“I can’t go on, I’m abandoning this my second Vendée Globe” grimaced an emotional French Vendée Globe skipper Maxime Sorel early this Friday afternoon from Madeira. The 38 year old skipper of V and B – Monbana – Mayenne, who scored…
Have you wondered what happend to the classic maxi Brindabella? The iconic maxi yacht and former Sydney-Hobart line honours winner, Brindabella, will compete in next February’s 75th running of the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race. This special…
It was a fired-up, proficient and efficient Emirates Team New Zealand that raced the hardest to interpret wind direction here in Barcelona and took two clean races off the fast-charging Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia who left very little out…
When the too gentle and shifting breeze died away during the second race of the day, Rainbow were denied a probable double victory, but the newest team to J Class racing were nonetheless pleased to have put their first race…
San Francisco, September 6, 2024: The Ocean Cleanup today declared the eradication of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) achievable within a decade and an ambition to make the cleanup happen faster and more cost effectively. Today’s announcement is the…
With the accuracy of a Swiss watch, the 15+ knot thermal wind kicked in on time as advertised on the Urnersee – north-south section of Lake Uri (Lake Lucerne) – enabling three races to be held on the opening day…
By World Sailing After a day of light wind prevented any Formula Kite action on the water, the standings remained unchanged heading into the crucial Medal Series. Breiana Whitehead is currently sitting in 7th going into the Medal Series and…
Innovative sailors are constantly observing other fields and looking for new technologies that have the potential to change the way they sail. Few adaptations have had quite the impact of the load pin, which made its way into sailing from…
French Whitbread Winner L’Esprit d’équipe Takes Second In Line Honours in McIntyre Ocean Globe!Misses Out on Snatching Leg 4 IRC from Pen Duick VI by just 1 hr 54 Mins. The light had faded as the former Whitbread winner L’Esprit…
The record fleet assembled for Sail Port Stephens 2024 looks set to have an easy, if not breezy, start to the regatta, starting Monday April 15 and running through to April 20. Light winds and more light winds are predicted…
The Bay of Naples lived up to its reputation as one of yacht racing’s trickiest venues on the first of four days of inshore racing for the IMA Maxi European Championship. With the northwesterly wind starting light to moderate, the…
There’s a cat and mouse battle at the head of both fleets as the leaders weave their way towards Cabo Verde The winning IMOCA is expected to finish near midnight GMT in Cabo Verde, with Team Holcim-PRB maintaining speed and…
If you are looking for that special Christmas present, Blue Water Classics – Portraits of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is a book on Australia’s most famous blue water classic, is a best seller and collector’s item for anyone who…
One of Marita Wilmot’s fondest memories of sailing at the Manly 16ft Skiff Club is making the men wait for their post-race shower. “There were no facilities for women so my father used to make all the crew wait outside…
Tom Saunders picked up the big prize, the Orbit World Travel New Zealand Sailor of the Year Award, at the annual New Zeeland Aon Yachting Excellence Awards tonight local time. Late last year, the 30-year-old became just the second New…
18ft SkiffsSpring Championship, Race 5 and 6Today’s Trophy: Chris Webb Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: YandooSunday, 13 November 2022Sydney Harbour Races 5 and 6 of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2022-23 Spring Championship were sailed over two windward-leeward 3-buoys courses, on Sydney…
World Sailing has voted overwhelmingly, with a 93.85 percent majority to approve changes to its governance structure which will enable the federation to be more efficient and increase transparency in line with the requirements of a modern global sporting body….
World Sailing Council met to present a series of reports from each of the committees to update members on the current direction of the sport and future priorities. Opening the Council meeting, World Sailing President, Quanhai Li, praised the resilience…
The GWA Wingfoil World Cup Tarifa was the penultimate event in this five stop season of the GWA Wingfoil World Tour. The final climax will run at Taiba in Brazil, 16 – 20th November. 48 men and 15 women registered…
World Sailing, the global governing body for the sport of sailing, has completed the move to its new headquarters in Hammersmith, Central London. The new premises in Shortlands were formally opened by World Sailing President, Quanhai Li. Conveniently located within…
With just one week remaining to submit nominations for this year’s World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award, the fifth edition of the highest recognition of success in marine sustainability, World Sailing has unveiled its expert panel of judges. Alexandra…
World Sailing will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on 18 July 2022 to discuss and vote on proposals for Governance Reform – the meeting will be held virtually and is open to representatives of all Member National Authorities (MNAs)….
Friends and enemies alike are invited to help celebrate the life of Jim ‘ACE’ Mowtell – ACE Marine Photography at the 18 Footers League in Double Bay at 2pm on Tuesday 2 August Pass the word along as the day…
The final day of Kiel Week once again reflected the past nine days of racing. The conditions varied from calm in the morning – with a corresponding delay in the start – to dream conditions in the last possible Medal…
In Australia, winter is upon us, which means many cruisers and racers in the southern states will soon be making the journey north to Queensland and beyond. But as Alan Punch, an RYA Navigation Instructor with Navathome Australia, writes, to ensure…
Female-led sailing sessions and courses have been organised in Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia and the United Kingdom, China and Japan, South Africa, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada, St. Kitts, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with…
Switzerland: After an hour of practice racing under brilliant sunshine on the sparkling waters of Lake Geneva, the seven TF35 teams had shaken off any winter dust that might have accumulated. They were ready for the Realstone Cup for Léman…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Blair is still trying to raise money to…
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, racing at last resumed at Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille, the third and penultimate event in the International Maxi Association’s Caribbean Maxi Challenge. And what a start it was with…
The Clean Sailors Youth Racing Team have won the 69F division in the Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta (BCIR) in Miami. Lukas Hesse of Germany, sailing with his team mates Jan Schüpbach from Switzerland and CJ Perez from Hawaii, was buzzing after…
Matt Allen and his Ichi Ban crew were the big winners at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Ocean Racer of the Year Awards and Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore Prizegiving. After Ichi Ban won the 2021/22 Audi Centre…
A total of 12 organisations in Cowes and East Cowes have come together to plan Uffa Fox 50 – a celebration of famous boat designer Uffa Fox’s life and to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. To be held…
Grenada, Day 14: With over 30 knots of trade winds in the Atlantic, the 15 teams still racing in the RORC Transatlantic Race have seen a rapid rise in boat speed towards Grenada and a further two boats are expected…
Addicted to More Adventure is the sequel to the first Addicted to Adventure by sailor and adventurer Bob Shepton. The adventures here are more varied, in time as well as place and content. There are many diverse adventures involving sailing…
The ILCA 6 World Championshipsfinally got underway in the Al-Mussanah Sports City, Oman overnight, with three races completed in a light sea breeze. There was no racing on day one of the event due to lack of wind, so after…
The World Sailing Awards 2021 show, celebrating outstanding achievements and exceptional contributions to global sailing, will be live online on Thursday 2 December from 20.00 UTC from the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, UK. Keep VotingA record-breaking 25,000 votes have…
Strong winds sparked an exciting sprint in the 2021/22 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore’s Bird Island Race, with Ichi Ban, Disko Trooper_Contender Sailcloth and URM all taking away wins. A blustery 12-25 knot westerly provided an entertaining start to…
The Grand Final of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup (YFGC), an event which saw the top six teams of the 2021 season competing to win the title of under-25 champion, concluded today with the victory of DutchSail – Janssen De…
The final event of the YFGC got underway today with two races held in the waters off Cagliari, Sardinia. The competition will decree the overall winner of the circuit, who will receive a voucher worth €50,000 in addition to a…
Harm Müller Spreer’s Platoon crew, who won the event in 2019, took the lead at the Menorca 52 Super Series Sailing Week after a fourth place and a race win saw them overtake Andy Soriano’s Alegre on the overall leaderboard….
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