Tricky weather conditions for Aegean 600
Lavrio, Greece: 24 hours after the race start, it has been predominantly light winds for all those participating in the Aegean 600 race.
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AEGEAN 600: Speeding up at halfway mark
Lavrio, Greece: In the last 24 hours, the Greek Meltemi winds finally arrived on the AEGEAN 600 race course to speed up all members of the fleet as they start to pass through the halfway point in the race. This halfway point is…
6 JULY 2021 – Day 2 AEGEAN 600 race analysis video
AEGEAN 600 Day 2 race analysis video, presented by Dobbs Davis, technical editor at Seahorse Magazine. The YB tracker software is used to discuss the positions and tactics of the teams at key points on the race course, and what…
Optimist Worlds: Italy crowned Team Racing Champion
Riva del Garda, Italy: After two days of racing and over one hundred races completed by the 48 registered teams, the Italian team made up of Quan Adriano Cardi, Alessandro Cirinei, Alex Demurtas, Lorenzo Ghirotti and Lisa Vucetti won the…
Buoyancy aids and lifejackets
Personal floatation devices come in two main forms buoyancy aids and life-jackets. Worn correctly a personal flotation device could save your life.
Ocean Race Europe take climate action
Check out some of the ways that the amazing teams in The Ocean Race Europe are helping the planet, including joining the @UNFCCC Sports for Climate Action initiative 👏 💙 🌎 #RacingwithPurpose
Nautor’s Swan debuts 125 foot yacht at this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race
The designers, engineers, boatbuilders and the sailors at Nautor’s Swan in Finland have really upped the ante with the launch of their newest, largest and no doubt, the fastest sailing yacht they’ve ever built – Skorpios. In fact, their new ClubSwan125 looks powerful enough to break…
Sail with Sir Ben Ainslie
Experience the excitement of a ride on The Great Britain SailGP Team’s foiling ‘F50’ race boat in the Andalusian port city of Cádiz, the host of the Spanish Grand Prix. You’ll be meeting 4x Olympic Gold Medallist, Sir Ben Ainslie…
Rolex Fastnet Race’s historic battle for line honours
A major clash of the titans will take place between two of the world’s fastest maxi-monohulls at August’s Rolex Fastnet Race. While the most sought-after victory is, of course, the overall win under IRC, for the monohull that is first…
CYCA Winter Series champions crowned
Congratulations to the 11 divisional winners from the 2021 Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Winter Series. With the final two races of the series abandoned due to COVID-19 restrictions, the winners were crowned from the seven completed pointscore races. Division…
French dominate Nacra 15 European Championship
Silvaplana, Switzerland: After eight races in typical Silvaplana conditions with the Maloja wind (a thermal south-westerly wind) blowing from the south west, it was the French teams that took the first three places in the 2021 Open Nacra 15 European…
TMG takes top spot in Asia Pacific
Award-winning dealership The Multihull Group (TMG) have once again cemented its reputation as one of the world’s leading marine importers. At the recent world conference for Lagoon Catamarans, TMG were announced as the number one dealer in the Asia Pacific…
Aegean 600: Day One
Lavrio, Greece: A fleet of 40 yachts have set off on a 600 mile journey around the Aegean Sea (where the Mediterranean Sea meets Asia).
Aegean 600: A new international sailing race unfurls its sails
Lavrio, Greece: At Cape Sounion under the gaze of the temple of Poseidon, Greek god of the Sea, the fleet of the first edition of the Aegean 600 set off today for the start of their 605-mile odyssey throughout the…
Round the Island Race 2021
The weather may not have delivered but make no mistake, for many of the 7,000 crew that headed out for the 90th anniversary of the Island Sailing Club’s Round the Island Race (Cowes, England) this was a big day out….
Cowes Round the Island Race: Eeyore wins again
The Island Sailing Club, Cowes, England, put on a spectacular 90th anniversary party for the 2021 Round the Island Race. The huge fleet of over 1200 boats showed how much people love taking part in this event. This year’s race…
Harris brothers – World 18ft Skiff Champions
Two brothers winning JJ Giltinan world 18ft Skiff Championships is not too rare. There have been at least ten ‘brothers’ winning boats in the 71 championships held so far, but the Harris brothers have a rare distinction with their victories. The…
Moth Cup day 4 highlights
Australian sailor Tom Slingsby came out on top at the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup in Lake Garda, Italy.
Success for Australians at Moth Cup
The final day of the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup arrived with an unpredictable wind forecast as rain was expected to come in mid-day. However, Luca Rizzotti and his team hosting the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup did a brilliant job and they managed…
Nominations open for 2021 Australian Sailing Awards
Nominations for the 2021 Australian Sailing Awards have now opened, giving clubs and club members the opportunity to be recognised for outstanding achievements and contributions to the sailing community across the past year. The Australian Sailing Awards are the peak…
Rescuing required for Round the Island Race competitor
Experienced sailors who had just taken part in a prestigious yacht race had to be rescued when their vessel got into difficulty off the Dorset coast. The crew of three had taken part in the Round the Island Race at…
Opti Worlds 2021: Thailand’ Bhanubandh leads into Gold Fleet phase
Riva del Garda, Italy: A single race completed today in the third and final day of the qualification series valid for the Optimist World Championship underway in Riva del Garda. The new World Champion will be crowned on July 9th. The…
Pro Sailing Tour: Third stage win goes to Leyton
The third stage of the Pro Sailing Tour concluded today in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. The seven strong fleet of Ocean Fifty trimarans revelled in excellent racing conditions over the competition with new records in front of the…
GC32 Lagos Cup 1: An action packed race course
Alinghi wins the GC32 Lagos Cup 1 after a dominant final day in strong breeze and dramatic conditions. With the wind gusting close to 25 knots and sometimes arriving with little warning, Red Bull Sailing Team was caught out and…
GC32 Lagos Cup: Alinghi take the win after Red Bull’s dramatic capsize
Alinghi has won the GC32 Lagos Cup 1 after a dominant final day in strong breeze and dramatic conditions. With the wind gusting close to 25 knots and sometimes arriving with little warning, Red Bull Sailing Team was caught out…
Champagne celebration for GC32 Lagos Cup 1 Winners – Alinghi
2019 reigning World Champions continue their winning streak into the 2021 season taking the GC32 Lagos Cup 1 title.
Team Aqua – Masters of Marstrand for a fifth time
It is rare even between the ultra-close RC44s for an event to go to the wire in such an extreme way as it did at the conclusion of the 44Cup Marstrand. Going into the tenth and final race of the…
Moth Cup day 3 highlights
The third day of the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup saw some of the best sailors in the world race it out on Lake Garda, Italy.
Foiling Week: Slingsby leads into final day of racing
The third day of the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup was another successful race day. Four races were held in a strong southerly breeze, ranging between 14-20 knots. Again, the bookmaker’s favourite Tom Slingsby (36) from Australia was the sailor to watch. Tom had another…
GC32 Lagos Cup: Alinghi finds her mojo
Alinghi struggled early on with an out-of-character fifth place in the opening race of the GC32 Lagos Cup, but the Swiss regrouped and soon rediscovered their mojo to take the last three winner’s guns of the day from five races,…
Team Aqua’s big bounce back at 44Cup
Just when the pecking order seemed to be firming up at the 44Cup Marstrand, today’s final race off the picture postcard Swedish island turned the results on their head, yet again. Hugues Lepic’s Aleph Racing and Nico Poons’ Charisma were…
Countdown to start of Aegean 600
Greece: Preparations are well underway for the start of the Aegean 600, organised by the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club and the Region of Attica and most of the foreign boats that will take part are already assembled in Lavrio at…
Foiling Week: Slingsby in control at Moth Cup
Fraglia Vela Malcesine, Italy: The bookmaker’s favourite, Tom Slingsby, did not disappoint on the second day of the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup where four races were sailed in a 10-16 knot southerly. Australian Slingsby, the reigning…
Team Aleph joins dots to lead 44Cup Marstrand
In an example of the high performance RC44 one design class’ typically ultra-close racing, yesterday’s winners dropped to the bottom of the pile at the 44Cup Marstrand today, as those that were consistent rose to the top. For competitors and…
23rd Match Race Germany will take place in 2022
Langenargen: The 23rd Match Race Germany will be sailed and celebrated from 2-6 June in 2022 (this 25 years after its premiere in 1997) and will attract tens of thousands of visitors to Langenargen’s famous Gondola Harbour and its surrounding…
Teams in The Ocean Race Europe taking action for our planet
Joining UN Sports for Climate Action, collecting scientific data about the state of the seas, cutting out single-use plastic, measuring and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and engaging with world leaders about the threats to the ocean, were just some…
Nacra 15 European Championship
The best Nacra 15 sailors have travelled to Lake Silvaplana in Swizerland’s Grison region, not far from St. Moritz, to sail the European Nacra 15 Championships this week from June 26th – July 4th. The Nacra 15 is a size…
Magenta Project’s Mentoring Project supports up-and-coming female sailors
The Magenta Project’s Mentoring Programme supports young female sailors around the world, empowering them to work towards achieving their goals in the sport. Find out more: http://themagentaproject.org/mentoring
Pantaenius Insurance office now based at The Boat Works in Queensland
Pantaenius Insurance has established an office at The Boat Works (Gold Coast, Queensland). The Pantaenius team have expanded from their NSW headquarters to now offer instant boat insurance quotations and cover to owners from their new premise. Other businesses to populate the purpose-built professional facilities include…
Fleet of 266 Optimists prepare for World Championship
Riva del Garda, Italy: Just a few hours to go until the start of the Optimist World Championship, the flagship event of youth sailing sailing season, which for this year, after the postponement of the 2020 edition, has confirmed Fraglia…
