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A tight finish was expected, but no one expected the final day of the OK Dinghy World Championship to be at tight as it turned out and after two thrilling and close races, Andre Budzien claimed his third OK Dinghy…
A strong 55-yacht fleet is preparing for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, an annual winter dash north and principal feeder to the Queensland regatta events. Entries for the opening race of the CYCA’s 2018-19…
With racing starting an hour early to compensate for lost races earlier in the week, sailors hitting the water for the final day of the 2018 49er and Nacra 17 European Championship saw what by now was a rare sight…
Fredrik Loof moved to the top of the OK Dinghy World Championship in Warnemunde, Germany, after two more races were sailed on Friday in near perfect conditions, taking a win and a second to lead the fleet by two points…
A half a world away from the sandy shores of Newcastle, Australia, Peter Hartigan and Louise Costello are celebrating after crossing the mighty North Atlantic Ocean as part of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. The couple has just…
Los Angeles, California: Exactly one year from this week, dozens of entries will start Transpac 50, the 50th edition of the Los Angeles-Honolulu ocean racing classic and already there are 24 entries, the strongest early turnout in the 113-year history…
The first days of the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta's final leg were truly breathtaking: After Line Honours favourite Rambler 88 had to retire from the race due to a rudder issue, Varuna and Malizia – Yacht Club Monaco rose up to the challenge of…
Gdynia, Poland (12 July 2018) – Between the dark skies, sheets of fog and mist, and the charcoal-colored Baltic, the Bay of Gdansk this morning was indeed 50 shades of grey as the penultimate day of the 2018 49er &…
For a day that started with such high hopes and good conditions, the third day of the 2018 OK Dinghy World Championship in Warnemünde, Germany ended with disappointment with no more races sailed. The fleet was sent out on time…
He is still in first place, but French Golden Globe Race leader Philippe Péché threw away a hard-fought 3½ hour lead at the first gate in this 30,000 mile solo non-stop round the world race today after mistaking the lighthouse…
With just one month to go before the start of the 2018 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, a record 37 teams have taken up the challenge of one of the world's toughest offshore races. Many of this year's entries…
The first day's racing at the 2018 Secondary Schools Team Sailing Nationals kicked off at the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron yesterday with some great competition and a high number of races. The race committee had some challenges with fading breeze throughout…
The 2018 OK Dinghy World Championship in Warnemünde, Germany continued Wednesday with two more races sailed in an unstable 8-12 knots, and damp conditions. Former world champion Andre Budzien, from Germany took a one point lead at the top from…
Despite a long onshore delay and shifty and unstable conditions on the water today as the Finals began in the 2018 49er and Nacra 17 European Championship. With the fleets split by their ranking into gold and silver fleets, the…
Isle of Wight County Press. By Lori Little. Safety checks the day before the Round the Island yacht race, indicated that many lifejackets are not as effective as their crews assume. Cowes RNLI Lifeboat Station teamed up with sports gear…
Lady luck shone on the men’s 49er skiff fleet this morning, as the final day of qualifying for the European Championship began just off the beach in Gdynia. There wasn’t much, but a relatively stable 8-9 knots of wind and…
The 2018 OK Dinghy World Championship in Warnemünde, Germany got underway Tuesday with two races in a solid 12-18 knots. Jan Kurfeld is the early leader from André Budzien and Lars Johan Brodtkorb. Each won a race in their groups,…
With the retirement of Line Honours favourite Rambler 88 from the transatlantic Atlantic Anniversary Regatta, the cards have been shuffled for the remaining 15 racing yachts. Whilst Rambler is on her way to Newport, RI at the nearby US East…
The penultimate stage of the Clipper 2017-18 Race is ongoing this morning for almost half the fleet, and some impressive battles are taking place as teams strive to join the celebrations in Derry-Londonderry. PSP Logistics crossed the finish line at…
Entries are now open for the 2018 Sail Melbourne International to be hosted out of Royal Brighton Yacht Club on the shores of Port Philip Bay from 12 December through to 16 December 2018. The Notice of Race and online…
Within hours of online entries opening for the 2018 Pantaenius Newport Coffs Coast Yacht Race, the event had its first registration. And fittingly, it came from the first-placed IRC and ORCi yacht in 2017. Anger Management, representing Newcastle Cruising Yacht…
Wednesday July 11, 2018: 27-year-old Dr. Andrew Brazier has arrived in Los Angeles, after an ambitious 15,000 km solo sailing voyage, undertaken to raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Leaving Sydney on 24 March, he arrived in America after…
Yachties and boaties have a natural affinity with the environment and it’s why Yachting New Zealand have launched a wide-ranging environmental strategy they hope will prompt real change within the sport. The national sports organisation for yachting and boating in…
At day's break, most of the fleet expected to spend the day sitting on shore awaiting wind. Pleasantly, an unexpected North Easterly built before start time to about 8 knots, making for great racing until a storm approached from the…
A huge fleet of around 140 OK Dinghies from ten countries is all set to begin the 2018 World Championship in Warnemünde, Germany. It is the second largest OK Dinghy world championship fleet ever and underlines the growing relevance of…
Whilst the battle for the Race 12 podium was settled during the early hours today by victorious Visit Seattle, which crossed the finish line at 00:21UTC, followed by Unicef (04:32UTC) and Garmin (05:13UTC), the pressure remains on for the rest…
Day 9: French skipper Philippe Péché and his Rustler 36 PRB have opened up a 45 mile lead over fellow Frenchman Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (Rustler 36 Matmut) over the weekend after enjoying a fast run down the Portuguese coast….
With just over 100 nautical miles remaining for the leaders, Race 12: The Legenderry Finale is playing out for the podium and certainly living up to its name as a tense battle, which could finish today. Visit Seattle, leading the…
Having led the fleet of super-speed, hydro-foiling GC32 catamarans on every single day of racing, Swiss team Alinghi secured another Act win today in Cascais, Portugal, in the mid-season battle for the Extreme Sailing Series top spot. Arnaud Psarofaghis, Nicolas…
Marstrand, Sweden (July 8, 2018) – After five days of glamorous conditions in Marstrand, GKSS Match Cup Sweden delivered crowd pleasers all round in its 25th anniversary year, with local victory in the GKSS Women’s Trophy and a photo finish…
With just 24 months remaining until the lighting of the Olympic Torch in Tokyo, it’s time for athletes competing for the right to represent their country in Japan to get down to business. And for many of those teams, the…
Blessed with superb conditions, the international fleet contesting the Arlantic Anniversary Regatta enjoyed 15 knots of SSE breeze, with warm air and ocean swell. Two miles east of Bermuda's St. David's Lighthouse, the intrepid fleet of sailors, from 14 different…
Construction of the brand new Shell Cove marina development south of Wollongong in NSW has been award to Walcon Marine. The $15 million contract covers the construction of piling works, the supply of floating pontoon berths, a public boat ramp…
A yacht, believed to have been travelling from the Gold Coast to Tin Can Bay on Friday, caught fire off Marcus Beach, just south of Noosa Heads. There was one man on board and he abandoned ship in his tender…
Radio New Zealand Having run out of room to put their America's Cup win in Bermuda on the Auld Mug, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are having a silver band on the trophy re-modelled to fit their victories on….
New York Yacht Club American Magic, the U.S. sailing team challenging for the 36th America's Cup has announced an initial roster of 17 sailors who will train and compete with the team. The accomplished group includes nine Americans and sailors…
Experience paid dividend on a day which delivered turbulent conditions to challenge both the sailors and the race committee at the Match Cup in Mastrand, Sweden. A shifting northerly came straight over the island of Marstrand to give a race…
Extreme Sailing Series fans witnessed an intense, nail-biting end to today’s racing in Portugal, as INEOS Rebels UK and SAP Extreme Sailing Team crossed the finish line just inches apart in the final race of Act four’s penultimate day. Extreme…
After an intense 11 days of racing across the North Atlantic Ocean, the mood across the fleet is that the sprint is very much on for both the Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint, and the finish line in Derry-Londonderry. Whilst teams…
Tasmania’s Taroona High School has qualified to compete in next week’s Australian Schools Teams Racing Championship, the very first interstate high school to do so. This year’s championship will be held from July 11-15 at Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron on the…
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