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With another light on for breeze weather forecast today, the record fleet of 178 boats competing at the 34th Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) will shift gears as the much anticipated Bay Race, which normally occurs on the final day,…
Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today in each fleet at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by Vilamoura Sailing. All 426 boats launched efficiently in under 45 minutes for a smooth start to the day. The…
The final day delivered with picture book conditions, 3 races and great sailing… If you’ve never seen a Pathfinder start, have a look at the start of the video to see how to do it as well as how not…
Following an hour’s delay in racing at Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) today as officials waited for the breeze to fill in, Ray Roberts and his Team Hollywood (NSW) added a further win to their Day 1 victory to take…
Australian Olympian Mara Stransky is among the record numbers taking part in the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s 34th Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), which started off Airlie Beach in the Whitsunday Islands on Friday. The 23-year-old competed at the 2020 Tokyo…
On Day 2 of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), competitors in the record fleet of 178 boats were initially held ashore, as organisers Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) monitored a very light and variable breeze, but eventually all headed out to…
Cork, Ireland: The final day of the 505 Worlds again dawned with no wind, but again the wind filled in from the north-east out to sea and conditions were even better than yesterday, with the wind filling in slightly stronger…
Families that sail together stay together – just ask those whose enthusiasm for sailing has rubbed off on the younger generation and other family members at Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) – among them is Geoff Dews, whose family have…
Charlie Cumbley from Britain has won the 2022 OK Dinghy World Championship after a stressful final day in Marstrand, Sweden, while Niklas Edler (SWE) took Silver with Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR) taking Bronze. No more races were possible on the…
Cork, Ireland: Yesterday was a lay day and the plan was to catch up some races at the 505 Worlds, but again there was no wind, so the locals pulled out their boats and we cruised the harbour to Cobh…
California: Dates have been announced for the 58th Congressional Cup regatta and Ficker Cup qualifier hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club: with Congressional Cup slated April 18 to 22, 2023 preceded by the Ficker Cup April 13 to 15, 2023….
A stunning day for the Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) opener, a mass start of 178 boats on Pioneer Bay, in winds of 15 knots from the south-east blowing down on those taking part in the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s marquee…
The 2022 OK Dinghy World Championship is going down to the wire with just 0.4 points separating Briain’s Charlie Cumbley and Sweden’s Niklas Edler after two more races were completed on Thursday in Marstrand, Sweden. Denmark’s Jens Eckardt led all…
LONG BEACH, CA 10 AUGUST 2022 – – Dates have been announced for the 58th Congressional Cup regatta and Ficker Cup qualifier hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club: with Congressional Cup slated April 18 to 22, 2023 preceded by the…
Charlie Cumbley, from Britain, has consolidated his lead on the third day of the 2022 OK Dinghy World Championship in Marstrand, Sweden, to take a three point lead at the top from Sweden’s Thomas Hansson-Mild, with Norway’s Lars Johan Brodtkorb,…
On 10 August 2023, 1,400 of the world’s best sailors will take to the waters of the port of Scheveningen in The Hague, The Netherlands, for two life-changing prizes. First, the World Championship title, which has been held by many…
No sooner had the Notice of Race and entry form for the 2023 Festival of Sails (FOS) hit the official website, local Geelong sailor, Brendan Garner, clicked to enter for his 36th year of competition at Australia’s oldest and largest…
Charlie Cumbley, from Britain, has taken the lead on the second day of the 2022 OK Dinghy World Championship in Marstrand, Sweden, after winning both races on Tuesday. Sweden’s Thomas Hansson-Mild remains in second, while Norway’s Lars Johan Brodtkorb drops…
Lars Johan Brodtkorb, from Norway, has taken the early lead at the OK Dinghy World Championship in Marstrand, Sweden. Sweden’s Thomas Hansson-Mild is in second with Charlie Cumbley, from Britain in third. The race wins on the first day went…
The first day of racing at the 505 World Championships continued the challenging conditions we saw at the Pre-Worlds. Racing was postponed with sailors held ashore in anticipation of an afternoon seabreeze. Competitors launched around midday with the hope of…
The 69F circuit continues with Act 4 of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup in Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy. Torbole, 8 August 2022 – Twelve international teams are getting ready to compete in Act 4 of the 69F Youth Foiling Gold…
Lake Como, Italy – The 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 fleets completed the biggest ever Junior World Championship for each of the classes. A total of 140 teams from 30 nations are racing in the 2022 edition from Lago di…
The Lazarus team of Marcus Ashley-Jones, Angus Williams and Phil Marshall became the 2022 Mark Foy Trophy 18 footer champion when it defeated a 16-boat fleet on Italy’s Lake Garda. A 4-boat team representing the Australian 18 Footers League took…
Ireland: On Day 2 of the 505 Pre-Worlds at Crosshaven in Cork, the final three races of the six-race series and there was a mighty battle for the title, but in the end, it went to Nathan Batchelor and Sam…
A day of snakes and ladders for the leaders of the Gold fleet led to an incredibly tight finish with only one point between the final positions overall at the 29er Worlds in Spain, but in the end the title…
Marcus Brennecke’s ClubSwan 50 Hatari clinched the ClubSwan 50 class title on the final race at the 40th Copa del Rey Mapfre, but the German flagged crew endured some nervous moments after nearest rivals, Stefan Heidenreich’s OneGroup, seemingly came back…
Just nine points separate the top five overall in the 29er World Championship in El Balis, Spain as the regatta progresses into the final day of racing, but Italians Alex Demurtras and Giovanni Santi regain the top spot. The Italians…
After a second and a first today, their strongest performance of the week in the best sea breeze so far, Marcus Brennecke’s double world champion, Hatari, leads the ClubSwan 50 class into the final day of the 40th Copa del…
Ireland: The first day of racing at the 505 Pre-Worlds in Crosshaven, Cork was challenging, and three races of an hour each in shifty conditions with large pressure changes, resulted in big numbers on each teams’ scorecard. Race 1 started…
French team Hugo Revil and Karl Devaux have taken the lead of the 29er World Championship in the choppy waters of El Balis, Spain, after three races on the first day of the final series, although the pair is tied…
Across July and August, 22 young Australian sailors are competing in world championship level events overseas in ILCA class Youth events for under 19-year old’s, the third and final of which is the ILCA4 Youth World Championships in Portugal from…
The pre-Worlds for the International 505 class start Friday 5 August, in Crosshaven Ireland. Sailing from the Worlds oldest yacht club, conditions look challenging… Australia is very well represented at this regatta, with 9 out of the 79 entries. The…
As the 40th Copa del Rey MAPFRE passed today into the Finals stage many of the class leads are cut right back to one or two points which should ensure an exciting finale on Saturday. Today sees seven of the…
Hey O’pen Skiff sailors,This is a quick heads up from the AUS O’pen Skiff Association to let you know that the Notice of Race and Online entries are now open. We’re heading to South of Perth YC this time from…
As the 40th Copa del Rey MAPFRE passes from the Preliminary Series which finished today to the three day Finals there are winners and losers as the points scores carried forwards are those of the Preliminary finishing position. Palma, 3th…
The Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race starts at midday on Sunday 7th August. Thirty-two teams from around the world will be racing, equalling the record entry for the non-stop version of the tough 1,805nm race. Organised by the Royal…
EVENT: 2022 International Cadet World Championships CLUB: Royal Yacht Club of Victoria DATES: 19 December 2022 – 2 January 2023 AUTHOR: Harry Fisher – harry@downundersail.com Entries are now open for the 2022 International Cadet World Championships, to be held at…
Sean Langman says he was incredibly excited and emotional after lifting the Peter Rysdyk Memorial Trophy as overall winner of the 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. Langman’s Reichel/Pugh 69 Moneypenny clinched victory on IRC for the third time…
RACE UPDATE as at 0600hrs Wednesday 3 August David Myer’s Beneteau First 40 Flying Cloud & Alex Seja & Felicity Nelson’s Sydney 36 Supernova are closing in on the finish, passing Surfers Paradise with only a few miles remaining. Shane…
On Monday 1st August, the 29er World Championship opened under the spanish sun in the clear waters of the Club Nàutic El Balís, Sant Andreu de Llavaneres. 242 crews from 26 countries went into battle over three race courses, with…
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