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No overseas fans will be permitted to attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, organisers have confirmed today at a five-party meeting. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo 2020 and the…
No sooner were entries open than entries flooded in for Australia’s favourite regatta, SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), and days later, all 80 berths were filled for the Townsville Yacht Club hosted event to be held from 2-8 September,…
From ice baths to sauna training, if you’re watching the world’s top sports people prepare for the Olympics, you’re sure to see them engage in one or more of these extreme activities. While the debate continues over the pros and…
Sir Ben Ainslie believes taking the America’s Cup back to its British roots would be a game-changer for the event. The skipper and man in charge of Team UK has used his latest column in The Telegraph to outline developments in the…
The Tokyo Olympics looks set to go ahead in July and the signs are positive the youth sailing world championships will also be staged in 2021 after last year’s event was cancelled. The youth worlds is the pinnacle regatta for youth…
It is with great regret that the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC), the Organising Authority for the 2021 Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race, has cancelled the race due to safety concerns. “The decision has not been…
The 2020/21 Farr 40 National Titles have concluded today after eight races. Crews were met by driving rain and strong southerly conditions on Sunday morning forcing the Race Management team, led by PRO Denis Thompson, to display the AP ashore…
Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto has suggested the number of times athletes are tested for coronavirus could be increased amid growing fears over the spread of more transmissible variants. Plans are in place for competitors to be tested once every…
The Smeg team of Michael Coxon, Ricky Bridge and Trent Barnabas was unbeatable for the title of 2021 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff champion after yesterday’s Race 8 of the championship, but today’s final race on Sydney Harbour held more than…
Weather won the day on the Waitemata Harbour today on the fourth day of the 36th America’s Cup, with the Race Committee forced to call off racing due to the lack of wind. The scoreboard between Emirates Team New Zealand…
As if it was written in the script, Day 3 of the America’s Cup presented by PRADA is again locked up with Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli in a 3-3 tie – and to lift the…
Auckland, New Zealand: With the America’s Cup Defender Emirates Team New Zealand and Challenger Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli tied on two wins apiece going into today’s racing, the intensity, already brutally high, ratchets up another notch. Light winds were forecast…
A second-place finish in today’s Race 8 on Sydney Harbour was enough to give the Smeg team of Michael Coxon, Ricky Bridge and Trent Barnabas, an unbeatable points lead and victory in the 2021 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship sponsored…
After Wednesday’s opening salvo of the 36th America’s Cup presented by Prada produced a 1-1 scoreline for defender Emirates Team New Zealand, and challenger Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, both teams remained ashore during the lay day, using their time wisely….
After a one-day break, racing resumed in the Match for the 36th America’s Cup presented by Prada and conditions were light, with a northerly 8-10 knot breeze throughout the afternoon. In the pre-start of race one, Luna Rossa managed to…
Sailing Champions League Asia Pacific organisers today announced that the final of the current season will be built into Newcastle’s annual SailFest maritime festival program. Over three days, April 9-11, open, youth and women’s teams from around the country who qualified for…
The 2020/21 Farr 40 Nationals opened on Sydney Harbour on Friday amid a strong wind warning from the Bureau of Meteorology prompting PRO, Denis Thompson, to alert competitors that racing would be conducted inshore for the day. Shifting breezes kept…
It was another day of “win the start, win the race” in light airs on the Hauraki Gulf today. At times the wind strength dropped below 8 knots but both crews managed to keep their hulls out of the water….
Having built Sail Port Stephens into one of Australia’s premier yachting regattas, organisers are now looking to replicate the same successful formula for dinghy, skiff, catamaran and sailboard racing. For the first time, a full off-the-beach regatta will be held…
Ibiza, March 11, 2021. STP Shipyard Palma, Europe’s main hub for sailing yacht refit and repair, and Marina Ibiza, an exclusive marina in the Med, have joined forces to create the Ibija Joysail Regatta. It is a new competition for yachts…
The Smeg team of Michael Coxon, Ricky Bridge and Trent Baarnabas scored its third race win of the 2021 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today to virtually wrap up the series with two more races still to…
What a difference a day made at the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour, when the Australian champion tech2 team came roaring back on Day 4 today, with two outstanding victories after its devastating Day 3 which had…
There are promising signs for America’s Cup watchers after the first day of racing in the 36th Match. Despite the pre-race rumours that Team New Zealand had a “significant” speed advantage in the 12 knot conditions, the two boats were…
Following the disqualification of Race 2 winner tech2, today’s two races of the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, on Sydney Harbour, took on far more importance for the pre-championship favourite team which now had to complete the nine-race regatta without…
The Tasmanian team Mind Games, skippered by Phil Reid, and with Rohan Langford, Amelia Catt and Harry Gregory as crew, was crowned the 2021 SB20 Australian Champion in Hobart today. Skipper Reid, a popular winner, said the team had been working…
Three months after the first official race for the new AC75 class, the 36th America’s Cup presented by PRADA looks set to lay a marker down in history, with the first race of the Match starting tomorrow March 10 at…
Last week, the authoritative Olympic website Inside the Games reported that Brisbane had taken “a huge step” towards securing the hosting rights for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed the Australian region as its preferred candidate. There…
Inside the Games. By Nancy Gillen. Tokyo 2020 is to decide on the attendance of international spectators at the Olympic and Paralympic Games by the end of March. The issue was at the top of the agenda during a five-party…
tech2’s team overcame an epic, race long battle with her arch rival Yandoo Winning Group to score a sensational, and possibly controversial, win in Race 2 of the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. As the fleet passed…
Adrian Walters’ nippy Shaw 11 Little Nico, sailing for the Sydney Harbour Regatta host club, added another victory to its impressive regatta tally on day two of the weekend regatta. Divisional winners in 2016 and second in 2019 and 2017,…
Following this week’s cancellation of the French Olympic Week, in Hyères, of which the Finn Open and U23 European Championships were included, the International Finn Class is delighted to accept an offer from the Vilamoura Sailing Center to host the…
The Australian 18ft Skiff champion tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake took the first step towards adding the JJ Giltinan Championship to an already impressive record this season when they came from behind to take out…
Conditions offshore on day one of Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s annual Sydney Harbour Regatta had stomachs churning, while a Sydney 38 bowman was saved from a Man Overboard incident by the lifelines on Conspiracy, which was leading the division at…
We were hoping that we could all go sailing but unfortunately the covid virus and the protocols have made this impossible. The Chairman of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, Carlo Falcone and the committee have decided to cancel the 2021 ACYR and hope that everything…
In a thrilling finish, Tatiana Cardoso became the 18ft Skiff Queen of the Harbour when The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone team of Jordan Girdis, Lachlan Doyle and Cameron McDonald came back strongly over the final lap of the course to take out…
The New York Yacht Club is keen to continue in the America’s Cup but has slammed the concept of a deed of gift challenge between Team New Zealand and Team UK. The famous club which backed American Magic’s brave challenge…
Since winning the last season’s Australian 18ft Skiff Championship in the then new tech2 skiff, Jack Macartney and his crew’s 2020-21 season has gone to another level of performance and consistency, the trio taking all three major championships held so…
The Melges 24 Organising Committee announces the cancellation of the 2021 Melges 24 World Championship, expected to be held in Charleston, SC, USA on April 9-17. With the increased restrictions being put in place to manage the further spread of…
The highly anticipated Race 1 of the 36th America’s Cup Match will start shortly after 4 pm (NZT) on Wednesday 10th March after the Government announced a reduction in alert levels today.Under COVID-19 Alert Level 2 or 1, the race schedule will remain…
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, USA (March 4, 2021) – The 12 Metre Yacht Club (12MYC) is excited to announce the release of 12mR: An Enduring Legacy. Filmed during the 2019 12mR World Championship in Newport R.I., highlights include racing footage and…
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