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The weather could not have been better for yesterday’s opening day of Whitsunday Sailing Club’s 2016 Airlie Beach Race Week – or so we thought – but today‘s trade winds were enjoyed by the record 131 entries sailing across 10…
Kiwi favourites Peter Burling and Blair Tuke remain on top of the 49er table after six races of the 12 race qualifying series but are coming under pressure from the German crew of Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel. The Germans…
The inaugural 49erFX class is set for a classic regatta as positions remain close after half the qualifying series has been raced. With just 12 points from six races after discarding a UFD from the first race, the Danish crew…
How often can you score 15,11,11 in one day and still hold the lead in your class? That was the question Australians Jason Waterrhouse and Lisa Darmanin were asking themselves after a crazy day on the Rio course that saw…
Australian Laser sailor Tom Burton goes into Monday's medal race guaranteed a place on the podium. He finished the qualifying series 10 points behind Croatian Tonci Stipanovic and 10 points ahead of third-placed Sam Meech of New Zealand. It has…
With the qualifing series completed and only the double-points medal race to sail, London Silver medalist Marit Bouwmeester (NED) holds an eight point lead over Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) with Annalise Murphy (IRE) a further two points behind. Bouwmeester said she…
Sailing may well be an all year round activity in Australia, but it still gets cold at this time of the year. To counter the chilly months Gill Australia has brought in the new Thermoskin Skiff Suit and Thermoskin Top….
In excellent sailing conditions with bright sunshine and perfect winds, Thursday’s racing offered an exciting conclusion to the round-robin of the second round of Women's International Match racing. Not until the very last match of the day, Camilla Ulrikkeholm Klinkby…
We all know our sport is confusing to those less fortunate than ourselves who have never been sailing. And most of us bemoan the fact that it never gets any TV coverage. Well, perhaps the answer lies in this very…
The Whitsunday Sailing Club’s 2016 Airlie Beach Race Week opened with a bang, as the record 131 boats hit the water in ideal conditions averaging 15 knots in the Whitsundays today, putting a smile on all competitors’ faces. Back at…
Jake Liley (AUS) had an awful start to the Rio 2016 regatta with a 16th and a UFD which became his discard. But since then he has put together a great scorecard of 8,6,6,3,3 before another excellent day today whe…
Only one race was possible in the 470 mens competition today and Australians Mat Belcher and Will Ryan worked their way back from a poor position early in the race to finish second. Their major rivals, Sime Fantela and Igor…
While all around them were losing their heads, London 2012 Silver medalists Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark kept theirs. With unpredictable winds appearing and disappearing around the course, they put themselves in the right place at the right time and…
ISAF (as it was called then) made a massive blunder when they dropped the Tornado multihull from the Olympic sailing schedule after Beijing 2008. But admitting their mistake, they chose the Nacra 17 for these Rio Games and the decision…
Wednesday at lunchtime the racing at Lysekil Women’s Match, the 2nd event on the 2016 WIM Series, finally got going on the Swedish west coast. Halfway into the round-robin, local hope Anna Östling is the undefeated leader. But her fellow…
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…
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