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Palma, 30th July 2023 With racing at the 41st Copa del Rey MAPFRE due to start Monday on the Bay of Palma, the weekend has seen final tuning and preparations being completed, as nearly 100 teams, representing 16 different nations,…
‘Full on, fruity, but steady conditions’ was the word from David Campbell-James, the PRO today leading the racing in Portland Harbour. With consistent direction and average wind speeds of 20-23 knots, the yellow and blue fleets launched, managing a single…
Andoo Comanche has claimed Line Honours in the 384 nautical mile Noakes Sydney Gold Coast, for the second year in a row. The VPLP/Verdier Maxi 100, skippered by John Winning Jr, crossed the line at 4.34am in 1 day, 15…
Hanse Yachts Germany announces new 410 with optional electric propulsion and unmatched space that will revolutionise 40-foot sailing yachts. Following the success of the Hanse 460 and 510 from the yacht designers of Berret-Racoupeau, Hanse Yachts is now launching the…
Article by Ben Remocker Ruben and Rita Booth (AUS) hung on all week, surviving a late challenge, to win the 2023 Junior World Championships by three points. In the final race they found themselves outside of the top ten while…
Article by Ben Remocker The Junior U23 World Championship for Olympic 49er and 49erFX sailors concluded at Travemünder Woche with competitive racing and up and down the leaderboard. More than 100 teams came to show their skill and compare their…
Weymouth deliversAfter the many months of anticipation and a week of intermittent rain, Weymouth delivered the finest of days for the 29er practice race and welcoming opening ceremony, with 22 knots of wind and sparkling sunshine. Sailors from all around…
Volos, Greece – Three races were completed on the penultimate day of the 2023 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by the Nautical Club of Volos & Argonauts. The first two races were sailed in a southeasterly breeze of 8–10…
A textbook start was delivered to those competing today in the 2023 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. Fifty-seven boats assembled on the start-line at 1300hrs, before they began tacking and weaving their way across Sydney Harbour out toward the…
Congratulations to the Aussie finishers in the 2023 Rolex Fastnet Race. From my sofa, it looked like a very tough race! Jules Hall and Jan Scholten in their J/99 Disko Trooper Contender Sailcloth IRC Two-Handed – 14th out of 96…
CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, 28 July: One of the strongest competitions within the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 50th Rolex Fastnet Race was in the ever-swelling ranks of IRC Two-Handed, mostly populated from IRC Two and IRC Three. This has steadily grown since it…
Volos, Greece – Three races were completed today at the 2023 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by the Nautical Club of Volos & Argonauts. Clear skies and a southeasterly breeze of 14–16 knots were the perfect conditions to launch…
by Paddy Butler – Hobie 14 World Champion 2023 Was there ever a doubt Team Australia wouldn’t pull off The Italian Job…On the final day of the Queensland State Championships at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Rod Waterhouse came to…
Press ReleaseLes Sables d’Olonne, 27th July 2023 For the 5th time, Skipper, Founder, and Managing Director of Innovation Yachts, Norbert Sedlacek Koch is attempting to become the first sailor ever to sail around the world single handed, non-stop, and without…
Rivergate Marina & Shipyard sponsored the recent Captains’ Lunch at the 10th Australia Tahiti Rendezvous, held at Marina Taina, Papeete, Friday 8 July 2022. Among the 27 vessels that attended were: “Numbers were up by a third on last year,”…
WHAT:Please be advised that Pyrmont Bridge (Darling Harbour) will swing open at 11.45am on Monday 31st July 2023 as three Australian on-water record holders take their berth in preparation for the upcoming 54th Sydney International Boat Show. WHO:Michelle Lee: The…
The Brand-New Bali 4.6 at Sydney International Boat Show – Make your VIP Booking to Inspect this Luxury Yacht SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW 3 – 6 August 2023 Brand-new Catana Bali 4.6 catamaran is here. She will be at the…
Leading Australian and New Zealand dealer Eyachts, is set to make a splash at the Sydney Boat Show with their biggest stand ever, featuring four exciting brands; RAND, Axopar, Pardo Yachts and Greenline Yachts. Located at the main entrance in…
Book Your Inspection Appointment at the Sydney International Boat Show One of the biggest events on the boat show calendar, the Sydney International Boat Show will begin next Thursday, and we look forward to showing you through our extensive range…
Ray White Marine and Ahoy Club have jointly announced “Australia’s largest luxury yacht auction”, set for 5 August in Sydney. The largest yacht to be sold is the 46-metre Benetti Mistress. The 1990-built vessel was refitted last year and features…
NZ’s biggest multi-day keelboat regatta – Bay of Islands Sailing Week – has opened entries for the next edition of the event, to be held from 23-26 January 2024. Bay of Islands Sailing Week – dubbed “NZ’s best big boat…
SAILGP’S FIRST VISIT TO LOS ANGELES MADE HISTORY, WITH SPAIN TRIUMPHING OVER AUSTRALIA AND ROCKWOOL DENMARK TO CLAIM ITS FIRST EVENT WIN. The Port of Los Angeles hosted SailGP’s tightest racecourse yet, resulting in plenty of close calls, near misses…
Press Release New York, 27 July 2023The maxi trimaran Sails of Change set out from New York at 13:10:08 UTC on Thursday in an attempt to break the trans-Atlantic record. Yann Guichard and his 11-strong crew arrived in the United…
Report from Day Five – Sotavento, Fuerteventura FINAL EVENT WRAP-UP The final day of the competition at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup in Fuerteventura saw the climactic finale of three days of FreeFly-Slalom action with the 40 men battling through…
PRESS RELEASE: 27 July 2023 CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, 27 July: The outcome of IRC Two hung in the balance until the very end, but it was Juzzy who came through to win at the end, as the fleet arrived in a wet,…
PRESS RELEASE: 27 July 2023 CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, 27 July: Gilles Fournier and his family and friends on Pintia couldn’t quite believe they had managed to win IRC One after such a close battle with Sunrise III. Having raced offshore regularly for…
Volos, Greece – Two races were completed today at the 2023 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by the Nautical Club of Volos & Argonauts. The competitors took to the water around 11:15, thankfully in lower temperatures than yesterday, but…
PRESS RELEASE: 26 July 2023 While there was some serious 40ft competition and much new hardware in IRC Zero, some of the most impressive offshore racers of this size were competing in the Class40. Remarkably after 20 years of existence,…
Report from day Four – Sotavento, Fuerteventura Suardiaz claims FreeFly-Slalom victory in Fuerteventura WOMEN’S ELIMINATIONS 8-15: The women’s compact fleet of 10 allowed another eight races, to bring their total to 15. Nia Suardiaz appeared utterly unstoppable. By the end…
PRESS RELEASE: 26 July 2023 CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, 26 JULY 2023: Max Klink’s Botin 52 Caro has been crowned overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race. After being confirmed as winner of IRC Zero yesterday, no other boat still racing on the…
Volos, Greece – Today was the first day of racing at the 2023 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by the Nautical Club of Volos & Argonauts. Two races were completed in a southeasterly breeze, averaging 7–10 knots with gusts…
PRESS RELEASE: 25 July 2023 The overnight steady stream of finishers into Cherbourg-en-Cotentin at the end of the Rolex Fastnet Race slowed over the course of today as the wind has gone light over the western English Channel. This was…
The Junior U23 World Championship for 49er and FX sailors has kicked off at Travemünder Woche in Germany, and the first day of racing has brought forth some consistent performances from emerging top sailors. With the offshore winds proving to…
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, USA (July 24, 2023) – The year 2023 marks exactly 40 years since the U.S. lost the America’s Cup to Australia on the world stage of Newport, R.I. That moment in sports history might not have gotten…
An incredible 5 days of WASZP action came to a head on the beautiful waters of Quiberon, with 4 races completed creating a 17 race series, it has to go down as one of the most spectacular foiling events in…
Report from day Two – Sotavento, FuerteventuraSurf-Freestyle winners crowned in Fuerteventura MEN’S ROUND 5, SEMI FINALS & FINAL: Day two of the competition saw the closing heats of the Surf-Freestyle discipline played out in gusty conditions on Sotavento’s turquoise waters…
A fleet of 57 boats is locked in for the 2023 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race which starts on Saturday 29 July 2023 @ 13:00. This is the 37th Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, hosted by the Cruising…
With the next Vendée Globe taking place next year, so the IMOCA turn-out for this year’s special 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race featured an impressive 29 boats, including much new hardware. These included reigning IMOCA class champion Charlie…
Report from day One – Sotavento, Fuerteventura Surf-Freestyle battle has kicked off in Fuerteventura MEN’S ROUND 1-4: Twenty-eight men and 12 women from 14 nations battled in the opening rounds Surf-Freestyle discipline in gusty winds that varied from 24 to…
Having been so dramatically pipped at the post by Maxi Groupe Edmond de Rothschild in the last breath of the 2019 race, François Gabart and his team, this time racing the giant 32m long flying trimaran SVR Lazartigue, rectified this…
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