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…
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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…
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
Tokyo 2020: Final Finn race
Out of the many hundreds who started a campaign for Tokyo 2020 in the Finn class, only 19 made it to Enoshima, only 10 made it to the medal race, and only three can win a medal; all of them…
Tokyo 2020: Lack of wind sets up for 4 medal races on Tuesday
Lack of wind across Sagami Bay meant no racing on Monday, Day 9 of the Sailing Olympic competition which means that the skiff classes, the 49erFX Women and 49er Men, will have to wait another 24 hours to decide the…
Tokyo 2020: No wind means no winners in Enoshima
Australia’s Men’s and Women’s 470 teams have been forced to wait until today to complete their final two fleet races at Tokyo 2020, with little to no winds prevailing across the Olympic race course yesterday. The races have been postponed…
It’s back – 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE
The 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE saw tight and hotly contested racing take place between 105 boats racing across nine divisions. The Bay of Palma offered up typically perfect seabreeze conditions and warm sunshine to welcome back regatta racing for…
Just Launched …… Motoryacht.com.au
The time has finally come for the announcement of the launch of our second site, motoryacht.com.au, a new media and news source for all things Motor Yacht. The site is now live and already attracting a lot of attention both across…
Tokyo 2020: Day 9 preview with Iain Murray
Australian Sailing Team Leader Iain Murray said, “Yesterday was a great day, we had Matt leading the charge with his Medal Race. Now our focus is entirely on today and the teams who are yet to complete their regattas. We have the Nacras and Jake…
Explore Greece and Turkey aboard a luxury yacht
The Greek and Turkish coasts are a haven for fun seekers, sun worshippers and culture lovers who want days exploring ancient wonders and nights partying under starry night skies, and luxury gulets like HIC SALTA are the most efficient way…
GC32 Lagos Cup 2 – Day 4 Highlights
Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi continued their winning streak, but only just, winning the the GC32 Lagos Cup 2 by two points in front of Christian Zuerrer’s Black Star Sailing Team.
Cowes Week – Day 1
Cowes Week – the world’s biggest regatta of its kind is back and after the first day’s racing all anyone wanted to talk about was how good it was to be back. Like so many events that fell foul of…
GC32 Lagos: Back-to-back wins for Alinghi
Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi continued their winning streak, but only just, winning the the GC32 Lagos Cup 2 by two points in front of Christian Zuerrer’s Black Star Sailing Team. After struggling yesterday Frenchman Erik Maris’ Zoulou rocketed up the leader…
Tokyo 2020: Finns keep it tight into medal race showdown
The final day of the opening series, and what could well be the last ever day of fleet racing for Finns at the Olympics, was won by Giles Scott (GBR) and Josh Junior (NZL). Scott led Race 9 from start…
Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN): Laser Radial Gold | Tokyo 2020
The ever-impressive Anne-Marie Rindom won Denmark’s first gold medal of Tokyo 2020 in the Laser Radial class in sailing. She spoke afterwards about an unwelcome distraction during a nervy Medal Race, and the positive impact of the support she has…
Matt Wearn (AUS): Laser Gold | Tokyo 2020
Matt Wearn wrapped up the Tokyo 2020 Laser gold medal ahead of the Medal Race, continuing a remarkable run for Australia who now have three consecutive Olympic champions in the class. But he admitted he had to “dig deep” mentally…
Day 8 Sailing Highlights | Tokyo 2020
Two more sailing Medal Races down at Tokyo 2020 – and they were tense until the very end! The new Laser and Laser Radial Olympic champions were crowned, meanwhile the Medal Race line-ups were confirmed in the Nacra 17 and…
Australia’s Matt Wearn wins Laser Gold at Tokyo Olympics
Matt Wearn has maintained Australia’s Olympic dominance in the Laser, today winning the nation’s third consecutive gold medal in the class. Wearn overcame a nervous start to the regatta to completely dominate the middle and late stages and had the…
Tokyo Games: Denmark claims Laser Radial gold medal
Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) has won the gold medal in the Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial at the Tokyo Games today, with Josefin Olsson (SWE) taking Silver and Marit Bouwmeester (NED) Bronze. At the start, the Individual Recall flag…
How the Olympic experience shaped a veteran sailor and coach
Former Australian Laser sailor and sailing coach Jenni Bonnitcha knows about the blood, sweat and tears that goes into the preparation for and execution of the biggest show on Earth – the Olympic Games. Bonnitcha played a crucial role behind…
Matt Wearn’s Olympic Medal Race to be broadcast at 1530 AEST today
Australia’s Matt Wearn will sail into Olympic history this afternoon. The Western Australian just needs to complete the Laser Class Medal Race to be assured of the gold medal, as he comes in with an insurmountable 22-point lead from the…
Australia’s Olympic champions to feature on Tokyo 2020 stamps
After Australia’s best ever start to an Olympics, and a record four wins in one day on Sunday, Australia’s latest gold medallists are set to feature on Australia Post’s Australian Gold Medallist Stamps for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. From…
Tokyo Games: More Australians in medal contention
While Matt Wearn has stitched up Laser Gold and Mat Belcher/Will Ryan are the clear leaders in the Men’s 470, fellow Australians, Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin, will hit tomorrow’s final fleet races in the Nacra 17 knowing that another set of…
