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The 12th edition of the Yacht Racing Forum (November 25-26) promises to be exciting. It will bring together some of the most prominent players in the nautical world, and will offer a unique commercial platform to companies active in competitive sailing….
SAMUI, Thailand – Samui Regatta is a highlight event on the regional regatta circuit that attracts a high calibre fleet of boats and sailors from around Asia to enjoy some top racing off the tropical island, followed by nightly prize-givings…
(Saturday 25th May, Mahón) – After a thrillingly close finish, Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon crew clinched the first regatta title of the 2019 52 SUPER SERIES season, winning the Menorca 52 Sailing Week by one single point this afternoon. Second placed…
The GC32 Villasimius Cup has a worthy winner in Oman Air supported by EFG Private Bank Monaco, but her lead of nine points as the ten flying catamarans returned to Marina di Villasimius this afternoon was no reflection of the…
(Pisa, 26th May 2019) – It only takes a couple of knots of extra breeze to transform M32 racing as these lightweight, potent catamarans respond immediately to the slightest increase in pressure. Until today, conditions at the Cetilar M32 European…
Pisa, Italy: The opening day of the Cetilar M32 European Series could hardly have been trickier, as a gentle 4-7 knot sea breeze wafted across the course when seeing, predicting and working the breeze was the order of the day,…
One day of racing remains at the 2019 Laser European Championship in Portugal, and a trio of Australians are inside the top ten, as Tom Burton continues leading the Laser, where Matt Wearn is third, while Mara Stransky is sixth…
Porto Cervo, Italy: At the conclusion of the third day of racing, the Italian team representing Circolo della Vela Bari leads the provisional classification at the One Ocean Sailing Champions League. Tomorrow will be the final day for the 24…
On one hand it was a miserable day of intermittent rain, a chilly wind and an overcast sky like a scene from the North Sea in February – on the other, despite the fickle conditions, all scheduled five races were…
Pisa, Italy: The M32 fleet learns quickly as the second day of racing at the European Series demonstrated when the mid-fleet became the agitators, stirring things up at the front and sending a message to GAC Pindar and Spindrift racing…
Australian Matt Wearn saved his best until last to win the 2019 Laser Senior European Trophy in Portugal after the scoreboard was turned on its head, while fellow Aussie Mara Stransky finished strongly in seventh place overall, her best result…
Porto Cervo, Italy: After a second busy day at the One Ocean Sailing Champions League, the team from Switzerland's Bodensee Regattaclub leads the provisional classification with two more days of racing still to be held. The event, organised by the…
From a long day that finally yielded just one race, Quantum Racing emerged with an increased lead at the Menorca 52 Super Series Sailing Week in Mahon, Spain. The 2018 defending circuit champions, winners of the 2016 TP52 World Championship…
Forecasters were predicting a windless Friday, but Villasimius switched on its wind machine, allowing the full schedule of five races to be held and tired crew to come ashore into Marina di Villasimius buzzing. At this half way stage of…
It’s Day 4 at the 2019 Laser European Championship in Portugal and Australia is firing with Mara Stransky moving up to eighth place in the Laser Radial and Tom Burton streaking away in the Laser. Stransky finished sixth overall in…
Some days you try and try and try… The opening day of the GC32 Villasimius Cup, the first event on the 2019 GC32 Racing Tour saw a stiff southwesterly buffeting the ten GC32 catamarans while moored in the Marina di…
Tom Burton, Australia’s Laser Olympic gold medalist from the 2016 Rio Games, is in familiar territory at the top of the leaderboard after mastering the light and tricky conditions on Day 3 of the 2019 Laser European Championship in Porto,…
While maintaining its identity and positioning, the year 2019 marks an evolution for the Yachting Festival, which will now revolve around Cannes' two ports: the Vieux Port will continue to welcome the ultimate in motor boats while Port Canto will…
NEW YORK – May 21, 2019 – In just one month, SailGP will bring the world’s fastest sail racing to the East Coast, introducing New Yorkers and visitors alike to a new generation of competitive sailing. On June 21 and…
Medemblik, The Netherlands – The first day of racing is done at the Medemblik Regatta Nautical Festival. Almost all classes raced according to schedule, only the Hansa Class had to stay inside due to, too heavy winds. For the RS:X surfers…
The 2019 Laser European Championships got underway in Porto overnight (Australian time), offering difficult conditions with light winds and a big swell. Luke Elliott was the best of the Australians in the Standard class, recording a race win and a…
World Sailing’s Council made key decisions on the equipment to be used at the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition on Sunday 19 May as the Mid-Year Meeting concluded in London, Great Britain. The Laser was selected as the Men’s and…
49erFX: Brazil win, but Dutch survive pressure to win ticket to Tokyo Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze won the Open European Championships, the Olympic Champions from Brazil in a different class this week in Weymouth. The greater interest for the…
Two sets of siblings finished the best placed of the Australian Sailing Team (AST) competing at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships at Weymouth in the UK, which came to an end at 5.15pm Sunday evening local time…
Asia's favourite “Tropical Island Regatta” is set to return to Samui Island's shores from 25 May to 1 June on Chaweng Beach and this year will be at a new venue, Synergy Samui Resort. Known for its high calibre of…
A light and tricky final day of fleet racing has mixed up the Nacra 17 leader board and made it an out and out battle for the top spots going into the Medal Race, and with just 12 points separating…
British sailor Giles Scott secured his third European Finn title in Athens today after holding off world champion, Zsombor Berecz, on the final day of the Finn Open European Championship. Andy Maloney, took third overall, while fifth placed Nicholas Heiner…
Rolex Capri Sailing Week concluded in ultra-close fashion in the racer division today, with Alex Schaerer’s modified Maxi72, Caol Ila R, knocking Sir Peter Odgen’s dominant Jethou off the top spot on after she secured a second place in today’s…
The weather gods were smiling down on some of the Australian Sailing Team (AST) at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships in Weymouth, where light breezes and flat seas made the difference for some, including to Nathan and…
Vertigo, the Summit 35 owned and skippered by Tim Olding, has won the IRC class of the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) slow-going 52 nautical mile 2019 Apollo Bay Race, which started on Saturday at 8.15 am with a…
Norway and Brazil secured their places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as the penultimate day of the Finn Europeans in Athens was abandoned late on Friday, with no more races sailed due to very light wind all day. Olympic…
Another testing day on Weymouth’s Portland Harbour when 14 plus knot shifty winds were dished up on Day 5 of the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships at Weymouth, a day that the Australian Sailing Squad’s Will and Sam…
The second round of structural testing of the one design AC75 foil arms has successfully been conducted at Persico Marine in Italy this week. Comprehensive tests were undertaken over the course of three days, with more than 100 different load…
The Brazilians in the 49erFX have shown remarkable consistency throughout the week, although even Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze put a slight blot on their pristine copybook with a 12th in the middle of three races on Friday. Their other…
Rolex Capri Sailing Week is providing a complete test for its competitors, and if yesterday was a lottery thanks to the intermittent breeze, today there was a steady 9-12 knot south-easterly with Vesper taking control. In this the race committee…
For day two of inshore racing for the maxi boats at Rolex Capri Sailing Week it was extremely hard to decide one’s wardrobe; both sails and clothes. The day started with an unfamiliar chilly 20 knot offshore northeasterly that kicked…
Nacra 17: Brits got 'Downwind Wheels'! John Gimson and Anna Burnet foiled to the front of the Nacra 17 fleet after a solid start to the gold fleet finals with scores of 1,6,2. “We’ve finally found some downwind wheels,” said…
Diverse conditions on Day 4 of the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships played havoc with the Australian Sailing Team and others in Weymouth, changing up scores across the board that only the chosen few escaped to stay on…
Where does plastic waste originate? How does it arrive in the Ocean? Where should we concentrate our efforts to stop the flow of this waste? What impacts do plastics have on marine biodiversity? Recent estimates find that 80% of plastic…
The Finn Europeans in Athens got back on track on Thursday with three more races completed. After losing the overall lead following the opening race, Giles Scott ended the day with a 15-point lead over Hungarian world champion Zsombor Berecz….
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