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Travelling overseas can be seen as a challenge in the current climate, but New Caledonia is a hop, skip, and a jump across the Pacific. New Caledonia is readying to welcome travellers with open arms for the potential feeder races,…
Setting sail tomorrow is St Maarten Heineken Regatta, the second event in the International Maxi Association’s inaugural Caribbean Maxi Challenge following on from last week’s RORC Caribbean 600. Racing is due to take place over four days, from Thursday 3…
Pierre Casiraghi, Yacht Club de Monaco Vice-President, and YCM member Peter Harrison, CEO of Richard Mille EMEA, have decided to take on a new challenge to acquire the first Persico Fly40, the one design monohull foiler inspired by the America’s…
We’re finally getting some answers from The Ocean Race management in Alicante. In part two of this exclusive status report, Niall Myant-Best gets behind the scenes of The Ocean Race – the world’s toughest team sporting event. We relive memories…
Earlier in the year the Switzerland SailGP Team was in Belfast to visit Artemis Technologies for a training session on their F50 simulator. It’s as close as possible as it would be in the real world and it was a…
World Sailing is aiming to break records this year with Steering the Course – the global women’s sailing festival – after taking the world by storm in its début year in 2021. With events staged in 27 countries, Steering the…
Team New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron still have three live options as the deadline to the America’s Cup hosting decision looms. That’s set for March 31, giving them four weeks to make a decision around the…
Caoz 14 (previously named Selene and Parsifal IV) is a 56m Perini Navi sailing yacht launched in 2007. Following on from their win in the Best Refit category for the Vitters yacht G2 at the 2019 World Superyacht Awards, Nauta…
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’. In her latest blog post, Blair details how…
In 1519, on behalf of Spain, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan and his mostly Spanish crew set off on five ships with the intention of becoming the first fleet to sail around the world. At the time most people didn’t believe…
John Bacon, James Mayjor and Terry Wetton are the 2022 5.5m Australian champions. The Championship was held at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club from February 27 to March 1, 2022. John and team posted five wins over the eight…
Luna Rossa have reportedly secured Jimmy Spithill for the next America’s Cup. The tough nationality rules allow Australian Spithill to sail under the Italian flag again as he was part of their team at the last regatta at Auckland 2021….
The 2022 RORC Caribbean 600 attracted 74 teams with 738 sailors from 32 different nations. The Caribbean classic is back with the most impressive fleet in the 14-year history of the race. Moderate trade winds faded to a lighter breeze…
Today World Sailing joined the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and global sports organisations in taking the decision to suspend participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in World Sailing owned and sanctioned competitions and events until further notice. By…
Three-times JJ Giltinan 18ft skiff champion Rob Brown OAM has a wonderful record of success in a sailing career which has spanned three continents and resulted in three victories in three of the world’s most prestigious sailing events. Among other…
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 currently enjoying strong winds in the…
Almost 90 new and returning crew members from 21 countries across the globe stepped on board their team yachts today for the first time in two years, greeted by their Skipper and First Mate. The Clipper 2019-20 Round the World…
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…
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