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Spain: The central government’s delegate for Malaga, Javier Salas, yesterday put an end to Malaga city Mayor Francisco de la Torre’s ambitions of securing financing from the State to aid the candidacy to host the America’s Cup. The decision came…
Ominous clouds threatened to dump their load over Sydney Harbour for the fourth race of the 2021/22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series on Sunday, February 27. Fortunately, the rain held off for first-time hosts — Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club….
World Sailing is very concerned about the situation in Ukraine and we are troubled about the safety of our friends in the Ukrainian sailing community. Sport can be a force for good, bringing competitors from around the world together, united…
Highly regarded international sailor, race officer and administrator Stuart Childerley will be the new Secretary of the J Class Association and is set to play a key role in delivering a bright, stable long-term future for one of sailing’s most…
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) discussed again today the dilemma the Olympic Movement is currently facing after the breach of the Olympic Truce by the Russian government and the government of Belarus through its support…
Superyacht Australia, the peak body for the Australian Superyacht Industry, hosted the third annual Superyacht Soirée in partnership with Benetti Yachts and Musson Jewellers at Jones Bay Marina on Saturday, 26 February, welcoming a record number of participating vessels, sponsors…
With the 2022 JJ Giltinan Championship starting on Sydney Harbour next Saturday, today’s racing at the Australian 18 Footers League was a final opportunity for teams to sharpen up their crew work in preparation for the world’s biggest 18ft skiff…
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 has officially crossed over onto the 45-degree…
Fresh for Paris 2024, the Nacra 17 fleet will debut two upgrades to the rudder system in Palma 2022. Following the Tokyo Olympics, an updated elevator and an adjustable rudder rake system were approved by class membership for onward use….
Police continue to search for a yachtsman missing in the swollen Brisbane River, as severe weather warnings span almost 1000km of NSW and Queensland coastline and the death toll from severe flooding rises to seven. The sole sailor, aged in…
Antigua: The overall winner of the 2022 RORC Caribbean 600 was Christopher Sheehan’s Pac52 Warrior One (USA), with second place going to the 100ft Comanche (CAY) skippered by Australian Mitch Booth, and third to David Collins’ Botin 52, Tala (GBR)….
In Emirates Team New Zealand’s 30 year history, the team has designed and built over 20 different race boats and it will come as no surprise that not one of them involved any amount of R&D on tyres. Obviously, this…
Over two days next weekend, a mass of boats of varying designs and size will provide a blaze of colour on the race courses from the Opera House to Manly on Sydney Harbour and on offshore courses, for NSW’s largest…
Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard are announcing an ambitious program for Spindrift, with the crew of the TF35 returning to the six-event circuit for a second season, while the maxi trimaran Sails of Change will be on standby several times…
Antigua: Ross Applebey’s victory in IRC Two was his eighth class win in the RORC Caribbean 600 and the seventh for Scarlet Oyster (GBR), after the Oyster 48 finished the race just before dawn on Friday 25th February local time,…
Los Angeles, California: The Board of Directors of the Transpacific Yacht Club are pleased to announce that June and July start dates are now in place for the 52nd biennial running of the Los Angeles to Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race,…
Antigua: Close finishes have been a feature of this year’s RORC Caribbean 600 and that trait continued in IRC One, with a rematch between two British JPK 1180s, Sunrise and Dawn Treader, with Sunrise coming out on top – just…
The GKA is proud to announce the Big Air World Championships in Tarifa, Spain, a massive event that will host 72 big air warriors, going head-to-head outside of old town Tarifa. As Tarifa fires up with strong Levante winds in…
A total of 12 organisations in Cowes and East Cowes have come together to plan Uffa Fox 50 – a celebration of famous boat designer Uffa Fox’s life and to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. To be held…
London: SailGP has launched the first Inspire WASZP Grand Final – Championship of Champions, which will see the top young athletes from around the world compete for the overall season podium at the Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix, March…
The winner of the nine-strong Class40 division was decided on the fourth day of the RORC Caribbean 600 with a dramatic finish between two teams. Charles-Louis Mourruau’s Guidi (FRA), which had led for most of the race, stalled as the…
Two Australian skippers from the earlier years of 18 footer World Championships, were totally unimpressed at actions which they each believed deserved very strong reactions. The first in 1939, involved the defending champion Bert Swinbourne and his Taree skiff. The second,…
The past few years have been some of the most difficult we have all experienced. We have all missed out on something crucial from work to family. We have all been missing a little bit of paradise. The New Caledonia…
The overall winner of the 13th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 is Christopher Sheehan’s Pac52 Warrior Won (USA).
A multinational crew on the chartered VO65 Sailing Poland competed in the RORC Caribbean 600 under the famous team banner of Groovederci Racing. The Volvo 65 Groovederci Racing – Sailing Poland, skippered by Deneen Demourkas, crossed the finish line of…
The overall winner of the 13th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 is Christopher Sheehan’s Pac52 Warrior One (USA). None of the teams still racing under IRC have any realistic chance of beating Warrior Won after time correction. Christopher Sheehan…
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’. Read the below blog post from Blair, where…
Long Beach Yacht Club is ramping up for Congressional Cup 2022 with an all-star line-up including more than half of the world’s top-ranked match racing skippers. Kicking off the 2022 World Match Racing Tour, this legendary Grade 1 sailing event…
The Caribbean: On the fourth day of the RORC Caribbean 600, 23 teams had completed the race and were enjoying the hospitality of Antigua Yacht Club, with an army of volunteers providing a warm welcome and cold Carib beers dockside….
The America’s Cup Emirates Team New Zealand core sailing team consists of six key sailors led by skipper Peter Burling. Burling is joined by Blair Tuke, Andy Maloney, Nathan Outteridge, Glenn Ashby and Josh Junior whose focus will be on…
In July 2022, ‘Danú of Galway’ will depart from Ireland for Scoresby Sound, East Greenland, the largest fjord in the world. The team will comprise of a small group of independent adventurers aiming to sail to and climb in this…
RORC Caribbean 600: Dmitry Rybolovlev’s ClubSwan 125 Skorpios (MON), skippered by Fernando Echavarri, crossed the finish line in Antigua to take monohull line honours at 03:59:51 on Wednesday 23 February 2022. Read more at: https://bit.ly/3HcPUEI
Dmitry Rybolovlev’s ClubSwan 125 Skorpios (MON), skippered by Fernando Echavarri, crossed the finish line in Antigua to take monohull line honours in the RORC Caribbean 600 at 03:59:51 on Wednesday February 23, 2022. The elapsed time was 1 day, 16…
Jason Carroll’s MOD70 Argo (USA) finished the RORC Caribbean 600 at 17:18:44 AST and has come runner-up on the two previous races, so to win on the third attempt was a sweet victory.
Western Australia’s return to the pinnacle of world 18ft skiff racing received a tremendous boost with the announcement that a strong team of champion WA sailors will contest the 2022 JJ Giltinan Championship in the well-named, Black Swan skiff. The…
Superyacht Australia is the peak body for the Australian superyacht industry and is the organiser of the Superyacht Australia Soirée in partnership with Benetti Yachts and Musson Jewellers. The event will be held at Jones Bay Marina this Saturday, 26…
Jason Carroll’s MOD 70 Argo (USA) crossed the finish line of the RORC Caribbean 600 to take Multihull Line Honours and set a new Multihull Race Record of 29 hours, 38 minutes, 44 seconds. Giovanni Soldini’s Multi70 Maserati (ITA) was…
How intrepid it it to take a trailer sailer from Northern Territory to Derby WA? Find out in this four part story by Suzan Muir. A tall Indigenous Australian man ambled down the Wyndham wharf with a little girl in…
Making your food stocks last longer is useful, but make sure you take the necessary precautions writes Brigitte Cox. Food poisoning is rare; even so one in five Australians can expect to get food poisoning each year. We think of…
The International Association of Cape Horners (IACH), has published its multi-crew circumnavigation register to compliment a similar register for solo circumnavigations published in 2020. This latest roll of honour currently lists 1,848 individual circumnavigations during past Whitbread/Volvo Round the World races,…
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