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Wednesday August 10, 2016, delivered some of the most extreme conditions ever experienced in Olympic sailing. Even the big boys in the Finn came in shaking their heads. Above you will see a selection of images by Jesus Renedo and…
It was a tough day for the windsurfers in Rio today, with conditions ranging from strong and gusty winds to low-pressure pumping on the inshore course. In the men's division, defending champion Dorian van Rijsselberghe (NED) snatched back the lead…
It was a good day for Australia on the Rio Olympic sailing courses and nowhere more so than in the Nacra 17 competition. Young Sydney cousins Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin won two of the four races sailed today and…
After two days of extreme conditions, Rio reverted to type today and delivered very light winds which caused delays in all classes. With none of the leading sailors in the top three of either race today, the Laser Radial leaderboard…
The light airs that followed two days of chaos at the Rio Olympics led to some high scores by even the top sailors and allowed both Robert Scheidt (BRA) and Tom Burton (AUS) to close the gap on Tonci Stepanovic….
Mat Belcher and Will Ryan are very careful sailors who know exactly what is required to win at a major regatta. And today they knew there was no percentage in trying to chase down the flying Croatians. What was required…
Defending champions Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie bounced back from the disappointment of a disqualification in the first race yesterday to lead the Women's 470 class by two points. The Kiwis were protested for crossing a starboard tack boat but…
The new McConaghy 31 is turning heads. Described as a TP 31, it's a smaller version of a TP 52, rather than a production boat. Think a pure race boat that's suitable for one-design and offshore racing with numerous options…
The Finn class started their Olympic regatta today on the course that will be used for the medal races and none of the sailors was at all complimentary about it. It sits directly underneath Sugarloaf Mountain which ceates big problems….
Gale force winds are giving the organizers of the Lysekil Women’s Match, the 2nd event on the 2016 WIM Series, a headache. Tuesday’s scheduled start of the round-robin had to be postponed until Wednesday morning:“Safety is always our highest priority….
Preparations are well underway for a record-breaking September at Porto Cervo's Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS). Both the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup & Rolex Maxi 72 Worlds (4 – 10 September) and the Rolex Swan Cup & Swan 45 Worlds…
As I packed my bags for Rio, I cogitated on the pile of electronic gadgetry I was taking with me. The photograph shows the difference between my kit for Rio 2016 and what I would have taken to Seoul in…
What a difference a day makes! Yesterday the Finn sailors at Rio 2016 complained of farcical conditions where the wind died or was impossible to read as it came straight down off Sugarloaf Mountain. Today they were on the Niterol…
Yesterday, sitting in 11th position and a long way off the lead, things looked bleak for the current World Laser Champion, Nick Thompson of Great Britain. But as so often happens at the Olympics, adversity brings out the best in…
Sailing in the same appalling conditions as the men, the Laser Radial contestants at Rio 2016 started to sort themselves out and a top three is starting to emerge. After her heartbreak at London 2012 when she missed a medal…
Undefeated until a few weeks ago since they won the Silver medal at London 2012, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have obviously put their loss in the South American championships behind them. After a poor start in the first race…
With 46 boats on the startline and the wind gusting from five to fifteen knots and swinging by up to 10 degrees, a good start was always going to be important as the first race of the Lasers got underway….
With no less than five consecutive wins in Lysekil Women’s Match, World #1 Camilla Ulrikkeholm Klinkby, DEN, is definitely the name to look out for this week. But Swede Anna Östling is aiming to win her home event for the…
Prominent businessman and yachtsman Graeme Wood is based in Sydney, but is a frequent visitor to Tasmania, both for business and to enjoy sailing on Hobart’s River Derwent.. On Sunday morning, Wood went sailing on River Derwent, steering his Hobart-based…
The Australian duo of Carrie Smith and Jaime Ryan will be making their Olympic debut in the 470W on Wednesday. It has been a tough road to Rio for the pair who have battled through injury in the last 15…
Although conditions were vastly improved at Rio 2016 today for the Laser sailors, every single one of the 46 strong fleet is now carrying a double-figure score after only four races. With the drop now in effect, Julio Alsogaray (ARG)…
There was major drama in the Laser Radial camp last night when defending Olympic champion Xu Lia (CHN) was disqualified for taking a penalty turn too late. On port tack, Xu had crossed American Paige Railey, who was forced to…
It was a great day at Rio 2016 for an Italian windsurfer with an Australian connection. A former partner of London Laser Gold medallist Tom Slingsby, Flavia Tartaglini has a lot of friends among the Australian sailing community. We were…
AIS on navigation screens has changed the way yachts and other vessels navigate through dangerous shipping areas. Its features make AIS a perfect vehicle for search and rescue. Now Rescue Me has taken advantage of these features and introduced the…
In January 2017, one of New Zealand's most important keelboat competitions – the IRC Nationals – will return to Bay of Islands Sailing Week, for the second year running. The IRC Nationals sees yachts race against each other under the…
Entry for Airlie Beach Race Week have closed and organisers from Whitsunday Sailing Club are thrilled to announce that a record 131 entries have been received, bettering the 126 boats that hit the water for the 25th anniversary in 2014…
Australian company Zhik is going from strength to strength with their new range of protection gear. As sailing becomes faster and protection gear more common, Zhik is releasing a range of gear to suit. One of the first products…
In what was a remarkable display of high speed offshore sailing, the Oatley family’s supercharged supermaxi, Wild Oats XI, has demolished the course record time she set in the Brisbane to Keppel race in 2011. After covering the 348 nautical…
The M32 Interclub Swan River Exhibition Race Series drew a huge crowd to Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club to watch the spectacular catamaran racing. Spectators enjoyed the magnificent view from the Club grounds and live video display on large screens…
The Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition will welcome the new, fast and intense 49erFX and over the Rio 2016 cycle, the Women's Skiff has not failed to disappoint. In its first Olympic outing, the 49erFX looks set to be one…
An unseasonal northeasterly offshore breeze on the Bay of Palma was forecast to abate in the afternoon allowing competition to continue on day three of the GC32 Racing Tour at 35 Copa del Rey. Sadly this did not come to…
Sailing will have more flag bearers than Beijing 2008 and London 2012 combined at the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the Maracana Stadium. In total, 13 athletes will lead their nation around the stadium this evening…
American sailor Lloyd Thornburg has set a new world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the island of Ireland.* His MOD70 trimaran Phaedo 3 crossed the finish line at Kish Lighthouse, Dún Laoghaire, just after 4am today (Friday 5th August…
The Apsu Superfood Multivitamin is built around four core pillars – energy, immunity, recovery and flexibility – and achieves this by using 42 superfood fruits and vegetables to optimise and help with the absorption of 16 essential vitamins, antioxidants and…
The Megapulse may well be the best product displayed at the recent Sydney International Boat Show last weekend. Invented by Ross Naddei from VEE Systems, the Megapulse is designed to improve battery longevity by reversing lead sulphate deposits on the…
As the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race teams returned to the UK capital at the weekend one of the twelve teams was presented with a very special award. Following its 40,000 nautical mile, eleven month long challenge of a…
Matt Allen has sailed his TP52, Ichi Ban, to an extraordinary victory in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2016 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, crossing the finish line in third place, beating many larger yachts to the…
Being a yachting administrator doesn’t give Mike Denney much time for sailing his own boat, Wild West, which he owns in partnership with his wife Michelle, on the River Derwent. Today was an exception and, as it turned out, one…
The two entries representing South Australia in the 2016 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race became early casualties after both sustained bow damage in separate incidents, joining a NSW yacht that was involved in one of those incidents, all…
LMAX Exchange, Skippered by Frenchman Olivier Cardin, was confirmed last night as winner of the tenth edition of the world’s longest ocean race, the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race. The team’s victory comes despite finishing the final race…
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