Team Australia Challenge 2024 are on the water
Great to see the squad finally on the water in Barcelona as they start to get the feel of the real thing after hundreds of hours on the simulator back in Sydney. Good luck to both the Youth and the…
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Andrade takes race victory as Gilmour continues to lead on day 3 of the Dragon Gold Cup
10 September 2024 – Kinsale, Ireland – Race three of the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 supported by Astra Construction Services Ltd was held in a strong and squally north-westerly that at times pushed both the sailors and their boats to…
Spotlight on Youth and Corinthian Sailors at 2025 Etchells World Championship
The Etchells World Championship in Melbourne this coming January will have a new focus as it drives amateur and youth participation in the class. Club Corinthian has been introduced by the Australian Etchells Fleet this season specifically out of the Royal…
Home win for Women’s WMRT Denmark
Rungsted, Denmark (10 September 2024) Danish skipper Camilla Ulrikkeholm and team made it a home win on Sunday winning the Danish stage of the 2024 Women’s World Match Racing Tour season. Ulrikkeholm defeated fellow Danish finalist Lea Vogelius and team…
SailGP Wing failure in Bermuda training; all crew onboard safe
SailGP Media: On Monday, a SailGP F50 carrying a crew of six athletes experienced a catastrophic wing failure during training in Bermuda. All athletes are safe with no injuries on board, and damage to the boat is currently being assessed….
Cooke and Gilmour take first blood at Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup
9 September 2024 – Kinsale, Ireland – After the previous day’s strong winds, day two of the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 supported by Astra Construction Services Ltd produced fabulous conditions, allowing races one and two of the six race series…
British lead into Louis Vuitton Cup semi-finals as France bow out in style
It was a day of tie-breaks and heartbreaks as the Round Robin stage of the Louis Vuitton Cup drew to a close. For INEOS Britannia, the Challenger of Record, it was unbridled joy as they secured the top spot in…
Notice of Race & Entries Open for Australian Hobie Cat Nationals
Entries are now open and the Notice of Race is live for the 52nd Australian Hobie Cat National Championships, hosted by McCrae Yacht Club this 24/25 New Year period. It’s the news we’ve been waiting for folks! The Australian Hobie…
KiteFoil World Series Austria: Kampman battles while Maeder cruises to victory
Max Maeder cruised to yet another championship title while for Jessie Kampman it was a real battle to earn her maiden victory at a KiteFoil World Series event. After two days of good breeze which produced 12 massed-start fleet races, medal series day on Lake Traunsee delivered a nailbiting finale of four-rider competition at KiteFoil World Series Austria….
Maximus sets Ibiza JoySail Mallorca to Ibiza race record
Ibiza, 5 September 2024. Superyacht racers who have been heading to Ibiza JoySail have always had the opportunity to attempt the record from Punta Cala Figuera, Mallorca to Tagomago island Ibiza. However, until this 2024 edition of Ibiza JoySail, these…
KiteFoil World Series Austria: Gomez pushed to the Max on his Element
Benoit Gomez of France took his first race win of KiteFoil World Series Austria but it’s still Max Maeder of Singapore who continues to rule the roost on Lake Traunsee. The northerly breeze was blowing nicely on the Austrian lake, strong enough to give the kitefoilers a bit of a headache over kite…
M32 – Rated X Defend World Championship Title
With thunderstorms looming, the fleet headed out for an early start, squeezing in five races in 12-15 knots of the northerly Peler wind. On the final day, Rated X, led by skipper Jake Julien and tactician Keith Swinton, demonstrated why they are the defending…
Dragons ready to race for Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024
7 September 2024 – Kinsale, Ireland – Kinsale Yacht Club has thrown open its doors to welcome more than 200 Dragon sailors from around the globe in preparation for the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 sponsored by Astra Construction Services Ltd,…
Day 8 of Louis Vuitton Cup abandoned due to thunderstorms and lightning risks
Barcelona saw some dynamic and fast-moving conditions today with a northerly airflow switching east but ushering in significant rain showers and the ever-present threat of thunderstorms coming off the hills to the north of the city. With the risk of…
Crunch Time at the M32 World Championship
On day three of the M32 World Championship the race area was shifted more to the centre of the Lake to give the teams new challenges and to create more opportunities for passing lanes. The top four teams separated by…
Ineos Britannia signal their intent in the Louis Vuitton Cup
Conditions were pitch-perfect in Barcelona for the seventh day of the Louis Vuitton Cup, with the wind clocking round to the south-south-west and delivering a breeze that topped out at 17 knots and an off-axis swell – challenging conditions that…
Oskari Muhonen becomes first Finn to win Finn Gold Cup
Congratulations to Australia’s Jack Eickmeyer who finished 2nd in the U23 Silver Cup. Oskari Muhonen has become the first ever Finnish sailor to win the Finn Gold Cup. He has dominated this week in Aarhus in light and strong winds…
The Etchells European Championship 2024 will be held in Cowes hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron
Porto Cervo:. The Etchells European Championship that was to be held in Porto Cervo from the 3rd to the 6th of October will be moved to Cowes hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron from 11th to the 13th October. In agreement…
KiteFoil World Series Austria: Maeder and Kampman back on song in Austria
Max Maeder was back to his winning ways on day two of KiteFoil World Series Austria. Six days short of his 18th birthday, the teenager from Singapore won all six races in light winds on LakeTraunsee in Upper Austria. “Winning six races back to back, that definitely puts a smile on…
M32 World Championships – Five Races and Five Race Winners
The M32 World Championship is as tight as it gets, with the top three teams—Youngblood, Miles Julien, Surge, Ryan McKillen, and Rated X, Jake Julien, —all tied at 17 points. Each of the five races had a different winner, showcasing just how fierce the competition…
Svea and Velsheda set to line up at showcase Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
A breezy week seems to be in prospect for competitors at this year’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup which starts on Monday out of Porto Cervo, Sardinia. Two J Class teams, Velsheda and Svea, will race in mixed fleet handicap divisions…
Perfect score for Muhonen as Finn closes in on Finn Gold Cup
Finland’s Oskari Muhonen put on a masterclass for the 104 sailors from 20 nations taking part in the 2024 Finn Gold Cup in Aarhus, Denmark. He won all three races sailed on Friday, two by huge margins to put himself…
5.5 Metre class: Ku-Ring-Gai III wins 2024 World Championship
Despite never winning a race, Ku-Ring-Gai lll (John Bacon, Joost Houweling and Edward Wright) sailed an impressively consistent series in a fleet that’s fiercely competitive, yet also has an enviable level of camaraderie. Bacon’s team was the sole one to count only…
5.5 Metre class: Two new race winners on day four of world championship
Two new race winners on day four of 5.5 Metre world championship, hosted by the Yacht Club de l’Odet Seven boats are now race winners in the 2024 world championship, yet only one has scored two victories – Aspire (Przemek…
Swiss score vital win on day 6 of the Louis Vuitton Cup
After yesterday’s cancellation of racing due to inclement weather, the Louis Vuitton Cup schedule got right back on track with five races completed in a shifting 6-10 knot thermal southerly breeze that challenged the sailors. The big story of the…
5.5 Metre worlds – Ku-Ring-Gai III leads overall after six races
Aspire (Przemek Gacek, Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Kilian Weise) won today’s first race – the fifth of the championship – by a narrow margin at the end of what proved to be an adrenaline fuelled downwind leg for many competitors, with many…
Incoming storm front cancels Day 6 of the Louis Vuitton Cup
After yesterday’s inclement weather that saw the abandonment of the second race of the day between Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and Emirates Team New Zealand in the Louis Vuitton Cup second Round Robin, unfortunately it’s more of the same today…
Magnetic Island Race Week: Scores tallied – winners declared
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2024 ended abruptly this morning as conditions dictated there would be no further racing and therefore winners were declared based on overnight’s pointscores at another wonderful week of sailing in the Townsville Yacht Club hosted…
5.5 Metre class: Australia and Switzerland prevail on Day 2 of 5.5 Metre world championship
In today’s first race Arunga XII(Mark Tolhurst, Stephen Mc Conaghy and Thomas Spithill) stunned the fleet with a port tack start from the pin end of the line. Tolhurst says, “we always wanted to get a port end start at the…
Light start to 2024 Finn Gold Cup in Aarhus
There is gold in the waters of Aarhus this week, Finn gold, and the 104 sailors who made it out to the start left everything on the water fighting for every metre, for every point, for every boat, for every…
Thunderbolts and lightning as Swiss score crucial win
Rain clouds coming off the mountains to the north of Barcelona produced some challenging and dynamic conditions with enormous shifts in the wind on day one of the Louis Vuitton Cup second Round Robin – the stage of the Challenger…
Rio de Janeiro to host Brazil’s first SailGP event, with Martine Grael driving for the home team
The most exciting racing on water, SailGP, will make its hotly-anticipated Brazilian debut in Rio de Janeiro May 3-4, 2025. Martine Grael will drive for the first Brazilian team – a historic first for the global racing championship. SEPTEMBER 2…
It’s all about the Gold Cup – Finn Gold Cup opened in Aarhus
It’s all about the Gold Cup. The Finn Gold Cup is one of the most prestigious and oldest trophies in sailing and today the 68th edition was opened in Aarhus, Denmark, with around 110 entries from 20 countries. The trophy…
Magnetic Island Race Week: Perfect day for Round the Island Race
Zen (NSW) has taken the overall lead of Spinnaker Division 1 on Day 4 at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) 2024, in The Yacht Sales Co. Race Day Round the Island Race, in what has been an exceptionally close…
5.5 Metre class: Aspire and Girls on Film ll win first two world championship races
In an intense opening day of racing, sailed predominately in full hiking conditions, Aspire (Przemek Gacek, Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Kilian Weise) and Girls on Film ll (Louise Morton, Sam Haines and Andrew Mills), both emerged as race winners. However, The Jean Genie (Peter Morton, Andrew Palfrey…
Magnetic Island Race Week: A change of pace and winners
Layday at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2024 was enjoyed by all yesterday, but today it was back to serious business for ‘It’s Live in Queensland Race Day’, when Division 1 and the Sports Boats were put through their paces…
Fiji’s iconic annual Regatta Week celebrates 40 years
One of the most popular events on the Fiji calendar, the Annual Fiji Regatta Week will celebrate its 40th year when it returns to Musket Cove Island Resort & Marina next month. Celebrating four decades of sailing, adventure, and island…
5.5 Metre class World Championship preview
(Ed. Good luck to the 3 Australian entries from Sydney, John Bacon, Martin Cross and Mark Tolhurst) Twenty nine teams from 10 countries, including Australia and the Bahamas, are gathered at the Yacht Club de l’Odet for the 5.5 Metre…
Super consistent Realteam wins TF35 Voiles de Choisi
Esteban Garcia’s Realteam Sailing skippered by Jérôme Clerc with tactician Sébastien Col have won the single race final day of the TF35 Voiles de Choisi, winning the event with a five-point advantage over Yann Guichard’s Sails of Change 8. “I’m…
Gladiator win Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week
Tony Langley’s British flagged Gladiator team made it two wins in a row today when they overturned a three points deficit over the one and only race sailed to add the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week title to…
