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Are you a cruising catamaran owner? How does four days of warm-weather sailing off Phuket’s beautiful south-east coast plus four nights of beachfront parties with buffet dinners, free flow drinks and perhaps a trophy or two along the way, sound?…
Samui, Thailand: Coming into the final day, just 0.5 points separated the top two in IRC Zero with THA72 having the edge over Team Hollywood (AUS) – and one mistake, one bad call could decide the Samui Regatta. Looking through…
Marseille, France is poised to host 325 sailors from 40 nations for the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series Final. Sailors will race at the venue for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition across ten Olympic disciplines and an Open Kiteboarding…
While conditions seemed similar to yesterday, with a light north-westerly, results on day three of the Adris 44Cup Rovinj demonstrated how fortunes between the slippery, high performance RC44 one design monohulls and their ultra-competitive crews can change in a heartbeat….
In 2019, the International Dragon the class celebrates its 90th anniversary and to mark the milestone, the International Dragon Association (IDA) is partnering with Yacht Club Sanremo, Italy, to create a Gala Regatta, bringing together Dragons and Dragon sailors from…
Samui, Thailand: The Premier and Cruising classes got to stretch their legs on today's Mount Gay Rum race day, racing along the south-east coastline to Lamai Beach and back, while IRC Zero and IRC 1 added windward/leewards to their race…
After yesterday's multi-faceted single race, conditions settled down with a 10-12 knot north-westerly allowing three races to be held on the second day of the Adris 44Cup Rovinj, and with Rovinj's picture postcard old town forming the backdrop, the sun…
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has advised that today they received a notice from the Royal Malta Yacht Club officially withdrawing the Malta Altus Challenge from the 36th America’s Cup. “This is a disappointing outcome.” said Grant Dalton, “The…
A difficult opening day of the Adris 44Cup Rovinj saw just one race completed and a worthy winner in Igor Lah's Team CEEREF. But perhaps never in the history of the 44Cup have so many different teams led during one…
Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia, is the venue for the 2020 Oceania and Australian Laser Championships, as well as the 2020 World Masters Championships. It can be a tricky place to sail and local Laser veterans are advising international…
Australian Sailing has announced its 14-athlete strong team to represent the country at this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Test Event, which will take place at the Olympic venue at Enoshima, 70 kilometres south of Tokyo, from 15-22 August. The team…
SAMUI, Thailand – Back racing! After a brief delay with the AP raised onshore, at 09:05 it was lowered and the sailors headed out to the startline where breeze awaited on the Nora Buri & Nora Beach Race Day. Looking…
For the nine teams due to set sail tomorrow in the Adris 44Cup Rovinj there have been two distractions today – the torrential rain, forecast to depart the Istrian Peninsula before the start of racing tomorrow, and the ancient, densely…
The true story about the Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory access to Finns The Finn class has a long history and has been witness to many changes in the sailing world. It originates from a, perhaps, more simple time, when many…
SAMUI, Thailand – The best laid plans… The breeze was on early this morning as the race management left the beach. The plan: head straight out off Chaweng Beach and lay a startline. Leaving the “shelter” of the bay, the…
The 12th edition of the Yacht Racing Forum (November 25-26) promises to be exciting. It will bring together some of the most prominent players in the nautical world, and will offer a unique commercial platform to companies active in competitive sailing….
SAMUI, Thailand – Samui Regatta is a highlight event on the regional regatta circuit that attracts a high calibre fleet of boats and sailors from around Asia to enjoy some top racing off the tropical island, followed by nightly prize-givings…
A high-octane slalom event, a themed regatta party and entry fee discounts for those sailing in both the nationals and the worlds are just some of the perks that organisers are touting for the 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds at…
(Saturday 25th May, Mahón) – After a thrillingly close finish, Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon crew clinched the first regatta title of the 2019 52 SUPER SERIES season, winning the Menorca 52 Sailing Week by one single point this afternoon. Second placed…
The GC32 Villasimius Cup has a worthy winner in Oman Air supported by EFG Private Bank Monaco, but her lead of nine points as the ten flying catamarans returned to Marina di Villasimius this afternoon was no reflection of the…
(Pisa, 26th May 2019) – It only takes a couple of knots of extra breeze to transform M32 racing as these lightweight, potent catamarans respond immediately to the slightest increase in pressure. Until today, conditions at the Cetilar M32 European…
On one hand it was a miserable day of intermittent rain, a chilly wind and an overcast sky like a scene from the North Sea in February – on the other, despite the fickle conditions, all scheduled five races were…
Pisa, Italy: The M32 fleet learns quickly as the second day of racing at the European Series demonstrated when the mid-fleet became the agitators, stirring things up at the front and sending a message to GAC Pindar and Spindrift racing…
Australian Matt Wearn saved his best until last to win the 2019 Laser Senior European Trophy in Portugal after the scoreboard was turned on its head, while fellow Aussie Mara Stransky finished strongly in seventh place overall, her best result…
Pisa, Italy: The opening day of the Cetilar M32 European Series could hardly have been trickier, as a gentle 4-7 knot sea breeze wafted across the course when seeing, predicting and working the breeze was the order of the day,…
One day of racing remains at the 2019 Laser European Championship in Portugal, and a trio of Australians are inside the top ten, as Tom Burton continues leading the Laser, where Matt Wearn is third, while Mara Stransky is sixth…
Porto Cervo, Italy: At the conclusion of the third day of racing, the Italian team representing Circolo della Vela Bari leads the provisional classification at the One Ocean Sailing Champions League. Tomorrow will be the final day for the 24…
Porto Cervo, Italy: After a second busy day at the One Ocean Sailing Champions League, the team from Switzerland's Bodensee Regattaclub leads the provisional classification with two more days of racing still to be held. The event, organised by the…
From a long day that finally yielded just one race, Quantum Racing emerged with an increased lead at the Menorca 52 Super Series Sailing Week in Mahon, Spain. The 2018 defending circuit champions, winners of the 2016 TP52 World Championship…
Forecasters were predicting a windless Friday, but Villasimius switched on its wind machine, allowing the full schedule of five races to be held and tired crew to come ashore into Marina di Villasimius buzzing. At this half way stage of…
It’s Day 4 at the 2019 Laser European Championship in Portugal and Australia is firing with Mara Stransky moving up to eighth place in the Laser Radial and Tom Burton streaking away in the Laser. Stransky finished sixth overall in…
Some days you try and try and try… The opening day of the GC32 Villasimius Cup, the first event on the 2019 GC32 Racing Tour saw a stiff southwesterly buffeting the ten GC32 catamarans while moored in the Marina di…
Tom Burton, Australia’s Laser Olympic gold medalist from the 2016 Rio Games, is in familiar territory at the top of the leaderboard after mastering the light and tricky conditions on Day 3 of the 2019 Laser European Championship in Porto,…
While maintaining its identity and positioning, the year 2019 marks an evolution for the Yachting Festival, which will now revolve around Cannes' two ports: the Vieux Port will continue to welcome the ultimate in motor boats while Port Canto will…
NEW YORK – May 21, 2019 – In just one month, SailGP will bring the world’s fastest sail racing to the East Coast, introducing New Yorkers and visitors alike to a new generation of competitive sailing. On June 21 and…
Medemblik, The Netherlands – The first day of racing is done at the Medemblik Regatta Nautical Festival. Almost all classes raced according to schedule, only the Hansa Class had to stay inside due to, too heavy winds. For the RS:X surfers…
The 2019 Laser European Championships got underway in Porto overnight (Australian time), offering difficult conditions with light winds and a big swell. Luke Elliott was the best of the Australians in the Standard class, recording a race win and a…
49erFX: Brazil win, but Dutch survive pressure to win ticket to Tokyo Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze won the Open European Championships, the Olympic Champions from Brazil in a different class this week in Weymouth. The greater interest for the…
Two sets of siblings finished the best placed of the Australian Sailing Team (AST) competing at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships at Weymouth in the UK, which came to an end at 5.15pm Sunday evening local time…
Asia's favourite “Tropical Island Regatta” is set to return to Samui Island's shores from 25 May to 1 June on Chaweng Beach and this year will be at a new venue, Synergy Samui Resort. Known for its high calibre of…
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