Yandoo & The Rag set to battle it out Sunday’s final two races of the 2023-24 NSW 18ft skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour promise to be a head-to-head battle between Yandoo and Rag & Famish Hotel as the pair strive…
18ft Skiffs – NSW Champs Finale
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Stunning start by Singapore star at Youth Sailing World Championships
Max Maeder (SGP) made a stunning start to the Formula Kite male competition at the Youth Sailing World Championships, winning all six races to take a commanding lead after the first day of racing.There was also more success for Ewa…
Freestyle World Champions Crowned in Qatar
The culminating day of the Visit Qatar GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup Qatar reached its grand finale at the stunning Fuwairit Kite Beach Resort, where the 2023 Freestyle World Champions were crowned. Following a remarkable year, Brazilians Bruna Kajiya and…
SailGP confirms return to Christchurch for Season 4 New Zealand event
ŌTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH – December 12, 2023 – SailGP is pleased to confirm that the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix will return to Christchurch for its Season 4 iteration – keeping the same dates March 23-24, 2024. Tickets go on…
Lanzarote iQFOiL Games – Day 2
Luuc Van Opzeeland, new male leader of the Lanzarote iQFOiL Games. Kantor #1 for second day in a row in the women’s fleet Tomorrow, Wednesday, the Final Series begin Marina Rubicón (Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain), 12 December 2023 Lanzarote always delivers. Today,…
OGR NEWS – Translated 9 Take OGR Trio of Titles
The Italians Roar into Auckland In Historic McIntyre Ocean Globe Finish to Leg 2 A perfect finish to the perfect Southern Ocean sailing adventure – and in true Auckland style the triumphant Translated 9 IT (09) were greeted with four…
Waszp Games – Patience pays off as Sam Street dominates day 1
The 2023 International WASZP Games roared to life at Sorrento, witnessing Sam Street’s commanding performance, seizing two victories in spectacular fashion amidst glamourous late east-south-easterly conditions. After enduring three days of cooler weather and rain, sailors basked in the rejuvenating…
GSC – Relentless chase and the rising stars
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo Challenge Every week at the Global Solo Challenge is a whirlwind of fast sailing, technical problems to overcome, frustration, isolation as well as achievements. A week of challenges for each of the 15 skippers…
Sail Sydney Day Two – Searching for the Sea Breeze
The famous Sydney sea breeze was somewhat subdued for the second day in a row at Sail Sydney, producing a delicate 10-13 knot breeze on a delectable Sydney summer day. This year’s Sail Sydney has the added spice of being…
2024 Fireball Worlds – Royal Geelong Yacht Club
From 5 – 16th February 2024, Royal Geelong Yacht Club will play host to the much-anticipated 2024 Fireball World Championships. It has been almost 20 months since the last World Championship in Ireland and the Fireball fleet is ready to…
Day One Scorcher Sets Sail Sydney Alight
Competition was hot on day one of Sail Sydney today, where twelve Olympic nation quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympics will be available across the ten Olympic classes. With temperatures nudging 30 degrees, athletes across the two venues on Sydney…
Cherub – AGM Agenda and meal tickets for National Championships
Annual General Meeting Attention Cherub Sailors and Supporters,Following our email from 2nd December 2023, please find attached the Agenda for the Annual General Meeting of the Cherub National Council of Australia will take place on Tuesday 2nd of January 2024 at 10am AWST at Perth Dinghy…
Inspect the Bali 4.4 at Lake Macquarie Yacht Club
Be Unique – Own a share in the new Bali 4.4 ‘Halyna’ this summer Sail Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens, Newcastle (visit the Hunter Valley), Pittwater and Sydney during this summer. Relocate to Queensland and the Whitsundays next April for the…
Stage set for 2023 Youth Sailing World Championships
Issued on behalf of: World Sailing The stage is officially set for the 2023 Youth Sailing World Championships in Armação dos Buzios, Brazil. Racing for the the 52nd edition of the event begins tomorrow with the world’s best young sailors battling…
Australia claims podium finish in nail biter Dubai final
With Jimmy Spithill announcing his retirement from SailGP Jimmy Spithill has steered Australia to a podium finish in Dubai, in a nail biting final that saw multiple lead changes and a near pile up in the last mark. The super…
18ft Skiffs – NSW Championship, Races 5 & 6
Today’s Trophy: Sid Barnett Jr Memorial TrophyToday’s Race Sponsor: Rag & Famish HotelSunday, 10 December 2023 A last minute decision by skipper Harry Price to sail his first 18ft skiff race of the season proved successful when he steered…
WASZP – Australian Nationals – Bertone lands blow ahead of Games
International sailors claimed the top four places in the overall championship, with Francesco Bertone proving consistency will be the key to winning the International WASZP Games next week. The tight racing is a feature of the WASZP class, with every…
Jimmy Spithill steers the Roo to pole position in Dubai
DUBAI, 9 December 2023- The Australia SailGP Team emerged as the front-runners on the opening day of the Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas. Despite a change in the helming position, replacement driver Jimmy Spithill led the Australian…
Australian Sailing Youth Squad – Preparing for Success
In 2023 Australian Sailing launched our inaugural Youth Squad, which is a program of training and learning via coaching and webinars that prepares youth sailors for international competition in a squad environment. The Youth Squad supports the work being done by…
Excitement at fever pitch as SailGP returns to Dubai
A whole season of change in less than two months sets up UAE event as a must-watch DUBAI – December 8, 2023 – As the season approaches the halfway point, SailGP is preparing for a show-stopping weekend when the league…
WASZP – Australian Nationals – Carnage on Day 2
The second day of the WASZP Nationals witnessed tumultuous conditions as an unrelenting Northerly weather system descended upon Sorrento Sailing & Couta Boat Club, testing the 80-strong WASZP Fleet. Ironically, the day commenced with the abandonment of the first race…
2023 HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship Nail biting FINAL
Congratulations to Zac West with his team Jameson Prescott, James Hayhoe, Emily Keg, Brooke Wilson, (RSYS), 29th Champion of the HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship 2023. In a thrilling final between Ben Tylecote from GBR representing Rutland Sailing Club and…
WASZP – Australian Nationals – Day 1
The Australian Nationals for the WASZP event kicked off with an exciting yet challenging start as the inaugural day faced unstable and unseasonable winds. The day began with a prolonged waiting period as participants eagerly awaited the opportune moment to…
Paris Olympic quotas on the line at Sail Sydney
There will be twelve Olympic nation quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympics available when this year’s Sail Sydney commences for Olympic classes next Monday. This year’s event is doubling as the Oceania Qualifier for the Paris Olympic Games, with one…
World Sailing names Paris 2024 Race Officials with 50-50 gender split in key positions
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, is pleased to announce the names of the Race Officials who have been appointed for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition. The 59 International Technical Officials from 33 nations are spread…
The Ocean Race wins the Sustainability Award in the International Sports Awards 2023
The Ocean Race, the toughest and longest test of a team in sport, has taken the top prize in the Sustainability category of the 2023 International Sports Awards, hosted by the International Sports Convention. The Award recognises the efforts of the…
GSC – Technical skills or mental strength?
By Margherita Pelaschier / Global Solo Challenge Challenges are the order of the day for the fifteen competitors still in the Global Solo Challenge. The attrition that took place even before crossing the starting line has been relentless. Ffrom a list of almost…
OGR – Pen Duick VI or Translated 9? Too hard to call
McIntyre OGR still fighting after 6,000 miles of Southern Ocean Racing Hours Separate Leaders In Nail-Biting Finish toward Auckland If there was ever an appropriate time to roll out the clichés ‘nail-biting finish’, ‘too close to call’, and ‘down to…
‘A momentous day for SailGP’ – First all-female F50 training session takes place in Dubai
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor SailGP The first all-female training session has taken place in Dubai, with SailGP’s line-up of female athletes training in new positions on board the F50. The session, held ahead of this weekend’s racing in Dubai, took…
Jimmy Spithill takes to the Flying Roo in Dubai
Jimmy Spithill, former driver and CEO of the United States SailGP Team, has taken learnings from his first training session on board with the Australia Team at the Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas. With Spithill replacing…
The 12mR World Championship – Porquerolles (FRA)
The must-attend event for 12mR boats in 2024 From 17 to 23 June 2024, Porquerolles Yacht Club will be organising the 12mR World Championship, one of the most prestigious sailing events and a must for the class. A real America’s…
4 fleets, 4 courses, 4 winners, 6 starts, 77 boats finished in Fort-de-France
At the start in Le Havre in late October, a series of powerful low-pressure systems were sweeping across the Atlantic. One storm came after another and upset the arrangements. The organisers and Race Directors faced a tricky weather situation which…
GKA – Season Grand Finale Commences in Qatar
Report from day one | Fuwairit, Qatar | Words: Caroline Morris | Photos: Svetlana Romantsova The Visit Qatar GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup Finals kicked off with twenty registered athletes set to compete at the paradise Fuwairit Kite Beach, Qatar. …
18ft Skiffs – An unsponsored team challenges for the title
The present leaderboard at the 2023-24 NSW 18ft skiff Championship is unclear because of a complicated protest, relating to last Sunday’s Race 4, which is due to be held prior to next Sunday’s two races in the series on Sydney…
16ft Skiff NSW Champions – Moonen Yachts
It was a victory 15 years in the making – celebrated with a spicy rum and ginger ale after attending to parenthood duties. Manly’s Daniel “Ruffy” Turner is finally a NSW 16ft Championship-winning skipper after turning in a near faultless campaign…
2023 HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship Brings Thrilling Sailing Action to Pittwater
The HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship is the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) most prestigious youth sailing event, which brings together talented youth sailors from around the world, for 4 days of hotly contested Match Racing. The event provides a…
2023 HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship kicks off
The 2023 HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship, a Grade 3 match racing event, and one of the most prestigious sailing events for youth sailors, commenced on Monday, at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) in Newport, Australia. The event has attracted…
Full steam ahead for Oceanbridge Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta
The Oceanbridge Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta is back fighting fit after last year’s weather-related cancellation, which was only the second in the event’s 184 year history. Organisers are predicting a bumper turnout of both entrants and spectators on Monday 29…
WASZP – International Games – The build up continues
Danish Sailor Magnus Overbeck emerged triumphant by a mere 1-point margin, outpacing European challenger Ettore Botticini from Italy in near-perfect conditions at the Sorrento Sailing & Couta Boat Club. Overbeck, a runner-up in the European Games to world rankings leader…
Tasar Worlds set to make waves
There is less than a month to go before the 2024 World Championships kicks off at Sandringham Yacht Club on the waters of Port Phillip. So far 100 Tasars have entered with competitors coming from all over the world, a…
