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Medium to fresh westerly winds on a summer day of 23 degrees gave the 128th Kiel Week in its 140th year a picture-perfect sailing start on Saturday local time. On seven courses plus the Eel Regatta for offshore yachts to…
Chicago: Great Britain Driver Ben Ainsle has demonstrated the ‘ashes on water’ rivalry is fiercer than ever, firing warning shots at Tom Slingsby’s Australian SailGP Team ahead of the T-Mobile United States Sail Grand Prix I Chicago at Navy Pier….
2022 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships Presented by Paradise Village Group – Final Day Vallarta, Mexico – Although Hurricane Blas threatened to steal the breeze, the wind gods prevailed on Banderas Bay for the final day of the ILCA 6…
The 5.5 Metre class returned to Glücksburg this weekend for the 2022 5.5 Metre German Open, sailed as part of the Robbe & Berking Sterling Cup at Flensburger Segel Club where the crew of Helly Hansen were the standouts. Thirteen…
SYDNEY, Australia – 17 June, 2022 – Together with the New South Wales Government, Sydney has secured the rights to host the most exciting racing on-water, SailGP, for three consecutive seasons. The championship will return to the iconic Sydney Harbour…
Vallarta, Mexico – Moving west off the southern coast of Mexico, Hurricane Blas left its mark on the penultimate day of racing at the 2022 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships. Although the storm is moving safely away from Banderas Bay,…
Following the opening event of the GC32 Racing Tour’s ninth season in Riva del Garda, the World Sailing-approved foiling catamaran circuit moves on to Portugal for the first of two events in Lagos. The Algarve venue, 10km away from Cape…
ROUND TWO: Ensis Engadinwing by Dakine GWA Wingfoil World CupWRAP-UP – Day Two Wednesday’s focus was on the Surf-Slalom heats. Crew and athletes headed down to St Moritz where the skippers’ meeting took place at 10.30am. Although the early hours…
TOP OFFENDERS (GBR) AND CLEANEST TEAMS (AUS) FROM SEASON 2 REVEALED The teams that picked up the most and least amount of penalties throughout Season 2 have been revealed ahead of the T-Mobile U.S Sail Grand Prix | Chicago at…
SailGP’s ‘Racing on the Edge’ reviews the new season of SailGP, new season of Racing on the Edge in partnership with Rolex. The behind-the-scenes docuseries kicks off with a look back at the Season 3 opener in Bermuda, where a…
Kiel Week, now in its 141st year, is set to feature outstanding levels of competition in both existing and new classes for the Australian Sailing Team and Australian Sailing Squad. This year’s iteration runs from June 18th-26th and will see…
Vallarta, Mexico – Two races were competed today, for another stunning day of sailing at the 2022 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships. Sailors arrived refreshed after yesterday’s lay day, but most ended the day tired and happy after two races…
“More food, more water, more sun cream, more good jokes to tell!” was the preparation mantra for French sailing ace Gérald Véniard, tactician on Benoît de Froidmont’s Wally 60 Wallyño, going into today’s start of what most predict will be…
ROUND TWO: Engadinwing by Dakine Event Begins and Day one is complete! We’re back for the second GWA Wingfoil World Tour event of the year and this week sees us in the iconic Swiss Alps for the Ensis Engadinwing by Dakine…
When the 2022 Mark Foy Trophy international 18 footer skiff regatta is contested on Lake Garda, Italy from July 18-20, it will become the 14th regatta of the championship series to honour the name of the man who was the…
Ever since the winged keel in ’83, the reconnaissance game has been part and parcel of every Cup, with teams using spies armed with long lenses to get an insight into what design direction competitors are heading in and if…
Saint-Tropez lived up to its reputation and delivered magnificent conditions for the fleet of boats taking part in the final day of inshore racing, while all is set for tomorrow’s start of the “long race”. The Gulf of Saint-Tropez once…
Vallarta, Mexico – Two races were completed today at the ILCA 6 Masters World Championships in Riviera Nayarit, Nueveo Vallarta, Mexico. A perfect day of sailing developed after a marginal forecast for the third day. The race committee went out…
The fleet for this year’s Hamilton Island Race Week is at capacity and sailors from around the country and overseas are eagerly awaiting the huge reunion in paradise following a three-year wait. The 36th edition of Hamilton Island Race Week…
Lausanne (Switzerland). Monday, June 13, the whole Sailing community gathered at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne to celebrate the official inauguration, of the first edition of the SSL Gold Cup, the first Football World Cup… in Sailing. In the presence…
Pensacola, F.L. – The City of Pensacola is excited to welcome New York Yacht Club American Magic back to the Port of Pensacola for training, marking the team’s third winter training on the Gulf Coast.PATRIOT, the team’s AC75 racing yacht,…
Vallarta, Mexico – Two races were completed today at the ILCA 6 Masters World Championships in Riviera Nayarit, Nueveo Vallarta, Mexico. Banderas Bay continues to deliver beautiful sailing conditions. The fleets were greeted with eight-knot winds for the first race…
Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron’s (RMYS) 30th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) came to an end on Port Phillip in Victoria this afternoon, when winners were crowned and other special prize recipients were announced. Race Officer Lou Hutton held Race 6,…
Cowes: An outstanding long weekend of yacht racing, where the full program was sailed under brilliant sunshine in 10-20+ knot winds and a mix of tidal states on one of the world’s most challenging stretches of water – the Royal…
Tracy Richardson (NSW) and crew extended their Division 1 lead at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) this afternoon and with just a day of racing remaining, are looking unassailable in the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) hosted event. With…
The ILCA 6 Masters World Championships kicked off today in Riviera Nayarit, Nueveo Vallarta, Mexico with two scheduled races successfully completed in hot conditions and three Australians are prominently placed in two divisions. Sailors experienced 8–10 knots of wind in…
Vallarta, Mexico – The ILCA 6 Masters World Championships kicked off today in Riviera Nayarit, Nueveo Vallarta, Mexico, and the two scheduled races were successfully completed. The weather is hot, but the competition is hotter as the ILCA 6 masters face off…
Cowes: A further three windward-leewards were held on the central-eastern Solent on day two of the RORC’s IRC National Championship in yet more exceptional conditions – 15-20 knot WSW winds and brilliant sunshine. At this regatta – one of the…
Connecting Lorient and Tangier, the prologue for the first edition of the Globe40 set sail on Saturday local time at 15:00 hours and with the start line set between the 5-port town in Brittany and the island of Groix, the…
Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland: SSL Team Czech Republic threw down the gauntlet to their European rivals yesterday, and today that challenge was firmly met, as SSL Team Portugal and SSL Team Bulgaria also posted victories to smash Group 4 wide open…
Competitors were put through a tough test on Day 1 of the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), not only were conditions rough on Port Phillip, but officials at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron decided on three windward/leeward races instead of two,…
Newport, Rhode Island: Ray Davies spends most of his time in the highly analytical world of the America’s Cup, where empirical data comes by the gigabyte, and little is left to subjective review and he knows to trust the numbers,…
The Australian 30th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) fired up with a race briefing at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron early this morning, ahead of the first race which started at 10am on Port Phillip in a stiff cold breeze. Twenty-four…
Cowes: Apart from Rán and Jukebox, the Solent was star of the show on day one of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s annual IRC National Championship, one of the leading events for the RORC/UNCL-owned yacht rating system. The race committee…
Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland: After unfavourable wind conditions forced abandonment of racing yesterday, Group 5 finally got underway today in the SSL Gold Cup, with three back-to-back races in an all-South American contest. SSL Team Uruguay held off a strong challenge…
The Swedish sailing icon and legend, Pelle Petterson, has been announced as winner of the prestigious Magnus ”Mange” Olsson Prize 2022, which is awarded annually to an individual who has made an indelible contribution to the world of sailing, Pelle…
The Australian Yachting Championships are set to be run alongside some of Australia’s biggest keelboat regattas after Australian Sailing today locked in the host clubs of the event for the next four years. Australian Sailing is intentionally setting the schedule…
Fourteen sailors have been selected to join the Alinghi Red Bull Racing crew and represent the Société Nautique de Genève during the 37th America’s Cup. While some are new to the sport, these talented athletes will be backed by several…
Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico: The final two races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA 7 Masters World Championship in Riviera Nayarit, where Australia’s Brett Beyer secured gold ahead of Great Britain’s Mark Lyttle in the Grand Masters fleet – making…
The Rules Committee for the 37th America’s Cup has been announced today with a trio of highly qualified members who will be in charge of maintaining the rules and regulations in relation to all AC37 race yachts. They are, Mark…
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