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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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 – 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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
With some medals dished out in the sailing competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games, other battles are raging as the sailing nears completion in Enoshima. Men’s Skiff – 49erNo one had it easy in the 49er today, but Pete Burling…
China’s Yunxiu Lu has won the gold medal in the Women’s Windsurfer – RS:X after a tense three-way battle with British and French contenders in the Medal Race. With the Medal Race counting for double points, the gap between three…
Even before everyone arrived in the Algarve for round 2 of the GC32 Lagos Cup, forecasts were predicting big conditions for Saturday. Anticipating this, yesterday the race committee made the call to start racing three hours early at 1000. Out…
Matt Wearn has wrapped up the gold medal in the Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition, making him the third consecutive Australian to have achieved the feat. Denmark’s Anne-Marie Rindom could have done…
While racing started on time for the second day of the GC32 Lagos Cup 2 on Portugal’s Algarve coast, sadly, only one race could be held before the wind and sea state escalated to levels felt to be too dangerous…
Matt Wearn has continued Australia’s legacy of success in the Laser class at the Olympic Games, with the Western Australian assuring Australia’s third straight gold medal in the class. The likeable sailor from Perth has an insurmountable 22-point lead after…
The French town of Toulon is hosting six Ocean Fifty yachts that will compete for the final round of the Pro Sailing Tour, a 1600-mile sprint between the French Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts which will decide the championship. Today the…
The 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has reached its first major milestone, with more than 50 boats already part of a growing fleet for the return of the Great Race. Among them is the 2017 and 2019 Overall winner Ichi…
It was an action packed first day of racing at GC32 Lagos Cup 2.
Nine classes in action overall and plenty of drama – what a day! Close battles throughout, some Medal Race line-ups confirmed, and the first sailing gold of Tokyo2020 all but wrapped up. Read the full Day 5 report: https://bit.ly/Tokyo2020-D5Report –…
Australian Sailing Team Leader Iain Murray said, “Today brings a much lighter weather pattern and a mix-up of courses, so racing conditions will be dependent on each fleet’s start time. Every day is critical, but today is a super important day…
Tokyo 2020: Giles Scott made it four race wins in a row to move into the overall lead after two more confident victories on Thursday, while Spain’s Joan Cardona also moved up to second, after a 2,3 to leave them…
There were tears of joy and anguish on the boat park on the fifth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as some sailors scored double wins in their races, while for others today was the moment when their…
Two Australians sit atop the leader board after day five of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic regatta, with Matt Wearn (Laser) and Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (Men’s 470) making the most of favourable conditions in Enoshima today. Wearn put together…
It was a huge day for our Aussie sailors in Tokyo today, hear from them below and remember that you can a full list of results here. Men’s two person dinghy (470) Days don’t get much better at an Olympic regatta than…
Lagos, Portugal: While the results might indicate that Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi team had it their own way, topping the leader board after day one of racing at the GC32 Lagos Cup 2; this was far from the case with Rockwool…
Last week, I caught up with sailing superstar Tom Slingsby in London after the Australian SailGP team’s ‘surprise’ victory in Plymouth. The Australian Sail Grand Prix Team (SailGP) surprised everyone when they skyrocketed to the top of the leader…
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