18ft SkiffsSpring Championship, Race 2Today’s Trophy: Alf Beashel Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: The Kitchen MakerSunday, October 23 2022Sydney Harbour The young Oak Double Bay-4 Pines team of Alex Marinelli, Matt Doyle and Darcy McCracken won their first 18 footer race when…
Three days before the opening of the village in Saint-Malo on Tuesday, Race Direction have released the final list of ratified entries for the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, with 138 solo skippers setting off on Sunday November 6…
There are now less than 100 days until the start of The Ocean Race, 85 to be precise, and our team is in full training mode. Based out of our second home in Concarneau, Brittany, France, the shore crew is…
Wind, and plenty of it, was the hallmark of the penultimate day in Brest for the Aussie sailors contesting the IQFOiL Worlds. In the earlier part of the afternoon, it peaked at 45 knots, along with plenty of rain. Later…
For only the second time since 2009, a monohull keelboat has won the PIC Coastal Classic when V5, an Alan Andrews TP52 skippered by Brian Peterson of the RNZYS, crossed the line at 23:46:23. It was a race with many…
A global fleet has once again answered the call of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, with the 43rd edition, which starts at 1100 CEST, tomorrow Saturday, 22nd October, attracting a fleet of 120 yachts from 25 countries, including Australia, New…
Most leading contenders are safely through to the finals, with Mario and Chabloz surprisingly swept aside at Qatar Airways Freestyle-Kite World Cup Neom after a strange passing rain system overnight delivered super strong conditions in the morning as the weather…
The first Warning Signal on the triangular courses will be given at the next Kiel Week (June 17-25, 2023) in the Olympic disciplines, with five regatta days planned for all, with the final Medal Races at the end. In contrast,…
The 52 Super Series will celebrate its 10th anniversary in Barcelona next week by returning to where the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit was started in May 2012 at the Real Club Náutico, Barcelona’s prestigious Trofeo Conde de Godo…
Significant shifts, and changes up and down range in the winds off Brest in France were the hallmark of the second day’s racing at the 2022 iQFOiL World Championships. In spite of the challenges this brings, several of Australia’s sailors…
Triple Olympic medalist Mat Belcher OAM has announced his retirement from Olympic sailing. Australia’s most successful Olympic sailor, Belcher had been considering a tilt at the new Mixed 470 class at the Paris 2024 games before calling time on his…
When the two-handed S&S 34 ‘Crux’ team of Carlos Aydos and Peter Grayson, saw the weather forecast before the start of the Tollgate Islands Race (260nm), they applied for leave for work on the following Monday, almost certain they would…
Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club is gearing up for their 2022-23 season Opening Day on Sunday 30 October 2022, with a special landmark celebration for their 60th year. Back in 1962-63, the co-operative vision of sailors from various keelboat clubs around…
After the first day of racing at the 2022 iQFOiL World Championships was abandoned due to no wind, it meant that there would be just the one day to arrange qualifying for the Gold Fleet. This was always going to…
Capitalising on the success of the inaugural ORC NSW Championship last February, organisers at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) are pleased to announce entry is open and the Notice of Race available for the event that will again run…
Cagliari, October 13th, 2022 – The futuristic Luna Rossa Prototype, that will showcase the team’s return to on-water training, was launched today at 2 pm local time at the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli base. The sailing sessions with this boat…
Editor – Congratulations to Jules and the Easy Tiger Racing who finished 7th overall. See you back on Pittwater soon. Corfu, Greece (17 October 2022) – Pauline Courtois and her ‘Match in Pink’ Normandie team from France have won the…
Buying a reverse osmosis watermaker is one of the best investments you can make for your yacht and your quality of life on board. Before you jump right into a purchase, however, you need to figure out how much water…
Editor – apologies for mistakenly reporting earlier that Breiana had finished 5th Aussie Breiana Whitehead has capped off a magnificent week at the Formula Kite World Championships finishing seventh after a rollercoaster Semi Final series. The final day started with…
Two races were completed on the final day of the ILCA 6 World Championships to round out the event and crown the newest champion. Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) took out the Championships by a commanding 20…
The 2022 EurILCA Master European Championships concluded in great way today after the last two scheduled races held in L’Escala, Spain. 7-10 knots of wind and almost flat water were the prevailing sailing conditions for all 5 fleets. The day…
18ft SkiffsSpring Championship, Race 1Today’s Trophy: Major Arthur Frizelle TrophySunday, October 16 2022Sydney Harbour The Shaw and Partners Financial Services team of Jim Colley, Charlie Wyatt and Tom Quigley, took out the opening race of the Australian 18 Footers League’s…
Andoo Comanche skipper John Winning Jr says he is “pushing the limits” of the famous 100-foot maxi, after claiming the overall victory in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s inaugural Tollgate Islands Race. The VPLP 100 took Line Honours in…
Aussies sitting 3rd going into final day. Saturday’s earlier start time at the 2022 Immunolin F18 World Championship gave competitors a four-race day in a variety of winds. The top 5 in the provisional standings are in a tight fight…
HIGHLIGHTS Breiana Whitehead finishes 5th overall – Strong onshore breeze of 12 knots building to 20 knots, blue skies and blue water at Poetto Beach– Toni Vodisek (SLO) wins his first world title– Daniela Moroz (USA) wins her sixth world…
Three races were held in moderate winds on the penultimate day of the ILCA 6 World Championships hosted out of Texas Corinthian Yacht Club. After two impressive wins today, the reigning Olympic Champion, Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark, leads by a…
A light to medium Mistral breeze delivered four high-intensity races on day five of the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia. The wind was blowing offshore from Poetto Beach at 8 to 11 knots, making the racing an…
Andoo Comanche continues to make advances ahead of the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, winning line honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Tollgate Islands Race. The 260 nautical mile race is the third of six races in…
It was a challenging start to the Sandringham Yacht Club’s premier multi-class event today as Port Phillip decided to glass-out on Day 1 of the Sail Sandy Regatta. The majority of classes achieved a single race in extremely light conditions,…
Australia’s Breiana Whitehead has put together a day to remember at the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Italy, moving up to fourth with two days left to race. There was no shortage of action, with a day of…
USA: Racing levelled up on day four of the ILCA 6 World Championships as three races were completed on the first day of the final series in a variable 6 to 13-knot wind. Conditions settled on Galveston Bay in Kemah,…
Slovenia: Another slow start for day two of the 44Cup Portorož World Championship meant the fleet was held ashore with racing not getting underway until 1400 hours, but when it did fill in, the breeze was a crucial 2 knots…
The Mistral fully kicked in for day four of the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia, the wind pumping from 15 up to 22 knots, with some really hard gusts coming off the Sardinian shore. Everyone came back…
With 145 entries and counting, the 29er EuroCup Final is to be held at the popular and picturesque Fraglia Vela Riva, Lake Garda, Italy. Sailors in the European fleet are clearly happy to be back to regular racing after the…
Strong Levante wind conditions allowed us to complete Rounds 1 and most of 2 for the men, alongside the women’s quarter finals on Thursday at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup at Cadiz in Spain. The strong wind combined with the…
Wet windy trades on the nose with confused seas for the GGR fleet. Tight group of four in pursuit of leader Simon Curwen, with Kirsten Neuschäfer going coastal. Big decisions ahead with a possible 900 mile diversion into the roaring…
HIGHLIGHTS– Mistral offshore breeze of 5 to 12 knots shakes up the pack on day 3– Daniela Moroz (USA) the only rider still to have won all races– Toni Vodisek (SLO) stays at the top of the men’s fleet– End…
An ultra-light onshore breeze at the 44Cup Portoroz World Championship should have made for a straightforward opening day to the high performance one design’s pinnacle event of the season. In fact it demonstrated how the nimble RC44 can race meaningfully…
When the Michael Coxon-led Smeg 18ft Skiff Racing Team takes to Sydney Harbour for the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2022-23 season it will become the 26th consecutive season of boat sponsorship by the “technology with style” company with the League….
Tropical Storm Karl, which has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, played havoc on Galveston Bay for day two of the ILCA 6 World Championship. It was a waiting game in Kemah, Texas, with just one race completed in the…
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