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Scandinavian Gold Cup down to two as Artemis XIV and Girls On Film take wins on Day 2
After another clinical performance in the second race of the Scandinavian Gold Cup at Nyländska Jaktklubben in Helsinki, Finland, Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Trond Solli-Sæther), looked set to clean up and retain the trophy, but a…
IMOCA Globe Series: The new boats are coming…
The summer news is rolling in off the presses for the IMOCA skippers, some of whom are preparing to switch to race mode for the Rolex Fastnet Race, which will set sail at the end of next week. For others,…
Rolex Fastnet Race: Power and Passion – review of IRC Classes Three and Four
For the previous four editions of the Rolex Fastnet Race, the elation of overall victory has been enjoyed by a team racing a yacht of less than 40ft. In the 2013 and 2015 editions of the 605 nautical mile offshore…
RNLI rescues two disabled yachts, averts grounding
Last weekend, volunteers with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) rescued two disabled yachts in Bristol Channel, an area known for its strong tidal currents. Both vessels lost steering and needed a tow to return to port. At high tide…
All yachts in at Transpac 50
HONOLULU, HAWAII – With Jason Seibert's Schock 40 Gamble making it across the finish line this morning after a long passage of almost 11 days, the Transpacific Yacht Club can declare all boats have finished this year's 50th edition to…
Tricky conditions set to challenge strong Sydney Gold Coast fleet
The Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race fleet of 76 is setting up for a light-wind coastal race from Sydney to Southport, starting on Sydney Harbour tomorrow, Saturday July 27 at 1300hrs AEST. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Gabrielle Woodhouse shared…
Learn about the Great Barrier Reef
What is a Master Reef Guide and how do you become a Citizen of the Great Barrier Reef? These questions and many more will be answered at two Great Barrier Reef Festival workshops. Hosted by Lure in the Coral Sea…
First strike to Artemis XIV as Scandinavian Gold Cup gets underway in Helsinki
The current holders of the Scandinavian Gold Cup, Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Trond Solli-Sæther), took the opening race win on the first day of the 100th Anniversary event, hosted by the Nyländska Jaktklubben (NYK) in Helsinki,…
Rindom wraps up second title at Laser Radial Women's World Championship
Inside The Games. By Dan Palmer. Denmark's Anne-Marie Rindom held onto her overnight lead to win gold at the Laser Radial Women's World Championship in Japan. The Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallist captured the second world title of her career after…
Last chance to win a Laser carbon top section and help make the Worlds a success
July 31, 2019, sees the end of an innovative fund raising initiative by the Organising Committee for the Laser 2020 program. The committee came up with the idea of Individual Gold Sponsorships, whereby Laser sailors donate $250 to help make…
Australia looking good for Olympic berth with one day left at Laser Radial Worlds
Miho Bay, Sakaiminato City, Japan: It was a fine day for Laser racing at Laser Radial Worlds – clear skies and a mostly steady 18-20 knot Westerly. They call this the Kamikaze Wind. The velocity varied a bit, with gusts in…
Last wave of finishers see rough conditions in Transpac 50
HONOLULU, HAWAII – By sunset on Monday, only a handful of yachts were still at sea heading towards the finish in the 50th edition of the LA-Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race, organized by the Transpacific YC. This day was overcast and…
Sailor slammed by VMR Western Australia after “needless” search
VMRs from Fremantle to Carnarvon were put on high alert on Monday due to a yacht that was reported overdue. It had departed Rottnest Island last Thursday en route to Exmouth via the Abrolhos Islands but had not been heard…
100th entry sends Airlie Beach Race Week into ‘Overdrive’
Whitsunday sailor Rupert King is the 100th entrant to the 2019 Airlie Beach Race Week, with his performance cruiser Overdrive. Deciding he was “over” driving, the former truck driver built the Richard Edlin-designed 10.6 metre trimaran after falling in love…
Auckland Fiji Yacht Race to go ahead in 2020
The dates have been set for the next Royal Akarana Yacht Club major bluewater race, with the club sticking to tradition and racing from Auckland to Fiji. On Saturday May 30, 2020, a fleet of competitive yachts and multihulls will…
NZ to host 2021 RS Feva world champs
The 2021 RS Feva world championships are coming to New Zealand and are likely to be held at the same time as the America's Cup in an effort to attract a large international fleet. New Zealand was confirmed as the…
Man rescued after falling off yacht and treading water for 30 minutes
Windsor Star. By Dalson Chen. Safe practices while boating are being emphasized by Lakeshore OPP after a sailboat mishap last week that left a person treading water with no lifejacket for half an hour. On July 18 around 6:45 p.m.,…
A sad day for Ronstan as Ron Allatt passes away
Melbourne, 22 July, 2019: Today the Ronstan team mourns the passing of Ron Allatt, who died peacefully with his wife Jan at his side, on the 19th July, 2019. Ron was 89. Together with Stan LeNepveu, Ron was the “Ron”…
Red-hot battle forecast for start of blue water ocean racing
The biggest fleet in more than a decade, 11 TP52s and a very different upfront tussle for line honours among the 60-footers are just some of the anticipated highlights of the Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race starting at 1pm…
Unknowns at top of women's leaderboard in Laser Radial Worlds
(Miho Bay, Japan) The Finals Series for Radial Women’s Worlds began today after the conclusion of the five race Qualifying Series yesterday. The 111 sailors have been split into Gold and Silver fleets and will race in those fleets for…
Rolex Fastnet Race: Hot prospects in the big boat divisions
The weather will play a significant part in determining the overall results of the Rolex Fastnet Race. Winning your division is more within each team's control, and here we'll look at the top three IRC handicap categories in terms of…
Half the fleet are in with more to come in Transpac 50
HONOLULU, HAWAII – Mostly favorable weather conditions for this race and the staggered start paradigm has created for the 50th edition of the Transpacific Yacht Race what was intended: a flood of both fast and slow entries converging together on…
Unique circumnavigation attempt gets underway
After greeting the crowd this Sunday at 06:00 pm on the Vendée Globe pontoon in Les Sables d'Olonne, the Skipper Norbert Sedlacek motored down the legendary channel escorted by his team and many supporters’ boats, before setting out on his…
Bliksem sets the new M32 benchmark
(Marstrand, Sweden – 21st July 2019) – Pieter Taselaar’s Bliksem recorded its best performance yet at the M32 European Series Marstrand today, winning five out of six races. In the ‘one that got away’ the New York-based Dutchman’s team recovered…
Laser Radial Worlds qualifying concludes
Miho Bay, Japan: The typhoon that was headed north towards the Sea of Japan veered west, over the Korean Peninsula, and is no longer a threat to Radial Worlds in Sakaiminato City. But it’s likely influencing weather patterns in the region,…
A day of action wraps up 2019 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek
PHUKET, Thailand – The 2019 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek will go down as one of the most challenging yet – challenging for sailors, Race Management and organisers, and despite those challenges all classes got in a series of up…
Finishers start pouring in at Transpac 50
HONOLULU, HAWAII – With the conditions on the race course remaining perfect, the first of a large wave of finishers has started to cross the finish line at Diamond Head in the 50th edition of the 2225-mile LA-Honolulu Transpacific Yacht…
TP52: Quantum Racing restores its winning ways at Cascais
(Saturday 20th July, Cascais) – Quantum Racing clinched their first 52 SUPER SERIES regatta title of the 2019 season, but their perennial arch rivals Azzurra ran them close, the Italian-Argentine teams losing out by a matter of a only a…
Cardona and Theuninck secure silver and bronze as Finn U23 Worlds concludes in sunny Anzio
With the pressure off after securing the 2019 U23 Finn World Championship for the Jorg Bruder Finn Silver Cup, a day early, Oskari Muhonen, from Finland, led all the way in the final race to record one of the biggest…
Quantum Racing clinches first 2019 Super Series title
Quantum Racing clinched her first 52 Super Series regatta title of the 2019 season, but perennial arch rival, Azzurra, was close, the Italian-Argentine team losing out by a matter of a couple of metres on the finish line of the…
Multiple races bring back smiles on Day 3 of Phuket Raceweek
Multiple races today put smiles on competitors' faces and got the 2019 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek back on track, with IRC Zero, IRC I, IRC II and Firefly 850 completing three races, while Multihull Racing completed two and Cruising…
More teams get a look in at M32 Europeans
Day two of the M32 European Series Marstrand dawned with the brilliant sunshine, so lacking on Friday, but with a shortage of wind, however building cumulus cloud inland brought a sense of promise. In the build-up to racing, flags were…
Transpac 50: Rio 100 wins Merlin Trophy
With a finish time of 19:34:25 HST today, Manouch Moshayedi's Bakewell-White 100, Rio 100, has become the fastest monohull without powered performance systems to finish the 50th edition of the biennial 2225-mile LA-Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race. In doing so, Rio…
HIGHLIGHTS: Final Day – Cascais 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week 2019
Transpac 50: First multihulls in – Comanche on the way
Honolulu, Hawaii: After Jason Carroll's Argo crossed the finish line at Diamond Head last night 20:52:32 local time, only 29 minutes later Peter Cunningham's PowerPlay crossed the line, followed 6.5 hours later by Giovanni Soldini's Maserati, ending the rivalry between…
Youth Worlds: Cooley and Hancock win Nacra 15 Gold – other Aussies in contention
Australian Sailing’s Will Cooley and Rebecca Hancock have won Gold in the Mixed Nacra 15 at the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia, Poland with one day to spare. The Nacra 15 lead changed on a daily basis,…
Transpac 50: Comanche takes monohull line honours
Honolulu, Hawaii: After the same slow start that plagued all Saturday starters in the 50th edition of the LA-Honolulu Transpac, Jim Cooney and Samantha Grant's VPLP 100, Comanche, still managed to sneak out of the light air and get into…
Demanding conditions on Day 2 of Phuket Raceweek
Phuket, Thailand: Anticipation was high this morning as dark clouds started to lift and the sky began to clear, but sadly it didn't last too long, as the rain soon returned forcing an AP onshore while the Race Management team…
Bliksem blitzkrieg in M32 Europeans opener
Marstrand, Sweden: A growing question as the 27th August start of the M32 World Championship in Riva del Garda looms is – will this year’s world champion be a team from the M32 European Series or from the USA? The…
