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A gentle yet challenging Sou’east breeze greeted the first of the Australian athletes taking to the Marseille racecourse at the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event. Some of the crews have a few more days to wait before their racing commences,…
Dziwnow, Poland – Three races were completed on the final day of the 2023 ILCA 6 Youth & Men’s World Championships, hosted by the Gdmina Dziwonow. It was an even lighter day of sailing than day 5, with a north-to-northeasterly…
Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon extended their record in Menorca to three victories when the German flagged team today lifted the Royal Cup as winners of the third regatta of the season, the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup. Platoon also won…
When Iain Murray graduated from the Cherub and 12ft skiff classes to join the 18 footer ranks as a 17-year-old in the 1976-77 season, with the sponsorship support of local TV station Channel 7 for his self-designed and built Color…
Marstrand, Sweden (8 July 2023) Veteran Swedish match racer Björn Hansen and his Extend Commerce Sailing Team of Mathias Bredin, Philip Kai Guhle and Nils Bjerkås have clinched their seventh win of GKSS Match Cup Sweden, an official stage of…
Australian Harry Joyner finishes 2nd. Porto Cervo, July 8, 2023. Federico ‘Freddy’ Pilloni, an athlete participating in the Young Azzurra programme by YCCS, has won the iQFOil European Youth Championship which ended today in Torbole, on the Trentino-side shores of…
Two race wins – the first being an opportunistic victory grasped when the breeze suddenly shut off at the finish line, and the second, a showcase gun-to-gun win from a perfectly timed start – see Harm Müller Spreer’s German-flagged Platoon…
Marstrand, Sweden (7 July 2023) Day 3 of the 2023 GKSS Match Cup Sweden wrapped up the quarter-final stage of the event to advance the top four teams to the semi-final. Five-time winner of the event Björn Hansen/ Extend Commerce…
Menorca delivered the best racing day of the 2023 Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup so far with breezes to 14-15kts, some big windshifts and a moderate seaway which had the fleet of TP52s surfing occasionally on the downwind legs….
Dziwnow, Poland – Due to the lack of wind today, no races were completed at the 2023 ILCA 6 Youth & Men’s World Championships, hosted by the Gdmina Dziwonow. The standings remain the same as yesterday, day 3. In the…
July 6, 2023 – Middelfart, Denmark: Superlight winds made it difficult to finish the 2023 Women’s Match Racing World Championship finals. French skipper and now triple world champion made winning look easy. She won the world championship in Cherbourg two…
After a disappointing eighth and a ninth on the opening day of the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup Wednesday, Tony Langley’s GBR-flagged Gladiator bounced back with two good, solid race wins today. Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon retain the overall regatta…
Dziwnow, Poland – Two more races were completed today at the 2023 ILCA 6 Youth & Men’s World Championships, hosted by the Gdmina Dziwonow. Although it was a stable westerly breeze of 11–15 knots, it was a challenging day on…
July 6, 2023 – Middelfart, Denmark: A low pressure with thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds was predicted to hit the racing area Wednesday afternoon, so an early start could make it possible to catch up on some of the flights…
When it comes to the Olympics, Australian sailors have always punched above their weight. Starting with the first medal at Melbourne 1956, the inaugural Gold in Tokyo the decade after, then of course the glut of medals over the past…
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) is to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Australian team winning the 2003 Admiral’s Cup in the UK and has registered interest in defending the Cup following the recent announcement that the prestigious biannual…
Marstrand, Sweden (5 July, 2023) Switzerland’s Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss Match Racing Team finished a blustery opening day of the 2023 GKSS Match Cup Sweden undefeated with 4 wins from 4 races in the qualifying round-robin stage. The…
Dziwnow, Poland – Despite a storm warning today, two races were successfully completed on the second day of the 2023 ILCA 6 Youth & Men’s World Championships, hosted by the Gdmina Dziwonow. The conditions were challenging for both the race…
Winners in Menorca in 2019 and the last time the circuit visited in 2021, Harm Müller Spreer’s Platoon crew made the best start to the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup today when they won the first race and took…
Dziwnow, Poland – Today was the first day of racing at the 2023 ILCA 6 Youth & Men’s World Championships, hosted by the Gdmina Dziwonow. 373 sailors representing 48 countries are enjoying perfect conditions to start the weeklong event. Two…
uly 4, 2023 – Middelfart, Denmark: First day of racing at the 2023 Women’s Match Racing World Championship – powered by Bunker One – got off to a flying start in a solid breeze. So did current world champion Pauline…
The Club Náutico de Mahón hosted the official presentation of the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup in beautiful sunshine this evening. Nine boats flying the flags of seven nationalities will comete at this third event of the 2023 season….
The AC40 has been making waves with its performance on the water, but its design is just as impressive on the all-important logistical side of things also. In recent days, Emirates Team New Zealand have been preparing and packing their…
“The Yacht Sales Co.” has established itself as a prominent name in the sailing industry, known for their expertise and passion for yachting, dealing with the sales of quality new and pre-owned sailing and motor yachts. As event support sponsors,…
With rollmops unfurling in the big breeze, the decision was made to cancel the final day of racing at the 44Cup Marstrand. Despite this, over the last four days eight races were held and a worthy winner found in Nico…
Australian 18ft skiff champion wins in Italy The 2022-23 Australian champion Finport Finance 18ft skiff team of Keagan York, Matt Stenta and Phil Marshall added the Mark Foy Trophy to its 2023 record with a narrow victory this week over…
They are the reigning 44Cup champions, defending champions here in Marstrand – today Nico Poons, Kiwi tactician Hamish Pepper and the rest of his red-hatted crew on Charisma showed again why they are the current supreme leaders in the high…
Britain’s Henry Wetherell has won the 2023 Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins OK Dinghy World Championship in Lyme Regis after the final two races on Friday. Niklas Edler, from Sweden, took the silver while Valerian Lebrun, from France, took the…
Racing resumed in Europe for the eight high performance owner-driver one design RC44s today with the opening rounds of the 44Cup Marstrand, hosted by the Marstrands Segelsällskap and supported by Artemis Technologies. With the sky overcast for the first three…
After three days of great conditions, Lyme Regis threw a curve ball on Day 4 of the 2023 Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins OK Dinghy World Championship. Only one gold fleet race was held with no silver fleet races finished….
London, UK (28 June, 2023) Veteran Swiss match racer Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss Match Racing Team secured victory at the 12th edition of the OM International Ledro Match Race last weekend, Stage 6 of the World Match Racing…
After the third day of racing at the 2023 Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins OK Dinghy World Championship in Lyme Regis, Sweden’s Niklas Edler has taken a one point lead from Britain’s Nick Craig and Denmark’s Jens Eckardt. Race wins…
Five-time OK Dinghy world champion, Nick Craig has taken the early lead at the 2023 Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins OK Dinghy World Championship in Lyme Regis after four races have now been completed. He sits on level points with…
Auckland – 27th June 2023 With Emirates Team New Zealand’s latest AC40 testing, development and race training block in Auckland now wrapped up, the team are heading north to quickly settle into their Barcelona base and roll Te Rehutai out…
Queensland French Yacht Owners Association Raise a sail and a glass to Liberté, Égalité and Fraternité at the Queensland French Yacht Owners Association Inc second 2023 Bastille Regatta on Saturday July 8th and Sunday July 9th supported by the Royal…
COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, 25 JUNE 2023: The IRC National Championships has been the battleground for close victories in the past, with Rán winning last year by 0.005 of a point. However, the 2023 Overall IRC National Champion was decided…
The Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins 2023 OK Dinghy World Championship began Monday with two races in quite challenging wind conditions in Lyme Regis. Nick Craig, Niklas Edler, Bo Petersen and Jens Eckardt all won group races in winds that…
The Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins 2023 OK Dinghy World Championship was opened Sunday in Lyme Regis, UK, with 143 boats from 13 countries ready to start racing on Monday. On Sunday the practice race was held in spectacular conditions…
Australia has announced its final selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event, with Lisa Darmanin and Darren Bundock set to represent the country in the Nacra 17 class. Darmanin was originally selected to the Team with long-time Skipper Jason…
COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, 24 JUNE 2023: Light to medium conditions was one of the factors resulting in a number of different teams notching up race wins on the second day of the IRC National Championships. Racing today in the…
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