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After missing out on the first regatta of the 2024 52 SUPER SERIES season Hasso and Tina Plattner’s Phoenix will be back in action at the upcoming XS 52 SUPER SERIES Newport Trophy regatta in Newport RI. With talismanic tactician,…
Valiant, an Adams 10.6 skippered by Jason Farnell from the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, is the overall winner of this year’s Melbourne to Apollo Bay Race. The 52 nautical mile race, run by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV),…
Torbole (Garda Lake) – At the end of three days of challenging races – 16 in total – the 69F Cup Grand Prix 2 Torbole ended with Clément Cron’s Groupe Atlantic (FRA) winning. The French entry showed excellent form right from…
Nia Suardiaz and Mathis Ghio have taken the gold medals at the WingFoil Racing World Cup Turkiye after commanding performances in the medal series. The 17-year-old Spanish rider dominated the women’s competition this week. “I never expected to win as many races this week,” she said. “The girls are pushing so hard.” Ghio – a double…
With a new boat and an all-new crew, Yann Guichard’s Sails of Change 8 clinched the first victory of the 2024 TF35 season in a to-the-wire final race at the TF35 Nyon Cup. As the sun shone brightly on a sparkling Lake…
The big news frm Barcelona this weekend is the Orient Express Racing Team AC75 reveal! After over 46,000 hours of work put in by the team at Multiplast who worked 6 days a week for 7 months, our AC75 was wheeled out of…
Mathis Ghio was beaten by a few riders on day four of the WingFoil Racing World Cup Turkiye, yet still the reigning world champion has managed to hold on to the yellow bib for the medal series climax on Sunday. Across the six races…
Caracole (SUI 214, Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stampfli) have successfully defended their Swiss open title at Société Nautique Rolloise, at Rolle, on Lake Geneva, after schooling the fleet on light wind speed and tactics. Winning four out of five…
Some riders complained about plastic in the water ruining their races on day three of the WingFoil Racing World Cup Turkiye. Others found a way of winning race after race despite the plastic obstacles lying in wait to catch them…
Defending champions Caracole (SUI 214, Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stampfli) have won the opening race of the 2024 5.5 Metre Swiss Open at Rolle on Lake Geneva, on Thursday. Only one race was possible in a very light swinging breeze. Eleven…
World Sailing has selected the Jeddah Yacht Club & Marina in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to host the upcoming 2024 Youth Match Racing World Championship, from 29 November to 2 December, and the 2024 Women’s Match Racing World Championship…
It was a rude awakening for competitors at the WingFoil Racing World Cup Turkiye. Having gone out from the beach at Urla a few minutes earlier with their big wings, just a minute before the riders launched into the rabbit start for the marathon…
In a great display of on-the-water dominance within an already elite-level class, Hap Fauth, tactician Terry Hutchinson and the all-star cast of the Maxi 74 Bella Mente today claimed the third edition of the IMA Maxi European Championship, supported by…
“If You’re not Dying, You’re not Trying” The WingFoil Racing World Cup Turkiye began today, although a lack of wind prevented the first race from going ahead. Instead the riders put their competitive instincts into an evening competition on Audi e-foilers, electric-powered foiling…
Starting an hour early, two coastal courses including the popular lap of Capri were completed on the third and penultimate day of the IMA Maxi European Championship, supported by Rolex as Official Timepiece. The 20 maxi yachts faced a sub-10…
Two brand new yachts have joined the fleet at Superyacht Cup Palma 2024 with just a month to the start of the 28th edition of Europe’s longest running superyacht regatta. Maximus, and Calabash The Frers Design performance cruiser Maximus, and Calabash, from Mallorcan…
The stunning trophy for the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup, was presented this morning by Puig at the Fundació Joan Miró. The Spanish architect and designer Patricia Urquiola was commissioned to design and shape the trophy that the winning team…
Australia’s longest running women’s keelboat competition, the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), has so far attracted 26 entries, with organisers at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron expecting up to 35 boats for their annual event, traditionally sailed over the Kings Birthday weekend on…
After a long winter break, racing for the TF35 high-performance one-design foiling catamaran resumes this week with a new team joining the fleet and crew changes on all the boats ahead of the TF35 Nyon Cup. The first of a…
Le Havre, Normandy, France (Tuesday 21 May) – New Zealand’s Megan Thomson and her 2.0 Racing crew of Maeve White, Josi Andres, Charlotte Porter and Rose Garcia Royo yesterday won the 2024 Normandy Match Cup in Le Havre, France, the third…
As the sailing season draws to a close, offshore sailors are now focusing on the Melbourne to Apollo Bay Race which starts at 9am on Saturday the 25th of May. The 52 nautical mile Category 3 coastal sprint is the…
Entries for Whitsunday Sailing Club’s (WSC) Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 continue to flow in and competition is set to ignite in the Trailable Yachts and Sports Boat class, while new support sponsors sign up for the…
Folly Beach, SC is the new “lay-day” checkpoint for the race this year. Traditionally done at Tybee Island, GA, the local tourism & development council as well as City Officials for Folly had worked closely with Race Organizers over the…
Breiana Whitehead finished fifth at the Formula Kite World Championships, held over the past six days in Hyeres, France. With three French competitors ahead of her in the standings, Whitehead also achieved the position of third nation and with it…
Le Havre, Normandy, France (Sunday 19 May) – Racing continued into the early evening of Day 3 of the Normandy Match Cup as the semi-finals got underway in a fresh 12-15knots, combined with a challenging current off the Le Havre…
• Breiana Whitehead finishes 5th• Lauriane Nolot (FRA) defends her women’s world title• Max Maeder (SGP) defends his men’s world title• Toni Vodisek was back up to speed but it was too little, too late• Silver medals for Ellie Aldridge…
Torbole (Garda Lake) – After six days of great sailing, Groupe Atlantic is the winner of the Act 1 of the 69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup, event hosted and organized by Circolo Vela Torbole; the event was characterized by the normal…
In stunning sailing conditions, the Pallas Capital Gold Cup concluded from the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club today, with David Doherty’s Matador reinforcing their position at the top of the leaderboard to take Act 4 on both TPR and IRC,…
Outstanding 2023-24 performance by the young, rookie team One of the real highlights of the Australian 18 Footer League’s 2023-24 Sydney Harbour season was the outstanding performance of the young, rookie team on The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines from the…
Le Havre, Normandy, France (Saturday 18 May) – Day 2 of the Women’s World Match Racing Tour Normandy Match Cup in Le Havre saw racing through to the early evening as the race committee took advantage of ideal conditions to…
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,…
• 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…
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…
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…
• 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…
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…
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…
• 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…
• 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…
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…
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