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Day 2 of the Wireless Communications, International 505 World Championships turned out better than expected. The forecast had been for a hot day. In Adelaide, hot days mean no wind. However, on arrival at Adelaide Sailing Club, there was a…
Day 1 of the Wireless Communications 505 World Championships at Adelaide Sailing Club, from a weather perspective, was crazy. Everything looked normal at the start of the day. Beautiful blue skies, a gentle breeze from the South, with everyone expecting…
Consider the time you dedicate to selecting the right inventory, choosing the right sailmaker, and all the other meticulous considerations before you even hit the water. This process is vital, but it’s only the beginning. Even with all these efforts,…
Wireless Communications International 505 World Championships. Day 2 of the Sir James Hardy 505 pre-worlds in Adelaide brought picture perfect conditions for a day at the beach. It also brought pretty good sailing conditions. We had more breeze than yesterday,…
The Route In just two weeks, on 28 December 2024, a fleet of ALMA Globe 5.80 19ft /5.8mtr plywood home-built yachts, will set off from Marina de Lagos, Portugal, for the third Class Globe 5.80 Transat Race. After their ‘warm-up’ leg to Marina Rubicon Lanzarote in the Canary…
Shenzhen, China – December 10, 2024 – The 2024 World Match Racing Tour Shenzhen Bao’an Final is underway. The event began with an opening ceremony attended by skippers, teams, organizing authorities, and spectators. Despite a slight delay in the morning…
The final day of the 2024 Women Match Racing World Championship witnessed close racing played out by the top 4 teams. 21 wins from 21 matches was a perfect scorecard for the 2024 Match Racing World Champions, Normandy Elite Team…
3 round robins completed at the Women’s Match Racing World Championships in Jeddah and one team changed her sponsor name from Normandy Elite Team to “100% Team”! We are talking about Pauline Courtois and her team, Maëlenn Lemaitre, Louise Acker, Laurane Mettraux and Sophie Faguet, achieving 15 races wins…
After a great hospitality evening in the Old City center and a dinner with teams and officials at a local restaurant, came another beautiful day of racing on the water over here in Jeddah! Martina Carlsson, Svea Sahlin, Amanda Ljunggren, Hanna Gaskell-Brown and Hedvig Hedström,Beyond team from Sweden, were the protagonists of the biggest come back of the day. Martina…
The 2024 World Sailing Youth Match Racing World Championship, hosted by the Saudi Sailing Federation in conjunction with Jeddah Yacht Club & Marina and World Sailing, kicked off on the 29th of November, marking the beginning of an exciting week of competitive sailing…
The Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price, Max Paul and Finn Rodowicz goes into the opening day’s racing of the 2024-25 18ft Skiffs NSW Championship next Sunday as favourite to take the title after an outstanding start to…
Finals Day on Pittwater! The 30th Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship concluded with an exhilarating final day of action in perfect racing conditions. A steady 10-15 knot northeast breeze set the stage for an unforgettable showdown. The day began…
The Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price, Max Paul and Finn Rodowicz wrapped up the 2024 Sixt Spring 18ft skiff Championship, which concluded on Sydney Harbour today. The Rag, with Josh Porebski standing in for regular skipper Harry…
Bacchanal, the brand new JPK 11.80 performed well above expectations in the 90nm CYCA’s Bluewater Pointscore Bird Island race as its first Offshore, winning IRC Division 2 and line honors for its division. The Sailing Manager, Keiran Searle used all his…
2024/25 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore – Bird Island Race The Bird Island Race, the fourth event in the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore (ACSBWPS), took place on Saturday 16 November under overcast skies and windy conditions. The starting sequence…
The Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price, Max Paul and Finn Rodowicz continued their domination of the 2024-25 Australian 18 Footers League fleet with another brilliant exhibition in the strong north-east wind conditions on a near-deserted Sydney Harbour…
Congratulations to our Aussie sailors Ruben and Rita Booth who finished the event in 5th with Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown in 8th, claiming Junior Bronze on the way. Junior Podium Results 🌟 Our junior sailors made their mark: Explore…
November 6, 2024 // Today marks a new era for the Canadian team competing in SailGP with the unveiling of a new name, the NorthStar SailGP Team. Inspired by Canada’s northern spirit and dedication to excellence, the NorthStar SailGP Team is steadfast in…
Luke Deegan, from New Zealand has taken the lead at the 2024 OK Dinghy European Championship in Palma after just one more race was sailed on Saturday. Overall, Britain’s Charlie Cumbley dropped to second while Sweden’s Niklas Edler climbed to…
Charlie Cumbley, from Britain, leads the OK Dinghy European Championship in Palma after the first three races were sailed on Thursday in Palma Bay. Luke Deegan, from New Zealand, is second, on equal points with Britain’s Matt Howard. All three…
Australia’s Paul McKenzie finishes 5th overall and 1st Grand Master. Italy’s Alessandro Marega has won the Finn European Championship in Cannes after the final day brought even more drama and turnarounds. Valerian Lebrun, from France, ended up second, and also…
The fourth day of the 2024 Finn Open Europeans was, and is, filled with drama and uncertainty after a day of waiting for wind, then multiple restarts and finally multiple hearings in the jury room. As this report goes out…
After a windless second day at 2024 Open Finn Europeans, the third day of the event also started windless with a long postponement on shore in increasing temperatures. Confidence was reasonably high that some wind was coming, but it took…
Italy’s Alessandro Marega is the early leader at the 2024 Finn Open European Championship at the Yacht Club de Cannes after three great races in a building breeze. He won all three of his group races to sit five points…
The 45th Rolex Middle Sea Race fleet was let loose from Grand Harbour, Valetta, this morning, with crews experiencing lively conditions as they exited the historic port. In contrast to recent years, the breeze was up and held throughout 90…
When Sir Ben Ainslie and INEOS Brittania burst through the Louis Vuitton Cup final and into the America’s Cup Match for the first time in 60-years it was a momentous moment for British sailing. Whether the Challengers of Record manage…
It was a dramatic first day of the Wingfoil Racing World Cup Italy with two grueling long-distance races that had riders shaking their arms to send blood to cramping forearms. A wincing sailor was staring at a bleeding foot, riders ducked through the prop wash of the rabbit…
Fans are expected to experience ‘record-breaking speeds’ and faster, more competitive racing as part of the fleet-wide upgrade, due ahead of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Auckland. OCTOBER 14, 2024 LONDON, UK | SailGP has confirmed that its new high-speed…
Odenbach’s Honeybadger team Wins! When Seattle—a city famous for its coffee, rain, and salmon—puts on a show, you can bet your last shackle that it’s going to be a great experience, especially when world-class sailboat racing is involved. Such was the case…
Sanxenxo, Spain, 5th October 2024 The 6 Metre class has already declared its new European champions. The Trofeo Xacobeo, which kicked off on 30th September to dispute the continental title in Sanxenxo, finally concluded on Saturday. King Juan Carlos on board…
Sanxenxo, Spain, 4th October 2024 The Ria de Pontevedra was the setting for an action-packed fifth day of the Trofeo Xacobeo. The event, held by the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo (RCNS), and that will decide the new 6 Metre…
The event organized by the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo crosses the halfway line with the dispute of a third day in which the wind and rain were again protagonists. In Classics, “Bribon” continues to settle at the top of…
Barcelona, 2nd October 2024 The America’s Cup e-Series culminated today in a groundbreaking event that blurred the lines between the virtual and real worlds of sailing. eSailingCentral (Liam Dimock, New Zealand, 14) and Booshify (Robbie Wooldridge, New Zealand, 19), the top two…
Class winners of first offshore race are WIZARD, ZAMMERMOOS and RIMA98 Newport, Rhode Island, USA – After 24 to 30 hours of racing and sailing courses varying in length from 157 to 203 miles the fleet has now finished and the results in for the first race of the 2024 ORC World Championship held at New York Yacht…
Newport, RI — After an impressive spinnaker start out of Newport Harbor, the first several hours have shown great progress into first race at the 2024 ORC World Championship held at New York Yacht Club. The three competing classes have been sailing in a relatively steady northeast breeze of 11-16…
· The challenge for the new European 6 metre class title kicked off today in the Ria de Pontevedra, with the first race in the programme, and two leaders initiating the classification: “Bribon” skippered by H.M King Juan Carlos in…
Today is the first official day of the 2024 ORC World Championship and North American Maxi Championship hosted by New York Yacht Club here in Newport. 46 participating teams are using today and tomorrow to pass inspections and to prepare for the week of in-shore and offshore racing that lies ahead. This is a historic World Championship event: the last one…
The 2024 52 SUPER SERIES championship went to the wire once again. After 41 races at five different regattas, contested between April and September, including two at Newport RI in the USA, and from a record sized fleet of 13…
Beta Crucis (AUS 63, Martin CROSS, Bob STODDARD, John CROSS) has won the 5.5 Metre French Open after an eventful final day in Cannes in some spectacular conditions. They won the only race completed on Friday to win another title for…
Beta Crucis (AUS 63, Martin CROSS, Bob STODDARD, John Cross) posted a perfect score on Day 2 of the 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales in Cannes, after Tuesday was blown off. Otto (NOR 68, Bent Christian WILHELMSEN,…
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