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There was drama in each heat on the final day of the Surf-Freestyle discipline in Fuerteventura on Tuesday as one rider after another kept dropping sick tricks, each higher and more precise than the next. Injury, innovation and pressure cooker…
Undoubtedly one of the most watched teams in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup has been the Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia who, from the very start, have placed design innovation at the heart of their campaign. It is often…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2024 sold out in an unprecedented 12 minutes – minus a few seconds – but it’s more than the sailing that attracts competitors, their families and friends to this quaint island paradise. Townsville Yacht Club’s…
Organisers at Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 look forward to seeing new talents emerge every year as they gravitate to one of Australia’s favourite sailing playgrounds – and this year is no different, but the reasons…
The Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup is now just one month away from exploding into life with the start of the third and final Preliminary Regatta, starting on Thursday 22nd August 2024 and running through to Sunday 25th August where…
Suardiaz & Cappuzzo winners of the Freefly-Slalom discipline in Fuerteventura Wild and windy elimination series put tour leaders and challengers in jeopardy right to the end with nail-biting finishes and explosive crashes. There were moments when they seemed beatable –…
Tony Langley’s Gladiator became the first British flagged team to lift the Rolex TP52 World Championship title when they emerged from a testing three race finale today off Newport, Rhode Island with a six points margin over the 2021 world…
Tour leaders Suardiaz and Cappuzzo show they’re the ones to beat at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Fuerteventura. Day one of competition starts with a streamlined elimination series and tour leaders Nia Suardiaz (ESP) and Francesco Cappuzzo (ITA) showing why…
It was a two-team dual in the 49erFX atop the standings heading into the final day of racing. Katharina Schwachhofer with Elena Stoltze (GER) leading Sofia Giunchiglia with Giulia Schio (ITA) by just a few points. The Italians moved into…
No Stress (GER 122, Donald LIPPERT, Jörg SONNTAG, Ralf GOEPFERT) has won the 2024 5.5 Metre German Open at the YC Berlin-Grünau after five races were sailed on Saturday. Last year’s Open champions MELX IV (GRE 6, Stavros PAPAGIANNOPOULOS, Yannis MITAKIS, Pavlos KAGIALIS)…
Tough to watch for us Aussies, but what an event. Los Gallos ended Australia’s three-Championship winning streak and wrote themselves into the history books against all odds. Poor fleet race results, combined with France’s blistering race starts, saw Spain close…
Schwachhofer and Stoltze (GER) stay leaders in the FX class Shoultheis and Bertin (MLT) have stellar day to move into the lead over four 49er races in higher winds For the first time in class history, the Nacra 17 fleet…
By World Sailing Italy retained their Nations Trophy in style as a tremendous week at the Youth Sailing World Championships 2024 was capped off with closing ceremony celebrations in Riva. The hosts rocketed to claim six world titles on Lake…
Takashi Okura’s Sled, the 2021 world champions representing the hosts, the New York Yacht Club, scored best today at the Rolex TP52 World Championship in Newport, RI. Their first and second places sees them going into Saturday’s finale just one…
Harm Müller-Spreer’s 2023 defending champions Platoon Aviation won the only race sailed at the Rolex TP52 World Championship off Newport, RI today. But while their first race victory of the event elevates them to fourth at the theoretical midpoint of…
Winning both races today at the 2024 Rolex TP52 World Championship in Newport RI, Tony Langley’s Gladiator team have now scored three back-to-back victories and top the worlds leaderboard with a four points lead after four races. They have won…
In Galicia, Spain, there was a long wait for wind, with races starting 3 hours late due to unstable SW breeze. It was a long day on the waters of the Arousa estuary, where the 49er, 49er FX and Nacra…
By World Sailing Danai Giannouli and Iakovina Kerkezou wrote themselves into the Youth Sailing World Championships history books by claiming a maiden crown at the event on Lake Garda. Greece’s women’s 420 crew were in fine form on the fresh water…
X-Yachts is thrilled to announce a new partnership with renowned yachtsman Jesper Radich for their XR 41 racing program. Kevin Wallis, Managing Director of X-Yachts Australia & New Zealand, expressed enthusiasm about the collaboration, stating, “We are very excited to…
By World Sailing France’s Côme Vic-Molinero and Fatima Tia applied pressure on Lorenzo Sirena and Alice Dessy in the Nacra 15 class on the second day of racing at the Youth Sailing World Championships. The French pair secured two statement bullets…
Takashi Okura’s 2021 Sled, the 2021 world champions, made the best start to the 2024 Rolex TP52 World Championship Newport today as they posted two second places from the first challenging races which were contested on a Newport, Rhode Island…
By World Sailing Carola Colasanto recorded a perfect start to the Youth Sailing World Championships 2024 with four bullets in four races on the first day of official racing on Lake Garda. In the iQFOiL windsurfing heats, the Italian was…
The SailGP Inspire Grand Final delivered classic San Francisco summer conditions, with moderate to strong winds reliably punching through the fog each day. The standard of the WASZP fleet has never been higher, particularly in the women’s fleet, which was…
Four major titles in a super Sunday of sport for the Spanish, as Spain secure $2Million in prize money by taking the SailGP Grand Final in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – July 14, 2024 – They say things come in…
It’s all to race for in the battle for third, with France edging Spain by just one point after day one in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – July 13, 2024 – Set against the backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge,…
With the stunning trophy from the world-renowned architect and designer Patricia Urquiola now the centrepiece of the Puig Women’s America’s Cup, training for victory has been the focus for all of the teams in June. The British, Americans and Swedish…
The global racing championship will bring fans even closer to the action with new in-person and remote graphical viewing and augmented reality experiences via the SailGP app LONDON – July 12, 2024 – SailGP, the world’s most technologically-advanced and exciting racing on…
GWA Big Air Wingfoil World Championships Gran Canaria – Suardiaz and MacDonald are world champions taking a new discipline to new heights in one of the closest finals in GWA history The Big Air pioneers who took the first ever world…
Penalties, crashes and capsizes. Photo finish winners and screaming starts. Five winners across 13 events – but it all comes down to this. The season 4 Grand Final in San Francisco is here! The fast and furious two-day racing format…
Preparations are in order and the groundwork has been done by the next generation of champion sailors ahead of the 2024 Youth Sailing World Championships in Lake Garda. The world’s brightest talents will put on a show between 13-20 July…
Hobart yachts gear up for Australian Yachting Championships amidst Winter Series As anticipation builds for the prestigious Australian Yachting Championships set for January 2025, Hobart yachts are starting their preparations. The Derwent Sailing Squadron’s Winter Series has taken centre stage,…
Launching with a reddish-grey, gravelly lunar surface in the foreground, Day 1 of the GWA Big Air Wingfoil World Championships Grand Canaria 2024 took off today eclipsing scores and heights from last year’s championship. Competitors hammered through two rounds in…
By popular demand the 2025 52 SUPER SERIES returns to two venues which were new to the circuit in 2022 and 2023. They are followed by an overdue visit to Cascais, Portugal for the third event, the Rolex TP52 World…
Sail trim is perhaps the single most important factor in boat performance. Whether you’re a weekend dinghy sailor or you sail on a 100-ft maxi, adjusting sail shape to maximise the wind that you have at your disposal is the…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – July 10, 2024 – SailGP, the most exciting racing on water, today unveiled a return to Sydney’s iconic harbour for a record sixth event as part of its 2024/2025 Season calendar. KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney…
On Monday, the 29er European Championships held as part of the 25th Gdynia Sailing Days concluded. The event featured 138 teams from 25 countries. The Polish teams dominated the championship, winning four out of six gold medals. From Wednesday, three…
Latest Racing on the Edge reveals a race against time, as four teams fight for their spot on the 2024/2025 Season startline This weekend’s SailGP Season 4 Grand Final is set to be the final event for one national team…
Marstrand, Sweden (8 July 2024) USA’s Chris Poole/ Riptide Racing became the first American skipper to win the GKSS Match Cup Sweden this weekend, the founding event of the World Match Racing Tour and this year celebrating its 30th Anniversary….
The ILCA U21 World Championship has come to a thrilling conclusion, marking the end of an intense week of competitive sailing in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. To wrap up the event, sailors were faced with a breeze from 330º at…
Offringa and Mortefon win in Pozo Izquierdo and lead the World Cup in Slalom X ➢ The Aruban and the Frenchman riders are the first windsurfers to be crowned in the new PWA discipline ➢ The Grancanarian Alexia Kiefer is…
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