SailGP: High drama on the Hudson
NEW YORK – June 21, 2019 – It was a day of high drama on the Hudson for the first day of the New York SailGP, which saw the world’s fastest sail racing boats hitting high speeds in front of…
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Star World Championship: a two race, intense day four for the fleet
Porto Cervo, June 22, 2019. It was a positive and very intense two-race day for the Star fleet yesterday that had to make up for the race missed on June 20 due to light and shifty wind. With one race…
Eliès leads off from Roscoff as final leg of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro gets off to a spectacular start
Three times overall La Solitaire winner Yann Eliès (St Michel) may, by conventional logic, have lost his chance of a fourth title as he lies 16th overall in the 2019 rankings, more than seven and a half hours behind the…
Win Win lives up to her name at the Superyacht Cup Palma with victory overall
The 2019 Superyacht Cup Palma reached its captivating conclusion with the best day’s racing yet on the waters of Palma Bay. Win Win lived up to her name once again and emerged as the overall victor of the Superyacht Cup,…
Fredrik Lööf takes early lead in OK Dinghy European title defence in Kiel
Defending champion, Fredrik Lööf, from Sweden, opened the 2019 OK Dinghy European Championship with a fifth and a race win to lead the 91 boat fleet after the opening day in Kiel, Germany. Race 1 winner, Jan Kurfeld, from Germany,…
Kusznierewicz wins the Star Class World Championship 2019
Porto Cervo, June 22th, 2019. The ninety seventh edition of the Star Class World Championship ended with a victory for Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Bruno Prada followed by Augie Diaz with Henry Boening in second place and Eivind Melleby and Joshua…
The Hague to become a city of sails in 2021 and 2022
The Hague, The Netherlands will become a city of sails in 2021 and 2022 with the 2021 Youth Sailing World Championships heading to the city, one year ahead of the Sailing World Championships. World Sailing, the Royal Netherlands Watersport Association,…
Racing at Superyacht Cup Palma was great, and then the party got started
As reliable as ever, Palma Bay delivered on the second day of The Superyacht Cup – a little bit later than usual, a little bit lighter, but more than enough to power the superyacht fleet around the course in spectacular…
Star Class World Championship: no wind, no race
Porto Cervo, June 20th, 2019. There was no racing today at the Star Class World Championship that began on Monday, June 17th and has seen three races out of six run so far. The overall provisional results remain the same…
The Superyacht Cup Palma is off to a flying start in sparkling conditions
The 23rd edition of Europe’s longest-running superyacht regatta got started Thursday with the bay off Mallorca’s capital again delivering sparkling racing conditions for The Superyacht Cup Palma. Nilaya got proceedings underway, the 34m dark hulled black sail carbon sloop powering…
Boeing 747 to be sunk for underwater theme park
The Maritime Executive Dive Bahrain is preparing to sink a 70-meter (230-foot) Boeing 747 to provide a diving attraction for an underwater theme park in the Persian Gulf. The plane, built in 1981, will be the largest aircraft ever to…
OK Dinghy Europeans Preview: 99 reasons everything is OK
Nearly one hundred OK Dinghies from ten countries are descending on Kiel for the 2019 OK Dinghy European Championship, which is being sailed as part of the 125th Kieler Woche. It will one of the biggest fleets in Kiel and…
Cordelia – racing with Roy and Gail, it’s just a lot of fun
Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (RHADC) BERMUDA, June 20, 2019: What’s it like racing offshore with Roy and Gail Greenwald on Cordelia, the overall winner of the 2019 Marion Bermuda Race? In a champagne cork-popping get-together in the cockpit of the 42 foot…
SailGP unveils striking championship trophy
NEW YORK – June 20, 2019 – Today SailGP unveiled a striking trophy by world-renowned trophy maker Thomas Lyte that will be presented to the overall winning national team at the end of Season 1. Regarded as the world’s leading…
The Roo is ready for New York City
NEW YORK – June 20, 2019: The Australia SailGP Team has touched down in the city of New York for the next edition of the exciting new global sailing series, SailGP, taking place June 21-22 (June 22-23 AEST) on the Hudson…
Cordelia wins Marion Bermuda overall honours
Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (RHADC) BERMUDA, June 19, 2019: Roy and Gail Greenwald’s Valiant 42 Cordelia has finished first in fleet on corrected time in the 2019 Marion Bermuda Race. She will win the Goslings Founders Trophy. The Greenwalds sail out of…
Star Class World Championship: The games are still open
Porto Cervo, June 19th, 2019. Today was the third day of racing at the Star Class World Championship organized by the YCCS in collaboration with the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association (ISCYRA) and the support of Main Partner Audi…
Seventh Edition of the Atlantic Cup to start June 10th, 2020
NEWPORT, RI (June 19, 2019) – Manuka Sports Event Management announced today the seventh edition of the Atlantic Cup. The longest offshore race in the Western Atlantic dedicated to the Class40 will start from Charleston, South Carolina on June 10, 2020 and culminate…
Marchand takes La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro Stage 3 win as attention turns to the overall rankings
A final surge from Anthony Marchand early this morning has seen the skipper of Groupe Royer-Populaire Secours claim victory in Stage 3 of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro after taking the lead with just 47 miles to go on the…
Nicolai Sehested completes the line-up for Midsummer Match Cup
Danish skipper Nicolai Sehested, Ocean Race sailor and World Match Racing Tour competitor, will be entering the Midsummer Match Cup next week with a strong team of Olympic Gold medallists. The line-up for the inaugural edition of Midsummer Match…
SailGP: Sea of colour hits the Hudson
NEW YORK – June 19, 2019 – New Yorkers got a sneak preview of what to expect when SailGP makes its debut on the lower Hudson River this weekend, as all six SailGP teams today hit the racecourse together. Sailing…
The rich get richer on Stage 3 of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro – Richomme’s overall lead diminishes
Alexis Loison, (Region Normandie), continues to assert his dominance on the shortened 400-nautical mile third stage of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro, having led the fleet for much of the last 48 hours. Along with Gildas Mahe, (Breizh Cola-Equi-Thé), and…
Fast Facts: What are the Horse Latitudes?
The Maritime Executive The horse latitudes are regions located at about 30 degrees north and south of the equator. These latitudes are characterized by calm winds and little precipitation. It is common in this region of the subtropics for winds…
Star Class World Championship: Changes at the top on Day 2
Porto Cervo, June 18th, 2019. Uncertain conditions at the beginning of the second day at the Star Class World Championship gave way to typical Sardinian breezes later on and the day's racing got underway about an hour late. There are…
Kiwi Spirit takes line, Abigail leads Class A in Marion Bermuda
Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (RHADC) BERMUDA, June 18, 2019: Kiwi Spirit was the line honors leader from start to finish in the 2019 Marion Bermuda Race. The Farr 63 finished off St. David’s Lighthouse at 2:27:59 Tuesday. Francis Seldorff’s Kinship, a Baltic 52,…
Youth Sailing Champions League 2019 – Australia to compete for the first time
The Youth Sailing Champions League (YSCL) is set to take place over three days of intense competition from 22 to 24 June. Twenty-one clubs from nine nations, including Australia celebrating its first Sailing Champions League appearance, will be coming to…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week après Cape Upstart
It started nearly four years ago pre-SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), and it's quickly becoming an institution with competitors, whose first questions to Townsville Yacht Club (TYC) organisers include, “Is Cape Upstart on again?” Blame it all on a…
A swathe of superyacht and J Class events line up to encircle 36th America’s Cup
A total of 11 events including superyacht regattas, J Class regattas, superyacht fishing competitions and island cruises will entertain superyacht visitors to New Zealand during America’s Cup racing over 2020 and 2021, it was announced today. The events have been…
Transiting the Panama Canal to cost more from 2020
The Maritime Executive The Panama Canal published a proposal to modify its current tolls structure on Friday. There will now be a 30-day formal consultation period for industry feedback, which will close on July 15, 2019. For the dry bulk…
Marion Bermuda – MachBuster pushes Kiwi Spirit for line honours
Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (RHADC) BERMUDA, June 17, 2019: At 0730 ADT Monday morning Kiwi Spirit, the Line Honours leader of the Marion Bermuda fleet, was 125 nautical miles out from the finish. That’s a little more than 143 statute (land)…
Star World Championship: Two Italian teams are in the lead
Porto Cervo, June 17th, 2019. The Star Class World Championship is off to a good start with today's race run as scheduled despite light breeze. The Championship, which has returned to Porto Cervo after thirty years, is organized by the…
Is the Stage 3 La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro podium already set?
Less than 24 hours after the start of the 450-nautical mile third stage of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro, Alex Loison, (Region Normandie), is currently leading a breakaway trio which has earned a cushion of 18 miles since they escaped…
Jon Sanders to circumnavigate the globe for the 11th time
The West Australian. By Kate Ryan. Stepping onto his yacht with the ease of a seasoned sailor, you’d never know sailing legend Jon Sanders is turning 80 this year. He knows where everything ison his second home, penned at Royal…
Abell Point Marina to eliminate single-use plastics
Abell Point Marina is continuing on its path towards ‘cleaner’ living with the most recent development being the signing of a pledge with the Marina Industries Association to fully eliminate single-use plastics from within the marina. The marina has already…
Warm Northerlies welcome for Airlie Beach Race Week
Whatever direction the wind is blowing on Tuesday, August 13, Northerlies will be the flavour of the month for sailors competing in Airlie Beach Race Week. Renowned locally as one of the Whitsundays’ premier venues for food, beverages, service and…
Tasmanian SB20 crew wins six of first nine races at UK Nationals
Tasmanian champion SB20 crew, Elliott Noye, Paul McCartney and Edward Snowball, have made an instant impact on the British fleet of SB20 sportsboats, sailing on The Solent off Portsmouth. Sailing McCartney’s Europe-based Porco Rosso, they have won six of the…
All set for Star World Championship 2019
Porto Cervo, Italy. 16 June 2019. At the conclusion of a week of inspections and registrations, racing in the 97th edition of the Star World Championship will begin tomorrow, Monday 17 June. The event was last held in Porto Cervo…
Marion Bermuda 2019 Day 3- leaders approach half-way
Marion MA, June 16, 2019: The 2019 Marion Bermuda Race is shaping up to be a close line honors and handicap race for overall prizes. But with 300 or more miles to go and the Happy Valley/Parking Lot between the fleet and…
La Solitaire – Leboucher rocks off from Roscoff to lead testing light wind channel challenge for Stage 3
French 2012 Olympian Pierre Leboucher, who lies second overall, stole the limelight from local heroes Armel Le Cléach and Jérémie Beyou as the third stage of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro started on their home waters, the Bay of Morlaix…
AIS to get an upgrade
The Maritime Executive AIS has made it far easier for navigators to identify vessel movements for collision avoidance, and it has made shipping far more transparent by enabling worldwide vessel tracking services. The industry has grown since AIS rolled out…
