Groupama Race
The Calm After the Storm The trade winds have settled in New Caledonia and the fleet have continued to enjoy the calmer conditions. The majority of the fleet are now around the North of the Island and heading upwind for…
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Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race cancelled
The Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race has been cancelled due to the size of boats competing, and the amount of water at the entrance to Keppel Bay Marina or Rosslyn Bay Boat Harbour. “The water is only 1.1m at…
Grinders or Cyclors for the Next AC75s
When Emirates Team New Zealand arrived in Bermuda in 2017 for the 35th America’s Cup, they spectacularly wrong-footed their rivals when they unveiled a mini peloton of four “cyclors” pumping away on a row of fixed bikes instead of a…
Kiel Week winners from five nations
The first Kiel Week 2022 winners have been determined and saw four Germans, three Danes and a Norwegian plus Hungarians and Kiwis in front in the international classes. The Gold Cup in the Folkboats was won by Søren Kæstel, Erik…
52 SUPER SERIES
Runners Up Twice Today, Quantum Racing Open Strong in Cascais at the Rolex TP52 World Championship. Racing in winds which were much lighter than Cascais has built its reputation for, Doug DeVos US flagged Quantum Racing has the early lead…
Persico 69F Cup
The GP2.1 Persico 69F Cup, a three-day highly competitive event in one of the best race courses in the Mediterranean, Puntaldia, has just ended, crowning Fin1Racing team for the third GP in a row. Allan Norregaard, Janne Jarvinen and Iago…
Dame Ellen MacArthur enters Round the Island Race
Dame Ellen MacArthur is set to sail alongside young people supported by her cancer charity after confirming she will take part in this year’s Round the Island Race on Saturday 25th June. The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust has been the…
CYCA Members take on New Caledonia Groupama Race
Good luck to CYCA Members Geoff Hill and Ian Edwards, who are taking on the 654 nautical mile New Caledonia Groupama Race. Geoff, a 30-Year CYCA Member, leads the monohull charge on his Santa Cruz 72, Antipodes. Antipodes has been…
HMPE Rope Lifeline amendment
An amendment to the Special Regulations now allows HMPE ropes (such as Dyneema) to be used as lifelines in category 4 to 7 monohulls and all categories for multihulls. This presents new challenges for Equipment Auditors. Category 4 – 7…
Pro Sailing Tour 2022
It’s time for round two of offshore racing’s most exciting new competition! Seven Ocean Fifty foiling trimarans that regularly see speeds of up to 42 knots are converging on Brest in Finistère, Brittany, this week for Episode 2 of the…
Day 3 at Kiel Weel
WWW in Schilksee – Waiting for wind and weather was the name of the game on the third day of the Kiel Week regatta for the crews in the ten international classes and for the offshore yachts: Thunderstorm cells around…
Rolex TP52 World Championship
The second event of the 52 Super Series, the 2022 Rolex TP52 World Championship, will see nine teams compete at the hugely popular venue of Cascais, Portugal renowned for its strong winds and Atlantic waves for the world’s leading grand…
SASC 150TH ANNIVERSARY – 1872-2022
On Tuesday, 1st October 1872 in Tom Keary’s Hotel on the corner of William and Brougham Streets, Sydney, a meeting culminated in the formation of Sydney Amateur Sailing Club with four boats and 12 members. In 2022 we celebrate our…
Sailor Dies in Newport Bermuda Race
Captain of yacht Morgan of Marietta loses life after going overboard HAMILTON, Bermuda (June 19, 2022)— The organizers of the Newport Bermuda Race regret to report that our Fleet Communications Office for the 52nd Bermuda Race received a report of…
GWA Wingfoil World Tour 2022
ROUND FIVE: Ensis Engadinwing by Dakine GWA Wingfoil World CupWRAP-UP – Day Five Check out all the action from Day five in the highlight video below! Yesterday we saw the completion of the Men’s Surf-Freestyle which gave awesome action from…
Day 2 at Kiel Week
Strongly shifting, northerly light winds made the second day of racing at Kiel Week on Sunday (June 19) a tactical challenge for all sailors. Some sailed steeply downhill in the overall ranking after the dream day before, others climbed to…
5.5 Metre German Open concludes with no more races
After two days of great racing at the 2022 5.5 Metre German Open at the Robbe & Berking Sterling Cup at Flensburger Segel Club, the event ended on somewhat of an anticlimax on Sunday, with no sailing possible due to…
MC38 Act 4 home club victory
Event: MC38 2022 Season Act 4, June 18-19 hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club with racing on Pittwater The 2021 MC38 season champion and home club team has taken their first scalp for 2022 on Pittwater by four…
Huge Aussie fightback to win SailGP
Two-time defending and reigning SailGP champions Australia have once again proved their prowess in the three boat winner-takes-all race, after scraping into the final and emerging triumphant winners in Chicago. Tom Slingsby’s team picked up a 99% fly time in…
John ‘Woody’ Winning, 70 years young
Australian 18 Footers League President and legendary 18ft Skiff champion John ‘Woody’ Winning celebrates his 70th birthday this week but you would never know it as the dynamic ‘Woody’ prepares for his 38th season of 18 footers racing on Sydney…
Aussies recover from poor start in Chicago
Chicago: Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP Team finished the first day of racing in Chicago in fourth place, despite the team being plagued with a penalty and challenging racing conditions. The battle between the world’s top sailors erupted in Chicago, with…
Artemis wins 5.5 Metre German Open with day to spare
With four wins from seven races, Artemis (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Christen Horn Johannessen) has won the 2022 5.5 Metre German Open at the Robbe & Berking Sterling Cup at Flensburger Segel Club with a day to spare….
Kiel Week starts with 42 brilliant races
Medium to fresh westerly winds on a summer day of 23 degrees gave the 128th Kiel Week in its 140th year a picture-perfect sailing start on Saturday local time. On seven courses plus the Eel Regatta for offshore yachts to…
Shots fired by GBR SailGP skipper Ben Ainslie
Chicago: Great Britain Driver Ben Ainsle has demonstrated the ‘ashes on water’ rivalry is fiercer than ever, firing warning shots at Tom Slingsby’s Australian SailGP Team ahead of the T-Mobile United States Sail Grand Prix I Chicago at Navy Pier….
Jeff Loosemore wins Laser Masters
2022 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships Presented by Paradise Village Group – Final Day Vallarta, Mexico – Although Hurricane Blas threatened to steal the breeze, the wind gods prevailed on Banderas Bay for the final day of the ILCA 6…
5.5 Metre German Open underway
The 5.5 Metre class returned to Glücksburg this weekend for the 2022 5.5 Metre German Open, sailed as part of the Robbe & Berking Sterling Cup at Flensburger Segel Club where the crew of Helly Hansen were the standouts. Thirteen…
SailGP returns to Sydney Harbour
SYDNEY, Australia – 17 June, 2022 – Together with the New South Wales Government, Sydney has secured the rights to host the most exciting racing on-water, SailGP, for three consecutive seasons. The championship will return to the iconic Sydney Harbour…
2022 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships – Day 5
Vallarta, Mexico – Moving west off the southern coast of Mexico, Hurricane Blas left its mark on the penultimate day of racing at the 2022 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships. Although the storm is moving safely away from Banderas Bay,…
Four new teams join GC32 Racing Tour
Following the opening event of the GC32 Racing Tour’s ninth season in Riva del Garda, the World Sailing-approved foiling catamaran circuit moves on to Portugal for the first of two events in Lagos. The Algarve venue, 10km away from Cape…
GWA Wingfoil World Tour – Day 2
ROUND TWO: Ensis Engadinwing by Dakine GWA Wingfoil World CupWRAP-UP – Day Two Wednesday’s focus was on the Surf-Slalom heats. Crew and athletes headed down to St Moritz where the skippers’ meeting took place at 10.30am. Although the early hours…
SailGP Penalty League
TOP OFFENDERS (GBR) AND CLEANEST TEAMS (AUS) FROM SEASON 2 REVEALED The teams that picked up the most and least amount of penalties throughout Season 2 have been revealed ahead of the T-Mobile U.S Sail Grand Prix | Chicago at…
SailGP Season 3 opener
SailGP’s ‘Racing on the Edge’ reviews the new season of SailGP, new season of Racing on the Edge in partnership with Rolex. The behind-the-scenes docuseries kicks off with a look back at the Season 3 opener in Bermuda, where a…
Confidence high for Aussies heading into Kiel
Kiel Week, now in its 141st year, is set to feature outstanding levels of competition in both existing and new classes for the Australian Sailing Team and Australian Sailing Squad. This year’s iteration runs from June 18th-26th and will see…
2022 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships – Day 4
Vallarta, Mexico – Two races were competed today, for another stunning day of sailing at the 2022 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships. Sailors arrived refreshed after yesterday’s lay day, but most ended the day tired and happy after two races…
Slow-mo Rolex Giraglia offshore race
“More food, more water, more sun cream, more good jokes to tell!” was the preparation mantra for French sailing ace Gérald Véniard, tactician on Benoît de Froidmont’s Wally 60 Wallyño, going into today’s start of what most predict will be…
GWA Wingfoil World Tour
ROUND TWO: Engadinwing by Dakine Event Begins and Day one is complete! We’re back for the second GWA Wingfoil World Tour event of the year and this week sees us in the iconic Swiss Alps for the Ensis Engadinwing by Dakine…
18ft Skiffs: Mark Foy Trophy 2022
When the 2022 Mark Foy Trophy international 18 footer skiff regatta is contested on Lake Garda, Italy from July 18-20, it will become the 14th regatta of the championship series to honour the name of the man who was the…
Have what it takes to be an America’s Cup SPY?
Ever since the winged keel in ’83, the reconnaissance game has been part and parcel of every Cup, with teams using spies armed with long lenses to get an insight into what design direction competitors are heading in and if…
Rolex Giraglia 2022
Saint-Tropez lived up to its reputation and delivered magnificent conditions for the fleet of boats taking part in the final day of inshore racing, while all is set for tomorrow’s start of the “long race”. The Gulf of Saint-Tropez once…
2022 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships – Day 3
Vallarta, Mexico – Two races were completed today at the ILCA 6 Masters World Championships in Riviera Nayarit, Nueveo Vallarta, Mexico. A perfect day of sailing developed after a marginal forecast for the third day. The race committee went out…
