Worrell 1000 Legs 5 & 6
On Thursday morning, May 16th – Teams lined up on the beach in Jacksonville, Florida, ready to set sail on the longest leg of the event: JAX Beach to Tybee Island, GA – 120 miles. The forecast looked grim; Light,…
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Formula Kite World Championships – Day 5
• Breiana Whitehead moves up to 5th and makes the semis• Four medium air races conclude gold fleet for men and women• Poema Newland looks world-class after three race wins• But it’s still reigning World Champions Nolot and Maeder who…
Sporty start to Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup Finale
The finale of the Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup started in sporty conditions with sensational racing from all eleven entrants, with reports of over 25 knots of boat speed, in a blustery southerly at times blowing over 30 knots on…
SailGP: Robertson comments that the race to third is wide open
Article by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor, SailGP The race to Season 4’s three-boat Grand Final is still ‘wide open’, Canada driver Phil Robertson says, with ‘three teams ready to pounce’ on Spain, currently in third place. Just three events remain…
Formula Kite World Championships – Multiple pile-up in women’s fleet
• Big pile-up for the women after world champion falls• Four light to medium races for the start of gold fleet competition• Elena Lengwiler cruises to two race wins in the afternoon• Pianosi climbs to second in the men Perhaps…
USA picks up on Australian made JPK11.80’s
Featuring on international Regatta Podiums has brought the focus of keen eyes onto the availability of our Australian made JPK 11.80’s. The features of this Racer/ Cruiser include its versatility of crewed and 2H and the delivery from our Australian…
Worrell 1000 Legs 3 & 4
For those who are familiar with the history of the Worrell 1000, they know this race has claimed many boats, bones and pride. The quote “The ocean is a sleeping giant…” started a post-race story by Bud Zimmerman in 1976, the Race…
Formula Kite World Champs – Day 3
• Breiana Whitehead remains in 6th place• Four sunny and windy races complete the qualifying phase• Valentin Bontus profits from Max Maeder’s crash• Axel Mazella wins all four heats• Elena Lengwiler’s flat-water speed is hard to resist Opportunities to beat Max…
Kite World Champs Day 2
• Variable conditions for the men at midday, steadier moderate breeze for the women later• Four wins from four for Maeder and Mazella• Nolot’s crash mean’s three wins from four for the women’s world champion• Poema Newland enjoys rediscovering race-winning…
Palm Beach Motor Yachts will be Official Motoryacht Partner for 52 Super Series regattas in Newport
For the first time in its successful 13-year history the 52 SUPER SERIES heads to Newport, Rhode Island for the upcoming XS 52 SUPER SERIES Newport Trophy (June 10-16) followed by the Rolex TP52 World Championship (July 15-20) both hosted…
J/70 World Champs in Palma reaches total limit for entries
Palma, Spain, 14 May 2024 With under two weeks to go until the registration deadline for the J/70 World Championships (1st June), the competition’s entry list has not only reached the maximum number of entries as established by the organizing…
Formula Kite Worlds – Reigning Champions fly ahead of the chaos
HIGHLIGHTS• Gusty wind up to 27 knots, rain clouds and seagulls contribute to chaotic conditions• Four races of qualifying completed for men and women’s fleets• Singapore’s Max Maeder and France’s Lauriane Nolot get a perfect 4/4• Good performances by Kampman,…
Worrell 1000 Race 2024
The Worrell 1000 Race 2024 Has begun! The 23rd running of the world-famous Worrell 1000 extreme, distance catamaran race got underway Sunday, May 12th in Hollywood Beach Florida. Twelve teams representing the US, Germany, France, The Netherlands and Australia launched…
Under 100 days until the start of the 37th America’s Cup
The clock continues to count down to what could be the closest contest in living memory with absolutely no outright favourite and every team very much in the running for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. The six main teams…
Act 1 of the 69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup
Torbole (Garda Lake) – The Act 1 of the 69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup is ready to celebrate it’s opening day at Circolo Vela Torbole, where five international mixed gender teams composed of Under 25 sailors are ready to compete for the…
Testing week for Australian sailors at major championships
The Nacra 17 World Championships, 49er, FX, and Mixed 470 European Champions concluded overnight in France, where sailors encountered two extremes of wind conditions in their final test before the Paris 2024 Olympics. Beginning in La Grande Motte, France, the…
Artemis Racing have first event win in eight years @ 44Cup Baiona
Torbjörn Törnqvist’s Artemis Racing demonstrated herself to be categorically back on form after winning five races out of nine at the 44Cup Baiona. The second event of the 2024 44Cup concluded today in the Galician port where it has been…
La Grande Motte: Victories for Italy, Belgium, Uruguay and Great Britain
Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot finished the regatta with a 2nd in the Medal Race, pushing them up to 6th overall. A great result from the pair. Annie will now return to Sydney and get into simulator training for the…
44cup Baiona: 3 bullets for Artemis Racing
After a wait for the wind to fill in, the Vigo River estuary and Galicia’s wider Rías Baixas estuary complex delivered for day three of the 44Cup Baiona with 15-20 knots, brilliant sunshine, a short chop and with the magnificent…
Uruguay surges to the top of the 49ers at La Grande Motte
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti are too professional to admit it, but a strong performance in Saturday’s light airs races has all but secured the Italian defence of the Nacra 17 world title. After scoring the best set of results of…
The switch to light air boards in Bermuda impacted Australia’s F50 performance on Day 2
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor @SailGP The overnight configuration change from high speed to light air boards in Bermuda caused ‘issues’ for Australia’s F50 when racing resumed on day two, according to driver Tom Slingsby. Speaking ahead of the Final in…
44CUP Baiona: Go right on Day 2
History was made on the 44Cup today when, for the first time, a team representing land-locked Switzerland was top scoring boat of the day. Admittedly this came after an awkward one race day, but victory in this for Christian Zuerrer’s…
La Grande Motte moves into finals mode
Top Australian teams after Day 4: Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot had a great day in the 49erFX moving up to 5th, Jim Colley and Shaun Connor 19th in 49er with Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown 17th in the Nacra….
TF35 season kicks off this month in Nyon, Switzerland
The fourth season of the TF35 high-performance one-design foiling catamaran will kick off this month in Nyon, Switzerland, with the first of six events on Lake Geneva. Hosted by the Société Nautique de Nyon from 24 to 26 May, the…
Team Australia Challenge
It was great to see the Team Australia Challenge 2024 women’s sailing squad being hosted by PUIG, the naming rights sponsor of the PUIG Women’s America’s Cup at an elegant soiree at the Park Hyatt Sydney with Vogue Australia this…
Highlights from Day One of the 44Cup Baiona Regatta
The opening day of the 44Cup Baiona regatta kicked off with anticipation as sailors geared up for racing on the high-performance RC44 one designs. Hosted by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona (MRCYB) at the 14th-century Monterreal Castle,…
Lighter breeze at La Grande Motte
Top Australian teams after Day 3 are: Jim Colley and Shaun Connor 7th in 49er, Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot 10th in 49erFX and Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown 13th in the Nacra. A drop in wind strength brought huge…
American Magic launches new Patriot
What a day for New York Yacht Club American Magic who called for all-hands on deck at the base super-early this morning, ahead of rolling out their new AC75 at 5.45am with the first set of slightly asymmetric race foils,…
Day 1 at La Grande Motte
The British teams set the pace on the opening day of the 49er European Championship, grabbing the lead in both fleets of the qualifying draw. With the competition heating up in La Grande Motte, South of France, 148 international teams…
Ten 52 SUPER SERIES boats representing seven different nations leave Palma
A precious cargo of ten 52 SUPER SERIES representing seven different nations left Palma today (May, 05th 2024) heading across the Atlantic bound for the USA’s sailing epicentre, Newport, Rhode Island. After finishing a thrilling 52 SUPER SERIES PalmaVela Sailing Week…
Australian Sailors continue Olympic preparations
Australian sailors are poised to make waves in France in the four two-person disciplines as the Nacra 17 World Championships, 49er, FX and Mixed 470 European Champions take place this week. Sailors are preparing to use the last major event ahead of…
Bay Series wraps up Sail Port Stephens
Sail Port Stephens 2024 has wrapped up after 11 huge days of sailing, spanning three weeks and involving 215 boats. It culminated yesterday with the inshore Bay Series comprising J70s, sports boats and off-the-beach classes. Friday Racing began on Friday…
18ft Skiffs – International 18s in the 1950s
A period of New Zealand-led design & innovation Following the first major change in the 18 footers from the big boats of the early 1900s to the 7ft beam boats of the mid-1930s, there had been no major change or…
Galateia win again at PalmaVela
Palma (Spain), 5th May 2024 David Leuschen and Chris Flowers’ Wallycento Galateia won the Maxi class at PalmaVela for the third time in a row today in light winds on Palma Bay. Whilst last year’s triumph was something of a…
Spain slingshot Aussies and Kiwis in Bermuda final
Australia places 3rd in Podium Final and remain in second position of the Season 4 leaderboard. BERMUDA – 05 May 2024 – The Spain SailGP Team has taken out the ‘top dogs’ of Season 4- Australia and New Zealand- to…
Advantage Galateia at PalmaVela
Palma (Spain), 4 May 2024 “This is not a training regatta, there is a title at stake and we won it last year so for sure we are out to win again!” Five times America’s Cup winning Kiwi sailing legend…
Highlights from GWA Wingfoil World Cup in Tarifa
That’s a wrap for the 2024 edition of the Tarifa Wing Pro. Watch to see how Nia Suardiaz and Chris Macdonald stormed their way to the top of the podium. Take a look at the current ranking HERE
Rebuilt Flying Roo on top after opening day in Bermuda
In a display of sheer dominance, Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP Team asserted their authority on the opening day of the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix, bouncing back from a setback in the previous event to secure two race wins…
Honours are even in the Maxi class at PalmaVela after classic Palma sea breeze
As the giant PalmaVela multiclass regatta mustered all 12 classes which are competing at this 2024 edition of the Med’s traditional curtain raiser, it was ‘back to normal’ Palma Bay at its spring best. A 12-14 knots sea breeze with…
USA Capsize in practice & SailGP launch initiative to fight plastic pollution
There were dramatic scenes at the Official Practice Race Day in Bermuda, with the USA SailGP Team capsizing mid race, causing some of the athletes to be flung from their positions onboard. The USA SailGP Team capsized during the third practice…
