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Phuket, Thailand: Anticipation was high this morning as dark clouds started to lift and the sky began to clear, but sadly it didn't last too long, as the rain soon returned forcing an AP onshore while the Race Management team…
Marstrand, Sweden: A growing question as the 27th August start of the M32 World Championship in Riva del Garda looms is – will this year’s world champion be a team from the M32 European Series or from the USA? The…
Quantum Racing goes into the final day of the Cascais 52 Super Series Sailing Week with a five-point lead over Azzurra and so sit on the threshold of their first major regatta title since victory in Puerto Portals in late…
(Thursday 18th July, Cascais) – After a disappointing Puerto Sherry regatta last month when they finished seventh overall, their worst regatta result in the history of the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit, Quantum Racing are on fire in the…
PHUKET, Thailand – Glorious blue skies and sunshine this morning were quickly replaced by building ominous clouds over the island's southeast corner, and as competitors boarded their yachts for the first day of racing the heavens opened. Rain doesn't deter…
The penultimate day of the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia, Poland saw three gold medals decided ahead of Friday's final races. There are double celebrations in the 420 fleets tonight after Seb Menzies and Blake McGlashan…
The 2017 U23 Finn World Champion, Oskari Muhonen, from Finland, has taken the lead at the 2019 U23 Finn World Championship for the Jorg Bruder Finn Silver Cup in Anzio, Italy, after wining both races sailed late on Thursday in…
Local sailor Tytus Butowski is leading the hopes of the home nation at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia, Poland, sitting atop of the Boy’s Laser Radial fleet. Butowski is a resident of Gdynia and grew up on…
(Wednesday 17th July, Cascais) – Two solid second places from the windiest day of racing so far of the 2019 52 SUPER SERIES sees Quantum Racing three points clear at the top of the Cascais 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week….
Joan Cardona, from Spain, holds a three-point lead at the 2019 U23 Finn World Championship for the Jorg Bruder Finn Silver Cup in Anzio, Italy, as the event passes the half way stage. Six races are done, with five to…
Nils Theuninck, from Switzerland, leads the U23 Finn World Championship, for the Finn Silver Cup, after the event got underway in Anzio, Italy, on Tuesday in fantastic sailing conditions. Former winner, Oskari Muhonen, from Finland is in second while James…
Maltese sisters Antonia and Victoria Schultheis found the right note at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships as the Girl’s 29er fleet commenced their competition. Having sat ashore waiting to race and subsequently unable to because of minimal breeze on…
Perhaps it is because people are becoming increasingly time poor, or because it neatly side-steps the problem of keeping a large crew together, but one area of offshore racing undeniably gaining popularity is double-handing. This unique discipline of our sport…
LOS ANGELES, CA – On the 50th edition of the Transpacific YC's 2225-mile race from LA to Honolulu, at 0200 Pacific Daylight Time this morning the YB tracking system had activated an emergency signal from John Sangmeister's Santa Cruz 70…
PHUKET, Thailand – Over 450 sailors, families and friends from more than 20 countries are set to make Cape Panwa Hotel their home this week as they head to Phuket to take part in the Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek,…
Nacra 15 Youth Olympians came to the forefront at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships on Monday as racing commenced in Gdynia, Poland. After two days of preparation, boat work and practice, Monday signalled the start of the 49th edition…
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, has renewed the Special Event status of the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) through to 2028. The announcement comes after the conclusion of the 2018-19 World Match Racing Tour Championship Final…
The news that the first America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) regatta of the 36th America’s Cup cycle will take place in Cagliari, Sardinia from April 23 – 26, 2020 has been announced at an event hosted by the Challenger of…
Holding an eight point advantage going into the final day, and then doing enough to hang on, enabled Chris Bake's Team Aqua to be crowned the 44Cup Marstrand World Champions for 2019. Bake’s team claimed this year's title ahead of…
Bruce Keen (GBR) kept his nerve and won the close battle for the ACO 10th Musto Skiff World Championship 2019 title in Medemblik, after it came down to the very last metres on the finish line of the final race….
Newport, Rhode Island: After a front carrying torrential rain passed through overnight, the Weather Gods graciously delivered sunshine and fresh 10-12 knot breezes to Rhode Island Sound for the fourth and penultimate day of the 2019 12 Metre World Championship….
After a marginal forecast left the nine-strong 44Cup fleet parked at the dock until 1300, the Swedish wind gods came good, allowing four races to be held in 8-12 knots on the penultimate day of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship…
The battle for gold at the ACO 10th Musto Skiff World Championship 2019 is heating up in Medemblik, Netherlands, and despite thunderstorms and heavy rainfall on Friday; the race committee got two out of three scheduled races in. Bruce Keen…
Following an extended period of reflection and careful deliberation, the Finn class is today announcing details of its plans to try to 'rebalance the slate. Within the slate of Olympic Sailing events voted for in Sarasota in 2018, there is…
Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose and unfortunately today was the latter for day two of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship 2019. At the skippers briefing in the morning PRO Peter 'Luigi' Reggio kept the crews ashore. The race…
The 21st Finn Silver Cup, the U23 Finn World Championship, begins this weekend in Anzio, Italy. There are 28 sailors from 16 countries entered, including nine sailors under 19 years old. Anzio has a long history in Finn sailing, having…
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 11, 2019) – Two races in 11-14 knot breezes today proved that winning will be no easy task at the 2019 12 Metre World Championship hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht Club and organized by the International Twelve…
The opening day of the 44Cup Marstrand World Championship 2019 was one of exceptional sailing conditions in 15 knot winds, under brilliant sunshine and usually on top of a short, sharp chop making for an exhilarating, if wet ride for…
Former world champion, Thomas Hansson-Mild, from Sweden, is the new OK Dinghy World No. 1, taking the spot from his compatriot, the winner of the recent European championship, Fredrik Lööf. Hansson-Mild has had a very successful season so far, winning…
July 10, 2019 – The next Yacht Racing Forum, in Bilbao, Spain (November 25-26) will once again reassemble the sports’ leading personalities in one place during two days to network, debate the future of the sport and make business. The…
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 10, 2019) – Last night at Gurney’s Marina and Resort, 400 hundred sailors representing six countries joined sponsors and race organizers at the elegantly-staged Welcome Reception for the 12 Metre World Championship hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht…
LONDON – July 10, 2019 – SailGP flies into the UK to make its debut on European waters in just one month. On August 10 and 11, SailGP will serve as the opening feature of the iconic Cowes Week regatta…
After the third day of the ACO 10th MUSTO Skiff World Championship 2019, Rick Peacock (GBR) grabbed a big lead in the provisional overall ranking. The talent coach of the Dutch High Performance Project is nine points ahead of compatriot…
Australia’s reigning Olympic Laser champion Tom Burton won the Laser Worlds in Miho, Japan late this afternoon, while Matt Wearn’s sterling performance in the final two races has earned the West Australian second overall; a satisfying result for Australia and…
Poland’s sailing capital, Gdynia, will come alive with the sights and sounds of the world’s best young sailors when the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships commences on 13 July. 409 sailors from 66 nations will race across nine youth…
On the second day of the ACO 10th MUSTO Skiff World Championship 2019 there is a new leader. It is the reigning world champion Jon Newman. By winning the second and third race, the Australian managed to climb from eighth…
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 9, 2019) — After a postponement ashore and then on the water this morning, a light breeze filled in nicely for the greater part of two races on Rhode Island Sound at the 12 Metre World Championship…
The Defender and Challenger of Record organizations for the America’s Cup presented by Prada have announced the specialist race management, rules and measurement teams chosen for the competition’s 36th edition taking place in Auckland, New Zealand in 2021. Race Management…
(Miho Bay, Japan) After ten races, Australia’s Tom Burton holds a12-point lead over his nearest competitor, Jean-Baptiste Bernaz fromFrance, going into the final day of the 2019 ILCA Laser Standard Men’sWorlds. Two final races are scheduled for tomorrow to determine…
Entries across all classes and division are shaping up well for Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing as the organiser, Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC), announced the winner of the early entries prize draw which offered the full value of…
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