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With Leg 4 now finished, three teams are within one point on the overall leaderboard… Skipper Paul Meilhat and his Biotherm team had a long wait to get to the finish on Thursday morning in Newport, Rhode Island. With an…
The Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA) today launched a Sustainability in the Boating Industry Award, as well as a call for nominations for the BIA Apprentice of the Year Awards for 2023. The Sustainability Award was launched in line with…
Athletes were greeted with wild winds gusting to over 40 knots on arrival at the venue on day two of the iQFOiL European Championships in Patras, Greece. When the conditions eased enough to allow the fleets out onto the water…
Leg 4 results mean the leaderboard is close heading into the transatlantic leg 11th Hour Racing Team won Leg 4 of The Ocean Race, leading the fleet into their hometown of Newport, Rhode Island on a spectacular spring afternoon in…
The leaders are within sight of each of other, racing in very light winds on the final morning of Leg 4 Wednesday has dawned with a beautiful morning in Newport, Rhode Island. It’s a cool, crisp, spring day, with bright…
Brest, France Words: Gemma Hamaini Photos: Christian Guzman The GWA Wingfoil European Championships in Brest were held under strong and stormy conditions, which made for an exceptional week of Surf-Slalom and FreeFly-Slalom action. SURF-FREESTYLE Women’s Result: 1st – Orane Ceris…
Capt Gugg Set for GGR Podium Tomorrow, Last of Three from 16 Starters! Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Wednesday, 10th of May, 2023 With just under 200 miles to the finish in Les Sables d’Olonne and nearly 30,000 miles sailed over…
The iQFOiL European Championships in Patras, Greece, got underway yesterday in solid 20-25 knot winds, making it a big opening day for the athletes. “It was a solid day of racing in over 20 knots on the waters of Patras…
All safe on board GUYOT environnement – Team Europe as the fleet emerges from a heinous North Atlantic storm The GUYOT environnement – Team Europe crew is safe and working on a jury rig after dismasting in a fierce north…
After more than four decades of sailing and 2,000 races Gavin Ward could be forgiven for scaling back his boating endeavours – but the opposite is true.Ward is re-joining well-known brand Windcraft Yachts as the Sales Manager for Queensland, the…
The 2023 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show is just a few weeks away, and we have an extraordinary lineup at this year’s events, including the World Premiere and Asia Pacific Premiere of four new models! Make sure you register to…
Share the Yacht, Live the Dream Yacht Share Mariner have 2/6 shares available in THE NEW FOUNTAINE PAJOT, ASTRÉA 42. This yacht is distinguished by the abundance of natural light, energetic lines, elegant living spaces and unparalleled comfort, while delivering…
Multihull Central recently test-sailed the HH50-SC Synergy performance cruising catamaran on the Gold Coast. A detailed video has been produced showing the countless features of this boat. Conditions were light and lumpy, however, these proved a good test for this…
The Boat Works is proud to again welcome the cruising community involved in the 2023 Down Under Rally. This is the 10th year The Boat Works has supported this amazing sailing endeavor.The fleet of 21 cruising yachts, sailing mono and…
9 May 23023Woody Point hosts Historic Queensland Laser regattaIf you wondered what the recent huge fleet of boats off Woody Point was, wonder no more.A record breaking fleet of Laser dinghies launched from Humpybong Yacht Club on April May 31…
With just fourteen months until the start of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, European regattas are filling the calendar, and following rapidly on from key events in Palma and Hyeres, the iQFOiL Europeans will take place in Patras, Greece,…
GUYOT environnement – Team Europe has dismasted in the north Atlantic, just over 600 miles east of Newport, Rhode Island. The team on board reports all crew are safe and are working to secure the boat. The team has been…
The forecast is for winds gusting near 50 knots as the leaders approach their penultimate night at sea on Leg 4… As the leading boats get within 600 miles of the finishing line off Newport, Rhode Island, the crews are…
It has been a big month both on and off the water in this 37th America’s Cup cycle with all the teams stepping up their training and testing programmes ahead of their move to their Barcelona bases, which are springing…
Tom Slingsby delivers a historic three-peat and secures the $1M prize purse for Australia SAN FRANCISCO -07 MAY, 2022 – Tom Slingsby has led the Australia SailGP Team to a stunning victory to be crowned the Champions of Season 3,…
11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia continue their cat and mouse duel towards a Wednesday morning finish… The competition level is high as 11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia duel towards the finish. “11th Hour Racing Team is…
7 May 2023By Sail Port Stephens Media Team Crews tired but happy after an exciting final day at Sail Port Stephens “I was watching the weather models all night and we were not expecting the weather to get fresh until…
Ergin Imre’s Turkish flagged Provezza team kept their nerve and used their excellent light airs boat speed on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez today to lift the first title of the 2023 season as winners of the 52 SUPER SERIES Saint-Tropez…
The fourth and last day of racing finally saw changes to the podium for eight out of the fourteen classes. “Galateia”, “Stormvogel”, “Elena Nova”, “Scamp Three”, “Immac Fram”, “Just the Job”, “Ffinally”, “La Orana”, “Blaumarina I”, “Team Balearia RCNP”, “Capa”,…
Matador has done it again, winning three from three Acts in the Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup, a shortened Act 3, sailed these past three days, was held in conjunction with Sail Port Stephens and hosted by Newcastle Cruising Yacht…
SAN FRANCISCO- 06 MAY, 2023 – The Aussies have shown their infamous aggression on the San Francisco race course, dominating the dramatic first day of racing at the Mubadala SailGP Season 3 Grand Final. Whilst the Australian’s have already secured…
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor Mubadala SailGP Season 3 Grand Final Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team has blasted onto the San Francisco racecourse with aggressive intention, rattling Quentin Delapierre’s France in a brutal fight for the third spot in the…
Light, variable winds played a most significant role on the penultimate day of racing on the Bay of Palma. Out of the fourteen classes due to race eight were able to add to their scorelines. There are no outstanding class…
A gap between the forecast and the reality brings challenges to the IMOCA fleet While the IMOCA fleet is making progress towards the finishing line at Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday, it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. 11th Hour Racing…
By Sail Port Stephens Media TeamThree divisions of yachts enjoy a passage race around the islands at Sail Port Stephens. Saturday sunshine and up to 22 degrees made for a perfect morning at Sail Port Stephens as crews prepared for…
Antigua, Friday 5 May: The final day of racing at Antigua Sailing Week was held in the strongest wind of the regatta, with solid south easterly trade winds gusting up to 18 knots. Provisional Overall Results can be viewed HERE….
By Sail Port Stephens Media TeamThe sun is out, bring on the wind… NSW Yachting Championships and Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup into action at Sail Port Stephens. The sun gods were being kind but not so much the wind…
After a day on which the Gulf of Saint-Tropez offered up a strengthening sea breeze and beautiful spring sunshine, Ergin Imre’s Turkish flagged Provezza team lead the 52 SUPER SERIES Saint Tropez Sailing Week by one single point ahead of…
Cloudy with a chance of breeze?Welcome, Hobie Sailors, to what was another glorious weekend in the Sunshine State for the Queensland Hobie Cat State Championships. With newcomers and regulars to the Hobie Class alike plentiful on the waters of Quandamooka…
Antigua, Thursday 4 May: Thursday 04 May: With women accounting for a quarter of sailors at Antigua Sailing Week, Locman Italy Women’s Race Day was a success even before the first gun on the race track. From America’s Cup sailors,…
SailGP has returned to the iconic waters of San Francisco Bay ahead of this weekend’s championship-deciding Mubadala SailGP Season 3 grand final! Preparations for the eleventh and final event of Season 3 are well underway, with SailGP’s nine-strong F50 fleet…
Host Cities are invited to express interest in hosting the event scheduled to take place across Europe during the summer of 2025. As the current edition of The Ocean Race heads back into the northern hemisphere, race organisers are already…
The two divisions of Maxis began their competition on Thursday with “Galateia” and “Stormvogel” becoming the first leaders of the event. On Friday, the second day of racing, twelve out of the fourteen categories will be competing on the Bay…
Annapolis, USA (4 May 2023) – Sweden’s Team WINGS won the all-women Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Santa Maria Cup today in Annapolis, the second stage of the 2023 Women’s World Match Racing Tour. Skippered by Anna Östling with…
After modest opening days on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, two of the 52 SUPER SERIES top teams showed a marked return to form as the southerly breezes picked up on the second day of the 52 SUPER SERIES Saint-Tropez Sailing…
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