The rising trajectory of the New Zealand SailGP Team, which topped the podium for the first time in Plymouth, has been captured in the latest episode of the league’s behind-the-scene docuseries Racing on the Edge. With unprecedented access into the…
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Denmark SailGP hits the water in Copenhagen
The Denmark SailGP Team has hit home waters ahead of the ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix, which gets underway later this week in Copenhagen. Driver Nicolai Sehested has been putting his crew through their paces as practice begins for the…
Airlie Beach Race Week: Pioneer Bay Race today
With another light on for breeze weather forecast today, the record fleet of 178 boats competing at the 34th Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) will shift gears as the much anticipated Bay Race, which normally occurs on the final day,…
Ant Arctic Lab – circumnavigation has begun
Les Sables d’Olonne, 15th August 2022 Skipper Norbert Sedlacek Koch has set sails to accomplish his ANT ARCTIC LAB record challenge, to sail around the world nonstop, single-handed, without assistance through all five oceans including the most dangerous oceans on…
ILCA 4 Youth World Championships – Day 1
Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today in each fleet at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by Vilamoura Sailing. All 426 boats launched efficiently in under 45 minutes for a smooth start to the day. The…
Round Britain & Ireland Race – Joy & pain on assent to Muckle Flugga
Monday 15 August, 2022: After nine days of racing 21 teams are still competing in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race. All bar three of those teams have rounded St Kilda, the isolated Scottish archipelago in the North Atlantic….
What is the most dangerous sector in low pressure system?
The Global Solo Challenge starts in September. This will be a non-stop, single-handed race around the world. Boats will be starting based on handicap, with the first starters off on 2nd September and the last ones on 28th October. First…
Video from final day of 505 Worlds in Cork
The final day delivered with picture book conditions, 3 races and great sailing… If you’ve never seen a Pathfinder start, have a look at the start of the video to see how to do it as well as how not…
Gold Coast Race 2022. A thinker’s game!
By Jules Hall – Owner of J/99 Disko Trooper After two years of COVID cancellations it was very special to have the Noakes Sydney to Gold Coast race back in action, and the inaugural running of the two handed division….
Team Hollywood makes it 2 from 2 at Airlie Beach Race Week
Following an hour’s delay in racing at Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) today as officials waited for the breeze to fill in, Ray Roberts and his Team Hollywood (NSW) added a further win to their Day 1 victory to take…
Airlie Beach Race Week: Wind gods make call – racing abandoned
On Day 2 of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), competitors in the record fleet of 178 boats were initially held ashore, as organisers Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) monitored a very light and variable breeze, but eventually all headed out to…
Charlie Cumbley lifts 2022 OK Dinghy World title
Charlie Cumbley from Britain has won the 2022 OK Dinghy World Championship after a stressful final day in Marstrand, Sweden, while Niklas Edler (SWE) took Silver with Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR) taking Bronze. No more races were possible on the…
NEAR Misses: Best of Season 2 | SailGP
It’s Friday night, so grab a beer or a Chardy and enjoy the action! With racing this close, there is never any shortage of NEAR misses. Relive some of the best close calls of SailGP Season 2, brought to you…
Guy Sails Into A Dock
Turns out, rushing around the cockpit hysterically doesn’t make for better sailing. This article appeared during the week on Cruising World by David Blake Fischer. I’m sure we can all relate to the words, either directly or indirectly! Have a…
Round Britain & Ireland Race – Day 5
Day Five, 11 August 2022: All of the fleet in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race are now racing along the West Coast of Ireland. Progress continues to be slow but the beautiful, rugged coast is providing stunning vistas….
OK Dinghy Worlds – Day 4
The 2022 OK Dinghy World Championship is going down to the wire with just 0.4 points separating Briain’s Charlie Cumbley and Sweden’s Niklas Edler after two more races were completed on Thursday in Marstrand, Sweden. Denmark’s Jens Eckardt led all…
OK Dinghy Worlds – Day 3
Charlie Cumbley, from Britain, has consolidated his lead on the third day of the 2022 OK Dinghy World Championship in Marstrand, Sweden, to take a three point lead at the top from Sweden’s Thomas Hansson-Mild, with Norway’s Lars Johan Brodtkorb,…
One year until 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships
On 10 August 2023, 1,400 of the world’s best sailors will take to the waters of the port of Scheveningen in The Hague, The Netherlands, for two life-changing prizes. First, the World Championship title, which has been held by many…
OK Dinghy Worlds – Day 2
Charlie Cumbley, from Britain, has taken the lead on the second day of the 2022 OK Dinghy World Championship in Marstrand, Sweden, after winning both races on Tuesday. Sweden’s Thomas Hansson-Mild remains in second, while Norway’s Lars Johan Brodtkorb drops…
Round Britain & Ireland Race – Day 3
The international fleet in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race is now in the Celtic Sea heading for the West Coast of Ireland. Pip Hare’s IMOCA Medallia has raced 217 miles in the last 24 hours and is just…
When were yacht racing handicap rules invented?
This article by Dave Proctor was recently posted on the Global Solo Challenge website and makes a very interesting read. Enjoy: One of the biggest problems the World’s yachting race organisers have faced is, how can you devise a system…
Sydney 38 sailors in a class of their own
Sydney 38’s and their sailors really are in a class of their own; the proof is in the pudding with the likes of Thierry Leseigneur’s Eye Candy taking out IRC and ORCi honours in the Groupama Around New Caledonia Race…
OK Dinghy Worlds in Marstrand – Day 1
Lars Johan Brodtkorb, from Norway, has taken the early lead at the OK Dinghy World Championship in Marstrand, Sweden. Sweden’s Thomas Hansson-Mild is in second with Charlie Cumbley, from Britain in third. The race wins on the first day went…
505 World Champs Ireland – Day 1
The first day of racing at the 505 World Championships continued the challenging conditions we saw at the Pre-Worlds. Racing was postponed with sailors held ashore in anticipation of an afternoon seabreeze. Competitors launched around midday with the hope of…
Youth Foiling Gold Cup in Lake Garda
The 69F circuit continues with Act 4 of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup in Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy. Torbole, 8 August 2022 – Twelve international teams are getting ready to compete in Act 4 of the 69F Youth Foiling Gold…
Alinghi Red Bull Racing Christened and Ready to Fly
It has been just four months since Barcelona was announced as the venue for the 37th America’s Cup due to take place in September and October 2024 and as a mark of how seriously the challengers are gearing up for…
Leaders past The Lizard in Round Britain & Ireland Race
The boat speed has ramped up in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race with the two IMOCAs in the race wicked up and closing in on The Isles of Scilly. The Class40s are yet to taste full downwind conditions…
Aussies 2nd at 49er Junior World Championship
Lake Como, Italy – The 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 fleets completed the biggest ever Junior World Championship for each of the classes. A total of 140 teams from 30 nations are racing in the 2022 edition from Lago di…
Round Britain & Ireland Race has begun
Cowes, UK: 7 August, 2022: The 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race started on time from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line in Cowes at midday on Sunday 7th August. The international fleet got away for the non-stop 1,805-mile race…
18ft Skiffs-Lazarus wins for Australia
The Lazarus team of Marcus Ashley-Jones, Angus Williams and Phil Marshall became the 2022 Mark Foy Trophy 18 footer champion when it defeated a 16-boat fleet on Italy’s Lake Garda. A 4-boat team representing the Australian 18 Footers League took…
Horonuku has landed
Horonuku has arrived safely in Australia, clearing customs this week in Adelaide after its journey via sea from Auckland over the past month or so. As sure as the sun rises each day, Landspeed pilot, Glenn Ashby, was there to…
505 Pre-Worlds start Friday
The pre-Worlds for the International 505 class start Friday 5 August, in Crosshaven Ireland. Sailing from the Worlds oldest yacht club, conditions look challenging… Australia is very well represented at this regatta, with 9 out of the 79 entries. The…
Sailor Survives Overnight in an Air Pocket in Capsized Yacht
Against all odds, a French sailor in his 60s survived inside of a capsized sailing yacht off the coast of Galicia, Spain overnight Monday, breathing from an air pocket until Spanish rescue divers reached him the following afternoon. At about…
Copa del Rey – moving into the finals
As the 40th Copa del Rey MAPFRE passed today into the Finals stage many of the class leads are cut right back to one or two points which should ensure an exciting finale on Saturday. Today sees seven of the…
2023 Australian O’pen Skiff Champs
Hey O’pen Skiff sailors,This is a quick heads up from the AUS O’pen Skiff Association to let you know that the Notice of Race and Online entries are now open. We’re heading to South of Perth YC this time from…
Double-handers targeting 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race glory
Amid the double-handed entries already received for the 2022 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, there are some serious contenders for the Heemskerk Trophy, awarded to the overall winner of the race each year. Being the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s…
Halfway point in the Globe40’s longest leg
On Wednesday (3rd August), the front runners in the GLOBE40 round the world yacht race reached the halfway point in this second leg having covered 3,600 miles since setting sail from Cape Verde on Sunday 17 July, which equates to…
Copa del Rey moves into the Finals stage
As the 40th Copa del Rey MAPFRE passes from the Preliminary Series which finished today to the three day Finals there are winners and losers as the points scores carried forwards are those of the Preliminary finishing position. Palma, 3th…
Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race – 32 teans in
The Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race starts at midday on Sunday 7th August. Thirty-two teams from around the world will be racing, equalling the record entry for the non-stop version of the tough 1,805nm race. Organised by the Royal…
Entries open for 2022 International Cadet Worlds in Melbourne
EVENT: 2022 International Cadet World Championships CLUB: Royal Yacht Club of Victoria DATES: 19 December 2022 – 2 January 2023 AUTHOR: Harry Fisher – harry@downundersail.com Entries are now open for the 2022 International Cadet World Championships, to be held at…
