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World Sailing is aiming to break records this year with Steering the Course – the global women’s sailing festival – after taking the world by storm in its début year in 2021. With events staged in 27 countries, Steering the…
Team New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron still have three live options as the deadline to the America’s Cup hosting decision looms. That’s set for March 31, giving them four weeks to make a decision around the…
John Bacon, James Mayjor and Terry Wetton are the 2022 5.5m Australian champions. The Championship was held at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club from February 27 to March 1, 2022. John and team posted five wins over the eight…
Luna Rossa have reportedly secured Jimmy Spithill for the next America’s Cup. The tough nationality rules allow Australian Spithill to sail under the Italian flag again as he was part of their team at the last regatta at Auckland 2021….
Today World Sailing joined the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and global sports organisations in taking the decision to suspend participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in World Sailing owned and sanctioned competitions and events until further notice. By…
Three-times JJ Giltinan 18ft skiff champion Rob Brown OAM has a wonderful record of success in a sailing career which has spanned three continents and resulted in three victories in three of the world’s most prestigious sailing events. Among other…
Spain: The central government’s delegate for Malaga, Javier Salas, yesterday put an end to Malaga city Mayor Francisco de la Torre’s ambitions of securing financing from the State to aid the candidacy to host the America’s Cup. The decision came…
Ominous clouds threatened to dump their load over Sydney Harbour for the fourth race of the 2021/22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series on Sunday, February 27. Fortunately, the rain held off for first-time hosts — Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club….
Highly regarded international sailor, race officer and administrator Stuart Childerley will be the new Secretary of the J Class Association and is set to play a key role in delivering a bright, stable long-term future for one of sailing’s most…
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) discussed again today the dilemma the Olympic Movement is currently facing after the breach of the Olympic Truce by the Russian government and the government of Belarus through its support…
With the 2022 JJ Giltinan Championship starting on Sydney Harbour next Saturday, today’s racing at the Australian 18 Footers League was a final opportunity for teams to sharpen up their crew work in preparation for the world’s biggest 18ft skiff…
Fresh for Paris 2024, the Nacra 17 fleet will debut two upgrades to the rudder system in Palma 2022. Following the Tokyo Olympics, an updated elevator and an adjustable rudder rake system were approved by class membership for onward use….
Over two days next weekend, a mass of boats of varying designs and size will provide a blaze of colour on the race courses from the Opera House to Manly on Sydney Harbour and on offshore courses, for NSW’s largest…
The GKA is proud to announce the Big Air World Championships in Tarifa, Spain, a massive event that will host 72 big air warriors, going head-to-head outside of old town Tarifa. As Tarifa fires up with strong Levante winds in…
London: SailGP has launched the first Inspire WASZP Grand Final – Championship of Champions, which will see the top young athletes from around the world compete for the overall season podium at the Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix, March…
Two Australian skippers from the earlier years of 18 footer World Championships, were totally unimpressed at actions which they each believed deserved very strong reactions. The first in 1939, involved the defending champion Bert Swinbourne and his Taree skiff. The second,…
Long Beach Yacht Club is ramping up for Congressional Cup 2022 with an all-star line-up including more than half of the world’s top-ranked match racing skippers. Kicking off the 2022 World Match Racing Tour, this legendary Grade 1 sailing event…
The America’s Cup Emirates Team New Zealand core sailing team consists of six key sailors led by skipper Peter Burling. Burling is joined by Blair Tuke, Andy Maloney, Nathan Outteridge, Glenn Ashby and Josh Junior whose focus will be on…
Western Australia’s return to the pinnacle of world 18ft skiff racing received a tremendous boost with the announcement that a strong team of champion WA sailors will contest the 2022 JJ Giltinan Championship in the well-named, Black Swan skiff. The…
Over 450 of the world’s very best youth sailors from 69 countries have confirmed their participation in the Allianz Youth Sailing World Championships 2022. Taking place off the coast of Scheveningen in The Hague, The Netherlands, from 8-15 July 2022,…
River Derwent, Hobart: Midnight Rambler proved unstoppable in the Banjo’s Shoreline Crown Series Bellerive Regatta over the weekend, winning on PHS and IRC handicaps in the racing keelboat group, and defending the Tasmanian AMS Championship for a third consecutive year….
First Tracks AUS1485 skippered by Peter Merrington with Ian McKillop and Steve Jarvin (David Gilmour day one and two) have won the Etchells NSW State Championship from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) with a race to spare in the…
Sydney Harbour: Jack Macartney, skipper of Tech2, today became only the fifth skipper in the 87-year history of the Australian 18 Footers League to win three consecutive Club Championship titles. Macartney and his team of Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake have…
Canary Islands: The final of the second edition of the Lanzarote International Regatta begun with the 49er fleet, going out to a race course with almost no waves, with winds blowing between 14-18 knots. After three races with the Papagayo beaches as a backdrop,…
Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban has clinched its fourth Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race in as many appearances, taking out line honours and overall handicap in a wet and windy race. Ichi Ban finished just after 3am yesterday…
Day two of the Etchells NSW Championship was exceptionally variable and shifty on Sydney Harbour with breeze starting at 210 degrees, and moving at times all the way to 240, then later in the day right around to 90 degrees…
The River Derwent will be flush with colour this weekend when over 100 entries from Tasmania’s top sailors take to the water in the Banjo’s Shoreline Bellerive Crown Series Regatta. The three-day event, which started with a twilight race on…
The 2022 Etchells NSW Championship commenced Friday on Sydney Harbour from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) and First Tracks, skippered by Peter Merrington with Ian McKillop and fill-in bow David Gilmour posted a dominating 1, 1, 2 to lead…
New York Yacht Club’s American Magic is pleased to announce its leadership team as the program continues its investment in top talent and preparation for the 37th America’s Cup. The leadership appointments reflect a commitment to people who bring deep…
The 2022 eSailing World Championships have kicked off with players around the world battling it out in the season opener in the Bay of Cádiz, Spain. Thousands of eSailors have competed to get a head start in this prestigious event, which…
The signature two-day classic yachting event on Port Phillip is all set for its 16th consecutive replay on February 19-20. The Cup Regatta is organised and hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria for the Classic Yacht Association of…
One of the Australian 18 Footers League’s most important events of the season comes to a conclusion this Sunday, February 20 on Sydney Harbour with the final race of the 2022 Club Championship. The championship recognises the most consistent performances in…
The Etchells NSW Championship will commence tomorrow, Friday 18 February, to be sailed over three days from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) with a fleet of 28 boats. The preview was sailed just two weeks ago, with the Milson…
Canary Islands: Spain’s Nicole Van Der Velden had a fantastic last day at the IQFoil Lanzarote International Regatta, snatching first place from Britain’s Islay Watson who dominated the opening races, with Italy’s Marta Maggetti taking silver. Pilar Lamadrid made the final 10 but an OCS stopped her…
Early indications are that Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) 17th Sydney Harbour Regatta (SHR), to be held over the first weekend of March, will be hotly contested with the return of past champions and up-and-coming challengers. Bob Cox’s DK46, Nine…
Today Australian Sailing will launch its landmark 10-year strategic plan, ‘Sailing 2032’. Sailing 2032 is a long-term vision for the sport that outlines why Australian Sailing exists, what the organisation hopes to achieve between 2022 and 2032, and how they…
The Sabot class continues to develop the sailing skills for our sport’s future and is extremely proud that the junior training class is continuing to be a chosen class for female sailors, with girls representing 44 per cent of the…
Geographe Bay Race Week is one of Western Australia’s premier yachting regattas and this year featured the racing of the inaugural Etchells Bill Steele Cup. Once called the Opium Pipe Ashes Trophy, the Cup was originally raced for in teams…
The 69F swapped the cool mountain water of Lake Garda for the sultry seas of Miami’s Biscayne Bay with the opening act of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup (YFGC) last week, and by all accounts it was a brilliant success….
Canada SailGP Team is pleased to announce two key appointments as the team’s preparations continue in the lead up to the start of Season 3 in Bermuda. Leading Canada SailGP Team will be incoming CEO Jean-Sébastien Chénier Proteau. An accomplished…
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