49er 49erFX and Nacra17 Euros
Light winds marked day 1 of the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra17 European Championships being held in Thessaloniki, Greece. In the 49er, Harry Price and Max Paul are top Aussies in 6th place, with a bullet in Race 3 and Laura…
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PredictWind Launches Anchor Alert App – Peace of Mind for Boaters This Season
Introducing the Essential Tool for Secure Anchoring Global leader in marine weather forecasting, PredictWind, has announced the launch of its new standalone Anchor Alert app. Designed to provide boaters with ultimate peace of mind, this app delivers immediate, real-time alerts if their…
RORC Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race – Another record-sized fleet due?
COWES, 2 June 2025: Less than two months now remain until the start of the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race, this year coinciding with the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s centenary. Another huge fleet has entered. While 2023’s 50th edition of the…
Marinas26 Registrations Open One Year Out
The Marina Industries Association (MIA) is excited to announce that registrations for the Marinas26 International Conference and Trade Exhibition (Marinas26) are now open! Taking place on May 25th and 26th, 2026, at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast,…
Los Gallos revisit their SailGP Season 4 triumph
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – June 3, 2025 – The latest episode of SailGP’s Racing on the Edge docuseries, in partnership with Rolex, takes viewers along the journey of the Spain SailGP Team’s challenges – both personal and professional – that they’ve faced since…
BIA launches nominations for Apprentice of the Year Awards 2025
The Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA) today launched the 2025 BIA Apprentice of the Year Awards, aimed at recognising the exceptional contributions of apprentices in the marine industry and highlighting the importance of training and career development within the sector. …
Final opportunity to enter Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
This is a final call to female sailors who would like to race Australia’s premier all-female regatta, the 2025 Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), where you will join the 25 already entered in Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron’s (RMYS) annual event….
Corinthian Yacht Club win 2025 Team Racing World Championship
Newport, R.I. — Sustained winds in the low 20-knot range and choppy seas brought on another challenging day in the final stretch of the 2025 Team Racing World Championship. After four exhausting days of intense combat, Corinthian Yacht Club (CYC)…
Superyacht Regatta 2025 – Moat and Gelliceaux claim Silver Jubilee Cup
Southern Wind 100 Agapi Mas awarded the Willy Persico Trophy Porto Cervo, 31 May 2025. The 2025 edition of the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta and the Southern Wind RendezVous concluded today with another outstanding day of racing. The event is…
Team Match in Pink victorious in San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA – May 31, 2025) — French match racing skipper Pauline Courtois and her Match in Pink Normandy team claimed a decisive victory today at the 2025 Casa Vela Cup, held in the iconic waters of San Francisco Bay…
Sydney Noumea Yacht Race Draws to a Close
The 2025 PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race has concluded with all three competing yachts now officially retired. Earlier today, Wild Thing 100, the last remaining boat on course, made the decision to retire with approximately 800 nautical miles to the finish….
Otto wins 5.5 Metre German Open in Warnemunde
Bent Christian Wilhelmsen’s Otto (NOR 68, Lasse Berthelsen, Sam Haines, Kyle Gundersen) has won the 2025 5.5 Metre German Open in Warnemunde after only one final race was possible on Saturday in very light winds. New Moon III (BAH 25, Christoph Burger, Kim Chabani,…
Young Aussie Squad Ready to Shine at European Championships
Australia’s fast boat sailors are set to take on the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships this week in Thessaloniki, Greece. With up to 18 races scheduled over the next six days, it’s set to be a high-intensity regatta. …
Red Bull Italy in the spotlight as New York approaches
New York may be just a week away, but the spotlight is on Red Bull Italy this week – with a star-studded new ownership group revealed – including Hollywood superstar Anne Hathway – and a brand new docuseries focused on…
Esprit Large is outright Champion of the CIC Normandy Channel Race
At the end of an absolutely epic race, the Class40 Esprit Large (209) has secured the holy grail by being first across the finish line off Ouistreham at 18h 23min 16s French time after 4 days, 4 hours, 23 minutes and…
Otto takes command of 5.5 Metre German Open on second day
Otto (NOR 68, Lasse Berthelsen, Sam Haines, Kyle Gundersen) storm into the lead at the 2025 5.5 Metre German Open in Warnemunde after three wins from four races on Friday in winds from 8-15 knots. New Moon III (BAH 25, Christoph Burger, Kim…
America’s Cup shenanigans
A bit of to and fro with the Cup teams over-night with a statement from Alinghi triggering responses from Athena, American Magic and ETNZ. I guess it is all to be expected but the one positive to take from this,…
Channel Race – Heavy two-way traffic in the Celtic Sea
Virtually all the fleet has now rounded the compulsory Chaussée de Sein passage mark off the west coast of Brittany. The Class40 Bleu Blanc Planète Location (205) is currently bringing up the rear after a pit stop in Roscoff to…
Mistral wind welcomes Superyacht Regatta
Ideal conditions for the first day of the regatta and the Southern Wind RendezVous and Trophy Porto Cervo, 28 May 2025. The 2025 edition of the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta, organised by the YCCS with the support of title sponsor…
Women’s WMRT – San Francisco turns it on for opening day of Casa Vela Cup
(San Francisco, CA – May 28, 2025) – The opening day of the Casa Vela Cup 2025 hosted by the St Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco kicked off the 2025 Women’s World Match Racing Tour in spectacular fashion with…
First Kiwi entry as new sponsor announced for Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) takes pleasure in announcing Harken Australia and New Zealand as naming rights sponsor for the Sydney to Auckland Yacht Race (S2A) and that the first New Zealand entry has been accepted for the challenging…
SCIBS crowds up for 2025
The 36th annual Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show (SCIBS) has once again cemented its status as the Southern Hemisphere’s premier marine event, drawing an impressive 45,865 visitors over four spectacular days from 22–25 May 2025. This year’s Show delivered its…
CYCA team to take “best shot” at Admiral’s Cup
The Australian flag will fly proud on Zen and Back 2 Black during the Admiral’s Cup to be held in Cowes from the Isle of Wight from 17 July – 1 August. After a 22-year hiatus, the regatta, regarded as the unofficial world championship of…
SailGP announces star-studded ownership group
New ownership for the Italian SailGP team, following the strategic acquisition by Muse Sport consortium, led by Assia Grazioli Venier, Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo and CEO Jimmy Spithill Host of renowned names in sport & entertainment – including Hollywood icon, Anne Hathaway – brought together…
A Bumper Show for TMG Yachts at Sanctuary Cove 2025
Lagoon & PRESTIGE Draw Major Crowds and Sales Momentum For TMG Yachts, the 2025 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show was a resounding success, with a premier lineup of luxury multihulls and motor yachts capturing the attention of boaters from across…
CIC Normandy Channel Race
With the Isle of Wight astern of them, the fleet parted ways. Sitting in the middle of the English Channel, TSS Casquets forced the sailors to make their first strategic decision, namely the rounding to the north or south of…
Prime Minister Meloni welcomes the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup
The magnificent setting of the Casino del Bel Respiro, commissioned by Pope Innocent X in 1644, in the grounds of Villa Pamphilj, was the outstanding and historic setting for the Minister for Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi, on behalf of…
Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show
Massive crowds enjoyed a spectacular 36th Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show with a record number of boats delivering an unsurpassed display of marine innovation, luxury and lifestyle. “We’ve had an incredible 824 boats in total – 422 on water and…
MRV stifles Ambition to take Line honours and Overall win in 2025 Apollo Bay Race
Margaret Rintoul V (MRV), skippered by Damien King from the Sandringham Yacht Club (SYC), has sailed a fast and furious race to win the 72nd Melbourne to Apollo Bay Race (M2AB). While the lyrics of a well-known song suggest ‘history never…
A grandiose start for the 16th CIC Normandy Channel Race
It was a spectacular start on Sunday for the sailors who set sail on the 16th edition of the CIC Normandy Channel Race. Bracing conditions and a superb light filtering through the partially overcast skies formed the backdrop for this…
Ylliam 17 wins the TF35 Nyon Grand Prix – Their first regatta victory
Julien Firmenich’s Ylliam 17 claimed victory this weekend at the opening event of the 2025 TF35 season in Nyon, marking their first-ever regatta win since joining the fleet in 2023. Sailing alongside Firmenich were tactician Guillaume Rol and crew members Ed Powys,…
18ft Skiffs – The Link Between Two Great Australian Sports
A unique connection between brute strength and beauty James Joseph Giltinan was one of Australia’s great entrepreneurs of the early 1900s, and the man most responsible for creating a unique link between one of the most confrontational football codes in…
Tasar Victoria Training Programme
Tasar Training Made Easy In 2024, the Victorian Tasar fleet expressed strong interest in ongoing training opportunities, ranging from on-the-water sessions to classroom and online formats. This season, we trailed a new hybrid approach, offering in-person Tasar tuning and sail…
Sails of Change 10 makes it count in light-air
Despite spending most of the day on the water patiently waiting for wind, the Race Committee eventually managed to squeeze in a single race in the faintest 5-6 knot Séchard breeze, the only scoring opportunity on day two of the…
Formula Wing – Returning Champions Hold Nerve
Heart stopping, blast reaching finishes were the day’s defining moments in the Grand Finals of the 2025 Formula Wing European Championships as repeat champions were crowned. A week punctuated by finicky winds and critical lead changes ended in 20-plus knot, oscillating offshore winds with a hardened group of 10 medal series finalists in…
Steering the Course 2025 kicks off to #AccelerateAction for female sailors around the world
The 2025 edition of Steering the Course, World Sailing’s global women’s sailing festival, gets underway on 23 May with a week-long focus on #AccelerateAction in support of this year’s International Women’s Day theme. Events are planned around the world throughout…
Bella Mente successfully defends IMA European Championship title
The 20 remaining yachts competing in the IMA Maxi European Championship, organised by the Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, took part in a final coastal race today in a 8-14 knot…
Statement from ETNZ in response to Athena Racing and American Magic
The Defender has been working closely and positively with all teams on moving the America’s Cup to a new collaborative Partnership and structure to strengthen the future of the America’s Cup for the benefit of the event and all current…
X-WING joins the TF35 Trophy Fleet
From racing down the slopes to flying above the water, Marco Favale’s path to the TF35 Trophy is one of a sports enthusiast looking for the next thrill. The Franco-Italian entrepreneur and former alpine ski racer becomes the latest name…
CYCA Redefines Offshore Racing with the Southern Cross Series
Three Iconic Races. One Ambitious Goal – Southern Cross Series Entries Open Australia’s offshore racing scene is setting a bold new course. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) has launched the Southern Cross Series — a world-class, three-race challenge designed…
