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Report from day One – Sotavento, Fuerteventura Surf-Freestyle battle has kicked off in Fuerteventura MEN’S ROUND 1-4: Twenty-eight men and 12 women from 14 nations battled in the opening rounds Surf-Freestyle discipline in gusty winds that varied from 24 to…
Saturday 22 July- The Solent shoreline was packed deep with spectators braving the conditions to witness the greatest assortment of offshore yacht racing hardware ever assembled. The special 50th edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Rolex Fastnet Race set…
What a way to start the 2023 WASZP European Games in Quiberon France. One of the most spectacular scenes in sailing, with 150+ WASZPs on the same start line for the Marathon race to begin the overall championship qualifying series….
The Ocean Race 2022-23 featured the most ambitious sustainability programme in the Race’s 50 year history, including initiatives that were firsts in the event industry and sports’ world, from efforts to influence global ocean policy to pioneering ways to reduce…
Report from Day Six – Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria Words: Ian MacKinnon Photos: Lukas K Stiller The GWA Wingfoil World Cup in Gran Canaria met the GWA team and riders with strong winds that allowed for three different disciplines to…
LONDON, July 17, 2023 – Race day one of SailGP Season 4 saw ten teams cross the start line, the largest fleet the global championship has seen to date with the introduction of the Germany SailGP Team announced only three…
The first ever GWA Wingfoil Big Air World Champions are crowned BIG AIR MEN’S FINALS The battle to become the first GWA Wingfoil Big Air World Champions at the iconic spot of Gran Canaria’s Pozo Izquierdo in perfect, cranking winds…
COWES, UK, Saturday 15 JULY 2023: Seven days until the sails rise, hearts race, and dreams chase the horizon at the 50th Edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race. Undoubtedly among the crown jewels of offshore sailing, the Rolex Fastnet Race…
MEN’S ELIMINATIONS 5-7 The third day of competition, with 35 men and 14 women battling for 8 hours, served up some of the most exciting FreeFly-Slalom ever seen, with the athletes amped by the cranking winds and swell for the…
Tight battles & heavy crashes during the FreeFly-Slalom discipline Report from day Two, Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria Words: Ian MacKinnon Photo: Lukas K Stiller MEN’S ELIMINATION 1-3 It was a thrilling second day at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Gran…
The GWA Wingfoil World Cup Gran Canaria event has attracted a total of 35 male and 14 female competitors. On the first day in Pozo Izquierdo, the prevailing strong winds made it evident that the men’s division qualification for the…
10 July 2023 – Lavrion, GRE – With the help of a solid Meltemi wind throughout the race area, and reaching and running angles in the first few legs of the course, the fleet of yesterday’s 44 starters has had…
Lavrion, GRE – With picture-prefect conditions of clear skies, azure seas and 12-15 knots of northeast wind, the 3rd edition of the AEGEAN 600 is off to a spectacular start. This offshore classic race is organized by the Hellenic Offshore…
Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon extended their record in Menorca to three victories when the German flagged team today lifted the Royal Cup as winners of the third regatta of the season, the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup. Platoon also won…
Two race wins – the first being an opportunistic victory grasped when the breeze suddenly shut off at the finish line, and the second, a showcase gun-to-gun win from a perfectly timed start – see Harm Müller Spreer’s German-flagged Platoon…
Lavrion, GRE – Activities over the last few days have helped prime the fleet of 45 entries from 16 countries for their start on Sunday of the 3rd annual edition of the AEGEAN 600. Besides the normal formalities of Registration…
Menorca delivered the best racing day of the 2023 Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup so far with breezes to 14-15kts, some big windshifts and a moderate seaway which had the fleet of TP52s surfing occasionally on the downwind legs….
After a disappointing eighth and a ninth on the opening day of the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup Wednesday, Tony Langley’s GBR-flagged Gladiator bounced back with two good, solid race wins today. Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon retain the overall regatta…
Winners in Menorca in 2019 and the last time the circuit visited in 2021, Harm Müller Spreer’s Platoon crew made the best start to the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup today when they won the first race and took…
The Club Náutico de Mahón hosted the official presentation of the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup in beautiful sunshine this evening. Nine boats flying the flags of seven nationalities will comete at this third event of the 2023 season….
Hattie Rogers, the 2022 SailGP X WASZP Champion, was one of Athena’s first recruits, and it is hoped that the Athena Foiling Pathway will create further success stories like Hattie’s, inspiring more young sailors to take up the sport and…
The crystal waters off the Barcelona beachfront became a busy place today as Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli conducted their first sailing session at the 37th America’s Cup venue in their stylish one design AC40 joining both NYYC American Magic and…
The AC40 has been making waves with its performance on the water, but its design is just as impressive on the all-important logistical side of things also. In recent days, Emirates Team New Zealand have been preparing and packing their…
With rollmops unfurling in the big breeze, the decision was made to cancel the final day of racing at the 44Cup Marstrand. Despite this, over the last four days eight races were held and a worthy winner found in Nico…
They are the reigning 44Cup champions, defending champions here in Marstrand – today Nico Poons, Kiwi tactician Hamish Pepper and the rest of his red-hatted crew on Charisma showed again why they are the current supreme leaders in the high…
Britain’s Henry Wetherell has won the 2023 Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins OK Dinghy World Championship in Lyme Regis after the final two races on Friday. Niklas Edler, from Sweden, took the silver while Valerian Lebrun, from France, took the…
Teams, selection trials and outline programmes for participation in the Youth and PUIG Women’s America’s Cups are starting to come together with organisers, sponsors and supporters recognising these pathway events as crucial to the future of the sport at the…
After three days of great conditions, Lyme Regis threw a curve ball on Day 4 of the 2023 Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins OK Dinghy World Championship. Only one gold fleet race was held with no silver fleet races finished….
After the third day of racing at the 2023 Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins OK Dinghy World Championship in Lyme Regis, Sweden’s Niklas Edler has taken a one point lead from Britain’s Nick Craig and Denmark’s Jens Eckardt. Race wins…
Five-time OK Dinghy world champion, Nick Craig has taken the early lead at the 2023 Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins OK Dinghy World Championship in Lyme Regis after four races have now been completed. He sits on level points with…
Auckland – 27th June 2023 With Emirates Team New Zealand’s latest AC40 testing, development and race training block in Auckland now wrapped up, the team are heading north to quickly settle into their Barcelona base and roll Te Rehutai out…
The Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins 2023 OK Dinghy World Championship began Monday with two races in quite challenging wind conditions in Lyme Regis. Nick Craig, Niklas Edler, Bo Petersen and Jens Eckardt all won group races in winds that…
Four days of racing at the GC32 Lagos Cup came to a conclusion today on Portugal’s Algarve coast with a run-away victory for the Nicolai Sehested-skippered Team Rockwool Racing. Out of 15 races sailed, the Danish SailGP crew won a…
Three days of inspiring racing at Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 concluded today with the 24m Farr-designed Rose becoming the first Wally Yacht to win Europe’s longest-running superyacht regatta. The St. Regis Race Day finale delivered another instalment of the excellent…
Representing the prestigious New York Yacht Club, the NYYC American Magic Team today became the second team to sail at the 37th America’s Cup venue with the successful launch of their new AC40 that was delivered ahead of the arrival…
The opening day of the 2023 GC32 Lagos Cup saw the fleet of hydro-foiling catamarans race just off of Portugal’s Meia Praia beach. Five races were played out in conditions of up to 20 knots with the Danish Team Rockwool…
The Bay of Palma delivered in full measure today, with 15 to 20 knots of breeze turbo-charging racing at the 2023 Superyacht Cup Palma across the entire shimmering blue arena on New Zealand Race Day. Following a short postponement for…
Race boats bumped by orcas in approach to Gibraltar Strait Two of the VO65 boats racing in The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint have had direct encounters with orcas – killer whales – in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of…
Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 got underway today in typically excellent sailing conditions out on the Bay of Palma, with an 8 to 10 knot breeze under blue skies greeting the diverse fleet gathered for the 27th edition of Europe’s longest…
The GC32 Racing Tour for the Martin Fischer-designed one design foiling catamaran teams resumes this week in one of the circuit’s favourite venues. Lagos, Portugal, situated 10km away from Cape St Vincent, the southwesternmost tip of Europe, hosted two GC32…
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