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Issued on behalf of: World Sailing The stage is officially set for the 2023 Youth Sailing World Championships in Armação dos Buzios, Brazil. Racing for the the 52nd edition of the event begins tomorrow with the world’s best young sailors battling…
With Jimmy Spithill announcing his retirement from SailGP Jimmy Spithill has steered Australia to a podium finish in Dubai, in a nail biting final that saw multiple lead changes and a near pile up in the last mark. The super…
Today’s Trophy: Sid Barnett Jr Memorial TrophyToday’s Race Sponsor: Rag & Famish HotelSunday, 10 December 2023 A last minute decision by skipper Harry Price to sail his first 18ft skiff race of the season proved successful when he steered…
International sailors claimed the top four places in the overall championship, with Francesco Bertone proving consistency will be the key to winning the International WASZP Games next week. The tight racing is a feature of the WASZP class, with every…
DUBAI, 9 December 2023- The Australia SailGP Team emerged as the front-runners on the opening day of the Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas. Despite a change in the helming position, replacement driver Jimmy Spithill led the Australian…
In 2023 Australian Sailing launched our inaugural Youth Squad, which is a program of training and learning via coaching and webinars that prepares youth sailors for international competition in a squad environment. The Youth Squad supports the work being done by…
A whole season of change in less than two months sets up UAE event as a must-watch DUBAI – December 8, 2023 – As the season approaches the halfway point, SailGP is preparing for a show-stopping weekend when the league…
The second day of the WASZP Nationals witnessed tumultuous conditions as an unrelenting Northerly weather system descended upon Sorrento Sailing & Couta Boat Club, testing the 80-strong WASZP Fleet. Ironically, the day commenced with the abandonment of the first race…
Congratulations to Zac West with his team Jameson Prescott, James Hayhoe, Emily Keg, Brooke Wilson, (RSYS), 29th Champion of the HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship 2023. In a thrilling final between Ben Tylecote from GBR representing Rutland Sailing Club and…
The Australian Nationals for the WASZP event kicked off with an exciting yet challenging start as the inaugural day faced unstable and unseasonable winds. The day began with a prolonged waiting period as participants eagerly awaited the opportune moment to…
There will be twelve Olympic nation quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympics available when this year’s Sail Sydney commences for Olympic classes next Monday. This year’s event is doubling as the Oceania Qualifier for the Paris Olympic Games, with one…
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, is pleased to announce the names of the Race Officials who have been appointed for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition. The 59 International Technical Officials from 33 nations are spread…
The Ocean Race, the toughest and longest test of a team in sport, has taken the top prize in the Sustainability category of the 2023 International Sports Awards, hosted by the International Sports Convention. The Award recognises the efforts of the…
By Margherita Pelaschier / Global Solo Challenge Challenges are the order of the day for the fifteen competitors still in the Global Solo Challenge. The attrition that took place even before crossing the starting line has been relentless. Ffrom a list of almost…
McIntyre OGR still fighting after 6,000 miles of Southern Ocean Racing Hours Separate Leaders In Nail-Biting Finish toward Auckland If there was ever an appropriate time to roll out the clichés ‘nail-biting finish’, ‘too close to call’, and ‘down to…
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor SailGP The first all-female training session has taken place in Dubai, with SailGP’s line-up of female athletes training in new positions on board the F50. The session, held ahead of this weekend’s racing in Dubai, took…
Jimmy Spithill, former driver and CEO of the United States SailGP Team, has taken learnings from his first training session on board with the Australia Team at the Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas. With Spithill replacing…
The must-attend event for 12mR boats in 2024 From 17 to 23 June 2024, Porquerolles Yacht Club will be organising the 12mR World Championship, one of the most prestigious sailing events and a must for the class. A real America’s…
At the start in Le Havre in late October, a series of powerful low-pressure systems were sweeping across the Atlantic. One storm came after another and upset the arrangements. The organisers and Race Directors faced a tricky weather situation which…
Multihull Central and Corsair Trimarans in partnership with the Royal Motor Yacht Club of Port Hacking are pleased to announce a TRI-Sailing Day on the 16th of December between 10am-2pm. We invite all those interested in testing the exhillartion of sailing…
Report from day one | Fuwairit, Qatar | Words: Caroline Morris | Photos: Svetlana Romantsova The Visit Qatar GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup Finals kicked off with twenty registered athletes set to compete at the paradise Fuwairit Kite Beach, Qatar. …
The present leaderboard at the 2023-24 NSW 18ft skiff Championship is unclear because of a complicated protest, relating to last Sunday’s Race 4, which is due to be held prior to next Sunday’s two races in the series on Sydney…
It was a victory 15 years in the making – celebrated with a spicy rum and ginger ale after attending to parenthood duties. Manly’s Daniel “Ruffy” Turner is finally a NSW 16ft Championship-winning skipper after turning in a near faultless campaign…
The HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship is the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) most prestigious youth sailing event, which brings together talented youth sailors from around the world, for 4 days of hotly contested Match Racing. The event provides a…
Photos by Andrea Francolini | CYCA Nine of the best performing maxi racing yachts in Australia competed in ideal sailing conditions with an 18kt NE breeze on Sydney Harbour this afternoon in the fifth and final race of the 2023 Raymarine Australian…
The 2023 HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship, a Grade 3 match racing event, and one of the most prestigious sailing events for youth sailors, commenced on Monday, at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) in Newport, Australia. The event has attracted…
The Oceanbridge Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta is back fighting fit after last year’s weather-related cancellation, which was only the second in the event’s 184 year history. Organisers are predicting a bumper turnout of both entrants and spectators on Monday 29…
Danish Sailor Magnus Overbeck emerged triumphant by a mere 1-point margin, outpacing European challenger Ettore Botticini from Italy in near-perfect conditions at the Sorrento Sailing & Couta Boat Club. Overbeck, a runner-up in the European Games to world rankings leader…
There is less than a month to go before the 2024 World Championships kicks off at Sandringham Yacht Club on the waters of Port Phillip. So far 100 Tasars have entered with competitors coming from all over the world, a…
65 boats started the penultimate fixture in the six-race 2023/24 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore at 1900hrs on Friday evening. The 172 nautical mile 2023 Cabbage Tree Island Race proved extremely challenging for skippers and tacticians this year as…
Words: Liz Rountree The ‘Garda of the South’ delivered with a picture-perfect sea breeze for Saturday’s Combined Clubs Long Race, hosted by the Bellerive Yacht Club. “It was a nice day out on the water – for once,” jokes Stewart…
With entry just opened, competitors are already gearing up for the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) Pittwater Regatta, to be held from 9-11 February, 2024 and incorporating the NSW ORC Championship, with the new addition of a Super 40…
Seahorse Magaizine have announced the winner of their December Sailor of the Month – our very own Emma Rankin from Pittwater. This season, Emma has jumped out of her F16 cat and into an 18ft Skiff (Shaw & Partners) with…
After 23 days and 64 races in Gran Canaria at the SSL Gold Cup it all came to the final four, and the Grand Final. The inaugural football world cup in sailing’s thrilling conclusion. It all started with 56 nations,…
Today’s Trophy: Alice Burton Memorial Trophy Today’s Race Sponsor: 18 Footers Bar & Restaurant Sunday, 3 December 2023 In contrast to the light, variable conditions of last Sunday’s opening day of the 2023-24 NSW 18ft skiff Championship, today’s…
The latest episode of Racing on the Edge, in partnership with Rolex, is undoubtedly the most lively and significant in the history of SailGP’s behind-the-scenes docuseries. It covers the transformation of the USA SailGP Team under new owners – spanning the…
Yesterday’s clouds and rain made way for sun and steady winds as Australia’s Olympic sailing stars emerged on the final day of racing at Sail Melbourne. Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Matt Wearn continued his fine 2023 winning the ILCA 7…
Article by Australian Sailing Team. Isaac Schotte and Amelia Wilson took out individual bronze medals in the ILCA-7 and Sailboard events to cap a week of racing at Iumi Water Sport Park at the 2023 Pacific Games. Isaac and teammate…
Swan 90 Berenice Cube first to finish in 12 days, 13 hours A lucky thirteen years after claiming line honours in ARC 2010, Marco Rodolfi is again first to the finish, this time in a faster 12 days 13 hours…
With the first rainclouds we’ve seen in Gran Canaria since the start of the competition, this was no normal day in the SSL Gold Cup. Everyone understood it was all on the line. Semi-Finals Day is where the last eight…
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