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Passion, determination and skill were on display today as the curtain lifted on the opening event of what promises to be an enthralling ClubSwan Racing season. The Swan Tuscany Challenge has seen a highly competitive fleet of 20 ClubSwan 36s…
JPK Pacific is announcing a full commitment across our range of services with its connection to Innovation Composites and now Race Yachts, offering owners access to unrivalled technical, mechanical and race ready expertise pre and postproduction. As the exclusive licensee…
The famous Hyères mistral cracked in for the opening day of racing at the French Olympic Week 2022, throwing up challenges to competitors and race organisers alike. In glorious conditions much like at home, the Australian Sailing Team (AST) and…
Tim Ryan and his crew Rob Greenhalgh, Jess Grimes and Charlie Gundy on Vamos AUS1567, successfully defended their J70 Australian Championship over the Easter long weekend consistently performing in the 14 races sailed out of the Cruising Yacht Club of…
Victoria: Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club (QCYC) hosted their annual Queenscliff Cup Regatta over the Easter long weekend with the inclusion of a two-race series for female helms within the racing program, the inaugural Commodore’s Trophy. QCYC was a hub of…
Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille, the penultimate event of the International Maxi Association’s new Caribbean Maxi Challenge concluded with an impressive victory with a day to spare in the Maxi class for Jim Swartz’s Judel Vrolijk 72 Vesper….
Long Beach, California: Ian Williams (GBR) and Team Gladstone’s Long Beach have won the 57th Congressional Cup – and a fifth iconic Crimson Blazer – toppling defending champion Taylor Canfield (USA) and Stars+Stripes Team USA 3-1 in the final matches of…
PalmaVela, which lifts the curtain on the Mediterranean yacht racing season as the first major event of the year on the international regattas calendar, returns to its traditional dates early in the month of May, thanks to the Real Club…
Following yesterday’s layday festivities, competitors returned to the water for the penultimate day of Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille, third event of the International Maxi Association’s inaugural Caribbean Maxi Challenge. There was a change in complexion with the…
Great Britain’s six-time match racing world champion, Ian Williams (Team Gladstones Long Beach) and USA’s Taylor Canfield (Stars+Stripes Team USA), have advanced to the final of the 57th Congressional Cup in Long Beach, California after defeating their respective opponents Johnie…
Olympic champions Matt Wearn OAM (WA) and Tom Burton OAM (NSW) will spearhead the Australian Sailing Team (AST) when the world’s best sailors return to the Semaine Olympique Francaise – the French Olympic Week at Hyères, France (23 – 30…
When SailGP Season 3 commences on May 14 in Bermuda, it will mark an historic moment for Canadian sailing. Canada’s first-ever fully professional sailing team will be on the start line with an all-star crew on board the leading-edge F50…
Long Beach, California: Taylor Canfield (USA), Ian Williams (GBR), Johnie Berntsson (SWE) and Chris Poole (USA) have advanced to the semi-final stage in the 57th Congressional Cup, after a dicey day of sailing for the Catalina 37 fleet. Ten of the…
New York Yacht Club American Magic is set to return to Pensacola, Florida for training later this year. This marks the team’s third winter training on the Gulf Coast. In 2018, American Magic was the first America’s Cup team to…
The Mediterranean maxi season gets underway tomorrow with the opening day of racing at the Portofino Regate di Primavera taking place out of the picturesque Ligurian hamlet where the Yacht Club Italiano has a clubhouse. The event is organised by…
Long Beach, California: Taylor Canfield, and his Stars+Stripes Team USA crew finished day two of the 57th Congressional Cup ahead of the leaderboard with 10 points in the qualifying round of the regatta. Past Congressional Cup champions Ian Williams, GBR (Team…
Monday and Tuesday’s brisk easterlies eased to the high teens for day three of maxi racing at the Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille, the third event of the International Maxi Association’s new Caribbean Maxi Challenge. However the elements…
Long Beach, California: A morning of fanfare: an evening of glitz. And in between — five hours of high-octane sailing. The 57th Congressional Cup kicked off today with a bookend of exciting events including a rededication of the racecourse with local…
On winding coastal courses resembling those around the Costa Smeralda, but with a sizeable Atlantic swell added to the mix, day two of Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille took place in similarly challenging conditions to yesterday with a…
The Lake Macquarie City Council 58th Sabot National Championship and Paul Stivano Sabot Week, was held 9-12 April 2022 on Lake Macquarie, NSW at Teralba Amateur Sailing Club. The annual Sabot event caters for all levels of sailing skill, with…
Cowes: Classic Solent conditions prevailed for the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s first inshore regatta of the 2022 season. After eight thrilling races, IRC class winners for the RORC Easter Challenge were: Ian Atkins’ GP42 Dark N Stormy (IRC 1), The Army…
The International Maxi Association’s Caribbean Maxi Challenge resumes tomorrow with its third event, Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille. Based out of Gustavia in the paradise French Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy, the event has bounced back, after a…
William ‘Bill’ Fisher was a foundation member of the 18 Footers League and sailed his boat Australia in the Club’s first race. After coming to the new League from the Sydney Flying Squadron (SFS) following a split between the SFS…
Cowes: The Easter treats continued for close to 300 hundred sailors taking part in the RORC Easter Challenge as fabulous sailing conditions continued in the Solent for Day 2 of the regatta when some boats moved up the board and…
Cowes: The first day of the RORC Easter Challenge was blessed with sparkling conditions in the Solent, with a light gradient breeze from the south east building during the day to over 10 knots of pressure, while brilliant sunshine throughout…
Gorgeous conditions greeted sailors on day two of the 2022 Waszp European Games at Mar Menor, Spain. The movers and shakers on the leaderboard are Nick Zeltner from Switzerland coming back from an 18th on day one to lead the…
New York Yacht Club American Magic is pleased to share two additions to the team’s leadership for the 37th America’s Cup: Luis Saenz Mariscal and Jon Persch. Mariscal has an extensive history working for the America’s Cup. Jon brings a…
Five of Switzerland’s top female athletes will join the Switzerland SailGP Team throughout Season 3. They will form part of the overall Swiss team and take part in training and racing throughout the season alongside the core team of Sébastien…
Stay tuned for all the high octane action coming out of the glamour foiling venue that is Mar Menor, Spain. A strong fleet will compete in the Waszp European Games that begins today, April 13 and will run through until…
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have launched Live Ocean Racing – a platform that brings together a talented and diverse team to compete at the highest level. The establishment of the racing team is a continuation of the pair’s intention…
The Tunisian Olympic sailor Eya Guezguez has died in a training accident at the age of 17, the International Olympic Committee has announced. Guezguez, who represented Tunisia at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Games, was sailing with her twin sister, Sarra,…
As so often happens in yacht racing, the story is denied a fitting finish due to a lack of wind when it’s needed most. And it was certainly the case at Sail Port Stephens today, with a predicted 10-knot sou’easter…
An extremely determined Australian Sailing Team athlete, Matt Wearn OAM, was at his best in the ILCA 7 Medal Race at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma on Saturday local time, showing the same grit that won him Gold at…
Palma Bay witnessed 10 Gold medal winning performances on Saturday 9 April, the concluding day of the Trofeo Sofía Mallorca. With 1,015 competitors, this regatta made for a glorious start to the Hempel Sailing World Cup Circuit of 2022. This…
The best laid schemes of mice, men and race committees often go awry, especially in the fluid environment of yacht racing, and Day 6 of Sail Port Stephens 2022 was one of those days. Plans were announced at the morning…
Day 5 of the Princess Sofia Trophy was make or break time for Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes competing in Palma, where Western Australians, Matt Wearn in the ILCA 7 and Elyse Ainsworth in the…
Three gold medals have been decided in favour of Italy, Netherlands and Canada ahead of time at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Trophy, Mallorca, the opening regatta of the Hempel Sailing World Cup Circuit for 2022. In this first major Olympic…
Pessimists were predicting showers and light winds but the optimists and opportunists seized the day as the Pantaenius Sail Port Stephens Trophy Series and NSW Yachting Championships got off to a mostly bright and breezy start. The eight-strong TP52 fleet…
As expected, Peter Harburg’s super maxi Black Jack made the best of the start in Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race this afternoon. Due to start at 1pm off Barrenjoey Headland, signalling…
On Day 4 of the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma, the ILCA 6, ILCA 7, 470 Mixed, 49er, 49er FX and Nacra 17 classes moved into the Finals stage and multiple athletes from the Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian…
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