Bacardi Cup day two
Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)/Bruno Prada (BRA) sailing upwind.
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JJ Giltinan 18ft skiff Championship: Race 3 abandoned
The Race Committee for the 2022 JJ Giltinan 18ft skiff Championship were forced to abandon Race 3 due to the gale force conditions being experienced on Sydney Harbour today. One of the committee said that when the team were setting…
International Women’s Day 2022: Women break down barriers in skiffs
This International Women’s Day, MySailing celebrates women in skiff sailing. I talked to 18ft skiff skipper Yvette Heritage and 16ft skiff skipper Tilly Lang who, in line with one of this year’s themes, have been #breakingthebias in skiff sailing. Yvette…
Celebrating Zhik Team female athletes
This International Women’s Day, Zhik celebrates our amazing female athletes. We caught up with Dee Caffari MBE – first woman to sail solo and nonstop around the world, Lisa Darmanin – Olympic Silver medallist and Olivia Piana – multiple world…
St Maarten Heineken Regatta wrap up
Following one of the biggest wind inshore regattas where racing pressed ahead regardless, this year’s St Maarten Heineken Regatta will be one which competitors will recall with a wry smile, bragging about ‘how they survived it’. It was also the…
Treacherous weather at NSW Cherub Championship
Treacherous weather made for extremely challenging sailing and travel conditions for the NSW Cherubs racing in Jervis Bay over the weekend. Jervis Bay Sailing Club kindly hosted the third round of the NSW State Championships, with 28 competing boats packing…
Wooden Boat Festival returns to Geelong waterfront
The Geelong Waterfront will once again come alive this March long weekend, as the biennial Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong takes place on the waters of Corio Bay. Hosted by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, this year’s festival will feature…
JJ Giltinan Championship: Andoo maintains lead
The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton consolidated yesterday’s victory with another outstanding performance to take out today’s Race 2 of the 2022 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour. The team grabbed an early…
Sydney Harbour Regatta: Winners announced after tough day out
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) Sydney Harbour Regatta (SHR) concluded this afternoon with winners decided after competitors dealt with big gusty winds, heavy downpours interspersed with a teasing watery sun for a short spell, before the clouds closed over and…
Tango takes 2022 Etchells Australian Championship
With no racing in Metung for the final day of the Etchells Australian Championship, the leaders after day three, the Tango crew of Chris Hampton, Cam Miles and Sam Haines are the Etchells Australian Champions for 2022. “First of all…
GKA Freestyle World Cup Columbia – winners decided
Prior to racing a quiet tension started to build as competitors began to feel the effects of three full days in the wind and sun. Here’s where the mental training of the athletes really began to come into play. You…
Sydney Harbour Regatta celebrates women in sailing
Tuesday 8 March marks International Women’s Day 2022 and here at Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) this weekend, we salute all females taking part in the Sydney Harbour Regatta (SHR), NSW’s largest keelboat regatta. Women are involved at all levels…
Sydney Harbour Regatta – Fog lifts and rain abates on Day 1
The veil of fog lifted just in time for the start of the Sydney Harbour Regatta (SHR) this morning, with racing due to start from 11am on the eight course areas from the Harbour Bridge to Manly on Sydney Harbour….
Andoo takes JJ Giltinan Championship Race 1
The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton have stamped themselves as a clear favourite for the 2022 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship after a brilliant victory in Race One of the Championship on Sydney Harbour today….
GKA Freestyle World Cup Colombia – Day 3
Another beautiful day in Colombia as clear skies dawned bright and early and once again, a strong breeze flowed over the competition area and with a full day of heats on tap, the 2022 GKA Kite World Cup got underway….
Owners form Australian TP52 Sailing Association
TP52 owners across Australia have formed a new association for the class, announcing an inaugural pointscore featuring five regattas in 2022. The Australian TP52 Sailing Association has been developed following years of consultation between owners, with the aim to offer…
18ft Skiffs JJ Giltinan Championship Invitation Race
After a week of heavy rain, strong winds and widespread flooding along the NSW and Queensland coastline, the 2022 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship regatta began with the traditional Invitation Race on Sydney Harbour on Friday in intermittent rain. The…
GKA Freestyle World Cup Colombia – Day 2
Day 2 of the 2022 GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup Colombia started off with clear, sunny skies and building wind and as riders began to gather for the skippers meeting at 9:00am, you could feel the excitement building. “It’s a…
Tango takes lead at Etchells Australian Championship
Day two of the Etchells Australian Championship was sailed on Lake King from the Metung Yacht Club on Friday. Six races have now been held, with races four through six raced in 15-20 knots of easterly. With a drop in…
18ft skiff Worlds 1977 – a history making event
As the 2022 JJ Giltinan World 18ft skiff Championship is about to start on Sydney Harbour, it’s a good time to recall one of the most remarkable world 18ft skiff Championship regattas ever staged, since the original event on Sydney…
Lisa Rose on top at Etchells Australian Championship
The Etchells Australian Championship kicked off yesterday from the Metung Yacht Club, Victoria, with 28 boats lining up for three races in strong, steady conditions. Consistency was the key to the day, and Martin Hill’s Lisa Rose AUS1449 and Chris…
GKA Freestyle World Cup Colombia day one
Atlantico, Colombia: The first stop of the GKA World Tour got underway yesterday. With a full day of wind and more in the forecast, energy levels are high for this week and riders are stoked to be here. The day…
Australian Sailing adopts National Integrity Framework
Australian Sailing has taken a leap forward in protecting the integrity of our sport, in formally adopting the framework of policies provided by Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) effective from 1 March 2022. In adopting the National Integrity Framework, Australian Sailing…
Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta welcomes over 500 sailors
The Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta is set to take place in Miami from 6-12 March 2022. The regatta kicks off with Star Class racing at the iconic Bacardi Cup on 7 March and the other classes – J/70, Melges 24,…
IMA Caribbean Maxi Challenge resumes with St Maarten Regatta
Setting sail tomorrow is St Maarten Heineken Regatta, the second event in the International Maxi Association’s inaugural Caribbean Maxi Challenge following on from last week’s RORC Caribbean 600. Racing is due to take place over four days, from Thursday 3…
Yacht Club de Monaco sailors take on first Persico Fly40
Pierre Casiraghi, Yacht Club de Monaco Vice-President, and YCM member Peter Harrison, CEO of Richard Mille EMEA, have decided to take on a new challenge to acquire the first Persico Fly40, the one design monohull foiler inspired by the America’s…
Steering the Course 2022 set for record year
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…
America’s Cup: Three live options as hosting deadline looms
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…
2022 5.5m Australian champions crowned
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…
America’s Cup: Jimmy Spithill stays with Luna Rossa
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….
World Sailing update concerning Russia-Ukraine war
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…
Rob Brown OAM: Three-times 18ft skiff world champion
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…
Spanish government refuses to finance Malaga’s America’s Cup hopes
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…
Rain holds off for Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series
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….
Two-time Olympian to become new J Class Association Secretary
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…
IOC EB recommends no participation of Russian athletes and officials
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…
Finport Finance wins 18ft skiff Super Sprint series
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…
Nacra 17 rudder upgrades to debut in Palma
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….
Fast boats and gun sailors set to ignite big battles at Sydney Harbour Regatta
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…
GKA Big Air World Championships are coming in 2022
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…
