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Winner of five Olympic medals, Brazil’s Robert Scheidt is defying his age and setting out to prove that a 48-year-old can conquer athletes half his age by competing in the Men’s Laser Class at the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo….
Marlow Ropes is delighted to announce the use of a new recycled-based Dyneema® that will be used as part of a pilot scheme using the 11th Hour Racing Sailing Team, who compete in offshore sailing events, such as The Ocean Race….
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July 19, 2021, Los Angeles, CA: With less than 1000 miles to go at 0800 Hawaii Standard Time today, Cecil and Alyson Rossi’s Farr 57 Ho’okolohe is the first in the 40-boat fleet to pass the halfway point in this year’s 2225-mile Transpac race from…
Take a walk through this Nautor’s Swan 100ft Sailing Yacht, worth $5,400,000. Don’t let looks deceive you, although unbelievably comfortable, she is also a very competitive performance yacht.
For the last two Olympic Games, the Mens Laser Olympic event has been dominated by Australia, with Tom Slingsby taking home gold in 2012 and then Tom Burton doing the same in 2016. And Australia’s Matt Wearn looks like he…
Today’s show focuses on: Ho’okolohe reaching the halfway point When and where Pyewacket might pass Ho’okolohe The steady sailing conditions
The NSW Government has announced an initiative to re-establish the boat building sector in Australia, after JPK Pacific was given the green light to commence manufacturing the globally successful JPK yacht brand in regional NSW. Innovation Composites of Nowra in…
The Finn, the Men’s Heavyweight Dinghy, is the oldest boat at the Olympic Games, making its debut at the 1952 edition when Denmark’s four-time Olympic Champion Paul Elvstrom won the event in Helsinki. For the past two decades, Great Britain…
Only the most powerful and instinctive sailors can truly tame the Finn, the oldest boat at the Olympic Games. In the smallest fleet of the largest athletes, here’s a look at who you can expect to challenge for the medals…
The Impact League is designed to make sustainability action essential to the fabric of elite sport and our goal is to inspire other sports to do the same. Together we all have the power to make a difference. Better Sport,…
Italian architect and the 26th entrant of the 2023 Global Solo Challenge Race, Alessandro Tosetti from Turin, has been sailing since childhood and when he does so he dedicates his attention to the search for harmony between himself, the people,…
With less than a month before the start of the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race, IRC division three boasts the largest class competing with 88 teams entered from at least 10 different countries. IRC division three has a cornucopia of boat…
Audio feedback, fast transmission rates and smoothing of wind data give a new approach to sailboat navigation that is easy to set up thanks to SailTimer Wind Instrument. 1. Audio: Your tablet/phone can connect on Bluetooth to the wireless, solar-powered SailTimer Wind…
Lake Balaton, Hungary: The EUROSAF L30 Class European Championship hosted by Spartacus Club saw Fourteen crews representing eight nations kick-start racing on July 17; where the local HUN8 “Present Perfect Team” emerged as an early leader. For its fifth continental championship, the L30 Class continues its growth with several new teams…
Doyle Sails is pleased to announce their partnership with Rachel and Joshua from Voyages of Agape. Voyages of Agape was dreamt up by two love birds addicted to travel and enamored by the sea. After sailing away from their homeport…
The 16th annual edition of the BOAT International World Superyacht Awards will take place in Monaco on Sunday 5th September 2021 at the Monte Carlo Sporting. The World Superyacht Awards recognise the ingenuity and craftsmanship of the most remarkable luxury yachts from…
Los Angeles, California: Powered by the best breeze of the week – 10-15 knots at the start off Point Fermin – today’s final 19 entries in four divisions vaulted off the start line towards Honolulu, 2225-miles away in the 2021…
Third wave of the fastest boats get the fastest start in the 2021 Transpac. Powered by the best breeze of the week – 10-15 knots at the start off Point Fermin – today’s final 19 entries in four divisions vaulted…
Tom Slingsby has proven that the Australian SailGP team can deliver against all odds after triumphing on UK waters at the Britain Sail Grand Prix, in a dramatic final race. The team stormed home to victory, beating France and the…
A long waiting game and some suspense ashore among the 65 athletes and the organizers at the Hang Loose Beach in Gizzeria, Italy, for an interminable morning characterized by storms passing in the area and light and super shifty wind. At around 1pm a steady…
A cloudy, rainy and windless day soon turned perfect for the Medal Series in the Formula Kite Men and the A’s Youth Foil fleets, and one single race for the Formula Kite Women. It all came down to the sailors who had been leading the series for…
Thousands of fans turned up on Plymouth Hoe, and hundreds of spectator boats lined the F50 racecourse in Plymouth Sound as the sold out Great Britain Sail Grand Prix closed on a high note in Britain’s Ocean City. Tom Slingsby’s…
Record numbers of fans turned out to watch the world’s most exciting racing on water from The Hoe in Plymouth, on what was the perfect British summer day, both on and off the water. As the temperature soared on-land, Phil…
Porto Cervo: On the final day of the Grand Prix 2.2, and after two weeks of racing on foiling Persico 69F, victory in the Grand Prix 2.2 went, by a comfortable margin, to the home team Young Azzurra. Groupe My…
Sixty-five young competitors had their hopes high at Hang Loose Beach on the penultimate day of the 2021 Formula Kite U10 and A’s Youth Foil World Championship, as only the top 14 will make the Medal Series tomorrow. A cloudy…
Plymouth, UK: Tom Slingbsy and his revised Australian SailGP Team took part in their final day of practice, ahead of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix, this weekend,17-18 July. The Australia Team will be competing with an altered crew format…
Among many hot boats in IRC Two will be the JPK 1180, big brother to the JPK 10.10 Night and Day and 10.80 Courrier Du Leon, which won the Rolex Fastnet Races in 2013 and 2015 respectively. This year, five…
Domonkos Németh, from the host club, Tihanyi Hajós Egylet, has won the U23 Finn World Championship for the Jorg Bruder Finn Silver Cup at Tihany on Lake Balaton, Thursday, to become the first Hungarian to lift the title. In a…
With just one day left until the conclusion of the Grand Prix 2.2 of the 69F Cup circuit, Young Azzurra heads the provisional classification, followed by Groupe My Ambition, and next is the Swiss team on Sailing Performance. Organised by…
Plymouth Sound, the natural amphitheater of Britain’s Ocean City, is set for the world’s most exciting racing on water as the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix – the third event of SailGP Season 2 – takes place this weekend. It…
Valérian Lebrun (FRA) secured the OK Dinghy International Regatta, hosted by Circolo Vela Arco on Lake Garda, after two more races were sailed in an early morning northerly, while Soenke Behrens (GBR) won the opening race to secure second overall,…
Brisbane’s Bazinga Girls team are fully geared and ready to win the annual Mooloolaba Women’s Keelboat Regatta, to be held on July 30 – August 1. This year six teams will contest for the trophy. Racing on the Mooloolaba Yacht…
When the Olympics came to a close in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016, I suffered from post-Olympic blues – I felt I couldn’t wait until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – it is wonderful to witness the camaraderie and…
Gizzeria, Italy: Another windy, wet and wild day on the water for the 65 young athletes competing at the 2021 Formula Kite U19 and A’s Youth Foil World Championship.
Gizzeria, Italy: Another windy, wet and wild day on the water for the 65 young athletes competing at the 2021 Formula Kite U19 and A’s Youth Foil World Championship. Yesterday’s very strong breeze kept on blowing during the night and…
Châtelaillon-Plage, France: After 12 days of racing the Groupe Atlantic crew have achieved their seventh victory in total, and third consecutive win, at the Tour Voile 2021. The Groupe Atlantic crew continue to catch up to the overall leaders,…
A Welsh sailor from Ceredigion (located on the western coast of Wales) is preparing for a round the world yacht race after reading about it online and thinking “I have to do this”. Dafydd Hughes, of Talybont, is taking on…
The world’s largest sailing ship was detained today at the Port of Dover in the UK hours before the passenger cruise ship was due to begin its maiden voyage. The arrest of the ship was the latest development in a…
The term foil indicates a specific type of appendage that does not exist in “traditional” boats, which can increase the straightening force and counteract gravity and friction in the water. Sailboats with foils can counteract friction by lightening themselves with…
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