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With two days to go until the start of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère, the pressure is mounting considerably on the pontoons that line the Bassin des Chalutiers in the port of La Rochelle. Torn between media engagements and the arrival…
Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag has announced three new crew members for the 2017-18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, including Dutch Olympic medallist, Annemieke Bes. Skipper David Witt, who is leading Hong Kong's first ever entry in the Volvo Ocean…
SYDNEY. New South Wales continues to dominate the 2017 Sharp Australian Youth Match Racing Championship with three out of the top four semi-finalists reigning from Sydney yacht clubs. Regatta leader, Tom Grimes from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia topped…
It’s part of the Mini-Transat’s DNA that it has always been at the cutting edge of naval architecture. From the prototypes sailed by Casimir Jarkowski in 1997 and Norton Smith in 1979, to the latest works that include Lilienthal skippered…
A good breeze of around twelve knots and flat seas made for an ideal setting of day 3 of the Régates Royales de Cannes – Trophée Panerai. Classics had their double-lap triangular course set in the Bay of La Napoule,…
It’s now just over a month to the Queensland Beneteau Cup and French Yacht Challenge on the Oct 28/29 weekend. The Yacht Brokerage are principal sponsors, and the event, which is organised by the Qld Beneteau Owners Group, will be…
Despite a light forecast, conditions came good, as they usually do in Portugal's sailing mecca, for the opening day of the RC44 Cascais Cup. After a two hour delay, a light westerly established itself in the mouth of the Tagus…
The 37th America's Cup will be raced in monohulls with an overall length of 75ft. The drawings will be released on November 30 this year, with the full design rule in March 2018. There was no confirmation of whether the…
Tom Slingsby, the 2012 Olympic Laser champion and winner of the America's Cup as strategist aboard Oracle Team USA in 2013, has declared he is devoting the next year of his life to getting an Australian America's Cup team together….
Belvedere, CA, September 26, 2017 – Racers were overly eager as racing kicked off on the third day of racing in the 2017 Etchells World Championship. Unlike the previous two days, a consistent 8 – 10 kt westerly had filled…
Bundaberg Queensland. East coast of Australia. Bundaberg region population near 100,000. Lush green. Plenty of rain in the region. Hmmm, must be talking about in other years. It's dry. In Perth on the Australian west coast (other side of the…
Chicago (IL), USA – September 28, 2017 – Plenty of action at the final day of qualifying at Chicago Match Cup that saw both dominant performances and nail-biting upsets as the Super 16 Stage roster was decided off Navy Pier….
(Split, Croatia) – A fresh overnight Bora wind off the land greeted Laser Master sailors and race committee as they arrived at Mornar Sailing Club in Split, Croatia on the fifth day of racing. The northerly Bora wind created a…
Hang on to your hats – a jaw dropping giant trimaran will make its New Zealand race debut in the PIC Coastal Classic Auckland to Russell yacht race this Friday 20 October. The MOD70 – just one of seven built…
America’s Cup racing pays dividends, says the NZ marine industry following the announcement of the 36th America’s Cup protocol this morning. The NZ marine industry will be working closely with the Auckland Council, and government to do whatever is required to…
SYDNEY. Day 2 of the 2017 Sharp Australian Youth Match Racing Championship saw the 10 teams from five states tested to their limits as a classic summer Sydney seabreeze built throughout the day, peaking at 27 knots before the teams…
Gothenburg – 28 September 2018: The late Cornelis van Rietschoten still holds the record for winning two Whitbread races in a row and the first of his two Flyer yachts, now beautifully restored, will compete in the Legends Race from Gothenburg to…
As is the case with every edition, there will be seven support boats in the Mini-Transat La Boulangère. Seven crews distributed amongst the whole of the fleet to keep an eye open for trouble, supply news of the fleet to…
One lap for the classics, two for the big boats, three races for the 5.5 and the Tofinou, two for the Dragons: a lot of action on the Bay of Cannes today, despite a very light northerly, not exceeding eight…
Chicago (IL), USA (September 27, 2017) – The competitive lineup for the 2017 Chicago Match Cup did not waste any time carving up the Lake Michigan racecourse during fleet racing today, with few points separating nearly all the teams in…
Belvedere, CA, September 26, 2017 – Day two racing began much as day one, with a two-hour postponement, although today the call was made to hold the racers on shore. When racing began at 2:20 pm the wind had filled…
Following discussions with key stakeholders it has been determined that additional planning time is required to implement the recently announced changes to the race schedule. As a result, the proposed 2019-20 race in new boats will not take place as…
Forecasts are made to be challenged… or not. Nevertheless, just days before the start of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère, the feelings voiced in an informal survey of the fleet give us an initial picture of the opposing armies, be they…
SYDNEY. The 2017 Sharp Australian Youth Match Racing Championship got underway today at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia with eight of the nine flights in round robin one completed in a gusty and chilling south easterly breeze which eventually…
It was an excruciatingly slow day at the Régates Royales de Cannes – Trophée Panerai, marked by very light winds. So much that at mid-afternoon most of the fleet were still out on the water looking for the slightest puff…
Australian tourism and hospitality group, Crystalbrook Collection, has today announced its acquisition of The Reef Marina in Port Douglas, which is now to be known as Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina, and its intention to invest a further $100+ million into the…
(Split, Croatia) – After two days of delay, waiting for wind and shopping for the best forecast app, racing finally got underway at the Laser Masters World Championships in Split. Long standing battles continue and newcomers seek to take over…
Belvedere, CA, September 26, 2017 – The first day of racing for the 51 International Etchells teams got off to a slow start with a 2.5 hour postponement on glassy water. When race one finally began at about 2:30pm, the…
(Split, Croatia) – After 350 Laser Masters sailors spent the first day of the World Championships under sunny skies, waiting for wind which didn't appear, the second day delivered more of the same – without the sunny skies. The Monday…
Grey skies and light airs were on the menu today for the opening day of the 39th Régates Royales de Cannes – Trophée Panerai. Two races were launched for the Dragons while the classics had some serious training before racing…
North Sails has been the exclusive official supplier to the Volvo Ocean Race since the debut of the VO65 one design fleet in the 2014-15 edition. Now, after analyzing extensive race data, further modeling and listening to feedback from Volvo…
Lisa Blair recently became the first woman (and only the second person) to circumnavigate Antarctica solo under sail. She was dismasted south of Cape Town, motored into port, replaced the mast, returned to the point of dismasting and finished the…
Peter Harburg’s Black Jack marks the 50th entry received by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia for the 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, adding to speculation that 73rd race will showcase the largest super maxi line-up in the history…
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (September 25, 2017) – Wind effects of Hurricane Jose shaved a day off the front end of the three-day 12 Metre North American Championship that started Friday, Sept. 22, while no breeze at all stole the last…
Australia’s Martin Hill and crew on ‘Lisa Rose’ have opened their bid to win the Etchells World Championship, starting in San Francisco tomorrow local time, with an encouraging fifth overall at the Pre-Worlds. “We had a good result in the…
The fans and supporters in Punta del Este are now just waiting on one final arrival, with Nasdaq in the final stages of its 6,400 nautical mile race from Liverpool, UK to Uruguay. Nasdaq is currently 144.99 nautical miles from…
Porto Cervo, 24th September 2017. A decisive final day in the Audi SAILING Champions League final saw the team from host club Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) claim the title of Best Sailing Club 2017. The event, organised by the…
(Split, Croatia) – The 2017 Laser Masters World Championships kicked off today with a slow start. 350 Laser Master sailors spent the day ashore under sunny blue skies, hoping the weather forecast of light winds would prove to be incorrect….
Menorca: Winning the final regatta of the year to become the only crew to win two events in 2017, the Roemmers family’s Azzurra, which represents the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, is the new 52 Super Series champion. With three teams…
Greenings, the 11th team to cross the Clipper Round the World Race Leg 1 finish line in Punta del Este, has won the first race of 2017-18 edition, finishing at 18:03:55 UTC on Saturday 23 September in front of hundreds…
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