Formula Kite World Champs Day 3
HIGHLIGHTS– Mistral offshore breeze of 5 to 12 knots shakes up the pack on day 3– Daniela Moroz (USA) the only rider still to have won all races– Toni Vodisek (SLO) stays at the top of the men’s fleet– End…
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Light and challenging opening to 44Cup Worlds
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Day One – GWA Wingfoil World Cup Tarifa
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18ft Skiffs: Smeg 18ft Skiff Racing, Sponsorship with Style
When the Michael Coxon-led Smeg 18ft Skiff Racing Team takes to Sydney Harbour for the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2022-23 season it will become the 26th consecutive season of boat sponsorship by the “technology with style” company with the League….
Tropical storm steals the wind at the ILCA 6 World Champs
Tropical Storm Karl, which has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, played havoc on Galveston Bay for day two of the ILCA 6 World Championship. It was a waiting game in Kemah, Texas, with just one race completed in the…
Register for the 2022 Beneteau Cup
When: Friday, November 25Where: CYCA Rushcutters Bay Enter Now First-timers and seasoned racers welcome! The Beneteau Cup is a great day out on the water for Beneteau owners, family and friends. Join us for a fantastic day of racing and…
2022 Formula Kite World Championship – Day 2
HIGHLIGHTSThunderstorms and rain stop play, and not enough wind for racing when sun came out on day 2Daniela Moroz (USA) and Lauriane Nolot (FRA) lead the women’s qualifying fleetsAxel Mazella (FRA), Toni Vodisek (SLO) and Max Maeder (SGP) are top…
Women’s World Match Racing Tour
London (12 October, 2022) Twelve of the world’s top women’s match racing teams arrive to the Mediterranean island of Corfu, Greece today for the start of the EUROSAF Women’s European Championship, Stage 3 of the Women’s World Match Racing Tour…
2022 Formula Kite World Championships – Day 1
HIGHLIGHTSSolid breeze from 160 degrees, increasing from 9 to 14 knots during the afternoonA total of 20 qualifying races completedDaniela Moroz (USA) and Lauriane Nolot (FRA) lead the women’s qualifying fleetsAxel Mazella (FRA), Toni Vodisek (SLO) and Max Maeder (SGP)…
How to sail the AC40
It has the America’s Cup and wider sailing community tuned in and eager to understand its design and performance when considering its core purpose to provide the pathway into the America’s Cup for the next generation of Women and Youth…
Consistent opening day for Australians at ILCA 6 World Championships
The Australian Sailing ILCA6 squad had a solid qualifying day in Kemah, Texas on day one of the ILCA 6 World Championships held out of Texas Corinthian Yacht Club. The 85 sailors completed two races on Galveston Bay in moderate…
2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: 100 entrants locked in!
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…
Around-the-world: A new record attempt by the maxi trimaran Sails of Change
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…
Cherub States at Drummoyne
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Project Landspeed: Windows of opportunity
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…
Formula Kite World Championship 2022 – Day 0
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…
Explosive Last Race Decides M32 World Champs
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…
A record sized IMOCA fleet for Route du Rhum
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…
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez – in XXL format!
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…
42nd International Finn Cup at Fraglia Vela Malcesine
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…
TF35 Scarlino FINAL
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…
M32 Worlds Day 3 – Top Six in Battle for World Title
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…
Hobart Combined Clubs Long Race 1
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…
18 footer Season Starts Next Week
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…
M32 Worlds: Picture perfect racing
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…
Light wind 5.5 Metre thriller on Thunersee
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…
Racing abandoned as curtain closes on Voiles de Saint-Tropez
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…
TF35 Trophy: Five-race day in Scarlino
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…
Windsurfer Worlds – Day 4
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…
Windsurfer Worlds – Day 3
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…
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez a light air balancing act
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…
Realteam and Spindrift faultless in Scarlino
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…
Etchells – M11 Remediation: CFD Analysis
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…
GGR hits the equator on a voyage of attrition
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…
Day 1 – 2022 M32 World Championship
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…
Stunning opening day in Scarlino for TF35 Final
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…
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez – The summer that just keeps on giving!
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…
Windsurfer Worlds – Day 2
(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…
Windsurfer World Champs start in Mondello
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….
Alinghi Red Bull Racing goes flying in Barcelona
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…
