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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)….
Tough conditions for day two of the GC32 Villasimius Cup resulted in a long wait before the wind filled in and built to 10 plus knots albeit from an easterly/south-easterly direction that was not forecast. Against expectations, this breeze held,…
With just two races remaining in a testing Laser Masters World Championships, sponsored by DLR, light breeze relief after six days of fresh winds could yet up-end many of the overall leads in the various classes competing on Dublin Bay….
Enoshima, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition, threw a new challenge at the 466 sailors from 44 nations racing at the 2018 World Cup Series Japan Round on Thursday as a light, testing breeze danced across Sagami Bay. Global sailing…
A dramatic opening day at the GC32 Villasimius Cup saw two races held before black clouds descended on the race course, causing the wind suddenly to build to 25+ knots from the southwest, kicking up a rough sea state. Deeming…
Following a well-earned rest day, the 301-boat Laser Masters World Championships fleet returned to breezy Dublin Bay today (Thursday 13th September 2018) where class leaders for the most part held their leads with just four races remaining in the event….
Entries are now open as the South Australian Sharpie fleet gets set to host the 76th Australian Sharpie Nationals at the Adelaide Sailing Club. The regatta is taking place from 28 December 2018 through to 6 January 2019 and will…
With 35 Olympic medallists and numerous World Champions racing at World Cup Series Enoshima, familiar rivalries have resumed in Japan on the waters of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. Conditions across the opening two days of competition have been…
As the dust just about settles on the Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018, many of the newly-crowned World Champions continue their form at the World Cup Series event in Enoshima, Japan. The 2018 World Cup Series Enoshima is the…
As the 302-strong fleet prepares for a well-earned rest day on Wednesday (12th September 2018) at the Laser Masters World Championships at Dun Laoghaire, nine of the Standard and Radial rig divisions have comfortable overall leaders. The third day of…
Celebrating the Gold Coast’s 10th Anniversary Sail Paradise Series, host Club, Southport Yacht Club have opened an early bird race entry fee. There is a count down of 20 days to go to be able to be able to take…
Derwent Sailing Squadron and Huon Yacht Club’s opening event of the yachting season, the Pipe Opener Series, is celebrating its 50th on Friday week, 21 September, with an added status. Hobart’s Combined Clubs have included the popular Friday night race…
World Sailing and 11th Hour Racing are pleased to announce that a prize of $10,000 USD will be awarded to each winner of the World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award over the next three years to fund their sustainability…
Winter racing on Hobart’s River Derwent for 2018 has ended with a day of exhilarating sailing in a 20 knot west-nor’-wester, gusting to 34 knots. Each of Hobart’s three major club runs a five-race series although the Derwent Sailing Squadron…
Adding two further race wins to his tally, Australia’s Brett Beyer continued to dominate the Standard rig Master class at the Laser Masters World Championships sponsored by DLR on Dublin Bay on Monday (10th September 2018). Despite a shifting breeze…
Stuff.co.nz A second Italian challenge for the America's Cup has emerged with Columbus 2021 promising a different approach for the Auckland regatta. Italian media outlets report that the latest challenge will come from the Yacht Club Imperia on the country's north-western coast. It…
Dublin Bay served up a robust opening day to the Laser Masters World Championships sponsored by DLR for the 302 entries from 25 countries that nevertheless enjoyed the planned race programme of two races. Defying winds gusting from 20…
Nineteen of Australia’s top performance sailors will get a valuable taste of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic venue when racing starts at the first official Olympic Test Event on Tuesday. Six of the nation’s seven sailors to win medals at the…
Porto Cervo, Italy: The 29th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Rolex Maxi 72 Class World Championship, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in collaboration with the International Maxi Association and title sponsor Rolex, has concluded. Forty-one…
Porto Cervo, Italy: On the penultimate day of racing a Mistral wind blowing at up to 20 knots provided fantastic racing for the entire fleet of more than 40 boats enrolled in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Rolex Maxi…
Grand Prix Yacht Racing in the Solent UK at the Wight Shipyard One Ton Cup, with carbon fibre race boats driven by famous owner/drivers and top class crew from the world of sailing, is to be held from 13-16 September,…
Double Bay Sailing Club is hosting a Women's Laser Regatta throughout this weekend, featuring multiple Olympians such as Karyn Gojnich and Krystal Weir. A regatta run by women, coached by women, and competed in by women of all ages and…
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