Rex, the ORMA60 trimaran previously known as New Zealand’s Team Vodafone, has bettered the previous race record, set by Beau Geste MOD70 in 2019, by more than an hour in this year’s City Winery Brisbane to Gladstone Multihull Yacht Race….
Expectations and entries are running high as the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) prepares to host its 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, with Cam McKenzie and Nigel Jones’ recently purchased J/111, Ginan, marking the occasion by being the 50th entry. …
More than 60 sailors from across Sydney Harbour gathered last night at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron to celebrate the conclusion of the 2021-22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series (SHWKS). The evening started in the Carabella Room with a Q&A…
Two months ago, a dejected French photographer, Christophe Favreau believed that he probably wasn’t going to make it to Sydney for the JJ Giltinan 18 footer Championship in 2022 because of the COVID-19 restrictions, which were being placed on international…
World Sailing has announced the creation of a brand-new event, the U25 Para Sailing World Championship, as part of the governing body’s commitment to increase participation and inclusivity throughout the sport. The inaugural edition will take place on the waters of…
The final Season 2 episode of SailGP’s docuseries ‘Racing on the Edge’ covers the Grand Final weekend in San Francisco that had everything, from dramatic collisions to challenging conditions, to a whale interrupting the winner-take-all race for $1 million. The…
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…
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…
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…
The Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) is pleased to confirm that the notice of race for 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race is available online and yachts may already register their participation. Last year’s race attracted 114 yachts, a remarkable achievement given the ongoing backdrop…
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…
French skipper Paul Meilhat will fulfil a lifelong dream in January 2023 when he leads Biotherm across the starting line of The Ocean Race on the waters off Alicante, Spain. Meilhat and his team will be racing one 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…
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…
With nine months to the start of the 2023 Cape to Rio race, the entries are starting to mount up and the race organisers confirmed that there are still a number of boats who are finalising plans and possible entries. Faros, a…
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…
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…
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…
Auckland, New Zealand: It has been a few weeks since the last Team New Zealand Project Speed update and in that time things have been coming together well and with speed. As the clock ticks down to any launch time,…
This year the world’s leading photo competition dedicated to competitive sailing is proud to launch its 13th edition. Professional photographers from all over the world are invited to submit their best image for the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image. Photos must…
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 Maritime Trail 2022 was held for the second time by the Australian Wooden Boat Festival Inc. The trail included tours of several stunning boatyards across Southern Tasmania, as well as nautical and maritime themed workshops in these beautiful boatyards….
The first Saffier 33 UD just landed in Sydney, Australia and some of the team at Eyachts took her out for the first shakedown sail. Although this is the previous generation Saffier 33 it was amazing to get a feel…
Current weather predictions point to a thrilling and colourful spinnaker start and fast 308 nautical miles for the 38 offshore racing yachts and crews contesting Gladstone Ports Corporation’s 74th annual Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race which sets sail on Good Friday, April 15…
Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club has joined forces with the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria and Australian Sailing She Sails Victoria with an exciting new initiative for women’s sailing. Aimed to swing the focus for both novice and more experienced female…
After taking line honours and setting a new race record in the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race yesterday, Peter Harburg’s 100ft Black Jack has today been declared the overall winner of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s…
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…
Just one week after Emirates Team New Zealand christened their hydrogen-powered foiling catamaran ‘Chase Zero’, the 10m prototype was up and foiling around Waitematā Harbour in Auckland today. Chase Zero has been progressing through a highly measured and stringent commissioning…
Shifty winds on Day 3 of the Princess Sofia Trophy produced a mixed bag of results for the Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes competing in Palma, the best results coming from the ILCA 6 and…
Queensland has Surfers Paradise, NSW has Sailors Paradise. It’s located just outside the headlands of Port Stephens, where a cluster of Hawaiian-style islands from the set of Jurassic Park create an idyllic racecourse for yachts competing in the Sail Port…
Over the last six months, the SP80 team have been coordinating a critical stage of the adventure with the construction of their boat. This spaceship-like sailboat has been designed to reach 80 knots (150km/h), shattering the world sailing speed record….
After traveling to Belmont 16s Skiff Club, Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club, Drummoyne Sailing Club, and Jervis Bay Sailing Club for the first three rounds of the NSW Cherub Championship, the fourth and final round of the Championship was…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. In her latest blog post, Blair finally manages…
In less than six weeks, Switzerland SailGP Team will make its racing debut at SailGP and today they announce four new recruits who will race under the Swiss flag in the global racing league. The Swiss team is part of…
California: Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia will help Long Beach Yacht Club kick off the 57th Congressional Cup regatta with a ribbon cutting and re-dedication of Congressional Cup Stadium Tuesday April 19 at 9:00AM; while the thrilling on-the-water competition starts at…
The last race of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta on Sunday, the windward race, saw the winds calm down to a steady 18 to 20 knots with clear Caribbean skies which gave the crews a welcome break from the blustery…
Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas mastered the tough conditions best of the Australians in Palma, Mallorca on the opening day of the Princess Sofia Trophy, winning the opening race and scoring fifth in the second to be placed third overall…
Rarely has there been a view as sweet as watching 120 yachts slide down a sparkling Port Stephens under spinnaker in Race 1 of the 2022 Bannisters Port Stephens Commodores Cup. Three days earlier it was blowing 40 knots from…
Édouard De Keyser from Brussels in Belgium has dreamed of completing a long voyage by sea ever since taking part in the 1989 Mini Transat. Now that his children are becoming independent, the Global Solo Challenge opens this opportunity for…
The first race of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, Old Road, started with winds gusting up to 35 knots, but all sailors returned from racing safely, with smiles on their faces as everyone is so pleased to be back on…
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