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Cowes: An outstanding long weekend of yacht racing, where the full program was sailed under brilliant sunshine in 10-20+ knot winds and a mix of tidal states on one of the world’s most challenging stretches of water – the Royal…
Tracy Richardson (NSW) and crew extended their Division 1 lead at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) this afternoon and with just a day of racing remaining, are looking unassailable in the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) hosted event. With…
The ILCA 6 Masters World Championships kicked off today in Riviera Nayarit, Nueveo Vallarta, Mexico with two scheduled races successfully completed in hot conditions and three Australians are prominently placed in two divisions. Sailors experienced 8–10 knots of wind in…
Vallarta, Mexico – The ILCA 6 Masters World Championships kicked off today in Riviera Nayarit, Nueveo Vallarta, Mexico, and the two scheduled races were successfully completed. The weather is hot, but the competition is hotter as the ILCA 6 masters face off…
Les Sables D’olonne: The start gun of the much anticipated second edition of the 3,500 nautical mile Vendée Arctique – Les Sables d’Olonne race around Iceland will sound Sunday at 1700hrs French time (1600hrs BST, 1500hrs UTC). The local forecast…
Cowes: A further three windward-leewards were held on the central-eastern Solent on day two of the RORC’s IRC National Championship in yet more exceptional conditions – 15-20 knot WSW winds and brilliant sunshine. At this regatta – one of the…
Connecting Lorient and Tangier, the prologue for the first edition of the Globe40 set sail on Saturday local time at 15:00 hours and with the start line set between the 5-port town in Brittany and the island of Groix, the…
Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland: SSL Team Czech Republic threw down the gauntlet to their European rivals yesterday, and today that challenge was firmly met, as SSL Team Portugal and SSL Team Bulgaria also posted victories to smash Group 4 wide open…
Competitors were put through a tough test on Day 1 of the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), not only were conditions rough on Port Phillip, but officials at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron decided on three windward/leeward races instead of two,…
Newport, Rhode Island: Ray Davies spends most of his time in the highly analytical world of the America’s Cup, where empirical data comes by the gigabyte, and little is left to subjective review and he knows to trust the numbers,…
The Australian 30th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) fired up with a race briefing at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron early this morning, ahead of the first race which started at 10am on Port Phillip in a stiff cold breeze. Twenty-four…
Cowes: Apart from Rán and Jukebox, the Solent was star of the show on day one of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s annual IRC National Championship, one of the leading events for the RORC/UNCL-owned yacht rating system. The race committee…
A fleet of 56 boats will take to the starting line for the coastal race from Sanremo to Saint-Tropez in the Rolex Giraglia, with the first cannon shot to be fired at midnight in Italy. The docks of the Yacht…
Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland: After unfavourable wind conditions forced abandonment of racing yesterday, Group 5 finally got underway today in the SSL Gold Cup, with three back-to-back races in an all-South American contest. SSL Team Uruguay held off a strong challenge…
The Swedish sailing icon and legend, Pelle Petterson, has been announced as winner of the prestigious Magnus ”Mange” Olsson Prize 2022, which is awarded annually to an individual who has made an indelible contribution to the world of sailing, Pelle…
Fire ripped through the harbour tour boat Spirit of Norfolk, leaving it burned out above the main deck level. The Spirit of Norfolk caught fire on Tuesday afternoon while conducting a harbour tour for elementary school students just off Naval Station Norfolk. 108…
The Australian Yachting Championships are set to be run alongside some of Australia’s biggest keelboat regattas after Australian Sailing today locked in the host clubs of the event for the next four years. Australian Sailing is intentionally setting the schedule…
Amongst entries for the Global Solo Challenge (GSC), one firm of Naval architects stands out; designed by Argentinian firm Germán Frers (pronounced with a soft Spanish G, so it sounds like Herman). The firm was founded by Germán Frers Snr in…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to welcome entries from eligible yachts for the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The 77th edition of the historic 628 nautical mile race will start in Sydney Harbour on Monday 26 December…
Fourteen sailors have been selected to join the Alinghi Red Bull Racing crew and represent the Société Nautique de Genève during the 37th America’s Cup. While some are new to the sport, these talented athletes will be backed by several…
World Sailing, the global governing body for the sport of sailing, is marking United Nations World Oceans Day on 8 June by issuing a rallying call to the global sailing community to increase efforts to protect the natural environment and…
In Australia, winter is upon us, which means many cruisers and racers in the southern states will soon be making the journey north to Queensland and beyond. But as Alan Punch, an RYA Navigation Instructor with Navathome Australia, writes, to ensure…
Founded in 2019 by two US veterans, the American Odysseus Sailing Foundation has signed up for the Ocean Globe Race. The crew will be composed of military vets and first-responders with post traumatic stress disorder, who are given an opportunity…
UK: Two people are missing after a boat capsized while sailing on a Devon lake. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to Roadford Lake near Okehampton at 13:30 BST. Two people have been safely rescued from the water…
Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico: The final two races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA 7 Masters World Championship in Riviera Nayarit, where Australia’s Brett Beyer secured gold ahead of Great Britain’s Mark Lyttle in the Grand Masters fleet – making…
The Rules Committee for the 37th America’s Cup has been announced today with a trio of highly qualified members who will be in charge of maintaining the rules and regulations in relation to all AC37 race yachts. They are, Mark…
Double Olympic Gold medallist, Shirley Robertson, and world record breaking solo round the world yachtswomen, Dee Caffari, are teaming up with Zhik as the Official Technical Clothing Supplier for their 2022/23 double-handed offshore sailing campaign. Dee and Shirley bring a…
Team Spirit of Adelaide has been the first entrant of the Ocean Globe Race 2023 to commit to raising awareness of ocean conservation by partnering with Clean Sailors. Team Spirit are sailing Outlaw, a Baltic 55 sailing yacht, originally built…
The most exciting racing on water could be coming to Canada in 2023/2024 as part of SailGP Season 4. Following a very competitive domestic bid process, with interest from over 10 potential host cities, SailGP has announced that the following…
A total of 164 boats are registered with just a few days left until the start of the 69th Rolex Giraglia. Sixty of the participants will take part in the first leg of the event on Friday 10 June, departing from Sanremo…
With five months to go until the start of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, Charles Caudrelier has secured his entry ticket for yachting’s main event of 2022. Taking advantage of the long weekend to set sail singlehanded, the…
Doyle Sails International announces powerhouse partnership with Seagull Sails, owned and operated by world-renowned, professional sailors Kyle Langford and David Gilmour. The alliance will see the pair deliver Doyle sails to both the Swedish and global Grand Prix/Superyacht markets. Kyle and David are joined…
Equipped with his @Mustang Survival EP Ocean Racing Collection gear, U.S. SailGP Team athlete Rome Kirby travelled to the northernmost tip of Newfoundland to the collection of icebergs known as Iceberg Alley. His mission? To successfully foil in the coldest…
The Sailing Squad tells the story of young international sailors who meet for the first time in Valencia ahead the Bol d’or Mirabaud sailing race. In this episode, it’s the first day of training in Valencia, and the wind is…
Two races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA 7 Masters World Championship (30 May – 7 June) in Riviera Nayarit, Nueveo Vallarta, Mexico. The racing kicked off in about 8–10 knots, and the breeze picked up a little for…
In an effort to get the edge on their compadres come September, a dozen or so SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) entrants quietly put in successful practice at Port Douglas Race Week last week, while the rest of us…
11th Hour Racing Team has completed its first major fully crewed ocean crossing. The new IMOCA race boat Mālama arrived in its home port of Newport, Rhode Island, this evening at sundown following a successful 10-day transatlantic training run from Concarneau, France. …
Olympic medallist Ossie Stewart, Dragon Edinburgh Cup winner Simon Brien and current RS Elite UK National champion Tom Hewitson are some of the top names in the line-up for the Brewin Dolphin RS Elite International Grand Prix next month. …
From the World Match Racing Tour website: We were deeply saddened to hear of the tragic loss of pro sailor Hayden Goodrick this weekend while competing at a sailing event in Newport, RI. Born in New Zealand and living in…
Tulikettu, deemed lost at sea in April, has been found and safely returned to shore. The first Infiniti 52 Tulikettu, designed by Hugh Welbourn, was sailing from Cascais, Portugal, back to the team base in Gosport, England across the Bay of Biscay….
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