World Sailing Show – August 2022
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2022 ILCA U21 World Champs – Day 6
28 August 2022 Vilamoura, Portugal – No races were completed today on the final day of the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships, due to lack of wind again. The scores remain unchanged from yesterday, so Germany’s U19 sailor Ole Schweckendiek…
Coco de Mer earns her win at the Multihull Cup
Coco de Mer emerged as the deserved winner of the 2022 Multihull Cup on Sunday, finally overturning a long-running sequence in the runner-up spot. The 66′ Morrelli & Melvin designed Gunboat has finished in second place at three of the…
Lasting Legacy in Nova Scotia from 49er and Nacra 17 Worlds
Three levels of government (Government of Canada, Province of Nova Scotia and 2 Municipalities, including Halifax & Chester) and 16 private sponsors have come together in support of the World Championship and its Legacy with an overall budget of $2.7…
Surprises and standouts at Hamilton Island Race Week Finale
MEDIA RELEASEAugust 28, 2022 The 36th edition of Hamilton Island Race Week concluded on Saturday with a mixture of courses around Lindeman Island, the traditional landmark of the closing passage race which sorted the finish order in multiple divisions of…
Figaro -A Stage 2 of two halves
Press release, Sunday 28th August 2022 The second stage of the 53rd La Solitaire du Figaro left Brittany’s scenic bay of Port-la-ForĂŞt in a gentle ESE’’ly breeze and perfect warm sunshine at 1300hrs this Sunday afternoon, ideal weather to muster…
2022 ILCA U21 World Championships – Day 5
27 August 2022 Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships. It was another morning without wind, so the race committee displayed the AP flag to start the day. The wind finally filled…
Triple bullet day for Picsou at IRC European Championship
The IRC European Championship has a bit of a tradition of smaller boats winning; in Cork in 2016, the first ever IRC European Champion was Paul Gibbons and his diminutive Quarter Tonner Anchor Challenge, while the following year in Marseille…
Challenging race sets scene for Multihull Cup decider
The halfway point of the 2022 Multihull Cup proved a day of consolidation for some, one of commiserations for others, but with the final placings still up for grabs going into the deciding coastal race on Sunday. The British-flagged Coco…
La Solitaire Du Figaro: Rest and recovery
In contrast to Leg 1, the second leg of 635 nautical miles in La Solitaire Du Figaro, which starts Sunday 1300hrs CEST from Port-La-ForĂŞt heading to Royan via the Channel Islands and Eddystone Rock, looks set to be an initial…
Australian Yachting Championships decided – Sandy Oatley a lucky charm
There was plenty resting on the final race of the 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) at Hamilton Island Race Week today, apart from deciding the winners of each division, Sandy Oatley took the helm of Hamilton Island Wild Oats, while…
Golden Globe: Village popular – not all meet Notice of Race requirements
In Les Sables d’Olonne, Place du VendĂ©e Globe, the Golden Globe Race Village is a popular success attracting thousands of visitors every day, with the opportunity to meet the entrants and discover their boats on the GGR pontoons. Spectators can…
Moana leaps forward on Day 2 of IRC Europeans
Day two of the IRC European Championship at Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend could not have been more different to Day 1; yesterday’s opening race, a medium coastal, was tricky in the extreme for race committee and competitors alike as the…
ILCA U21 World Championships Day 4
Vilamoura, Portugal: Three races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships, the day starting with around 6–7 knots of wind that died soon after, so the race committee abandoned the first race. The breeze then picked up…
Multihull Cup opens with contrasting fortunes
High-performance multihull racing returned to the waters of southern Mallorca on Friday with the opening day of the 2022 Multihull Cup. The fifth edition of the exclusive regatta for 50’+ performance cruising multihulls clearly demonstrated the appetite for competitive sailing…
La Solitaire Du Figaro: Course 2 reversed
Race Direction of La Solitaire du Figaro, in consultation with OC Sport Pen Duick and MĂ©tĂ©o Consult, took the decision this Friday to modify the direction of the course of the second stage of La Solitaire du Figaro due to…
Judges announced for World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Awards
With just one week remaining to submit nominations for this year’s World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award, the fifth edition of the highest recognition of success in marine sustainability, World Sailing has unveiled its expert panel of judges. Alexandra…
Fierce battles continue at Hamilton Island Race Week
Racing crews are at the business end of Hamilton Island Race Week with one day remaining of the huge 36th edition. Two windward-leewards for Multihull Racing and Rating Divisions 3 and 4, and passage races for the remaining divisions, split…
Competition ramps up at Australian Yachting Championships Day 5
An overcast day, breezy and chilly at the 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) was sent to brush the cobwebs away from those who are tired after nearly a week of hard racing and the glittery social activities that entice competitors…
Challenge for competitors on IRC Europeans’ opening day
Racing got underway today in the seventh IRC European Championship, this year taking part in the Netherlands as part of Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend. Part of the four-day competition to determine who gets this year’s title for the RORC and…
La Solitaire Du Figaro: Beaudart takes Stage 1 after Duthil penalised
French rookie Davy Beaudart (Nauty Mor), 37, has been declared the winner of Stage 1 of the 53rd La Solitaire du Figaro after Fred Duthil (Le Journal Des Enterprises) was given a statuary 30-minute time penalty for an equipment seal…
ILCA U21 World Championships – Day 3
Vilamoura, Portugal – Another day of no racing at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships, due to lack of wind after the race committee sent sailors out for the scheduled 14:00 warning signal, but like the day before, once they…
Two-handed Manx II completes Round Britain & Ireland Race
Kuba Szymanski’s First 40.7, Polished Manx II, racing in IRC Two-Handed with Adrian Kucmin, finished the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race on Thursday at 14:00:54 local time in an elapsed time of 18 days 01hrs 50mins 54secs. Polished Manx…
M32: Close racing on historic waters
The North American Championships and the final event of the Midtown Racing Series were held 12-14 August in Newport, Rhode Island, on America’s Cup waters outside of Narragansett Bay. All scheduled 13 races were held as planned in both northerly…
Fred Duthil wins Stage 1 of La Solitaire du Figaro
Wily French silver fox, Fred Duthil (Le Journal Des Enterprises), has clinched Stage 1 of 53rd La Solitaire du Figaro by only 1 minute, 1 second. At the conclusion of a thrilling match race to the finish line in the…
Two weeks of racing with the Maxi Yacht Cup and Swan Cup regattas
September will once again be an intense month in Porto Cervo, with the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup scheduled from 4-10 September and the Rolex Swan Cup returning from 11-18 September, after a four-year break imposed by the pandemic. Anticipation is…
Brisk and breezy Australian Yachting Championships Day 4
A sunny day but fresh and chilly this morning for the 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) at Hamilton Island Race Week in Queensland, with the wind metre registering 30 knots and gusting as competitors rugged up and waited. “All Dent…
Rostock to host Inclusion World Championship for Sailing
Germany’s Baltic Coast destination city of Rostock is all set to host the Inclusion World Championship for Sailing on 24-28 August on behalf of World Sailing. The city – officially known as the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock –…
2022 ILCA U21 World Champs – Day 2
Vilamoura, Portugal – No races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships, due to lack of wind. The race committee waited until 15:00 to send the sailors out, but once on the water, the wind picked up…
Palmieri builds lead into final night of Figaro
With 150 nautical miles still to complete of the Stage 1 course shortened to 559 miles Swiss skipper Nils Palmieri (Teamwork) has established a break at the head of the 34 strong La Solitaire du Figaro lead after he made…
Three teams finish on day 18 of Round Britain & Ireland Race
Day 18 of the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race, 19 teams have now finished the 1,805nm race with just one team still racing; Kuba Szymanski & Adrian Kucmin on the First 40.7 Polished Manx II. Three teams finished today…
Globe40 Leg 2 – arrival of Whiskey Jack in Mauritius
Have a look in video the emotional arrival of Melodie Schaffer and Mikael Ryking in Mauritius after an epic second leg!
Tight TP52 competition at Hamilton Island Race Week
CYCA Rear Commodore and TP52 Zen crew member, Tom Barker, experienced a full-circle moment as he lifted his two-year-old daughter Bella onto his shoulders during the post-race presentation area on lay day eve at the Australian Yachting Championships at Hamilton…
Russian yacht Axioma auctioned off amidst spirited bidding
The Russian-owned superyacht Axioma has been auctioned off to the highest bidder, completing the first seizure and forfeiture process for a sanctioned asset since the beginning of punitive sanctions on the Russian elite earlier this year. According to Bloomberg, the…
Superheroes at Hamilton Island Race Week
A cool blast from the south didn’t deter those wearing incredible costumes, from superheroes and lycra-clad red devils to meticulously presented matching crew uniforms, to win over the judges in the annual Hamilton Island Race Week Prix d’Elegance. The unique…
UF50 Celebration attracts over 80 Uffa boats
UF50 Celebration acclaimed huge success, with over 80 Uffa Fox-designed boats visiting Cowes over the weekend. UF50 marks fifty years since the death of yachting hero Uffa Fox. The event attracted 220 sailors and volunteers and over 1000 visitors. As…
The Appendage Factory
Auckland – 24th August 2022 As excitement builds around the arrival of the AC40 and the focus on the build at McConaghy boats, Emirates Team New Zealand’s build facility on Auckland’s North Shore has been running at capacity for the…
Bar Talk – Bellino & Mzungu! – Round Britain & Ireland Race
In the 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race the battle to be the first Two-Handed team to finish was extraordinary, with two teams in sight of each other for 15 days of match racing. Rob Craigie & Deb Fish…
ILCA U21 World Champs – Day 1
Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today in all three fleets at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships. With a beautiful southeast breeze of 10–13 knots, Vilamoura provided its reliable champagne sailing conditions for the first day of the…
Figaro course is shortened
With the course now shortened by 85 miles to 559 nautical miles because of intermittent periods of light winds, the leaders on Stage 1 of the 2002 La Solitaire du Figaro should round a virtual waypoint at the mouth of…
