How it’s made – Luna Rossa
A great little video here on how the AC75 was born – technicians from Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli talk about the stages and details of construction.
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Transat CIC bracing for low pressure system
After passing through an earlier front yesterday with winds in excess of 30 knots and heavy seas, the fleet, which has left the south coast of Ireland behind and is now sailing on the open ocean, is gearing up for the second complex weather situation. Although…
Alegre leads the 52 SUPER SERIES
After three good races today on the Bay of Palma – each with a different winner – Andy Soriano’s brand new Alegre leads the 52 SUPER SERIES PalmaVela Sailing Week, but only on tie break ahead of Doug DeVos’s Quantum…
Successful Batemans Bay Regatta
Batemans Bay Sailing Club conducted its long running multiclass regatta on the weekend of April 27th and 28th. Dinghy, catamaran, sports boat and trailerable yacht sailors came from Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and all over south east NSW to compete on…
Leading Transat CIC contender out with forestay damage
Jérémie Beyou, one of the top hopes for the Transat CIC solo race from Lorient to New York is returning to Lorient after damage to his J2 forestay. The skipper of Charal made the decision to turn around after discussions…
The Queen to Host ‘Maiden’ Yacht Crew
The Queen will host the ‘Maiden’ yachting crew at Clarence House to congratulate them on their unprecedented win of the Ocean Globe Race, becoming the first ever all-female crew to win an around-the-world yacht race. The 2023-24 Ocean Globe Race…
Gladiator win Race 1 at 52 Super Series
Tony Langley’s Gladiator team took the first race win of the 2024 52 SUPER SERIES season at 52 SUPER SERIES PalmaVela Sailing Week after profiting from a bold call on the first downwind leg allowed the British flagged team to…
Airlie Beach Race Week – 100 entries and counting
Entries for Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 have already touched 100 and continue to grow as organiser, Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC), announces a new Regatta Director, Jenni Birdsall. With interest across the smorgasbord of classes taking part…
Sail GP latest episode of Racing on the Edge
Big crashes and all of the drama from the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix revealed in the latest episode of Racing on the Edge. LONDON – April 29, 2024 – The latest episode of SailGP’s Racing on the Edge docuseries, in…
Sail Port Stephens Windward-Leeward Series Wrap
Age has not wearied two veterans of Australian sailing, with Marcus Blackmore and Ray Roberts claiming prestigious NSW IRC titles at the Sail Port Stephens Windward-Leeward Series over the weekend. Hooligan Blackmore’s new Hooligan claimed Division 1 honours in the…
Chris Poole wins his second consecutive Congressional Cup
Long Beach, CA (28 April, 2024) – The intensity of the 59th Congressional Cup, the opening event for the 2024 World Match Racing Tour, reached its peak today as USA’s Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team won his second…
The Transat CIC is off to a spectacular start!
Brittany turned on its best Spring sailing weather – sunshine, puffy cumulus clouds and a decent 10-15kts of Westerly wind – to send the 48 strong Transat CIC fleet on its way from Lorient towards New York for the start of the legendary solo race across the North Atlantic. The first edition of the…
Tash Bryant interviewed by the Female Athlete Project
Natasha Bryant is part of the Australia SailGP crew, as well as a member of the Team Australia Challenge squad for the UniCredit Youth & Puig Women’s America’s Cup events – all of which are cutting into her Double University…
Sterna Piped Home in OGR
The McIntyre Ocean Globe Race is full of human stories and this one is about the smallest boat, Beanies, Bums, Bagpipes and Biltong! Sterna SA (42) Allspice Yachting raced across the Royal Yacht Squadron finish line to the cheers and…
Matador takes Gold Cup Act 3
The Australian TP52 fleet returned to action at Sail Port Stephens for Act 3 of the Pallas Capital Gold Cup. Eleven boats took to the waters surrounding Nelson Bay and completed the series of six races. The TP52s also formed…
Williams and Poole lead start to semi-finals
Long Beach, CA (27, April 2024) – Day 4 of the 59th Congressional Cup in Long Beach, CA concluded the quarter-final stage of the event, advancing the top four teams to the semi-finals led by defending Congressional Cup champion USA’s…
Australia’s Cole Tapper advances to quarter-finals
Long Beach, CA (26, April 2024) – Australia’s Cole Tapper, sailing with his CYCA Youth Sailing Academy team from Sydney Australia, today secured a crucial spot in the quarter-finals of the 59th Congressional Cup, the opening stage of the 2024…
Silver Medals on French waters for Australia
Australian sailors showcased their skill and determination amidst challenging conditions at French Olympic Week in Hyeres, securing two silver medals and positioning themselves strongly for Paris 2024 iQFoil Grae Morris, at just twenty years old, dominated the fleet, entering the final in…
Sail Port Stephens 2024 Windward Leeward Series Day 2
The Sail Port Stephens Windward Leeward Series transitioned to Passage Race mode on Day 2. With the change of pace came a change of pace, literally, as both the wind and seas calmed considerably. TP52s The Passage Race began in…
Action packed start to Sail Port Stephens Part 2
Rock fishermen were being advised to stay indoors but the sea conditions off Port Stephens made for an action-packed opener to the Anchorage Marina Windward-Leeward Series. This is part 2 of the 2024 Sail Port Stephens Regatta Series comprising the…
Galiana WithSecure & Evrika finally finish OGR
Cannon Fire And Flares for Galiana WithSecure and Evrika as they finish their sail around the World in the OGR. It was a long, painfully slow final two days to complete their circumnavigation. But, finally, Galiana WithSecure and Evrika crossed…
52 SUPER SERIES
The reigning 52 SUPER SERIES champions, Harm Müller-Spreer’s German flagged crew, start their title defence on Sunday on Majorca’s Bay of Palma by getting to know as quickly as possible the fine details of what could make their brand new…
The Must-Do Rolex Middle Sea Race
The start of must-do 45th Rolex Middle Sea Race is six months away. Starting from Grand Harbour, Valletta, on Saturday, 19 October 2024, the Mediterranean’s premier 600-mile classic promises much and always over delivers for participants and spectators alike. Two…
The Transat CIC starts on Sunday
The start gun of the 15th edition of The Transat CIC, the legendary solo race across the North Atlantic from Lorient to New York, will sound on Sunday sending a fleet of 48 skippers – 33 IMOCAs, 13 Class 40s…
Triana and White Shadow finish the Ocean Globe Race
Triana and White Shadow finish McIntyre Ocean Globe Race an hour apart. Emotions and champagne flood Trinity Landing Pontoon. Trinity Landing pontoon in Cowes was a busy spot Tuesday afternoon with Triana FR (66) SWAN 53 and White Shadow ESP…
David Linger finishes in 6th place
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeSunday April 21st, at 2:03 pm local time, after 175 days, David Linger crossed the finish line of the Global Solo Challenge taking 6th place on his Owen Clarke designed Class40 #15 Koloa Maoli. It…
RORC publish Admiral’s Cup Notice of Race
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has published the 2025 Admiral’s Cup Notice of Race, setting out the conditions under which the prestigious regatta will be run. Expressions of interest have been received from 14 different countries, with multiple teams…
Revealing Reveals – The new AC75 launches
As the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup nears, the intensity ramps up and with four teams revealing their box-fresh AC75s, it’s abundantly clear that different solutions have been found for very similar questions. The design teams have worked feverishly to…
Day 3 at the Last Chance Regatta
A Brazilian sailor with a very famous name in Olympic history is in contention to earn a place for his country at the Paris 2024 Games after day three of competition at the Last Chance Regatta in Hyères, France. Marco Grael – son of five-time Olympic medallist Torben Grael, and brother of two-time Olympic champion Martine…
Last Chance Regatta
The first day of the final qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics saw Switzerland’s Elena Lengwiler claim three first places and take control at the Last Chance Regatta to live up to her billing as an also-ran turned medal contender in the Formula Kite event. The 28-year-old is arguably the most improved athlete in the newest Olympic…
7th Foiling Awards – WASZP
The 7th edition of the Foiling Awards has its winners. The prizes for the best foiling athletes, projects and products of the last 12 months were awarded overnight in Genoa based on votes cast online by the global foiling Community….
Maiden wins Ocean Globe Race
Maiden UK (03) has won the McIntyre Ocean Globe Race taking first in IRC rankings and the first ever all-women crew to win an around the world yacht race! The international all-female crew crossed the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes finish…
Scotty Dickson Wins Ficker Cup
Long Beach, CA 21 April 2024 – Long Beach’s champagne conditions and superior racing by eight world class skippers over three days ended with Scotty Dickson claiming his 14th career Ficker Cup over 24 years! Scotty Dickson originally from New…
Another Perfect Sailing Day
It was another another perfect sailing day with perfect trade wind conditions. Each start was flawless and the yachts all aimed for the first mark six miles SSE in a comfortable close reach for the last day of fleet racing…
The Trades Came Back – Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta
With great relief, the seasonal 15-knot easterly trades came back today and the relatively flat seas made perfect sailing conditions for the third day of racing at the 35th Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. The new Caterpillar course, which is the…
Australians come out firing at French Olympic Week
The French Olympic Week has commenced today in Hyeres and the Australians squad have come out firing with Grae Morris leading the charge in the iQFoil. Meanwhile, Breiana Whitehead sits in fourth in the Women’s Formula Kite, setting the stage…
Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta – Better Every Day
The second race day of the 35th Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta was a vast improvement with a gentle 7-8 knots of breeze from the South-East, and with the flat seas from the previous calmer day made it almost perfect sailing…
Team Vic at the 2024 JJs
Just six months ago, November 2023, Scott Cunningham and Brody Riley came to Sydney and picked up the former Noakes Blue 18ft skiff from the Australian 18 Footers League. In March 2024 they returned to Sydney with the boat (now…
The Jean Genie Triumphs: Recap of the 2024 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Riva del Garda
The standout performer this week at the 2024 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup was The Jean Genie (GBR 43), helmed by Peter Morton, Andrew Palfrey, and Ruairidh Scott, who triumphed with their consistent performance throughout the event. In the first race…
INEOS BRITANNIA reveal RB3 before dawn
The shutters opened at the INEOS Britannia base just after 5am on Saturday, and out into the moonlight under floodlight came the boat that all British fans hope will have the best chance of winning the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s…
