Rolex Giraglia 2023 – Day 3
The end of the coastal races. Tomorrow will see the start of the long race of 241 miles Light winds persist on the racecourses of Saint-Tropez for the two fleets which today were back racing on the same course, of…
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Moth World Championship 2023 at the WPNSA Day 1
The wind teased, tantalized, taunted and baited the sailors on day 1 of the Wetsuit Outlet and Zhik International Moth World Championship at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, but ultimately it was not to be, and racing was…
Australia announces Olympic Test Event Team
(No Jason Waterhouse!) Australia has announced its 12-strong group of sailors set to represent the nation at this year’s Paris 2024 Test Event, which is set to take place at the Olympic venue from 9-16 July. The team will be…
All to race for – SailGP is back for Season 4
SailGP Season 4 returns to Chicago’s iconic Navy Pier for the opening event on June 16-17National pride, personal glory and US$4.6 million at stake CHICAGO – June 12, 2023 – SailGP is set to ignite the global sporting stage once…
54th World Military Sailing Championship – Day 3
Monday, June 12, 2023, the 3rd day of the 54th CISM World Military Sailing Championship continued with twelve sailing races. Team Brazil, keeping the lead on the leaderboard, won the sixteenth (R16-1), the eighteenth (R18-1), the twenty-second (R22-1) and twenty-fourth…
Second day of coastal regattas for the Rolex Giraglia 70 fleets
Light winds at Saint-Tropez for the two fleets which today were divided between two courses: the Maxis on an upwind-downwind off the beach of Pampelonne, Groups 1 and 2 along the coast for 19 miles for the former and 13…
Winners declared as all celebrate Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
One final windward/leeward race on Port Phillip in Melbourne decided the winners of Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron’s (RMYS) Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) today and Melbourne dished up another beautiful winter’s day on the water, one to be remembered. Claire…
Experience and youth a panacea for success at Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
Sabina Rosser has plenty of knowledge to impart and a wealth of stories to share when it comes to those sailing at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) hosted premier event held since 1991….
Matador wins the Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup
Day 2 of racing in Act 4 of the Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup closed out the 2023 series on Sydney’s Pittwater today. Hosts, the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, wisely opted to get racing away early at 9.30am, with…
54th World Military Sailing Championship -Day 1
Saturday, June 10, 2023, the 1st day of the 54th CISM World Military Sailing Championship started with five sailing races. The Greek crew “entering” very strongly to the Championship won the first race (R1-1) and ranked 3rd in the 3rd…
18ft Skiffs – Mark Foy Trophy 2023
18ft skiffs return to Lake Garda Four top Australian 18ft skiff teams, representing the Australian 18 Footers League, will contest the 2023 Mark Foy Trophy regatta at Lake Garda, Italy from 26th-30th June when they take on the best of…
Increasing Prizemoney and Subsidies to go Skiff Sailing in Sydney
Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club and St George Sailing Club are increasing prize money for the 13ft and 16ft Skiff Classes and also offering generous subsidies for new and 2nd hand boats including the junior pathway classes of Flying 11s…
Rolex Giraglia 70 – First Day
First day of inshore races for the fleet of 184 yachts of the Rolex Giraglia An early morning full of clouds covered Saint-Tropez but the sun broke out just as the impressive fleet of the Rolex Giraglia 70 began leaving…
Inoui crowned winner at Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta
WallyCento V takes the top spot in the Combined Performance & Cruising Class Porto Cervo, 10th June 2023. On the fourth and final day of the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta, the forecast breeze failed to arrive on the race course….
Final Day Etchells Australasians Mooloolaba
Magpie swoop second Etchells regatta in a row The third day of the International Etchells Australasian Championship was sailed on Sunday 11 June and despite the best efforts of their competitors, the team onboard AUS1486 Magpie skippered by Graeme Taylor,…
One day to go as yachties stake their claim at Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
Two more races held at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) and the competition has been so rife with the leaderboard changing after each race, that only one boat has retained its series lead going into tomorrow’s final race –…
Day 1 International Etchells 2023 Australasian Championship
The first day of the International Etchells Australasian Championship was exceptionally challenging with breeze from west, round to sou’east, and sou-west over the course of the day. “It was lovely Moolooalaba winter weather” said Malcolm Page, tactician on RacerCC currently…
Superyacht Regatta, Inoui and V lead their respective classes
Porto Cervo, 9th June, 2023. Today saw the third and penultimate day of racing at the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta. With wind from the south-east that built from an initial 10 knots to reach 15-16 knots, the Race Committee set…
Superyacht Regatta Day Two – Sardinia puts on its best show
Porto Cervo, 8th June 2023. The second day of the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta served up conditions that were even better than the excellent sailing weather the fleet enjoyed yesterday. The Southern Wind Division started at 11.30 a.m., with a…
International Etchells Championship commences tomorrow from Mooloolaba
International Etchells 2023 Australasian Championship will be raced from the Mooloolaba Yacht Club (MYC) with eight races scheduled from 9-11 June 2023. World Champions and well-known sailors including Australia II skipper John Bertrand AO, who is also the current National…
WASZP – The Swarm Podcast – Team Tilly
THE SWARM IS BACKTeam Tilly – Australian Father/Son Combination Jervis & Louis LISTEN NOW The dynamic father and son combination taking Australian WASZP Sailing by storm. Jervis is the current President of the Australian WASZP Association and very proud Super-Master….
Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta – Day one brings a perfect start
Porto Cervo, 7th June 2023. The Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta got off to a perfect start today, the event is organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of title sponsor Giorgio Armani, and is now in its…
Intense Big Air Twin-Tip world title battles in Tarifa
6 June 2023Tarifa, SpainWords: Ian MacKinnonPictures: Samuel Cárdenas With massive Levante winds forecast for Tuesday, the organisers hope to complete the men’s and women’s Twin-Tip competition and the men’s Surfboard contest to crown the world champions in each division. On…
M32 – Convexity Wins Newport Season Opener
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (June 6, 2023) — The curtain on the Midtown Cup is officially open. Don Wilson and his Convexity team have been crowned champions of the first event in the American summer series. In hauntingly similar fashion to…
Alinghi Red Bull Racing switches to match racing mode with two AC40s
Barcelona, 6 June 2023 – The Swiss challenger for the America’s Cup kicked-off its match racing training in Barcelona today on the 37th America’s Cup race course just a few days after christening its second AC40 one design. The team…
12m Class Prepared to Throw Around its Weight at 169th Annual Regatta
Newport, R.I. — By weight, the 12 Metre Modern class might be the biggest one-design fleet at the 169th New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta, which kicks off this Friday off Newport, R.I. While just four boats are expected to…
The Admiral’s Cup Returns
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club 17th July to 1st August 2025 – Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK 5 June 2023, RORC LONDON: The Admiral’s Cup is back for 2025 and will be held biennially thereafter by the Royal…
SailGP – Under the microscope
by Miranda Blazeby, SailGP Digital Editor The fleet racing performances of SailGP’s nine strong F50 fleet throughout the 11-event calendar of Season 3 have been revealed thanks to SailGP Insights. Looking at individual fleet race wins, season runner-up New Zealand…
REALTEAM SAILING wins their home event in nail-biting final
After two days of good racing, Lake Geneva was in a lighter mode for today’s final, with the temperamental southwesterly Joran wind failing to reach more than 5 knots all morning due to an impending storm forming. When the wind…
52 Super Series – Provezza prevail in Scarlino
Ergin Imré’s Provezza team won their second title in a row today in Tuscany when they overturned nine points deficit over two final races to clinch the 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week regatta victory, adding to their success in…
Black Jack scoops Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar line honours
Under normal circumstances a newer, longer canting keel race boat would comfortably leave a shorter, fixed keel water ballasted race boat as a speck in its rear view mirror. Not so with this year’s 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar, from Livorno to…
2023 Dragon World Championship – Final Day
The final day of the World Championship in Bodrum saw early rain and no wind. Consequently, the Race Officer Nino Shmueli kept the fleet ashore until conditions improved. The fleet were released at 11.15 and Race 7 started around 1pm….
Quantum Racing hold lead into final day as Vāyu push hard in second
A three race day in a good nine to 11kts of breeze on Tuscany’s scenic Gulf of Follonica brought the 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week back on schedule after missing one race Thursday due to the threat of thunderstorms….
Filipe Silva wins 2023 Finn World Masters after no more racing possible
Filipe Silva, from Portugal, has won the 2023 Finn World Masters at Nea Iraklitsa, Kavala, Greece, after no more races were possible on Friday. Laurent Hay, from France is second with Peter Mosny from Slovakia in third. While the weather…
2023 Dragon World Championship – Day 4
Bodrum – Day 4 of the Dragon World Championship began optimistically with a good breeze from 145 degrees. The fleet behaved well on start line, with just 3 boats recalled. However, a 30-degree shift to the right resulted in an…
52 SUPER SERIES – Day 3
Thunder stops play, Sled still on top Due to the threat of big thunderstorms only one race was sailed today at the 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. Quantum Racing powered by American Magic bounced back from a disappointing second race…
Filipe Silva extends after two more races at Finn World Masters
Filipe Silva, from Portugal, has extended his lead at the 2023 Finn World Masters at Nea Iraklitsa, Kavala, Greece, after two races were sailed on Thursday. Laurent Hay, from France is back up to second with Peter Mosny from Slovakia…
2023 Dragon World Championship – Day 3
BODRUM, 2023 – Day 3 at the World Championships in Bodrum produced some exciting racing. After starting on time at 12.35, Race 4 had to be abandoned shortly after teams had rounded the first mark, due to the wind moving…
52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week – Day 2
Sled step clear in Scarlino Takashi Okura’s Sled team were top scoring boat over a testing day of shifting, light breezes on the Gulf of Follonica at the 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week today. The 2021 circuit champions sailed…
Racing on hold at Finn World Masters in Greece
BREAKING NEWS: 2026 Finn World Masters will be at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron No more races were possible on Day 3 at the 2023 Finn World Masters at Nea Iraklitsa, Kavala, Greece, after the wind played games all day….
