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Manly 16ft skiff skipper Daniel Turner had one message for the Sail GP fraternity dealing with the chaos on Sydney Harbour at the weekend: Welcome to our world. The Manly fleet has cut its teeth on Sydney’s temperamental summer weather…
The world tour’s second stop is just around the corner, and it promises to be an unforgettable event. Featuring the idyllic setting of Salinas del Rey and some of the most talented freestyle athletes in the world, this is one…
Pattaya, Thailand – Today was the first day of racing at the 2023 ILCA 7 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club. A total of 85 sailors representing 22 countries are enjoying perfect conditions to start the…
The world’s greatest 18 footer regatta, conducted by the Australian 18 Footers League Since 1938, the JJ Giltinan world 18 footer championship has been the premier 18 footer regatta in the world and 21 countries have competed to prove that…
Goeff Boettcher’s 52-foot Secret Mens Business has broken a five-year drought to regain the overall IRC win in the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race. He and his crew emerged victorious in a competitive five-boat Division 1 fleet,…
The Israeli squad have dominated the iQFOiL women’s racing all week. Tricky breeze on the race course meant the medal series couldn’t go ahead. So Israel took all three spots on the podium, with Shahar Tibi (ISR) on the top…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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’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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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