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Following a successful first season that included the launch of the world’s fastest sail racing boat, the F50, SailGP will return to Sydney Harbour in 2020 for the Season 2 opener. Defending champions Australia, led by Tom Slingsby, prepare to…
With much more interesting breeze conditions, the final day of the 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds saw a real shake up on the course. The battle for second place was on between Kyle Langford and Tom Burton after Tom Slingsby…
Talk of NSW entrants dominating the Australian 16ft Skiff Championships at Port Stephens from January 4 has a quietly confident Queensland contingent relishing the prospect of taking underdog status into the state-of-origin battle. Fresh from winning the recent Queensland State…
LONDON – December 17, 2019 – SailGP today announced the addition of the Spain SailGP Team to the global championship’s Season 2 lineup. Replacing China, Spain will join Australia, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Japan and the United States in the…
Emirates is pleased to announce its appointment as official ‘Presenting Partner’ of the Emirates America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) event in Portsmouth, taking place in June 2020. As Official Presenting Partner of the ACWS Portsmouth, Emirates has helped secure the…
The temperature in Melbourne is getting almost as hot as the competition at the Finn Gold Cup, but the lack of wind on the third day meant all racing was cancelled mid-afternoon on Wednesday. Three races are now scheduled for…
After a near-perfect score card at the end of the penultimate day of racing, Tom Slingsby has clean swept another day of racing to clinch his maiden Moth World Championship with a day to spare. The win at the Chandler…
New Zealand’s Josh Junior has taken a 14-point lead at the top of the Finn Gold Cup in Melbourne, Australia, after another solid day on Port Philip with a fifth and a first. Nenad Bugarin, from Croatia, is up to…
The first day of finals racing at the 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds had it all – with thrills, spills, and three pickets for the regatta leader Tom Slingsby. With racing slightly postponed today at the scheduled start time to…
The World Sailing Trust has joined forces with SailGP Inspire to become the official charity of SailGP’s community and outreach program. The partnership will use sailing as a force for good, bringing access to the sport, education and sector career…
Entries for the Australian Yachting Championships, to be hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania from 3-5 January 2020, continue to build, with last year’s three division winners on the ready to take on old foes and a host…
Christmas only comes once a year, but for one Finn sailor Christmas will come early this year, with one of the most prestigious and famous trophies in sailing there for the taking over the next six days at the 2019…
The 2019 Finn Gold Cup kicked off in style with the 60-boat fleet getting two races in on day one of the Finn class world championships in Melbourne on Monday (16-21 December 2019). Racing got underway with an hour delay…
Scorching conditions in Perth marked the first day of the 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds, with the mercury topping 40 degrees and a lot of waiting around for the sea breeze to finally come in, but when it arrived, the…
Australian Olympic gold medallists, Tom Slingsby and Tom Burton were the stars of the show on the final day of qualifying and ahead of the Gold fleet finals at the 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds in Perth. Other positions were…
Eight former JJ Giltinan (unofficial world) champions as well as several other top names from 18ft skiff racing were guest skippers of the of the Australian 18 Footers League, which conducted in the second 'Supercup' on Sydney Harbour last night….
The 2019 Finn Gold Cup was officially opened by John Bertrand AO at Friday evening’s opening ceremony at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club in Melbourne, Australia. More than 60 Finn sailors from 22 nations have gathered in Melbourne for the…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – December 11, 2019 – SailGP today announced the addition of the Denmark SailGP Team presented by ROCKWOOL ahead of the global championship’s second season. ROCKWOOL will serve as the team’s main partner, with multi-time around-the-world sailor Nicolai…
The announcement of a double-handed, mixed-gender keelboat event for the Paris Olympics, to be sailed out of Marseille, has attracted its first high-profile competitors. Two of Australia's most experienced ocean racers and highest profile sailors, Nick Moloney and Adrienne Cahalan…
He has been trying since 2010, but one of Australia's most accomplished sailors, Tom Slingsby, took one of his sweetest victories by winning the Australian Moth Championships at Mounts Bay Sailing Club in Perth on Wednesday. The event that doubled…
The country’s top junior sailors will compete in Geelong later this month, when the Royal Geelong Yacht Club hosts the Cadet Class Australian Championship. One hundred and twelve sailors on 56 International Cadet Class boats are entered in the championships…
A reinvigorated Youth America’s Cup regatta is announced today which will be raced in a brand new class of foiling mono-hull, the AC9F, in 2020 and 2021. The Youth America’s Cup is a joint initiative between the Royal New Zealand…
After all the by play and preparations it was time for the 120-strong Moth fleet to flex its muscle on the Swan River with yesterday's opening races of the Australian Moth Championship. Who was quick and who had some tricks…
There was absolutely no stopping Jeff Carter and the Edake crew today as they smashed out two quick wins in races five and six, putting them so far ahead they had won the regatta before the last race had begun….
Challenging Auckland wind and waves played their part in determining the outcome of the Hyundai 49er, 49erFX & Nacra 17 World Championships. We have three winners, but anyone watching the groundbreaking live coverage will know that there were no runaway…
After two outstanding wins in the first two races of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship, Winning Group went into today's Race 4 on Sydney Harbour as a hot favourite to extend her lead in the championship and didn't disappoint her…
The Sail Brisbane regatta concluded today on the waters of Waterloo Bay, hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. The event was the Queensland Championships for the VXOne class, as well as the International 29ers, and joining them were strong…
The much-anticipated duel between the Aussies in the Nacra 17 at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland lost its lustre today, with Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin sitting in second place while the Outteridge…
The breeze was a little softer than previous days and at times extremely unpredictable and shifty, but somehow the class acts continue to prove that they’re still the class acts, able to cope with any slings or arrows that are…
The first day of the Farr 40 Pittwater One Design trophy was held on the Palm Beach circle, with a nice nor’ easter of 5-8 knots providing perfect conditions for the class’ final regatta of the season. PRO Steve Merrington…
The first day of Gold fleet racing brought mixed results for Aussie teams chasing podium places at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland. Leading the Aussie pack in the 49er Gold fleet are the…
On the fourth day of the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships, the race for the titles and Olympic qualification is beginning to take shape as the fleets split into their respective Gold fleets. 49er – Germans…
Unlike many previous years, when the organisers prayed for a breeze, there was too much wind for many of the boats, as the fleet contesting the 33rd Phuket King’s Cup Regatta prepared to race on Friday morning. Only five of…
Day 3 of the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland is complete, although it's been a busy evening in the protest room. The end of the Qualifying Series in any Olympic-class World Championship is always…
A battle royale is brewing between high-flying Aussie sailors in the Nacra17 Class at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland. After a tough day’s sailing in light fickle conditions Australian Sailing Team entries Nathan…
It has been a feature of the Nacra 17 fleet in Championships to date that the favourites rise to the challenge and begin the series strongly. None more so than the never-ending saga for British nomination to the Tokyo Olympics…
4 December 2019, Phuket – Thailand’s former world Optimist champion and two-time Asian Games gold medalist Noppakao Poonpat transferred her skills from the small boats to the big ones to register a first and second in the two races held…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is offering six lucky guests the opportunity of a lifetime – to play an active part in the invitation-only Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, held on Sydney Harbour Tuesday 10 December. eBay auction…
Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel opened day one of the World Championships with a stunningly consistent performance while some of the other big guns failed to fire. Two 49er races were completed after wild weather lashed the race areas off…
Perth’s Mounts Bay Sailing Club has been swarming with activity over the last few weeks as a number of the world’s best sailors arrive ahead of the 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds, which run from 9-18 December. Among the fleet…
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