing the starting line. The weather gods…
Photo finish into Cape Town sees top three boats within three miles Skipper Kevin Escoffier and his Team Holcim – PRB have won Leg 2 of The Ocean Race from Cabo Verde to Cape Town after a tense battle through…
Pattaya, Thailand – Two more races were completed today at the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, which marks the halfway point of the event. In the Apprentice division, Lithuania’s Tokyo Olympian Viktorija…
Three days of racing in varied conditions across a combination of inshore races, a passage race and finally three offshore windward/leeward races in high winds, tested all in the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) ORC NSW Championship and decided…
The ETA is Sunday near noon local time – for the top four boats – as a light wind battle rages on the final approach With just 250 nautical miles left to race (as of noon UTC on Saturday) the…
HIGHLIGHTS: Big wind and huge, steep swell set a massive physical challenge for the three Olympic fleets on day two of the Lanzarote International Regatta in the Canary Islands. British skiff sailors surfed to the top of the rankings in…
After taking out the 2022 National Titles contested out of The Sound in Sydney, Backchat backs it up with another impressive win on the flat and fluky race track north of Scotland Island on Sydney’s Pittwater. The Adams 10 owners…
While the ORC NSW Championship resumed at Pittwater today, Pittwater Regatta competitors relished their first outing with two inshore races across three divisions, both events hosted by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC). Under ORC, the main scoring system this…
Pattaya, Thailand – Two races were completed today at the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, in a steady breeze of 12 knots and with a strong current in the Gulf of Thailand….
Times are tense as the fleet compresses on day 16 of leg 2 to Cape Town For nearly 4700 nautical miles, the five IMOCA teams competing in leg 2 of The Ocean Race have been dueling south from Cabo Verde…
The second running of the ORC NSW Championship, hosted Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) at Pittwater, opened on Broken Bay today, with two inshore races put to bed and the defending champions putting their rivals on notice. Both Gerry…
After a week of intense racing on Sydney Harbour, Will Sargent and his team from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia have prevailed with the winning title of the Hardy Cup Sydney International Match-Racing Regatta 2023.Sargent has an impressive record…
More than 360 of the world’s best sailors are ready to compete at the Lanzarote International Regatta, which takes place in the south of the Canary Island from 9 to 17 February. Only in its third year, Lanzarote International Regatta…
The fleet is heading northeast again, away from the ice exclusion zone, and making miles directly towards the finish in Cape Town Team Malizia is leading the way on Thursday as the five IMOCA teams gybed away from the ice…
British Olympian Tom Squires is the latest big name to join the Australian Sailing Performance Pathways team, signing on to become the NSW State Coach – Foiling. Squires will be focusing on work with iQFOiL and Formula Kite sailors, as…
9 Feb 2023With the remnants of yesterday afternoon’s front still lingering over the Bay of Palma, INEOS Britannia were determined to continue their stellar testing season despite winds of some 15 knots inside the harbour and predicted gusts up to…
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