Persico 69F Cup in Mallorca
Persico 69F Cup GP 4.1 and 4.2 are about to begin in Puerto Portals, Mallorca, Spain. It will be a first time for the only one-design, foiling, team monohull to hit the Palma Bay waters, some of the best known…
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Mastering variance at the 2022 iQFOiL World Champs
Significant shifts, and changes up and down range in the winds off Brest in France were the hallmark of the second day’s racing at the 2022 iQFOiL World Championships. In spite of the challenges this brings, several of Australia’s sailors…
PIC Coastal Classic: a forecast to make sailors smile
In 2019 the remarkable multihull Beau Geste sailed into New Zealand and set a new race record in the country’s most famous yacht race. It completed the 119 nautical mile course, which starts in Auckland and finishes in Russell, in…
Mat Belcher OAM announces retirement from Olympic sailing
Triple Olympic medalist Mat Belcher OAM has announced his retirement from Olympic sailing. Australia’s most successful Olympic sailor, Belcher had been considering a tilt at the new Mixed 470 class at the Paris 2024 games before calling time on his…
Project Landspeed – more rain equals more frustration
Lake Gairdner: It has not been an easy few days for the Land Speed Team on Lake Gairdner. Like much of Eastern Australia, it too has seen more precipitation than welcome. The eternally optimistic pilot Glenn Ashby has been closely…
Globe40 – Gryphon Solo 2 and Whiskey Jack arrive in Auckland
Tollgate Islands Race: Two-handed sailors give fully-crewed yachts run for their money
When the two-handed S&S 34 ‘Crux’ team of Carlos Aydos and Peter Grayson, saw the weather forecast before the start of the Tollgate Islands Race (260nm), they applied for leave for work on the following Monday, almost certain they would…
Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club to celebrate Sixty years
Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club is gearing up for their 2022-23 season Opening Day on Sunday 30 October 2022, with a special landmark celebration for their 60th year. Back in 1962-63, the co-operative vision of sailors from various keelboat clubs around…
Toil and toil, a win and a slog at 2022 iQFOiL World Champs
After the first day of racing at the 2022 iQFOiL World Championships was abandoned due to no wind, it meant that there would be just the one day to arrange qualifying for the Gold Fleet. This was always going to…
NSW ORC Championship and Pittwater Regatta return in February
Capitalising on the success of the inaugural ORC NSW Championship last February, organisers at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) are pleased to announce entry is open and the Notice of Race available for the event that will again run…
Luna Rossa prototype launch
Cagliari, October 13th, 2022 – The futuristic Luna Rossa Prototype, that will showcase the team’s return to on-water training, was launched today at 2 pm local time at the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli base. The sailing sessions with this boat…
No wind – no play at 2022 iQFOiL World Champs
The Brest Bretagne Nautisme watersports district is on the Western tip of Brittany, which is just to the East of Brest itself. The Autumnal weather offers low 20s falling to the mid-teens, with a chance of rain later on in…
Women’s European Match Racing Championship in Corfu
Editor – Congratulations to Jules and the Easy Tiger Racing who finished 7th overall. See you back on Pittwater soon. Corfu, Greece (17 October 2022) – Pauline Courtois and her ‘Match in Pink’ Normandie team from France have won the…
GWA Wingfoil World Cup – final results
The GWA Wingfoil World Cup Tarifa was the penultimate event in this five stop season of the GWA Wingfoil World Tour. The final climax will run at Taiba in Brazil, 16 – 20th November. 48 men and 15 women registered…
Rolex Middle Sea Race – the essential details
The start of the 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race is less than a week away. The Royal Malta Yacht Club has been a hive of activity over the past month, and the clubhouse and moorings are ready to welcome the…
SWS Pacific Guest Post – How To Match Your Watermaker To The Size Of Your Boat
Buying a reverse osmosis watermaker is one of the best investments you can make for your yacht and your quality of life on board. Before you jump right into a purchase, however, you need to figure out how much water…
Globe40 3rd Leg
At 09.18 hours local time, it was the Dutch crew on SEC HAYAI which took line honours and leg three victory in the GLOBE40 at the entrance to the Auckland Bay. Spanning some 7,000 nautical miles in all, it proved…
Class40: battles at all level
With no fewer than 55 entries Class40 is the biggest fleet of the 12th Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe. And within this big, competitive fleet there are a group of brand new, latest generation boats from renowned designers sailed by…
“That feels pretty special” – Breiana Whitehead seventh at Kite Worlds
Editor – apologies for mistakenly reporting earlier that Breiana had finished 5th Aussie Breiana Whitehead has capped off a magnificent week at the Formula Kite World Championships finishing seventh after a rollercoaster Semi Final series. The final day started with…
Promising trajectory for Australian ILCA 6 squad
Two races were completed on the final day of the ILCA 6 World Championships to round out the event and crown the newest champion. Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) took out the Championships by a commanding 20…
Aussies win at EurILCA Master European Champs
The 2022 EurILCA Master European Championships concluded in great way today after the last two scheduled races held in L’Escala, Spain. 7-10 knots of wind and almost flat water were the prevailing sailing conditions for all 5 fleets. The day…
18ft Skiffs: Spring Championship, Race 1
18ft SkiffsSpring Championship, Race 1Today’s Trophy: Major Arthur Frizelle TrophySunday, October 16 2022Sydney Harbour The Shaw and Partners Financial Services team of Jim Colley, Charlie Wyatt and Tom Quigley, took out the opening race of the Australian 18 Footers League’s…
Andoo Comanche crowned overall winner of Tollgate Islands Race
Andoo Comanche skipper John Winning Jr says he is “pushing the limits” of the famous 100-foot maxi, after claiming the overall victory in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s inaugural Tollgate Islands Race. The VPLP 100 took Line Honours in…
F18 World Championship 2022 Highlights Day 4
Aussies sitting 3rd going into final day. Saturday’s earlier start time at the 2022 Immunolin F18 World Championship gave competitors a four-race day in a variety of winds. The top 5 in the provisional standings are in a tight fight…
44Cup – Poons crowned World Champion third time in a row
While racing in 44Cup events usually goes to the wire, decided in the last few metres of the final race, this hasn’t been the case this year when the dominant force has been Monaco-based Dutchman Nico Poons and his Charisma…
Formula Kite World Championship 2022 – Day 6 – Finals
HIGHLIGHTS Breiana Whitehead finishes 5th overall – Strong onshore breeze of 12 knots building to 20 knots, blue skies and blue water at Poetto Beach– Toni Vodisek (SLO) wins his first world title– Daniela Moroz (USA) wins her sixth world…
Australians climb on the penultimate day of ILCA 6 Worlds
Three races were held in moderate winds on the penultimate day of the ILCA 6 World Championships hosted out of Texas Corinthian Yacht Club. After two impressive wins today, the reigning Olympic Champion, Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark, leads by a…
Ceeref fights back on eve of 44Cup World Championship finale
Slovenia: With a race lost on Friday at the 44Cup Portorož World Championship, to recoup the schedule four races were held today (Saturday), with the race area further offshore with the nearby medieval town of Piran an eye-catching backdrop. Piran…
Formula Kite Worlds Day 5
A light to medium Mistral breeze delivered four high-intensity races on day five of the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia. The wind was blowing offshore from Poetto Beach at 8 to 11 knots, making the racing an…
F18 World Championship – Day 3 delivers
Florida, USA: After two days of waiting for wind, participants were happily tired from three action-filled races in winds that increased during the day on Day 3 of the F18 World Championship, hosted by the Clearwater Beach Yacht Club. There…
Andoo Comanche takes Tollgate Islands Race line honours
Andoo Comanche continues to make advances ahead of the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, winning line honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Tollgate Islands Race. The 260 nautical mile race is the third of six races in…
Sail Sandy off to a slow start
It was a challenging start to the Sandringham Yacht Club’s premier multi-class event today as Port Phillip decided to glass-out on Day 1 of the Sail Sandy Regatta. The majority of classes achieved a single race in extremely light conditions,…
Breiana Whitehead flies up to fourth at Kite World Championships
Australia’s Breiana Whitehead has put together a day to remember at the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Italy, moving up to fourth with two days left to race. There was no shortage of action, with a day of…
Competition heats up at ILCA 6 World Championship
USA: Racing levelled up on day four of the ILCA 6 World Championships as three races were completed on the first day of the final series in a variable 6 to 13-knot wind. Conditions settled on Galveston Bay in Kemah,…
GWA Wingfoil World Cup Tarifa: First world title for Novotna
After over 10 years as a professional kiteboarder and now wingfoiling athlete, Czech Paula Novotna claimed her first world title at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Tarifa on Friday morning in a final against season-long rival, Nia Suardiaz. On the…
Testing conditions for Women’s European Championship
Corfu, Greece: A storm front over the Mediterranean island of Corfu presented challenging conditions today for the 12 teams competing in the 2022 Eurosaf Women’s European Championship, Stage 3 of the Women’s World Match Racing Tour. Fickle winds between 2-12knots…
The Poons downwind express train
Slovenia: Another slow start for day two of the 44Cup Portorož World Championship meant the fleet was held ashore with racing not getting underway until 1400 hours, but when it did fill in, the breeze was a crucial 2 knots…
Huge fleet for Kiwi Coastal Classic
Entries close on Friday for the 40th anniversary of the PIC Coastal Classic yacht race and 170 boats are entered – one of the biggest fleets in recent years. “After the challenges of last year, this is a great turnout…
Formula Kite Worlds Day 4
The Mistral fully kicked in for day four of the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia, the wind pumping from 15 up to 22 knots, with some really hard gusts coming off the Sardinian shore. Everyone came back…
Project Landspeed: A creep of frustration
The creep of water was accompanied by the creep of frustration on Lake Gairdner for Glenn Ashby and the land speed team as near perfect winds blew across the wetted lake surface restricting any sailing again. “Unfortunately, again we’re greeted…
