Rolex Fastnet Race – one day to go
Like a trial run for tomorrow’s start of the Rolex Fastnet Race, today the Solent has been in a blustery mood with an overcast sky, rain and perpetual gusty winds – and the forecast for the start of the 49th…
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39 Copa del Rey top award to Banderas and Cuevas
Top boat overall at Mallorca’s 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE goes to the durable Spanish partnership of owner Javier Banderas and skipper Daniel Cuevas on the Swan 42, Teatro Soho Caixabank, winners of the BMW ORC Class 2. Teatro Soho…
Rolex Fastnet Race: A big or small boat race?
The start of the Rolex Fastnet Race will take place from the Royal Yacht Squadron line off Cowes on Sunday, with the first Warning Signal for the multihull classes at 1100, followed at 15-minute intervals by the IMOCAs/Class40s, and then…
Watch the 49th Fastnet Race start live
The Rolex Fastnet Race starts on Sunday 8th August, 2021 from the Royal Yacht Squadron line, Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK. The first warning signal of the 49th edition of the race is at 1100 (first start 1110) and the…
Cowes Week comes to a close
Cowes Week 2021 delivered a mix of interesting and exciting racing, with up to 40 races per day across 30 classes and Giles Peckham’s Daring Dauntless won the regatta overall for a record fourth time, having notched up five wins…
Copa del Rey: Saturday’s Single Race Showdown Beckons
With just one race to sail at Palma’s 39 Copa del Rey Mapfre, Andy Soriano’s TP52 team on Alegre have all but secured the overall win in the IRC class, with another two hard earned wins in today’s light, shifty…
Weather preparation for offshore sailing
Libby Greenhalgh has navigated around the world twice with the Volvo Ocean Race; and her experience has given her an exceptional eye for weather. Greenhalgh sat down with North Sails to share her steps for planning a trip offshore. NS:…
Copa del Rey Mapfre | Day 3
As the Copa del Rey MAPFRE moved into the final series, several teams stepped up their performance, posting their best day yet to ultimately upset the standings.
Anchorage calculations
Would you decide to move to a new anchorage if it meant sailing through shoal water in approaching bad weather? James Stevens looks at the problem and provides the solution. Rachel is on board her yacht Pampero, an 11m Sadler 34,…
Cowes Week: Daily round up
Among the largest boats in the IRC classes, Peter Morton’s GP42 The Jean Genie had another spectacular day on the sixth day of Cowes Week, winning the New York Yacht Club Challenge Cup, ahead of Richard Matthews’ new Carkeek CF520 Oystercatcher…
Racing trimaran is dismasted
The Arch, competing on the Pro Sailing Tour’s Final Rush, the offshore race between Toulon and Brest, dismasted this morning at 01:23 while leading the race. “We were sailing under full mainsail in 14-18 knots of wind, I was at…
Final series begins at Copa del Rey MAPFRE
As the Copa del Rey MAPFRE moved into the final series, several teams stepped up their performance, posting their best day yet, shaking up the results. In the highly competitive ClubSwan 50 class, with Australia’s Tom Slingsby calling tactics for…
SailGP: Clash on board
The only English athlete on the French SailGP Team, Leigh McMillan, explains what really happened at SailGP Plymouth.
NAVatHOME – Navigation made easy
NAVatHOME Australia is the perfect online learning platform for sailors and motor boat enthusiasts keen to hone their skills, including navigation, passage planning, weather forecasting, rules of the road and more. Practical sailing skills only get you so far. Without…
Belcher and Ryan (AUS): 470 Men’s Gold press conference
Mat Belcher & Will Ryan topped off their outstanding Tokyo 2020 gold medal with a Medal Race victory. Belcher looks back at their silver medal win at Rio 2016 and how it inspired them for more this time around. –…
Austrian sailor’s world record attempt
Austrian adventurer and sailor Norbert Sedlacek is set to become the first sailor to ever complete a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation without assistance through all of the world’s oceans. Sedlacek will depart on board his Open60AAL Innovation Yacht on the 15th of August from Les Sables d’Olonne, France, the home of…
Australian sailors in Tokyo
Enoshima Yacht Harbour on Japan’s Sagami Bay will forever hold a very special place in the history of Australian sailing, especially as it is the venue of a last gold medal to be dished out in the Men’s 470 class…
Tokyo 2020: 470 Gold Medals for Australia and Great Britain
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition concluded with two Medal Races in the 470 Men and 470 Women. With the 470 becoming a Mixed Event for Paris 2024, today was the last time that these partnerships would race side by…
Rolex Fastnet Race countdown
The 355 entrants in the world’s biggest offshore yacht race, the Rolex Fastnet Race in its 49th year, will be gearing up for the start this Sunday, August 8. This year, for the first time since the race was first…
Day 11 Sailing Highlights | Tokyo 2020
It was a remarkable day on the water for the last sailing races of Tokyo 2020, as the final medals were awarded in the 470 Men and Women. For the full results, see: https://tokyo2020.sailing.org/results-centre – World Sailing
Rolex Fastnet Race preview
The Rolex Fastnet Race returns on Sunday 8 August. In 2021, Rolex celebrates twenty years as partner of this legendary race and its organisers Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC). The Rolex Fastnet, first held in 1925, is a cornerstone of…
Cowes Week – Day 5
Another long wait for the breeze to build another battle between the SE and SW sea breezes and today’s racing got underway once again. But this time the stakes were raised in Class 0 and Class 1 as they raced…
39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE: Consistency is key for regatta leaders
In the ClubSwan 50 division at the 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE, Marcus Brennecke’s Hatari has consistently stayed in the top four for the first six races and have built a sizeable 19-point margin over the second placed Bronenosec 50….
Fountaine Pajot unveils new 47ft sailing catamaran
Fountaine Pajot has announced a new model, the Tanna 47, to join its award-winning cruising range. Featuring a sleek design, the Tanna 47 delivers outstanding comfort and space with superb natural light throughout the interior. The catamaran features a large…
Tokyo 2020: Protest after Women’s 470 Race delays final results
What was meant to be a straightforward gold medal celebration for Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) has had to be delayed until a protest has been heard and resolved onshore. France’s Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz are protesting Great…
Tokyo 2020: Australia wins gold in Men’s 470
Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) have won gold in the Men’s 470 class, with Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom (SWE) taking silver and Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodriguez (ESP) bronze. Out of the start it was even between the…
Tokyo 2020: Day 11 preview with Iain Murray
Iain Murray, Australian Sailing Team Leader said, “We sit here at the end of a very unusual Olympics. The fact that it is a year later than it was meant to be, and that we’ve experienced several lock downs in Australia over…
Tokyo 2020: Finn medals decided
It might be remembered as one of the most stressful medal races ever – for the competitors and the viewers – yet the top three in the Finn class maintained their positions with Giles Scott (GBR) taking home the gold….
Tokyo 2020: Gold medals for Italy, Brazil and Great Britain
It was a sensational day of racing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition: Rio gold medalists secured the gold in the 49erFX, Italy claimed Nacra 17 gold, and Great Britain won gold medals in the 49er and Finn classes…
Day 10 Sailing Highlights | Tokyo 2020
Wow – what a day! Four exhilarating Medal Races, four champions crowned – two new in the 49er and Nacra 17, and two defending in the 49erFX and the Finn. Plus, the 470 Men and Women are set and ready…
Tokyo 2020: Belcher and Ryan on the cusp of greatness
Mat Belcher and Will Ryan are on the cusp of greatness, as they will take an almost unassailable 20-point lead into today’s Men’s 470 Medal Race. If they contest the race and avoid any false start penalties, they will be…
Former Olympians shine on Bay of Palma
Palma de Mallorca: On Day 2 of the 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE, it was one of Spain’s most decorated Olympic heroes, Iker Martinez, who guided Andrea Masi’s ClubSwan 50 Ulika to get some of the best results of the day,…
Tokyo 2020: Italy wins gold in Nacra 17 Mixed Multihull
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti (ITA) have won gold in the Nacra 17 Mixed Multihull event, with John Gimson and Anna Burnet (GBR) taking silver and Paul Kohlhoff and Alica Stuhlemmer (GER) bronze. Poor positioning on the start line saw…
Tokyo 2020: Great Britain wins gold in Finn class
Giles Scott (GBR) has won gold in the Finn with Zsombor Berecz (HUN) taking silver and Joan Cardona (ESP) bronze. Giles Scott (GBR) had a poor first leg out of the start line, while Zsombor Berecz (HUN) and Joan Cardona…
Tokyo 2020: Great Britain steals gold from New Zealand
Dylan Fletcher and Stu Bithell (GBR) have won gold in the 49er Men with Pete Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL) taking silver and Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel (GER) bronze. New Zealand wanted the right-hand side of the course and…
Tokyo 2020: Brazil wins gold in 49erFX
Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) have won gold in the 49erFX Women with Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke (GER) taking silver and Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz (NED) bronze. Brazil were struggling for a lane out of the start…
Tokyo 2020: Day 10 preview with Iain Murray
Iain Murray, Australian Sailing Team Leader said, “Everyone agrees that Race Management made the correct decision yesterday regarding the postponement of racing. To conclude people’s five-year campaigns in very marginal conditions is not the way the Olympics needs to be…
Fastnet Race: The ultimate racer cruisers
The Ultimes, the world’s fastest offshore racing yachts, may be the pace-setters in next month’s Rolex Fastnet Race with the potential to get around even the new elongated course in less than a day – but not far behind them…
Historic schooner capsizes
On Friday evening, local first responders rescued 18 people from a historic schooner which capsized near the town of Bath, Maine. That evening, Coast Guard Sector Northern New England watch standers received a report that the historic schooner Mary E had capsized…
Day 9 Sailing Highlights | Tokyo 2020
Unfortunately, there was no racing on Day 9 of sailing at Tokyo 2020, with winds light and unstable. Technical Delegate Alastair Fox explains more about today’s conditions and gives an update on tomorrow. Read more: http://bit.ly/Tokyo2020-D9Report – World Sailing
