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Derwent Sailing Squadron and Huon Yacht Club’s traditional lead-up to the official opening of Southern Tasmania yachting season, the Pipe Opener Series and Cock of the Huon regatta, celebrated its 50th anniversary last weekend, with an added status. Hobart’s Combined…
No racing for the opening day of the 40th edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai. An Easterly wind, exceeding 30 knots, a confused sea state out on the bay forced the race organisers to keep the boats at…
NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 24, 2018) – An eight-race series held Friday through Sunday (September 21-23) on Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay determined title holders for the 2018 12 Metre North American Championship. The event, hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht Club…
Following its Annual General Meeting held during this month’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the International Maxi Association, the World Sailing-recognised body that oversees maxi yacht racing globally, has announced its prize winners, voted in a new President and published its…
The weather is pure Cote d’Azur in Cannes, sunny and summery… Ideal conditions for the grand rendez-vous that every year reunites hundreds of classic yachts’ lovers. The crews are itching to start racing on the stunning bay of la Napoule…
James Hodgson, Harry Hall, Ryan Wilmot and Charlie Gundy have crushed the Final Day of the Australian Match Racing Championship, to defeat the previously unbeaten DownUnder Racing, 3-1 in the Finals Series to become Australia’s newest National Champion after gear…
On the opening weekend of the 2018-19 Farr 40 season, a gala ball brought past and present class champions and current one design crews together in Sydney to mark two decades of Australian racing. A crowd of 120 spent Saturday…
September 22, 2018 (CHICAGO, IL, USA): Day Three of the M32 World Championship was another day of shakeups in the standings. With a fleet of twelve eager competitors, general recalls quickly became the norm and no one was left out…
September 23, 2018 (CHICAGO, IL, USA): Following four days of intense racing, Rick Devos’s REV clinched their first title as M32 Corinthian World Champions, silently sweeping the fleet and sailing a tremendously consistent event in Chicago, IL. Mirroring the accomplishment,…
Chicago, USA: Day two of the M32 World Championship was a drastic change of pace from yesterday’s light-air affair, as westerly winds in excess of 25 knots upset the leaderboard and tacticians worked hard to stay in phase all day…
Harry Price’s DownUnder Racing crew have continued their winning streak from Day 1 to head into the final day of competition at the Australian Match Racing National Championship undefeated, winning the round robin stages 14-0. New Zealand’s Jordan Stevenson also…
Quantum Racing may have won the 2018 52 Super Series Championship title, but unsailable light winds on the last day of Valencia Sailing Week denied her crew the chance to pitch for their fourth regatta win of the season. Luna…
Porto Cervo, Italy: After three days of racing, the seventh edition of the Perini Navi Cup drew to a close today with the 50-metre Silencio winning the Cruiser Racer division, while The Maltese Falcon triumphed in the Corinthians Spirit yachts…
Australian, British and Brazilian competitors clinched Gold at the Para World Sailing Championships as the regatta drew to a close in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. After five days of competition in variable breeze, 2016 Paralympics sliver medallist Matt Bugg (AUS) snapped…
Australia’s highest ranked match racing team, DownUnder Racing, helmed by Harry Price, took a clean sweep on Day 1 of the 2018 Australian Match Racing National Championship, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. DownUnder Racing, which regularly competes…
Porto Cervo, Italy: The fleet of Perini Navi yachts once again took to the waters off Costa Smeralda for the second day of racing in the seventh edition of the Perini Navi Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda…
Lake Michigan showed a different side on Friday as strong winds whipped up just off of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA at the Para World Sailing Championships and after days of light, challenging breeze, gusts of up to 35 knots were recorded…
In updated Golden Globe Race news, there has been no further communication with Abhilash Tomy, the 39-year old Indian Golden Globe Race skipper, since his dramatic text message at 12:09 UTC today: Rolled. Dismasted. Severe back injury. Cannot get up….
Chicago, IL, USA (September 20, 2018) – With the Chicago skyline hazed over, light air tactics were on full display for the twelve teams competing in day one of the 2018 M32 World Championship. Two races were completed before a…
World Sailing’s 2018 Annual Conference will include two open forums on Safety in Sailing and the future of Offshore and Keelboat racing with sport and industry leaders sharing their perspectives. The Annual Conference, where the key decisions for the future…
Royal Corinthian YC, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex (20 September 2018): With the wind projected to gust more than 40 kts on Sunday, the race committee at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch, has made the sensible decision to postpone the Keelboat Endeavour…
Porto Cervo, Italy. 20 September. The Perini Navi yachts unfurled their sails this morning for the first of three days of racing in the seventh edition of the Perini Navi Cup, an event organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda…
Light breeze coupled with choppy waves on Lake Michigan resulted in a tough day for the 98 competitors from 39 nations racing at the Para World Sailing Championships in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. Waves between two to four feet and a…
In a powerful Westerly breeze on Sydney Harbour, Juliet Costanzo and her team of elder sister Clare, Jess Angus, Ann Scholten and Emma Rankin became Australia’s newest Women’s Match Racing National Champion, defeating New Zealand’s Celia Willison 3-0 in the…
British and Canadian teams booked their spot in Saturday’s RS Venture Connect winner-takes-all final as the Para World Sailing Championships continued in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. The qualification stage in the RS Venture Connect saw Alexandra Rickham and Hannah Stodel (GBR)…
Now a bunch of young sailors with a passion for the environment have the opportunity to follow in Blake’s footsteps by taking part in an environmental leadership development program. Join the Sir Peter Blake Trust, in partnership with Yachting New…
In less than one week, the crème de la crème of classic yachting will gather in Cannes to celebrate the 40th edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai, where the best crews and the most gorgeous boats will reunite on…
The top four teams have sailed through to the semi-finals at the 2018 Australian Women’s Match Racing Championship with Juliet Costanzo of Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) hanging on to her overnight lead. However, her perfect scorecard didn’t stay…
The best 80 yacht racing pictures selected by our international jury and taken in 2018 are now online. The public is kindly invited to vote for their favorite image! Click here to discover this year’s selection. The winning images and the world’s…
The 98 sailors from 39 nations racing at the 2019 Para World Sailing Championships in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA had a cool introduction to Lake Michigan as racing across the four fleets got underway. Unseasonably warm temperatures had blessed Sheboygan in…
Currently in Queensland there is no real opportunity for people living with a disability to become involved in competitive sailing. The QPSA is the brainchild of Southport Yacht Club members Ross Manning and Matt Speakman, both Para Sailors who race…
Day 1 of the Australian Women’s Match Racing Championship, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA), has delivered a perfect scorecard for sister combo, Juliet and Clare Costanzo from the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC). Along with…
A record 98 sailors from 39 nations will race at the Para World Sailing Championships in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA from 18-22 September 2018. Sheboygan Yacht Club and the waters of Lake Michigan will welcome numerous Paralympic and World Championship medallists…
Japan’s Keiju Okada and Jumpei Hokazono won gold in the Men’s 470 as the World Cup Series Enoshima, the first major event on Tokyo 2020 Olympic waters, came to a tame finish. The Japanese held an eight-point lead over Australian…
Porto Cervo, Italy. 16 September 2018. The final day of the 20th edition of the Rolex Swan Cup decreed the winners in each of the six categories that the fleet of 110 boats from 17 nations was divided into. The…
Light winds on the GC32 Villasimius Cup’s final day may not have provided the same top speed foiling action of the previous three days, but there was high drama across the leaderboard during today’s three races with first place changing…
Stand-out teams on the third and penultimate day of the GC32 Villasimius Cup were Realteam and Erik Maris’ Zoulou – the pair ascended the leaderboard to claim the second and third spots, still in contact with Franck Cammas’ overall leader,…
Five of 10 podiums were completed on Saturday after the first day of Medal Races at the World Cup Series event in Enoshima, Japan and Australia’s Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin coming from second all week to take Gold. Enoshima and Sagami…
Dublin, Ireland: After a touch and go battle with light winds on Dublin Bay, both course areas delivered a final race to round off the Laser Masters World Championships sponsored by DLR on Saturday afternoon local time. The 11th race…
Emirates Team New Zealand has formed a separate company to run the America’s Cup in Auckland in 2021. Tina Symmans, who has been a director of Emirates Team New Zealand, is to be Chair of Americas Cup Event Ltd (ACE)….
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