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The Global Solo Challenge (GSC) is a single-handed, non-stop, unassisted sailing event by the three Great Capes. Racing Rules of Sailing, however, do not apply, nor any class rules such as Imoca, Class40 or similar. Technically speaking, the GSC is not a…
Italian ILCA 6 (former Laser Radial) sailor Massimo Patelli died on April 30 during an accident in the ICLA Master Class Regatta in Livorno, Italy. The 51-year-old died after he was struck by the boom. For the full story, see:…
Leucate, France: We finally arrived at the sixth and final day of competition at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup France on Sunday. The event had started slowly back on Tuesday with a few light, no-action days, but since the Tramontana…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Blair is still trying to raise money to…
Margate Marina’s improved deep-water access to fuel and pump-out dock is now completed. Located just south of Hobart, Margate Marina has a spectacular setting on edge of the famed cruising waters of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. Following the release of the…
The Australian International Marine Export Group (AIMEX), Superyacht Australia and the Australian Commercial Marine Group are proud to announce the 11th annual Australian Marine Industry Awards finalists. Eight award categories across the marine export, superyacht and commercial sectors will recognise…
Jean Genie (James Howells, Andrew Palfrey, Ruairidh Scott) have won the Int. 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda after the two final races on Saturday. Helly Hansen (Kristian Neergard, Trond Soli Sather, Espen Styokkeland, SUI),…
There were no medals, but plenty of learnings and promising performances with the Australia Sailing Team wrapping up the 2022 French Olympic week Hyères with two top five and two top ten placings. Rio Olympic silver medallists and Tokyo fifth-placed…
The ultimate destination of the winners’ trophies at the Swan Tuscany Challenge went down to the wire today, with the final results still in the balance on the last legs of the concluding races. Going into the deciding ClubSwan 50…
The Olympic classes regatta in Hyeres is over for another year and the medals decided, with Poland successful in the ILCA 6 and 49er classes, France winning both the Women’s and Men’s iQFOil, Italy again taking Nacra Gold and a…
France: Day 5 in the Surf-Freestyle and 11 hours after the 7.30am rider’s briefing on the beach here in Leucate on Saturday morning local time, Spain named its first event champion of the season in the GWA Wingfoil World Tour…
Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes have secured four spots in the French Olympic Week Hyères medal races after qualifying in the ILCA 7, ILCA 6 and Nacra 17 as well as in the Formular Kite…
Following recommendations, eligible two-handed entrants will now be able to compete for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) most prestigious trophies, including the Tattersall Cup and John H. Illingworth Challenge Cup, awarded respectively to the overall winner and line…
The fifth edition of the Foiling Awards was held in the wonderful hall of the Teatro Arcimboldi in Milan, in an atmosphere appropriate for the Oscars of flying boating. After a year of absence due to the pandemic, the awards…
Poland’s Agata Barwinska took the first gold medal of the 53rd Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – TPM with a mastery of light winds and match racing in the Women’s ILCA 6, while Dominik Buksak and Szymon Wierzbicki, who lead…
Another round of competitive racing at the Swan Tuscany Challenge today resulted in race leads and class leaders changing and then changing again as the ClubSwan Racing teams battled it out for places and points on the Gulf of Follonica…
Great Britain’s Jean Genie (James Howells/Andrew Palfrey/Ruairidh Scott) took a commanding lead on the second day of the Int. 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda. Two more race wins leaves them four points clear of…
Day three of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup France in Leucate and France’s Flora Artzner and reigning champion, Titouan Galea, were the stars of Surf-Slalom. The day started bright and early with riders on the water at 6:30 am and…
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of marine personality and photographer Kelvin James Mowtell, known to all as ‘Ace’, who passed away in his beloved New Zealand on Wednesday evening; he was 86. A true character in…
The Sydney International Boat Show (SIBS) sets sail for a celebration of all things aquatic when it returns from 28 July to 1 August 2022 to the International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney and Cockle Bay at the iconic Darling Harbour….
Rex, the ORMA60 trimaran previously known as New Zealand’s Team Vodafone, has bettered the previous race record, set by Beau Geste MOD70 in 2019, by more than an hour in this year’s City Winery Brisbane to Gladstone Multihull Yacht Race….
It was the first day of gold fleet racing at the French Olympic Week regatta Hyères, and with all eyes now set on Saturday’s medal races the intensity of the competition went up a notch. Olympic champion Matt Wearn OAM…
The international 5.5 Metre season opened in 2022 as it closed in 2021, with the Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda in beautiful conditions and a thoroughbred fleet of 11 boats from six nations. It was a…
Tight racing on Day 4 of Semaine Olympique Française in Hyeres. Catch up on 470 and ILCA 6 & 7 racing, featuring interviews with Chris Charlwood/Amelia Catt (470), Casey Imeneo (ILCA 6), Zoe Thomson (ILCA 6), Finn Alexander (ILCA 7)…
It was announced today that former team watch captain Jack Bouttell (GBR/AUS) will take over the role of skipper for the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team in the 2022 edition of The Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy in July. A previous Volvo…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Blair is still trying to raise money to…
Another five yachts took their places in the winner’s circle today as the Swan Tuscany Challenge reached its halfway point with everything left to play for in a tightly compact and closely matched fleet. The opening event on the ClubSwan…
The team owned by Sailing Holland is back in The Ocean Race. Sailing Holland and DutchSail have announced that they will compete in the upcoming edition of The Ocean Race with Sailing Team ‘NextGen’ – a Dutch-owned team sailing on…
With just two weeks to go to the start of the Pro Sailing Tour season two (12 May-10 July), one of ocean racing’s most exciting new competitions, a multinational fleet of seven foiling trimarans (the eighth will join in Brest)…
The GC32 Racing Tour will return to its full five event schedule in 2022. Following January’s announcement of the 2022 Tour’s first three events – the final two events will see the flying catamaran circuit return to Villasimius, Sardinia in…
Hyères, France: Day three at the 53rd edition of the French Olympic Week regatta saw the end of the qualifying series in the ILCA 7, 470 Mixed, 49er and 49er FX classes with multiple Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian…
Final day of qualifying here for most of the fleets in Hyeres at the Semaine Olympique Française. In today’s highlights video we cover 49erFX, 49er, iQFOiL and Nacra 17. Full results: https://sof.ffvoile.fr/results/ Video by Beau Outteridge/Australian Sailing Team
Expectations and entries are running high as the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) prepares to host its 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, with Cam McKenzie and Nigel Jones’ recently purchased J/111, Ginan, marking the occasion by being the 50th entry. …
Italy: Preparations finished, practice completed, the Swan Tuscany Challenge got serious today – and with four different winners in each of the four races held the competition looks like it will be wide open across the two one-design fleets. On…
More than 60 sailors from across Sydney Harbour gathered last night at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron to celebrate the conclusion of the 2021-22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series (SHWKS). The evening started in the Carabella Room with a Q&A…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Blair is still trying to raise money to…
The blue water catamaran brand welcomed new prospects into the close-knit Outremer community as it experienced a surge in demand at the International Multihull Show in France from Wednesday to Sunday, 20-24 April. Select press also enjoyed a tour of the…
Olympic champion Matt Wearn (WA) continued his winning streak at the French Olympic Week Hyères, finishing first in both his fleet races on the second day of the regatta. Once again, the Côte d’Azur put on great sailing conditions with…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Blair is still trying to raise money to…
Another stunning day in Hyeres for the Semaine Olympique Française (French Olympic Week). In today’s highlights video we caught up with Nia Jerwood & Conor Nicholas (470 Mixed) and Breiana Whitehead (Formula Kite). Full results: https://sof.ffvoile.fr/results/ Video by Beau Outteridge/Australian…
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