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• Breiana Whitehead remains in 6th place• Four sunny and windy races complete the qualifying phase• Valentin Bontus profits from Max Maeder’s crash• Axel Mazella wins all four heats• Elena Lengwiler’s flat-water speed is hard to resist Opportunities to beat Max…
The final preparations are being made for the 370 delegates, from 14 countries who have registered to attend the Marinas24 International Conference and Trade Exhibition, kicking off in ten days at the Royal International Convention Centre (RICC) in Brisbane. With…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA), race organiser of the Ponant Sydney Noumea Yacht Race, has, today, made an official statement regarding the upcoming race, which was scheduled to start on Saturday 25 May 2024. With New Caledonia having been…
• Variable conditions for the men at midday, steadier moderate breeze for the women later• Four wins from four for Maeder and Mazella• Nolot’s crash mean’s three wins from four for the women’s world champion• Poema Newland enjoys rediscovering race-winning…
For the first time in its successful 13-year history the 52 SUPER SERIES heads to Newport, Rhode Island for the upcoming XS 52 SUPER SERIES Newport Trophy (June 10-16) followed by the Rolex TP52 World Championship (July 15-20) both hosted…
Palma, Spain, 14 May 2024 With under two weeks to go until the registration deadline for the J/70 World Championships (1st June), the competition’s entry list has not only reached the maximum number of entries as established by the organizing…
HIGHLIGHTS• Gusty wind up to 27 knots, rain clouds and seagulls contribute to chaotic conditions• Four races of qualifying completed for men and women’s fleets• Singapore’s Max Maeder and France’s Lauriane Nolot get a perfect 4/4• Good performances by Kampman,…
The Worrell 1000 Race 2024 Has begun! The 23rd running of the world-famous Worrell 1000 extreme, distance catamaran race got underway Sunday, May 12th in Hollywood Beach Florida. Twelve teams representing the US, Germany, France, The Netherlands and Australia launched…
After a reassuring start to the race, the L’Occitane en Provence sailor had to deal with damage to her J3 bulkhead, which forced her to stop in the Azores. After five days of repairs with her technical team, Clarisse is back at sea and is now almost 660 miles…
The clock continues to count down to what could be the closest contest in living memory with absolutely no outright favourite and every team very much in the running for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. The six main teams…
Berlin, Germany (13 May 2024) –Kaiser Friedrich, a vessel steeped in history, was built in 1886. It recently marked its return to service with a ceremonial christening in central Berlin. In a bid to preserve its legacy, its owners refitted the…
Torbole (Garda Lake) – The Act 1 of the 69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup is ready to celebrate it’s opening day at Circolo Vela Torbole, where five international mixed gender teams composed of Under 25 sailors are ready to compete for the…
Competitors and invited guests honoured the IMOCA and Class40 podiums of the 15th edition of The Transat CIC at the prizegiving Sunday in New York. The awards ceremony took place in line with the annual Fête de la Bretagne on board the 1885 wrought iron tall ship Wavertree at the South Street Seaport NYC in the presence…
The Nacra 17 World Championships, 49er, FX, and Mixed 470 European Champions concluded overnight in France, where sailors encountered two extremes of wind conditions in their final test before the Paris 2024 Olympics. Beginning in La Grande Motte, France, the…
Torbjörn Törnqvist’s Artemis Racing demonstrated herself to be categorically back on form after winning five races out of nine at the 44Cup Baiona. The second event of the 2024 44Cup concluded today in the Galician port where it has been…
Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot finished the regatta with a 2nd in the Medal Race, pushing them up to 6th overall. A great result from the pair. Annie will now return to Sydney and get into simulator training for the…
After a wait for the wind to fill in, the Vigo River estuary and Galicia’s wider Rías Baixas estuary complex delivered for day three of the 44Cup Baiona with 15-20 knots, brilliant sunshine, a short chop and with the magnificent…
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti are too professional to admit it, but a strong performance in Saturday’s light airs races has all but secured the Italian defence of the Nacra 17 world title. After scoring the best set of results of…
Powerboat enthusiasts will be spoilt for choice with The Yacht Sales Co. displays at the 2024 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show from 23-26 May. The company, which now incorporates Multihull Solutions, will be showcasing five of the world’s most popular motor yachts…
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor @SailGP The overnight configuration change from high speed to light air boards in Bermuda caused ‘issues’ for Australia’s F50 when racing resumed on day two, according to driver Tom Slingsby. Speaking ahead of the Final in…
History was made on the 44Cup today when, for the first time, a team representing land-locked Switzerland was top scoring boat of the day. Admittedly this came after an awkward one race day, but victory in this for Christian Zuerrer’s…
Italy’s Ambrogio Beccaria on his all Italian designed and built Musa 40 Alla Grande Pirelli added the hugely prestigious Transat CIC Class 40 title to his steadily growing collection of solo and short handed ocean racing honours yesterday morning when…
Top Australian teams after Day 4: Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot had a great day in the 49erFX moving up to 5th, Jim Colley and Shaun Connor 19th in 49er with Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown 17th in the Nacra….
The fourth season of the TF35 high-performance one-design foiling catamaran will kick off this month in Nyon, Switzerland, with the first of six events on Lake Geneva. Hosted by the Société Nautique de Nyon from 24 to 26 May, the…
It was great to see the Team Australia Challenge 2024 women’s sailing squad being hosted by PUIG, the naming rights sponsor of the PUIG Women’s America’s Cup at an elegant soiree at the Park Hyatt Sydney with Vogue Australia this…
The opening day of the 44Cup Baiona regatta kicked off with anticipation as sailors geared up for racing on the high-performance RC44 one designs. Hosted by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona (MRCYB) at the 14th-century Monterreal Castle,…
The top 13 finishers – that is to say half the IMCOA class on the Transat CIC solo race across the North Atlantic – are now either in New York or en route from the finish line which is 110 miles offshore. And in an intensehead to head at the top of…
Top Australian teams after Day 3 are: Jim Colley and Shaun Connor 7th in 49er, Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot 10th in 49erFX and Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown 13th in the Nacra. A drop in wind strength brought huge…
What a day for New York Yacht Club American Magic who called for all-hands on deck at the base super-early this morning, ahead of rolling out their new AC75 at 5.45am with the first set of slightly asymmetric race foils,…
The British teams set the pace on the opening day of the 49er European Championship, grabbing the lead in both fleets of the qualifying draw. With the competition heating up in La Grande Motte, South of France, 148 international teams…
A precious cargo of ten 52 SUPER SERIES representing seven different nations left Palma today (May, 05th 2024) heading across the Atlantic bound for the USA’s sailing epicentre, Newport, Rhode Island. After finishing a thrilling 52 SUPER SERIES PalmaVela Sailing Week…
Australian sailors are poised to make waves in France in the four two-person disciplines as the Nacra 17 World Championships, 49er, FX and Mixed 470 European Champions take place this week. Sailors are preparing to use the last major event ahead of…
French skipper Yoann Richomme made it two back-to-back solo Transatlantic wins today when he brought his PAPREC ARKÉA across the finish line first on the historic Transat CIC race across the North Atlantic from Lorient in Brittany to New York….
Australian record-breaking solo sailor Lisa Blair will embark on a new World Record sailing attempt on April 7th at 8am (NZST) to establish an Auckland to Auckland, New Zealand, sailing record over more than 2,200 nm on a circumnavigation not…
Sail Port Stephens 2024 has wrapped up after 11 huge days of sailing, spanning three weeks and involving 215 boats. It culminated yesterday with the inshore Bay Series comprising J70s, sports boats and off-the-beach classes. Friday Racing began on Friday…
A period of New Zealand-led design & innovation Following the first major change in the 18 footers from the big boats of the early 1900s to the 7ft beam boats of the mid-1930s, there had been no major change or…
While the IMOCA race leader Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) was still making more than 20 kts this afternoon, a nerve racking slow down is still expected for the final miles to the finish of the Transat CIC solo race from Lorient to New York. The winner of last Autumn’s solo race in the opposite direction,…
Palma (Spain), 5th May 2024 David Leuschen and Chris Flowers’ Wallycento Galateia won the Maxi class at PalmaVela for the third time in a row today in light winds on Palma Bay. Whilst last year’s triumph was something of a…
Australia places 3rd in Podium Final and remain in second position of the Season 4 leaderboard. BERMUDA – 05 May 2024 – The Spain SailGP Team has taken out the ‘top dogs’ of Season 4- Australia and New Zealand- to…
Palma (Spain), 4 May 2024 “This is not a training regatta, there is a title at stake and we won it last year so for sure we are out to win again!” Five times America’s Cup winning Kiwi sailing legend…
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