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MEDIA RELEASEAugust 28, 2022 The 36th edition of Hamilton Island Race Week concluded on Saturday with a mixture of courses around Lindeman Island, the traditional landmark of the closing passage race which sorted the finish order in multiple divisions of…
27 August 2022 Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships. It was another morning without wind, so the race committee displayed the AP flag to start the day. The wind finally filled…
The IRC European Championship has a bit of a tradition of smaller boats winning; in Cork in 2016, the first ever IRC European Champion was Paul Gibbons and his diminutive Quarter Tonner Anchor Challenge, while the following year in Marseille…
The halfway point of the 2022 Multihull Cup proved a day of consolidation for some, one of commiserations for others, but with the final placings still up for grabs going into the deciding coastal race on Sunday. The British-flagged Coco…
There was plenty resting on the final race of the 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) at Hamilton Island Race Week today, apart from deciding the winners of each division, Sandy Oatley took the helm of Hamilton Island Wild Oats, while…
Day two of the IRC European Championship at Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend could not have been more different to Day 1; yesterday’s opening race, a medium coastal, was tricky in the extreme for race committee and competitors alike as the…
Vilamoura, Portugal: Three races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships, the day starting with around 6–7 knots of wind that died soon after, so the race committee abandoned the first race. The breeze then picked up…
High-performance multihull racing returned to the waters of southern Mallorca on Friday with the opening day of the 2022 Multihull Cup. The fifth edition of the exclusive regatta for 50’+ performance cruising multihulls clearly demonstrated the appetite for competitive sailing…
Racing crews are at the business end of Hamilton Island Race Week with one day remaining of the huge 36th edition. Two windward-leewards for Multihull Racing and Rating Divisions 3 and 4, and passage races for the remaining divisions, split…
An overcast day, breezy and chilly at the 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) was sent to brush the cobwebs away from those who are tired after nearly a week of hard racing and the glittery social activities that entice competitors…
Racing got underway today in the seventh IRC European Championship, this year taking part in the Netherlands as part of Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend. Part of the four-day competition to determine who gets this year’s title for the RORC and…
Vilamoura, Portugal – Another day of no racing at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships, due to lack of wind after the race committee sent sailors out for the scheduled 14:00 warning signal, but like the day before, once they…
The North American Championships and the final event of the Midtown Racing Series were held 12-14 August in Newport, Rhode Island, on America’s Cup waters outside of Narragansett Bay. All scheduled 13 races were held as planned in both northerly…
September will once again be an intense month in Porto Cervo, with the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup scheduled from 4-10 September and the Rolex Swan Cup returning from 11-18 September, after a four-year break imposed by the pandemic. Anticipation is…
A sunny day but fresh and chilly this morning for the 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) at Hamilton Island Race Week in Queensland, with the wind metre registering 30 knots and gusting as competitors rugged up and waited. “All Dent…
Germany’s Baltic Coast destination city of Rostock is all set to host the Inclusion World Championship for Sailing on 24-28 August on behalf of World Sailing. The city – officially known as the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock –…
Vilamoura, Portugal – No races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships, due to lack of wind. The race committee waited until 15:00 to send the sailors out, but once on the water, the wind picked up…
CYCA Rear Commodore and TP52 Zen crew member, Tom Barker, experienced a full-circle moment as he lifted his two-year-old daughter Bella onto his shoulders during the post-race presentation area on lay day eve at the Australian Yachting Championships at Hamilton…
A cool blast from the south didn’t deter those wearing incredible costumes, from superheroes and lycra-clad red devils to meticulously presented matching crew uniforms, to win over the judges in the annual Hamilton Island Race Week Prix d’Elegance. The unique…
UF50 Celebration acclaimed huge success, with over 80 Uffa Fox-designed boats visiting Cowes over the weekend. UF50 marks fifty years since the death of yachting hero Uffa Fox. The event attracted 220 sailors and volunteers and over 1000 visitors. As…
Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today in all three fleets at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships. With a beautiful southeast breeze of 10–13 knots, Vilamoura provided its reliable champagne sailing conditions for the first day of the…
Today marks the halfway point of racing at Hamilton Island Race Week, crews squeezing the most from the gentle conditions for their passage race around Denman Island before the biggest Front Street party night and a well-earned day off tomorrow….
An overcast morning, but the sun came out in time for racing at Hamilton Island Race Week in Queensland, including those contesting the Australian Sailing’s 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC), who contested island courses on Day 3, starting at five…
For the 16 fortunate crew on the Phillip Neil skippered Drumfire, a 78-foot vision of splendour and timber luxury among the hundreds of newer builds, Hamilton Island Race Week is all about the food, not the sailing, argues boat chef…
The Australian Sailing’s 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) continued at Hamilton Island Race Week today, the planned short race exchanged for the Nautilus Marine Insurance Classic extra-long race for Division Zero, a long race for Division 1 and Multihull Racing,…
“Best day I’ve had sailing” was how Damien King, co-skipper of the Frers 61 ‘MRV’ sailing double handed summed up the day after taking the overall win in a fleet of 47 yachts in Saturday’s Ocean Racing Club of Victoria…
The final round of the “Selden for Sailing Winter Regatta 2022” was held on Sunday at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club on Pittwater. Although the sun came out to try and keep us a bit warmer, the wind didn’t…
With so many opportunities and pathways in sailing sometimes it can be hard to make a decision on what next?! We hear from sailor and Olympic Gold Medallist Nathan Outteridge on his top tips in regard to class transition.
65 years later, the Snipe Worlds are back in Cascais waters for 5 days and 9 races of fierce competition for the world title. With 87 boats lining up on the starting line, the Race Committee needed 3 attempts, the…
The Australian Sailing’s 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) began in fine style at Hamilton Island Race Week today, brilliant sunshine and ideal winds set the scene for the Rating and the Multihull Racing divisions on their way from the Eastern…
Perfect trade wind sailing blessed the 200-plus strong fleet on the opening day of Hamilton Island Race Week in the glorious Queensland Whitsunday islands. Close to two thousand sailors from around the country plus internationals put on a brilliant display…
The Snipe World Championship, organised by Clube Naval de from 20-25 August, officially started today with a training regatta and the opening ceremony taking place at this ‘Day 0’. The Championship will mark the history of the Snipe class, not…
Vilamoura, Portugal: No races were sailed on the final day of the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, due to lack of wind, which means double Gold for Italy; Nicoló Cassita, U16 sailor, and Ginevra Caracciolo were leading both divisions…
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England: Jeremy Vines and his team sailing the National 18 Ace remain undefeated, in the fast handicap class, after the second and final day of the Uffa Fox 50 Celebration Regatta. The toughest fleet at the…
19 August 2022 Vilamoura, Portugal – Three races were completed today in each fleet at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships. Vilamoura provided a nice southeast breeze of 7–13 knots, and with pent-up energy from no racing yesterday, the…
The Lipton Challenge started in False Bay on Wednesday with the Royal Natal Yacht Club defending the Lipton Challenge Cup which they won last year on Saldanha Bay. Challenging them are five other clubs, namely the Royal Cape Yacht Club…
The best grand prix yachts and multihulls from around Australia and overseas will take to the water for the 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) at Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays, where racing takes place from 21-27 August. All the big…
Now is the time for you or your kids to come on down and give sailing a try yourself. The 2022/2023 sailing season at Concord and Ryde Sailing Club (CRSC) kicks off on Saturday the 3rd of September 2022 and…
After 3 glorious days of racing, it was AP over A in Vilamoura, Portugal. No races were sailed today due to lack of wind. Scoring remains the same as yesterday. Three races are scheduled for friday, with the first warning…
Day 12 Race Report: Thursday 18 August IMOCA Medallia, skippered by Pip Hare, took Line Honours in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race in an elapsed time of 10 days 13 hours 23 minutes and 22 seconds. High pressure…
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