Kiel Week 2021 postponed
Due to the current coronavirus pandemic, Kieler Woche cannot take place at the end of June this year as is usual, so has been postponed to September 5-13, 2021. “We as a city have decided this step together with the…
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Change of dates entices the best for Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race
A new superyacht, a super maxi, a TP52 that is the benchmark in yachting and a multihull that will be difficult to beat, along with their equally high-profile owners, are among the classy field taking part in the Royal Prince…
INEOS TEAM UK and Royal Yacht Squadron Racing confirm Challenger of Record status
Emirates Team New Zealand is pleased to confirm that the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has accepted a Notice of Challenge for the 37th America’s Cup (AC37) from the Royal Yacht Squadron Racing, represented by INEOS TEAM UK, which will act…
Team UK confirmed as challenger of record, now intrigue deepens
Team UK are the next challenger of record for the America’s Cup, working alongside defender Team New Zealand. Sir Ben Ainslie’s syndicate, backed by British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, will replace Italian outfit Luna Rossa for the next cycle of…
New Zealand retains the America’s Cup
It’s always said that the faster boat wins the America’s Cup. And so it proved today when Emirates Team New Zealand powered away from Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli in perfect conditions on the Hauraki Gulf to close out their defence…
18ft Skiffs: Queen of the Harbour this weekend
The annual Queen of the Harbour (originally known as the ‘Queen of the Waves’) is one of the most important events to the Australian 18 Footers League and has a history almost as long as the League itself. Next Sunday’s…
NZ on match point in America’s Cup
On what could have been the final day of the 36th America’s Cup, the defenders Emirates Team New Zealand won an exciting first race that featured a number of lead changes. It wasn’t until they sailed into a big right-hander…
18ft Skiff Supercup goes to Winning Group
Several past 18ft Skiff champions returned to the class on Friday when they skippered boats from the Australian 18 Footers League's 2020-2021 Season fleet in the annual 'Supercup' series on Sydney Harbour. A 12-16 knot south-east breeze allowed each team…
Superyacht Cup: one European regatta determined to go ahead
With an encouraging level of interest from owners and skippers, organisers are optimistic the 25th anniversary of Europe’s longest-running superyacht regatta will attract a competitive range of entries. Organisers have put the focus firmly on the racing in the Bay…
Head north to Hamilton Island for Australian Yachting Championships
Australian Sailing has confirmed that the Australian Yachting Championships will be returning to Hamilton Island for the next two years. The 2021 and 2022 editions of the event will be hosted by Hamilton Island Yacht Club (HIYC) as a part…
Four weeks later, yet every Vendee finisher still has a story
Nearly every Vendée Globe, including this ninth edition, has delivered a sting in the tail of one sort or another to unfortunate solo skippers. While the most damaging this time was Boris Herrmann’s collision with a Spanish fishing boat just…
Prada Cup fizzle? 7:1, what's next?
In an expectant hope that Sir Ben Ainslie could inflict the same pain on James Spithill that Spithill inflicted on Dean Barker way back in 2013, it turns out Britannia sadly lacked the speeds in the light airs plus the Ineos…
Prada Cup Final Day 3: A win to the Brits but Italians in control
The Prada Cup Final is not done and dusted yet, and with INEOS TEAM UK marking its first point on the scoreboard, there may still a long way to go. In the first race of the day, Luna Rossa Prada…
Victorian Youth Champs Head to Royal Yacht Club of Victoria
Victoria’s most talented youth sailors will descend on the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria in April for the return of the Victorian Youth Championships and Coaching Clinic. Running from 15-18 April, the event will be made up of a two-day…
Prada Cup is go – tomorrow
Prada Cup final will resume on Saturday 20th of February NZT. Race 5 will see Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli facing Ineos Team UK Britannia, the race will start from 4:00PM local time weather permitting, 2:00pm Sydney time. Race 5 and…
Tapper tops Hardy Match Racing Challenge
After a week of tight racing, Finn Tapper of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia prevailed to win the 2021 Hardy Cup, held at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Teams gathered at the Squadron to celebrate the week’s racing and…
So it is on, but not yet – or will it?
Following the press release yesterday from America’s Cup Event Ltd (ACE) that Prada Cup racing would continue to be postponed until the New Zealand government announced Covid-19 alert levels are at level one, the responses from the two competitor teams caused a…
So, is it on or is it not?
In a 500 word press release online, the America's Cup Event (ACE) people have managed to give no clear indication of what is going to happen. What appears to have been written by lawyers and public relations people the press release uses…
Ouch – four: zip. Luna Rossa coming up roses
With four wins on the scoreboard Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli comes away of the first Prada Cup Final weekend having stamped their authority and with the first to seven going to the Match, Ineos Team UKs Britannia's, path gets steeper and…
Photos and stories sought for definitive International 5.5 Metre history
In January the International 5.5 Metre Class Association announced the intention to publish a definitive history of the class. It is being researched and written by Mikkel Thommessen and Matti Muoniovaara. It will be the first definitive history of the…
Prada Cup Final Day 1: Two bullets for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and INEOS TEAM UK squared off today to determine the winner of the PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series and the right to face the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand. First day of the PRADA Cup Final…
Love it or hate it, tomorrow's Prada Cup promises interesting racing
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli will battle Ineos Team UK on the Waitemata Harbour to become the challenger of the 36th America's Cup presented by Prada. The final is determined by a best of 13 races, so the first to win…
Tassie team wins Sailing Champions League – Asia Pacific opener
The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT) has emerged victorious at the first event of the 2021 Sailing Champions League – Asia Pacific season with an exciting win in the SCL – AP: Southern Qualifier hosted by the Mornington Yacht…
World Match Racing Tour announces 2021 season
London, UK: The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) today announced its 2021 world championship season with a 17-event schedule across 11 countries, including the inaugural WMRT Final in Shenzhen, China from 15-19 December. The 2021 season announcement has been made…
Prestigious seamanship award goes to worthy Australian winner
Remember the yacht Showtime capsizing during its return journey from competing in the 2019 Sydney Hobart? It lost its keel in Bass Strait and, although all the crew were able to clamber out and hold onto the hull, the conditions…
Covid restrictions have led to an action-packed end of season in Perth
The Swan River Sailing Championship Weekend is back for 2021, with another triple-banger of three regattas to be held over one weekend in March 2021 at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club. After a false start in 2020, Friday 19th March…
Ronstan re-signs sponsorship with Australian Sailing
Australian Sailing has announced Ronstan will be continuing their partnership with Australian Sailing and the Australian Sailing Team. The sailboat hardware manufacturer has been in partnership with Australian Sailing and the Australian Sailing Team (AST) for over fifty years and…
New Zealander takes time out to win Heritage 18s
The New Zealand 18ft Skiff fleet may not be coming to contest the 2021 JJ Giltinan world 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour in March, but there is one Kiwi sailor who will be at the JJs, and who has…
Rock Solid but close win in Adams 10 Nationals
Rock Solid has faced 16 consecutive Adams 10 Australian championships and finally the Middle Harbour Yacht Club boat owned by Mitch Miller and Andy and Ben Gunton prevailed at Lake Macquarie, albeit by the slimmest margin. The new Australian Adams…
Entries open for Sydney Harbour Regatta, to be held early March
Four state championships and the addition of Super Group racing to Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Sydney Harbour Regatta will intensify the kaleidoscope of colour and course area changes will spread the action around the natural amphitheatre of Sydney Harbour over…
Pathways funding to develop youth sailing
Australian Sailing has taken a step towards securing the next generation of sailing champions with the launch of the Performance Pathway Futures Program. The program has been made possible in part due to Australian Sailing’s successful application for one of the…
Rule changes agreed to for upcoming Prada Cup
The Challenger of Record and the Defender, in consultation with the Regatta Director, have decided to amend the Race conditions for the Prada Cup Final and the 36th America’s Cup Match as follows: UPPER WIND LIMITAfter reviewing the performance of…
Prada's success is riding on an Australian sheep's back
This coming weekend will see the commencement of the America's Cup challenger series, Prada Cup, final stage, where Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli will face off against Ineos Team UK. The first to win 7 races will then compete in the 36th…
Animal Farm: MC38s Lazy Dog looking good for Nationals
Quentin Stewart and Shaun Lane’s Lazy Dog team showed once again they are in a different realm, dropping just one race win from seven starts in the MC38 class’ opening act hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club. Only Chris Way…
One point difference in 18 footer Australians, two races to go
The defending champion tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake produced a last-minute victory in Race 7 of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour, to take a narrow lead in the series with just two…
Every finisher is a winner with the Vendee stragglers still to come
With tired boats, tired bodies and minds, each face their own personal battles to make the final 1,000-1,500 nautical miles to the finish, but all share the same utter commitment and determination. The next five boats are within 100 nautical…
Should half an Olympic Games include sailing?
As the year 2021 tentatively creeps into its second month, a UK sports writer penned this interesting column: to save this year's Olympics in Tokyo, maybe they should cut half the sports from the Games. Now the writer is, apparently,…
Hardy Cup ready to showcase Sydney talent
The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron will once again host the historic four-day Hardy Cup Match Racing Regatta around Kirribilli’s stunning foreshore on Sydney Harbour, with races to start in front of the Squadron on Monday from 10:20am. Due to international…
Family rivalry on the race track
For more than 100 years there has been a strong family influence over the generations in the 18 Footers. For a number of seasons, John ‘Woody’ Winning and his son John ‘Herman’ Winning have been locking horns at the highest…
Mornington set to host first leg of Sailing Champions League Asia Pacific
Victoria's Mornington Yacht Club will host the first leg of the Sailing Champions League – Asia Pacific this weekend with 12 teams entered from a number of clubs across Victoria, as well as a team from Tasmania. With the restart…
