SailGP: Next stop Plymouth
On July 17 and 18, Plymouth will play host to 8 international teams and their supersonic F50s for the third SailGP event of the season. It’s a summery stopover that promises to be full-on given how honed the crews are…
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Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Race update
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation in NSW, particularly Sydney. The situation is fluid, and planning for our races, particularly the upcoming Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race (SGCYR) and Audi Centre…
Texan Colin Bastable enters 2023 Global Solo Challenge
Colin Bastable from Cedar Park, Texas, USA, bought his boat after his father died and renamed her to Frank in his memory. He had bought the his Sadler 35 in the UK and then sailed all the way to his…
49er and Nacra 17 Junior Worlds: Poland and Italy win by a mile
Gdynia, Poland: Mikolaj Staniul with Jakub Sztroch (POL) capped a wire to wire Junior Worlds Title by winning the final four races in a row, a record-breaking 27 points in front of second place. The victory continues a steady progression…
U23 Finn World Championship Day 1 – Local sailors dominate
Twenty ambitious young Finn sailors, from six nations, are taking part in the 2021 U23 Finn World Championship for the Jorg Bruder Finn Silver Cup, which opened on Sunday at Tihanyi Hajós Egylet (THE) on Lake Balaton, Hungary. Domonkos Németh,…
420 World Championships: It’s raining gold for Team USA
San Remo, Italy: Unfortunately there was no wind on the 10th of July to complete the full 12 races schedule, so the Championship was awarded in accordance to the results from the previous day, seeing American’s Tommy Sitzmann and Luke…
Aegean600: Atalanta II first to finish
Lavrio, Greece: At 14:10 local time on the 7th of July, Carlo Alessandro Puri Egri’s Atalanta II from Italy were crowned champions of the 2021 Aegean 600 after crossing the finish line at Cape Sounio six minutes short of exactly…
Taradin and Moroz win KiteFoil World Series
Four days and 17 races later Denis Taradin (RYF) and Daniela Moroz (USA) are the winners of the KiteFoil World Series Gizzeria, Italy, the first of five events of the 2021 season. Today’s three final races were held with wind…
CYCA Women’s Winter Series success
Vamp, Star Ferry, Wax Lyrical and Wild Oats have been crowned divisional champions for the 2021 Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) Women’s Winter Series. In light of the extended COVID-19 restrictions in Greater Sydney, Race 3 of the series was abandoned, meaning the final…
Brazil’s Di Francesco Kuhl new Optimist world champion
Riva del Garda, Italy – On the 9th of July a new name was written in the golden books of the Optimist World Champions after Brazilian Alex Di Francesco Kuhl won the World Title over a fleet of 259 sailors,…
Young Azzurra wins Persico 69F Grand Prix 2.1
Porto Cervo: Today was the final day of racing at the first event in the foiling Persico 69F and the home team, Young Azzurra, won the Grand Prix 2.1, followed by the Swiss team Okalys Youth Project and the Italian…
Denis Taradin on top at KiteFoil World Series
A perfect day of sun, wind and kitefoiling at Hang Loose Beach in Gizzeria, Italy for the last five races of the qualification series, with Russia’s Denis Taradin coming out on top at the end of the day. One hundred…
Zhik – Australian Sailing’s Olympic weapon
Sailors and their superstitions – the list is never-ending; no bananas on board, a green boat is bad luck – and beware of the consequences if you change a boat’s name. But what about clothing and equipment? Can that make…
Marina Militare Nastro Rosa regatta starts August
World Sailing and the European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF) have confirmed that the 2021 Hempel Offshore World Championship and the EUROSAF Mixed Offshore European Championship will be held alongside the 2021 Marina Militare Nastro Rosa regatta in Italy. In addition to…
Hackel maintains Optimist Worlds lead
Riva del Garda, Italy – A single race completed on the penultimate day of racing at the Optimist World Championship, hosted on the Northern Garda Lake. A storm coming from the South and the consequent instability of the wind did…
No spectators for Tokyo Olympics
The beleaguered Tokyo Games has been forced to hold the Olympic events without any fans in the stands. The decision follows the Japanese government’s announcement of a new state of emergency for Tokyo starting Monday 12 July. For the full…
KiteFoil World Series kicks off
Gizzeria, Italy: They’re back. After a long, forced, leap year, the KiteFoil World Series are back. The first event of the year kicks off tomorrow at Hang Loose Beach Club, a much loved spot for kiters around Europe. The maximum number of entries…
Grand Prix 2.1: Swiss youth team takes lead
Costa Smeralda, Northern Sardinia, Italy: Today was the first day of racing at the Grand Prix 2.1 event of the Persico 69F Cup circuit and currently in the lead is the Swiss team Okalys Youth Project followed by the Italian…
Beyond Meat to support upcoming SailGP event
LONDON – In the lead-up to the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix, Beyond Meat® – a leader in plant-based meat – is teaming up with SailGP as the official plant-based meat partner for the event in Plymouth, UK on July…
All-female team to race in 69F Cup
The 69F Team is fully in support of The Magenta Project’s initiatives and following a recent 69F training camp aimed at up-skilling female sailors. The 69F Team were keen to see an all-female team in the upcoming 69F events. Now,…
How Protests Work – SheSails Online Workshop
Ever wondered about how the protest process works? If you have not long started sailing or want to take the next step towards club racing, this online workshop is for you. We will be discussing the on-water prerequisites to submitting…
First ever single-handed multihull race confirmed
The first ever single-handed race around the world in the giant Ultim multihulls will take place in 2023, 15 years after the vision was originally conceived. An incredible test of both man and machine awaits the skippers, in a race…
Change in leaderboard at Optimist World Championship
Riva del Garda, Italy – After two days of the Team Race World Championship, racing for the individual World Championship resumed today. Two races were completed today. The fleets have been divided into Gold fleet (from which will emerge the…
Location uncertainty for 37th America’s Cup
Luna Rossa helmsman Francesco Bruni says Team New Zealand need to “get a move on” and has criticised their boss Grant Dalton over the delays in deciding what the next edition of the America’s Cup will look like. After successfully…
Grand Prix 2.1 Persico 69 Cup kicks off tomorrow
Costa Smeralda, Northern Sardinia, Italy: Starting tomorrow and running until July 10th the Grand Prix 2.1 for Persico 69F foiling yachts will be held in Costa Smeralda. 69F yachts are a 6.9 metre, one-design, monohull foiling class. The event is…
One week to go until Transpac
Los Angeles, California – After a long winter and spring that made planning even more difficult due to Covid uncertainty, the fleet for this year’s Transpacific Yacht Race (aka, the Transpac) is at last in their final days of preparation….
AEGEAN 600: Speeding up at halfway mark
Lavrio, Greece: In the last 24 hours, the Greek Meltemi winds finally arrived on the AEGEAN 600 race course to speed up all members of the fleet as they start to pass through the halfway point in the race. This halfway point is…
Optimist Worlds: Italy crowned Team Racing Champion
Riva del Garda, Italy: After two days of racing and over one hundred races completed by the 48 registered teams, the Italian team made up of Quan Adriano Cardi, Alessandro Cirinei, Alex Demurtas, Lorenzo Ghirotti and Lisa Vucetti won the…
Sail with Sir Ben Ainslie
Experience the excitement of a ride on The Great Britain SailGP Team’s foiling ‘F50’ race boat in the Andalusian port city of Cádiz, the host of the Spanish Grand Prix. You’ll be meeting 4x Olympic Gold Medallist, Sir Ben Ainslie…
Rolex Fastnet Race’s historic battle for line honours
A major clash of the titans will take place between two of the world’s fastest maxi-monohulls at August’s Rolex Fastnet Race. While the most sought-after victory is, of course, the overall win under IRC, for the monohull that is first…
CYCA Winter Series champions crowned
Congratulations to the 11 divisional winners from the 2021 Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Winter Series. With the final two races of the series abandoned due to COVID-19 restrictions, the winners were crowned from the seven completed pointscore races. Division…
French dominate Nacra 15 European Championship
Silvaplana, Switzerland: After eight races in typical Silvaplana conditions with the Maloja wind (a thermal south-westerly wind) blowing from the south west, it was the French teams that took the first three places in the 2021 Open Nacra 15 European…
Aegean 600: A new international sailing race unfurls its sails
Lavrio, Greece: At Cape Sounion under the gaze of the temple of Poseidon, Greek god of the Sea, the fleet of the first edition of the Aegean 600 set off today for the start of their 605-mile odyssey throughout the…
Round the Island Race 2021
The weather may not have delivered but make no mistake, for many of the 7,000 crew that headed out for the 90th anniversary of the Island Sailing Club’s Round the Island Race (Cowes, England) this was a big day out….
Cowes Round the Island Race: Eeyore wins again
The Island Sailing Club, Cowes, England, put on a spectacular 90th anniversary party for the 2021 Round the Island Race. The huge fleet of over 1200 boats showed how much people love taking part in this event. This year’s race…
Harris brothers – World 18ft Skiff Champions
Two brothers winning JJ Giltinan world 18ft Skiff Championships is not too rare. There have been at least ten ‘brothers’ winning boats in the 71 championships held so far, but the Harris brothers have a rare distinction with their victories. The…
Success for Australians at Moth Cup
The final day of the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup arrived with an unpredictable wind forecast as rain was expected to come in mid-day. However, Luca Rizzotti and his team hosting the Foiling Week and the Liberty Bitcoin Moth Cup did a brilliant job and they managed…
Nominations open for 2021 Australian Sailing Awards
Nominations for the 2021 Australian Sailing Awards have now opened, giving clubs and club members the opportunity to be recognised for outstanding achievements and contributions to the sailing community across the past year. The Australian Sailing Awards are the peak…
Rescuing required for Round the Island Race competitor
Experienced sailors who had just taken part in a prestigious yacht race had to be rescued when their vessel got into difficulty off the Dorset coast. The crew of three had taken part in the Round the Island Race at…
Opti Worlds 2021: Thailand’ Bhanubandh leads into Gold Fleet phase
Riva del Garda, Italy: A single race completed today in the third and final day of the qualification series valid for the Optimist World Championship underway in Riva del Garda. The new World Champion will be crowned on July 9th. The…
