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It is only Day 1 and the parties have already started at Townsville Yacht Club’s (TYC) renowned SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), with the Cape Upstart barbecue kicking off proceedings two days in advance and the welcome party held…
The Men’s and Women’s RS:X and Finn fleet battled against the elements at Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima as wild winds and booming waves hit Sagami Bay. As the seven remaining Olympic fleets were postponed early on in the day,…
(Wednesday 28th August, Puerto Portals) – A testing, northwesterly offshore wind of 12-17kts produced fantastic racing conditions at the Rolex TP52 World Championship on the Bay of Palma out of Puerto Portals as Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon took control of the…
Brazil’s Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze got off to a perfect start in the 49erFX as racing commenced at the first regatta of the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series in Enoshima, Japan. Fresh from last week’s gold at Ready Steady…
(Tuesday 27th August, Puerto Portals) – A series of thunderstorms put plans to rest on the third racing day here at the Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals 2019. The fleet of 11 boats was held ashore while a first…
The 2020 Hempel World Cup Series is set for the lift off with 496 sailors from 46 nations ready to race across ten Olympic fleets on Sagami Bay in Enoshima, Japan. Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima follows on from Ready…
(Monday 26th August, Puerto Portals) – Delivering a 1,1,2 from three of the four races sailed so far, Takashi Okura’s Sled team now leads the Rolex TP52 World Championship just one point up ahead of the 2017 World Champions Platoon…
Congratulations to Marcus Eagan, Andrew Eagan, and Jackson Benvenutti (Mandeville, LA) for winning both the Goslings 2019 Viper 640 World Championship and the 2019 Viper 640 North Americans. Hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club (Long Beach, CA), the four-day Championship…
(Sunday 25th August, Puerto Portals) – A pair of third places gained in light sea breeze conditions from the white-hot, 11-strong fleet gives Tina Plattner and the crew of Phoenix 12 the overall lead after the first two races at…
Yahoo News Australia Sailing authorities have loosened the rules on lifejackets at their Tokyo 2020 Olympic test event to help athletes cool down, the latest sport to take measures to beat sweltering heat in the Japanese capital. Fears over intense…
The show is over, and the divisional winners at the windiest Hamilton Island Race Week in years are gearing up for a big evening of celebration, marking the end of another fantastic series in the sailing wonderland of Queensland's Whitsunday…
Long Beach, California: Day three of the Goslings Viper 640 World Championship, hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, is what the sailors called “moving day,” as the Catalina High was predicted to suck the air out of the race course…
Sydney boats Hooligan, Marcus Blackmore's TP52, and Team Hollywood, Ray Roberts' Botin 40, have captured the top divisional prizes at Hamilton Island Race Week on the penultimate day, as the whales came out to play in Whitsunday Passage. Wind over…
History and statistics may weigh in on the side of Quantum Racing, which is the defending world champion and six-time winner, but skipper-strategist Ed Baird refuses to consider that the US-flagged team start favourite at the Rolex TP52 World Championship…
The weather gods smiled on all sailors in the Goslings Viper 640 World Championship at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach, California, allowing the maximum four races to be run by PRO, Mark Townsend, in breezes that ranged from…
Just one Medal Race could be sailed on Day 6 of Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing, the official test event for Tokyo 2020 in Enoshima. Only the 470 Women’s Medal Race went ahead, starting just after 16:00 local time, and it…
The brand new Tf10 Mad Max up on one hull through a gybe and Kim William’s Melges 32 Rock n Roll living up to its name by performing a massive wipe-out at the northern end of Dent Island in a…
Five Medal Races took place on the fifth day of racing at Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing, with the top three sailors of each fleet laying down the marker ahead of next year’s Games. At the official test event for Tokyo…
The pressure will be on tomorrow at Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing, with fleet racing wrapped up in five Olympic events on Day 4. The RS:X Men, RS:X Women, 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 fleets will all sail their Medal Race…
With two days of light airs kicking off Hamilton Island Race Week, the hype building for some serious heavy air racing on day three delivered. Big Tuesday opened with a bang, the southeast winds whistling across Dent Passage and winding…
Melbourne 20/08/2019: The Victorian Laser Association is expecting a flood of entries this month, as the “early bird” deadline for the 2020 Australian Laser Championships expires on August 31. All sailors who have entered by that date go in the…
Jay Golison, Steve Flam, and Eric Doyle from the host Alamitos Bay Yacht Club (Long Beach, CA) sit atop the leader board after the first three races of the Goslings 2019 Viper 640 World Championship. With a scoreline of 1-2-6,…
As Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing, the official test event for Tokyo 2020, reaches its mid-way point, it’s fair to say that all 353 athletes here have been put through their paces so far. Day 3 produced a different bout…
Day two at Hamilton Island Race Week was the classic calm before the storm, another picturesque light-air outing and procession of coloured kites setting off for their designated island marks of the course belying the approaching weather change. Trade winds…
The 2019 Spice Islands Darwin Ambon Yacht Race began in champagne conditions on the morning of Saturday August 3rd. An enthusiastic crowd gathered on the wharf and a group of supporters enjoyed a sponsored chartered to watch the start and…
In little more than four months’ time, the 5.5 Metre Class World Championship 2020 and its lead-in events will be heading to Pittwater, where the locals are prepped, ready and excited for what lies ahead at the Royal Prince Alfred…
A day of light wind saw a slightly disrupted race schedule on Day 2 of Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing, the official test event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. But, after a short postponement, all fleets managed to…
Two hundred and thirty-four crews enjoyed a gentle entrée to racing in the annual Whitsundays series, light trade winds and winter sunshine bathing the second largest Hamilton Island Race Week fleet in event history. All divisions completed round-the-island courses in…
St. Moritz, 18 August 2019 – The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron turned on the afterburners in a thrilling four-boat showdown to win the Sailing Champions League 2019 on the lake of St. Moritz. The crew from Sydney was the only…
The official test event of Tokyo 2020, Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing, got underway in Enoshima, Japan today with the first day of racing, and the 363 sailors from 47 nations were met with strong winds and big waves, an…
Port Klang, Malaysia: The Notice of Race for the 2019 Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta (RMSIR) was issued in April and registration is still open for the 30th edition which will run from 15 to 23 November and retain the…
In two months’ time, some of the most striking boats from the classic yachting circuit will gather once more on the Cote d'Azur for the 9th edition of the Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy. It seems only recently that the…
It is always a big deal in any America’s Cup cycle when the first tranche of AC Class yachts is revealed – when fans and teams alike pore over every photograph and video they can get their hands on to…
Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders, the fourth place Nacra 17 team from Rio 2016, have split up just one year from the 2020 Games, each forming a new partnership, making it three new Nacra 17 crews forming with less than…
A fleet of 22 Finns, three larger than next year’s Olympic Games, has gathered in Enoshima for the 2019 Olympic test event – Ready Steady Tokyo. The fleet includes 17 nations and 12 sailors who competed in Rio 2016. It…
Taking place from 15-22 August at Enoshima Yacht Harbour, the official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing venue, is Ready Steady Tokyo, the official test event for the Games in one year’s time. And if the last two Olympic Games are anything…
The 31st running of Airlie Beach Race Week has come to a close late this afternoon and all winners and placegetters will be feted at the official prize giving at Whitsunday Sailing Club this evening. Marcus Blackmore (Hooligan, NSW) was…
Paul Mitchell skippered Ullman Sails to one final win at the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s (WSC) 2019 Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) to claim the Australian Multihull Championship title; finishing 11 points clear of nearest rival, Julian Griffiths The Boat Works….
The 31st Airlie Beach Race Week, hosted by Whitsunday Sailing Club, is in its closing stages with just one day of racing remaining, so all 114 competing boats were out on the various courses today doing their best to cement…
The largest Gold Coast sailing event has moved dates. This year Sail Paradise Regatta will be run from Thursday, January 2nd to Sunday January 5th, four days earlier than normal, allowing participants to bring their families for a long weekend…
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