Video from start of the Globe40
Relive the start of the first leg of the Globe40 in Tangier.
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Win for Australia at 5.5 Metre Scandinavian Gold Cup
The 2022 5.5 Metre Scandinavian Gold Cup began on Monday at Hankø, Norway, with race wins for Ku-Ring-Gai 3 (AUS 66, John Bacon, Terry Wetton, James Mayjor) and Jean Genie (GBR 42, Elliot Hanson, Andrew Palfrey, Sam Haines). In a…
2022 Australian Sailing Awards – Nominations open!
Nominations for the 2022 Australian Sailing Awards are now open, with the annual event set to recognise clubs and members for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the sailing community over the past year. The Australian Sailing Awards are the…
Stransky wins ILCA 6 Gold at Kiel Week
Today was all about the medal races in Kiel, with light winds delaying the starts until late morning when the both the temperature and the pressure ramped up. Queenslander Mara Stransky wore the leader’s yellow bib into today’s medal race,…
Multihull Solutions adds Cora Cat 48 to range
Multihull Solutions has added the new Cora Cat 48 to its range after being announced as the shipyard’s exclusive Asia Pacific distributor. The feature-packed family power catamaran is built by the prestigious PMG shipyard who have been building a number…
Globe 40 Race starts
After months, indeed years of preparation, the crews took the OFFICIAL START of the first edition of the Globe40 this Sunday 26 June at 15:00 hours Moroccan time (14:00 UTC) in the Bay of Tangier. Before leaving the Strait of…
Leyton wins Pro Sailing Tour in Brest
Winning four out of six inshore races during Episode 2 of the Pro Sailing Tour in Brest, France, on Thursday and Friday, the crew of Leyton usually led by Brit Sam Goodchild, but on this occasion with Morgan Lagravière at…
Big breeze for GC32 Lagos Cup final
The GC32 Lagos Cup, the pre-Worlds for next month’s GC32 World Championship, concluded in big breeze. Despite the flying catamaran fleet heading out an hour early, by the end of the first race, the sea state was still relatively flat…
Aussie Gold at Kiel
The final day of Kiel Week once again reflected the past nine days of racing. The conditions varied from calm in the morning – with a corresponding delay in the start – to dream conditions in the last possible Medal…
Aussies book their places in Kiel Week medal races
Extremely light and shifty conditions on the final day of fleet racing in Kiel saw plenty of Australian athletes through to Sunday’s medal races, and some fall frustratingly short of the medal race cut off. There were no issues for…
Lagos lays it on as GC32s hit 35 knots
Lagos, the port on Portugal’s Algarve the GC32 Racing Tour, has been bringing its world class sailors to since 2018, laid on flat water, despite a 20 plus knot offshore north-westerly in the final race, demonstrating again why this is…
Quantum Racing crowned TP52 World Champion
Cascais remains one of the most rewarding venues for the Quantum Racing team, as Doug DeVos’ US flagged crew today lifted the 2022 Rolex TP52 World Championship title, their third back-to back regatta win on the Atlantic waters off the…
5.5 Metres make welcome return to Hankø for world titles
After an absence of 13 years, the 5.5 Metre Class is making a welcome return to Hankø Yacht Club in Norway for its Scandinavian Gold Cup, Class Cups and World Championship, to be sailed from June 27 to July 5….
Aussies feeling at home on Day 3 of Kiel Week
With temperatures in the high twenties and sizeable swell across the racecourse, Kiel felt like Queensland for the Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes competing in Germany where the top performer again was Tokyo Olympian, Mara…
Cascais set to deliver TP52 Worlds showdown
A small, uncharacteristic error approaching the first windward mark of the second race today cost regatta leaders Quantum Racing dearly, but it sets up what promises to be an engaging Saturday local time title showdown against Platoon for the Rolex…
High scoring flat water day at GC32 Lagos Cup
Lagos demonstrated again today what an excellent ‘find’ this venue was by the GC32 Racing Tour, which first held an event here for its foiling catamarans back in 2018, followed by the GC32 World Championship in 2019. Conditions on day…
Groupama Race: Eye Candy slips in under the radar
New Caledonia: First Caledonian boat to reach home in the Groupama Race was Eye Candy, which was pushed along by her rivals and fellow Sydney 38s, Guilty Pleasures and Poulpito. Kalolo, a catamaran, which had been the leading Caledonian boat…
Strong start for Aussies at Kiel Week
Yesterday’s light wind frustrations were forgotten for the Australian sailors competing at Kiel Week in Germany, as a thermal breeze came through mid-morning which built to 7-10 knots giving the fleets a full day of competition. The breeze suited many…
Corsair 880 debuts at Sydney International Boat Show
Multihull Central today announced the new Corsair 880 is on its way to Australia to be showcased at the upcoming Sydney International Boat Show. The Corsair 880 has revolutionised traditional trimaran designs and offers a new way for performance sailors…
New ClubSwan 80 launched in La Spezia
The first yacht of the brand-new ClubSwan 80 range was launched in La Spezia yesterday (23rd of June) . The 80-foot ClubSwan yacht highlights Nautor’s Swan’s ability to offer a range of yachts that are based on values of style,…
Iliad 62 Global Launch
Our friends at Multihull Solutions in Mooloolaba are gearing up for a huge Sydney International Boat Show at the end of July and encourage you to book your appointments to view their extensive range on display before all spots are…
GC32 Lagos Cup opens with Psarofaghis masterclass
While Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi Red Bull Racing team has topped GC32 competition for many years, they are now focused on 37th America’s Cup training and so are fielding two teams on the GC32 Racing Tour: SUI 8, which emphatically won…
Kiel Week Day 6
Brilliant conditions on Thursday opened the Olympic part of Kiel Week with eight different nations wearing yellow leader jerseys. At the belated start of the second part of Kiel Week, the leading positions in the eight Olympic disciplines are internationally…
TP52 World Championship Day 3
“If you ain’t first you’re last” While Quantum Racing returned a second and a sixth to finish the day with a two points lead at the top of the Rolex TP52 World Championship on the waters off Cascais, Portugal one…
Groupama multihull line honours to Rushour
Last night, just before midnight, Rushour was the first for the 7th Edition of the New Caledonia Groupama Race to cross the finish line. The Australian Drew 15 catamaran won this in real time in 3d 13h 42m 38s. Live…
GC32 Lagos Cup
When racing kicks off today (Thursday 23rd) on Portugal’s Algarve at the GC32 Lagos Cup, the flying catamaran fleet will be back up to its full pre-pandemic size of ten boats. As reported, new additions for this second event of…
Swan 120 wins Boat International Design and Innovation Award
The judges of the Boat International Design and Innovation Awards 2022 declared the Swan 120 – Audrey the First – winner of the best interior design for the Sailing Yachts category.The Swan 120 brings together the skills and craftsmanship of…
Superyacht Cup Palma 2022
Crews are beginning to assemble ahead of the racing, the J-Class quartet will start the action out on the water and two other superyacht classes will deliver great competition. The time has come and it is all systems go for…
Kiel Week Day 5
The weather gods had little in mind for the sailors on Wednesday (22 June) at the start of the Olympic part of Kiel Week. Because the sun hid for too long, the thermal easterly wind did not build up. Doldrums…
TP52 World Championship Day 2
Maintaining a superior level of consistency Quantum Racing lead the Rolex TP52 World Championship by four points after another two challenging light winds races on the waters off Cascais, Portugal. And while double world champions Platoon are pressing their US…
Groupama Race Day 4
Battles throughout the fleet and imminent finishes 300 nautical miles upwind, the second half of the New Caledonia Groupama Race has not been an easy task. We have seen varying strategies, with some opting to stay offshore, and others flirting…
Groupama Race
The Calm After the Storm The trade winds have settled in New Caledonia and the fleet have continued to enjoy the calmer conditions. The majority of the fleet are now around the North of the Island and heading upwind for…
Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race cancelled
The Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race has been cancelled due to the size of boats competing, and the amount of water at the entrance to Keppel Bay Marina or Rosslyn Bay Boat Harbour. “The water is only 1.1m at…
Grinders or Cyclors for the Next AC75s
When Emirates Team New Zealand arrived in Bermuda in 2017 for the 35th America’s Cup, they spectacularly wrong-footed their rivals when they unveiled a mini peloton of four “cyclors” pumping away on a row of fixed bikes instead of a…
Kiel Week winners from five nations
The first Kiel Week 2022 winners have been determined and saw four Germans, three Danes and a Norwegian plus Hungarians and Kiwis in front in the international classes. The Gold Cup in the Folkboats was won by Søren Kæstel, Erik…
52 SUPER SERIES
Runners Up Twice Today, Quantum Racing Open Strong in Cascais at the Rolex TP52 World Championship. Racing in winds which were much lighter than Cascais has built its reputation for, Doug DeVos US flagged Quantum Racing has the early lead…
La Niña ends with potential return later in 2022
The Bureau of Meteorology has announced an end to the 2021-22 La Niña in the tropical Pacific, with the status changed to La Nina WATCH. Whilst the 2021-22 La Niña has ended, there is around a 50 per cent chance…
Persico 69F Cup
The GP2.1 Persico 69F Cup, a three-day highly competitive event in one of the best race courses in the Mediterranean, Puntaldia, has just ended, crowning Fin1Racing team for the third GP in a row. Allan Norregaard, Janne Jarvinen and Iago…
Gone with the Wynns
One of the world’s most popular and prolific YouTube sailing channels, Gone with the Wynns, have just announced their purchase of a new ecofriendly hybrid-electric HH44 sailing catamaran. The HH44 ‘Ocean Cruiser’ version is a high-performance cruising catamaran designed to…
Dame Ellen MacArthur enters Round the Island Race
Dame Ellen MacArthur is set to sail alongside young people supported by her cancer charity after confirming she will take part in this year’s Round the Island Race on Saturday 25th June. The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust has been the…
