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SAN FRANCISCO, USA – 22 March, 2025 – The opening day of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix saw drama and close calls unfold on the Bay as trademark tactics from Tom Slingsby’s Australia crew earned them an impressive…
SailFest Newcastle Regatta 2025 got off to a flying start yesterday, with the TP52 and offshore fleets setting spinnakers inside the harbour and charging out the entrance for a passage race and two windward-leeward heats. Once offshore, a southerly gusting…
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – 21 March, 2025 – Australia’s Tom Slingsby admits it takes a lot of bravery from a team to sail in San Francisco, with high winds, big waves and cold conditions expected to cause carnage this weekend…
Mubadala Brazil SailGP take the crown in the Impact League’s first focus area for 2025 – Race to Zero Waste Team’s commitment to the clean up project of Pombeda Island in Guanabara Bay, Rio, praised by judges for creating a…
Issued on behalf of: World Sailing World Sailing has published a progress report on the World Sailing Para Inclusive Strategy 2024-2029, six months on from its launch with current participation data showing that 34 nations are now actively involved in…
SailFest, one of Australia’s oldest and boldest regattas, will set sail today (March 20) and continue through to Sunday, bringing TP52 and ocean racing yachts, top-level keelboat fleet racers, off-the-beach craft and TrySailing dinghies to Newcastle Harbour. It comes 180…
by Miranda Blazeby SailGP Media Australia driver Tom Slingsby has debriefed the team’s racing performance in Los Angeles, which saw them finish third overall and struggle with starting on the second day of the event. Data provided by the F50 fleet…
Advanced AI integration and new fan experiences put SailGP at the forefront of the industry entering this weekend’s Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix. MARCH 17, 2025, SAN FRANCISCO | The 2025 season of the Rolex SailGP Championship will be the most technologically…
When Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) opened entries for the 2025 Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), two teams were quick off the mark – one from Queensland and one a local entry. Queenslander Lisa Beecham was first in for the…
A mix of conditions and new divisions at the 49th WA Hobie 16 Championships It was an ideal weekend in Western Australia for the 2025 Pitts Design and Construction WA Hobie 16 State Championships. Eight races were held on 1…
By Miranda Blazeby – SailGP Media NorthStar Canada has picked up its first event win since Christchurch in Season 3, triumphing over league heavyweights New Zealand and Australia in a tense Los Angeles showdown. The win was vindication for the Canadians…
V2 RUDDER DISTRIBUTION UPDATE We are now in the process of clearing our final pre-order deposit customers, with 3x shipments made this week. There are another 120 foils that will be ready to send to Europe by the middle of…
Winnings 2025 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship – Race 9 sponsor: The Kitchen Maker Sunday 16 March 2025 – Sydney Harbour The Yandoo team of Tom Needham, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake became the world 18 footer champions…
New Zealand currently leads the Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix with 31 points after winning two of four fleet races on the opening day. Northstar Canada and Australia are close behind with 28 and 27 points, respectively. The home…
Suardiaz and Berzolla claim the 2025 GWA Wingfoil Wave World Titles in Cape Verde GWA Wingfoil World Cup Cape Verde powered by Armstrong Foils – Cape Verde | 13 – 21 March, 2025 The GWA Wingfoil World Cup Cape Verde…
Their bodies might have been screaming for mercy, but there was nowhere else a group of Manly Skiff Club greats would rather have been as they turned back the clock at the annual Old Buffers Day. Fourteen Manly alumni pulled…
SailGP has arrived in Los Angeles and the 12-strong F50 fleet is gearing up to do battle at the fourth event of the season! France has wasted no time in announcing its latest investor; footballing superstar Kylian Mbappé, with driver…
Grae Morris has stormed to victory in Round 2 of the iQFOiL International Games in Cadiz, Spain, claiming his first major international win. Taking on a stacked fleet of 74 top-tier sailors, Morris was in a league of his own,…
Winnings 2025 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship – Race 8 Sponsor: Smeg Trophy: Big Kite Memorial Trophy – Saturday, 15 March 2025 – Sydney Harbour The Yandoo team of Tom Needham, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake went into today’s Race…
France’s impressive return to the F50 fleet in Sydney after sitting out the first two events of the season has been captured in the latest episode of Racing on the Edge. Quentin Delapierre’s squad sat out the season opener in…
SailGP Media Release: ROCKWOOL Racing SailGP Team has boosted its ranks ahead of the upcoming Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix, by securing the loan signing of Olympic champion Will Ryan from Australia SailGP Team. The Aussie sailor, who took…
Two Australian sailing drawcards are expected to generate bumper fleets and an increased international presence when Hamilton Island Race Week in August marks 40 years and the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in December marks 80. Numbers are climbing quickly…
The International Laser Class Association has awarded the right to conduct the 2027 ILCA Under-21 World Championships to ILCAVic in Melbourne, Australia. The “2027 Performance Sailcraft ILCA Under 21 World Championships” will take place between the 10th and 17th Jan…
Winnings 2025 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship – Race 7 Sponsor: Marine Outlet Trophy: Bill Miller Memorial Trophy – Thursday, 13 March 2025 – Sydney Harbour With just one point separating the two leading contenders for the Winnings 2025 JJ…
LONG BEACH, CA (13 March 2025) The prestigious Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup, this year celebrating its milestone 60th Anniversary, today confirmed the line-up of ten skippers from seven countries to compete at the anniversary event from 30 April-4 May….
This story takes me back a few years to my early sailing days on the inland lakes and reservoirs in the UK. Looks like the Fireball has come a long way since those days. The New Fireball – A collaboration…
Italy’s European Champion Alessandro Marega continues to lead the Finn World Ranking List as the fleet prepares to head into the first major event of 2025. He holds a 50-point lead over Peter Peet from The Netherlands with Switzerland’s Christoph…
GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Cape Verde 2025 The GKA Kite World Tour is excited to return to the Cape Verdean island of Sal for the first Kite-Surf event of the 2025 season. Cape Verde is one of the best wave…
Winnings 2025 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship – Race sponsor: Vaikobi Trophy: A.J. Reynolds – Wednesday, 12 March 2025 – Sydney Harbour Today’s wind was light and shifty as it was yesterday, but the results of the two short-course races…
The countdown has begun for the 2025 sailing season, and we’re excited to announce that entries are now officially open for the 2025 World and European Championships! 🏆🌊 After an action-packed 2024, sailors from around the world are gearing up for two…
Winings 2025 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship – Race Sponsor: Harken Trophy: Alan Cole Memorial Trophy – Tuesday, 11 March 2025 – Sydney Harbour Two short-course races with rain and light, variable easterly conditions on Day 3 of the…
March 8, 2025 – Miami, Fl. USA – On a day where every gust mattered and every tack counted, Biscayne Bay transformed the light-air finale into a masterclass of precision and teamwork. With the 6-10 knot breeze whispering across the water, the fleet faced…
Winnings 2025 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship – Race 1 – Race sponsor: StretchLab Double Bay Trophy: George Calligeros Memorial Trophy – Saturday, 8 March 2025 – Sydney Harbour The Winnings 2025 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship got underway with…
by Miranda Blazeby SailGP Media U.S. SailGP Team CEO Mike Buckley has outlined his vision and long term expectations for the team ahead of its first home event this season in Los Angeles. Buckley, who also races with the team in…
The Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca represents a benchmark in the promotion of gender equality in sailing on International Women’s Day, which is celebrated this Saturday, March 8. Four of the ten disciplines participating in the Mallorcan classic of Olympic classes…
When the 52 SUPER SERIES returns to race the 52 SUPER SERIES Porto Cervo Sailing Week between September 22nd – September 27th on the beautiful Costa Smeralda it will mark the return of the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit for…
THE YANDOO 18ft SKIFF TEAM Preparing to defend the JJ Giltinan title As we move toward tomorrow’s (Saturday, 8 March) first race of the Winnings 2025 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour, the defending champion Yandoo team faces…
The picturesque, flat waters of McCrae Yacht Club on the Mornington Peninsula were alive with the exhilarating buzz of dinghy foiling this past weekend, as the Victorian leg of the Ronstan Junior Foiling Cup™ for 2024/2025 took centre stage. On…
Tortola, BVI, 5 March 2025 – In less than four weeks, the 52nd edition of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (BVISR) will get underway, this year welcoming a ten-strong VX One fleet returning to the BVI Spring Regatta after…
This International Women’s Day, the Australian Sailing Team (AST) reaffirms its commitment to empowering female athletes with the foundations to succeed on the world stage. Progress is ongoing, but the momentum in women’s sailing is undeniable – driven by talent,…
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