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More than 100 yachts are set to compete in the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with just over two weeks still to go until entries close. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, organiser of the race, has welcomed entrants…
Yann Guichard, Dona Bertarelli and nine other sailors will make up the crew of ‘Sails of Change’ for their next attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy, an award for the fastest non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world. Several years…
We’ve seen Belmont 16s celebrate 100 years of sailing on Belmont Bay, a new Cherub constructed and launched in Sydney, and scores of new and returning racers. What could happen next at our Drummoyne Sailing Club round of State Championships?…
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…
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…
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…
There have never been so many IMOCA class entries in the La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe in the IMOCA class. With 37 boats set to take the start line, there are certainly more contenders for the podium than…
The new supercharged format for Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, which has been stretched out over two weeks for the past three years, has more than demonstrated its coherence, to the great delight of the racers and owners, as well as…
Christoph Burger is the new winner of the International Finn Cup 2022!Alessandro Marega (Società Vela Oscar Cosulich) won the 19th Menoni Trophy and third place overall. In second place was Australian Anthony Nossiter, just three points behind. The 42nd edition…
09 October 2022. Four days of light and medium intensity wind and summer weather were the scene of the last event of the coveted TF35 TROPHY circuit, allowing the completion of 9 races for the TF35 SCARLINO.The Gulf of Follonica…
15 races completed in the M32 World Championship and the scoreboard is still incredibly tight. The top six boats are going for the Championship Trophy after a day three that had everything. Midtown with skipper Larry Phillips moved up to…
Publication Monday 10 October 2022 Intrigue wins Race 1 on ORC She is no stranger to setting new yachting records so it is no surprise that David Calvert’s Intrigue is the first winner in Group 1 under the Combined Clubs…
The 2022-23 Sydney 18 footer racing season starts next Sunday (October 16) when the Australian 18 Footers League conducts Race 1 of the annual Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour. A fleet of up to 18 boats will line up for…
Portugal: Great racing in picture perfect conditions and extremely tight score card, that’s today’s wrap up from the M32 World Championship in Cascais until Sunday local time. A breeze building up to 16 knots, clear blue skies and some of…
Switzerland: The defending 5.5 Metre champions and multiple winners of the Thunersee Yachtclub’s Herbstpreis, MF XXII (SUI 232, Jürg Menzi-Schmid, Jürgen Eiermann, Christof Wilke) won the only race possible on Saturday to lead the nine-boat fleet going into Sunday. After…
What a cracking fortnight as the racing fleet contesting the Maxi event at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez simply lit up the gulf in France’s Var region against the stunning backdrop of Saint Tropez. Storms and rain radically transformed the atmosphere…
Scarlino Italy delivered big on the penultimate day of the 2022 TF35 season, with five races sailed in conditions that the cutting-edge catamarans were designed for: flat water and 9-12 knots resulting in four hours of high-performance foiling. “It’s perfect…
A Dutchman and four surfers from home, in Mondello, are the new world champions of the windsurfer class. With the eighth round this afternoon the curtain has fallen on the course-race, while tomorrow will be the spectacular fleet regatta with…
The Windsurfer World Championship continues in Mondello. Saturday the course-racing is decided, Sunday the long distance.Casagrande, Giordano, Alberti, Van den Berg and Linares aim for success. The title of Slalom in Marsala It will be the two races tomorrow to…
A very light mistral at Les Issambres was all that was needed for the Race Committee to release the maxis into the arena created by the Gulf of Saint Tropez for another day of racing, starting shortly after 14:00 hours…
Italy: Day two of racing at the TF35 Scarlino, the final regatta of the 2022 season and Jérôme Clerc at the helm of Realteam for Leman Hope once again sailed a perfect day, adding two more bullets to his team’s…
In June, the IGC passed a resolution allowing for the remediation of M11 boats, which was announced in the Q2 newsletter and can be read in full resolution here. Since that time, several owners have started the process of remediating…
13 sailors are still racing, Simon Curwen first across the Equator, others in the doldrums physically and psychologically. Sailors suffering from isolation, injuries, lack of information and lack of wind. Leaders hit the trade winds opening a gap with the…
The first day of four in the championship gave a good taste of the excitement ahead. Five different winners in the five races and 1 point separating the top 4 teams tells the story of an incredible close fleet. Tied…
Scarlino Italy delivered a perfect opening day to the final event of the 2022 TF35 Trophy with one round of practice racing followed by two official points-scoring races on the sparkling Gulf of Follonica against the hazy silhouette of the…
The summer that just keeps on giving! To Magic Carpet 3 the Club 55 Cup Maxi version Racing round-up At the suggestion of Pierre Roinson, President of the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, the magnificent Club 55 Cup duel, traditionally staged…
(Ed) Looks like Scotty is pushing those starts pretty hard!. These reports are translations from the original Italian press release, so apologies for some of the expressions, but they are quite funny in their own right! It strengthens the supremacy…
With the first races this afternoon supported by easterlies, the World Championship of the windsurfer class started in Mondello, organized by the circle Albaria in the 40th anniversary of the foundation. On the water are 350 competitors from 25 nations….
The Swiss challenger for the America’s Cup has been putting its AC75 training boat BoatZero – bought from Emirates Team New Zealand earlier this year – through its paces in Barcelona. The learning curve is steep, but the results of…
While between themselves 44Cup teams may appear nonchalant that the annual World Championship for their high performance RC44 one designs is “just another regatta”, in fact this is far from the case with teams saving their best gear for the…
A few days after the end of the Royal Cup 52 Super Series Scarlino, the Yacht Club Isole di Toscana returns to the forefront of international sailing by hosting the TF35 class for the second consecutive year, to confirm once…
Spirit of Malouen X limbering up! The Maxi 72s establish their domination Lyra excels in Maxi 3 In many respects, today’s racing was very similar to yesterday’s for the 800 sailors and 46 Maxis competing in week two of Les…
Lake Gairdner – 5th October 2022 Emirates Team New Zealand’s land yacht ‘Horonuku’ has had its first day of sailing on Lake Gairdner, in South Australia, with pilot Glenn Ashby behind the wheel in his bid to eclipse the 2009…
A winning 18 footer combination One of the highlights of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2021-22 season was the performance of the talented rookie Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price, Josh McKnight and Harry Hall against the world’s…
04 October 2022 The 30 skippers in the Rhum Mono and Rhum Multi categories who are due to compete in the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe 2022 are preparing to set off on the famous solo course across the…
LONDON, ENGLAND – October 4, 2022 – SailGP, the world’s first climate positive sport and entertainment property, has been announced as the winner of the Ambition and Impact award in the first edition of the BBC Green Sport Awards at…
– A first race ticked off for all the groups in a summer ambiance.– Morgana makes her mark amongst the Super Maxis– Wallycento versus Maxi 72: hostilities commence Enrapt yet studious, focused on micro-trimming and calculating the race zone with…
The finalists of the 2022 Australian Sailing Awards have been announced, with clubs, volunteers and Australian Sailing Team stars all in the running for recognition at the nation’s peak sailing awards. In the Male and Female Sailor of the Year…
Under the stars, a navigation challenge Last weekend a fleet of 15 entrants sailed all night in the ORCV Overnight Challenge on Port Phillip Bay. “A race that offered a bit of everything, in perfect conditions” commented Andrew Neeson, skipper…
The largest ever fleet of ClubSwan 36s has gathered in the historic Croatian port of Split for a highly competitive event to decide the class’s first European Champion. No fewer than 12 of the state-of-the-art one-design racing machines will contest…
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