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They’ve been champing at the bit like Melbourne Cup favourites, and finally a 25-strong fleet of 16-Foot skiffs has been unleashed in spectacular style at Belmont 16s on Lake Macquarie, NSW. The previous season was a stellar one, crowned by…
During Covid-19 restrictions, Laser sailors from sailing clubs at the northern end of Sydney Harbour came up with the idea for a Battle of the Sound regatta. The Sound is that part of Sydney Harbour where Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour…
Oman Sail is preparing to welcome a 148-strong fleet representing 29 countries when the 2021 49er, 49erFX and Nacra the World Championships get underway in Mussanah on 16 November. Being held in Asia for the first time in event history, the regatta is the one of the first global…
The Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake survived a wild day of high winds and a late race capsize to win Race 6 (the final race) of the 2021 Spring Championship, when the 18 footers returned to…
The fifth and final event of the 2021 44Cup Championship Tour is to conclude next week in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote and the nine boats entered are lining up for an ultra-competitive conclusion. In true 44Cup style, the scoreboard remains impressively…
Superyacht Cup Palma is delighted to announce that the J Class will be joining the fun at Europe’s longest running superyacht regatta in 2022. The J Class Association and owners unanimously chose the high-profile Mallorcan festival of sail as one…
Sailing joins thousands around the world in pledging to be net zero by 2050, aligning sport with the goals of the Paris Agreement and accelerating efforts to address climate change. Continuing its commitment to taking a leading role in sustainability…
Barcelona, Spain: Conditions failed to deliver on the final day of racing at the ILCA 7 World Championships due to an uncontrollable wave state. A storm rolled through and the swell pushed up to 2.5 meters, which made it highly dangerous…
Following on from their multi-event Mediterranean Inshore and Offshore Challenges, the International Maxi Association (IMA) is to hold its first series in the Caribbean in 2022. The IMA Caribbean Maxi Challenge is open to all maxi yachts of 60+ft LOA….
On Saturday fifteen yachts competed in the third Short Ocean Pointscore of the 2021/22 season – the Gascoigne Cup. The Short Ocean Pointscore is a 10-race series, spread over the 2021/22 summer sailing season, organised by the Cruising Yacht Club…
It was moving day at the ILCA 7 World Championship, with a pair of Australian Sailing Team athletes making their way into the top 10 on the penultimate day of the event in Barcelona, Spain. Racing was finally able to…
Racing recommenced on day four of the ILCA 7 World Championships following long delays earlier this week due to lack of wind. It was a tough day of racing for the Australian Sailing Team ILCA 7 squad as marginal conditions…
On Sunday, off the coast of Fremantle in South Beach, WA’s female keelboat sailors battled it out on the fleet of Foundation-36s for the 30th edition of the Women’s State Keelboat Championship. 2019’s winner, Lucy Alderson, took it up a…
Long Beach Yacht Club has announced the 2022 dates for the prestigious Congressional Cup and Ficker Cup regattas, according to Chair Lisa Meier. Congressional Cup will commence Monday April 18, 2022 with one practice day, followed by five days of…
Back-to-back national MC38 titles for Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart’s Lazy Dog was no picnic: hours of floating around Sydney Harbour expectantly on the final day yielding an empty scoresheet meant that victory reverted to Lazy Dog’s narrow lead on day…
Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi team today won both the GC32 Menor Mar Cup on Spain’s Costa Calida as well as the 2021 GC32 Racing Tour title. This week’s GC32 Mar Menor Cup has been supported and hosted by the Club Náutico…
It was a crazy, frustrating day for the crews of the Australian 18 Footers League’s fleet on Sydney Harbour today as they tried to complete the two races scheduled as part of the seven-race Spring Championship series. There was little,…
Sailors’ patience was tested on day two of the ILCA 7 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain as all the sunlight of the day was required to squeeze two races in. The Australian Sailing Team Laser squad responded well to vastly…
Winning by the slimmest of margins, Takashi Okura and his TP52 Sled team were crowned 2021’s 52 Super Series champions and Rolex TP52 world champions Saturday in Palma, Mallorca and doing so, join Azzurra and Quantum Racing as only the…
A chilly start to the penultimate day of the GC32 Mar Menor Cup after Spain’s Costa Calida experienced an overnight deluge, turned into a perfect day with the full schedule of five races held with Red Bull and Rockwool the…
A tricky day with a weather front located off Spain’s Costa Calida meant that despite the best efforts of the race committee, only one race could be held on day two of the GC32 Mar Menor Cup, before the wind…
Takashi Okura’s Sled team emerged from a dramatic penultimate day of the short, intense 2021 52 Super Series season carrying a lead of just one single point in the chase not only for the Rolex TP52 World Championship title, but…
Murcia’s Mar Menor enabled three perfect races to be held on the opening day of the GC32 Mar Menor Cup, the final and deciding event of the 2021 GC32 Racing Tour. Coming ashore at the Club Náutico Lo Pagán, two…
Consistent results in the top group sees Germany’s Platoon and South Africa’s Phoenix locked in a three-way tussle with the USA flagged Sled for the Rolex TP52 World Championship title on the Bay of Palma. After six races only one…
Takashi Okura’s Sled crew, with six times America’s Cup winner Murray Jones on the helm and Italian ace Francesco Bruni calling tactics, won themselves a share of the overall lead of the Rolex TP52 World Championships on the Bay of…
Flying catamaran action gets under way on Murcia’s unique semi-landlocked sea tomorrow with the final and deciding round of the 2021 GC32 Racing Tour. The Mar Menor is a 170km² salt water lagoon located on Spain’s Costa Calida, where the…
Lazarus Capital Partners entered into its first 18ft Skiff sponsorship last year when the company supported a young team having its first season in the class at the Australian 18 Footers League on Sydney Harbour. The company actively encouraged the…
Sail Sydney is Australia’s premier regatta for ‘Off the Beach’ dinghy classes. Held annually on the waters of Sydney Harbour, this year’s Sail Sydney will take place from Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 December 2021. Woollahra Sailing Club is proud…
France’s Pauline Courtois, Bronze medallist at the 2019 Women’s Match Racing World Championship, on Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team took gold in emphatic style at this year’s World Championship on home waters in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. Starting strongly, Match in…
SailGP today announced a new partnership with KPMG Australia, which sees the leading professional service firm become presenting partner of the Australia Sail Grand Prix. The international racing event will take place on December 17-18 on Sydney Harbour. One of…
Mallorca, Spain: With two solid wins, Hasso Plattner’s South African flagged Phoenix team lead the Rolex TP52 World Championship and move to the top of the overall 52 Super Series leaderboard. With Tom Slingsby and Cameron Dunn combining on tactics…
Nine of the highest calibre grand prix sailing tacticians in world sailing took to the stage at the Real Club Nautical de Palma in Mallorca this evening to officially launch the Rolex TP52 World Championships. The event will also decide…
It is with great sadness that the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania acknowledges the passing of Greg ‘Enzo’ Prescott, one of Tasmania’s most accomplished yachtsmen. Enzo had a decorated sailing career with achievements across the globe including 29 Sydney to…
Ideal weather conditions for the first race of the 2021/22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series helped competitors dust off the cobwebs after many hit the water for the first time in months following the NSW Covid-19 lockdown. The series is…
Race 1 of the Australian 18 Footers League’s Club Championship produced an amazing finish when the current national champion Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Lewis Brake and Luke Parkinson, grabbed victory just metres from the finish line on Sydney Harbour today. When…
Act 3 of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup came to a close on Sunday in Cagliari with an action packed final race that saw DutchSail, Team Argentina and Team France on the podium. With only one race held today, the…
Winds on the Bay of Palma proved just a little too fresh and the racing schedule was cut short on the third and final day of the 17th edition of the 80 boat PalmaVela regatta. But most classes enjoyed at least…
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club is looking forward to welcoming all yachts from across the spectrum, club cruiser/racers to grand prix racing machines, to battle it out under the ORC Rating Rule in the Pittwater Regatta 2022. Additionally, divisions will…
Cagliari: The last knockout round of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup Act 3 was completed today, with Young Azzurra leading the fleet to enter the finals. As scheduled, the first three races of the finals were also held today and…
Long-time Sydney Hobart commentator and legendary Rugby Union caller Gordon Bray has been announced as the host of the 2021 Australian Sailing Awards. The Awards event will be delivered digitally in 2021, with all award winners being announced during a…
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