IKA KiteFoil World Series: Final day highlights
Cagliari, Sardinia: Frenchman Axel Mazella won the third leg of the IKA KiteFoil World Series. Lauriane Nolot was the first female kite foiler and Riccardo Pianosi won the U19 category.
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France dominates IKA KiteFoil World Series
Frenchman Axel Mazella clinched victory at the third stop of the KiteFoil World Series in tricky offshore breezes that faded towards the close of the regatta’s dramatic final fourth day in Cagliari, Sardinia. The faltering breeze that dropped to 6-8kts in the last race, left Mazella swimming when his kite collapsed after not managing to…
Finn World Masters: French sailor leads after Finntastic opening day
Finn racing doesn’t get much better than the opening day of the 2021 Finn World Masters on Mar Menor, in Murcia, Spain. With 12-18 knots of wind and in 25 degrees, two races were sailed in near perfect conditions. France’s…
Third Spanish sailor enters Global Solo Challenge
Organisers are pleased to welcome the third Spanish entry to the 2023 Global Solo Challenge, which now has a total of 37 sailors from 13 nations. Juan Merediz has sailied since he was a child, learning from the local fishermen…
King Billy to compete in sixth Sydney Hobart
Phil Bennett’s King Billy is returning for her sixth Rolex Sydney Hobart campaign in 2021. The 38-footer – built from King Billy Pine and designed by John King – turns 30 this year. This year’s crew aboard King Billy will look very…
New IMOCA boat to be built from recycled Airbus material
As the transportation industry works hard to move toward sustainability in manufacturing, a partnership between an innovator in boat building and a world leader in aviation is taking things in a new direction. Skipper Armel Tripon and the Airbus Technocentre of Nantes, France are collaborating to develop a new…
NSW Maritime Covid-19 boating update
On 11 October 2021, COVID restrictions in NSW changed as the state surpasses the 70 percent state-wide vaccination rate and introduces the new Public Health Order (Public Health (COVID-19 General) Order 2021). As far as recreational boating is concerned for…
New Zealand SailGP Team: Race to save Antipodean albatross
Through its #RaceforTheFuture charity partnership with Live Ocean, the New Zealand SailGP Team is shining a light on an issue that means a huge amount to them. Albatrosses and sailors have a special connection. They’re also the most threatened bird…
ORCV scoops Australian Sailing Victoria Awards
The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) has scooped the 2021 Australian Sailing Victoria Awards, being named Victoria Club of Year, receiving the Sport Promotion award, while ORCV Life member Robin Hewitt received the Lifetime Achievement award. These awards followed…
SailGP: Slingsby’s spectacular victory
The home team went from hero to zero when a capsize ahead of the final day of racing in Cádiz, Andalusia, took the Spanish team out of contention for the Spain Sail Grand Prix. However, they weren’t the only team…
Extraordinary day of racing concludes 44Cup Scarlino
A last minute manoeuvre by Nico Poons’ Charisma won them the final race of the 44Cup Scarlino World Championship by a mere second, but it was the defending champions on Chris Bake’s Team Aqua that defended their title in this…
Divine conditions for start of Finn World Masters
Not everyone went out for Sunday’s practice race at the 2021 Finn World Masters on the Mar Menor, in Spain, but those who did were treated to divine conditions ahead of what looks set to be a highly memorable championship….
Finnish team triumphs in Sailing Champions League Final
The closing day of the Sailing Champions League Final, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, saw Finnish team Esbo Segelförening take victory and claim the title of “Best Yacht Club of the year”. The Swiss crew from Seglervereinigung…
Australian sailors fired up for next big test
Another day of wind, waves and cold weather meant only one race could be sailed for each fleet on the final day of racing at the ILCA Senior European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. The race committee managed to get a…
Australia tops leaderboard as Nina Curtis debuts on the flying ‘roo
Spain: Australia’s Tom Slingsby and crew have secured their spot on the top of the leaderboard, following the first day of racing at the Cadiz Sail Grand Prix, and with the largest crowds to attend a SailGP event to-date, the…
One point separates top three RC44s after big winds in Scarlino
Conditions could not have been better for day three of the 44Cup Scarlino World Championship, the fleet coming out two hours ahead of the original schedule to make the best of the breeze, which was already knocking on the door…
Final fling and trophies decided at Les Voiles Saint Tropez
A most rewarding second week of Les Voiles de Saint Tropez for the maxi yachts, which concluded today with an easterly eventually filling in to provide 45 of the world’s largest sailing yachts with a last opportunity to put points…
Sailing Champions League Final: Intense second day of stadium racing
Porto Cervo: In a long and intense second day at the Sailing Champions League, 21 races were held and eight flights are now completed, with the Swiss team from Seglervereinigung Kreuzlingen taking control of the provisional leaderboard and Finand’s Esbo…
Grand Slam IKA KiteFoil World Series Day 3
By the time Britain’s Connor Bainbridge dons his competition shirt on the final day of racing at the KiteFoil World Series Cagliari, he will have had the dubious honour of having worn all three of the leaders’ coloured jerseys, such…
Races finally away at ILCA Europeans
Day five finally gave the sailors what they had been waiting for at the 2021 ILCA Senior European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, as strong winds and a big swell ensured the three scheduled races were completed for the Men’s Laser…
Topaz wins class in Saint Tropez
Topaz upheld the J Class record for Class winning success at Les Voiles de Saint Tropez when she topped out a good week with a third win in a row Saturday local time, to take overall victory in the seven-strong…
Nina Curtis’ maiden Sail Grand Prix in Cadiz
Spain: The Cadiz Sail Grand Prix marks a major milestone for the Australian Team and the league, with Nina Curtis set to race on board the flying ‘Roo for the first time during racing this weekend. The sixth event of…
Grand Slam IKA KiteFoil World Series – Day 2
France’s Axel Mazella and Russia’s Denis Taradin engaged in an absorbing battle full of drama on day two of the KiteFoil World Series Cagliari, being held on the Italian resort island of Sardinia. With one victory each at the tour’s…
Mini Transat: Can Production boat gaps be bridged?
Though the top three prototypes finished within one hour and 10 minutes of one another at the end of the 1,350 nautical mile first leg in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef, between Les Sables d’Olonne and Santa Cruz de La…
Racing underway at Sailing Champions League Final
Porto Cervo: On the first day of racing in the Sailing Champions League Final, the YCCS organised racing within Porto Cervo Marina, and at the conclusion of 11 races, with almost three flights completed, the Finnish team on Esbo Segelförening…
Spanish team favoured to win inaugural Spain Sail Grand Prix
Spain: With the stage set for the first ever Spain Sail Grand Prix, the port city of Cádiz is buzzing with excitement as the home team sets its sights on finishing on top of the podium. Upping the ante for…
Racing abandoned at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2021
It is a well-documented phenomenon that there can be breeze in the Rhone corridor to the west, as well as in the Gulf of Genoa to the east, yet nothing between the two and that was how the episode played…
One point separates top seven at 44Cup World Championship
After 30 knot winds prevented any racing on day one of the 44Cup World Championship in Scarlino, Italy, the race committee pulled out all the stops to ensure racing took place today, by bringing the start time forwards by two…
IKA KiteFoil World Series Cagliari: Day one
In the gusty and shifty Mistral breezes that hit 33 knots off Cagliari’s Poetto beach on the Italian resort island of Sardinia, the leading men and women racing in one fleet traded bullets and the overall leads.
Transat qualifier on board new IMOCA 60
Go on board 11th Hour Racing Team’s IMOCA 60 racing yacht for their longest offshore yet since the new boat was launched in August 2021. Charlie Enright and Pascal Bidégorry embark on their 750-nautical mile qualifying passage for the 2021…
How to properly apply vinyl stickers
Knowing how to apply vinyl stickers to the hull of a boat is one of those things you are used to if you race often or have sponsors or technical partners. When we talk about vinyls with separate letters, we…
White out hits day four of ILCA Europeans
A white out and another six-hour day on the Black Sea meant race officials were only able to squeeze in one race each for the Laser and Radial classes at the ILCA European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria overnight. Both fleets…
Mini Transat: Nineteen-year-old reflects on race win
This Thursday at 15:05 UTC, Melwin Fink crossed the finish line of the first leg of the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef, completing the 1,350-mile course from Les Sables d’Olonne to Santa Cruz de La Palma in first place among the…
Spain SailGP: Female sailors jump on board
SailGP’s road to creating a more inclusive championship reaches another milestone this weekend at the Spain Sail Grand Prix taking place in Cádiz-Andalusia. The sixth event of the season will now include six athletes on board all F50s for racing…
RC44 World Championship: Opening day blown out
While the forecast indicated that it might be sailable, the opening day of this 11th RC44 World Championship was blown out with the northerly winds off Scarlino, Italy regularly reaching the high 20s and gusting into the high 30s. After a…
Les Voiles: Rambler 88 takes lead
After Wednesday was blown out due to excess wind, day three of racing for the maxis in week two of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez nearly didn’t occur as come start time the wind remained elusive. Fortunately at around 1330, the…
Major Events Gold Coast backs Sail Paradise Regatta
Southport Yacht Club is pleased to announce that South-East Queensland’s largest Sailing Regatta, Qoin Sail Paradise, is partnering with Major Events Gold Coast. Since its inception at Southport Yacht Club 13 years ago, Sail Paradise has become south-east Queensland’s premier…
Sailing Champions League: Day one of racing cancelled
Adverse wind and sea conditions meant racing could not take place on the first day of the Sailing Champions League Final. The event, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, is scheduled to run through Sunday 10…
Mat Belcher tries hand at ocean racing
Australia’s dual Olympic sailing Gold medallist, Mat Belcher, has decided to make his ocean racing debut in next month’s South-East Queensland Ocean Racing Qualifier, a 220-nautical-mile passage race from Brisbane’s Moreton Bay to Main Beach on the Gold Coast. He…
Destination Western Australia: Fascine fever
Cruising Helmsman September 2016 edition: It is difficult to get much further west than Canarvon, Western Australia, so Condy Clark finds it is a good place to hang loose. I have been up the Fascine Channel to Carnarvon a few…
