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The 2024 Finn Gold Cup opens in Aarhus, Denmark this week, with an impressive line-up of new and old talent. It follows six years on from the last time the Finn world championship was held in Aarhus, then as part…
With 13 boats racing the heat is on in Puerto Portals While two different teams – Hasso and Tina Plattner’s Phoenix and Andy Soriano’s Alegre – won the two short official practice races raced today ahead of Puerto Portals 52…
By Caroline Morris A week of solid action comes to a climax for women’s final of the Defender GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Sylt 2024 The sun was shining on day six of the Defender GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Sylt 2024…
35-year wait will come to an end in January 2025 When the 2024-25 Australian 18 footer Championship is sailed on Waterloo Bay, Brisbane next January, it will become the first major 18 footer title sailed in Queensland since Scott Ramsden’s…
24 August 2024—San Francisco, CA, USA – Congratulations to Don Wilson and his Convexity team for capturing the 2024 Diversified Melges 24 World Champions title. Alongside Wilson, tactician Jeremy Wilmot and crew members Ian Liberty, Edward Hackney, and Tomas Dietrich executed a brilliant campaign on San…
The yachts Baximus skippered by Thanasis Baxevanis from the club “Omilos Filon Thalassis” and Astrapi with skipper Vassilis Kapitanidis from the Nautical Club of Thessaloniki triumphed respectively in the ORC Performance and ORC Sport categories of the Aegean Regatta 2024. The final act of the international sailing race organized by the General Secretariat for the Aegean and Island Policy with the…
Ghio and Suardiaz win in China HIGHLIGHTS Mathis Ghio (FRA) and Nia Suardiaz (ESP) have become champions at WingFoil Racing World Cup China. After no wind on the final day in Pingtan Island, the outcome was determined on the results from earlier in the week….
The 44Cup World Championship Brunnen concluded today on Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne with the most intense tussle for the lead between Vladimir Prosikhin’s Team Nika and Igor Lah’s Team Ceeref Vaider. The 44Cup Brunnen community spent Saturday evening cruising Lake Uri…
As the sun set in Barcelona on a memorable Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta, it was Emirates Team New Zealand spraying the Moët & Chandon champagne as winners, after an enthralling and epic, super-tight final battle with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli….
The final day of on water action at Hamilton Island Race Week 2024 pushed all the way to the wire, with match racing finishes pushing right to the end in multiple divisions as placings remained in contention across all divisions….
Lake Uri (Lucerne) laid on different conditions for the penultimate day of the 44Cup World Championship out of Brunnen, Switzerland. After two lively sea breeze days, Saturday started off with two races in the same northerly, both in sub-10 knot…
Another glamour day in Barcelona with four tantalising match-ups on the penultimate day of action at the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta. No change at the top of the leaderboard overnight with Emirates Team New Zealand holding firm after a win…
By Caroline Morris A bit of rain wasn’t going to stop the show as the day’s action opened with the quarter-final in the men’s Defender GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Sylt 2024. Heat one saw Kiko Roig (ESP) going head-to-head against…
For day two of the 44Cup World Championship the nine RC44 teams ventured out from the host village of Brunnen on to the Urnersee section of Lake Uri [Lucerne] to a full windless, glass-out. After two hours of waiting patiently…
Barcelona, once again, put on its finest display today on day two of the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta with outstanding sailing conditions for the sailors and wonderful viewing opportunities for the spectators. All along the Barceloneta beachfront and at the…
The 39th Edition of Hamilton Island Race Week has marked an increase in female representation in key roles on boats, from skippers to navigators and plenty of female crew out on the water. Rhumb Runna competing in the Trailable Yacht…
By World Sailing Following the conclusion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, five international sailors have been elected to the World Sailing Athletes’ Committee where they will serve as the athlete voice throughout the Federation. The sailors joining the World Sailing…
HIGHLIGHTS France’s Bastien Escoffet recorded the highest speed – 33.0 knots – on day one of WingFoil Racing World Cup China. Taking place out of the tropical paradise of Pingtan Island, the Marathon Race saw 113 riders launch out of…
Tilos opened its arms to welcome the sailing boats participating in the Aegean Regatta, the international sailing race that is being held for the 23rd time in the blue waters of the Aegean Sea. On the morning of Wednesday, August 21, the boats departed from Nisyros and with the help of the westerly…
With the accuracy of a Swiss watch, the 15+ knot thermal wind kicked in on time as advertised on the Urnersee – north-south section of Lake Uri (Lake Lucerne) – enabling three races to be held on the opening day…
Day four of racing started in style this morning with the annual Hamilton Island Race Week Prix d’Elegance. Sailors smartened up their uniforms or used their creativity to parade and compete for two different prizes, ‘Best Presented’, or ‘Best Themed’,…
The Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta got underway in Barcelona today with all four scheduled races between the six competing teams taking place in near-perfect conditions. Four teams sit on one point after today’s racing but – by way of the…
Helmsmen set the scene at press conference on eve of racing at Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta in Barcelona Under the spotlights in the cooled air of the auditorium at Barcelona’s World Trade Centre, the world’s finest sailors faced the international…
Breakthrough technology will visualize the wind live on screen, allowing fans and commentators to better understand optimum routes and team tactics, and making coverage of the sport more accessible than ever before. Capgemini and the America’s Cup Media today revealed…
By Alinghi Red Bull Racing Tuesday 20th August, Alinghi Red Bull Racing faced a rig failure. Fortunately, due to the quick response from the crew, everyone onboard is safe, and the situation was promptly managed. 1) What happened? We were…
20 August 2024—San Francisco, CA, USA – After three days of registration, boat inspections, and sail and equipment checks, the 2024 Diversified Melges 24 World Championship on San Francisco Bay is officially underway. Returning to this windy venue after ten years, anticipation was…
It was an early start for the IRC Divisions on day three of Hamilton Island Race Week, with the Nautilus Marine insurance Classic Long & Medium Races on the schedule commencing from 0915. The 49 nautical mile Nautilus Marine Insurance…
London, UK (19 August, 2024) The World Match Racing Tour, sailing’s longest running global professional series and special event of World Sailing, today announced a new championship stage to the global tour starting in 2025 in MACAO, Special Administrative Region…
Have you ever wondered where the next generation of SailGP foiling superstars are made? Join us in Sandefjord, Norway for the ROCKWOOL WASZP Games 2024. Hosted by ROCKWOOL Racing Athlete Katja Salskov-Iversen, we discover how the next generation of professional…
As we start getting excited ahead of the America’s Cup Prelim regatta, why not have a quick look at this SailGP video from Tom and Jason on how that win in Sydney unfolded. Personally, it was one of my best…
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez – Saturday, September 28 – Sunday, October 6, 2024 Making up the Classic, Modern and Maxi classes, nearly 250 boats are officially entered in Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, which begins September 28. Scrolling the entry lists made…
There are boats from all eight Australian states and territories, ranging in size from the 100ft Super Maxi ‘Wild Thing 100’ to the smallest yacht, a 20.6ft Sonata 6.3 ‘Norbert G’ skippered by Ghigo Casalini. There is also a boat…
“Second only to the immortal Chris Webb” William J. ‘Billo’ Hayward was not only one of the great champion 18 footer skippers at the NSW (now Australian) 18 Footers League during the 1930s and 1940s, he was also one of…
Less than a month to go for the 2024 A-Class Catamaran World Championships in Tuscany, and the Centro Velico Punta Ala is once again setting a new record for the number of participants! From September 7th to 14th, Tuscany will once…
Hamilton Island Race Week officially opened with a bang last night, marked with fireworks at the Nautilus Marine Insurance Yacht Owners and Skippers Welcome Cocktail Party. While the welcome went off with plenty of sparks, the breeze this morning for…
This Thursday in Barcelona, the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta gets underway with far more questions ahead of the competition than answers. This is the third Preliminary Regatta on the journey to the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup but is the…
Posted by Beau White on the F16 website following their recent Worlds win in Lake Como. Grab a coffee and have an entertaining little read. Picture yourself on a boat on a blue lake, with breeze in your sails, boards whistling…
Andoo Team Australia hit the waters off Barcelona for some America’s Cup AC40 yacht training time this week and an opportunity to utilise all the knowledge gained from hundreds of hours in the Sydney based simulator and translate to the…
Hamilton Island Race Week 2024 is around the corner and southerners shivering through the winter season, are dreaming of warm days, exquisite chef dinners and joyful reunions, all set against the backdrop of Australia’s most beloved winter sailing competition. For…
For the second time this season, the 44Cup is to visit a new venue. After racing in Baiona, Spain in May, for its fourth and penultimate event, the high performance owner driver one design class will compete for its annual…
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