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Valerian Lebrun takes early lead at 2025 Finn Europeans in Naples

Posted on 09/04/2025 (09/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Valerian Lebrun, FRA at the 2025 Open Finn Europeans

Valerian Lebrun, from France, has taken the early lead at the 2025 Open Finn Europeans in Naples, Italy, after two challenging races in a very unstable breeze. Italy’s Arkadii Kistanov and Estonia’s Deniss Karpak took a win each and sit…

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Pantaenius Named Lead Partner of Yacht Racing Image Award

Posted on 08/04/2025 (08/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Pantaenius Named Lead Partner of Yacht Racing Image Award

The world’s foremost yacht racing photography competition is now known as the Pantaenius Yacht Racing Image Award. This prestigious event will be significantly enhanced by the support and passion of Pantaenius, Europe’s leading specialist in yacht and boat insurance. Hamburg and…

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Melbourne Osaka – Zero in for the last 1000 miles

Posted on 07/04/2025 (07/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
White Spirit doldrums Photo Lillian Stewart

As the Melbourne Osaka Cup enters its fifth week, the distance between the first and last starter has narrowed to just over 2000 nautical miles, with all now outside Australian waters.  In a striking contrast, Zero the Imx40 skippered by…

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Melbourne Osaka – Quick thinking averts disaster for Magellan

Posted on 07/04/2025 (07/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Magellan a Knoop 39 yacht Photo Al Dillon

In the early hours of Sunday, April 6, quick thinking and cool heads aboard Magellan averted what could have been a race-ending rig failure, just off Ambitle Island in Papua New Guinea.  The drama unfolded when the crew discovered the…

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M32 – One Final Battle in the Miami Heat

Posted on 07/04/2025 (07/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
2025 M32 Miami Winter Series wraps up

MIAMI (April 6, 2025) — 4 events. 11 teams. 16 drivers. 42 races. 1 hell of a season. The 2025 M32 Miami Winter Series wrapped today. Ryan McKillen’s Surge won the final event, while young Charlie Julien’s Rated X took…

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Emma Wilson, crowned overall winner of the Trofeo Princesa Sofia

Posted on 07/04/2025 (07/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Emma Wilson (GBR), 54th Sofia Winner

Winner of the Women’s iQFOiL windsurfing competition, Great Britain’s Emma Wilson has been crowned outright champion of 54 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels. She received the trophy after her results across the regatta produced the highest score in…

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Sizzling start to 2025 Finn season with European Championship in Naples

Posted on 07/04/2025 (07/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Defending champion and World No. 1, Alessandro Marega, ITA

Under the imposing shadow of Vesuvius, the 2025 Open and U23 Finn Europeans opens this week in the Bay of Naples, Italy, for the first time in 58 years, with 125 entries from 20 nations. Naples has a special place in…

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Sail Port Stephens 2025 Passage Series Final

Posted on 07/04/2025 (07/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Sail Port Stephens 2025 Passage Series_Seeking Alpha 1st Div 1 © Promocean Media

Cream rises in phenomenal finale at Port Stephens It was a fitting finale to the 2025 Sail Port Stephens Passage Series (Commodores Cup), with crews aboard the 105 yachts enjoying the kind of premium sailing conditions that attracts boats from as…

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Race Week Turns 40 – Write Your Own Chapter in Race Week History

Posted on 06/04/2025 (06/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Write Your Own Chapter in Hamilton Island Race Week History

16 – 23 August 2025 Sail the Olympic Course Before the World Arrives In 2025, Hamilton Island Race Week celebrates four decades of incredible sailing, epic adventures, and unforgettable memories. What began in 1984 with 93 crews testing their limits…

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Melbourne Osaka – Alive Charges North as the Fleet Span out across 2,500nm

Posted on 05/04/2025 (05/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Duncan Hine responding to the Shark banter Photo Duncan Hine

Alive is on the move, gliding north like a great white shark, silently closing in on the fleet and picking off competitors one by one. The race now stretches over 2,500 nautical miles, with boats scattered from Queensland Australia, through…

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Sail Port Stephens 2025 Passage Series Day 4

Posted on 05/04/2025 (05/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Sail Port Stephens 2025 Passage Series_tight racing in Div 1 © Promocean Media

All sweetness and light airs on day 4 of Sail Port Stephens With the switch flicked to signature Sail Port Stephens conditions, sunshine and a light south-westerly, the stage was set for a banner edition of the 2025 Passage Series on Friday….

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Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca – Day 5

Posted on 05/04/2025 (05/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Grae Morris (iQFOiL Men). Australian Sailing Team competing at Princess Sofía Regatta 2025 (31 Mar - 5 Apr). Photo by Beau Outteridge / Australian Sailing Team

By Australian Sailing A long, dramatic day on the water for our Aussie sailors as the final day of fleet racing played out under testing conditions at the first Sailing Grand Slam of the season. The day started with shifty…

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It’s a Three Horse Race for Club Honours Manly 16s

Posted on 04/04/2025 (04/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
IMAGINE SIGNAGE - Simon Hoffman Nathan Wilmot Ricky Bridge

After a season with a variety of conditions, there’s a lot happening going into the final day of racing for the Club Championships this Saturday 5th April Can’t make it to the Club? We’ll be live-streaming the final races thanks to…

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Melbourne Osaka – The Gamble

Posted on 04/04/2025 (04/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Grant (left) and Peter on Joker X2 set the pace Photo Al Dillon

Race update 3rd April 2025 midday. The Solomon Islands serve as a gatekeeper for the fleet, posing challenges for the most seasoned sailors. Here, routing software becomes less reliable, with forecasts often failing to materialise. Sailors must shift from data-driven…

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2026 Great Southern Lime Fremantle to Albany Yacht Race

Posted on 04/04/2025 (04/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Royal Perth Yacht Club announces 2026 Great Southern Lime Fremantle to Albany Yacht Race

The Royal Perth Yacht Club is proud to announce the return of the prestigious Fremantle to Albany Yacht Race in April 2026, a premier offshore sailing event proudly sponsored by Great Southern Lime, in celebration of the City of Albany’s…

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Australian National Blokart Championships

Posted on 04/04/2025 (04/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
The Production Middleweight fleet ready to start

The North East Windsport Club (NEWC), located at Springhurst, brought home a swag of medals from the Australian National Blokart Championships held last weekend at Waratah Bay in South Gippsland.  It was NEWC’s turn to host the event and they…

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It’s on for young and old in Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race

Posted on 03/04/2025 (03/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Slingshot when she was sailing as Highland Fling - Studio Borlenghi, YCCS pic

A wide-ranging field of 33 boats is lining up for the 2025 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race which starts on 11th April at 1pm, the 39th running subject to restrictions on number of entries, as the marina at Coffs Harbour Yacht…

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Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca – Day 3

Posted on 03/04/2025 (03/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Zac Littlewood (ILCA 7). Australian Sailing Team competing at Princess Sofía Regatta 2025. Photo by Beau Outteridge / Australian Sailing Team

By Australian Sailing. A Challenging Day on the Med at Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Fergus Hotels Sailing Grand Slam. Overcast skies and shifty, gusty winds made for a tricky day in Palma, testing the sailors’ adaptability. Some thrived in…

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Sail Port Stephens 2025 Passage Series Day 3

Posted on 03/04/2025 (03/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Sail Port Stephens 2025 Day 3 Commodores Cup_Condor © Promocean Media

It’s not what you know but where you know at Sail Port Stephens Everything else being equal, it’s hard to beat local knowledge as demonstrated on Day 3 of the Sail Port Stephens Commodores Cup Passage Series. The combination of a…

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World Sailing launches new Race Officials Training programme

Posted on 02/04/2025 (02/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
World Sailing launches new Race Officials Training programme

By World Sailing World Sailing is proud to announce the launch of a new education programme for Race Officials.  The new National Race Officer Training Programme will be available to Member National Authorities (MNAs) to apply for on an annual…

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Big Air World Champions crowned in Bacarès

Posted on 02/04/2025 (02/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Big Air World Champions crowned in Bacarès Photo cRedit Andy Troy

Published 31st March 2025 by Gemma Hamaini – 2025 GKA Big Air Kite World Cup The 2025 GKA Big Air Kite World Cup kicked off in Barcares, France, on Saturday, with the Tramontana wind roaring at full force. Twenty-four men…

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15 VX One’s compete in Royal Brighton Yacht Club 150th Regatta

Posted on 01/04/2025 (01/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Victorian State Championship (as part of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club’s 150th Anniversary Regatta). The winning team of Lucas Couper, Lachie Weber and Brody Riley on Mimi II AUS375

15 VX One’s competed in their Victorian State Championship over the weekend as part of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club’s 150th Anniversary Regatta. Over six races, it was the home team of Lucas Couper, Lachie Weber and Brody Riley on…

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Melbourne Osaka – Chasing the Winds – Embracing the Journey

Posted on 01/04/2025 (01/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Amazing Sunsets onboard Sailor Moon Photo Shona Forsyth

Melbourne Osaka Double Handed Race Update 1st April 1 pm  The yachts of the first two starts have broken free. No longer trapped in the doldrums, Zero, Curious Roo, and Escapade are now riding the steady northern trade winds, their…

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Sail Port Stephens 2025 Passage Series Day 1

Posted on 01/04/2025 (01/04/2025) by Steve Bryant
Sail Port Stephens 2025 Passage Series Day 1 - Condor

Wet we got, wind not so much, as Race 1 of the Commodores Cup Passage series kicked off Sail Port Stephens for its 17th year, with the five divisions enjoying an action-packed race instead of retiring to the local cafes…

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Champions League – Asia Pacific Final

Posted on 31/03/2025 (31/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific Final

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron has reinforced its reputation of its sailors after taking out its third SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific – Final last weekend at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club as a part of the Sailfest Regatta.  Led by…

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18ft Skiffs – 2003 Giltinan World Championship

Posted on 31/03/2025 (31/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
Race start during the 2003 Giltinan Championship (Frank Quealey)

The closest of 76 regattas in the greatest championship The recent JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship regatta produced some nervous moments for the Yandoo team of Tom Needham, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake during the ‘crazy’ westerly conditions of the…

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Final World Champions announced at 2025 Hansa and Para Worlds

Posted on 30/03/2025 (30/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
Yuen Wai Foo (HKG) red & white sail - winner of the Liberty Worlds - credit Alex Dare, Hansa Worlds

One last bid for redemption in the Hansa 303 One Person class at the 2025 Hansa and Para World Championships on Pittwater today, with five realistically vying for the crown, but big conditions decided otherwise and Gauthier Bril (FRA) was…

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Four new world champions decided at 2025 Hansa and Para Worlds

Posted on 30/03/2025 (30/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
Rory McKinna (GBR) and Jess Wong - new Hansa Two Person World Champions - credit Alex Dare, Hansa Worlds

Grey, buckets of rain, cold, no breeze, swirling light air – the penultimate day of the 2025 Hansa and Para World Championships on Pittwater gave competitors everything except a steady breeze and sun – which meant one race each in…

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McIntyre Mini Globe Leg 2 underway! 7200 miles solo to Vuda Marina Fiji !

Posted on 29/03/2025 (29/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
15 proud, happy and HOT builder sailors about to set off from Panama on a grand solo adventure in the boats that make them all feel very proud every time they look at them!! An amazing combination that is even more than just a solo circumnavigation...it is living a special dream! Credit: Don McIntyre / MGR2025

In an extraordinary feat of maritime logistics the McIntyre Mini Globe Race fleet has completed an unprecedented overland Transfer of 15 ALMA Globe 580 yachts from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This sets the stage for the most demanding…

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Sail Port Stephens 2025 Passage Series Preview

Posted on 29/03/2025 (29/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
Sail Port Stephens start 2024© Hover UAV

The sailing paradise that is Port Stephens may be somewhat bleak and blustery for the opening day of the 2025 Commodores Cup Passage Series on Monday, March 31, so much so that organisers are busy hatching Plan B and possibly…

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International showdown in 303 One Person at 2025 Hansa and Para Worlds

Posted on 28/03/2025 (28/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
Betsy Alison (USA) is leading the 303 One Person Para Women - credit Alex Dare, Hansa Worlds

The Hansa 303 One-Person fleet was the only one out racing on Day 4 of the 2025 Hansa and Para World Championships at Pittwater, while the other classes enjoyed a lay day, although some chose to go out and practice…

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One month to start of the 1st CIC Med Channel Race

Posted on 28/03/2025 (28/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
CIC MED CHANNEL RACE

On Sunday 27 April at 13:00 hrs local time, the Class40 fleet will set sail from Marseille’s southern bay on the brand-new CIC MED CHANNEL RACE. Modelled on her larger established counterpart, the CIC NORMANDY CHANNEL RACE, this Mediterranean version…

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Fortaleza selected to host 2027 World Sailing Championships one-person events

Posted on 28/03/2025 (28/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
Fortaleza selected to host 2027 World Sailing Championships one-person events

The Brazilian city of Fortaleza has been chosen to host the one-person events at the 2027 World Sailing Championships.    The move, which will see Fortaleza host the one-person events in the first quarter of 2027, together with the decision to…

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Competition heating up at 2025 Hansa and Para Worlds

Posted on 28/03/2025 (28/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
Aus crews Genevieve Wickham & Mia Lovelady (3569) and Chris Symonds & Maunela Klinger - credit Alex Dare, Hansa Worlds

Day 3 of the 2025 Hansa and Para World Championships on Pittwater arrived and all were keen to launch from Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) to start the day’s sailing after avoiding the morning downpour which had transformed into…

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Vendée Globe – A record-breaking 10th edition!​

Posted on 27/03/2025 (27/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
© Jean-Louis Carli / Alea #VG2024

The 10th edition of the Vendée Globe ends on an exceptional note, from a sporting, popular and media point of view. The level of competition has never been so high: Charlie Dalin, the great winner of this anniversary edition, smashed…

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Big Boats Return for the 21st Sandberg PalmaVela

Posted on 27/03/2025 (27/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
Magic Carpet E, the latest 100-foot Maxi yacht launched in early 2025 by Persico Marine, will make her debut at the 21ª Sandberg PalmaVela © María Muiña

Palma (Spain), 26th March 2025 With the 21st edition of one of the Mediterranean’s most iconic regattas just a month away, the Real Club Náutico de Palma (RCNP) and its renowned bay are set to host the world debut of Magic Carpet…

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Australian Sailors Get a Head Start on Olympic Waters

Posted on 27/03/2025 (27/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
Photo by Beau Outteridge / Australian Sailing Team

As the Australian summer concludes and the sailors are set for the 2025 international regattas, the Australian Sailing ILCA7 squad has made a crucial stopover in Long Beach, California, the future home of the LA 2028 Olympic sailing competition. This…

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Internationals in the limelight at 2025 Hansa and Para Worlds

Posted on 27/03/2025 (27/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
The Hansa Worlds are making a pretty sight on Pittwater - credit Alex Dare, Hansa Worlds

Day 2 of the 2025 Hansa and Para World Championships on Pittwater and competitors and officials alike were hoping for a more stable breeze than what was dished up to them yesterday and while the wind wasn’t as fresh as…

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Melbourne Osaka – Alive Ready for the Big Challenge as Sunday Start Looms

Posted on 26/03/2025 (26/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
Alive crew ready to start the race Photo Derwent Sailing Squadron

With just four days to go, the crew of 2018 and 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart handicap winner “Alive” know what’s coming. While skipper Duncan Hine and co-skipper Glenn Myler have taken time off, over the next couple of days, they…

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16ft Skiffs – Down to the Wire

Posted on 26/03/2025 (26/03/2025) by Steve Bryant
The 3 Contenders

Cancel any appointments you have for April 5 and make sure you’re at the Manly Skiff Club – or watching Sail Media’s livestream – for the final club championship heats of the season. This is one not to be missed….

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