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13 June 2019 – Medemblik, Netherlands – The fifth and penultimate race of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 was yet another heavy airs humdinger. With 18-22 knots average and gusts up to 27 knots from the south-south-west, plus a…
Ian Southworth’s Protis today won the 15th edition of the revived Quarter Ton Cup, after dominating the regatta from start to finish. A full quota of nine races was sailed over the course of the three-day event, and Southworth’s team,…
12 June 2019 – Medemblik, Netherlands – The 93-strong International Dragon fleet had to face a rain storm of almost biblical proportions on the fourth day of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblik, as race four of the…
Despite several attempts at a start, no more racing was possible on the third day at the Finn World Masters at Skovshoved, Denmark. With three races sailed out of a scheduled five so far, one more race is needed to…
NZ Marine has worked closely with Auckland Council, resulting in a proposed daily anchoring fee for foreign flagged vessels in Auckland’s harbour being dropped. “Working with Auckland Council, experts from within our own organisation, NZ Marine, as well as from the Royal…
Newshub NZ. By Tom McRae. Preparations are on track for the America's Cup bases but there are concerns that not all of the challengers will make it to Auckland. All work has been finished on Emirates Team New Zealand's base…
International 14 sailors from across the globe will descend upon the warm-waters of the Swan River in Western Australia from 29 December to 10 January for the 2020 World Championship. A fleet of around 70 boats are expected to line…
Preparations are well underway for the 2019 Multihull Solutions Phuket Regatta from 12-15 July with the event now the largest multihull-only regatta in Asia. Organised and operated by Phuket Yacht Club and staged on the spectacular waterways of Chalong Bay,…
Sydney’s Scots 1 team has been named winners of the Australian Secondary Schools Team Racing Championship after a windless end to competition on Monday, followed by late-night hearings by the regatta Jury. Two Hobart school teams, Hutchins Gold and Friends…
Racing continued at the Quarter Ton Cup today and a change in the wind brought with it a change in fortunes for much of the 19-strong fleet which saw a reshuffle on the leaderboard. The Solent delivered a steady 10…
With the Rolex Giraglia’s much anticipated offshore race due to set off tomorrow, the race committee today sent the maxis in the IRC 0 Racer and Cruiser classes on a coastal course that was effectively a dry run of the…
Double Finn World Masters champion, Vladimir Krutskikh from Russia, has yet to put a foot wrong at the 2019 Finn World Masters in Skovshoved, Denmark winning three races wins from three races. Krutskikh picked up two wins on Day 2…
The Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta (RMSIR) in Malaysia will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, with the dates for the event set for 15-23 November, where Ray Roberts and other Australians will be eying the major trophies. The format…
Porto Cervo, Italy – The WallyCento Magic Carpet3 has won the Performance Class in the 2019 Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, winning three out of her three races after the final day’s racing on Saturday was cancelled…
More than 300 Finn Masters, friends and supporters at the 2019 Finn World Masters have sent an open letter to the President of World Sailing, Kim Andersen, to express their concern about the decision to drop the Finn from the…
Racing was delayed on Day 3, the final day of the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), but it got underway on Port Phillip shortly after 11am and little did anyone suspect winds would reach 25-30 knots with gusts as much…
10 June 2019 – Medemblik, Netherlands – Following day one’s lack of wind, which forced the abandonment of racing, day two of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblik was a complete contrast with great breeze and two challenging…
Local knowledge and good sailing lead to a win at the inaugural Normandie Match Cup by the Le Havre-based Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team lead by Pauline Courtois in blustery conditions. The final day of racing in Le…
The fifteenth edition of the revived Quarter Ton Cup got underway today, and for the 19-strong fleet it was a tough opener. Light winds of around 8 knots whispered into the sails, creating a game of tactics for the sailors. But that…
Former Finn World Master champions, Mike Maier, from Czech Republic, Vladimir Krutskikh, from Russia, along with Simon Percival, from Britain took the race wins on the opening day of the 2019 Finn World Masters in Skovshoved, Denmark. The fleet is…
The 42nd Three Peaks Yacht Race starts from Barmouth next Saturday, June 15th, at 19.30 and this year there are 12 intrepid teams of sailors and runners taking part in this iconic race. The race is one of the oldest…
The weather forecast for the second day of inshore racing at Rolex Giraglia, indicated that there would be easterly winds into the high teens backing off slowly in the afternoon. Unfortunately in this Cote d’Azur land of extremes this only…
Langenargen, 10 June 2019. Five days of world class sailing, a big Whitsun Festival in Langenargen’s Gondola Harbour, ten teams from eight countries and more than 20,000 spectators at the German summit of duel sailing on Lake Constance: The 22nd…
The Italian Sailing Team won the Hempel World Cup Series Nations Trophy, awarded to the highest performing nation at the Final, on Sunday 9 June as the 2019 series concluded in Marseille, France. Team Italy were in outstanding form all…
Langenargen, 9 June 2019. The tension increases at the 22nd Match Race Germany. The four semi-finalists have been determined after the quarter-final matches on Whitsunday. Title defender Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss Match Race Team have prevailed against their…
Saint-Tropez threw up unexpected conditions for the maxi boats competing on their first of three days of inshore racing at the Rolex Giraglia, organised by Yacht Club Italiano and Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, supported by the International Maxi Association. As…
9 June 2019 – Medemblik, Netherlands – After the gales of practice day, the opening race day of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblick got off to a promising start. Following a skippers’ briefing the fleet and race…
It’s been feast or famine at the Normandie Match Cup in Le Havre. Day three more than made up for no sailing on day two as the sailors, race committee, umpires and spectators spent a very full day on the…
Just one win separates the two top school teams, Friends Blue (Tas) and Scots 1 (NSW), going into tomorrow’s final qualifying rounds of the Australian Secondary Schools Team Racing Championships on Hobart’s River Derwent. With the top eight of the…
Porto Cervo, Italy: The 12th edition of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and hosting 20 boats ranging from 25 to 52 metres in length, concluded today with the classification unchanged from yesterday. Today…
Langenargen: Match Race German is entering a decisive phase; the quarter finals for the best eight of the preliminary round were started in the afternoon when two-time Match Race Germany winner and defending champion, Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss…
Medemblik, Netherlands – Gale force winds meant that the practice race for the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblik had to be cancelled, and craning of the arriving boats suspended for a period. With winds regularly gusting to 40…
Two more races put to bed for the 39 crews on Day 2 of the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), hosted by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, on a windy and brittle Port Phillip today with the Katie Spithill skippered Ocean…
The Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), hosted by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, got off to a great start with three races held under sunny skies and a mix of conditions on Port Phillip today. Race 1, and the Katie Spithill…
Marseille, France: Spain’s Federico and Arturo Alonso wrapped up gold ahead of the Medal Race after another day of dominance. Friday’s racing commenced at the earlier time of 10:00 local time. A strong morning breeze from the south east came…
Le Havre, France: A strong low pressure system passed through Normandy Friday night with winds exceeding 50 knots and left behind huge waves on Saturday, and despite repeated attempts by the race committee to get things started, the boats never…
Ninety-five International Dragon keelboats and their crews from across Europe and Scandinavia and as far afield as Australia, Japan, Canada and the United Arab Emirates are converging on the historic town of Medemblik in the Netherlands for the 2019 Yanmar…
Fifteen-year-old sailor Laila Grafton has been sailing on keelboats out of Bellerive Yacht Club since she was a seven-year-old, mostly joining her father Troy in crewing for prominent BYC member Chris Sheehan. In that time Laila has developed excellent skills…
Italy’s Vittorio Bissaro and Maelle Frascari have thrived at the Hempel World Cup Series Final in Marseille, France, finding form that has been unmatched in the 24-boat Nacra 17 fleet. Meanwhile in the 49er, Spain’s Federico and Arturo Alonso wrapped…
After a full program on day one in the 22nd Match Race Germany, the qualification round continued on Friday with shortened program when new race director, Sabine Brugger and her team from the Yacht Club Langenargen, could only start six…
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