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Sir Jim Ratcliffe has abandoned plans to challenge for the next America’s Cup. An announcement on the INEO website reads: INEOS Britannia announces that it has withdrawn its intention to challenge for the next America’s Cup. The decision has been…
The Superyacht Cup Palma 2025 has welcomed an upsurge in new entries as Europe’s longest running superyacht regatta looks ahead to its 29th edition. From 25-28 June the Bay of Palma will now host no fewer than four of the…
With just under 700 nautical miles to go, Zero has officially entered Japanese waters. But their journey is far from over as they complete their passage through the transition zone or horse latitudes, crossing the Kuroshio current, which flows northward at…
As you chart your final course and make those last-minute tweaks before Friday’s big adventure, we’re thrilled to welcome you to one of Australia’s most iconic coastal races. Before you hoist the sails and chase the horizon, here are a…
Valerian Lebrun, from France, has taken the early lead at the 2025 Open Finn Europeans in Naples, Italy, after two challenging races in a very unstable breeze. Italy’s Arkadii Kistanov and Estonia’s Deniss Karpak took a win each and sit…
The world’s foremost yacht racing photography competition is now known as the Pantaenius Yacht Racing Image Award. This prestigious event will be significantly enhanced by the support and passion of Pantaenius, Europe’s leading specialist in yacht and boat insurance. Hamburg and…
As the Melbourne Osaka Cup enters its fifth week, the distance between the first and last starter has narrowed to just over 2000 nautical miles, with all now outside Australian waters. In a striking contrast, Zero the Imx40 skippered by…
In the early hours of Sunday, April 6, quick thinking and cool heads aboard Magellan averted what could have been a race-ending rig failure, just off Ambitle Island in Papua New Guinea. The drama unfolded when the crew discovered the…
MIAMI (April 6, 2025) — 4 events. 11 teams. 16 drivers. 42 races. 1 hell of a season. The 2025 M32 Miami Winter Series wrapped today. Ryan McKillen’s Surge won the final event, while young Charlie Julien’s Rated X took…
Winner of the Women’s iQFOiL windsurfing competition, Great Britain’s Emma Wilson has been crowned outright champion of 54 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels. She received the trophy after her results across the regatta produced the highest score in…
Under the imposing shadow of Vesuvius, the 2025 Open and U23 Finn Europeans opens this week in the Bay of Naples, Italy, for the first time in 58 years, with 125 entries from 20 nations. Naples has a special place in…
Cream rises in phenomenal finale at Port Stephens It was a fitting finale to the 2025 Sail Port Stephens Passage Series (Commodores Cup), with crews aboard the 105 yachts enjoying the kind of premium sailing conditions that attracts boats from as…
16 – 23 August 2025 Sail the Olympic Course Before the World Arrives In 2025, Hamilton Island Race Week celebrates four decades of incredible sailing, epic adventures, and unforgettable memories. What began in 1984 with 93 crews testing their limits…
Grae Morris and Zoe Thomson have claimed a gold medal each at the Trofeo Princesa Sofía regatta, held over the past six days in Mallorca, Spain. Grae took the win in the Men’s iQFOiL after topping the overall leaderboard and…
Alive is on the move, gliding north like a great white shark, silently closing in on the fleet and picking off competitors one by one. The race now stretches over 2,500 nautical miles, with boats scattered from Queensland Australia, through…
All sweetness and light airs on day 4 of Sail Port Stephens With the switch flicked to signature Sail Port Stephens conditions, sunshine and a light south-westerly, the stage was set for a banner edition of the 2025 Passage Series on Friday….
By Australian Sailing A long, dramatic day on the water for our Aussie sailors as the final day of fleet racing played out under testing conditions at the first Sailing Grand Slam of the season. The day started with shifty…
After a season with a variety of conditions, there’s a lot happening going into the final day of racing for the Club Championships this Saturday 5th April Can’t make it to the Club? We’ll be live-streaming the final races thanks to…
Race update 3rd April 2025 midday. The Solomon Islands serve as a gatekeeper for the fleet, posing challenges for the most seasoned sailors. Here, routing software becomes less reliable, with forecasts often failing to materialise. Sailors must shift from data-driven…
The Royal Perth Yacht Club is proud to announce the return of the prestigious Fremantle to Albany Yacht Race in April 2026, a premier offshore sailing event proudly sponsored by Great Southern Lime, in celebration of the City of Albany’s…
The North East Windsport Club (NEWC), located at Springhurst, brought home a swag of medals from the Australian National Blokart Championships held last weekend at Waratah Bay in South Gippsland. It was NEWC’s turn to host the event and they…
More Breeze, More Action! Report by Australian Sailing The Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Fergus Hotels Regatta saw stronger offshore winds, big oscillations, and a mix of flat water and chop, making it a tactical and physical game on the racecourse. Those…
A wide-ranging field of 33 boats is lining up for the 2025 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race which starts on 11th April at 1pm, the 39th running subject to restrictions on number of entries, as the marina at Coffs Harbour Yacht…
By Australian Sailing. A Challenging Day on the Med at Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Fergus Hotels Sailing Grand Slam. Overcast skies and shifty, gusty winds made for a tricky day in Palma, testing the sailors’ adaptability. Some thrived in…
It’s not what you know but where you know at Sail Port Stephens Everything else being equal, it’s hard to beat local knowledge as demonstrated on Day 3 of the Sail Port Stephens Commodores Cup Passage Series. The combination of a…
By World Sailing World Sailing is proud to announce the launch of a new education programme for Race Officials. The new National Race Officer Training Programme will be available to Member National Authorities (MNAs) to apply for on an annual…
Published 31st March 2025 by Gemma Hamaini – 2025 GKA Big Air Kite World Cup The 2025 GKA Big Air Kite World Cup kicked off in Barcares, France, on Saturday, with the Tramontana wind roaring at full force. Twenty-four men…
Down below in the small, spartan cabin of Roaring Forty, a 1997 Lutra BOC Open 40 ocean racing yacht, a label front and center reads: “Quitting Lasts Forever.” True to that spirit, Roaring Forty has re-entered the race at just…
Fresh and fun racing as skies clear on Day 2 of Sail Port Stephens With the remnants of an East Coast Low still generating 4.5m monster swells off the twin sentinel headlands marking the entrance to Port Stephens, the Race…
Aussie Race Wins on the Final Day of Qualifying at Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Fergus Hotels Regatta After a short wait on shore, the fleets were treated to classic sea breeze conditions, rewarding those who executed strong starts and…
15 VX One’s competed in their Victorian State Championship over the weekend as part of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club’s 150th Anniversary Regatta. Over six races, it was the home team of Lucas Couper, Lachie Weber and Brody Riley on…
Melbourne Osaka Double Handed Race Update 1st April 1 pm The yachts of the first two starts have broken free. No longer trapped in the doldrums, Zero, Curious Roo, and Escapade are now riding the steady northern trade winds, their…
Wet we got, wind not so much, as Race 1 of the Commodores Cup Passage series kicked off Sail Port Stephens for its 17th year, with the five divisions enjoying an action-packed race instead of retiring to the local cafes…
Australian Sailing have reported on a solid Day 1 at Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Fergus Hotels The opening day of racing at the Sailing Grand Slam was a game of two halves. The morning fleets enjoyed fantastic breeze and…
The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron has reinforced its reputation of its sailors after taking out its third SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific – Final last weekend at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club as a part of the Sailfest Regatta. Led by…
The closest of 76 regattas in the greatest championship The recent JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship regatta produced some nervous moments for the Yandoo team of Tom Needham, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake during the ‘crazy’ westerly conditions of the…
The 54th Trofeo Princesa Sofía Regatta will commence today and continue through to April 5th in Mallorca, Spain, marking the first major international test for Olympic-class sailors this season. With 700 crews from 53 countries set to compete across the ten Olympic classes,…
One last bid for redemption in the Hansa 303 One Person class at the 2025 Hansa and Para World Championships on Pittwater today, with five realistically vying for the crown, but big conditions decided otherwise and Gauthier Bril (FRA) was…
Grey, buckets of rain, cold, no breeze, swirling light air – the penultimate day of the 2025 Hansa and Para World Championships on Pittwater gave competitors everything except a steady breeze and sun – which meant one race each in…
In an extraordinary feat of maritime logistics the McIntyre Mini Globe Race fleet has completed an unprecedented overland Transfer of 15 ALMA Globe 580 yachts from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This sets the stage for the most demanding…
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