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The fleet is heading northeast again, away from the ice exclusion zone, and making miles directly towards the finish in Cape Town Team Malizia is leading the way on Thursday as the five IMOCA teams gybed away from the ice…
British Olympian Tom Squires is the latest big name to join the Australian Sailing Performance Pathways team, signing on to become the NSW State Coach – Foiling. Squires will be focusing on work with iQFOiL and Formula Kite sailors, as…
9 Feb 2023With the remnants of yesterday afternoon’s front still lingering over the Bay of Palma, INEOS Britannia were determined to continue their stellar testing season despite winds of some 15 knots inside the harbour and predicted gusts up to…
STORM ALERT! Golden Globe Race leaders face a big one– A Large storm is pounding Abhilash and Kirsten right now 1100 miles NW of Cape Horn.– With 20.000 miles and 156 days on the clock, boats and sailors suffer wear…
The fleet has pushed south into the Roaring 40s and close to record-breaking speed runs… It’s been a productive and fast 24 hours for the IMOCA fleet in The Ocean Race as the teams are diving south towards an ice…
There is no question that the world is moving towards electric solutions, and yachts are not exempt from this. There has been a huge rise in interest in electric propulsion solutions amongst the international sailing community, and now there is…
In the midst of the lead up to the 73rd JJ Giltinan World 18ft Skiff Championship next month, the Australian 18 Footers League staged a three-race short-course series last Friday evening on Sydney Harbour, which featured former 18 footer skippers…
Entry is open and the Notice of Race online for the 35th edition of Airlie Beach Race Week, but with marina berthing limited, necessitating a cap of 100 yachts/multihulls, organisers at Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) urge all prospective competitors to…
They say lightning doesn’t strike twice. But try telling that to the Australian 16ft skiff fraternity. Less than a month after Typhoon came back from the dead to pip the luckless St George entrant Noakes (Dave O’Connor) for the Australian…
On February 6, the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron welcomed ten teams to Raceday One of the annual Hardy Cup Sydney International Match Racing Regatta. Sailors represent six different clubs across three nations showing that international entries have returned to healthy…
February 6, 2023 (Miami, FL) – With Gale Warnings up and down the Floridian coastline on Saturday, it was an easy decision for the Race Committee to call off the first day of racing for Florida States, the third regatta…
The rankings have flipped over the weekend with 11th Hour Racing Team jumping into the lead… The American-flagged 11th Hour Racing Team pushed into the lead on leg 2 of The Ocean Race over the weekend. Skipper Charlie Enright and…
Three-time running MC38 National Champions Lazy Dog skippered by part-owner Quentin Stewart out of Middle Harbour Yacht Club proved too consistent to be beaten at Act 1 of the MC38 Season over the weekend out of the Cruising Yacht Club…
Race Sponsor: Burrawang Village HotelSunday, 5 February, 2023Sydney Harbour With just two more championship races to be sailed before the 73rd JJ Giltinan World 18ft Skiff Championship is held on Sydney Harbour, today’s Burrawang Village Hotel-sponsored Australian 18 Footers League…
Every boat in the fleet has gybed to the east, making miles towards Cape Town… It was near midnight UTC on Saturday night when boats in The Ocean Race fleet started to make their first significant move to the east…
At 15:00 hours local time today, the GLOBE40 skippers took the start of the 7th and penultimate leg of the event, which will lead the fleet to the island of Grenada in the West Indies. The crews cast off from…
Qatar GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup A packed house at Fuwairit Kite Beach witnessed the first clash of the season on Friday where Bruna Kajiya made an ecstatic return to the top step and Gianmaria Coccoluto’s title defence held firm,…
Compression and a move to the south from the western contingent leaves GUYOT environnement looking for answers… “Around the outside” is a trope that gets pulled out at one point or another on every edition of The Ocean Race. It…
Nine boats took to the race track today for the first day of Act 1 of the MC38 Association 2023 series. It was Lazy Dog skippered by Quentin Stewart who took boat of the day with a 2, 2, 1…
ADRIAN KUTTEL SAILING ON ATALANTA, WINS 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPE2RIO RACE The 50th anniversary of the Cape2Rio race concluded with some incredible victories and sadly three retirements.There was a party atmosphere in Rio de Janeiro as the winners were…
Entrepreneur and designer Gebbia’s contribution marks the organization’s largest private donation to date, and will advance global cleaning efforts in oceans and rivers Rotterdam, The Netherlands, February 3, 2023 – Today, The Ocean Cleanup – the international non-profit project developing…
There is a split in opinion that is playing out on the race course as the fleet races south… Credit to GUYOT environnement – Team Europe who have regained the lead on the race tracker as well as their position…
Set to be stand-out global events, the Women’s & Youth America’s Cup Regattas are two of the major highlights of AC37 in Barcelona, shining an intense spotlight on the next generation of America’s Cup sailors. It is the ultimate showcase…
On February 25th Manly 16FT Skiff Club will be celebrating 100 Years of memories. It’s said the greatest of ideas are sometimes hatched by accident. You could safety slot the Manly Sailing Club – later to morph into the Manly…
Friday, 03 February 2023 // Perth, Western Australia The final day of racing at the 2023 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta resulted in success for local legend Ethan Prieto-Low from the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club! It was absolutely glamour…
GUYOT environnement – Team Europe runs into a light patch with its easterly routing One day can make a big difference in The Ocean Race. In fact, just a few hours can turn what had been a winning hand into…
DAY TWO: Action Underway in Qatar and Women Reach the Finals Report from yesterday’s action – Wednesday 1st February – QatarEvent dates 31 January – 04 FebruaryVisit the official live event page here Visit Qatar GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup sees…
ACCOR Group and its brands Orient Express and ALL-ACCOR Live Limitless commit to sport-tech team K-Challenge The ACCOR hotel group has committed to K-Challenge for the 37th America’s Cup naming its Orient Express brand as title partner of the official…
Sydney her we come! There are just 2 weeks to go until SailGP returns to the iconic waters of Sydney Harbour, where the league’s nine teams will battle it out for event glory on 18-19 February. One of the most…
LONDON – February 2, 2023 – SailGP, the global racing league, has announced a new structure as it approaches the end of a record-breaking third season and builds towards an expanded Season 4. SailGP will be organized into key business…
Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Tuesday, 31st of January 2023 149 days ago, on Sept 4th 2022, 15 men and one woman set out from Les Sables d’Olonne. Their dreams and aspirations were to circumnavigate solo in the extreme Golden Globe…
Conditions on Days 1 and 2 of last week’s Australian 18ft Skiff Championship produced some great action and set up what could have been one of the best finishes to the title for several years, but unfortunately it was marred…
America’s Cup Defender Emirates Team New Zealand began its two boat testing programme on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour today in ideal 12- 15 knots NE winds. It was the first opportunity the team has had to sail in the past week…
DAY 3 – TWO ROUND ROBINS NOW COMPLETEDepsite predictions of Perth’s typical pattern of midday glassout and influx of South-Western seabreeze, the Easterly held throughout the day, gradually clocking into the South East. The persistent right shifts were long and…
All five IMOCAs are charging south in the tradewinds After hitting the speed bump of the doldrums, the five IMOCA yachts competing in The Ocean Race are now eating up the miles on the race south to Cape Town. Watch…
· eSailing World Championship Final in Alicante, Spain· SailGP heads to Singapore for the first time· Sydney-Hobart race brings 2022 to a thrilling close· Maiden Factor inspires young female sailors around the world· On-site with the team at Greenboats The…
A hot Perth sun greeted some of the world’s best youth match racers to Raceday 1 of The Warren Jones International Youth Regatta. Winds on the light side of moderate offered sailors little respite from the heat as the racing…
At the start of Manly 16ft Skiff Club’s long course pointscore heat on Saturday, the boys on Moonen Yachts were jokingly sledging fill-in Botany Access skipper Gerard Smith about being a touch rusty. By the end of the race, it…
The Ocean Race fleet is escaping the clutches of the doldrums and picking up speed in the southern hemisphere As January comes to a close, so does one chapter of leg 2 of The Ocean Race. The fleet has burst…
Australian Sailing has expressed its disappointment at the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) decision not to include Para Sailing at the Paralympic Games in Los Angeles (USA) in 2028. World Sailing submitted a compelling bid to have Para Sailing reinstated to…
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