16ft Skiffs – Down to the Wire
Cancel any appointments you have for April 5 and make sure you’re at the Manly Skiff Club – or watching Sail Media’s livestream – for the final club championship heats of the season. This is one not to be missed….
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Crazy’ conditions test fleets in 2025 Hansa and Para Worlds opener
Racing got underway in the 2025 Hansa and Para World Championships today on Pittwater, with the Hansa 2.3, Liberty and SKUD18 racing on Alpha course, while the 303 Two Person raced on Bravo course and already some have shown their…
Australian Sailing welcomes outcome of Brisbane Olympics 100 Day Review
The Queensland Government today announced its response to a 100-Day Review of infrastructure and planning needs ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics, which revealed the host venues of the sailing competition for the Games will be Townsville and The Whitsundays….
2025 Contender Class Victorian Championships McCrae Yacht Club
Exceptional talent converges… The 2025 Contender Class Victorian Championships was an unforgettable event, full of fierce competition and exceptional talent. Held at the picturesque McCrae, south-east of Melbourne, the event took place on 22-23 March, attracting a record 45 entries….
Practice Race and Opening Ceremony kick off 2025 Hansa and Para Worlds
Sunday marked the first day of the 2025 Hansa and Para Worlds, as 200 excited sailors and race officials from around the world gathered at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) on Pittwater for a practice race, followed by Her…
Hansa Worlds starts this week
The Royal Prince Aflfred Yacht Club has been a hive of activity this past week as they geared up for the 2025 Hansa Worlds. It is great to see such an event at my home club and makes you start…
Brisbane Race Week is on again this May long week end!
Five days of racing, fun and frivolity on Moreton Bay this 2-7 May 2025 Brisbane Race Week is upon us once again, showcasing its signature array of diverse race formats over a festive five days from 2-7 May 2025 in…
Aussies’ final hopes end in dramatic wing collapse in San Fran
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – 23 March, 2025 – Tom Slingsby’s Australia Team’s hopes of making the Podium Final came crashing down on day two at the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix, as a catastrophic wing failure forced them out…
Wingfoil racing crowns its African King and Queen
Three times Wingfoil Racing World Cup champion Mathis Ghio of France has won the season opener in Dakhla, Morocco. The women’s competition was claimed by the 2024 series silver medallist Maddalena Spanu of Italy. Both gave dominant performances that will act as an ominous warning to their fellow competitors. Ghio needed just one race…
SailFest Newcastle concludes for 2025
Light airs, heavy airs, harbour starts and choppy windward-leewards … nothing phased the TP52 Matador as it took both IRC and TPR honours at the 6th annual SailFest Newcastle Regatta over the weekend. The result stretched the Cruising Yacht Club…
TP52 Pallas Capital Gold Cup Act 2 – Zen Returns & Matador Win
The second Act of the Pallas Capital Gold Cup for the TP52 Australia class took part alongside SailFest from the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club on 22-23 March. Gordon Ketelbey’s Zen was welcomed back to the fleet as they continued their…
Up and coming young athletes look to make their mark at the post
A week before the curtain goes up on the 54th Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels, the entry lists are now almost definitive and confirm a historic post-Olympic edition, with almost 850 boats registered comparing favourably to the 779…
Aussies set for winner-takes-all final in San Francisco after opening day on the Bay
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 2025 Day 1
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…
Slingsby warns, “It takes bravery to race in San Francisco’s extreme conditions”
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…
Brazil tops the podium in 2025 season opener of SailGP’s Impact League
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…
34 nations now actively involved in Para Sailing
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 Newcastle 2025 Preview
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…
Slingsby debriefs L.A. and looks to come back stronger in San Fran
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…
SailGP’s 2025 Season to Be Most Technologically Advanced in Sailing History
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…
Entry open for Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
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…
Victorian and Western Australian Hobie Cat State Championships
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…
Canada triumphs in L.A., beating New Zealand and Australia in tense showdown
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…
Waszp – New 7.5 Rig Announced – V2 Rudder Update
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…
JJ Giltinan 2025 Race 9 Report
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 sits in first at Los Angeles SailGP
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…
New Wave World Champions Crowned in Cabo Verde
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…
Manly 16s Old Buffers Day
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 is in Los Angeles
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 Wins Round 2 of iQFOiL International Games
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,…
JJ Giltinan 2025 Race 8 Report
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…
SailGP – Racing on the Edge
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…
ROCKWOOL Racing secures loan signing of Will Ryan
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…
Bumper fleet expected for 40th Hamilton Island Race Week
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…
2027 ILCA Under-21 World Championships
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…
JJ Giltinan 2025 Race 7 Report
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…
60th Anniversary Congressional Cup
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….
The New Type 25 Fireball
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…
Alessandro Marega holds onto Finn No.1 world ranking
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…
Cape Verde Delivers – Epic Swells Kick Off the Season!
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…
