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Realteam rose to second overall behind the hard-to-catch Team Argo on day three of the GC32 Villasimius Cup, however, it’s the owner drivers who continue to make the running at the GC32 Racing Tour in Sardinia. Race 5, the first…
Bouwe Bekking, the most experienced sailor in Volvo Ocean Race history, will return to skipper the seventh confirmed team in the 2017-18 edition – and give himself another chance at claiming an elusive first victory at the eighth attempt. No…
Beginning with Fremantle in 1986/87, hosting the America's Cup has changed the face of venues for the better. The shabby port city in Western Australia was transformed, with dowdy and dangerous pubs restored to their former glory and a new…
Emirates Team New Zealand boss, Grant Dalton, has had his share of detractors in the past. And even leading his team to success in Bermuda after the humiliation of San Francisco has not been enough to win over his critics….
The East Coast Blue Water Pointscore Series (BWPS) is the The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s premier offshore Series, conducted along the east coast of Australia between September and April, which now includes the new Pittwater to Paradise Regatta. The…
The 39th edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai will enliven once again the Bay of Cannes, from the 23rd to the 30th September. Classics, Spirit of Tradition, Metre class boats, Dragons and Tofinou one-designs will gather in a…
One year from today, up to 30 sailors will set out from Plymouth UK to recreate history at the start of a solo circumnavigation in small traditional long keeled yachts using just paper charts, a sextant and wind up chronometer…
The Race Village for the offshore race Round Gotland – ÅF Offshore Race 2017 – opened om Thursday in central Stockholm. The race will start on Sunday and take the boats through the archipelago, around the island of Gotland and…
Jason Carroll expertly steered his Argonauts to an early lead at the GC32 Villasimius Cup in Southern Sardinia today. The second stage of the 2017 GC32 Racing Tour got underway with four races in breeze ranging from 10 to 20…
Porto Cervo, June 29, 2017. John Bassadone's Peninsula Petroleum is ahead after day one of the RC44 Porto Cervo Cup following three races and a late finish off the Costa Smeralda and much of the afternoon spent waiting for the wind…
SAP Extreme Sailing Team took an early lead on the opening day of Extreme Sailing Series Act 3, as the international fleet of seven GC32s raced against the stunning backdrop of the Madeira Islands capital, Funchal, in front of a…
Lisa Blair is homeward bound in the Indian Ocean on her attempt to become the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica. Evening All, Last night I was in a little blow with the winds maintaining 30 knots for the better part…
The Sun. By Karl Stroud. A HAPLESS granddad spent five years and thousands of pounds renovating a 40-foot yacht in his back garden – only to watch it sink within minutes of being lowered into the water. Richard Ogilvy, 75,…
Big wind and big waves put paid to any hope of holding racing on day one at the GC32 Villasimius Cup in Southern Sardinia today. The second stage of the 2017 GC32 Racing Tour is a very different venue to…
On the third day at sea, the MACIF trimaran is leading The Bridge fleet, followed by IDEC Sport, who clocked in just twenty miles behind. There is still a long way to go for François Gabart and his crew. They…
Bangkok, 27 June, 2017 – Thailand has been selected to host the Optimist World Championship 2017, and the event has now confirmed the participation of a total of 62 sailing nations with 280 sailors, a record-breaking landmark for this world…
LOS ANGELES, CA – The first wave of three starts to the 49th edition of the 2017 biennial Transpac Race starts next Monday, July 3rd, when 17 yachts in three monohull divisions will cross the line at Point Fermin in…
Cumberland Charter Yachts today announced that they have received the 2017 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. Now in its seventh year, the award celebrates tourism businesses that have consistently achieved great traveller reviews on Trip Advisor over the past year. Heather Leisman,…
The Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay, in association with the Coffs Harbour Yacht Club, has announced that the Pantaenius Newport to Coffs Coast Yacht Race will start in Pittwater on 27th December 2017. The race, previously run by Royal…
Sydney, Australia, June 28, 2017 – New South Wales Sports Minister Stuart Ayres today launched the SuperFoiler Grand Prix. It features the World's fastest foiling sail-racer on a new national circuit of racing commencing in December this year, to be televised on the…
For the second time in history, the America's Cup is headed to New Zealand after a comprehensive victory over Oracle Team USA in the 35th Match. The old adage says that the faster boat always wins the Auld Mug. Team…
Lisa Blair has resumed her attempt to become the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica, but her broken mast and subsequent repairs in Cape Town have meant she is now in the Southern Ocean in the depths of winter, with consequent…
During the 34th America's Cup in San Francisco, the Italian Luna Rossa syndicate worked closely with Emirates Team New Zealand, benefitting from the Kiwi design expertise while based at Auckland's Viaduct, near the ETNZ headquarters. This “design collaboration” was also…
As the new holder of the America's Cup, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Emirates Team New Zealand and the Italian Challenger of Record now have the right to decide when, where and in what craft the 36th America's Cup…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) today released the Notice of Race for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017, inviting eligible yacht owners to enter what is widely regarded to be one of the world’s toughest offshore racing…
It was another light wind day in Bermuda as the 35th America's Cup charged head-first towards its climax. Team New Zealand started the day leading Oracle Team USA 4-1 in the first to seven series and it was business as…
The 1977 Finn Gold Cup never happened. The winner of the renamed Finn World Week was never officially acknowledged as World Champion. Now, 40 years later, Spaniard, Joaquín Blanco has been acknowledged by the class and his peers as the…
On a windy final day at Kiel Week, Francesco Marrai charged past his rivals to clinch Laser gold by the smallest of margins on the final day of Kiel Week. Marrai’s fourth place in the Medal Race was sufficient to…
From one of the most dramatic last day 52 SUPER SERIES finales, Niklas and Catherine Zennström’s Rán Racing won the Porto Cervo 52 SUPER SERIES Audi Sailing Week title on the last downwind. While there was elation for the ice…
The Festival of Sails 2018 will run over the event’s traditional Australia Day long weekend timeslot and coincide with the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, offering an unprecedented amount of activity, entertainment and celebration of sport on the Geelong…
Oracle Team USA obviously made good use of the five day break in racing during the 35th America's Cup. Down 4-0 going into Saturday's two races, they came out with a lighter boat and a steely resolve. The cycling station…
It is game on at the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda with Emirates Team New Zealand out to a 4-1 lead over Team USA in the first to seven match – but with the Americans getting their first point on…
Porto Cervo: It was the second last day of competition and the four days of racing at the Audi Sailing Week -52 Super Series have been suspenseful so far with several TP52 teams alternating in the leading positions. After today,…
After a week of festivities in Nantes, France, MACIF arrived in St. Nazaire on Thursday evening, with François Gabart and his crew now concentrating on the start of The Bridge, at 7pm on Sunday local time in St.Nazaire. Joining three…
The 40th Barmouth to Fort William Three Peaks Yacht Race in the United Kingdom was full of drama, adventure, close racing, elation and disappointment – and that is the nature of this iconic race which was described by competitors as,…
This morning at 8:16 local time Nicolas Lunven on board his Bénéteau Figaro 2 Generali crossed the Stage 4 finish line completing the gruelling 505-mile course from Concarneau to Dieppe in fourth place, securing the top of the General Standings…
Wednesday’s transgression may be two days behind them, but Quantum Racing’s hard driving tactician Terry Hutchinson has in no way put the opening day mistake behind him, despite climbing to the top of the Porto Cervo 52 Super Series Audi…
The only thing decided about the outcome of the 48th edition of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro is that the leaders should cross the finish line in Dieppe tomorrow morning between 7 and 9am. But in what order remains to…
(Thursday 22nd June, Porto Cervo) – For two of the 2017 season’s top 52 Super Series teams the familiar waters of Porto Cervo, Sardinia have been something of an emotional rollercoaster. The oft heard cliché that so competitive is the…
Jon Sanders is crossing the Pacific from east to west on his 10th circumnavigation of the globe. His amusing blogs contain gems of wisdom as well as plenty of entertainment value. When Magellan entered the Pacific from the Straight that…
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