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The teams for the 2023 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta settled into Perth today. The day consisted of registration, weigh-in, official practice and a welcome function at host club, Royal Perth Yacht Club. Travelling and local teams alike spent some…
World Sailing is excited to announce that the host venue of the 2023 Youth Sailing World Championships will be the coastal resort town of Armação dos Búzios, Brazil, and the 2024 edition is being planned for Lake Garda, Italy. The…
Tensions run high as wind and boat speeds hit new lows with the IMOCA fleet crossing an unusually large doldrums It’s been a difficult 24 hours for the entire fleet as the five IMOCA teams become fully engulfed in the…
Fresh from contesting the Youth Foiling Gold Cup 2023 Act 1 on Biscayne Bay, the foiling 69F line-up joined the three days of racing of the Bacardi Invitation Winter Series Event 2 in Miami.Descending on the racecourse for 18 races…
World Sailing has vowed to continue supporting Para Sailing worldwide following the news that the sport will not be included in the Paralympic Games for LA28. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) delivered their verdict today, stating that they had received…
After two days of very cloudy conditions, the Sunshine State started to live up to its name again on Bacardi Race Day, the third day of the 2023 Finn Gold Cup in Miami. Britain’s Ed Wright continues to lead the…
Biotherm leads the fleet into the doldrums with Malizia making up miles Paul Meilhat’s Biotherm was the first boat to feel the impact of the doldrums overnight as his crew saw their speed plummet from 14 to 4 knots just…
The Anglo-American team AHMAS (Class40 n° 127) crossed the finish line of leg 6 of the GLOBE40 in Recife today (28/1/23) at 11:48 p.m. local time. After 20 days and 10 hours of racing and 3,803 miles covered (7417 km),…
A grey sky, light breeze and showers prefaced the final day of Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s 2023 Festival of Sails, but nothing was going to wipe the smiles from competitors faces, particularly those who were still in the running for…
18ft SkiffsAustralian Championship, Races 5 & 6Race Sponsor: Birkenhead Point MarinaSunday, 29 January, 2023Sydney Harbour The Finport Finance team of Keagan York, Angus Williams and Phil Marshall became the 2022-23 Australian 18ft Skiff champion after a controversial day when no…
Stakes are high as The Ocean Race fleet begins to settle into position for crossing the equator and passing through the doldrums (officially the Intertropical Convergence Zone or ITCZ). Follow the action on board in our “From the boats” section…
18ft SkiffsAustralian Championship, Races 3 & 4Race Sponsor: Finport FinanceToday’s Trophy: Ferry Patrons TrophySaturday, 28 January, 2023Sydney Harbour Races 3 and 4 of the 2022-23 Australian 18ft Skiff Championship were conducted over two windward-leeward courses in NE winds which ranged…
Two days into the Melges 24 Australian Championship at Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s 2023 Festival of Sails, Chris Links and crew on Banta have one hand on the trophy and a well-tuned NSW crew answers for their strong performance. When…
Day 3 at the Festival of Sails was a hot one with breeze up and down and from all directions, the wind turning south with more pressure after most were ashore, but the entire fleet over 270 taking part in…
Pilar Lamadrid (ESP) and Pawel Tarnowski (POL) are the champions of the Lanzarote iQFOil Games The first major Olympic windsurfing event of the year which attracted with 150 participants from 35 countries the Lanzarote iQFOil Games came to an exciting…
For only the second time in its 183 year history, the Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta has been cancelled. Organisers made the difficult decision to cancel tomorrow’s event after a crisis meeting this morning, following the devastating floods on Friday night…
It was breeze on in Miami for Day 2 of the 2023 Finn Gold Cup. After four races now sailed, Ed Wright, from Britain, extends his lead while Domonkos Nemeth, from Hungary stays in second. European champion, Miguel Fernandez Vasco,…
Day 6 Race 9 The final day of the Ronstan 505 Australian Championships was more of the same, light gradient breezes, but this time just slightly more breeze than yesterday. 505’s love a breeze. They plane upwind and down, and…
The penultimate day of racing on the waters of the Canary Islands finished with all the scheduled races completed once again. The top 10 will compete at the Medal Series. Sam Sills (GBR) and Sharon Kantor (ISR) have progressed directly…
Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Friday, 27th of January 2023At 1815 UTC 27th January 1200 miles Northwest of Cape Horn, Simon Curwen contacted GGR control to advise of the total failure of his Hydrovane steering gear. He had weathered the worst…
Any yachting enthusiast worth their money would remember Victorian yachting legend, Lou Abrahams and Vittoria, the Sparkman and Stephens yacht he commissioned to replace his first offshore racing yacht, Odin. Built by the famous Cec Quilkey at Taren Point in…
Day 5, Race 8 by Jordan Spencer Ooff… there is nothing worse than grovelling around in the bottom of a dinghy on a light wind, drifter day, unless of course that day is humid… The wind did not co-operate today….
Day 2 at the Festival of Sails was one for a light touch on the helm, concentration to the max, weight to leeward and enjoy a beautiful warm day on Corio Bay – blue sky above with not a cloud…
18ft SkiffsAustralian Championship, Races 1 & 2Race Sponsor: AndooToday’s Trophy: Commodore CupFriday, 27 January, 2023Sydney Harbour Racing on Day 1 of the 2022-23 Australian 18ft Skiff Championship was conducted over two two-lap windward-leeward courses in a 10-12 SSE wind on…
Day 4 Races 6 and 7 Winning major regattas is hard…. Day 4 of the Ronstan Australian 505 Championships had the prospect for more wind. There was blue sky and the breeze started filling in early. The race start had…
Massive first day at the 45th Windsurfer Class Championships of Australia by Vaikobi.5 course races down and dusted in challenging 8-14 knots with the trick to link up the pressure.Racing was intense and close across the board with tight battles…
Sharon Kantor (ISR), new female leader of the Lanzarote iQFOil Games. Sam Sills (GBR), #1 for 3rd day in a row The first event of 2023 for the new Olympic foiling windsurfing discipline reached its halfway point today with a…
Alan Woodward’s Reverie has been declared the overall winner of the 180th Passage Race, the opener for Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s 2023 Festival of Sails. The win means a lot to Woodward, as his and Reverie’s names will be added…
Zen, owned by Gordon Ketelbey, took line honours in Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s 180th Passage Race today, finishing the 34 nautical mile course at 1.13.17pm in the time of 3 hours 43 minutes 17 seconds in the opener to Royal…
Pilar Lamadrid (ESP) and Sam Sills (GBR) managed on to their respective leads at the top of the general classification after a very demanding day on the waters of the Canary Island of Lanzarote. It was a great day too…
The historic 180th Passage Race heralds the opening of the 2023 Festival of Sails this morning, when the cannon is fired at 9.30am sending huge fleet on its way to Geelong in the 34 nautical mile race. Starting off Williamstown,…
The Finn class has descended on Miami for the 2023 Finn Gold Cup with fabulous conditions on Biscayne Bay over the past few days. Much of the fleet have been out training, welcomed into the water by a local manatee,…
Written by Katia Damborsky, Boat International Interest in a new type of HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) fuel for superyachts has spiked, according to reports from engine manufacturer Caterpillar and the fuel’s producer, Fioul 83. The diesel alternative, which is marketed…
Day 3 Races 4 and 5 Well, I promised breeze for day 3 and I lied. The beautiful sunny conditions Qld is renowned for were blocked by cloud all day. As a result, the thermal didn’t eventuate, and racing was…
After being buffeted by strong trade winds for the duration of the short stopover, the waters off Mindelo, Cabo Verde were relatively calm on Wednesday for the start of Leg 2 of The Ocean Race. The short stopover marked the…
Spain’s World ranked number one female Pilar Lamadrid (ESP) and GBR’s Sam Sills made the best starts to the Lanzarote iQFOil Games. Lamadrid leads the women’s field after a solid opening day whilst Sills proved unbeatable winning all four of…
Ocean surface currents are the movement of water at the surface of the ocean. These currents are driven by a variety of factors, including wind, tides, and the Earth’s rotation. They can be divided into two main categories: wind-driven currents…
After a week of solid trade wind action in Cabo Verde, the forecast for the start of Leg 2 is much more benign – light NE winds of 5 to 8 knots. In fact, the weakening trade winds are likely…
Entries have opened for Superyacht Cup Palma, the highlight of the Mediterranean superyacht calendar, with the Notice of Race now available for the 21-24 June celebration of sail. Over a dozen prospective entries have declared an interest in joining the…
Day 2 Races 1-3 It was a busy day today for the 505 fleet. The race committee went for three races in anticipation of some difficult conditions later in the week. As expected, conditions were similar to yesterday, but this…
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