Full-on Foam Up for Antigua 360
With 25 knots of wind and a three metre swell, the fifth race of the RORC Nelson’s Cup Series was a full-on foam up. The Antigua 360 Race was a blast from beginning to end, with numerous squalls screeching in…
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Schnapper Point Regatta at MYC
Mornington Yacht Club held its annual Schnapper Point Regatta on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February, sponsored by Mornington-based Town Planning Co, and supported by Ronstan. The regatta has been run over the last 25 years, providing some serious race…
ILCA 6 Masters World Champs – Aussie clean sweep in GGM
Pattaya, Thailand – Two races were completed on the final day of the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, bringing the event to a close. Although three races were intended due to the…
Shifty northerly breeze brings a new Lanzarote challenge
Marina Rubicón (Lanzarote, Canary Islands), 15 February 2023 The first northerly breeze of the week brought flatter water and shifty, offshore wind conditions. Compared with previous big wave days at Lanzarote International Regatta, day six was a completely different challenge….
18ft Skiffs – Boost for Queensland 18 footer revival
The revival of the Queensland 18 footer racing scene took a major step forward recently when the Brisbane 18 Footers Sailing Club had a brand new 18ft skiff hull built by Van Munster Boatbuilders for David Hayter’s campaign at the…
Entry open for Scandinavian Gold Cup and 5.5 World Champs in Porto Cervo
Entries are officially opened for the 2023 Scandinavian Gold Cup and 5.5 Metre World Championship in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. The two events take place from 20-29 September. Organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, it will be the first time…
DAY 5 – Nacra & iQFOil – Lanzarote International Regatta
Marina Rubicón (Lanzarote, Canary Islands), 14 February 2023 Tuesday was the start of part 2 of the Lanzarote International Regatta. After two days of the dusty Calima breeze from the Sahara, today the sunshine returned to the Canary Islands, and…
ILCA 6 Masters World Champs – Day 4
Pattaya, Thailand – Racing resumed today at the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, after a well-deserved rest day for the sailors. Two races were completed in about 6–10 knots of breeze and…
113th Botany Bay Championships – Typhoon takes the honours
Half of Nathan Wilmot wants the 16ft skiff season to go on forever – the other half is craving a well- deserved breather. The Typhoon skipper added another piece of silverware to the collection on Saturday, combining with Mal Page…
British and Spanish win Part 1 of Lanzarote International Regatta
Two British skiff golds and a Spanish 1-2 in the 470 at the Lanzarote International Regatta Part one of Lanzarote International Regatta reached its climax with three enthralling medal races in the 470 Mixed, 49erFX and 49er fleets. The thick…
SailGP’s ‘Racing on the Edge’ investigates the secrets of Australia’s success
SailGP have just released episode 7 of their Season 3 ‘Racing on the Edge’ entitled ‘Team and Nation’, which goes behind the scenes of what makes Australian driver Tom Slingsby and his team so successful and how they pulled off…
Alinghi Red Bull Racing launches new AC40
Alinghi Red Bull Racing’s first AC40 – delivered to the team base in Barcelona at the end of January – was christened today. This second boat marks the start of a new phase of training towards the 2024 America’s Cup…
18ft Skiffs – Club Championship Race 14
18ft SkiffsClub Championship, Race 14Race Sponsor: Marine OutletSunday, 12 February, 2023Sydney Harbour The talented young Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price, Josh McKnight and Harry Hall tamed a wild, windswept Sydney Harbour with some brilliant sailing to win…
Victorian Fireball State Titles
Blast from the past returns in top form to win Fireball State Titles 2023. A small but competitive fleet contested the Fireball State Titles at Royal Geelong Yacht Club, home of the 2024 world championship. Brendan Garner and Ben O’Brien…
Sabre National Championships
From slow boat to seven bullets The 44th Sabre Nationals 10 race series was held 11-14 January 2023 at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania on the Derwent River, Hobart, with 47 boats facing the starting line. The weather gods…
2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships – Day 3
Pattaya, Thailand – Two more races were completed today at the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, which marks the halfway point of the event. In the Apprentice division, Lithuania’s Tokyo Olympian Viktorija…
ORC NSW and Pittwater Regatta champions revealed
Three days of racing in varied conditions across a combination of inshore races, a passage race and finally three offshore windward/leeward races in high winds, tested all in the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) ORC NSW Championship and decided…
Lanzarote International Regatta
HIGHLIGHTS: Big wind and huge, steep swell set a massive physical challenge for the three Olympic fleets on day two of the Lanzarote International Regatta in the Canary Islands. British skiff sailors surfed to the top of the rankings in…
Backchat wins back-to-back Adams 10 Class National Tiles
After taking out the 2022 National Titles contested out of The Sound in Sydney, Backchat backs it up with another impressive win on the flat and fluky race track north of Scotland Island on Sydney’s Pittwater. The Adams 10 owners…
Revolver takes aim at Conspiracy in Pittwater Regatta
While the ORC NSW Championship resumed at Pittwater today, Pittwater Regatta competitors relished their first outing with two inshore races across three divisions, both events hosted by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC). Under ORC, the main scoring system this…
2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships – Day 2
Pattaya, Thailand – Two races were completed today at the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, in a steady breeze of 12 knots and with a strong current in the Gulf of Thailand….
Defending ORC NSW champions come out firing
The second running of the ORC NSW Championship, hosted Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) at Pittwater, opened on Broken Bay today, with two inshore races put to bed and the defending champions putting their rivals on notice. Both Gerry…
Will Sargent of CYCA wins Hardy Cup 2023
After a week of intense racing on Sydney Harbour, Will Sargent and his team from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia have prevailed with the winning title of the Hardy Cup Sydney International Match-Racing Regatta 2023.Sargent has an impressive record…
Lanzarote ready to test top Olympians
More than 360 of the world’s best sailors are ready to compete at the Lanzarote International Regatta, which takes place in the south of the Canary Island from 9 to 17 February. Only in its third year, Lanzarote International Regatta…
British Olympian Tom Squires joins NSW State Coaching Team
British Olympian Tom Squires is the latest big name to join the Australian Sailing Performance Pathways team, signing on to become the NSW State Coach – Foiling. Squires will be focusing on work with iQFOiL and Formula Kite sailors, as…
Rough day in Palma for INEOS Britannia
9 Feb 2023With the remnants of yesterday afternoon’s front still lingering over the Bay of Palma, INEOS Britannia were determined to continue their stellar testing season despite winds of some 15 knots inside the harbour and predicted gusts up to…
18ft Skiffs – Change in intensity for the 18s
In the midst of the lead up to the 73rd JJ Giltinan World 18ft Skiff Championship next month, the Australian 18 Footers League staged a three-race short-course series last Friday evening on Sydney Harbour, which featured former 18 footer skippers…
First in best dressed for Airlie Beach Race Week 2023
Entry is open and the Notice of Race online for the 35th edition of Airlie Beach Race Week, but with marina berthing limited, necessitating a cap of 100 yachts/multihulls, organisers at Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) urge all prospective competitors to…
Typhoon Strikes Twice in Belmont
They say lightning doesn’t strike twice. But try telling that to the Australian 16ft skiff fraternity. Less than a month after Typhoon came back from the dead to pip the luckless St George entrant Noakes (Dave O’Connor) for the Australian…
RSYS Hardy Cup splashes onto the Sydney Harbour scene
On February 6, the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron welcomed ten teams to Raceday One of the annual Hardy Cup Sydney International Match Racing Regatta. Sailors represent six different clubs across three nations showing that international entries have returned to healthy…
Double-header weekend for Etchells Sailors in Miami
February 6, 2023 (Miami, FL) – With Gale Warnings up and down the Floridian coastline on Saturday, it was an easy decision for the Race Committee to call off the first day of racing for Florida States, the third regatta…
Lazy Dog wins Act 1
Three-time running MC38 National Champions Lazy Dog skippered by part-owner Quentin Stewart out of Middle Harbour Yacht Club proved too consistent to be beaten at Act 1 of the MC38 Season over the weekend out of the Cruising Yacht Club…
18ft Skiffs – Club Champs Race 13
Race Sponsor: Burrawang Village HotelSunday, 5 February, 2023Sydney Harbour With just two more championship races to be sailed before the 73rd JJ Giltinan World 18ft Skiff Championship is held on Sydney Harbour, today’s Burrawang Village Hotel-sponsored Australian 18 Footers League…
Kajiya and Coccoluto Triumph in Qatar
Qatar GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup A packed house at Fuwairit Kite Beach witnessed the first clash of the season on Friday where Bruna Kajiya made an ecstatic return to the top step and Gianmaria Coccoluto’s title defence held firm,…
Lazy Dog jumps over the fleet at MC38s
Nine boats took to the race track today for the first day of Act 1 of the MC38 Association 2023 series. It was Lazy Dog skippered by Quentin Stewart who took boat of the day with a 2, 2, 1…
First Women’s and Youth AC invites issued
Set to be stand-out global events, the Women’s & Youth America’s Cup Regattas are two of the major highlights of AC37 in Barcelona, shining an intense spotlight on the next generation of America’s Cup sailors. It is the ultimate showcase…
Manly 16s 100th Birthday Celebrations 25th February!
On February 25th Manly 16FT Skiff Club will be celebrating 100 Years of memories. It’s said the greatest of ideas are sometimes hatched by accident. You could safety slot the Manly Sailing Club – later to morph into the Manly…
Warren Jones Regatta – Final Results
Friday, 03 February 2023 // Perth, Western Australia The final day of racing at the 2023 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta resulted in success for local legend Ethan Prieto-Low from the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club! It was absolutely glamour…
Countdown to Sydney SailGP has begun!
Sydney her we come! There are just 2 weeks to go until SailGP returns to the iconic waters of Sydney Harbour, where the league’s nine teams will battle it out for event glory on 18-19 February. One of the most…
18ft Skiffs – Australia’s top sailors set for Sunday’s championship
Conditions on Days 1 and 2 of last week’s Australian 18ft Skiff Championship produced some great action and set up what could have been one of the best finishes to the title for several years, but unfortunately it was marred…
