CYCA team leads Hardy Cup
Smile you are on camera! Check out the amazing photos from the first day of racing for the Hardy Cup 2022, hosted by Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. After a slow start in a dying westerly, teams were treated to a…
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A Sydney sailor’s journey from local regattas to the international circuit
Zoe Dransfield is 19-years-old, yet she has taken the Australian sailing community by storm. I talked to the two-time Flying Eleven National champion and 470 sailor about her passion for sailing. Zoe Dransfield was a six-year-old in 2009 when her…
Call out to French-designed monohull owners to enter Bastille Day Race
Raise a sail and a glass to Liberté, Égalité and Fraternité at the Queensland French Yacht Owners Association Inc inaugural 2022 Bastille Day Race on Saturday July 16, supported by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. On July 14, 1789, Parisian…
Vale Dean Harrigan
From the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA): The CYCA mourns the passing of 20 year Member, Dean Harrigan. Dean joined the CYCA in 1998 and was a generous supporter of youth sailing and the CYCA’s Youth Sailing Academy, sponsoring…
International racing is back with the Hardy Cup
Sydney: The eight competing teams for the 2022 Hardy Cup (May 9-13), hosted by Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, are currently on the water relishing their first international match racing regatta in two years. Under a bright sun and a building…
SailGP Season 2 in numbers
SailGP welcomed more viewers, attendees, online followers and athletes than ever in Season 2, while making a greater positive impact on the planet, as the league releases its look back at Season 2. From the broadcast product to the on-water…
Natasha Bryant joins Australia SailGP Team
Tom Slingsby’s Australian crew commenced training on the Great Sound in Bermuda today, with newest and youngest team member Natasha Bryant getting behind the wheel of the F50. Bryant, 21, of Sydney will join the team for Season 3 through…
Australia to host 2023 International Waszp Games
In December 2023, the southern end of Port Phillip Bay will come to life, with Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club set to host the International Waszp Games (Worlds). Sorrento has been a fantastic supporter of Waszp sailing since the class…
Fifteen-year-old completes first iQFOiL foiling tack
The first iQFOiL foiling tack has just been completed by a 15-year-old. The performance gap between youth and senior sailors has never been smaller. iQFOiL history was written by 15-year-old Harry Joyner from Australia as he foiled through the first-ever…
Straight bullets for Galateia at Palmavela
Spain: The Wally Cento Galateia won the IRC-IMA Maxi division at Mallorca’s big boat season opener PalmaVela with a perfect scoreline of six wins from six starts. Galateia in a final light-winds coastal race back-and-forth across the Bay of Palma maintained their…
Antigua Sailing Week wrap up
After a two-year hiatus the 53rd edition of Antigua Sailing Week was brimming with success. The trade winds blew all week, with the international fleet enjoying exhilarating racing in sailing paradise. The compliments from sailors from the four corners of…
Bay of Palma delivers as Sunday showdowns beckon
After a slow day punctuated by a long wait for the breeze to reappear, the Bay of Palma returned to what might be considered ‘normal service’ today for the 100-boat field racing the penultimate day of Mallorca’s PalmaVela regatta. For…
United nations of Antigua Sailing Week
The final day of racing at Antigua Sailing Week featured a full schedule of racing for all classes, with teams from over 20 countries competing, making for a welcome return after the disruption of travel for the last two years….
44Cup returns to Portuguese sailing mecca
Next week, the 44Cup will return to the Portuguese sailing mecca of Cascais for event two of its 2022 season, with racing in the eight high-performance one-design monohulls to take place from 11-15 May. Joining the fleet for the first…
Galateia tops maxi fleet at PalmaVela
Spain: The Wally Cento Galateia retains an unbeaten record at the 18th edition of PalmaVela and after three races leads the IRC-IMA Maxi fleet by six points with two days of racing to go. After conclusively winning Thursday’s blustery 28…
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez expands
Following on from the success of the new two-week format, which won widespread approval during the unforgettable 2021 edition the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, which is consistently in the vanguard of development, is opening up its 2022 start lines to…
SailGP expanded Season 3 opens in Bermuda
SailGP Season 3 launches on May 14-15 and is back bigger and bolder, with an expanded season, new national teams, innovative tech, world-class athletes and even more impact, all of which will guarantee high speeds, fierce rivalries and some breath-taking…
A commodore’s plan to increase female sailing participation in Victoria
Victoria, Australia: Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club’s (QCYC) Commodore Lee Renfree is on a mission to encourage more women to become active participants in keelboat sailing. Elected as the Club’s first female commodore in October 2021, she acutely observed the low…
Women’s Race Day at Antigua Sailing Week
Locman Italy Women’s Day at Antigua Sailing Week was blessed with solid trade winds of 15-18 knots, just north of east, with squall activity raising the tempo during the day. All 15 classes completed their full programme of races with…
Galateia and Nadir open PalmaVela with decisive victories
The 18th edition of Mallorca’s showcase PalmaVela regatta opened with a blast of gusty northeasterly winds which produced spectacular, challenging conditions during the 28 miles coastal race which was sailed by the seven strong fleet of IRC-IMA Maxi yachts. Revelling…
Sail Paradise 2023: Bigger and better than ever
Following the success of the most recent Qoin Sail Paradise Regatta, coupled with positive feedback from competitors, sponsors and all involved, Southport Yacht Club, on Queensland’s Gold Coast, has announced that Sail Paradise 2023 will be ‘bigger and better than…
SailGP announces debut event in Asia
SailGP’s rapid global expansion continues with the addition of Singapore to its Season 3 calendar, as the iconic city-state plays host to Asia’s first Sail Grand Prix on January 14-15, 2023. The event, which is supported by the Singapore Tourism…
Scotch College wins College Cup
The 2022 College Cup at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, WA had the presence of former and current Royal Perth Yacht Club sailors from Trinity College, Aquinas College and Christ Church Grammar School. Last Sunday morning (1 May) was a…
Palmavela kicks off IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge
This week’s maxi yacht competition at the Real Club Nautico de Palma’s Palmavela is the strongest for several years, with a seven boat class racing under IRC, the four longest all being around 100ft in length. Competition takes place over…
Matt Allen AM elected Australian Olympic Committee Vice President
Australian Sailing immediate past president, Matt Allen AM, has been elected as a Vice President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), winning election at their recent AGM. President of Australian Sailing from 2013 to 2019, Allen won the post alongside…
Tom Slingsby joins New York Yacht Club American Magic
Nearly a decade ago, Tom Slingsby helped an American team win the most prestigious trophy in sailing, the 34th America’s Cup. In 2024, he hopes to do it again. New York Yacht Club American Magic is pleased to announce it…
Myra Too and Bill Barnett: Two great 18 footer champions
Champion 18 footer skipper, designer and boat builder Bill Barnett won the 1948-49 Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour in a 6ft beam boat he designed and built himself, named Myra. The following season, again in Myra, he was part of…
Opportunity knocks for young sailors at Antigua Sailing Week
The third day of Antigua Sailing Week delivered yet another king-size helping of outstanding racing conditions for hundreds of sailors from all over the world. Fifteen knots of trade winds, pumping up to 18 in the gusts gave exhilarating racing…
Gearing up for the first IMA Maxi European Championship
The Rolex countdown clock is ticking for the 26 yachts competing in the International Maxi Association’s first ever Maxi European Championship, taking place over 14-21 May out of Sorrento, Italy. This comprises the Regata dei Tre Golfi offshore race and…
Family pays tribute to sailor who died in Solent race
A “keen sailor” has died after his boat got into difficulty during a yacht race off the south coast of England. Richard Blowman, 45 and from Hull, was competing in the BFA Finn Masters Race at Keyhaven Yacht Club in…
Sun shines for day two of Antigua Sailing Week
The second day of Antigua Sailing Week was blessed with stunning conditions with 15-20 knots of wind from the east. Bright sunshine, ocean swell and solid trade winds provided the perfect cocktail for thrilling racing at the world-famous regatta. Quotes…
Italian sailor dies at ILCA Master Regatta
Italian ILCA 6 (former Laser Radial) sailor Massimo Patelli died on April 30 during an accident in the ICLA Master Class Regatta in Livorno, Italy. The 51-year-old died after he was struck by the boom. For the full story, see:…
GWA Wingfoil World Cup wrap up
Leucate, France: We finally arrived at the sixth and final day of competition at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup France on Sunday. The event had started slowly back on Tuesday with a few light, no-action days, but since the Tramontana…
Jean Genie wins 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup
Jean Genie (James Howells, Andrew Palfrey, Ruairidh Scott) have won the Int. 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda after the two final races on Saturday. Helly Hansen (Kristian Neergard, Trond Soli Sather, Espen Styokkeland, SUI),…
Australians finish in top 10 at Hyères
There were no medals, but plenty of learnings and promising performances with the Australia Sailing Team wrapping up the 2022 French Olympic week Hyères with two top five and two top ten placings. Rio Olympic silver medallists and Tokyo fifth-placed…
Outcome of Swan Tuscany Challenge goes down to the wire
The ultimate destination of the winners’ trophies at the Swan Tuscany Challenge went down to the wire today, with the final results still in the balance on the last legs of the concluding races. Going into the deciding ClubSwan 50…
Medals decided in Hyeres Olympic regatta
The Olympic classes regatta in Hyeres is over for another year and the medals decided, with Poland successful in the ILCA 6 and 49er classes, France winning both the Women’s and Men’s iQFOil, Italy again taking Nacra Gold and a…
Teenage Suardiaz seals her first Wingfoil World Tour win
France: Day 5 in the Surf-Freestyle and 11 hours after the 7.30am rider’s briefing on the beach here in Leucate on Saturday morning local time, Spain named its first event champion of the season in the GWA Wingfoil World Tour…
Australians qualify for Medal Races in Hyères
Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes have secured four spots in the French Olympic Week Hyères medal races after qualifying in the ILCA 7, ILCA 6 and Nacra 17 as well as in the Formular Kite…
Fifth edition of Foiling Awards held in Milan
The fifth edition of the Foiling Awards was held in the wonderful hall of the Teatro Arcimboldi in Milan, in an atmosphere appropriate for the Oscars of flying boating. After a year of absence due to the pandemic, the awards…
