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Sadly conditions on the opening day of the RORC Easter Challenge were better suited to improving competitors' suntans than their sailing skills and as such, there was no racing. At this event, which annually doubles as the Royal Ocean Racing…
The scene has been set for the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Medal Races at Hempel World Cup Series Genoa following the conclusion of fleet racing in the Italian city. On the fifth day of competition in Genoa, a long…
Day 5 at the Hempel World Cup Series – Round 3, Genoa provided the best conditions to-date, but the Australian Sailing Team had its struggles, including David and Lachy Gilmour who bounced back to claim the top of the 49er…
West Australia has joined the multi-state line-up for the National Sailing League Final, fielding a women’s team of high-level sailors formed especially for the event’s debut in Sydney next week, April 25 -28, 2019. A week out from the start…
Odile van Aanholt and Marieke Jongens (NED) snapped up a hat trick of race wins in the 49erFX to propel themselves into pole position at the Hempel World Cup Series event in Genoa, Italy. Hitting the top of the 49-boat…
West Australian brothers David and Lachy Gilmour have maintained third place in the 49er class at the Hempel World Cup Series – Round 3, on a day that produced a little more breeze and diverse results for the Australian Sailing…
The 20th edition of the Single-Handed Race took place on the eve of Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, sponsored by Locman, while four days of fleet racing at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta will start April 19. Eleven stunning examples of classic…
The CHS, as it is widely known, is an institution on the east coast for Aussie sailors and Will Divola/Alastair Hunter/Alex Hart (The Forest High School) on the16ft skiff, Ross Bell Electrical, have taken out this year’s title. Divola’s crew…
Laser Radial racing commenced on the third day of competition at Hempel World Cup Series Genoa and Line Flem Høst (NOR) and Switzerland’s Maud Jayet took the first race wins of the series to share an early lead. The 67-boat…
London, UK (17 April, 2019) The World Match Racing Tour has announced the skipper line-up for the 2018-2019 WMRT Championship Final from 3-7 July in Marstrand, Sweden hosted by the GKSS Match Cup Sweden. The list of world class sailors…
Another poor day weather-wise at the Hempel World Cup Series – Round 3, with race officials forced to cancel all racing in the Laser and for the 470s, which are yet to race, while the Laser Radial sailors started their…
The 2019 fleet is in for the 2019 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, representing thirteen nations with oceans of blue water between them. Every boat making its way to the contest has a story, some of which we’ve yet to hear….
Norway’s Hermann Tomasgaard and Croatia’s Tonci Stipanovic picked up the first Laser wins on the second day of racing at Hempel World Cup Series Genoa. Tomasgaard, winner at Hempel World Cup Series Miami, and Stipanovic, Rio 2016 silver medallist, took…
A difficult day for sailors and race officials alike at the Hempel World Cup Series – Round 3, Genoa, as the wind gods offered up the minimum breeze, meaning very few races were held and racing cancelled for the day…
Germany’s Tim Fischer and Fabian Graf got off to a perfect start in the Men’s Skiff – 49er as the first ever Hempel World Cup Series event in Italy commenced in Genoa with racing in the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra…
West Australian brothers David and Lachy Gilmour got the Australian Sailing Team (AST) efforts off to a flying start at the Hempel World Cup Series – Round 3, Genoa being held from 15 to 21 April. The Gilmours, one of…
The best breeze of Sail Port Stephens’ second half closed out the pointscore for a record number of entries, triggered wild wipeouts and decided a brand new Australian Sports Boat Association champion and state champions in the VX One class,…
NZ Herald Team New Zealand have hit back at claims by former Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill that the victorious Team NZ crew used a “mysterious device” which aided them at the America's Cup two years ago. Spithill may have…
Over the perfect opening weekend of the NSW school holidays, the penultimate day of Sail Port Stephens threw up another mixed bag for the 150-boat fleet contesting various divisions and class titles. From the Salamander Bay course for the sports…
The Bay of Tivat came good for the final day of the 44Cup Porto Montenegro, with three races held, and a most worthy winner in Igor Lah's Team Ceeref, after the Slovenian team led this first event of the 2019…
The opening day of the Pantaenius Yacht Insurance Port Stephens Trophy challenged crews and officials in equal amounts, as there were long delays to the start of racing, and a drawn-out race against dramatic skies offshore for the Garmin NSW…
Winning class at Antigua Sailing Week is worthy of proper celebration, but the biggest prize is the Lord Nelson Trophy, which has been awarded 51 times since 1968, which is why the regatta attracts teams from all over the world…
Dramatic cloud formations over the mountains surrounding the Bay of Tivat under an overcast sky suggested that 44Cup Porto Montenegro competitors would be in for another day of adrenalin-filled competition in winds in the high teens. In the event, the…
Sailing in his first 5.5 Metre regatta, Peter Morton, along with Australian Andrew ‘Dog’ Palfrey and Ben Cornish, on GBR 40, took the win at the 2019 Alpen Cup on Lake Garda in Italy. New Moon BAH 21 (Mark Holowesko/Peter…
While the sun was out and the rain held off, Porto Montenegro presented a challenging second day of 44Cup racing, starting in 10 knots and building to 20 by the close of play mid-afternoon. A light patch around the committee…
Port Stephens is preparing to host the best of Australia’s eastern seaboard keelboat racing this weekend when a record 150 crews, racing trailable sports boats to the latest generation TP52, aim to make their mark on the Pantaenius Yacht Insurance…
The first half of Sail Port Stephens closed out in the most breeze of the three-day series, puffy southerly winds up to 22 knots on the bay causing spinnakers to flog and some crews to scramble as boats tipped and…
The European sailing calendar 2019 is set to be inaugurated in traditional fashion, with one of the greatest events on the circuit: the sixteenth edition of Sail Racing PalmaVela. Organised by the Real Club Náutico de Palma, the regatta will…
While the forecasts had looked glum and windless, the Bay of Kotor somehow allowed PRO Peter Reggio and the race committee successfully to lay on two races on the opening day of the 44Cup Porto Montenegro. Having been delayed for…
Stuff.co.nz Jimmy Spithill has had a cheeky crack at Team New Zealand's America's Cup win in Bermuda. The former Oracle Team USA skipper was a constant thorn in the side of the Kiwis over the last two America's Cup matches…
The Australian Sailing Team (AST) and coaches are in Italy, ahead of the second European Olympic classes regatta for the season, the Hempel World Cup Series – Round 3, Genoa being held from 16 to 21 April. Last week the…
Day two of the Bannisters Port Stephens Commodore’s Cup had an all-sorts look – burning sun, sudden heavy rain, bullets of 20 plus knots on the start line to barely any wind, lightning, a rainbow and dark clouds to the…
Current European champion, Fredrik Löof, from Sweden is the new OK Dinghy World No.1 in the April 2019 release of the World Ranking List. As runner-up in the past two world championships he overtakes Greg Wilcox, from New Zealand, who…
MIAMI (April 7, 2019) — Alessandro Rombelli and the Italian STIG team of Francesco Bruni, Giorgio Tortarolo, and Tea Faoro are the winners of the 2019 Melges 20 World Championship hosted by the Coconut Grove Sailing Club in Miami, Florida….
A record Bannisters Port Stephens Commodore’s Cup fleet of 100 boats opened their three-day series on Monday April 8, 2019 in light winds on a postcard autumn day. It was summer revisited for the offshore course that began off the…
It’s 22 nautical miles from Newcastle Harbour to the Port Stephens heads, and today there was a catch – as in, no breeze at the start of the annual Sail Port Stephens feeder race. So instead of the postcard getaway…
MIAMI (April 6, 2019) — There is no doubt that the story of the day today at the Melges 20 World Championship is the ultra-tight racing that is ever-present in the fleet. Three days of racing are complete, and each…
Australian Sailing Team members Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin have claimed Gold for Australia in the Nacra 17 class at the 50th Princess Sofia Trophy Iberostar in Palma, Spain today. The Nacra 17’s did not have the opportunity of sailing…
Cannes, France: The 2019 Dragon Grand Prix Cannes concluded in style at the Yacht Club de Cannes with one final race in superb conditions to decide the winner. Going into the day just ten points separated the top six teams…
Australian Sailing Team members, Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin (Nacra 17) and Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (470 Men’s), are heading to the Medal Races at the 50th Princess Sofia Trophy Iberostar in Palma, Spain. Retaining top place in the…
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