GWA Wingfoil World Tour – Day One
For the third event of the GWA Wingfoil World Tour this season, 48 men and 18 women have registered to compete. As the 26th edition of the Mondial du Vent in Leucate, it’s evident why this location is a prime…
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The Globe40 film
9 months of competition, 8 unprecedented stopovers, 25 competing skippers, 35,000 nautical miles sailed around the planet… the Globe40 film in english version is online! IMAGE IN FRANCE is offering viewers a wonderful 38-minute showcase of this extraordinary human and…
Steady march up the results tables for Aussie Sailors in Palma
Six Australian entries find themselves ensconced in the top ten after day four of racing at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Regatta in Palma. “The first day of Gold Fleet racing didn’t disappoint,” said the Australian Sailing Team’s (AST) High Performance…
A time to shine as the seabreeze lights up the Troefo Princesa Sofia
A day when the local Embat sea breeze came in on cue at 12-13kts allowed Mallorca’s showcase 52 Trofeo Princesa Sofia to complete qualifying series for all classes, allowing tomorrow’s Finals to be contested on schedule to decide who will…
Stories of resolve and resilience as 11th Hour Racing Team and Biotherm finish in Itajaí
11th Hour Racing Team earn final podium position for Leg 3 with Biotherm taking fourth place in the longest Leg in race history… As skipper Charlie Enright put it, this wasn’t the finish they wanted, but it was a massive…
Royal Geelong Yacht Club to host 2024 Fireball Worlds
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC), in cooperation with the International Fireball Association (FI), is pleased to announce Geelong as the host venue for the Fireball World Championship to be held in February of 2024. Combining the perfect sailing conditions…
Challenges continue with ‘long day at the office’ for Aussies at Palma
More shifts, more pressure changes, and even more clouds made Day Two in the Bay of Palma no less challenging and exciting for the Australian sailors and Olympic hopefuls at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia regatta. This followed on almost precisely…
Chance of a lifetime as world’s best young sailors converge on San Francisco Bay
LONDON – April 4, 2023 – The top young male and female sailing athletes from around the world will converge on San Francisco Bay next month to compete for the ultimate prize at the WASZP Grand Final – Championship of…
Top WingFoil field for Mondial du Vent
France’s biggest windsports event, the Mondial du Vent, is set to host the GWA Wingfoil World Cup where a stellar cast of leading wingfoil athletes will battle in Surf-Freestyle and the new FreeFly-Slalom disciplines. It is the third straight year…
GKA – The Epic Showdown in the World of Big Air
The Lords of Tram GKA Big-Air Kite World Cup France has concluded with a phenomenal display of big air kiting, thanks to the strong Tramontana wind. Undoubtedly, this event was the highlight of the kite world this year. Spain’s Liam…
SWAP DAY @ Manly16s
There was one moment that perfectly illustrated the impact Manly 16ft Skiff Club’s swap day can have on the next generation of sailors. Club commodore and Olympic champion Malcolm Page invited his daughter’s friend aboard Australian championship-winning skiff Typhoon for…
Ocean Race – Duel remains for leg 3 podium position
Biotherm and 11th Hour Racing Team are fighting for third place points as they race towards Itajaí With leg 3 winner Team Malizia and second-place finisher Team Holcim-PRB safe in Itajaí, the battle on the water for third place has…
Light, shifty winds affect the opening day programme at Trofeo Princesa Sofia
After Mallorca had delivered more than two weeks of great winds and weather which were perfect for pre-regatta training, the 1259 athletes from 66 nations at the 52 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Olympic classes regatta had to endure an ultimately frustrating…
M32 – Clean sweep for Rated X
MIAMI (April 2, 2023) — Jake Julien and his Rated X team are the big winners — not just the Miami Winter Series Event No.4 but also the overall Miami Winter Series and its coveted rooster trophy. Unstoppable! New to…
ICE Yachts announce the New ICE53 Sports Tourer
ICE YACHTS and the Felci Yacht Design team have joined forces once again toproduce one of the most exciting and innovative new models for 2023.The New ICE 53 Sport Tourer (ST) will have an exceptional pedigree as a racer thatcan…
Lords of Tram GKA Big-Air Kite World Cup in France-Day 1
Day one of the Lords of Tram GKA Big Air Kite World Cup France got off to a faltering start with the women’s duels. After several heats, the promising wind shifted, then dropped and the competition was put on hold…
All eyes are on the Bay of Palma as the 52 Trofeo Princesa Sofía opens today
Mallorca‘s renowned Bay of Palma is set to see the biggest ever racing fleet take to its waters as the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar lifts the curtain on the 2023 Olympic classes season. The Balearic showcase ‘Sofia’ always…
Ocean Race – Malizia and Holcim reach Itajaí
The Ocean Race leaderboard is beginning to take shape after two teams crossed the finishing line in Itajaí on Sunday morning. The Leg 3 winner is Team Malizia. Led by skipper Boris Herrmann, the Malizia crew fought hard for the…
Two-handed Mistral wins Pittwater to Coffs
Rupert Henry’s Mistral, co-skippered by Greg O’Shea, has been announced winner of the 2023 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race from another double-handed crew, Jules Hall and Jan ‘Cloggs’ Scholten on Disko Trooper Contender Sailcloth. The two boats from the…
Ocean Race – A last hard kick on the way to Itajaí
Brutal weather overnight on Friday night was another hard blow to the sailors… It was the last thing they needed. A quick, deepening low pressure system bringing winds in excess of 40 knots, a sickening sea state, and another massive…
GGR – Doldrum Conundrum
It’s been an eventful week throughout the fleet. The last entrant Ian Herbert-Jones restarted yesterday from Chile joining the Chichester Class. While in the Northern Hemisphere, at the other end of the fleet stretching 4,000 miles, the battle for first…
Ocean Race – Tension mounts as racing remains painfully close
Nobody can break free on final push towards a Sunday finish Tension, exhaustion, and extreme emotional swings through elation and despair. That’s likely to be the mood on board Team Holcim-PRB and Team Malizia all the way to the finish…
Rex sets new record in Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Race
Dale Mitchell and his crew on Rex, the ORMA 60 multihull from Queensland, early this morning broke the multihull record in the 2023 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race – by 5 seconds – it seemed to suit the occasion…
Light and challenging Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race
LATEST UPDATE – New Race Multihull Record …REX finished 06:08:00 this morning. A lovely 8-10 knot westerly marked the start of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s 37th Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race, when it started off Barrenjoey Headland…
Michelle Lee – Ocean Rower – 3 days to go!
Aussie to conquer 14,000km solo Pacific Ocean row on April 3 Solo rower Michelle Lee to land at the Cairns Marlin Marina in Queensland, Australia on April 3 at 9am AEST after rowing for almost eight months across the Pacific…
Trofeo Princes Sofia Regatta
To get to Marseilles first you have to go through Palma An armada of Australians is set to descend on Palma’s famous Trofeo Princes Sofia Regatta, where the best Olympic Class sailors from around the world will lock horns to…
Rolex Fastnet Race – The 2-handed revolution
Offshore yacht racing’s greatest evolution recently has been the rise of doublehanding. No better demonstration of this is there than the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 50th Rolex Fastnet Race, which sets sail from Cowes bound for Cherbourg on 22 July:…
Sail Port Stephens – Endorsement for changes
Competitors endorse Sail Port Stephens changes in numbers The adage ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ was ringing in the minds of Sail Port Stephens organisers after 15 successful years, however the decision to revamp the regatta formula for…
weCANfoil wins best foiling pathway program award
Milan, 30 March 2023 – weCANfoil, powered by the Canada SailGP Team and RBR, received the prestigious award for the ‘Best Foiling Pathway Project’ at the Foiling Awards yesterday evening in Milan. The Canada SailGP Team launched weCANfoil in spring…
Ocean Race start generated €71.6 million of economic impact in Spain
The start of The Ocean Race created over 1,200 full-time jobs in Spain and attracted more than 300,000 visitors during the opening period of Ocean Live Park in Alicante Puerto de Salida. The organisers of The Ocean Race and the…
Entries are lining-up for Superyacht Cup Palma summer celebration
Superyacht Cup Palma is celebrating an influx of entries since the recent publication of the Notice of Race detailing the 27th edition of Europe’s longest-running superyacht regatta, which this year offers a new 90ft Class aimed at smaller performance-orientated cruiser-racers….
Malizia neck and neck with Holcim-PRB after more than a month of racing
Top pair engaged in close quarters battle off the coast of Argentina… As the calendar ticks over to the 33rd day of competition on Leg 3 of The Ocean Race, Team Malizia and Team Holcim-PRB are as close as ever….
Calling All NSW Cherub Sailors and Supporters
This December, we have an exciting opportunity to travel out of State for the first time since 2019/20 for a Cherub National Championship regatta. Not only is this a great chance to challenge yourself, meet the Western Australian Cherub contingent,…
18ft Skiffs – Black Knight’s challenge for the JJ
Since the first regatta in 1938, twenty one countries have been represented by some of their best sailing talent as they attempted to win the world’s greatest 18ft skiff championship, the JJ Giltinan World’s 18 footer Championship. So far, only…
Yacht Share Mariner – Bali 4.4 at SCIBS
SANCTUARY COVE INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW 25 – 28 MAY 2023 Our next brand-new Catana Bali 4.4 catamaran, “Halyna” is currently on the way to Oz from France. She will be at the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show on Pier E….
Andoo Comanche and Rex to chase Pittwater to Coffs Harbour records
When the gun fires sending the fleet on its way in the 2023 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race at 1pm, on Friday 31 March, Andoo Comanche’s crew will be chasing the race record of 17 hours 10 minutes 31…
Ocean Race moves back into the Atlantic
All four boats are now in the Atlantic again, leaving the south behind, with Malizia at the head of the fleet Team Malizia continues to head the leaderboard in leg 3 of The Ocean Race after leading the fleet around…
World Sailing appoints four-time Paralympian as new Para World Sailing Manager
World Sailing has appointed four-time British Paralympian Hannah Stodel as the new Para World Sailing Manager. In this role, Hannah will oversee the promotion and development of Para Sailing with the objective of achieving reinstatement to the Paralympic Games. She…
Trofeo Princesa Sofía opens 2023’s road to Paris 2024
The Mallorcan regatta, which will be held from 29 March to 8 April on the Bay of Palma, marks the start of a crucial season for the teams in the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The 52nd edition…
Ocean Race – Team Malizia lead fleet around Cape Horn
The German team rule the south, leading past the iconic Cape Horn and winning the Roaring Forties trophy Team Malizia, who were contemplating a return to Cape Town after mast damage in the first days of leg 3, and who…
