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Invitation Race – Friday, 1 March 2024 The 75th regatta for the world’s premier 18 footer championship got underway on Sydney Harbour today when the Australian 18 Footers League hosted the Winnings 2024 JJ Giltinan Championship Invitation Race for the…
Nick Craig and Andy Davis traded race wins on the penultimate day at the 2024 Tan Lines OK Dinghy World Championship, hosted by Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, in Brisbane, Australia. They top the leader board, separated by just six points,…
Watch the full highlights from the spectacular first Qatar Airways GKA Kite World Tour stop of the year in Cape Verde. The iconic Ponta Preta break did not disappoint, as Airton Cozzoline and Moona Whyte claimed their crows at the…
Ponta Preta welcomed the GWA Wingfoil World Cup for its season opener in the most insane conditions. Watch how the competition unfolded from start to finish in Cape Verde 2024!
The Canary Islands are renowned for their breezy northeasterly trade wind conditions and today Lanzarote fully delivered this, with 20-25 knot winds and occasional gusts of 30. In this wind, plus the lumpy sea state, playing it safe and carrying…
Charles Caudrelier, winner of the ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest on Tuesday, may have been granted dream conditions for his victorious finish on Tuesday but thousands of well wishers braved the Breton drizzle to welcome home second placed Thomas Coville and his…
On 9th March 2024, the 114 nautical mile race across Bass Strait, organised by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria and supported by the King Island Boat Club, starts. The fleet will set off from Queenscliff bound for Grassy Harbour, and…
With the JJ Giltinan (world) 18ft Skiff Championship due to start on Sydney Harbour on Saturday (2 March), we have a good idea about the likely performances of many, or most, of the 27-boat fleet, but there is one team…
• Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas qualify for Gold Fleet in 26th• Japanese hold 1,2 & 5 on the leaderboard • Diesch & Markfort maintain 3rd for Germany • Race win lifts Lecointre & Mion to 4th despite a flappy gasket • British…
Australia secured its long-awaited first season 4 win by bouncing back from a calamitous start to beat New Zealand and Rockwool Denmark in front of home crowds. SailGP’s 5th visit to the iconic city of Sydney proved one to remember,…
A revolution in keelboat sailing, the highest-level competition, and the innovative Friends & Family Pass. The RS21 International Class Association proudly announces the official opening of the RS21 World Championship 2024. Set to be held at the distinguished Club Nautic…
Nick Craig has extended his lead at the 2024 Tan Lines OK Dinghy World Championship at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Brisbane, Australia, after two more races on the third day. He takes a four-point lead into the final series…
It’s been 14 years since the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) launched 10 Elliott 7s for the Mastercard Youth Training Programme, and with that fleet now safely delivered to their new owners at Buckland’s Beach Yacht Club (BBYC), the…
Issued on behalf of: World Sailing Marketability, Accessibility, Sustainability and Diversity World Sailing has published its Olympic Vision strategy which is aimed at strengthening the sport’s contribution to the Olympic Movement. Produced with the support of global consulting firm McKinsey…
The third and final round of the NSW Cherub State Championship for 2023/24 will be held at Saratoga Sailing Club on the 9th and 10th of March. We look forward to seeing who will come out on top after three rounds…
Llucmajor (Mallorca), 27 February 2024 Japan came to the 470 World Championship in Llucmajor, Mallorca, as defending champions. Lying in fifth place after three tricky, light-wind races is not at all a bad start for the 2023 World Champions Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka. However, they’re only the third-placed Japanese…
Nick Craig continues to lead the 2024 Tan Lines OK Dinghy World Championship at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Brisbane, Australia, after two more races on Tuesday in likely the windiest conditions of the week. Fellow Brit, Andy Davis remains…
Blessed with a perfect sunrise, flat seas and a modest 15kts breeze as he approached the long awaited finish line off Brest this morning Charles Caudrelier took time to enjoy the final ten miles of his solo multihull race round…
The Adam Barraclough Trophy Manly 16ft Skiff Club presentation nights can be noisy affairs as excitement levels hit their peak. But when it comes to one particular award, there is guaranteed silence. The Adam Barraclough Trophy is less than a…
Three Olympic classes will hold their World Championships on Spanish waters in the coming weeks, with the Mixed 470, 49er and 49erFX events likely to shape the prospects of Australia’s Paris 2024 hopefuls. Australia has secured the Paris Olympic nation…
The largest fleet in years will face starters orders when the 2024 Sydney 38 One-Design NSW Championship kicks off at the Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta this coming weekend when hungry crews will be out to topple recurring champion, Conspiracy,…
Fresh from an excellent third place on the RORC Caribbean 600 race and multiple training laps around the island of Antigua itself, the seven strong The Famous Project crew will leave Antigua on Tuesday 27th February for their first all-female…
26 FEBRUARY 2024: A tantalising three hundred miles from the finish line of the first ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE – Brest solo ULTIM round the world race, French skipper Charles Caudrelier spent his 50th birthday and his 50th day of racing…
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeOn Saturday February 24th at 3 minutes past 3 pm, local time, Philippe Delamare crossed the finish line by the breakwater of the Galician city of A Coruña winning the first edition of the…
Five-time OK Dinghy world champion Nick Craig opens 2024 World Championship with two bullets Nick Craig led a British clean sweep of race wins on the opening day of the 2024 Tan Lines OK Dinghy World Championship at the Royal…
For the second time in a row the Fareast 28R will see their own OD start at the Sydney Harbour Regatta, this time a healthy 8 competitors will be on the line for our Australian nationals which run 2-3 March….
The largest OK Dinghy event to ever be held south of the equator is all set to proceed after 112 sailors from seven nations completed equipment inspection and registration ahead of the start of the 2024 Tan Lines OK Dinghy…
Sogestran Seafrigo LHOR One (FRA), skippered by Guillaume Pirouelle won a nail-biting thriller in the Class40 division of the 2024 RORC Caribbean 600. Melwin Fink’s Sign for Com (GER) was second and third was James McHugh’s Tquila (GBR). A fierce battle for…
Sterna and Explorer Finally Finish Leg 3 of McIntyre OGR.Clock Ticking as Translated 9 set sail for Punta del Este!. The final two yachts racing leg three of the McIntyre Ocean Globe Race are in! Just as day broke under…
In second place in the ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest solo multihull round the world race, Thomas Coville is working west of the Azores high pressure system and has just under 1500 miles to the finish line in Brest. When he crosses,…
Club Championship and Season Point Score – Sunday, 25 February 2024 The Yandoo and Fisher & Paykel 18ft skiff racing teams took out the two major club racing championships conducted over the 2023-24 season by the Australian 18 Footer League,…
Aussies continue their reign at the top of SailGP Season 4 leaderboard SYDNEY – February 25, 2024 – Tom Slingsby and his Australian crew have been crowned the champions of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix I Sydney, flying home…
Saturday 24 february 2024 – After a three-day wait in Horta, in the main marina of the island of Faial, the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild headed back out to sea this Saturday 24 February at 10:45 UTC, which equates to…
SYDNEY – February 24, 2024 – Tom Slingsby and his Australian crew have delivered for the home crowd at the opener of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix, securing a solid second place but on equal points with Nicolai Sehested’s…
The all new Seawind 1170 will make its official Australian debut at the Seawind Display Days 1st and 2nd of March at Multihull Central in Annandale between 10am to 4pm. This is only hull number two of this brand new…
The full event highlights from the first stop of the 2024 season are now online! Enjoy the complete story from start to finish of the GKA Kite-Surf World Cup in Cape Verde, as Moona Whyte and Airton Cozzolino battled their…
After a brief winter break, the 44Cup resumes next week with the 44Cup Calero Marinas, first of the five event 2024 series, taking place out of Puerto Calero in Lanzarote. Three months ago, the high performance owner-driver one design RC44…
IRC Zero, IRC One & Class40 decided Antigua, 23 February 2024: On the fourth day of the RORC Caribbean 600, Thursday 22 February, class winners were decided for IRC Zero in the early hours, the Class40 division in the afternoon, and…
Competition peaks as SailGP’s ten national teams descend upon the waters of Sydney Harbour SYDNEY – February 23, 2024 – With just one day remaining until the highly awaited KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix takes place on the picturesque waters…
The future of Etchells sailing in both Western Australia – and right across the nation – is in good hands after a group of young guns won the last race of the WA Etchells States last weekend. Sailing alongside helmsman…
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