505 Champs Final Day
Day 6 Race 9 The final day of the Ronstan 505 Australian Championships was more of the same, light gradient breezes, but this time just slightly more breeze than yesterday. 505’s love a breeze. They plane upwind and down, and…
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Festival of Sails – A classic legend returns to Victoria
Any yachting enthusiast worth their money would remember Victorian yachting legend, Lou Abrahams and Vittoria, the Sparkman and Stephens yacht he commissioned to replace his first offshore racing yacht, Odin. Built by the famous Cec Quilkey at Taren Point in…
505 Australian Champs – Day 5
Day 5, Race 8 by Jordan Spencer Ooff… there is nothing worse than grovelling around in the bottom of a dinghy on a light wind, drifter day, unless of course that day is humid… The wind did not co-operate today….
Festival of Sails – Light on for breeze but a good day’s sail
Day 2 at the Festival of Sails was one for a light touch on the helm, concentration to the max, weight to leeward and enjoy a beautiful warm day on Corio Bay – blue sky above with not a cloud…
18ft Skiffs – Australian Championship – Races 1 & 2
18ft SkiffsAustralian Championship, Races 1 & 2Race Sponsor: AndooToday’s Trophy: Commodore CupFriday, 27 January, 2023Sydney Harbour Racing on Day 1 of the 2022-23 Australian 18ft Skiff Championship was conducted over two two-lap windward-leeward courses in a 10-12 SSE wind on…
Australian 505 Champs – Day 4
Day 4 Races 6 and 7 Winning major regattas is hard…. Day 4 of the Ronstan Australian 505 Championships had the prospect for more wind. There was blue sky and the breeze started filling in early. The race start had…
Windsurfer 45th Australian Championships
Massive first day at the 45th Windsurfer Class Championships of Australia by Vaikobi.5 course races down and dusted in challenging 8-14 knots with the trick to link up the pressure.Racing was intense and close across the board with tight battles…
iQFOiL Lanzarote International Games 2023 – Day 3
Sharon Kantor (ISR), new female leader of the Lanzarote iQFOil Games. Sam Sills (GBR), #1 for 3rd day in a row The first event of 2023 for the new Olympic foiling windsurfing discipline reached its halfway point today with a…
Reverie declared overall winner of 180th Passage Race
Alan Woodward’s Reverie has been declared the overall winner of the 180th Passage Race, the opener for Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s 2023 Festival of Sails. The win means a lot to Woodward, as his and Reverie’s names will be added…
Festival of Sails – Zen takes 180th Passage Race line honours
Zen, owned by Gordon Ketelbey, took line honours in Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s 180th Passage Race today, finishing the 34 nautical mile course at 1.13.17pm in the time of 3 hours 43 minutes 17 seconds in the opener to Royal…
iQFOiL Lanzarote International Games 2023 – Day 2
Pilar Lamadrid (ESP) and Sam Sills (GBR) managed on to their respective leads at the top of the general classification after a very demanding day on the waters of the Canary Island of Lanzarote. It was a great day too…
Festival of Sails – Passage Race entrants ready to go!
The historic 180th Passage Race heralds the opening of the 2023 Festival of Sails this morning, when the cannon is fired at 9.30am sending huge fleet on its way to Geelong in the 34 nautical mile race. Starting off Williamstown,…
Fabulous conditions ahead of 2023 Finn Gold Cup in Miami
The Finn class has descended on Miami for the 2023 Finn Gold Cup with fabulous conditions on Biscayne Bay over the past few days. Much of the fleet have been out training, welcomed into the water by a local manatee,…
505 Nationals – Day 3
Day 3 Races 4 and 5 Well, I promised breeze for day 3 and I lied. The beautiful sunny conditions Qld is renowned for were blocked by cloud all day. As a result, the thermal didn’t eventuate, and racing was…
iQFOiL Lanzarote International Games 2023 – Day 1
Spain’s World ranked number one female Pilar Lamadrid (ESP) and GBR’s Sam Sills made the best starts to the Lanzarote iQFOil Games. Lamadrid leads the women’s field after a solid opening day whilst Sills proved unbeatable winning all four of…
Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 is open for business!
Entries have opened for Superyacht Cup Palma, the highlight of the Mediterranean superyacht calendar, with the Notice of Race now available for the 21-24 June celebration of sail. Over a dozen prospective entries have declared an interest in joining the…
505 Australian Champs – Day 2
Day 2 Races 1-3 It was a busy day today for the 505 fleet. The race committee went for three races in anticipation of some difficult conditions later in the week. As expected, conditions were similar to yesterday, but this…
Bay of Islands Sailing Week celebrates milestone 20th regatta
The 20th anniversary edition of NZ’s biggest multi-day keelboat regatta – Bay of Islands Sailing Week – begins with Registration today. Racing will take place throughout the spectacular Bay of Islands over three days from Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th…
505 Australian Championships – Invitation Race
Day 1 – the Invitation race Like any good invitation race, you take what you want from the form on display. What they do well is open the door to speculation. As expected, conditions were pretty mild. 8 knots from…
Festival of Sails – Pardon the Intrusion
Luke Reinehr and the crew on his S80, Intrusion, will arrive at Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s Festival of Sails with a target on their backs, having won their 15th Victorian S80 Championship on Port Phillip last week. Intrusion won five…
505 Australian Championships preview
The 2023 Ronstan Australian Championships start today at Darling Point Sailing Squadron in Manly Queensland, (the one with the blue roof). Like many classes, it has been a while since the 505 have been able to conduct a National Championships…
SailRacing back on track in Manly16s
It says a lot about Sail Racing’s ambitions and expectations that a top 10 finish at the Australian 16ft Skiff Championships came with a tinge of disappointment. The Felix Grech-skippered boat finished a creditable sixth overall after winning heat two…
ALPS RACING (SUI) wins Act 1 of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup in Miami
An usually very light wind week in Miami, Florida, for the first event of the 2023 Youth Foiling Gold Cup, the 69F series reserved for the Under25 sailors. The eight teams attending, representing six nations, were only able to enjoy…
18ft Skiffs: NSW Championship
NSW Championship, Race 5Race Sponsor: Fisher & PaykelSunday, 22 January, 2023Sydney Harbour The Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton officially became the 2022-23 NSW 18ft Skiff champions after today’s final race of the championship was…
50th Australian Hobie Cat Nationals Report
Over the summer holidays in Australia, the 50th Australian Hobie Cat National Championships took place in Jervis Bay, NSW; home of the 20th Hobie 16 World Championships. The eight day regatta hosted a total of 130 entries, the largest multihull…
High anticipation for 2023 Finn Gold Cup in Miami next week
Back in the day, Miami OCR in January always marked the traditional start of the northern hemisphere Finn season, so it with some anticipation that the Finn class returns to Miami next week for the 2023 Finn Gold Cup, the…
18 Footer championship season ‘hots up’
Although the Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton have already secured a victory in the 2022-23 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship, Sunday’s final race of the championship still holds tremendous importance for all the leading teams…
Raining Medals on Final Day of Sail Melbourne
It was raining more than just medals on the final day of Sail Melbourne, with multiple classes tasked with navigating heavy rain and a two-meter sea state to decide podium positions. The weather was too risky for the 49er and…
69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup in Miami
The Youth Foiling Gold Cup 2023 started today in Miami, Florida, with Act 1 of four. The Youth Foiling Gold Cup is the successful 69F circuit reserved for under 25 sailors. It is made of four events, two in Europe…
Entries open for Sydney Harbour Regatta
The Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta will take place on the weekend of 4-5 March, with online entry now open and the Notice of Race published for the largest annual keelboat regatta in NSW, organised by Middle Harbour Yacht…
Sail Melbourne scorcher sets up spectacular finale
Sail Melbourne was back in all its glory today, with Royal Brighton Yacht Club hustling and bustling to the sounds of sails slapping, rigging clanging and competitors chatting on the penultimate day of racing. The regatta has been a mainstay…
First 4 clubs secure spots in the NSW Sailing League Final
EVENT: NSW Sailing League – Leg 1: Regional QualifierCLUB: Newcastle Cruising Yacht ClubDATES: 14/15 Jan 2023AUTHOR: NCYC/Alex DarePHOTOS: Jack Buchan The first 4 clubs secure themselves spots in the NSW Sailing League Final, set to take place in April at…
Women’s World Match Racing Tour announced for 2023 season
London, UK (16 January 2023) The Women’s World Match Racing Tour today announced the line-up of four events for its 2023 season including San Francisco, Annapolis, Le Havre, and Copenhagen. The Tour is the world’s only professional sailing series for…
Festival of Sails – Two days to close of entries
It’s not too late to join sailors from all over Australia who will saturate Geelong when the Festival of Sails takes place over the Australia Day weekend from 26-29 January, with entries closing this Thursday, 19 January, at 5pm ADST….
2023 Etchells Miami Worlds preparation is officially on
January 16, 2023 (Miami, FL) – The Sidney Doren Memorial Regatta marked the first event of the Etchells Class’ winter series hosted by Biscayne Bay Yacht Club after a false start due the lack of wind at last month’s Louis…
Late Start Marks the Halfway Point of Sail Melbourne
A complete lack of wind at the scheduled start time caused a delay to racing on day three of Sail Melbourne, but a late Seabreeze kicked in allowing for an action-packed afternoon to mark the halfway point of the 2023…
18ft Skiffs NSW Championship – Race 4
18ft SkiffsNSW Championship, Race 4Today’s Trophy: R. Watt Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: Rag & Famish HotelSunday, 15 January, 2023Sydney Harbour The Andoo 18ft Skiff team of John Winning Jr., Seve Jarvin and Matt Stenta, wrapped up the 2022-23 NSW 18ft Skiff…
New Zealand claims third win of SailGP Season 3
SINGAPORE – January 15, 2023 – In a gutsy and impressive performance New Zealand defied the odds to win the Singapore Sail Grand Prix. The win cements Peter Burling’s position as the main threat to Tom Slingsby’s charge for a…
Getting Sendy on the Second Day of Sail Melbourne
The upper edge of a low-pressure front sitting off the south coast of Tasmania served up big winds and a bouncy sea state across Port Phillip on day two of Sail Melbourne 2023. The annual event, hosted by Royal Brighton…
Olympians Set the Standard at Sail Melbourne
A flurry of activity returned to the shores of Brighton today with more than 220 competitors in Olympic and invited classes beginning their Sail Melbourne campaigns in glamour conditions. Also known as the Sailors Regatta, Sail Melbourne 2023 is host…
