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Friday, 25 August 2023 By Lisa Ratcliff/HIRW media Hamilton Island Race Week’s 60-foot multihull behemoth Rex came close to their top speed on the penultimate day, hitting 37.8 knots of boat speed in the fresh south-easterlies. “Magic fast sailing,” said…
Press release issued by the International Maxi Association on 25/08/2023 Given the light, patchy forecast, the Palermo-Montecarlo, which set sail on Tuesday 22 August, yet again proved itself to be highly tactical demanding patience and utmost concentration from competitors. With…
If ever the cliché “labour of love” applied to the restoration of a vessel, then the 67-foot sailing yacht, Dreamtime takes the title. For never was a yacht, once abandoned on ‘death row’, so fortunate to find an admiring owner…
Day Two Report – Sylt, Germany The Qatar Airways GKA Kite World Tour has made its comeback to Sylt, in the northern part of Germany. This year’s event features the pure strapless-freestyle format, marking a shift from the previous two…
Sporting superstars came together at Hamilton Island Race Week today with the Matilda’s Kyah Simon taking time out following the FIFA Women’s World Cup to learn the fundamentals of a very different sport, from sailing’s best. While Simon and other…
IT’S ON AGAIN…. After a super-successful Regatta last year, we are excited to extend a warm invitation to women sailors to participate in this year’s South Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta(SAWKR). The Regatta is being held over three days on the…
Winners of two of the season’s three regattas so far, 2023’s circuit leaders Ergin Imré’s Turkish flagged Provezza made the strongest start to the Rolex TP52 World Championship today in Barcelona where three races were sailed in a light to…
It’s done! Our little rocket has left the workshop and hit the water for the first time. We were eager to watch her sail on Lake Geneva before sending her to the south of France for further developments. In addition…
Porto Cervo, 23rd August 2023. A fleet of around 50 maxi yachts is due to gather in Porto Cervo from 3rd to 9th September for the 33rd edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa…
Bill Lynn, President of the Herreshoff Marine Museum and the America’s Cup Hall of Fame, and Steve Tsuchiya, America’s Cup Hall of Fame Selection Committee Chair, invite you to join them for the 2023 America’s Cup Hall of Fame Induction…
15,483 young people engaged since Inspire’s inception, with new ambitious target set LONDON – August 23, 2023 – On its fourth anniversary, SailGP’s community, education and outreach initiative, Inspire, has celebrated a huge milestone in its ambition to diversify the…
Stunning Eurocup in Sandefjord Seilforeng – Norway One of the most spectacular venues on the WASZP calendar came to life last week, with the 2024 European Games venue turning on an event for the ages! 2023 European Games winner Markus…
The Orient Express Racing Team base at the western end of the Port Vell became an operational sailing base today with the maiden sail of their beautiful, new AC40 replete with its eye-catching blue and gold livery to match the…
Barcelona swelters as winds fail but conditions set to improve at Rolex TP52 World Championship Although the winds proved too light for competition on the first day of the Rolex TP52 World Championship which is based at the city’s Marina…
Day three of Hamilton Island Race Week 2023 saw a challenging day for the Nautilus Marine Insurance Classic Races. The hard-working Race Committee scheduled shorter courses given the lighter breeze forecast. The variable conditions that eventuated across the racetracks made…
Dunkerque, France Day two of the GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup in Dunkerque, where the Qatar Airways GKA Kite World Tour is making its first appearance, dawned with a building north-easterly breeze that provided the 24 men and 10 women from…
Calero Marinas – Marina Lanzarote, Arrecife, Canary Islands to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada Starting on 7th January 2024, the 3,000-mile race across the Atlantic Ocean is organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club and supported by Calero…
Press release issued by the International Maxi Association on 21/08/2023 The 18th Palermo-Montecarlo yacht race sets sail from the Mondello district of Palermo, Sicily tomorrow and will be the concluding event in the International Maxi Association’s 2022-23 Mediterranean Maxi Offshore…
Predicted light winds mean Rolex TP52 World Championship will be a test of metres won and lost No official practice race was possible today at the Rolex TP52 World Championship as the light breezes off Barcelona proved insufficient to allow…
Issued on behalf of: World Sailing The Allianz Sailing World Championships has been described as “inspirational and historic” after two new Olympic classes and Para Sailing made their first appearance at the quadrennial event. Over 1,100 athletes competed in sailing’s…
Sailors were rewarded for keeping their eyes out of the boat on the second day of Hamilton Island Race Week. Yesterday’s opening day reminded all sailors of the challenges of the tides here – meaning if they are not working…
Dr Simon Torvaldsen’s brand new JPK 11.80 “Atomic Blonde” follows in the tradition of his previous JPK a Winner of WA’s prestigious Siska Trophy in 2021. Made in Australia for JPK Pacific by Innovation Composites the new JPK 11.80 will…
Honouring a pioneer boat builder in the 18s One of the famous boat names in the 18 footers 131-year history is ‘Donnelly’, which originated in the 1890s, to honour a pioneer boat builder, and remained on Sydney Harbour until the…
Caracole (SUI 214, Bernard HAISSLY, Daniel STAMPFLI, Nicolas BERTHOUD) has cleaned up in the 5.5 Metre fleet at Cercle de la voile de Grandson, on Lac de Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Just two days after winning the Swiss Open, they also won the…
World Sailing is pleased to announce the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia as the host of the 2023 World Sailing Youth Match Racing World Championship, to be conducted from Saturday 9 December to Friday 15 December 2023. The event will…
Issued on behalf of: World Sailing Hungary’s Maria Erdi came through an exceptionally tight medal race to claim the final gold of the 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships in The Hague. The 25-year-old went into the ILCA 6 medal race…
Perth’s Matt Wearn has broken through for his maiden ILCA 7 World Championship, breaking a run of three consecutive silver medals. The World Championship Gold will sit neatly alongside the Olympic title he collected at Tokyo 2020 and sets him…
17 August 2023 – Cowes, UK – The fifth and final race of the 75th Edinburgh Cup and UK Dragon Grand Prix sponsored by Clear Solutions was reminiscent of the great 12 Metre battles of the America’s Cup, as two…
Australia’s ILCA 7 Olympic Champion Matt Wearn has pulled off a stunning final Gold fleet race to build an unassailable 20-point lead going into tomorrow’s Medal Race at the Sailing World Championships. Wearn came into the day in second place…
Ireland steps up to the challenge As the sun sets on the final day of the of the 2023 European Championships, sailors, coaches, volunteers and parents gathered to celebrate what has been an incredible week of extremely challenging racing, hosted…
By Blue Robinson/HIRW media Perfect opening day at Hamilton Island Race Week Hamilton Island Race Week 2023 got underway in stunning conditions, with sunshine and a south-easterly breeze of 18-22 knots for the fleet of close to 180. The thirteen…
Home supporters were treated to the first Dutch gold medals of the Allianz Sailing World Championships as Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken celebrated 49er glory. Having already assured themselves of a hat-trick of world titles even before the medal…
Please join the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Northwest Maritime Center in welcoming Hōkūleʻa to Port Townsend August 22-24. Hōkūleʻa is a legendary voyaging canoe that revived the lost art of Polynesian voyaging and navigation and sparked a cultural renaissance in…
Caracole (SUI 214, Bernard HAISSLY, Daniel STAMPFLI, Nicolas BERTHOUD) has won the 2023 5.5 Metre Swiss Open at Cercle de la voile de Grandson, on Lac de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, after an amazingly consistent performance that left them two points ahead of…
Snakes and ladders in Saltsjöbaden Day 5 of the Championship provided yet another different day of unique conditions for the sailors to get to grips with. With longer, pressure driven shifts, consistency was very difficult to achieve and many of the…
Australia’s 49erFX team of Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine have won a bronze medal at the 2023 Sailing World Championship, a best-ever World Championship performance by Australian sailors in the 49erFX. With this record-breaking performance, the Sydney-based team also secured…
Many of Australia’s most celebrated sailors, started their careers at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Youth Sailing Academy (YSA). On Friday 15 September, the CYCA will proudly celebrate the YSA’s 30th anniversary, by inviting members of the sailing community…
Making its fourth appearance on the global race route, Airlie Beach in The Whitsundays will once again welcome the eleven-strong fleet of Clipper Race yachts in January 2024. Known to be one of the toughest endurance challenges on the planet,…
Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ, Przemysław GACEK, Edward WRIGHT) leads the 2023 5.5 Metre Swiss Open after three races were sailed from Cercle de la voile de Grandson, on Lac de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on Thursday. A north-easterly thermal wind filled in…
Australia’s internationally renowned Hamilton Island Race Week gets underway Saturday evening with the traditional skipper’s sunset welcome party before racing commences Sunday August 20. A forecast of consistent southeast trade winds building to 20 knots by Thursday is the perfect…
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