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After a two-year Covid-related hiatus, Victoria’s historic Festival of Sails will be roaring back into life from Saturday, January 22 to Wednesday, January 26, 2022. Australia’s oldest sporting event and the biggest keel boat regatta in the southern hemisphere, the…
The defending champion Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake produced a brilliant finishing burst to grab a last-minute victory in Race 4 of the 2021-2022 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Tech 2’s team…
Sydney Harbour put on a show for the last day of Sail Sydney, with a gusty southerly providing perfect racing conditions for the 200-plus competitors. The regatta has been the first opportunity for many athletes to test their skills against…
Twenty-nine boats launched prior to 1976, that had all competed in at least one Sydney Hobart, took to Sydney Harbour for the annual Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta. Inclement weather led to the unfortunate cancellation of Friday’s invitational race, but…
A wild storm lashed Sydney Harbour on the second morning of Sail Sydney, creating delays to the morning racing and a racecourse filled with whitecaps and a strong westerly breeze when racing eventually got underway in the afternoon. The young…
The future stars of Australian sailing were on show at Sail Sydney, with a mix of Australian Sailing Team, Australian Sailing Squad and Australian Sailing Futures athletes among the big winners on day one of the annual regatta. Since many…
SailGP is proud to officially launch SailGP Insights, a new online dashboard which provides fans with vast amounts of data from the identical hydrofoiling F50 catamarans that feature in the purpose-led, global racing league. SailGP Insights perfectly complements SailGP’s broadcast…
Santiago Lange (ARG) is the new President of the International Nacra 17 Class Association. The Nacra 17 executive co-opted Lange officially into the role at an executive meeting on December 8. Lange stepped up to the commitment and is prepared…
The seaside resort of Mussanah in Oman is ready to host the world’s best young sailors when the 2021 Youth Sailing World Championships presented by Hempel commences on 11 December. A total of 433 sailors from 56 nations are entered…
The inaugural Virtus Para Sailing World Championship will be staged in Gold Coast, Australia, 5 – 12 November 2022, for Hansa 303 class sailors from all around the world. A World Championship deserves a World Class athlete and sailor at…
The 52 Super Series, the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit, will mark its historic 10th year of continued success with an exciting five regatta season which will open in May at a beautiful venue which is new to the…
Southport Yacht Club’s premier sailing event, Qoin Sail Paradise, is shaping up to be the biggest and best ever when it is staged from January 3-6. A record fleet of more than 50 yachts are already registered, and the signs…
Since the birth of the 18 footer class on Sydney Harbour in January 1892, there has been an incredible number of stories about the competitors, the clubs, the rules, the boats, supporters and sponsors during the following 130 years. Realising…
When you are so utterly focussed on getting the best out of a particular programme, you need to put only the very best into it. In a way, this would have to be a streamlined version of one of the…
The 2021 Sail Sydney regatta is shaping up to provide quality sailing action with a large fleet of sailors keen to hit the water and compete after another disrupted year of racing. From Thursday December 9 to Sunday December 12,…
SailGP returns in its third season with additional new teams, more iconic cities and thrilling racing as it reaffirms its status as the most exciting and purpose-driven racing on-water. The future has never looked brighter for SailGP as it expands…
Whisper’s impressive form continued with overall victory in the 2021 SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, as SHK Scallywag 100 took line honours in a stunning showdown on Sydney Harbour. The sun shone on the two super maxis and seven mini maxis for the 14 nautical…
The ILCA 6 World Championships concluded in Oman overnight with two Australians finishing in the top 15. Tokyo Olympian Mara Stransky finished sixth overall and made it clear that she has the skills and determination to make her mark at…
The Short Track World Championship is an action-packed tournament format that showcases the best of sailing in a fan friendly package. The world’s best 49er and 49erFX sailors will race in the word’s best amphitheatre for sailing. The regatta will…
The 2021 ILCA 6 World Championship concluded yesterday in Barcelo Mussanah, Oman, with Nik Pletikos of Slovenia winning the men’s 2021 ILCA 6 World Championship in the last race on the last day of the competition. Taking the title by a single point, Pletikos secured the gold by winning race…
Tokyo Olympian Mara Stranksy finally found her form on day five of the ILCA 6 World Championships in Oman. The young Queenslander shot up the rankings to seventh overall after three solid races including a win in the last race…
The Yandoo team of John Winning, Mike Kennedy and Fang Warren lead the NSW 18ft skiff Championship following a dominating performance to take out Race 3 on Sydney Harbour on Sunday. Yandoo grabbed the lead early in the race to hold a…
Axel Mazella and Poema Newland have become champions of Gran Canaria, the fifth and final event of the 2021 KiteFoil World Series. Both French riders have also been crowned champions of the 2021 season. For Mazella, this is his third World Series…
On day four of the ILCA 6 World Championships at Al-Musannah Sports City, in Oman, it was a brutal wait out on the water for competitors before the racing finally got underway late in the afternoon. When it did, finding…
Patience was tested on the third day of the ILCA 6 World Championships as the Race Committee squeezed in just one race in an unstable 5-7 knots of wind. It was worth the wait for the Australian Sailing ILCA 6…
Day three of the 2021 ILCA 6 World Championships was once again influenced by the wind, with just two races in the Men’s and one in the Women’s completed at Barceló Resort Mussanah, as the sailors struggled to get to…
On Day 3 of the 2021 KiteFoil World Series Gran Canaria the breeze gusted too strongly for riders to get out through the shore break at Playa de las Burras. Once again, so once again, no racing to be done…
Australia’s Tom Slingsby has won the male 2021 Rolex World Sailor of the Year. The award celebrates his achievements in three competitive classes over the past two years. It was announced on Thursday 2 December in a virtual ceremony streamed…
To cap off a huge year for Seawind Catamarans and sister company, Corsair Marine trimarans, a 24 strong fleet of Seawinds and Corsairs sailed together in perfect conditions on Brisbane’s Moreton Bay in a rally run by distributors, Multihull Central….
As of 12am December 1 2021, Challengers can now officially enter the next edition of the oldest trophy in international sport. Kevin Shoebridge, COO of Emirates Team New Zealand said, “The Defender, RNZYS & Emirates Team New Zealand, have had…
Team New Zealand’s nemesis Alinghi is back in the America’s Cup after an 11-year absence. Owned by Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli, Alinghi famously won the Cup for the first time in 2003, sweeping defender Team NZ 5-0 in the Cup…
The Australian Sailing Awards were announced last Thursday during a one-hour online special on the Australian Sailing Facebook page and website with the virtual event hosted by Gordon Bray AM. Western Australia’s Swan River Sailing had a fantastic night; taking home both…
Oman Sail will welcome ILCA Radial sailors from around the world this week for the 2021 ILCA 6 World Championship. Commencing on 29 November through to 6 December 2021 at the Barceló Mussanah Resort, racing will take place every day for the male and female fleets before medallists are decided. Both fleets will…
The second leg of this year’s Sailing Arabia – The Tour ended with Team France still in the lead as the gap to DB Schenker in second grew to four points. Team Oman Sail remain in third with Team Oman Investment Authority in fourth, Barceló Mussanah Resort fifth and Nastro Rosa of Italy in sixth. Racing…
Paul Jenkins and his Sydney 38 crew on board Mille Sabords won their first ever regatta on a wild and wet Sydney weekend, racing for the host club in the annual Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship. The event attracted 55…
The defending champion Tech2 team was back to its best form on Sydney Harbour on Sunday when the crew of Jack Macartney, Lewis Brake and Luke Parkinson produced a come-from-behind performance to take an exciting victory in Race 2 of…
Big offshore gusts and sunny skies delivered an eventful conclusion to the 2021 KiteFoil World Series Fuerteventura. Max Maeder of Singapore came out on top in a thrilling duel with Axel Mazella from France. Poema Newland of France dominated the women’s division, winning the trophy…
Ahead of the upcoming Australia Sail Grand Prix taking place on Sydney Harbour on 17 and 18 December, defending SailGP champion, Kyle Langford and helmsman for the Japan SailGP Team, Nathan Outteridge, surprised the Lake Macquarie community by visiting with…
Big seas and strong winds offshore for the Premier Divisions contesting Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s annual Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship put the stress test on crews over the 24 nautical mile course, described as “brutal” by Division 1 winning…
Rain clouds played havoc with Day 3 of 2021 KiteFoil World Series Fuerteventura, the wind never settling down sufficiently for any racing. Earlier in the morning, when the postponement flag came down and the horn sounded for the riders to…
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