Fastnet sailors ready to face their personal Everests
The eve of the Rolex Fastnet Race is a nervous time for the 2,700 sailors about to embark on this 605-mile offshore classic – for all gathered in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, a few are out to win…
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Champion survives scare as Gilmour makes it third time lucky
St. Petersburg, Russia: On a day where one big name had already been sunk, Kiwi Phil Robertson, the Match Racing world champion, kept his head above water to make it through to the semi-finals Stage of the WMRT Match Cup…
South Africans have one hand on 29er World trophy
Long Beach, California: Bolstered by better breeze, with steady winds of 12 to 16 knots, the team of Benji Daniel, 16, and Alex Burger, 21, RSA, widened their lead to place a firm grip on first place in the 29er…
Results stand as heavy winds blow out final day at 49ers Europeans
The final races at this year’s 49er European Championship were cancelled overnight in Kiel, due to winds gusting above 25 knots, leaving Australia’s David Gilmour and Joel Turner in second place overall. It was a disappointing conclusion for the Aussies,…
Harry Mighell wins inaugural International WASZP Games
It was a fitting finale to the first International WASZP Games at Campione on Lake Garda. Harry Mighell from Sorrento in Victoria, Australia, did a horizon job on the fleet in light 7-10 knot marginal foiling conditions. Race 9 started…
Dongfeng crew set to rock and roll in Fastnet classic
Gosport UK – Along with their six rivals in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race, Dongfeng Race Team will line up for the Rolex Fastnet Race on Sunday which promises to be a thrilling battle between crews preparing for the round-the-world…
Upwind slog forecast as Volvo Ocean Race fleet tackles Rolex Fastnet Race
The second stage of Leg Zero qualifying for the VOR fleet is the Rolex Fastnet Race, starting on Sunday (6 August), and it will present a very different challenge to the Volvo Ocean Race fleet – as well as an…
Weather dictates play on final day of European Championships
In a day characterized by huge gusts, out-of-control runs, capsizes and wild wind shifts, Tina Lutz and Susan Beucke took complete control of the 49erFX fleet at the European Championship in Kiel, Germany. The local favorites won both Medal Races…
Gold fleet steps up at Zhik 29er Worlds
Long Beach, California: Despite a half-hour dock hold, before the boats launched this morning, the wind kicked in on this first day of Final Series races, and the competitors dug in, setting the tone for world-class sailing at Zhik 29er…
Sixteen become eight at Match Cup Russia
Russians say you need some luck on the Neva River, and not just when sailing cats, but even with the vagaries of format, wind and currents, the cream rose to the top today as the SUPER 16 became eight in…
Australian Harry Mighell consolidates at WASZP Games
Day 3 of the International WASZP Games run by Univela Sailing Club at Campione on Lake Garda in Italy, was blessed by perfect sailing conditions as the afternoon Ora filled in bang on time at around 1400 hrs. In the…
Keating making it 26 straight in Marlay Point Race
Julie Keating has competed in every Marlay Point overnight Race for the last 25 years, and while she’s not one to brag, she has a lot to be proud of as she prepares for her 26th race in 2018, which…
Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag name crew for Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18
Australian Luke Parkinson, who won the trophy as a rookie onboard Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing last edition, will race as part of skipper David Witt’s crew – and he is joined by navigator Steve Hayles, who returns to the event…
Rolex Fastnet Race – double-handed demons
Thanks to our modern day lifestyles, a frequent problem facing race boats owners is finding willing and available crew. One solution is to sail with less people, an ultimate expression of this being two handed racing. Therefore it is no…
MAPFRE blaze to record victory in first pre-Volvo Ocean Race test
MAPFRE took first blood in the opening battle of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet – with Xabi Fernández and his Spanish team finding faultless form to smash the established record time for a monohull around the Isle of Wight. MAPFRE…
Cadet Worlds – coaches blog #2
Coaches Blog #2 Thanks so very much for all the support from back home. I know the kids all greatly appreciate it. We have just finished our third day of sailing in Bruinisse. We have had a bit of everything….
Tasmanian SB20 helmsmen on Cowes Week podium
Tasmanian SB20 helmsmen Elliot Noye and Michael Cooper fired a warning shot over the bow of the international SB20 fleet during the Lendy Cowes Week 2017 Grand Slam Regatta which ended yesterday. Sailed as part of the full sailing program…
Three way tie at the top after tough opening day of GC32s
Highly variable, tricky conditions made for a tough day for race officials and crews alike as competition at the GC32 Racing Tour got underway at 36 Copa del Rey MAPFRE. Proceedings on the Bay of Palma kicked off with two…
No “around the island” record for CQS
Gust of 35 knots and big seas challenged Ludde Ingvall and his CQS crew in their race around the Isle of Wight today, as the opportunity to break the record for the course seemed so achievable, but then slipped from…
Gilmour and Turner hit the front at 49er Europeans
Light and shifty winds continued today over Kiel Bay as Finals action began for the top of the Olympic 49er and 49erFX fleets, while the foiling Nacra 17 knocked off three more races in their first-ever regatta in the Olympic…
Reed Balridge takes an early lead at the WASZP International Games
The first day of racing at the International WASZP Games just happened to be one of the hottest days of the summer in the region of Lombardia this year. The heat and the haze kept the breeze still until late…
WMRT – Flying Dutchman shows RoboPhil is human before SUPER 16
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 – Pieter-Jan Postma, possibly the most laidback speed demon in the world, proved two things at the WMRT Match Cup Russia at St. Petersburg Yacht Club today; firstly, that even in his debut year on the…
Kialoa II’s revival at 47th Rolex Fastnet Race
It’s been 46 years since the 73-footer Kialoa II took line honours in the 1971 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and when the boat lines up for the Rolex Fastnet Race off Cowes in the UK this Sunday, its racing revival…
Davies and Woodward beat the boys at 29er Worlds
LONG BEACH, Calif., August 1, 2017 – Day Three of the Zhik 29er World Championship regatta got underway late today: as the Alpha Course fleet struggled in capricious breeze to complete Race Six which was abandoned late Tuesday. The delay…
AkzoNobel sign up Brazil's Olympic gold medallist Martine Grael for the Volvo Ocean Race
Team AkzoNobel have added Martine Grael, the Brazilian sailing gold medallist from the 2016 Olympics in Rio, to their crew for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. The 26-year-old is the daughter of race legend Torben Grael – Brazil’s most successful…
Favourites flex their muscles at WMRT in St Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia (August 1, 2017) – A full first day of racing in glorious sunshine and solid westerlies at the WMRT Match Cup Russia in St Petersburg saw the big beasts making some early shows of strength as they…
Gilmour and Turner tied for second at 49er Europeans
High pressure over the North Sea meant entirely new challenges for the 49erFX, 49er, and Nacra 17 fleets as the European Championship entered its third day today. A short postponement to let the wind fill in gave way to a…
Can France make it a Rolex Fastnet Race hat trick?
In the last two editions of the RORC's biennial flagship event from Cowes to Plymouth via southwest Ireland's most famous rock, French boats have not just won, they have dominated. For example in the last race in 2015, Géry Trentesaux's…
Volvo Ocean Race – Liz Wardley joins Turn the Tide on Plastic
Turn the Tide on Plastic skipper Dee Caffari has named her first crew member of the 2017-18 edition by signing up two-time Volvo Ocean Race veteran Liz Wardley. The Australian, who first competed in the Race in 2001-02 onboard Amer…
Discards tighten lead in SB20 Cowes Grand Slam
With discard races coming into effect, the overall pointscore position had tightened going into the final day of racing in the SB20 Cowes Grand Slam on England’s famed waterway, The Solent. After six of the scheduled eight races, Tasmanian entry…
The International WASZP Games at Campione, Lake Garda, Italy
The inaugural International WASZP Games take off on Wednesday 2 August with a packed schedule of racing formats, workshops, training and a bonanza of social activities. The first ever International WASZP Games champion will be crowned on Saturday 5 August. …
Fishos finally fire GME EPIRB: get rescued immediately
Two fishermen are fortunate to be alive after their 5.5 metre boat capsized off the southern Sydney coast on Saturday evening. The men, aged 36 and 28, were not wearing lifejackets when they capsized in rough seas about 6pm on…
29er Worlds – testing conditions on Day 2 of Qualifiers
LONG BEACH, Calif., August 1, 2017 – Fluky winds that refused to settle teased sailors and organizers alike, on Day Two of the Zhik 29er World Championship Regatta, hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. For nearly two hours, the Alpha…
Auckland lobby group pitches America's Cup 2021 alternatives
Stuff.co.nz. By Simon Maude. A harbour lobby group that fought Auckland Council over extending the city's wharf now wants its support over the America's Cup. Stop Stealing Our Harbour, which forced council-owned Ports of Auckland to halt a wharf extension, is…
Komatsu Azzurro takes overall win in the Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2017
GOLD COAST. For the second time in three years Shane Kearns' Komatsu Azzurro has powered to overall victory in the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2017, finishing in a corrected time of 3 days 1 hour 40 mins…
Hobart helmsmen dominating SB20s at Cowes
Prominent Hobart yachtsmen continue to dominate results in the SB20 one-design sportsboat ‘Cowes Grand Slam’ being sailed on The Solent off Cowes on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. The SB20s are racing as part of…
Bundy steps in for Waterhouse at Nacra Europeans
Another sunny, bright, breezy day welcomed the combined Olympic fleets of Nacra 17, 49er, and 49erFX race boats today as the 2017 European Championship continued in Germany’s North Sea port of Kiel. The 49er and 49erFX entered their second day…
What to look out for on Leg Zero of Volvo Ocean Race
Leg Zero not only takes care of the official qualifying for the Volvo Ocean Race – it’s also the first chance to see the teams in a competitive shakedown against each other. No points will be carried forward to the race…
Enter now – Airlie Beach Race Week entries close Thursday
Entries for Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing close at 2400hrs on Thursday August 3, so Whitsunday Sailing Club organisers urge prospective competitors to go online and enter now rather than miss out. Among those yachties who have already…
Kiwis lead after first day of 29er Worlds in California
LONG BEACH, Calif., July 31, 2017 – Day one of the 29er World Championship, hosted by Alamitos Yacht Club, started a bit like A Tale of Two Cities. Although just a mile apart, the Bravo Course, closer to Seal Beach…
