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Newshub NZ. By Tom McRae. Preparations are on track for the America's Cup bases but there are concerns that not all of the challengers will make it to Auckland. All work has been finished on Emirates Team New Zealand's base…
Four notable Australians have received Order of Australia awards for their contribution to sailing and yachting in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Matt Allen AM (Cruising Yacht Club of Australia), Robert Badenach AM (Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania), Adrienne…
Marion MA, June 12, 2019: The Class ‘A’ boats in the 2019 Marion Bermuda Race hope that the new handicapping ‘Anti-Bias’ adjustment added to this edition of the race will give them a better chance of winning the Founders Trophy for first…
The fleet for the inaugural Lendlease Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race is taking shape with the addition of the Oatley family's 100-footer Wild Oats XI and Rupert Henry's Judel/Vrolijk 62 Chinese Whisper bringing the total to 16 starters so far. Peter Harburg's…
International 14 sailors from across the globe will descend upon the warm-waters of the Swan River in Western Australia from 29 December to 10 January for the 2020 World Championship. A fleet of around 70 boats are expected to line…
Preparations are well underway for the 2019 Multihull Solutions Phuket Regatta from 12-15 July with the event now the largest multihull-only regatta in Asia. Organised and operated by Phuket Yacht Club and staged on the spectacular waterways of Chalong Bay,…
The Nacra 17 Class is thrilled to announce Carlos de Beltran has agreed to become the Head of our Technical Committee for the Nacra 17. As Head of the Technical Committee he also joins our class executive. de Beltran is…
Sydney’s Scots 1 team has been named winners of the Australian Secondary Schools Team Racing Championship after a windless end to competition on Monday, followed by late-night hearings by the regatta Jury. Two Hobart school teams, Hutchins Gold and Friends…
For Steve Gordon, the 22nd Marion Bermuda Race will be his first. Starting Friday (June 14) he will race his Alden 50 sloop ‘Elena’ in the 645 nautical mile ‘Race to the Rock’ with two goals in mind— win and…
Racing continued at the Quarter Ton Cup today and a change in the wind brought with it a change in fortunes for much of the 19-strong fleet which saw a reshuffle on the leaderboard. The Solent delivered a steady 10…
Having taken the lead late last night as the fleet passed offshore of Devon’s Exe estuary, Yoann Richomme (HelloWork-Groupe Telegramme) pushed hard to profit through a brutally testing second night on stage 2 of La Solitaire Urgo Le Figaro. By…
With the Rolex Giraglia’s much anticipated offshore race due to set off tomorrow, the race committee today sent the maxis in the IRC 0 Racer and Cruiser classes on a coastal course that was effectively a dry run of the…
Double Finn World Masters champion, Vladimir Krutskikh from Russia, has yet to put a foot wrong at the 2019 Finn World Masters in Skovshoved, Denmark winning three races wins from three races. Krutskikh picked up two wins on Day 2…
The Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta (RMSIR) in Malaysia will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, with the dates for the event set for 15-23 November, where Ray Roberts and other Australians will be eying the major trophies. The format…
Local knowledge and good sailing lead to a win at the inaugural Normandie Match Cup by the Le Havre-based Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team lead by Pauline Courtois in blustery conditions. The final day of racing in Le…
The fifteenth edition of the revived Quarter Ton Cup got underway today, and for the 19-strong fleet it was a tough opener. Light winds of around 8 knots whispered into the sails, creating a game of tactics for the sailors. But that…
Former Finn World Master champions, Mike Maier, from Czech Republic, Vladimir Krutskikh, from Russia, along with Simon Percival, from Britain took the race wins on the opening day of the 2019 Finn World Masters in Skovshoved, Denmark. The fleet is…
The 42nd Three Peaks Yacht Race starts from Barmouth next Saturday, June 15th, at 19.30 and this year there are 12 intrepid teams of sailors and runners taking part in this iconic race. The race is one of the oldest…
The Doldrums of Bishop Rock may today have slowed and frustrated the fleet racing La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro second stage from Kinsale to Roscoff via the Needles Fairway, but the leading trio look set to be rewarded for their…
The weather forecast for the second day of inshore racing at Rolex Giraglia, indicated that there would be easterly winds into the high teens backing off slowly in the afternoon. Unfortunately in this Cote d’Azur land of extremes this only…
Langenargen, 10 June 2019. Five days of world class sailing, a big Whitsun Festival in Langenargen’s Gondola Harbour, ten teams from eight countries and more than 20,000 spectators at the German summit of duel sailing on Lake Constance: The 22nd…
Porto Cervo, Italy – The WallyCento Magic Carpet3 has won the Performance Class in the 2019 Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, winning three out of her three races after the final day’s racing on Saturday was cancelled…
More than 300 Finn Masters, friends and supporters at the 2019 Finn World Masters have sent an open letter to the President of World Sailing, Kim Andersen, to express their concern about the decision to drop the Finn from the…
Racing was delayed on Day 3, the final day of the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), but it got underway on Port Phillip shortly after 11am and little did anyone suspect winds would reach 25-30 knots with gusts as much…
10 June 2019 – Medemblik, Netherlands – Following day one’s lack of wind, which forced the abandonment of racing, day two of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblik was a complete contrast with great breeze and two challenging…
The Italian Sailing Team won the Hempel World Cup Series Nations Trophy, awarded to the highest performing nation at the Final, on Sunday 9 June as the 2019 series concluded in Marseille, France. Team Italy were in outstanding form all…
Langenargen, 9 June 2019. The tension increases at the 22nd Match Race Germany. The four semi-finalists have been determined after the quarter-final matches on Whitsunday. Title defender Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss Match Race Team have prevailed against their…
The northern latitudes of the Isle of Man once again will remain unconquered by the solo sailors of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro, after the planned course for stage 2 of the 50th anniversary edition was radically altered to avoid…
Saint-Tropez threw up unexpected conditions for the maxi boats competing on their first of three days of inshore racing at the Rolex Giraglia, organised by Yacht Club Italiano and Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, supported by the International Maxi Association. As…
9 June 2019 – Medemblik, Netherlands – After the gales of practice day, the opening race day of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblick got off to a promising start. Following a skippers’ briefing the fleet and race…
It’s been feast or famine at the Normandie Match Cup in Le Havre. Day three more than made up for no sailing on day two as the sailors, race committee, umpires and spectators spent a very full day on the…
Just one win separates the two top school teams, Friends Blue (Tas) and Scots 1 (NSW), going into tomorrow’s final qualifying rounds of the Australian Secondary Schools Team Racing Championships on Hobart’s River Derwent. With the top eight of the…
The Guardian A recently restored wooden sailing ship has sunk after colliding with a container vessel near Hamburg, northern Germany. Six adults and two children were injured when the gaff-rigged schooner Elbe No 5, originally built in 1883, collided with…
A series of modular steel and concrete pods have been installed underwater around the Sydney Opera House in Australia to test the marine biodiversity enhancement value of artificial structures. The initiative is a result of a three-year partnership between University…
The Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), hosted by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, got off to a great start with three races held under sunny skies and a mix of conditions on Port Phillip today. Race 1, and the Katie Spithill…
Marseille, France: Spain’s Federico and Arturo Alonso wrapped up gold ahead of the Medal Race after another day of dominance. Friday’s racing commenced at the earlier time of 10:00 local time. A strong morning breeze from the south east came…
Le Havre, France: A strong low pressure system passed through Normandy Friday night with winds exceeding 50 knots and left behind huge waves on Saturday, and despite repeated attempts by the race committee to get things started, the boats never…
Forty five solo racers will take the start line on Sunday afternoon at 1700hrs local time, heading out from Kinsale, Ireland on the 615-nautical mile second stage of La Solitaire Urgo Le Figaro to Roscoff via the Irish Sea with…
Sailors preparing for the 2019 Marion Bermuda Race— the first warning for the first start is Friday at 12 noon— have a busy week ahead of them, with many out doing safety drills and making last minute adjustments, stowing provisions…
Medemblik, Netherlands – Gale force winds meant that the practice race for the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblik had to be cancelled, and craning of the arriving boats suspended for a period. With winds regularly gusting to 40…
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