Crowning our Champions at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup New Zealand.There was a light breeze for the final of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup in New Zealand where we managed to complete men’s elimination 5, and women’s eliminations 12 and…
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Ocean Race – Back to the grind
Teams focus on ice limits and Cape Horn after collecting points It’s back to work Monday for the IMOCA sailors in The Ocean Race. Following record breaking conditions on Saturday and the leg 3 scoring gate on Sunday, the workaday…
What’s happening in the America’s Cup
Time is the great enemy of any America’s Cup campaign, so February and the first half of March have been a busy time with a noticeable ramping up of the intensity all round. The northern hemisphere winter has been cold…
Manly 16s Short-Course Pointscore
Sailing Racing produced a performance to match the occasion last Saturday, peeling off consecutive short course victories to celebrate 10 years in the Manly 16ft Skiff Club fleet. Skipper Felix Grech and crew Tom Potter and Paul Darmanin joined the…
Mara Stransky best in light air at ILCA European Champs
Conditions continued light and shifty at the ILCA European Championships in Andora, Italy, where an attempt at a race in the ILCA 7 (Men’s) was abandoned and just one race in the ILCA 6 (Women’s) completed, with Mara Stransky the…
Fumanchu2 wins Etchells Victorian Champs
Mark Roberts and his team of Ben Lamb and Jake Newman on AUS1473 Fumanchu2 won the Etchells Victorian Championship today, Monday 13 March with an eight-point margin over the current National Champions, John Bertrand, Lewis Brake and George Richardson sailing…
Another Chapter wins slow dance in Melbourne to King Island Race
Another Chapter, Neil Sargeant’s Beneteau 44.7, has won the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s slow and fluctuating Melbourne to King Island Yacht Race, while Paul Buchholz’s Extasea took line honours. Sargeant can breathe easy now after an extremely close race…
Matt Wearn wins opening race of European ILCA Champs
Australia’s Matt Wearn, the reigning Olympic gold medallist in the ILCA 7 class, has won the opening race of the ILCA European Championships in the ILCA 7 (ex-Laser Men’s) being held at Andora in Italy. The ILCA 7 fleet numbers…
Globe40
After having suffered over the last few days in the Azores the passage of a front generating winds of up to 60 knots, the GLOBE40 competitors will have to face a new low-pressure system today and on Monday on arrival…
Etchells make most of pristine Southerly at Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Day two of the Etchells Victorian State Championship was sailed today, Sunday 12 March, in a solid southerly from the Royal Brighton Yacht Club. The twenty boat fleet continued to push hard into day two, shown by their enthusiasm on…
Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta 2023
The never-ending pursuit of excellence was all apparent on the final day of racing at the 96th Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta. Biscayne Bay delivered another stunning day, with an offshore breeze changing the race track strategy. They came,…
Team Holcim-PRB remain perfect after record-breaking run
The Swiss-flagged Team Holcim-PRB has scored maximum points at the leg 3 scoring gate Two weeks after the start of leg 3 in Cape Town, skipper Kevin Escoffier and his crew mates on Team Holcim-PRB have collected maximum points, leading…
18ft Skiffs – 73rd JJ Giltinan – Final Day
The defending champion Andoo team, John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton, retained the crown of world champion with an outstanding victory in the Winning Group JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship which concluded on Sydney Harbour today. Andoo finished…
Australian ILCA sailors prepare for European Championships
Sixteen months out from the Paris Olympic Games, the European cycle of Olympic classes events start with the ILCA European Championships in Andora on the Italian Riviera, where Australians are preparing for competition in the ILCA 7 and ILCA 6…
Ocean Race – Speeding to the East
There has been more of the same in The Ocean Race on Friday – but in a good way. All four teams are clicking down the miles, racing to the east in fast reaching conditions. The wind is up, the…
Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta 2023 – Day 4
A stunning fleet of one hundred and seventy-one boats were out on Biscayne Bay as the 96th Bacardi Cup entered its fourth day and the Bacardi Invitational Regatta kicked off. Racing doesn’t get better than this, with the perfect Miami…
96th Bacardi Cup Day 3
March 8, 2023 – Miami, USA Expectations for racing at 1100 hours today were swept aside as the breeze filled in later and lighter than forecast on race day 3 at the 96h Bacardi Cup. Eivind Melleby/Mark Strube played another…
18ft Skiffs – JJ Giltinan – Race 7
Winning Group 73rd JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, Race 7Today’s Sponsor: VaikobiThursday, 9 March, 2023Sydney Harbour Defending champion Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton held off a final challenge over the last downwind leg of…
GGR – Day 185
Day 185: Solo woman leading Golden Globe with 200-year-old weather routing! More storms ahead! – International Women’s Day celebrates Kirsten Neuschäfer (ZAF), the leader of the GGR, holding a commanding position as she reaches the South East Trades first.– Abhilash…
Day Five Highlights in Tauranga
The competition site was moved again to Pilot Bay, where we completed the full Surf-Freestyle elimination for both men and women. After a 10am rider’s briefing, the decision was made to move location to Pilot Bay, where the wind was…
Ocean Race – East towards Tasmania
The teams are in a relatively stable weather pattern for the next days, with boats set up to make miles east With all four teams sailing deep into the Roaring 40s, the full fleet is finally in what the sailors…
18ft Skiffs – JJ Giltinan – Races 5 & 6
Winning Group 73rd JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, Races 5 & 6Today’s Sponsor: North SailsWednesday, 8 March, 2023Sydney Harbour Day 4 of the Winning Group JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship produced a double victory for the Winning family when John…
Australian ILCA Laser Youth Solidarity Program
The Australian Laser Class Association launched its Laser dinghy Youth Solidarity program at the 2023 ILCA Laser Oceania Australian Open and Youth Championships sailed from the St Georges River Sailing Club in January. Six teenage girls, one from each Australian…
Manly 16s 10th Heat
Sarah Lee is proving to be a skipper for all conditions and occasions after effortlessly jumping between two different clubs and boats while still managing to produce the goods. Lee has been involved in a friendly tug-of-war for her services…
Sydney Harbour’s Heritage-listed Jones Bay Marina to receive an upgrade
SYDNEY HARBOUR: Sydney’s Heritage-listed Jones Bay Marina has received council approval for an upgrade, a move that will address the shortage of marina berths for large vessels in Sydney Harbour and see significant capital poured into the harbourside marina over…
Wrecked Yacht Founders Off Maui After Successful Refloat
PUBLISHED MAR 6, 2023 3:11 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE On Sunday, the luxury yacht that ran aground and spilled fuel in a scenic protected bay on Maui was refloated and towed off. While salvors initially planned to deliver it…
GWA Wingfoil World Cup in New Zealand
On day four of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup in New Zealand, the wind finally kicked in, allowing us to advance halfway through Men’s Round One with approximately 14 knots of wind. For Round 1, we ran 15-minute heats with…
Tense times in the Ocean Race
It’s an interesting day in The Ocean Race with quick moving weather making for a day of transitions in the southern latitudes. The big winner over the past 24 hours is second placed Biotherm, who have gained over 30 miles…
18ft Skiffs – JJ Giltinan – Races 3 & 4
Winning Group 73rd JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, Races 3 & 4Today’s Sponsor: Fisher & PaykelTuesday, 7 March, 2023Sydney Harbour The two short course races on Day three of the Winning Group 73rd JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship produced close…
Azzurro enters Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race under new ownership
Highly competitive pocket rocket yacht Azzurro is now under Queensland ownership and set to contest the Gladstone Ports Corporation 75th edition Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race (B2G) which sets sail on Good Friday (7th April 2023). Azzurro’s new owner is…
Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta 2023 – Day 1
Technical excellence from Jørgen Schönherr / Markus Koy rewards them with a win on Day 1 at the 96th Bacardi Cup The 96th Bacardi Cup, March 5-11, 2023, kicked off today in Biscayne Bay, Miami with the opening race for…
Challenges fuel interest in 51st King Island Race
More than 30 boats are set to start the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s 114 nautical mile King Island Race, starting at 5pm on Friday 10 March off Queenscliff, with competitors chasing overall honours and the nine-year-old race record set…
Colourful and fast in the Hobie 16 WA State Champs
What a weekend it was in Perth for the 2023 Hobie 16 WA State Championships. The racing was close, fast and exciting and the Hobie 16’s certainly put on a great show with the course taking the full length of…
Champions are Crowned in Colombia
The eagerly anticipated final rounds of the competition drew in crowds who packed the beach buzzing with excitement to see the GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup Colombia 2023 grand finale. Capitalizing on the punchy conditions, Mikaili Sol put on a dazzling…
M32 Winter Series Event 3
RATED X Pops Champagne After a High-Stakes Finale at the M32 Winter Series Event 3 MIAMI (March 5, 2023) —Sailors from all around the world descended upon the palm trees, turquoise waters, and colorful foliage of Miami for the third…
18ft Skiffs – JJ Giltinan – Race 2
Winning Group 73rd JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, Race 2Race Sponsor: AndooSunday, 5 March, 2023Sydney Harbour In complete contrast to yesterday’s light, variable wind conditions, Race 2 of the Winning Group 73rd JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship was sailed in…
Ideal autumn day decides Sydney Harbour Regatta winners
An ideal autumn day on Sydney Harbour and offshore decided the winners and new Australian and NSW champions in three classes at Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s 2023 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta today. Some of yesterday’s leaders extended today…
Conspiracy claims third straight Sydney 38 One Design NSW Champs
They would not be denied, the reigning Sydney 38 NSW champions, Peter Byford and David Hudson today claimed their third straight Sydney 38 One Design NSW title with their beautifully named Conspiracy. Hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) in…
Ocean Race – Roaring along at top speed
All four race boats are in the Roaring 40s, with speeds to match Team Holcim-PRB continues to hold a 500-plus mile lead on leg 3 of The Ocean Race, but the pursuing pack of three is making small gains by…
44Cup Oman – Day 4
Usually racing on the 44Cup between the high performance owner-driver one designs is tight with ties or just single points separating the leaders. At the 44Cup Oman, opening event of the 2023 season and hosted out of Muscat’s Al Mouj…
