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“It’s a man’s world” no longer, and out on the water more and more women are taking the helm and enjoying all the freedom and empowerment that boating has to offer. In the last eighteen months leisure boat sales have…
The United States SailGP Team helmsman Jimmy Spithill reflects on the changing fortunes of his crew following a memorable battle with the Japanese team in Saint-Tropez in early September. As we rounded the top mark in the final race at…
Detroit, Michigan: After three days and eight races, Class stalwart, long-time owner, and former World Champion Brian Porter on Full Throttle acquired his eighth National Championship title, a monumental achievement in the very competitive U.S. Melges 24 Class. Needless to say…
Thessaloniki, Greece: Mikolaj Staniul with Kuba Sztorch (POL) won a tit for tat battle with Tim Fischer with Fabian Graf (GER) that played out over the two 49er gold races on the final day of the European Championship. The two leading teams were separated by only two points heading into the…
Taylor Canfield’s (USA) Team, Stars+Stripes, has triumphed in the 56th Congressional Cup at Long Beach Yacht Club, capping five-days of high calibre competition in this World Match Racing Tour championship event and making Canfield the most successful skipper in the 56-year…
Rhode Island: For the second time in three editions, Southern Yacht Club will leave the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court with the most prestigious trophy in Corinthian sailing — the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, firmly in…
Sport is all about emotions, highs and lows, and nowhere was this more evident than at the conclusion of the third GC32 World Championship held in Villasimius. The Sardinian resort town saved its best conditions to last today, with flat…
Bandol produced some great racing conditions for the final day of the inaugural OK Dinghy Autumn Trophy, hosted by the Société Nautique de Bandol, on the sunny Mediterranean coast of France. Two more races were sailed on Saturday in 6-12…
It wasn’t just the sudden 4.3 earthquake that shook things up at the Congressional Cup this weekend at Long Beach, California; the spirited racing found five skippers battling for the final spot in the semi-final round at this prestigious Long…
Rhode Island: The story line at the sharp end of the fleet on Day 4 of the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup was much the same as on Day 3, as San Diego Yacht Club played from in…
Sanxenxo, Spain: The spectacular final race of the Xacobeo Six Metre European Championship 2021 proved to be an absolute cliff hanger, but in the end, Bribon 500 and Thisbe came out on top and are the new champions. Initially the…
Villasimius in south eastern Sardinia delivered completely today, providing the perfect combination of wind, sun, flat water, a stunning backdrop and welcome reception ashore back in Marina di Villasimius for the flying catamaran teams. In the north easterly to easterly…
From some time out, day two of the GC32 World Championship in Villasimius, Sardinia was looking set to be tough, with light winds forecast and after one false start early on, the fleet was returned to the Marina di Villasimius….
Nick Craig extended his lead on the third day of the OK Dinghy Autumn Trophy in Bandol, France after three more races were sailed in 15-25 knots, huge waves and brilliant sunshine. It was an epic day on the water…
Following a day of non-racing due to the complicated conditions in the Ria de Pontevedra, Saturday local time is the final day of the Xacobeo 6mR Europeans, with all options open and the continental title still at play. Javier de…
MySailing editor, Greta Quealy, caught up with Nacra 17 sailor Lisa Darmanin back home in Sydney after time spent in hotel quarantine following an eventful Tokyo Olympics. Cousins Lisa Darmanin, 30, and Jason Waterhouse, 29, had a mammoth task ahead…
Australian Sailing regrets to announce that the 2021 Australian Yachting Championships have been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The event was scheduled to be run as a part of Hamilton Island Race Week (HIRW) from 21-28 August. With…
Following a very close 37th America’s Cup (AC37) Host Venue selection process consisting of three compelling and professional international proposals, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) together with Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ), announced today that they are extending…
The third GC32 World Championship got off to a difficult start today off Villasimius, Sardinia. One race was successfully held on the magnificent bay off Marina di Villasimius and the Capo Carbonara marine reserve before the wind began performing laps…
Long Beach, California: It was evident on day two of the Congressional Cup regatta, that racers have shaken off any dust or rust caused by the pandemic pause. Racing in the five-day regatta – hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club…
Rhode Island: Wherever sailors competing in the 2021 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup turned today, there was something standing between them and the groove so essential for a solid finish in a competitive fleet: a wave, a shift,…
A steady 12 knots from the northeast and glorious warm sunshine made for a near perfect third day of racing at the Xacobeo Six Metre European Championship in Sanxenxo. After two days of very light airs the change of pace…
Forecasts promised good winds on the second day of the OK Dinghy International Association (OKDIA) Autumn Trophy, however light winds prevailed all day. Three races were started but only two were finished after the wind died. Nick Craig leads from…
Long Beach, California: Four-time Congressional Cup winner Taylor Canfield (USA) and his Stars+Stripes team ended the opening day of the 56th Congressional Cup undefeated with seven straight wins in the qualifying round robin. Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson, also a former winner of…
Rhode Island: It was just the sort of moment that the founders of the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup envisioned more than a decade years ago when they created the event: two identical boats crewed by amateur sailors blasting downwind,…
The second day of the Xacobeo Six Metre European Championship at the Real Club Nautico Sanxenxo in Galicia got off to a regal start with a visit from Her Royal Highness Infanta Dona Elena of Spain. The Infanta is a…
Top international sailors, including America’s Cup winners and Olympian gold medallists, are descending on Villasimius for one of the pinnacles in foiling catamaran racing – the third GC32 World Championship. Taking place from Thursday until Sunday this event is organised…
Before the start of the OK Dinghy Autumn Trophy in Bandol, France, there were near perfect conditions for training, while enjoying the perfect French hospitality. Over the past two days 10-15 boats have been out training in great sailing conditions…
The Royal Thames Yacht Club’s entry competing in the 2021 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, put on an almost perfect display of racing on the first day of the event. The British team, which won the event in…
The opening day of the Xacobea Six Metre European Championship 2021 in Sanxenxo, Spain, featured two tricky light airs races for the thirty-one competing teams from eleven nations. Racing for the Open and Classic Divisions was run in a light…
Emil Kjaer, representing the Royal Danish Yacht Club, won the 2021 Ficker Cup on Sunday, official event of the World Match Racing Tour, qualifying his team to this week’s 56th Congressional Cup along with second and third placed Ficker Cup skippers…
The scintillating waters of Saint-Tropez lit up with excitement for thousands of fans on the final day of racing of the France Sail Grand Prix, the fifth event of the season. Equipped with the newly-fitted, mammoth 29 metre wingsail, the…
Esteban Garcia’s Realteam Sailing, co-skippered by Jérôme Clerc, triumphed at the end of a thrilling final day at the TF35 Scarlino Trophy. After four days of racing, Clerc and the team were head-to-head with Alinghi until the last race in…
The spectator-lined seawall of Saint Tropez was matched by the dazzling array of superyachts surrounding the F50 racecourse for the opening day of the France Sail Grand Prix, where fair weather brought out large crowds for an adrenaline-fueled day of…
TF35 Trophy Principal Race Officer, Benoit Deutsch, picked his moment well today to get two thrilling races in, with the boats foiling upwind at 24 knots in 16 knots of breeze, before the heavy mistral wind cut the day short….
The fog lifted, the wind picked up slightly, just in time for the final race of the Star World Championship during Kieler Woche in Germany, and while Frithjof Kleen and Diego Negri, who had already been crowned world champions stayed…
Long Beach, California: With six wins from seven matches, Jeffrey Petersen (USA) dominated on the first day of round robin match racing for the Ficker Cup trophy at Long Beach Yacht Club. The reigning US Youth Match Racing Champion at…
Akos Lukats has won the 2021 Finn European Masters at the Tihanyi Hajós Egylet in Tihany, Hungary after no more races were possible on the final day, with Bas De Waal (NED) and Taras Havrysh (UKR) placing second and third…
The wind off Porto Cervo failed to fill in on the final day of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, so following Friday’s layday, the results at the end of play on Thursday stand, at this the pinnacle event of the…
A challenging second day for the seven TF35s in Scarlino started with an hour delay ashore as the moody overcast skies prevented the sea breeze from kicking in, and when the racing got going, it was in an inconsistent 6-8…
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