Antigua Sailing Week 2025 was attended by two top-end offshore racing yachts from very different times. Launched in 1974, the 79 foot Kialoa III was all conquering on the world stage for many years. Today Pyewacket 70, a modified Volvo…
Planning to visit The Yacht Sales Co. at this year’s Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show? This is your chance to inspect some of the most sought-after sail and power models on the market. From 22–25 May, The Yacht Sales Co. will be…
Just months after its launch, the Cure 55 has earned global recognition as a hot contender for the Multihull of the Year Award in the Performance Cruising category by Multihulls World/Multicoques Magazine. “For Cure Marine and the Cure 55 to be recognised…
With the RC44 fleet now safely returned from the Caribbean, competition on the 44Cup resumes again next week with the second event of the 2025 season taking place in the Italian sailing mecca of Porto Cervo. The initiatives taken and…
The 2024–25 sailing season in New South Wales and at the Vincentia Sailing Club came to an epic conclusion over the ANZAC long weekend with the running of the Jervis Bay Classic. Held across three days, the Classic combined long-distance adventure…
By Friday, the outcome of the Transat Paprec will be known. But who will have the final say? Who will seize the advantage, who will get stuck, who will claim an honorable finish, and who will be left disappointed? We’ll…
Great to see the following announcement from Australian Sailing. Another exciting opportunity awaits Australia’s brightest young sailing talent, with the Australian Sailing Board confirming the nation’s re-entry to the Youth Sailing World Championships (YSWC). The move will see Australia return…
29 years of 18ft skiff sponsorship success The Smeg Australia 18ft skiff sponsorship with the Australian 18 footers League began in 1996-97 and has continued harmoniously, with many great successes, over the following twenty nine seasons on Sydney Harbour. It…
Maximum performance side shield sunglasses for open-water adventures April 25th 2025 – Amsterdam, the Netherlands VALLON is thrilled to announce the launch of the Heron Ocean, Dark-Grey Blue. Maximum performance side-shield sunglasses designed with blue mirrored coated polarized lenses, purpose-built…
(Long Beach, May 4, 2025) – Switzerland’s Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss Match Racing Team of Ute Monnin Wagner, Mathieu Renault, Jean-Claude Monnin, Simon Brügger, Julien Falxa, and Maxime Mesnil today clinched a long awaited win of the 60th…
They have only been together for nine days but Tilakkhana II has just won the Maxi class at the Sandberg PalmaVela. This impressive Wally Cento, the former Magic Carpet Cubed, is led by French female owner Pascale Decaux and has eight women on…
A thrilling and intense final day at Sandberg PalmaVela was enjoyed with choppy seas and wind conditions ranging from gentle airs to gusts of up to 23 knots. Several broken masts are evidence how tough the day was for some….
Making what proved to be the decisive winning move on the final run of the second and final race today, Britain’s Tony Langley and his world champion crew, secured overall victory at the first regatta of the five event 2025…
(Long Beach, May 3, 2025) – Light airs and overcast conditions brought high-stakes racing to the penultimate day of the 60th Congressional Cup in Long Beach as the final four teams advanced to the semi-finals. USA’s Chris Poole and Switzerland’s…
The latest episode of SailGP’s Racing on the Edge is now available to watch. I think we would all rather be watching them race in Brasil, but this will have to do until New York. Interested in seeing more SailGP…
Osaka, Japan – The Reichel/Pugh 66 Alive, skippered by Duncan Hine and co-skipper Glenn Myler, has made a clean sweep of Line Honours, AMS, PHS and ORCi in the 2025 Melbourne to Osaka Cup. Crossing the finish line in an impressive…
(Long Beach, May 2, 2025) – The race to the semi-finals at the 60th Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup is going down to the wire. With just two flights remaining in the double round robin stage, four teams are…
2 May 2025 It took Ian Lipinski and Alberto Bona 4 days, 23 hours, and 21 minutes to cover 991 miles at an average speed of 8.31 knots on the course of the very first CIC MED CHANNEL RACE. Arriving…
(Long Beach, May 1, 2025) – Switzerland’s Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss Match Racing Team delivered a faultless performance today, the second day of the 60th Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup. The team won all three of their…
The Jean Genie (GBR 43, Peter Morton, Andrew Palfrey, Ruaridh Scott) took a commanding lead on a very tricky opening day of the 2025 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Fraglia Vela Riva, on Lake Garda, Italy. Aspire (POL 17, Przemyslaw Gacek, Mateusz Kusznierewicz,…
Palma, 1 May 2025 The Maxi class officially opened racing today at the 21st Sandberg PalmaVela, completing two W/L races in which the newest elite 100-footer, Magic Carpet E, dominated with two clear victories in what was its first-ever races. Racing began on schedule…
Solo Sailors Face Doldrums, Equipment Failures and Avian Invaders in Unprecedented Small Boat Challenge – week five of leg 2 It’s fair to say the world first McIntyre Mini Globe Race is well on its way to proving a point….
Entry has opened for the main Finn events in 2026. For three weeks in February 2026 the Finn world will descend on the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, in Brisbane, Australia, for three back-to-back major regattas. Beginning on 7 February, the…
Matt Allen AM matches Australian Olympic Committee funding to support 2024 Olympic Podium Performing Sailors Matt Allen AM, a distinguished figure in Australian sport, has once again demonstrated his unwavering support for sailing by generously matching the Australian Olympic Committee’s…
Gladiator back on winning form as 2025 52 SUPER SERIES season opens in Saint-Tropez Disappointed to miss out on winning the 2024 circuit title after coming into the last event of the season in Valencia with a solid points lead,…
(Long Beach, April 30, 2025) – USA’s Chris Poole, defending champion of the Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup leads the first day of the 60th Anniversary event with six straight wins in the opening round-robin stage. After a light air…
Saint-Tropez ready for thrilling 52 SUPER SERIES curtain raiser ahead of an epic season In a light breeze which reached 10kts at the most – a foretaste of what is forecast for the coming days on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez…
Entries are OPEN and the Notice of Race is LIVE for the Pitts Design and Construction 53rd Australian Hobie Cat Nationals to be hosted by the HCAWA, with Geographe Bay Yacht Club, in Undalup Country, Busselton, Western Australia. You will…
Fireball Youth Take Flight at Lake Bullen Merri The Fireball class continues to inspire the next generation of sailors, with the first-ever Fireball Australian Youth Championship delivering a spectacular debut over three days at Lake Bullen Merri, Victoria. Eighteen boats from three…
“Women on Water” at Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club (GLYC) has wasted no time in getting on board with the UN International Women’s Day 2025 theme to #accelerateaction for gender equality in the sport. Channelling the words of A J Patterson…
LONG BEACH, CA (28 April 2025) – After a weekend of fierce competition, the field is set for this week’s 60th annual Congressional Cup. Maxime Mesnil (FRA) won the Ficker Cup, but it is Nicole Breault (USA) and Peter Wickwire…
Australian Sailing and Ronstan have today announced that their 50-year partnership will continue after signing a new four-year agreement. The agreement sees Ronstan continue as the Official Partner to Australian Sailing and the Australian Sailing Team in the sailboat hardware…
At 16:54 today, the VO70 “Trifork” from Real Club Náutico de Palma, skippered by Joern Larsen, crossed the finish line of La Larga after sailing 228 miles in 24 hours and 34 minutes. The rest of the fleet is still competing, so…
Island Cruising are excited to announced the start of the Pacific Rally 2025. On Sunday 27 April 2025, the first group of Australian rally participants set off from Southport to Nouméa, New Caledonia. The passage is around 800 nautical miles…
After more than 5,500 nautical miles and 37 days at sea, Magellan has crossed the finish line in Osaka, and not without some dramas, friendly family rivalry, and a few missing ducks. Magellan, a Knoop 39, skippered by father and…
Hooligan and Zen reign after SPS wash-out Sublime sailing weather on Day 2 of the Sail Port Stephens 2025 Performance Series was followed by a ridiculous amount of rain and wind today, with no further racing allowed. It meant that…
French Olympic Week in Hyères delivered everything from the roaring mistral winds that pushed physical limits to the patience-testing light airs that demanded calm and clarity. Among the standout performances was Grae Morris, who claimed a silver medal in the…
Fluctuating tides & fortunes for Performance Series opener Day 1 of the 2025 Sail Port Stephens Performance Series yesterday had a bit of everything – highly competitive racing on- and offshore, tropical islands, fluctuating tides, fluctuating fortunes and a hint…
LONG BEACH, CA (24 April 2025) Eight international match racing teams will prepare to do battle at the Ficker Cup this weekend, 25-27 April, an official qualifying event of the World Match Racing Tour, hosted by the Long Beach Yacht…
Israel deny China triple gold, Pianosi virtuoso in the Kite On a day of high pressure – in all senses – and drama in all the Medal series, team power and individual brilliance produced some of the closest board Finals…
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