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The excitement among competitors was palpable along the quayside on Thursday morning as crews prepared for the first race of the Swan One Design Worlds in St Tropez. After the fun of Wednesday night’s opening ceremony, it was game on…
Despite the uncertainty around the Covid-19 pandemic situation in Sydney, the Australian 18 Footers League has been moving ahead at full speed in preparation for its 87th season of 18ft skiff racing on Sydney Harbour. As the club’s opening race of…
Only one race was scheduled on the third day of the 2021 Finn World Masters on Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain. Anthony Nossiter, from Australia, led from start to finish in the light winds only to find he’d been black flagged…
Saint Tropez is hosting the Swan One Design Worlds, with a record of 41 boats from 18 different nations lined up along the quay in the historic old harbour. The contrast between this historic port and the cutting-edge ClubSwan race…
Bas de Waal, from the Netherlands, and Jesus Pintos, from Spain, may have won the races on the second day of the 2021 Finn World Masters on the Mar Menor, in Spain, but it was France’s Valerian Lebrun who extended…
The world’s fastest kite board racers are set to battle for the coveted Formula Kite World Championships on the Italian island of Sardinia, marking the start of the countdown to kiteboarding’s Olympic debut at the Paris 2024 Games. Over five days that promise high-intensity action, the biggest kite foil…
The final European leg of SailGP season 2 concluded in style over the weekend in Spain. Some of the best young talent in Spain converged on the Inspire Racing Circuit in Cadiz. Sailors were greeted by the best conditions of the…
The United States SailGP Team took a significant step closer to qualifying for the $1 million SailGP Grand Final last weekend, securing a second-place finish at the Spain Sail Grand Prix after avoiding a dramatic capsize by the Great Britain…
Frenchman Axel Mazella clinched victory at the third stop of the KiteFoil World Series in tricky offshore breezes that faded towards the close of the regatta’s dramatic final fourth day in Cagliari, Sardinia. The faltering breeze that dropped to 6-8kts in the last race, left Mazella swimming when his kite collapsed after not managing to…
Finn racing doesn’t get much better than the opening day of the 2021 Finn World Masters on Mar Menor, in Murcia, Spain. With 12-18 knots of wind and in 25 degrees, two races were sailed in near perfect conditions. France’s…
The home team went from hero to zero when a capsize ahead of the final day of racing in Cádiz, Andalusia, took the Spanish team out of contention for the Spain Sail Grand Prix. However, they weren’t the only team…
A last minute manoeuvre by Nico Poons’ Charisma won them the final race of the 44Cup Scarlino World Championship by a mere second, but it was the defending champions on Chris Bake’s Team Aqua that defended their title in this…
Not everyone went out for Sunday’s practice race at the 2021 Finn World Masters on the Mar Menor, in Spain, but those who did were treated to divine conditions ahead of what looks set to be a highly memorable championship….
The closing day of the Sailing Champions League Final, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, saw Finnish team Esbo Segelförening take victory and claim the title of “Best Yacht Club of the year”. The Swiss crew from Seglervereinigung…
Another day of wind, waves and cold weather meant only one race could be sailed for each fleet on the final day of racing at the ILCA Senior European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. The race committee managed to get a…
Spain: Australia’s Tom Slingsby and crew have secured their spot on the top of the leaderboard, following the first day of racing at the Cadiz Sail Grand Prix, and with the largest crowds to attend a SailGP event to-date, the…
Conditions could not have been better for day three of the 44Cup Scarlino World Championship, the fleet coming out two hours ahead of the original schedule to make the best of the breeze, which was already knocking on the door…
A most rewarding second week of Les Voiles de Saint Tropez for the maxi yachts, which concluded today with an easterly eventually filling in to provide 45 of the world’s largest sailing yachts with a last opportunity to put points…
Porto Cervo: In a long and intense second day at the Sailing Champions League, 21 races were held and eight flights are now completed, with the Swiss team from Seglervereinigung Kreuzlingen taking control of the provisional leaderboard and Finand’s Esbo…
By the time Britain’s Connor Bainbridge dons his competition shirt on the final day of racing at the KiteFoil World Series Cagliari, he will have had the dubious honour of having worn all three of the leaders’ coloured jerseys, such…
Day five finally gave the sailors what they had been waiting for at the 2021 ILCA Senior European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, as strong winds and a big swell ensured the three scheduled races were completed for the Men’s Laser…
Topaz upheld the J Class record for Class winning success at Les Voiles de Saint Tropez when she topped out a good week with a third win in a row Saturday local time, to take overall victory in the seven-strong…
Spain: The Cadiz Sail Grand Prix marks a major milestone for the Australian Team and the league, with Nina Curtis set to race on board the flying ‘Roo for the first time during racing this weekend. The sixth event of…
France’s Axel Mazella and Russia’s Denis Taradin engaged in an absorbing battle full of drama on day two of the KiteFoil World Series Cagliari, being held on the Italian resort island of Sardinia. With one victory each at the tour’s…
Porto Cervo: On the first day of racing in the Sailing Champions League Final, the YCCS organised racing within Porto Cervo Marina, and at the conclusion of 11 races, with almost three flights completed, the Finnish team on Esbo Segelförening…
Spain: With the stage set for the first ever Spain Sail Grand Prix, the port city of Cádiz is buzzing with excitement as the home team sets its sights on finishing on top of the podium. Upping the ante for…
It is a well-documented phenomenon that there can be breeze in the Rhone corridor to the west, as well as in the Gulf of Genoa to the east, yet nothing between the two and that was how the episode played…
After 30 knot winds prevented any racing on day one of the 44Cup World Championship in Scarlino, Italy, the race committee pulled out all the stops to ensure racing took place today, by bringing the start time forwards by two…
A white out and another six-hour day on the Black Sea meant race officials were only able to squeeze in one race each for the Laser and Radial classes at the ILCA European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria overnight. Both fleets…
SailGP’s road to creating a more inclusive championship reaches another milestone this weekend at the Spain Sail Grand Prix taking place in Cádiz-Andalusia. The sixth event of the season will now include six athletes on board all F50s for racing…
While the forecast indicated that it might be sailable, the opening day of this 11th RC44 World Championship was blown out with the northerly winds off Scarlino, Italy regularly reaching the high 20s and gusting into the high 30s. After a…
After Wednesday was blown out due to excess wind, day three of racing for the maxis in week two of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez nearly didn’t occur as come start time the wind remained elusive. Fortunately at around 1330, the…
Adverse wind and sea conditions meant racing could not take place on the first day of the Sailing Champions League Final. The event, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, is scheduled to run through Sunday 10…
It was another long and wavy day on the Black Sea as the 2021 ILCA Senior European Championships in Bulgaria hit the halfway point. Luke Elliott is feeling good being back in competition and knows the significance this has for…
Yacht designer Laurie Davidson, a key figure in Team New Zealand’s America’s Cup breakthrough, has died. Davidson passed away in Auckland, aged 94. He designed NZL32, better known as Black Magic, which Team New Zealand sailed to win the Auld…
Ahead of the sixth event in the global racing league’s second season in Cádiz – Andalusia, the Great Britain SailGP Team has become the first of the existing eight SailGP teams to evolve to a third party owned franchise with…
Nine teams are in Scarlino, Italy this week to contest the annual RC44 World Championship. This is fourth event of the 2021 44Cup, following Portorož, Slovenia; Marstrand, Sweden and Cowes, UK, before the circuit concludes with the 44Cup Calero Marinas…
Led by the irrepressible Charlie Egerton-Warburton, the Brewin Dolphin International Grand Prix 2022 is expected to attract the biggest ever fleet of RS Elites, to assemble in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron,…
The criteria range from driving sustainable solutions using technology and innovation to removing single-use plastics, to diversity and inclusion and using the team’s voice for good. The New Zealand SailGP Team has led the Impact League since its inception in…
The Sailing Champions League Final regatta, an event organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, will get underway tomorrow with 30 teams from all over Europe competing aboard the club’s J/70 fleet in the waters off Porto Cervo. The regatta,…
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