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Provezza versus Platoon in 52 SUPER SERIES 2023 title shoot out in Puerto Portals, Mallorca next week Next week the Bay of Palma will be the scene for one of the most exciting title showdowns in the history of the…
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Aussies Set to Fly at Kite Euros
A strong Aussie contingent has landed in the UK to prepare for their assault on the 2023 Formula Kite European Championships, which are set to launch from Eastney Beach in Portsmouth with racing from the 19th to 24th of September. Australian Sailing…
Kiwis dominate on practice day in Vilanova i La Geltrú
After the hype and speculation dockside, ultimately it was form that shone through as Emirates Team New Zealand put on a dominant masterclass to win all three of the Practice Races in style. The tone for the day was set…
Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023 – Day 5
13 September 2023 – Torquay, UK – Torquay finally delivered perfect sailing conditions for day five of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023, where the previously abandoned race four was re-sailed in glorious sunshine and a south-south-easterly breeze which built from…
Charlie Cumbley leads British clean sweep at OK Dinghy European Championship on Lake Garda
Charlie Cumbley, from Britain has won the 2023 OK Dinghy European Championship on Lake Garda, hosted by Circolo Vela Arco. He led a British clean sweep with Nick Craig in second and Matt Howard in third. He becomes only the…
San Diego Yacht Club Assumes the Lead on Day 3 of Rolex NYYC Invitational Cup
NEWPORT, R.I. — On a taxing day where the wind shifts were as much as 40 degrees with lanes of pressure next to little-to-no wind, the San Diego Yacht Club, led by helmsman Tyler Sinks, moved into the overall lead…
14th Bartercard Sail Paradise 2023 – Aramex steps up
TEAM ARAMEX IS GOING TO BRING IT Team ‘Aramex,’ the 2022 Sail Paradise Champions, are gearing up for another thrilling competition. Owners Steve Curtis and Kerry Noyes, and their passionate crew, are eager to take on this year’s fleet with…
Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta Registration is Now Open
The Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta committee is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 35th edition of our regatta. The regatta will be held in Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua April 17th – 22nd, 2024. Take advantage of the EARLY BIRD…
Emirates Team New Zealand prepare for first Racing of 37th America’s Cup
Emirates Team New Zealand are gearing up for the first Preliminary Regatta of the 37th America’s Cup, to be contested later this week in Vilanova i La Geltrú. It marks the first occasion of competitive racing since the team successfully…
Jump aboard Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship now!
Entries are now being accepted for the 2023 Nautilus Marine InsuranceSydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), with the entry form online at the official website where the Notice of Race can also be found. To be held on 25 and…
Underdogs Turn Form Guide on its Head on Day 1 of Rolex NYYC Invitational Cup
NEWPORT, R.I. — On a day when Rhode Island Sound served up some very shifty conditions, helmsman Cristian Frers and the Yacht Club Argentino crew posted a dominant scoreline of 2-1-2 to take the early lead at the eighth Rolex…
Jan Kurfeld leads OK Dinghy Europeans on Garda at halfway stage
Jan Kurfeld, from Germany, leads the 112 boat OK Dinghy fleet at the 2023 European Championship on Lake Garda, hosted by Circolo Vela Arco. Three more races, with six group races, were sailed on Tuesday in a range of generally…
Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023 – Day 3
12 September 2023 – Torquay, UK – Day three of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023 brought yet more ultra-shifty and variable breeze, this time from the northwest quadrant, which built from around six knots at the start of racing…
Team Australia Challenge – Selection Camp
Team Australia Challenge is the official entry for the Youth and Women’s regattas in the 37th America’s Cup, Barcelona 2024. Since announcing the national entry in April 2023 and opening applications from sailing athletes around Australia we have had an…
Women’s Foiling Gold Cup – Lake Garda
Team Australia Challenge was able to gain a highly valuable entry in the inaugural Women’s Foiling Gold Cup in Lake Garda on the 69F mono hull at the end of August, enabling 5 female athletes who were currently in European…
Dual Defending Champs Prepare for 8th Edition of Corinthian Sailing Classic
NEWPORT, R.I. — Of the many illustrious clubs from around the world that have competed in the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, the premiere fleet regatta for Corinthian crews, two have most consistently demonstrated the slick boatspeed and…
Four races and four winners on Day 1 of OK Dinghy European Championship on Lake Garda
The 2023 OK Dinghy European Championship at Circolo Vela Arco began Monday with four races in 10-15 knots of hot southerly breeze that gave everyone a challenge. The race wins went to Jens Eckardt of Denmark and Britain’s Matt Howard…
Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023 – Day 2
11 September 2023 – Torquay, UK – The second day of racing at the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023 in Torquay brought an intensely fought second race and more than a few dramatic incidents. Just as the race was about…
SailGP – Aussie Base Tour
Pulled out the parental priority base tour invite here in St Tropez as the Australia SailGP Team were preparing for Round 3 of Season 4. Space is a bit tight here so teams are sharing tents and the Aussies are…
The 2024 Tasar Worlds at SYC Await!
Set sail for an extraordinary adventure in the world of sailing! The 2024 Tasar World Championship is just around the corner, and it promises to be a sailing spectacle like no other. But the clock is ticking! If you’re planning…
How the teams are looking ahead of the first preliminary regatta in Vilanova i La Geltrú
So, what do we know now? The pre-event practice racing that has been held in Barcelona ahead of the first Preliminary Regatta in Vilanova i La Geltrú from the 14-17 September 2023, has given us an early look into the…
Spectacularly emotional start to Ocean Globe
50 years of sailing history on display on the SolentTHE OGR is ON! 10th September 2023 History was made anew today as the cannons of the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, signaled the start of the inaugural McIntyre Ocean Globe mirroring…
Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023 – Day 1
10 September 2023 – Torquay, UK – No matter how difficult the conditions, the cream always rises to the top in sailing, and today was an excellent example of that adage. Despite extremely shifty conditions and tense competition at the…
Record turnout for OK Dinghy Europeans on Lake Garda
After a long wait, the 2023 OK Dinghy European Championship has opened at Circolo Vela Arco (CVA) on Sunday evening with a star-studded line up. 115 sailors from 15 nations will race a 10-race series over the next four days….
Winners crowned in Hvide Sande
Report from Final day – Hvide Sande, Denmark French athletes dominated the podiums at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Hvide Sande. On the final day of the competition the wind did not fill in. So we crowned the winners at…
Aussies break Saint Tropez SailGP curse securing podium finish
SAINT TROPEZ- 10 SEPTEMBER, 2023- Tom Slingsby and his Australian crew have finally broken their ‘Saint Tropez curse’, securing second place at the France Sail Grand Prix I Saint Tropez. Following the catastrophic structural failure of the New Zealand Team’s…
Emirates Great Britain prevail in superb final race to win in Saint-Tropez
SAINT-TROPEZ – September 10, 2023 – Sir Ben Ainslie and his Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team ended a two and half year event win drought with a masterful performance at the France Sail Grand Prix final. In front of a…
Dragon Gold Cup 2023 – Dragons Ready To Race In Torquay
9 September 2023 – Torquay, UK – Forty-nine teams from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, the UK, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden and Turkey are gathered in Torquay for the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023 which…
Double Victory – Nia Suardiaz Claims Two World Titles in Denmark
WOMEN’S ELIMINATIONS 8-14 The athletes had a second early start on day five of the competition to take advantage of the 8-15 knots of cross offshore breezes blowing over Hvide Sande’s beautiful dunes just after dawn. Nia Suardiaz clinched her…
Super Swedes Svea are Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup J Class Champions for a second time
There was insufficient wind to sail the final scheduled races at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Sardinia. Although the maxi fleets went afloat and the J Class started a short coastal race it…
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup concludes with Bella Mente victory
Issued by the International Maxi Association on 09/09/2023 Final races of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, run by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, started but couldn’t finish due to a lack of wind….
Dramatic race day in Saint-Tropez as New Zealand wing collapses
No athletes injured in incident after New Zealand had finished day one second in standings behind ROCKWOOL Denmark at France Sail Grand Prix SAINT-TROPEZ – September 9, 2023 – The New Zealand SailGP Team faces a race against time to…
FreeFly-Slalom discipline has kicked off in Denmark
Report from day Four – Hvide Sande, Denmark WOMEN’S ELIMINATIONS 1-7 Following two days of light and unstable breezes, the athletes again had an early start to make the most wind and have a chance of getting a FreeFly-Slalom result…
1 week to go – the America’s Cup comes to Vilanova i La Geltrú
The first Preliminary Regatta on the road to the 37th America’s Cup begins in the beautiful Catalan port of Vilanova i La Geltrú from the 14-17th September 2023 and promises to be one of the most hotly contested regattas anywhere…
Australia’s Tom Slingsby throws jabs at NZ Driver Peter Burling ahead of France SailGP Showdown
SAINT TROPEZ- 08 SEPTEMBER, 2023 – As the France Sail Grand Prix approaches, shots have been fired between the two sailing powerhouses, Australia and New Zealand. At this morning’s pre-event press conference, Australian driver Tom Slingsby admitted last season’s dramatic…
United States capsizes as SailGP teams push final practice to the limit in Saint-Tropez
SAINT TROPEZ – September 8, 2023 – With just three points between the top five teams in the Season 4 standings, and a new first-time winner in Spain at the last event, the SailGP field has never felt more open…
Open Season breaks Spirit of Lorina’s winning streak at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Issued by the International Maxi Association on 08/09/2023 The Costa Smeralda on Sardinia’s northeastern tip is laying on the full array of conditions for this week’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with…
Peter Peet takes Finn European Masters title after tense final day
Peter Peet, from The Netherlands, has won the 2023 Finn European Masters at Campione del Garda, Italy, after a nervous last day with a long wait for wind and then two more challenging races in light and shifty winds. Britain’s…
Sydney to Auckland – One Month from the Start Line
Final preparations are in full swing for the 7th October start of the Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race, the longest and potentially toughest race on the Australian/New Zealand offshore racing calendar this year. A diverse fleet of yachts ranging from…
28m yacht Andiamo destroyed by blaze in Sydney
Written by Dea Jusufi – BOAT International The remains of a yacht destroyed by a fire have now largely sunk at the historic Woolwich Dock in Sydney Harbour. Believed to be the 28.4-metre Andiamo built by Azzura, the incident happened…
