Slalom World Championship: Final day highlights
Great Britain’s Jenna Gibson and the Croatian Enrico Marotti won the 2021 Slalom World Championship in Paros, Greece.
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Maxi Yacht Cup: The midpoint
The 31st edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup reached its mid-point at the end of the third day. Three coastal races have been completed, with owners and their highly-skilled crews enjoying the spectacular scenery and sublime conditions of the…
Magnetic Island Race Week wraps for another year
The 14th SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) was over too quickly, the week flying by as it does when you are in such a beautiful tropical location at the beginning of spring and the conditions are conducive – but that…
Paradise sailing at largest ever Finn European Masters
The largest ever Finn European Masters opened at the Tihanyi Hajós Egylet, Hungary, on Wednesday in ‘paradise’ sailing conditions. After two races Zdenek Gebhart, from Czech Republic, leads Bas de Waal and Cees Scheurwater, from The Netherlands. A fleet of…
La Solitaire: Quiroga leads after Macaire drops to 27th
With just over 100 nautical miles to go to the finish line at Roscoff on the Bay of Morlaix, Pierre Quiroga (Skipper Macif 2019) was maintaining a slender lead of just under one mile after passing Bishop Rock at the…
Maxi Yacht Cup: Bomb Alley race course delivers on day three
After three races, it is the leaders in the largest and smallest classes that have retained perfect scores at the half way stage of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup at Porto Cervo. This morning many thought today would be unsailable…
Big Aussie BBQ at Coral Sea Marina
We all love a good barbie and even more so when it raises money and awareness for a cause close to so many hearts of those in the Whitsundays. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Coral Sea Marina are rolling up…
INEOS Team UK’s America’s Cup comeback
When they came to Auckland, they were off the pace and struggled to finish a race in the The America’s Cup World Series. But INEOS TEAM UK’s defining moment was the post Christmas comeback where they dominated the Prada Cup…
Five exciting multihulls at Cannes Yachting Festival
In conjunction with the return of Europe’s biggest on-water boat show, scheduled for September 7-12, Yachting World have picked the best of the multihulls due to be at the 2021 Cannes Yachting Festival. 1. Privilege Signature 510 The first major…
Don McIntyre on S&S 34 yachts
Yachting World ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. This month, Australian sailor and explorer, Don McIntyre nominates S&S 34. The most innovative all-time classic is the S&S 34….
Final chance to podium at Magnetic Island Race Week
Following the abandonment of racing due to unsuitable conditions yesterday, it’s back on at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) this morning, as the fleet heads out from the marina for the earlier start time of 10am on the final…
Tom Slingsby and Iain Jensen dominate Moth Worlds
Australia’s Tom Slingsby has won the Redoro Frantoi Veneti Moth World Championship at the Fraglia Vela Malcesine on Lake Garda, with two races to spare. The first warning signal for the Gold fleet at 8 o’clock made the athletes get…
SailGP: What makes Billy Besson tick
Ahead of his home event in Saint-Tropez find out what makes France SailGP Team driver Billy Besson tick, as he gives us an honest look at his unique approach to sailing (and life), the challenges his team faces, and what…
OK Dinghy Euro Series: Dane takes commanding lead
Bo Petersen, from Denmark, has taken a commanding lead after Stage 2 of 2021 Art of Racing OK Dinghy Euro Series. He leads the series by a massive 113 points following the five regattas that counted towards Stage 2. An…
Maxi Yacht Cup: Provisional leaders hold firm
The second day of racing at the 31st Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo, Italy, brought light wind of eight to ten knots from the northeast. The conditions were similar to yesterday’s but somewhat lighter, requiring a special effort…
La Solitaire: Anyone’s game in tidal conditions
Racing this afternoon in waters which are not at all well-known to most of La Solitaire du Figaro competitors – the outer reaches of the Bristol Channel, along the north Cornish and Devon coastline are presenting a new set of…
Kieler Woche: Dane wins OK Dinghy class after no more races sailed
Denmark’s Bo Petersen has won Kieler Woche for OK Dinghies after no more racing was possible on the last two days. André Budzien was second with Benjamin Hammerö third, from the fleet of 36 boats. Only three races were possible…
Magnetic Island Race Week: Racing abandoned
Racing has been abandoned at Townsville Yacht Club’s (TYC) SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) today, officials holding off as long as they could before making the decision to can it for the day. Due to start at 11am, the…
American Magic’s defining moment
American Magic were the first to launch a full-size test boat, and the first to sail and foil on an AC75. They were the first Challenger to set up in New Zealand and looked on track for a great regatta….
Kiel Week highlights
On September 6th, the five teams competing in the Nord Stream Race set out on their first leg from Kiel to Copenhagen. This marked the end of the crews’ inaugural event as part of Kiel Week. The teams competed against…
Maxi Yacht Cup: Spectacular opening day
The 31st edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup got underway with all three classes undertaking a coastal course winding through the spectacular Maddalena Archipelago. Organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, this…
Magnetic Island Race Week: Launs Townsville Race
Plenty of squirt from early on this morning has convinced organisers at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week to put the famed Around the Island Race off for another day, sending competitors to the Launs Bay course instead, as the wind…
Moth Worlds: Slingsby increases lead
Five races with variable winds, tested the technical skills of the athletes on the second day of the finals at the Redoro Frantoi Veneti Moth World Championship at the Fraglia Vela Malcesine on Lake Garda. But despite these challenging conditions,…
Matt Wearn on his historic Olympic win
When I spoke to Australian sailor Matt Wearn over the phone, he was in Belgium taking a well-deserved break with his fiancée Emma Plasschaert, following his gold-medal win in the Men’s Laser class at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. “It…
Switzerland joins SailGP
A young and ambitious Swiss team, led by Olympic sailor Sébastien Schneiter from Geneva, will compete in the next SailGP season. “This is a major new chapter for Swiss sailing,” said Schneiter. “Our goal is to create a competitive team…
Multi-million-dollar dock to shine at Sail Paradise
Southport Yacht Club’s magnificent new, multi-million-dollar floating megayacht dock is destined to become the centrepiece for Qoin Sail Paradise on January 3-6, 2022. The dock is so large it is likely that all visiting yachts will be able to moor…
La Solitaire: Macaire narrowly leads
After spending most of the second afternoon at sea since leaving Fécamp on Sunday afternoon, shadow boxing with the 20 mile northerly perimeter of the Casquets Traffic Separation Scheme, the leaders of the third stage of La Solitaire were taking…
Day for tacticians at Maxi Yacht Cup
Owner-drivers and crews taking part in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup were eased gently into competition off Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda today as they fought to make the most of variable sub-10 knot winds out of the northeast quadrant. The light…
Nord Stream Race: First offshore leg starts in Kiel
On Monday afternoon, the five teams of the Nord Stream Race set out on their first leg from Kiel to Copenhagen. This marked the end of the crews’ inaugural event as part of Kiel Week. On Saturday and Sunday, the teams competed against each other for…
Magnetic Island Race Week: Lighter breeze generates new winners
As the weather forecast earlier foretold, a lighter breeze, so ideal sailing was experienced by all at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) on the variety of courses constructed by organisers at Townsville Yacht Club (TYC). Ragamuffin III (Stuart Tivey…
Extreme Moth sailing
Ever wonder what it feels like to fly like a Moth sailor? Well, wonder no longer. You’ll often hear us say: foiling is the future. Not only is it pushing the sport in new directions but it’s also pretty darn…
Magnetic Island Race Week: From lay day to race day
Yesterday was a lay day at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), it was also Father’s Day, which translated to fun times for all at the Townsville Airport Father’s Day at pretty Picnic Bay on Magnetic Island. Free kids’ activities, markets,…
Moth Worlds: Australians make up top three
Australia continued its dominance on the first day of the Redoro Frantoi Veneti Moth World Championship finals at the Fraglia Vela Malcesine on Lake Garda, securing four of the five top positions. The Ora remained for only five races. Unfortunately,…
Anonymous Australian sailor enters Global Solo Challenge
An Australian, who at this stage wishes to remain anonymous, has become the 32nd person to enter the 2023 Global Solo Challenge (GSC). He will be competing in a 50 plus foot performance yacht. He has been in touch with…
Old and new faces gather for Maxi Yacht Cup
After a year’s hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 43 of the world’s largest and most advanced racing boats have gathered in the jewel of northeast Sardinia that is Porto Cervo, for tomorrow’s start of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup….
Kieler Woche: Dane leads OK Dinghies
Denmark’s Bo Petersen leads the OK Dinghy fleet at Kieler Woche in Germany after three races in fantastic conditions on Sunday. Petersen took two race wins and a second place, while Germany’s Andre Budzien, in second, won the third race….
La Solitaire: Quiroga attempts to defend lead
The third stage of the 52nd La Solitaire du Figaro, a 624 nautical mile race from Fécamp in France to the Bay of Morlaix in Brittany, commenced on Sunday afternoon in warm conditions with a light easterly wind. The leg opened…
La Solitaire: Quiroga takes solid advantage into Stage 3
Stage 3 of the 52nd La Solitaire du Figaro starts at midday Sunday local time and will take the 34 solo racers a marathon 624 nautical miles from Fécamp in France to the Bay of Morlaix in Brittany. The route…
OK Dinghy racing abandoned at Kieler Woche opener
The 2021 edition of Kieler Woche in Germany got off to a sunny, but slow start for the 37 OK Dinghies taking part, with the only race of the day abandoned at the downwind mark as the already light wind…
Magnetic Island Race Week: Big day out at The Strand
A spectacular sight awaited locals and tourists who were out and about on The Strand at Townsville, where they were treated to racing at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week with the Strand Race, including a leg that took competitors on…
