Mini Transat sailors meet the press
It’s in Paris, near the Place de la Bastille, that a delegation of Mini sailors agrees to meet up with the press. Objective: to talk about the race, as well as help explain the diversity of the profiles and the…
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Clipper Race: Heating up in the Doldrums Corridor
Most of the Clipper Race Fleet is now is deep into the Doldrums Corridor, with all ten teams who have so far crossed the northern gate electing to motor-sail for the allowed six degrees of latitude and for a maximum…
Using gennaker upwind banned at Nacra Worlds
Two Class meetings were held with all members and entrants over the first two nights of the Nacra 17 World Championships, where Class members voted in a series of stabilizing measures. The open forum meeting agenda was cut short after…
Danes lead Nacra Worlds as Tramontane wind kicks in
After a relatively benign, gentle introduction Tuesday to the Nacra 17 World Championships – the first ever in flying, foiling 2020 Olympic mode, La Grande Motte’s Baie d’Aigue Mortes in the South of France’s Camargue region, progressively turned up the…
Two bullet day for Momo in Porto Cervo
As Bryon Ehrhart, owner of Lucky, put it: “Today was great sailing – Chamber of Commerce stuff!” After difficult conditions for some of the seven classes at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup yesterday, there was solid breeze for day three…
Max Salminen leads after snakes and ladders third day at Finn Gold Cup
Max Salminen, from Sweden, is the third leader in three days at the Opel Finn Gold Cup at Balatonföldvár on Lake Balaton. The ever-tricky wind caused a few more high scores, while a few of those at the top maintained…
Another matchless SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week comes to an end
Townsville Yacht Club’s SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week came to an end this afternoon, after six days of sailing and fun – a sailing event like no other in Australia. Once again the AP set the tone for the morning,…
Dorade finishes on the podium in her first two Down Under events
The “Dorade Down Under” campaign is in full swing, and Dorade, the 86-year-old Sparkman & Stephens classic yacht, is proving yet again that age is just a number with the team taking podium finishes in the first two events of…
Sail Sydney a launch pad for Olympic Campaigns
Woollahra Sailing Club will host the 23rd edition of Sail Sydney from December 11-17 with the support of Drummoyne Sailing Club, Middle Harbour Yacht Club and Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Sail Sydney is shaping up to attract more than 300…
Youth World Champions big sacrifice in pursuit of Olympic selection
Australia’s reigning Youth World Champions in the 29er class, Natasha Bryant and Annie Wilmot, have announced they will forfeit their title defence to concentrate exclusively on pursuing a place on the Australian Sailing Team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games….
Glamour day for the Mini Maxis at Porto Cervo
Tricky conditions and dual breezes made life difficult on day two of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo. This annual event for the world’s largest racing yachts is organised jointly by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, this year…
Jonathan Lobert leads Finn Gold Cup after Day 2 on Balaton
Jonathan Lobert, from France, has taken the lead at the Opel Finn Gold Cup at Balatonföldvár, Hungary. Though he led both races on Day 2 at some point, the tricky Balaton breeze got the better of him twice and the…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: From light to lovely conditions
Sunrise gave what appeared to be a sneak preview of the day to come at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week – hot, sticky and a little airless, Denis Thompson and his team new they were in for another morning of…
Gimson and Burnett lead after US crew penalised at Nacra 17 Worlds
American duo Riley Gibbs and Louisa Chafee led the Nacra 17 World Championships after the first three qualifying races were contested in light, sub 10 kt breezes and pleasant sunshine off La Grande Motte’s Baie de Aigues Mortes. They were…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: Warrigal – home grown and raced
Jim Finch is a Townsville local of some 50 years, arriving in Townsville for a holiday and never returning home – he has also attended all 11 SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week’s with Warrigal – the Finch 40 he conceived,…
Expressions of interest now open for boaties to display their heritage vessels at the Classic & Wooden Boat Festival 2018
Celebrating the beauty and diversity of Australia’s heritage vessels and their craftspeople, the Classic and Wooden Boat Festival will return to Sydney’s Darling Harbour 13-15 April 2018. And festival organisers are calling on vessel owners to register their expressions of…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: Diamonds for some stones for others
A slow start to the day as Denis Thompson and his on water officials patiently waited for a light breeze to filter through, which it eventually did and Day 3 racing SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week finally got underway one…
Clipper fleet approaching the Doldrums
The Doldrums Corridor is fast approaching and with current weather predictions favouring teams towards the back of the fleet, it will be tactically fascinating to watch over the coming days. While yet to officially enter the Doldrums Corridor, the latest…
Youth regatta wraps up a great winter of match racing training at RFBYC in WA
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club held the inaugural Sailing Institute Match Racing Regatta to wrap up a fantastic winter of training for the youth sailors. Thirty-three sailors from the RFBYC Sailing Institute Winter Squads made up six teams to compete…
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup Day 1: The wind is in our sails
Porto Cervo, September 4, 2017. The beautiful sight of the Maxi fleet's spinnakers puffed out against the backdrop of the Arcipelago di La Maddalena sums up the emotional impact of the first day of racing at the Maxi Yacht Rolex…
Nenad Bugarin masters Balaton breeze on opening day of 2017 Opel Finn Gold Cup
Nenad Bugarin, from Croatia, is the early leader at the 2017 Opel Finn Gold Cup at Balatonföldvár, Hungary. Two very tricky races in shifty and patchy conditions left much of the fleet with at least one high score, but home…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: Tevake II – I’ve been everywhere man!
Fluttering race flags from every major race and regatta on and from the east coast of Australia makes the 13.6 metre Radford designed Tevake II a standout at Townsville Yacht Club’s SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week where she is racing…
Day of reckoning approaches for Opel Finn Gold Cup fleet on breezy Balaton
The day of reckoning will soon be upon the fleet at the 2017 Opel Finn Gold Cup at Balatonföldvár. At the end of registration 117 Finns have been measured and checked and are ready to race. Preparations are nearly over…
Winter Winners at the Derwent Sailing Squadron
And the winners are – B&G Advantage, T42 Another Toy, Vistula and Team Musto – each taking out their respective divisions of the Derwent Sailing Squadron Winter Series that ended today. The five days of Sunday morning racing ended with…
Iain Murray to run Australian Olympic program
America's Cup race director and competitor, 18 Foot Skiff legend, boat designer and Olympian Iain Murray has been appointed Performance Director of Australian Sailing following the departure of Peter Conde to the AIS. Murray will take up the new job…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: Argy bargy at Beer Can Regatta – pier jumping at Picnic Bay
It was layday at Townsville Yacht Club’s SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week yesterday so crews and locals got stuck into the Magnetic Island Rotary Beer Can Regatta and turned lunch and a live band at Picnic Bay into the Inaugural…
Groupama Race around New Caledonia – the world's longest windward/leeward race
Though considered a race in paradise, like previous editions the sixth biennial Groupama Race around the island of Noumea will prove tactically difficult for all crews who accept the challenge. Taking between two-and-a-half and five days to complete the 654…
Malcolm Page calls for enquiry into accident that severed parts of sailor's fingers
Malcolm Page, chief of Olympic Sailing for the USA, has called for an enquiry into the safety of the new foiling Nacra 17s after a member of his squad, Bora Gulari, lost parts of three fingers in a training accident….
The Hun invade opening ceremony at 2017 Opel Finn Gold Cup
Horse riding, archery, spear throwing, falconry and some dubious racing tactics were the key points of a spectacular opening ceremony at the 2017 Opel Finn Gold Cup at Balatonföldvár. Light rain did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the 124…
Australia second at 470 Junior Worlds
Spain's Silvia Mas Depares/Paula Barcelo Martin successfully defended their Junior World title and France's Hippolyte Machetti/Sidoine Dantès claimed their first 470 Junior World Championship victory in Japan. Competitors enjoyed the final day of racing at the 2017 470 Junior World…
Clipper Round the World: Qingdao first to cross scoring gate
Qingdao guaranteed itself the first points of the Clipper 2017-18 Race after being the first team to cross the Scoring Gate this morning. GREAT Britain and Sanya Serenity Coast are expected to be the second and third teams to cross…
New 49er and FX champions crowned
Matasinhos, Portugal: Denmark’s Hansen/Iversen and Britain’s Fletcher/Bithell won their first ever 49er FX and 49er world titles on an intense final day In Portugal. Another day meant another obstacle from Mother Nature at the 2017 International 49er and FX World…
Export Roo praying for no wind on final day
Tasmania’s Export Roo, skippered by Michael Cooper, goes into the final day of racing at the 2017 SB20 World Championship at Cowes with a slender three-point lead in the Gold fleet. Cooper notched up a 3-2-10-24 scorecard on the penultimate…
49ers abandoned on penultimate day of 49er/FX Worlds
Porto, Portugal: The Portuguese tradewinds were in full howl this morning over Matosinhos, Portugal, as Day 5 dawned on the 2017 49er/FX World Championships. With the top 20 qualifiers advancing to the gold fleet semifinal round and the remainder battling…
Huge host of talent to challenge for 2017 Opel Finn Gold Cup on Balaton
The 2017 Opel Finn Gold Cup is a true meeting of Finn sailors from around the world. It’s been 35 years since the Finn class has managed to attract as big an entry as it has for this year’s Finn…
Tornado's strong north wind makes an impact at 470 Junior Worlds
Today Typhoon #15 changed direction, again influencing the weather conditions at Enoshima and serving up another thrilling two races. Cloud and a north-easterly 18-25 knot breeze, with choppy waves put teams through their paces as they faced off in the…
Thrills, spills and a reef to contend with at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week
Competitors at Townsville Yacht Club’s SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week contested the Around the Island Race today in winds up to 20 knots on a rather large swell, meaning a good time for some, damaged for others and one boat…
From hospital bed to winner at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week
Winning today’s opening race at Townsville Yacht Club’s SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week was a bigger deal than usual for Sydney yachtsman, Colin Wilson, who until recently was recovering from a minor heart attack in Townsville Hospital. Wilson and his…
Survival conditions at 470 Junior Worlds as Typhoon #15 edges closer
With the imminent arrival of Typhoon No. 15 in 2 days, the advance weather conditions kicked up the breeze and sea on race day 4 at the 2017 470 Junior World Championships in Japan. Approaching from south of Japan, Typhoon…
Export Roo on a roll on The Solent
With two wins and a second, Tasmania’s Export Roo has moved further ahead on the overall rankings after day three of the SB20 world championship on The Solent in England. Michael Cooper has steered his boat to a net 5…
