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Racing among the giant schooners concluded on Saturday in Capri with the first round of the Schooner Cup Series. For 2019 this comprises single races here in Capri and at September’s Monaco Classic Week and Les Voiles de St Tropez…
Supermaxi SHK Scallywag (HKG), skippered by David Witt, crossed the finish line outside St David's Lighthouse, Bermuda just before 10pm local time on Saturday 11 May, taking Line Honours in the 2019 Antigua Bermuda Race in an elapsed time of…
Perfect champagne sailing conditions, a solid Bay-of-Palma sea breeze of up to 20 knots and spring sunshine, signed off the 16th Sail Racing Palma Vela regattas as one of the very best for many years. Not surprisingly the biggest smiles…
In addition to the usual spectacular midnight start from off Naples’ magnificent Castel dell’Ovo, following Friday night’s dinner at the Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia (CRV Italia) clubhouse in the Santa Lucia Marina, the 65th Regata dei Tre…
The past three days has produced tantalisingly close racing for the 72 boats in the Vice Admiral's Cup – an increase of 40 per cent on last year's entry. Despite what initially appeared to be an unpromising forecast, six to…
Tough conditions prevailed on Day 4 of the on Day 3 of the 470 Europeans, organised by local Yacht Club Sanremo and Marina degli Aregai, in co-operation with the national and international 470 class. The men’s Gold and Silver fleets…
NZ Herald. By: Liam Napier. Sir Ben Ainslie has cast further doubt over the three late America's Cup entries making the start line, and the Ineos Team UK skipper also suggests construction complications have delayed the arrival of his team in…
The Maritime Executive. By Mia Bennett. I recently attended (via teleconference, to cut down on travel time and emissions!) a meeting on future maritime trade flows at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s International Transport Forum. One session focused exclusively on…
Forget carrying SUPs and a small sail craft on your cruiser. Now you can have them all in one – and go foiling too. The hulls can be ridden individually as Touring or Downwind Stand Up Paddleboards and with…
Research into the impacts of wild weather and climate change on the Gold Coast is being stepped up with the launch of a bright yellow monitoring buoy nicknamed ‘Big Bird’. ‘Big Bird’s’ launch formally marks the establishment of the Coastal Engineering…
When the 49erFX fleet joins the 49er and Nacra17 for the 2019 Volvo Europeans, among the battles for Olympic selection will be the defending World Champions, Annamiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz, (NED) who are looking to keep their Tokyo 2020…
The one-design Viper class is making a first appearance at Sail Racing PalmaVela as the fleet based at the RCNP grows. An initiative shared between the club, and builders Rondar Boats, is centered on allowing teams to come in and…
Day 2 of racing at the Vice Admiral's Cup delivered four short, sharp races that tested the 72 competing boats and hundreds of sailors over a wide range of conditions, on a day of intensely close racing in a very…
Sébastien Simon was the first to round the Fastnet rock to the south of Ireland, the first waymark in the Bermudes 1000 Race between Douarnenez and Brest, with Sam Davies, Boris Herrmann, Yannick Bestaven and Maxime Sorel following him. On…
Seng Huang Lee’s super maxi SHK Scallywag (HKG) skippered by David Witt, is expected to finish the Antigua Bermuda Race Saturday night local time, but it is the Lombard 46, Pata Negra (GBR), which leads fleet after IRC time correction….
Perseverance was needed, but patience was rewarded, with exciting racing on Day 3 of the 470 Europeans, organised by local Yacht Club Sanremo and Marina degli Aregai, in co-operation with the national and international 470 class. Several hours of waiting…
On the second day of the 16th Sail Racing PalmaVela, the fleet on the Bay of Palma grew to 110 boats, as the ORC and One Design classes started their racing program in the curtain raiser for the Mediterranean mixed…
After a remarkable opening day of the 470 European Championship, wind was not on the organiser's and sailors’ side on Day 2 of the event, organised by local Yacht Club Sanremo and Marina degli Aregai in co-operation with the national…
The opening day of the Vice Admiral's Cup served up light airs, with big shifts and wind reversals that challenged competitors and race officials alike – a quiet morning quickly giving way to an afternoon that started with fast-paced action…
The Nacra17 class will take to the waters of the London 2012 Olympic sailing venue off Weymouth, England for the 2019 Volvo Europeans when57 foiling Nacra 17 teams hungry to secure national selection as the Tokyo 2020 Games grow ever…
The 2019 Antigua Bermuda Race entered a new phase on the second night (Thursday 9 May) of the 935 mile race to Bermuda, as the international fleet encountered a pressure ridge over a thousand miles wide, right across the race…
Just when it seemed that the four giant schooners were likely to spend the day tied to the dock, the sea breeze filled in perfectly allowing the penultimate race of Capri Classica to take place, but sadly, due to the…
Hamilton, Bermuda: The 69th Argo Group Gold Cup advanced to the semi final round this afternoon, with Ian Williams of the U.K and Johnie Berntsson of Sweden moving to match point in their respective matches. Williams opened a 2-0 lead…
The 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 sailors assembled again ahead of the 2019 Volvo European Championship to spend some time cleaning up a local beach to the club we were at. Joined by our partners for the Europeans, the RYA…
Tapio Lehtinen, the fifth and final placed skipper competing in the Golden Globe Race enjoyed an unexpected rendezvous off Faial Island in the Azores yesterday with the local representative of his Windpilot self-steering sponsor. Sailing his Gaia 36 Asteria with…
Blast reaching in the tropics is hard to better, and for the first day and night of the 2019 Antigua Bermuda Race, the international fleet have had their fill. However, Mother Nature is about to deliver a speed bump that…
It was at 1700hrs local time on Thursday 9th May that the start was given for the Bermudes 1000 Race, the first event in the 2019 Globe Series. Conditions were ideal for the seventeen sailors competing (13 men and 4…
For day two of maxi schooner competition at this inaugural Capri Classica, the Gulf of Naples took on a northern European feel with an overcast sky, Vesuvius obscured by the mirk and a dark grey cloud parked over Capri’s highest…
The gulf of Sanremo has lived up to its fame, delivering perfect conditions for the opening day of the 470 Europeans, organised by local Yacht Club Sanremo and Marina degli Aregai, in co-operation with the national and international 470 class….
HAMILTON, Bermuda (May 9, 2019) — The repechage round of the 69th Argo Group Gold Cup was expected to produce close-quarter racing as eight teams fought for one of four spots in the quarterfinal round. And it delivered. With…
It will be at 1700hrs tomorrow (Thursday 9th May) that the Bermuda 1000 Race will start from Douarnenez. This is the first event on the Globe Series calendar in 2019. Postponed because of a violent low-pressure area, the start gun…
The husband of a model and TV presenter who fell from a beach cat and drowned during a fierce storm off the coast of Brazil will be charged over her death, Jorge Sestini is accused of setting sail on a…
The 2019 Antigua Bermuda Race fleet set off on Wednesday 8th May off Fort Charlotte, Antigua. A perfect start saw brilliant sunshine and 20 knots trade winds combining to produce spectacular conditions for the international fleet. Close to a hundred…
Out on a sunny but chilly Bay of Naples, there was a remarkably action-packed opening day of racing at the inaugural Capri Classica, with lead changes galore, a David v Goliath competition and an encounter with a Neapolitan fishing net…
HAMILTON, Bermuda (May 8, 2019) — Ian Williams and his Team GAC Pindar crew from the U.K. won the initial round robin stage of the 69th Argo Group Gold Cup and advanced to the Quarterfinal Round as the No. 1…
PHUKET, Thailand – Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek organisers are looking to expand overseas and grow international participation in the award-winning regatta over the next five years. With international promotions, a series of road trips to key markets and Phuket's…
Tropical islands, warm and balmy breezes, crystal clear waters – the image that every yacht owner aspires to at least once in their lifetime. A bucket list must! Fremantle to Bali is a 1440 nautical mile voyage and the 2020…
A hot international fleet inclusive of Olympians, short-handed offshore sailors and a foiling Moth building sailor are among the 30 entries from Australia and New Zealand so far signed up to take part in the 29th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta…
Don’t be fooled by the size of this new Jeanneau yacht, the award winning Sun Odyssey 319 has been recognised across the world by customers and journalists as one that sets a standard in the small yacht segment. The first…
The inaugural Lendlease Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race is drawing interest from a multitude of boat owners and the TP52 owner group is backing the concept with two entered and more planning to be part of the first ever…
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