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This Wednesday morning, November 16, as the first boat was finishing the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe in Guadeloupe’s bay of Pointe-à-Pitre, a motor boat which was carrying 11 people capsized. The circumstances surrounding the accident are still undetermined, but…
In the dark of a Caribbean night to a typically rapturous welcome, French solo skipper Charles Caudrelier on the Ultim 32/32 Maxi Edmond de Rothschild crossed the line off Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe at 05:02:05hrs local time (09:02:05 UTC) this morning. His…
Croatian sailor, Ivica Kostelic (ACI), who was racing in the Class40 division in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe transatlantic race, is heading for Cascais in Portugal, suffering from many technical problems, including the loss of his wind gear. After a…
The 2022 Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship will host the World’s best youth match racing talent, with competitors coming from across the globe including America, New Zealand, New Caledonia and a strong representation from across Australia. After a two-year…
Entries are ramping up for the much anticipated Australian Etchells Championships, which will be held at Adelaide’s Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia from 7-12 January next year. A total of 17 boats are already entered into the event, including…
Billed as the ‘must’ do’ regatta to boost sailing skillsets ahead of the summer season of major yachting events, the 2022 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) is gathering momentum following the opening of entries in late…
The 2022 Senior European ILCA Championships are about to get underway in Hyeres, France, with both the ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 classes set to compete simultaneously. It’s been a tale of two seasons for the Australian ILCA 7 and…
Australian Class 40 sailor, Rupert Henry, reported today that he has structural failure of one of the frames in the front of his yacht, Eora, so has decided to withdraw from the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe for safety…
14 NOVEMBER 2022 After five days and nights of tough, physical, racing which has taken them to the edge of exhaustion, there are just 1100 nautical miles of direct runway left to sail to the Pointe-à-Pitre finish line for the…
14 NOVEMBER 2022At 1132hrs UTC this morning, while French skipper Fabrice Amedeo was en route to Cascais in Portugal after suffering damage during the Route du Rhum-Destination Gudeloupe solo Transatlantic race, there was an explosion aboard his Imoca, Nexans –…
18ft SkiffsSpring Championship, Race 5 and 6Today’s Trophy: Chris Webb Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: YandooSunday, 13 November 2022Sydney Harbour Races 5 and 6 of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2022-23 Spring Championship were sailed over two windward-leeward 3-buoys courses, on Sydney…
Kraken Scoops the Pool in TasPorts Maria Island Race Kraken 42S, a Cookson 12 owned and sailed by Mark Bayles and Andrew Sinclair, won all three handicap divisions in last weekend’s TasPorts 75th Maria Island Race. In one of the…
Skipper Mark Bradford says Black Jack reached its peak performance to win both line and overall honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2022 Bird Island Race. The 83nm race around Bird Island – approximately 3nm north east of…
After capsizing around 2000hrs yesterday evening while leading the Ocean Fifty class of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race, French skipper Thibaut Vauchel-Camus was rescued this morning from the upturned Solidaires En Peloton – ARSEP some 240 miles north…
DUBAI – November 13, 2022 – Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP Team delivered one of the more remarkable victories seen in SailGP to dramatically overtake both France and Great Britain from what had seemed respective winning positions to storm back onto…
Auckland (13 November, 2022) Pauline Courtois and her Match in Pink match racing team from France have successfully defended their world title winning the 2022 Barfoot & Thompson World Women’s Match Racing Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. The team were…
Ocean Fifty Class leader, ARSEP has capsized in rough weather between Portugal and the Azores, her solo skipper, Frenchman, Thibaut Vauchel-Camus is not injured and is sheltering in the central hull of his trimaran. Vauchel-Camus, 43, who had taken the…
French skipper Louis Burton (Bureau Vallée) has dismasted on the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe while lying in ninth place on the solo race from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe which started on Wednesday at 1415hrs. Burton reported the accident at 1700hrs…
Tom Slingsby and the Australia Team couldn’t hide their disappointment after suffering a dismal first race day of the Dubai Sail Grand Prix on Port Rashid, Tom Slingsby confessing, “We had a shocker.” The race course, described by SailGP CEO…
Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe leaders, Charles Caudrelier (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild) and François Gabart (SVR Lazartigue), are less than 15 miles apart and on converging tracks as they negotiate the Azores islands, looking to get through the next cold front…
On a day of light winds and close racing, Sir Ben Ainslie mastered conditions to take control of the inaugural Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas, meaning the British team sits five points clear at the top of…
Belgian Class40 skipper, Jonas Gerckens, has been forced to retire from the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe this Friday evening local time due to a combination of technical problems which are exacerbated by his poor state of health. The 42-year-old solo…
The title favourite, Charlie Dalin (APIVIA) has been enjoying something of a rich-get-richer scenario at the front of the 36 strong Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe IMOCA fleet, his lead of 60 miles ahead of Thomas Ruyant (LinkedOUt) increasing by the…
Tom Slingsby and the other SailGP drivers are expecting adrenaline fuelled racing and possible carnage after practising on the tight race track ahead of the first ever Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas this weekend. In the press…
There are days in competition that truly go down in the history books and day two of the Copa Kitley GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup Brazil in Taiba is one of them. As the final Freestyle event of the season, the…
Since Wednesday at 14:15 hours, Charles Caudrelier, deemed to have crossed the start line of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe too early, was the subject of a procedure, but the latter was lifted last night. In the Sailing…
Dubai: The SailGP title race has never been more wide open, with three different winners in the last three events, as the sport’s best athletes prepare for the inaugural Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas. On the spectacularly…
Damien Seguin’s IMOCA Groupe APICIL was hit by a cargo ship and dismasted around 0330hrs (French time) this morning. The French skipper is racing on the Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe solo race across the Atlantic and was lying in…
World number 1, Pauline Courtois and her Match in Pink team from France, lead the qualifying round at the 2022 Barfoot & Thompson Women’s Match Racing World Championship after two days of racing in challenging conditions on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour….
Auckland, New Zealand (10 November 2022) The home of the America’s Cup delivered thrilling conditions for the opening day of the 2022 Barfoot & Thompson Women’s Match Racing World Championship, the final stage of the Women’s World Match Racing Tour….
10 NOVEMBER 2022With the first 24 hours of racing completed and the record sized fleet of solo racers settling into their ocean racing rhythm, the biggest threat to the lead of Charles Caudrelier and the Ultim 32/23 pacemaker Maxi Edmond…
SailGP on CBS delivers best U.S. broadcast sailing viewership in 30 years NEW YORK – November 9, 2022 – SailGP, one of the world’s fastest growing sport leagues, is proving that high-octane, hydrofoiling sailboat racing is ready-made for the mainstream….
The annual FREE Discover Sailing Day, which offers the experienced and beginner alike the opportunity to try life under sail, is scheduled for Sunday 20th November(10am-3.00pm) at Concord and Ryde Sailing Club located at Kissing Point Park Corner of Waterview…
STOP PRESS:Pat Lawless (IRL) – ” GREEN REBEL ” has decided to retire from the Golden Globe Race 2022, due to windvane issue. More details shortly… Dateline: Cape Town, Wednesday, 9th of November 2022 Dreams shattered for a $20 part,…
The Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand is set for its second consecutive week of world-class sailing with the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron hosting the Barfoot & Thompson Women’s Match Racing World Championships from 9-13 November, the final event…
09 NOVEMBER 2022Editor update: At the time of writing this post, Rupert Henry’s Eora was in 7th place in the Class40 Division. Postponed for three days due to stormy conditions in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay today’s…
The latest in a line of Rag & Famish Hotel 18ft skiffs, dating back to 1996, was launched in the rigging area alongside the Australian 18 Footers League clubhouse in Double Bay on Sunday October 30 and continues the unbroken,…
New teams, a new coach and new equipment have been the keys to unlocking Australia’s quest for success in the 49erFX class at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The squad, which is comprised of experienced Olympians and emerging talent, competed overseas…
Sebastian Bohm’s NSW based TP52 Smuggler is among the latest entries received by Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) for the 2023 Festival of Sails, Australia’s oldest and largest keelboat regatta, to be held from 26 to 29 January 2023. Campaigning…
Paralympic sailor Xu Jingkun has entered the history books as China’s first competitor in the solo transatlantic race Route Du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe. Jingkun, 33, who lost his left forearm aged 12, will race against the elements, the clock…
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