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The 3542 miles Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race across the Atlantic from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe, due start on Sunday at 1302hrs local time, has been postponed due to forecast storms which would have hit the 138-boat fleet during…
A beautiful blue sky and warm sun, but very light wind on day three of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup Grand Final in Barcelona where six races were finished by as many teams who accessed the final fleet races. Competitors…
Three wins from four starts for Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart’s Lazy Dog branded her breakaway MC38 and boat of the day on day two of the class’s Australian Championship. In perfect spring conditions, an east-north-easterly 10-15 knot breeze on…
Australian sailing stars Tom Slingsby OAM, Mara Stransky OLY and Chris Symonds have been recognised for their incredible achievements at tonight’s Australian Sailing Awards, with the trio taking out Male Sailor of the Year, Female Sailor of the Year and…
The Notice of Race is out and sailors now have the opportunity to be a part of Australian sailing history by entering the Gladstone Ports Corporation’s Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, which celebrates 75 years when it sets sail on…
For Boris Herrmann, the popular 41-year-old German solo ocean racer who took fifth on the last Vendée Globe, managing the expectations of the hundreds of thousands of fans he has at home now and a big media following, is all…
Following a very successful 2022 season, celebrating 10 years since the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit started in Barcelona in 2012, the 52 Super Series again follows the preferences of its passionate, committed owners in 2023, with an itinerary…
he forecast spoke of a windy day, but what Barcelona put in place today was a great show, with strong winds from 15 to 25 knots, beautiful blue sky and white caps on the waves coming from Barceloneta beach. On…
Australian sailing legends will receive the sport’s highest accolade, with four inductees to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame at the Australian Sailing Awards Dinner, on Friday November 4, at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Hall of Fame inductees for…
The Youth Foiling Gold Cup Grand Final started today in Barcelona, Spain, hosted by Marina Vela with the support of Club Nautico Vilassar de Mar. Nine races of the two-day Qualification Stage were finished by the nine teams competing here…
Dateline: Les Sables-d’Olonne, Wednesday, 2nd of November 2022 GGR fleet on the way to Cape Town, last call before the Southern Ocean, battling High Pressure Systems and barnacles (again), and a local hero making a big bet!Cape Town is a…
The closing event of the YFGC with the best teams of the year will take place in Marina Vela from November 3rd to the 6th. The Youth Foiling Gold Cup Grand Final is about to begin at Marina Vela, in…
The Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe which starts on Sunday from Saint Malo is set to see a record 138 boats spread across six classes, Ultim 32/23, IMOCA, Ocean Fifty, Class40, Rhum Multi, Rhum Mono. They will set off on Sunday…
Our friends over at Eyachts are holding an Axopar Test Drive Day this weekend.When: Saturday 5th November, 2022 10am – 4pm Where: Fergusons Marine, The Spit, Sydney Your chance to see the Axopar range, take an intimate look and test…
The 2022-23 Spring 18ft skiff Championship reaches the half-way mark on Sunday (November 6) when the Australian 18 Footers League conducts Race 4 of the seven-race series, for the Eric Bowen Memorial Trophy, on Sydney Harbour. Racing in the series…
The special October episode of the World Sailing Show, which premiered on 31 October 2022, goes inside the World Sailing Awards, a glittering ceremony where unstoppable Nacra 17 teammates Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti were named male and female Rolex…
Nine MC38s will vie for the class Australian Championship this weekend, among them the first all-female crew, as a trophy trifecta is dangling in front of the defending champion, Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart’s Lazy Dog. The national title will…
Approaching her first Route du Rhum-Destination Pip Hare is taking a necessarily cautious approach, especially for the first 24-36 hours. The British skipper lit up the last Vendée Globe with her effervescent joie-de-vie during her first adventures in the Southern…
Entries are ramping up for the ninth edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race, promising thrilling battles right through the fleet. Twenty one teams from nine nations have so far expressed their intention to race 3,000-miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Organised…
Written by Dave Proctor from the Global Solo Challenge. In this article, I will examine some of the safety telecommunication systems and requirements which will be available to the skippers of the 2023/2024 Global Solo Challenge (GSC). Before the mid-nineteenth…
Tracy Richardson, President of the Adams Ten Class Association of Australia, remembers her first impression of an Adams 10 in 2014 like it was yesterday. “I have a very vivid memory of coming down the marina at Middle Harbour Yacht…
Juliet Costanzo, Sarah Parker, Evelyn Foster, Jemma Hodgson & Rosie Rowell have been crowned John Messenger and Australian Women’s Match Racing Champions this weekend, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Juliet has reclaimed both trophies for the Royal…
Open to all boats with no size limit when it was created in 1978, the most legendary of the transatlantic races still retains its original spirit through the Rhum class. On November 6, 17 competitors will start in Rhum Multi,…
By only one point margin in a seven-event season, silver goes to Fin1Racing and bronze to Swiss Dental Solutions. Puerto Portals, Mallorca, was the venue where 69F crowned the Persico 69F Cup 2022 champions, after a fierce battle on the…
Club Championship, Race 1Today’s Trophy: Mick Scully Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: NoakesSunday, October 30 2022Sydney Harbour The first championship-style race of the 2022-23 Australian 18 Footers League season was sailed on Sydney Harbour today in a 10-15 knot North east breeze…
During its first weekend, the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe village has clearly been a huge success with the crowds turning up, while out on the water, the Rhum mono and multi boats took advantage of ideal weather for…
With no racing possible due to the absence of wind today, Doug DeVos’s Quantum Racing secured the 52 Super Series Barcelona Week title – their fourth regatta title of the five events this year – and in so doing conclusively…
Multiple past winners, international entrants and a record number of two-handed competitors headline a strong contingent of 120 boats entered for the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Entries closed on Friday 28 October for the 77th edition of the…
The skippers competing in the fourth leg of the Globe40 set sail today at 12:00 hours local time just off the famous Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and stretching some 2,300 nautical miles, the first leg should take crews 12…
World Sailing has voted overwhelmingly, with a 93.85 percent majority to approve changes to its governance structure which will enable the federation to be more efficient and increase transparency in line with the requirements of a modern global sporting body….
World Sailing Council met to present a series of reports from each of the committees to update members on the current direction of the sport and future priorities. Opening the Council meeting, World Sailing President, Quanhai Li, praised the resilience…
Another sunny day and a sea breeze greeted the sailors for the last day of Final racing at the 470 World Championships in Sdot-Yam, Israel where Western Australian pair, Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas, finished third in the Silver fleet,…
Year on year, the Rolex Middle Sea Race features myriad skirmishes right through the fleet and if you dream of winning one of the classic 600 nautical mile offshore races overall, you must have the determination and commitment to first…
With 14 nationalities represented, the transatlantic Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe has never been so cosmopolitan – there will in fact be 25 skippers coming from outside of France setting off on 6th November local time. Originating from all the continents,…
The penultimate day of the 2021 season at Barcelona Sailing Week proved a painful one for the Plattner family’s Phoenix team and so it was again today, as the five-regatta 2022 52 Super Series season tapers down to the final…
Rome: Translated 9, the Swan 65 now completely refitted, has set sail for the Southern Ocean to finish selecting its crew (70 percent non-professionals) and start training for the Ocean Globe Race 2023. The process of refitting the yacht took…
Start line action from the Passage Race on Sunday. Just a reminder of how close things can get on the beautiful boats. Sometimes a bit too close for Southerly given that red flag being waved at them.
They have been building up the excitement all week with teaser shots on social media, but today (Thursday) the veil was lifted out at the INEOS Britannia training base in Palma, Mallorca of the British team’s LEQ12 – its prototype…
After a challenging three race day at the 52 SUPER SERIES Barcelona Sailing Week which saw the Tina Plattner steered South African flagged Phoenix score a third, first and a second while the American Quantum Racing netted 14pts, Doug DeVos’…
The conditions on the Mediterranean Sea are making for challenging and exciting racing at the 470 World Championships in Israel. A persistent offshore breeze has kept the sailors’ heads on a swivel as they seek to link the gusts together…
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