Kiel Week – Day 3
The Australian Sailing Team are well into Kiel Week and day 3 delivered wind, rain and great racing. The breeze arrived with a bang, giving the ILCA 6, ILCA 7, and 49erFX fleets a wild ride on the water. Unfortunately,…
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SailGP unveils tender process for two 2026 expansion teams
LONDON, MONDAY JUNE 23, 2025 | SailGP has confirmed 2026 expansion plans, unveiling details of a tender process to seek investment for ownership of two new teams entering the global racing championship next season, alongside available stakes across existing national teams. Open…
WaveGP – Inaugural NSW Hobie Wave State Championships
The Australian Hobie Class is super excited to announce the NSW Hobie Cat Association (NSWHCA) and Vincentia Sailing Club (VSC) are holding the very first State Championships for the good ol’ Hobie Wave. Raced very competitively overseas, particularly in the USA,…
Kiel Week
German FX trio and Italy’s ILCA-7 double at the top Subtropical sailing conditions with a light but sufficient breeze delighted the athletes on Sunday (June 22) on the second regatta day of Kieler Woche. The Olympic skiffs sorted themselves into…
DYSC Marine Supplies Winter Series Wrap Up
Pin End Strategy Leads Ginan to Victory in DYSC Marine Supplies Winter Series Race 1 Melbourne, VIC – Under crisp winter skies and a solid northerly breeze, the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) DYSC Marine Supplies Winter Series Race 1 delivered spectacular racing…
How Brazil beat the fleet for the first time to pick up debut race win in New York
By Miranda Blazeby @ SailGP Data provided by the 12-strong F50 fleet has revealed how Mubadala Brazil rose to the top of the fleet to secure its first race win in New York. Martine Grael’s Brazilian team made history in New…
Support the 2025 Australian Youth Sailing World Championships Team
Australia’s brightest young sailing talent are set to represent the nation when they take to the water at the 2025 Youth Sailing World Championships (YSWC) in Vilamoura, Portugal from 12–20 December. The YSWC will offer the selected sailors the opportunity…
Earlybird clinches ClubSwan 50 World Championship title
Porto Cervo, 21 June 2025. The Porto Cervo leg of The Nations League – Swan One Design Worlds, an event organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with ClubSwan Racing, drew to a close today. Earlybird claimed the title of…
Australian Sailors Ready to Tackle Kiel Week
Australia’s Olympic class sailors are set to tackle Kiel Week, the third event within the five event Sailing Grand Slam, held in the north of Germany. Now in its 144th year, the iconic regatta is a mainstay of the European…
The Nations League – Swan One Design Worlds
Provisional leaders in their respective classes are Earlybird (ClubSwan 50), Mamao (ClubSwan 36), Pez de Abril (ClubSwan 42), and Swing (ClubSwan 28) Porto Cervo, 20 June 2025. The Mistral arrived in Porto Cervo as forecast today, and starting procedures began…
Peter Burling joins Luna Rossa for the 38th America’s Cup
Many of us have been wondering what Pete Burling would get up to after he recently announced that he was leaving Emirates Team New Zealand. Well, in an announcement yesterday, we all found out: “Excited to be joining Luna Rossa…
‘Incredible’ Finn World Masters closes after epic week in Medemblik
Pieter-Jan Postma, from The Netherlands, has won his second Finn World Masters title as the 2025 Finn World Masters drew to a close in Medemblik on Friday, after having won the title on Thursday with a day to spare. Laurent…
Postma wins Finn World Masters after bizarre penultimate day
The penultimate day of the Finn World Masters in Medemblik threw a curveball at the fleet with very light and tricky winds, some high scores, complex racing, protests and unfinished races. It was a long, busy and hot day in…
SailGP returns to UK shores for the first time in three years
Athletes from the Emirates GBR SailGP Team descended on London to mark one month to go until SailGP’s return to UK shores on July 19-20 LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM | JUNE 19, 2025 – With just one month to go until SailGP…
The Nations League – Swan One Design Worlds
Porto Cervo, 18 June 2025. The Nations League – Swan One Design Worlds, a regatta organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda together with ClubSwan Racing, got underway on schedule this morning at 12 midday CEST. Thirty-five boats are taking…
Pieter-Jan Postma leads after Day 2 of Finn World Masters
Pieter-Jan Postma, from The Netherlands, is leading the fleet of 307 Finns from 27 countries after everyone sailed two more races at the 2025 Finn World Masters in Medemblik. France’s Laurent Hay is second with Germany’s Fabian Lemmel in third. The…
Groupama Race 2025: Rushour crew safely back in Noumea
The Rushour crew safely returned to Noumea following the capsize of their vessel at approximately 1.15AM Tuesday morning. Timeline of events We commend the professionalism of the authorities, the exemplary solidarity of fellow competitors at sea, and the effectiveness of…
2025 IRC National Championships
16 June, 2025 – Final Report – 2025 IRC National Championships The 2025 IRC National Championships, part of the Royal Thames Yacht Club’s 250th Anniversary Regatta. The final day of the 2025 IRC National Championships began on schedule, with a…
Women in sailing – NS14
When an exciting sport is associated with a community whose passion extends beyond race time, the ideal sporting environment is born. As a woman, it can be intimidating to join a new sporting community, unsure of the reception one will…
Eight races, four winners on first day of Finn World Masters in Medemblik
Racing at the 2025 Finn World Masters began in Medemblik, The Netherlands, on Monday with eight races over two course areas in four groups. It was a big day on the water with a shifty 8-12 knots offshore breeze and…
Australian Sports Boat Association
Australian Sports Boat Association Launches Touring Trophy Series The Australian Sports Boat Association (ASBA) has announced a dynamic new initiative to enhance participation and connectivity within the sports boat community – the ASBA Touring Trophy series. This announcement follows the…
Surge Takes Top Spot at New York Yacht Club 171st Annual Regatta
Undefeated this year, Ryan McKillen’s Surge put the fleet on notice at the kickoff of the M32 Newport One-Design Series NEWPORT, R.I. (June 15, 2025) — Ryan McKillen’s Surge is four for four. The M32 team remains undefeated in 2025…
Finn World Masters opens in Medemblik with 307 entries
The 2025 Finn World Masters has been opened in Medemblik, The Netherlands, on Sunday evening. It is the third time the Dutch Finn class has endeavoured to run the Finn World Masters, with two previous attempts cancelled by the pandemic….
Jordi Xammar and Marta Cardona of Spain have been crowned 2025 470 World Champions
Last day of the 470 World Championships in Gdynia is a wrap! The competition was very tight and full of emotions, as battle for World Championship came to the last seconds of the race! The conditions were hard, with a…
FIN1 Racing wins the Eurosaf 69F European Championship in Riva Del Garda
Riva del Garda (Garda Lake), June 14th 2025 – The EUROSAF 69F European Championship 2025, a continental event reserved for this dynamic crewed foiler, developed on Lake Garda and already chosen by several teams to select their line-ups in view of the…
Loro Piana Giraglia 2025 – The Winners
On Saturday at 9:00 AM, as the time limit expired, the long offshore race of the Loro Piana Giraglia 2025 officially came to an end. The 72nd edition was marked by high pressure and light winds yet remained full of charm,…
Capricorno secures Loro Piana Giraglia maxi yacht ‘double’
Loro Piana Giraglia, the Yacht Club Italiano’s offshore race from Saint-Tropez to Genoa via the Giraglia Rock, and fifth event in the International Maxi Association’s 2024-25 Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge, has often seen leader changes in its last miles, but…
The Jean Genie wins 5.5 Metre World Championship in Sopot
The Jean Genie (GBR 43, Peter Morton, Andrew Palfrey, Ruairidh Scott) has won the 2025 5.5 Metre World Championship in Sopot, Poland, after the final day of racing on Friday. Aspire (POL 17, Przemek Gacek, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Kilian Weise) finally ended up second…
Admiral’s Cup Vs. Rolex Fastnet Interclub Trophy
What’s the difference, How do they work and Meet the CYCA Team The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) is proud to be competing in two prestigious interclub competitions — the revived Admiral’s Cup and the Martin Illingworth Trophy — as…
Good day for the Aussies at the 5.5 Metre Worlds
Aspire (POL 17, Przemysław Gacek, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Kilian Weise) has taken a 10-point lead at the 2025 5.5 Metre World Championship in Sopot, Poland, after two more races on Wednesday in a cold northerly between 12-23 knots. After winning an eventful…
18ft Skiffs – Western Australia 18 footers history
WESTERN AUSTRALIA On-off 18 footer record from 1890s-2013 Western Australia’s participation in the Australian 18 footer scene has been an on-off situation between the 1890s and 2013 but its impact during the early years of the class demands that it…
Women sailors reflect on the Admiral’s Cup inclusion rule
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has long acknowledged the slow but steady path toward gender inclusion in offshore sailing. For the forthcoming Admiral’s Cup, every boat must have at least one woman, as well as another sailor under 27….
Loro Piana Giraglia 2025
At exactly 11:55 on Wednesday, the starting procedures kicked off on the line off Saint-Tropez, sending the fleet toward the Giraglia rock. A total of 97 yachts are now racing along the 241-nautical-mile course that will take them around the…
Girls on Film lead 5.5 Metre World Championship in Sopot
Girls on Film (GBR 41 Louise Morton, Charlie Cumbley, Sam Haines) lead the 5.5 Metre World Championship in Sopot, Poland, after two races on Tuesday in very changeable and often wet conditions. Otto (NOR 68, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen, Lasse Berthelsen, Herve Cunningham) won…
Rope Solutions wins windy VX One Winter Nationals
23 boats competed in the VX One Winter Nationals 2025 at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron (RQYS) from 7-9 June. Over the 13 races it was Chris Anderson, Mitchell Miller and Darren Hutchison on Rope Solutions Rigging Services AUS351 who…
Loro Piana Giraglia 2025 – Day 4
Saint-Tropez, June 10, 2025 – Fourth and final day of inshore racing at the Loro Piana Giraglia 2025, held in ideal sailing conditions: wind between 8 and 14 knots, calm seas, and intense action on both race courses. The results for the…
Loro Piana Giraglia – Capricorno rising
The pecking order at maxi events is typically well defined with the largest, fastest yachts coming home first. However this was nearly upset on day three of the inshore racing at Loro Piana Giraglia, organised by the Yacht Club Italiano…
Vintage Yacht Regatta celebrates 50 years of timber yachts and tradition
The Queensland Cruising Yacht Club (QCYC) will host the 50th Vintage Yacht Regatta from 18 to 20 July 2025 at Shorncliffe, celebrating five decades of timber yachts, traditional seamanship and spirited racing on Moreton Bay. Affectionately known as The Gaffers,…
Top 10 Finishes for Aussie Crews in Challenging European Championship
Australia’s 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 sailors have wrapped up a demanding European Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece, with light winds, lengthy delays, and multiple general recalls pushing teams to their limits throughout the week. In the 49erFX class, Laura Harding…
Final day decider at Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
The final day at the 2025 Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) promised and gave it all – light wind – rain – cold – after Race Officer, Lou Hutton, delved into Melbourne’s weather cauldron and shared her findings with competitors…
