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While the main kudos in the Rolex Fastnet Race comes from class wins or ultimately the Fastnet Challenge Cup for the overall IRC winner, who will simply be first home to Plymouth often turns into an engaging, heavyweight bout. Among…
The ANZAC dominance of the Laser fleet at the Semaine Olympique Française regatta in Hyeres intensified on day three with the top six all from New Zealand and Australia. It must look a fairly distressing scoreboard for most of the sailors from…
1 May 2019 – Cascais, Portugal – The opening day of the 24th HM King Juan Carlos Trophy in Cascais produced the strong winds and big seas for which this open ocean venue is famous. After the success of the…
The Guardian. By Emma Beddington. At the tip of Brittany’s wild, wet Côtes-d’Armor peninsula is the village of Plougrescant. Beyond that, butting right out into the sea, lies Yvinec island, a tiny outcrop intermittently accessible depending on tides via a…
It is in a week from now on Wednesday, that the Bermuda 1000 race will start from Douarnenez (Brittany), the first event in the 2019 IMOCA Globe Series and the only solo race of the season. Seventeen sailors representing six…
The Finn class remains focussed and committed to ensure the Finn is re-selected for the Olympics in 2024 and rejects the assertion that the Finn has had its time and should be retired. The relevancy of the Finn to the…
Hamilton, Bermuda: What’s the recipe for an unpredictable, Grade 1 match racing regatta? Start with two women’s crews, add a dash of youngsters and throw in a handful of treacherous veterans and you get the 2019 Argo Group Gold Cup….
There may be some early celebrations in the Italian city of Civitavecchia tonight after their local duo won all three of the races in the men’s RS:X on the second day of the 51st Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères. Daniele…
SAN FRANCISCO – April 30, 2019 – For the first time on San Francisco Bay, the six SailGP teams – representing the home team from the United States and rival teams from Australia, China, France, Great Britain and Japan –…
The first day of the 51st Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères saw the kind of conditions that the French Riviera specialises in: endless sun, testing breeze and diamonds dancing on the water. With the wind shifting from the northerly in…
Magnificent historic sailing craft are due gather on the Bay of Naples on 7th May 2019 for four days of competition that will celebrate yachting from its golden era. Created by the International Schooner Association in conjunction with the International…
The second day of Antigua Sailing Week was Fever-Tree Race Day, with the impressive fleet mixing it up in gorgeous weather on the south, east and west coasts of Antigua. The Bareboat fleet, Double-Handed and Club Class started off Windward…
Southern Tasmania has some unique yacht racing events, such as a series of regattas on the River Derwent and down the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, the circumnavigation of historic Bruny Island and the Autumn Short-Handed Series which began today. Despite an ominous…
Henrietta McRae steered her Dragon keelboat, ‘Dragon Lady’, to two wins from three races at the Brighton Ladies Skippers Series (BLiSS) today – it was the final race of the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series (PPWCS) held on Port Phillip. …
The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron open team has taken out the debut NationalSailing League Oceania event, earning the honour of 'best club' plus awildcard entry to the Sailing Champions League Final in St Moritz in August. At the completion of…
The Bajan TP52 Zingara (Conviction), chartered by Canadian Richard Reid, won the Peters & May Round Antigua Race in dramatic style. The team including Olympian and Volvo Ocean Race winner Richard Clarke, took Line Honours and the Peters & May…
Details are sketchy, but it has been reported that 'Ezylivin', a Catalina 350 home ported in Fremantle, capsized and sank enroute from Thailand to the Indonesian Sabang Marine Festival. (The source of the story is Facebook, not the most reliable…
Brilliant sunshine, solid trade winds and Caribbean surf made for the perfect start for the 52nd edition of Antigua Sailing Week. The cocktail of heaven-sent conditions was very apt for English Harbour Rum Race Day. The six CSA racing classes…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia was the big mover on day two of the National Sailing League Final on Sydney Harbour, the Sydney club’s open and junior teams leapfrogging into the top three standings after 18 races back-to-back. At…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone Kiwi yachting great Sir Russell Coutts hopes to add a New Zealand team to his ambitious SailGP series. The series, featuring modified foiling catamarans used in the 2017 America's Cup in Bermuda in fleet and match-racing,…
Day one of Australia’s first-ever league style sailing event on Sydney Harbour brought 14 teams from clubs spanning Perth to Auckland, New Zealand, together for a brilliant hit-out of 15 races in a mix of autumn conditions. Highlights from day…
Zhik says its new, improved technical deck shorts are “for sailors putting in the hours afloat”. Whether cruising or racing for long hours, your shorts need to be comfortable, unrestricting and able to deflect water, the media release claims. Made…
He methodically worked his way up starting on a Mini 6.50, then sailing on Figaro, Class40, Multi 50 and other boats. Today, the Italian, Giancarlo Pedote is heading up an IMOCA project with a very good foiler from 2015, which…
Austin, Texas, USA (25 April 2019) – In the wake of last month’s termination of its contract with its European builder, the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) announced today that, from 25 April 2019, all new, class-approved boats will be sold and raced under…
The award-winning Seawind 1260 will be displayed at the upcoming Pittwater Sail Expo on the 27th & 28th April as hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Newport. In December last year, the highly read and respected ‘Cruising…
Overall winner of the Concours d’Elégance was the stunning Herreshoff design ketch Arrluuk. A faithful replica of 1939 Bounty and a kindred spirit to last year’s overall winner, 72’ Ticonderoga, she was built in 1997 by Legendary Yachts. Owners Steve…
Having recently announced his participation in the M32 World Match Racing circuit as well as the 2019 Bol d'Or, Yann Guichard has further strengthened his 2019 sporting calendar with the confirmation of a new attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy…
Antigua Sailing Week is considered one of the world's most prestigious regattas, and the 52nd edition will commence with the Round Antigua Race on Saturday April 27, ahead of five days of racing off the rugged south coast of Antigua…
Hartlepool RNLI all weather lifeboat ‘Betty Huntbatch’ and volunteer crewmembers were paged at 10.45am on Monday 23rd April to assist the Whitby RNLI all weather lifeboat ‘George and Mary Webb’ berth a 120 ton sail training vessel that had suffered…
For days, captains and crews laboured in preparation for the Concours d’ Elégance. A few boats employed the come-as-you-are strategy while others went into full tilt production, setting the stage for the keen eye of judges. Spa treatments included last…
SAN FRANCISCO – April 23, 2019 – With two weeks until SailGP’s inaugural stateside racing, the U.S. SailGP team made a splash when its F50 racing catamaran was hoisted into the waters of San Francisco Bay for the very first…
At least 27 maxi yachts will take to the Bay of Naples and its surrounding waters over 10-18 May for Rolex Capri Sailing Week. Maxi yachts this year representing such a significant percentage of the 150 boat fleet is partly…
Marion MA, April 23, 2019: From its dramatic front cover painting by renowned artist Willard Bond to the back cover ad reminding readers of those Gosling Dark ‘n Stormy cocktails waiting in Bermuda this June, the new 2019 Marion Bermuda Race…
London (24 April, 2019) Former Match Racing World Champion and co-founder of the ‘Stars & Stripes Team USA’ America’s Cup team, Taylor Canfield, has been confirmed as the twelfth and final skipper for the World Match Racing Tour championship final…
Antigua, WI (April 21, 2019) – Race Day Three of Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, sponsored by LOCMAN, was the Cannon Course, a memorial to the 'father of Classics' Kenny Coombs, who was in the heart and soul of the hundreds…
The Ocean Race is building on its position as the sustainability leader in global sport by announcing a visionary partnership with 11th Hour Racing – the largest of its kind in sport. The legendary round-the-world sailing event and its premier…
Exactly 50 years to the day that Sir Robin Knox-Johnston returned to Falmouth UK after 312 days at sea, to become the first man to sail solo non-stop around the Globe, 73-year old Frenchman Jean-Luc Van Den Heede was crowned…
Maritime Executive A group of organizations will apply advanced underwater imaging technology to monitor and document the wreck of the RMS Titanic, discovered in 1985. RMS Titanic, Inc., an affiliate of Experiential Media Group, and the salvor-in-possession of RMS Titanic…
NZ Herald Team New Zealand could call on another Olympian as they prepare for their America's Cup defence. Former kayaker Steven Ferguson has been working out as a grinder for the Cup holders and looks a strong candidate to be…
Antigua, WI (April 22, 2019) – The final race for the 32nd edition of Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, sponsored by LOCMAN, was held off the stunning south coast of Antigua in relatively moderate conditions of 15 knots south of east….
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