Four Aussie Teams currently in the top 10 after Day 2 of Onsite Qualifying at the Hobie 16 Worlds. A strong breeze meant four more races were completed in two sessions today. The first session was sailed in 18-20 knots…
Hobie 16 World’s Day 2
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SailGP making progress on Women’s Pathway anniversary
Andalucĺa-Cádiz, Spain: In a landmark year for women’s sport across the world, SailGP will celebrate its own milestone in the quest for gender equity this week at the Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía – Cádiz presented by NEAR. The…
Aspire wins three from three in Cannes
Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi) has made it four wins in a row at the 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes after two more race wins on Thursday, with just one…
Golden Globe: A game of snakes and ladders
Damien Guillou, the French favourite for the Golden Globe Race made it through the Lanzarote Rubicon Marina film drop under his biggest spinnaker on a tight reach, this morning after a wind vane repair returning to Les Sables d’Olonne had…
Hobie 16 World’s Day 1
2022 Hobie 16 World Championships Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, Spain Day 1 Onsite Qualifying -Testing conditions on the first day of the onsite qualifier. More wave than wind made surf launching a challenge today as boats left shore. Winds…
Entry opens for 2022 Sydney Short Ocean Racing Champs
Entry for the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) is open and along with the Notice of Race, can be found online at the official site, with some competitors already preparing to rekindle old rivalries when Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s…
Hobie 16 World’s: Four new champions crowned
Day 3 Women/Youth/Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters Division The final day of this series delivered champion Hobie sailing conditions. Four more races were completed over two sessions today, concluding the series. On the water the sailors were energized going…
Aspire wins on wild and windy Wednesday in Cannes
On the second day of the 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes, Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi) has extended its lead to two points over Otto (NOR 68, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen,…
AC40 Up up and away
Auckland – 21st September 2022 It was up up and away on a very successful maiden sail for Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC40 on the familiar waters of the ‘back paddock’ between Auckland’s Waiheke Island and Howick Beachlands. After a…
History of 18 Footer League’s spectator ferry
Eighty-seven years of continuous tradition will continue next month when the Australian 18 Footers League’s iconic 18 footer spectator ferry will again follow all the club’s racing on Sydney Harbour. On Sunday, October 16, the League will conduct Race 1…
One month to go to World Para Sailing Champs
Japan will make Para Sailing history in just 30 days by hosting its first simultaneous Para World Sailing Championship with the Hansa Class Asia Pacific Championship on 20-23 October in Hiroshima Bay. Over 120 sailors from eleven countries will compete…
Ride for the Future report
Cadiz, 20 September 2022 – At first light on Monday, 12 September, Canada SailGP Team athlete Isabella Bertold set off from Saint-Tropez on her Factor road bike to travel over 1,100 km to Cadiz, Spain, the location of the upcoming…
New AC40 tow test behind Hydrogen powered Chase Zero
Auckland – 20th September 2022 The exciting new AC40 that will be used to pave the way for women and youth into the America’s Cup has touched the water for the first time in Auckland today with Emirates Team New…
Hobie 16 Worlds: Mixed fleets Day 2
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona: The afternoon thermal on the Gulf of Roses just keeps delivering and lumpy and bumpy was the theme of the day. Early in the racing, the breeze was a bit stronger 12-14 knots but waned…
Boating Industry Academy established
The Boating Industry Association (BIA) has partnered with the Australian Industry Trade College (AITC) to establish the Boating Industry Academy, the first industry-driven program for high school students wishing to pursue a career in the boating and marine industries. The…
Golden Globe Race is a game
Lanzarote: The 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race made history delivering the first ever solo non- stop unassisted voyage around the world. Nine started, one finished, one died, one boat was lost. The legend of this amazing adventure was born….
Gosford Sailing Club Celebrates 90 Years
In September 2022, Gosford Sailing Club is celebrating its 90 year anniversary. After commencing as the Gosford Rowing, Sailing and Motor Club in 1932, then the Gosford and Brisbane Water Aquatic Club, it was named the Gosford Sailing Club in…
GGR entrant on rocks at night in Canaries
– Guy deBoer (USA) crashes into rocks at night on the north coast of Fuerteventura, Las Palmas in the Canaries, his yacht now stranded but he is safe. Salvage under investigation.– Simon Curwen (UK) , Tapio Lehtinen (FIN) , Pat…
Rolex Swan Cup – Final Day Video
Sensational Rolex Swan Cup concludes the 2022 ClubSwan Racing season. Congratulations to the overall winners of the 2022 Rolex Swan Cup. MAXI CLASS🥇 Swan 90 | FREYA | Donald Macpherson MINI MAXI CLASS🥇 Swan 601 | FLOW | Stephen Cucchiaro…
A final day of spectacular sailing rounds off the Rolex Swan Cup
Winners of the Rolex Swan Cup in their respective categories: Freya, Flow, Mascalzone Latino XXXIII, Crilia, Balthasar, G Spot, Nadir, Blue Sky Porto Cervo, 18 September 2022. The 21st edition of the Rolex Swan Cup concluded today with another day…
Corinthian Yacht Club Wins 2022 Resolute Cup With a Perfect Final Day
NEWPORT, R.I. — After displaying remarkable consistency across a range of conditions over the first three days of the 2022 Resolute Cup, Corinthian Yacht Club of Marblehead, Mass., decided to dispense with the pleasantries. The team representing the storied northeast…
Finn Euros – Miguel Fernandez extends lead
Spain’s Miguel Fernandez Vasco has extended his lead at the 2022 Open Finn European Masters at Club Nàutic Hospitalet-Vandellòs, at Hospitalet de l’Infant, Spain, after a long day on Thursday with two more races eventually sailed. Laurent Hay from France…
Hobie 16 Worlds in Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona
Day 1 Master’s Division – Day 1 of racing got underway at the 2022 Hobie 16 world championships with the 38 teams competing in the masters division. The Hobie 16 world championships are composed of multiple preliminary events starting with…
IRC pleases all at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
PRESS RELEASE: 15 September 2022 The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup once again proved that the RORC/UNCL’s IRC rating system is thriving at one of the most prestigious events in the sailing calendar. This year’s event, organised by the Yacht Club…
IMOCA crews set their sights on a new era of ocean racing
The five IMOCA teams who have so far signed up to compete in The Ocean Race 2022-23 have moved into the final stages of their preparation for the class’ first ever fully-crewed race around the world. All five crews are…
Miguel Fernandez takes early lead at Finn Europeans in Spain
Spain’s Miguel Fernandez Vasco has taken the early lead in the 2022 Open Finn European Masters at Club Nàutic Hospitalet-Vandellòs, at Hospitalet de l’Infant, Spain. Laurent Hay from France is second with Paul McKenzie from Australia in third. Hay and…
Rolex Swan Cup gets serious
Winners of the second day are: Plis-Play, Flow, Josian, OM II, Stella Maris, G Spot, Nadir, Blue Sky. Porto Cervo, 14 September 2022. The second day of the Rolex Swan Cup kicked off on schedule at 12 midday for boats…
2022 Hobie 16 World Championships Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, Spain
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, September 15-29, 2022 – The 2022 Hobie 16 World Championships head to Europe after a 25-year hiatus. Following our last world championship event in 2019, there was a strong desire to return to Europe, however…
Perfect first day for 21st Rolex Swan Cup
Porto Cervo, 13 September 2022. The Costa Smeralda put on its very best show for the first day of the Rolex Swan Cup, with a fresh south-easterly breeze blowing at around 12 knots and increasing to 15 providing the entire…
OK Dinghy – A look at trends and equipment in the class
With more OK Dinghies built in each of the last three years than in any year dating back to 1980, it is abundantly clear this timeless class is in a very healthy state. This was highlighted by the 109 boat…
Women skippers get behind 50th ‘Westcoaster’
Seasoned and respected women sailors are among those so far signed up to compete in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race – or ‘The Westcoaster’, as it is simply known to most –…
Commissioning the AC40 for Take Off
The first AC40 off the production line was unloaded from its ship and transported into the Emirates Team New Zealand base in a typically understated fashion last week. The boat represents a number of things for the Team and the…
SB20 Worlds – Will Sargent wins Youth title
The best youth team title went to Ares from Tasmania, who finished 7th overall. Congratulations, Will, Eddie, Ed and Eirni, you’ve showed us some great sailing having scored two bullets in this competitive international fleet! Regatta Wrap-Up: What a week…
Final Day of the TF35 Malcesine Cup
Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard’s Spindrift wins the TF35 Malcesine Cup after a beautiful four-race day on Lake Garda. For the young crew onboard, this is their first win in the TF35 fleet, and helm Guichard couldn’t have been prouder…
SailGP – Inaugural event win for U.S. team in France
SAINT-TROPEZ – September 11, 2022 – Jimmy Spithill has led his United States SailGP Team to his first ever SailGP victory, prevailing in light winds at the Range Rover France Sail Grand Prix in Saint-Tropez. In the final he battled…
GLOBE40 3rd leg starts
FROM THE INDIAN TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN: ANOTHER LENGTHY PASSAGE FOR THE GLOBE40 Today saw the GLOBE40 crews take the start of the 3rd leg of the event; another substantial leg worth a coefficient 3, which will take the sailors…
Perfect conditions at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Mistral winds at 16 to 22 knots gifted the fleet sailing at the 32nd edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo with a day of perfect conditions. The Race Committee announced yesterday that the start of racing…
Australia focussed on winning SailGP in St Tropez
France: Tom Slingsby is focused on steering his Australian SailGP Team back onto the winning path this weekend in St Tropez, after acknowledging that the team’s performance has slipped at recent events. Slingsby, the Australia Driver and CEO said: “Our…
Finn European titles up for grabs in Spain
The Open Finn European Masters Championship begins in Spain next week, the final major Finn championship of the year and a healthy entry list shows 72 Finn sailors from 16 nations, competing for the Masters and Open titles over a…
Golden Globe Race – Strong headwinds batter the fleet
Heavy weather and big waves impacting entrants, as low-pressure systems head towards Europe and the first entrant considers retirement. Damien Guillou (FR) sailing back to Les Sables with windvane issues- must restart before Sunday 11th 1600hrs Injuries, electrical shorts, leaks…
