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Luna Rossa prototype launch
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…
Rolex Middle Sea Race – the essential details
The start of the 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race is less than a week away. The Royal Malta Yacht Club has been a hive of activity over the past month, and the clubhouse and moorings are ready to welcome the…
Aussies win at EurILCA Master European Champs
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…
Formula Kite World Champs Day 3
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…
Light and challenging opening to 44Cup Worlds
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…
Day One – GWA Wingfoil World Cup Tarifa
The GWA Wingfoil World Tour crew are delighted to be back in Tarifa for the penultimate event of the 2022 season, where 48 men and 15 women have registered to participate in this pure Surf-Freestyle event. Read on for the…
2022 Formula Kite World Championship – Day 2
HIGHLIGHTSThunderstorms and rain stop play, and not enough wind for racing when sun came out on day 2Daniela Moroz (USA) and Lauriane Nolot (FRA) lead the women’s qualifying fleetsAxel Mazella (FRA), Toni Vodisek (SLO) and Max Maeder (SGP) are top…
2022 Formula Kite World Championships – Day 1
HIGHLIGHTSSolid breeze from 160 degrees, increasing from 9 to 14 knots during the afternoonA total of 20 qualifying races completedDaniela Moroz (USA) and Lauriane Nolot (FRA) lead the women’s qualifying fleetsAxel Mazella (FRA), Toni Vodisek (SLO) and Max Maeder (SGP)…
How to sail the AC40
It has the America’s Cup and wider sailing community tuned in and eager to understand its design and performance when considering its core purpose to provide the pathway into the America’s Cup for the next generation of Women and Youth…
Project Landspeed: Windows of opportunity
Lake Gairdner – 11th October 2022 With the Wind Powered Land speed World Record being so heavily dependent on Mother Nature, Glenn Ashby and the team on Lake Gairdner are having to constantly monitor the weather and the windows of…
Formula Kite World Championship 2022 – Day 0
Olympic Kitefoilers ready to race the World Championships in Sardinia A total of 150 riders representing 44 nations from every continent are set to contest the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia, over the next seven days. Taking…
Explosive Last Race Decides M32 World Champs
The stage was set for a grand finale day of racing on the last day of the M32 World Championship. As all boats headed to the course the top 6 boats had clear intentions of spraying champagne and taking the…
M32 Worlds Day 3 – Top Six in Battle for World Title
15 races completed in the M32 World Championship and the scoreboard is still incredibly tight. The top six boats are going for the Championship Trophy after a day three that had everything. Midtown with skipper Larry Phillips moved up to…
Day 1 – 2022 M32 World Championship
The first day of four in the championship gave a good taste of the excitement ahead. Five different winners in the five races and 1 point separating the top 4 teams tells the story of an incredible close fleet. Tied…
Windsurfer Worlds – Day 2
(Ed) Looks like Scotty is pushing those starts pretty hard!. These reports are translations from the original Italian press release, so apologies for some of the expressions, but they are quite funny in their own right! It strengthens the supremacy…
Horonuku has had its first day of sailing on Lake Gairdner
Lake Gairdner – 5th October 2022 Emirates Team New Zealand’s land yacht ‘Horonuku’ has had its first day of sailing on Lake Gairdner, in South Australia, with pilot Glenn Ashby behind the wheel in his bid to eclipse the 2009…
Three races and three winners as OK Dinghy Europeans finally gets going in Bandol
Valerian Lebrun from France is the early leader at the 2022 OK Dinghy European Championship at Société Nautique de Bandol, France, after the first day of racing. He leads Bo Petersen, from Denmark and Stefan de Vries, from The Netherlands….
Lepanto 2022 Formula Kite Europeans – Day 2
The French were fast out of the blocks on the first day of racing at the 2022 Lepanto Formula Kite European Championships in Nafpaktos, Greece. Poema Newland, Jessie Kampman and Alexia Fancelli hold the top three places in the 47-strong…
Hobie 16 – A great first day for the finals
Day 1 Finals racing – Building breeze and tight quarters for the first day of the finals. Winds started out on the lighter side but quickly built to 10-15 knots. With the field cut to just the top 48 teams,…
Lepanto 2022 Formula Kite Europeans – Day 1
Storm Force from NafpaktosDay one of the Lepanto 2022 Formula Kite European Championships in Nafpaktos, and the weather forecast in western Greece was so apocalyptic that the government forbade any on-water activity today, and that included the kiteboarders. NO SERIOUSLY,…
Hobie 16 – A long break between races but a great day on the water
Day 2 Semi-finals racing – Racing for day 2 of the semi-finals got underway at 11:00 AM in the offshore breeze. The first session sailors did two back to back races. The first race of the day was sailed in…
Open Series – Semi Finals – 2022 Hobie 16 World Champs
Day 1 Semi-finals racing – We had to wait for the wind, but it came. Another long onshore postponement waiting for the wind to settle and fill. Racing got underway at 2:00pm with 8-13 knots of wind from the NE,…
Aspire wins three from three in Cannes
Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio Marazzi) has made it four wins in a row at the 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes after two more race wins on Thursday, with just one…
A slow day in Cannes – but hot competition for 5.5 Metre fleet
It was a slow day in Cannes but one of intensely hot competition. The 2022 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes started with two very light wind races. Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Flavio…
Hobie 16 Worlds: Mixed fleets Day 2
Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona: The afternoon thermal on the Gulf of Roses just keeps delivering and lumpy and bumpy was the theme of the day. Early in the racing, the breeze was a bit stronger 12-14 knots but waned…
Rolex Swan Cup – Final Day Video
Sensational Rolex Swan Cup concludes the 2022 ClubSwan Racing season. Congratulations to the overall winners of the 2022 Rolex Swan Cup. MAXI CLASS🥇 Swan 90 | FREYA | Donald Macpherson MINI MAXI CLASS🥇 Swan 601 | FLOW | Stephen Cucchiaro…
Jeff Bezos’s 127m/ 417ft Y721 with her masts stepped
As you might know, Jeff Bezos’s controversial Y721 yacht arrived at Greenport in Rotterdam without her masts last Tuesday. The fore, main and mizzen mast of the 127m/ 417ft schooner were transported and stepped last week, so we took the…
World Sailing Show – August 2022
Catch Episode 4 of the World Sailing Show 🙌 Ben Ainslie’s return to British waters, 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award and VI Foundation action with Switzerland SailGP team 🇨🇭 #BacktheBid
Globe40 Leg 2 – arrival of Whiskey Jack in Mauritius
Have a look in video the emotional arrival of Melodie Schaffer and Mikael Ryking in Mauritius after an epic second leg!
The Appendage Factory
Auckland – 24th August 2022 As excitement builds around the arrival of the AC40 and the focus on the build at McConaghy boats, Emirates Team New Zealand’s build facility on Auckland’s North Shore has been running at capacity for the…
Bar Talk – Bellino & Mzungu! – Round Britain & Ireland Race
In the 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race the battle to be the first Two-Handed team to finish was extraordinary, with two teams in sight of each other for 15 days of match racing. Rob Craigie & Deb Fish…
Video of Monday’s arrivals in Round Britain & Ireland Race
The Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race came to a thrilling climax on the 16th day of the 1,805 nautical mile race. In a 14-hour flurry, 10 boats finished the race and a passionate dock party on Trinity Landing was…
Moving up – class transition tips from Nathan Outteridge
With so many opportunities and pathways in sailing sometimes it can be hard to make a decision on what next?! We hear from sailor and Olympic Gold Medallist Nathan Outteridge on his top tips in regard to class transition.
From the Ground Up
It’s finally here… Join us for the premiere of our brand new documentary, From the Ground Up, supported by Harken Australia. This 30-minute doco takes a look at the manufacturing history of the Australian Sharpie class to identify the importance…
Sailing The Corsair 880 Sport Trimaran
Sydney, Australia – 19th August 2022 We’ve just had the joy of sailing the all new 28ft Corsair 880 Sport trimaran on Sydney Harbour and we filmed a video review of our experience. If you missed it at the Sydney…
ILCA 4 Youth World Champs – Day 4
After 3 glorious days of racing, it was AP over A in Vilamoura, Portugal. No races were sailed today due to lack of wind. Scoring remains the same as yesterday. Three races are scheduled for friday, with the first warning…
ILCA 4 Youth World Champs – Day 3 video
Take a look at the third racing day of the ILCA 4 Youth World Championship!
ILCA 4 Youth World Champs – Day 2 Video
Check how the second racing day of the ILCA 4 Youth World Championship went!
Cracking the F50 code
The rising trajectory of the New Zealand SailGP Team, which topped the podium for the first time in Plymouth, has been captured in the latest episode of the league’s behind-the-scene docuseries Racing on the Edge. With unprecedented access into the…
