Tasmanian Racing!
Words: Liz Rountree Saturday’s Combined Clubs Long Race this Saturday kicks off a busy month of Summer yacht racing. Crews racing in the 4th round of the series hosted by the RYCT will be preparing for the club’s Bruny Island…
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Warren Jones Day 4 – Top contenders emerge
The penultimate day of the 20th Warren Jones International Youth Regatta was a hot and light day for sailors. With the last full day of racing on the schedule before Finals Day tomorrow, teams had their last chance to climb up…
IQFOiL Worlds – Keeping the pressure up
Luuc van Opzeeland and Emma Wilson continue to lead iQFOiL World Championships in Lanzarote for the third day in a row. Tomorrow will see a marathon and more Course Racing starting at 10:00 local time. Five more races were contested…
Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup – January Recap
With just seven months to go until the start of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, we check in with each team as they continue their prepartions. ‘PATRIOT’ SIGNS-OFF FROM ACTIVE SERVICE She’s one of the most recognisable AC75s in…
Ultims – Thoughts shared…
Three different ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE – Brest skippers spoke of their differing fortunes this evening. Thomas Coville, Anthony Marchand and Charles Caudrelier. Thomas Coville was arriving into Hobart, Tasmania for his technical stopover. As he stops Armel Le Cléac’h should…
iQFOiL World Champs – Luuc van Opzeeland and Emma Wilson continue to lead
“We had perfect conditions, between 12 and 16 knots of stable wind, nice waves, it was really perfect on the water.” Recalled Nico Goyard who now holds second place in the iQFOiL World Championship which runs until Saturday in Marina…
Warren Jones Day 3 – Fierce competition unfolds
Day 3 of the 20th Warren Jones International Youth Regatta was a near copy of yesterday’s light and hot conditions. After waiting on water for the breeze to fill in, the wind swung around providing perfect racing conditions. Today’s racing saw…
Matt Wearn wins back-to-back ILCA 7 World Champs
It is party time in Adelaide today for Matt Wearn, with the reigning Olympic Champion dominating the ILCA 7 World Championship Medal Race on his way to securing a second consecutive world title. The Perth-based athlete took an 8-point lead…
OGR Fleet Flying In The Fickle Fifties
McIntyre Ocean Globe Past Point Nemo – Cape Horn 1500 MILES TO GO! The McIntyre Ocean Globe fleet is pushing through the soft ‘Furious Fifties’ and the crews continue to embrace the ride, loving every minute. 50 degrees South is…
iQFOiL World Championships – Luuc van Opzeeland (NED) and Emma Wilson (GBR) leading
First markers laid down at the Olympic windsurfing class’s 2024 World Championship on the waters of Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Marina Rubicón (Lanzarote, Canary Islands), January 30, 2024 Lanzarote saw the first races of the 2024 iQFOiL world championships today. The…
Warren Jones International Youth Regatta – Day 2
Day 2 of the 20th Warren Jones International Youth Regatta got underway today with racing commencing this morning. Flight one saw sailors presented with light winds and a hot 35 degrees before being sent ashore to standby for the afternoon sea…
ILCA 7 World Champs – Day 5
Tokyo Olympic Champion Matt Wearn sits in the box seat at the ILCA 7 World Championships, with a dream day today ensuring he will be wearing the leader’s gold bib heading into tomorrow’s final double points Medal Race. Wearn posted…
Rough seas don’t deter small sailors
Rough seas don’t deter small sailors at the 184th Oceanbridge Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta Rough conditions for the 184th Oceanbridge Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta yesterday sent many of the keelboat entrants packing. But the high winds, at times gusting 25…
Warren Jones International Youth Regatta – Day 1
Eight teams have made their way to Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club for four days of high calibre racing in Swan River’s renowned conditions. Joining the seven Australian teams are three New Zealand teams and a team from the United States….
2024 Fireball Worlds – Runners and Riders – Royal Geelong Yacht Club
Geelong, Victoria – From February 5 to 16, 2024, the Royal Geelong Yacht Club will be the epicentre of fireball sailing excellence as it hosts the highly anticipated 2024 Fireball World Championships. Nearly 20 months since the last World Championship…
2024 iQFOiL World Champs – Day 1
The 212 Olympic windsurfers who have gathered in Lanzarote for the 2024 iQFOiL World Championships will have to wait until Tuesday for the first races. There was insufficient wind on Day 1 and the opening races are now programmed for…
GSC – Cole Brauer rounds Cape Horn, Ronnie Simpson next
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo Challenge In the dynamic and challenging realm of solo sailing, few feats are as awe-inspiring as navigating the treacherous waters of Cape Horn. In its first edition, the Global Solo Challenge has been graced…
Ultims – Looking to the future is the best way to deal with the past and the present
As the ARKÉA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest multihull solo race round the world passes into its fourth week since leaving Brest on Sunday 7th January most of the skippers have their own problems to deal with, some bigger than others. Since the…
2024 29er Asian Championships
Hosted in conjunction with Sun Hung Kai & Co. Hong Kong Race Week – organised by the Sailing Federation of Hong Kong, China and co – organiser Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. 270 sailors will take to the water to…
ILCA 7 World Champs – Day 4
Australia’s Matt Wearn has retained his narrow lead after the first day of Finals racing at the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships in Adelaide, putting a disappointing first race behind him to strike back with a race win in the…
Geelong Cadets heading to UK to compete in World Champs
From the waters of Corio Bay to the English seas off Plymouth, six young Geelong sailors are about to take on fellow young sailors from around the globe in the 2024 Cadet World Championships. The three two-person teams ranging in…
Cherub NSW – Lane Cove States Coming Up
The second round of the NSW Cherub State Championships for 2023/24 will be held at Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club on the 10th and 11th of February. We are looking forward to some tight racing after a successful Nationals…
Ultims – A new Indian Ocean record – The Ice exclusion zone, how does it work?
A new Indian Ocean record for Caudrelier, Le Cléac’h charge continues and The Sunday Question: The Ice exclusion zone, how does it work? Two hundred miles SW of the southern tip of South Island, making 34 knots in the Pacific…
FoS concludes with a parade of colour
Festival of Sails 2024 concluded its 181st edition with a day of shifty, lighter winds that saw some big jumps in standings across all nine divisions. Corio Bay was awash with colour as the courses spread the fleet across the…
18ft Skiffs – Race 3 Australian Championship
Smeg Race 3 Australian Championship – Ferry Patrons Trophy Sunday, 28 January 2024 – Sydney Harbour NSW champion Yandoo increased her lead at the halfway mark of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship today with a brilliant win by her crew in the Smeg…
ILCA 7 World Championships – Day 3
On a day where many stuttered, Matt Wearn stunned with a first and third to move into the lead at the half-way point of the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships in Adelaide. With light, variable breezes and athletes fighting for…
Congressional Cup swells to host 12 of the world’s top skippers in 59th event
(27 January 2024) – California’s Long Beach Yacht Club have announced the addition of two invitations for this year’s 59th edition of the Congressional Cup Regatta, 24 to 28 April 2024. As the season opening Championship event of the 2024…
Ultims – Guillaume Verdier – “Reliability comes first for me, by a long, long way”
Short news update Saturday. Anthony Marchand (Actual Ultim) has restarted after stopping in Cape Town for exactly 24 hours. He recrossed his stopping point at 1514hrs UTC this afternoon. Race leader Charles Caudrelier (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild) is racing along…
Katie Alexander races in her first ever Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race
It was a dream come true for 59-year-old novice sailor Katie Alexander yesterday when she was hoisted onboard the Trans-Pacific 52-foot yacht ‘Wot Eva’ to race in her first ever Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race. Diagnosed with a rare muscle…
SheSails & Youth at the Festival of Sails 2024
Festival of Sails had a women and youth sailors focus on day two, bookending the racing with the SheSails & Supporters breakfast, and a presentation with the local International Cadet fleet, specifically three skippers who finished in the top four…
ILCA 7 World Champs – Day 2
Australia has two sailors in the top four at the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships, with reigning World Champion Matt Wearn moving up to second and Luke Elliott holding on to fourth after day two. It was a long day…
Superyacht Cup Palma makes flying start to 2024 with a trio of first-time entrants
Superyacht Cup Palma has made a bright and flying start to 2024, with the 28th edition of Europe’s longest running superyacht regatta already happy to welcome a trio of first-time entries to the benchmark event. The Mallorcan festival of sail — this…
GSC – Cole Brauer near the peak of her Everest of the seas
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo Challenge This past week has been one post after another providing updates on the delicate and difficult descent for Cole Brauer, on her Class40 Number 54, First Light, towards the most legendary of capes,…
Festival of Sails Passage Race – Hooligan’s Maiden Victory
The 181st Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race challenged the 200 strong fleet with high winds and a steep, confused sea state. The Port Phillip start line was busier than peak hour, the messy battle for the boat-end with the bulk…
Bay of Islands – NZ’s best big boat regatta better than ever for its 100 entrants
A new venue this year has made New Zealand’s best big boat regatta even better, according to participants at the 21st Bay of Islands Sailing Week regatta this week in Opua. Despite entry numbers dwindling in the wake of Covid,…
RORC – Tigris win IRC Two-Handed
Gavin Howe and Maggie Adamson, racing Sun Fast 3600 Tigris (GBR), won IRC Two-Handed in the RORC Transatlantic Race after hand steering without the use of an autopilot for over 2,000 miles. Racing double handed across the Atlantic adds an…
Ultims – Race update - “Charles’ race is inspiring!”
This Friday evening ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest leader Charles Caudrelier (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild) has about 600 miles left to sail to the longitude of Tasmania and the entrance to the Pacific. Second placed Thomas Coville (Sodebo Ultim 3) reported that…
Elliott off Swiftly at ILCA 7 World Championships
Adelaide turned it on for day one of the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships, with Australian Sailing Squad athlete Luke “Swifto” Elliott the best of the Aussies in second after posting a win and a second from today’s two races….
2023/24 WASZP Australian Slalom Championship on Pittwater
Newport, Australia – 25 January 2024The highly anticipated 2023/24 WASZP Australian Slalom Championship continued on Pittwater today with an exhilarating final day of racing. The changeable weather conditions and back to back races challenged the exceptional skills of the world-class…
181st Festival of Sails Passage Race Preview
The Festival of Sails Passage Race has a stellar line up of over 200 boats racing from the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron to the Royal Geelong Yacht Club for the 181st edition on Friday 26 January. With a dual warning…
