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PATRICK CORRIGAN, AM Anyone with an interest in sport knows that some level of sponsorship is essential for the success of an individual, a team, or an organising body. The iconic Australian 18 footer class has been fortunate to have…
Canadians take early lead in Etchells Worlds Miami, USA – Strong winds and sunny skies ensured a successful opening day for the AON 2023 Etchells World Championships, being held on Biscayne Bay. Principal Race Officer, Dave Brennan, completed two picture-perfect…
With destination regattas and and travel back in full swing, Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) is looking forward to hosting a large entry for the 31st Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), to take place over the King’s Birthday weekend of…
A 60-strong squad from Australia is in Hyeres, France preparing to take part in the 2023 Semaine Olympique Francais, colloquially known as the ‘Hyeres Regatta’, with a Practice race to kick off proceedings on Sunday and the first races to…
It’s always good to make friends with your neighbors … Witness a remarkable exchange between sailors racing against the forces of nature in the Southern Ocean and NASA astronauts on the largest modular space station in low Earth orbit. These…
An extraordinary phenomenon of modern day yacht racing, especially considering their cost and complexity: 40 IMOCAs are due to compete in the next Vendée Globe in 2024. The majority of these 60 footers, many of them foil-born flying machines, will…
The yachts are now starting to arrive at Nelson’s Dockyard to participate in the 34th Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta this week. Registration will be upstairs in the Officers’ Quarters of the Dockyard on Wednesday, April 19th. Thursday 20th will be…
Miami, FL – (April 17, 2023) Live to sail another day at AON 2023 Etchells World Championships. That was the philosophy taken by organizers of the AON 2023 Etchells World Championships, which were scheduled to get underway Monday on Biscayne…
MIAMI, USA — Steve Benjamin didn’t know where to begin when asked to handicap the AON 2023 Etchells World Championships, which gets underway Monday on Biscayne Bay. In most one-design classes, only a handful of top tier boats are truly…
Like father, like son: Will Mason on same tack as famous dad. He’s sailed around the globe, competed in many of the world’s most iconic yacht races, and lifted the America’s Cup four times – yet nothing has made veteran…
David Doherty and his reigning TP52 Gold Cup champion, Matador, is proving a hard act to follow – Doherty won Act 1 of the Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup in March and romped home to victory in Act 2, being…
After three days and a full program, with seven sailed races, the Australian Yeahnah team took the HM King Juan Carlos Trophy today, with 11 points. The championship was raced at Clube Naval de Cascais by eight teams, from five…
Craig Neil’s Quest has scored victory on the opening day of Act 2 of the 2023 Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup series, held in conjunction with Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club’s (NCYC) fourth running of SailFest Newcastle Regatta. Scored under TPR,…
April 14, 2023 – The World Council of the International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA) at its Extraordinary General Meeting held on April 12, voted to hold the 2024 Melges 24 European Championship in Split, Croatia in early October and…
As the International Etchells Class prepares to contest its 47th world championship next week in Miami (April 16-21), some of the greatest sailors to ever step foot on the boat reflected on its enduring popularity. This 15-minute read takes an…
The announcement of the first pre-regatta to be held in the beautiful Catalan seaside port of Vilanova i la Geltrú from the 14th-17th September 2023 was the month’s big news from an organisational standpoint and certainly sharpened the minds and…
Emirates Team New Zealand and Glenn Ashby’s World Record Run of 222.43km/h in Horonuku was widely celebrated when achieved on December the 11th 2022, breaking the previous record of 202.9km/h by Richard Jenkins which had been unbroken for over 13…
Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club is excited to announce the second running of their successful “Keelboat Introduction to Sailing Savvy” (KISS) program is back for 2023. Buoyed by positive feedback from the graduates of the inaugural class of 2022 and with…
Newcastle’s working harbour will doff its hard hat to the sight of vibrant spinnakers and eager crews as the fourth SailFest Newcastle Regatta is staged this weekend, bringing a flotilla of grand prix yachts and fleet-footed performance craft to the…
James Irvine is the latest to sign on for the inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race and represents the first interstate entrant for the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) race, which starts on Saturday, 7 October 2023 and finishes…
The Mondial du Vent kicked off with a bang as strong Tramontana winds swept across the competition venue, allowing us to run the competition from sunrise to sunset on the first day. We completed the women’s Surf-Freestyle division, and made…
Chris Webb was the most famous 18 footer skipper during the early period of the class. He was a legend and a major draw card every time he raced for the Sydney Flying Squadron (SFS), won four ‘official’ Australian Championships,…
There has been a bit of a quiet revolution going on in Australia with lifejackets over the past two decades. Better design and technology have led to a range of lifejacket styles that look good, are easy to wear and…
The internationally acclaimed Hamilton Island Race Week will be contested on the tropical waters around Hamilton Island from August 19 – 26, 2023. A longstanding feature of the east coast sailing calendar, Race Week 2023 has so far drawn 170…
It was 1740 UTC when Ian Herbert Jones first saw the Taiwanese Fishing Vessel ZI DA WANG arriving from the North. 26 hours before, the Shropshire sailor closing the GGR fleet in the southern Atlantic was unable to make contact…
MEN’S ELIMINATION 2 During the Men’s Elimination finals, the wind was blowing at around 12 knots, providing the perfect conditions for the competitors to showcase their skills. Mathis Ghio, one of the top contenders, took an early lead at the…
Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Monday, 10th of April, 2023 At 1540UTC Ian Herbert Jones SKIPPER PUFFIN rang the GGR Race Office on Iridium phone to advise that he was in extreme weather and confused sea, 50 knots, gusting over 70…
The classic pint-sized yachts have proven their might weathering this year’s brutal and long 75th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race which set sail on Good Friday (7 April) with the oldest yacht in the race fleet winning overall on corrected…
It seems like only yesterday we packed down Tokyo, but the sprint is on for Paris 2024 and the Princess Sofia Trophy 2023 is our first chance to see the new characters and who is returning. For all the talk…
Celestial was the first yacht across the Gladstone Harbour finish line at dawn on Sunday morning in what has been a historic but brutal 75th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race (75th B2G). 2022 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race overall…
MEN’S ELIMINATION 1 and 2 Following a protest that had taken place the day before, the race committee had decided to re-run the men’s elimination 1 final. The decision was made after carefully considering the circumstances that had led to…
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: There are still 38 of the original 46 starting fleet out on course racing one of Australia’s oldest and most iconic yacht races, the Gladstone Ports Corporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race which set sail on Good…
It was a breakthrough kind of day for Australian sailors in Palma today, with Zoe Thomson (ILCA 6) and Tom Burton OAM and Max Paul (49er) both claiming silver medals in personal best international performances that highlight their intentions for…
Mornington Yacht Club hosted its 3rd regatta in just 7 weeks, this time the Victorian School Team Sailing State Championships. 18 Pacer yachts, 24 teams, over 170 kids, almost 200 races, hundreds more hamburgers and a thousand more smiles. Schools…
In the northern hemisphere, it’s been tense for Kirsten Neuschäfer (ZAF), in less wind than her runner-up for longer. Every time it looks like she’s losing the lead, she finds the resources to grab some miles back, or clutch to…
What is the FreeFly-Slalom? The GWA Wingfoil World Tour has introduced a new discipline called FreeFly-Slalom in Tauranga, New Zealand, replacing the Surf-Slalom category at all eight events for the 2023 season. The head judge, Álvaro Onieva, said that this…
It was a wet start today for one of Australia’s oldest yacht races, the Gladstone Ports Corporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race which set sail at 11am on friday from Moreton Bay. Challenging conditions lie ahead for the 46…
Four Australians will be racing for medals at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia tomorrow, with many of them collecting first place finishes (bullets) in the final gold fleet races. Among those winning races were Tom Burton OAM and Max Paul in…
Fan-favorite locations such as Sydney and Chicago return to the calendar, alongside the new venues of Los Angeles and Canada. SailGP will also return to New York for one of four separate visits to the United States, before the Grand…
The IWCA have annonced this week that they have reached an agreement with SoPYC to run the 2023 Windurfer World Championships. Dates remain unchanged – 29th Dec 2023 to 4th Jan 2024 That’s going to make a lot of people…
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