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Below is a quick report from Juliet COSTANZO, representing the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club at the Women’s World Match Racing Tour in Denmark with her crew – Clare COSTANZO, Sarah PARKER, Jemma HODGSON and Ruby SCHOLTEN. Great job girls….
Day 2 Semi-finals racing – Racing for day 2 of the semi-finals got underway at 11:00 AM in the offshore breeze. The first session sailors did two back to back races. The first race of the day was sailed in…
Two practice races in light breezes on the beautiful Gulf of Follonica out of Tuscany’s Marina di Scarlino served as the final warm-up for what promises to be a brisk opening Tuesday to the Royal Cup 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino,…
The fourth and penultimate event of the 52 SUPER SERIES 2022 will kick off today and run through until Saturday, returning after years of absence from the Tuscan coast.The coveted circuit was hosted by the Marina di Scarlino in 2016…
Cowes, IOW, United Kingdom: Ante Razmilovic’s Swedish Blue (GBR 1438) is the 2022 International Etchells World Champion with crew Brian Hammersley and Noel Drennan. Open Division Swedish Blue, GBR1438, Ante Razmilovic / Brian Hammersley / Noel Drennan New Order, NZL1499,…
Day 1 Semi-finals racing – We had to wait for the wind, but it came. Another long onshore postponement waiting for the wind to settle and fill. Racing got underway at 2:00pm with 8-13 knots of wind from the NE,…
Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi (Aspire) from Poland have retained the 5.5 Metre French Open title they won in 2021 after the final two races were sailed on Friday at the Regates Royales in Cannes. New Moon III (BAH…
Summer is slowly deserting France, with all the country moving into autumn, leaving the heady delights of summer in its wake; that is all except for Saint Tropez, the little village in the Var region bordering the Mediterranean, which is…
Day 3 Onsite Qualifying – It was cloudy, cool, and breezy for the final day of racing in the qualifying series of the Hobie 16 Worlds in Sant Pere Pescador, Spain, the day starting with light winds and an onshore…
The fourth regatta of the five-event 52 Super Series season for 2022 opens on Monday in beautiful Tuscany, Italy with the official practice race for the Royal Cup 52 Super Series Scarlino. Points scoring starts Tuesday on racing waters that…
Four Aussie Teams currently in the top 10 after Day 2 of Onsite Qualifying at the Hobie 16 Worlds. A strong breeze meant four more races were completed in two sessions today. The first session was sailed in 18-20 knots…
Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi) has made it four wins in a row at the 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes after two more race wins on Thursday, with just one…
2022 Hobie 16 World Championships Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, Spain Day 1 Onsite Qualifying -Testing conditions on the first day of the onsite qualifier. More wave than wind made surf launching a challenge today as boats left shore. Winds…
Entry for the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) is open and along with the Notice of Race, can be found online at the official site, with some competitors already preparing to rekindle old rivalries when Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s…
Day 3 Women/Youth/Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters Division The final day of this series delivered champion Hobie sailing conditions. Four more races were completed over two sessions today, concluding the series. On the water the sailors were energized going…
On the second day of the 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes, Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi) has extended its lead to two points over Otto (NOR 68, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen,…
Eighty-seven years of continuous tradition will continue next month when the Australian 18 Footers League’s iconic 18 footer spectator ferry will again follow all the club’s racing on Sydney Harbour. On Sunday, October 16, the League will conduct Race 1…
Japan will make Para Sailing history in just 30 days by hosting its first simultaneous Para World Sailing Championship with the Hansa Class Asia Pacific Championship on 20-23 October in Hiroshima Bay. Over 120 sailors from eleven countries will compete…
It was a slow day in Cannes but one of intensely hot competition. The 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes started with two very light wind races. Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio…
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona: The afternoon thermal on the Gulf of Roses just keeps delivering and lumpy and bumpy was the theme of the day. Early in the racing, the breeze was a bit stronger 12-14 knots but waned…
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, September 15-29, 2022 Day 1 Women/Youth/Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters Division – Today was the first day of racing for the Women/Youth/Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters. Today we saw another day of perfect…
Event: MC38 2022 Season Act 6, September 17-18 hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club with racing on Sydney Harbour A third place to Christian Beck and his Infotrack GO team is as good as the MC38’s Act 6 overall victory…
Sensational Rolex Swan Cup concludes the 2022 ClubSwan Racing season. Congratulations to the overall winners of the 2022 Rolex Swan Cup. MAXI CLASS🥇 Swan 90 | FREYA | Donald Macpherson MINI MAXI CLASS🥇 Swan 601 | FLOW | Stephen Cucchiaro…
Winners of the Rolex Swan Cup in their respective categories: Freya, Flow, Mascalzone Latino XXXIII, Crilia, Balthasar, G Spot, Nadir, Blue Sky Porto Cervo, 18 September 2022. The 21st edition of the Rolex Swan Cup concluded today with another day…
Cam Owen and Susan Ghent take the Masters for Australia Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, September 15-29, 2022 Day 4 Master’s Division – Day 4 was the final day of racing in the master’s division of the Hobie 16 World…
NEWPORT, R.I. — After displaying remarkable consistency across a range of conditions over the first three days of the 2022 Resolute Cup, Corinthian Yacht Club of Marblehead, Mass., decided to dispense with the pleasantries. The team representing the storied northeast…
Miguel Fernandez Vasco from Spain has won the 2022 Open Finn European Championship after one final race was possible on the final day at Club Nàutic Hospitalet-Vandellòs, at Hospitalet de l’Infant, Spain. Italy’s Giacomo Giovanelli won the 2022 Finn European…
Costa Brava, Spain: Day 3 was opposite to Day 2; yesterday there was not enough wind to race and today there was too much at the Hobie Worlds, after a cold front came in overnight dropping temperatures and bringing strong…
Italy: No racing could take place today at the Rolex Swan Cup in Porto Cervo due to a very strong mistral wind blowing at more than 35 knots, with gusts of well over 40 knots, conditions that obviously do not…
Newport, Rhode Island: On a shifty, puffy and generally frustrating day on Narragansett Bay, the key to success in the 2022 Resolute Cup was patience and conservative decision making, at least according to the two skippers currently occupying the top…
Porto Cervo, Italy: The Race Committee’s decision to bring forward the start for both divisions to 10am today enabled them to make the most of a mistral wind blowing at 18 to 22 knots before it became too strong to…
Italy’s Giacomo Giovanelli did the seemingly impossible and won both races on the third day of the 2022 Open Finn European Masters at Club Nàutic Hospitalet-Vandellòs, at Hospitalet de l’Infant, Spain. However, Spain’s Miguel Fernandez Vasco again extended his lead…
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, Spain: The wind on Day 2 of the Masters division of the Hobie 16 World Championships was ‘no bueno’, after The morning started with an offshore breeze that felt strong enough to sail in from…
Spain’s Miguel Fernandez Vasco has extended his lead at the 2022 Open Finn European Masters at Club Nàutic Hospitalet-Vandellòs, at Hospitalet de l’Infant, Spain, after a long day on Thursday with two more races eventually sailed. Laurent Hay from France…
Day 1 Master’s Division – Day 1 of racing got underway at the 2022 Hobie 16 world championships with the 38 teams competing in the masters division. The Hobie 16 world championships are composed of multiple preliminary events starting with…
PRESS RELEASE: 15 September 2022 The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup once again proved that the RORC/UNCL’s IRC rating system is thriving at one of the most prestigious events in the sailing calendar. This year’s event, organised by the Yacht Club…
Porto Cervo, 15 September 2022. No racing took place on the third day of the 21st edition of the Rolex Swan Cup underway in Porto Cervo. The forecast of a day dominated by very unstable conditions due to the passage…
Spain’s Miguel Fernandez Vasco has taken the early lead in the 2022 Open Finn European Masters at Club Nàutic Hospitalet-Vandellòs, at Hospitalet de l’Infant, Spain. Laurent Hay from France is second with Paul McKenzie from Australia in third. Hay and…
Winners of the second day are: Plis-Play, Flow, Josian, OM II, Stella Maris, G Spot, Nadir, Blue Sky. Porto Cervo, 14 September 2022. The second day of the Rolex Swan Cup kicked off on schedule at 12 midday for boats…
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, September 15-29, 2022 – The 2022 Hobie 16 World Championships head to Europe after a 25-year hiatus. Following our last world championship event in 2019, there was a strong desire to return to Europe, however…
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