New Zealand America’s Cup Team Recruits More Kiwi Sailors
With the aim to continue to bring a new generation of young, fit and ultra talented New Zealand sailors to the America’s Cup, challenger Emirates Team New Zealand has now recruited New Zealand Sailing...
View Article48th ORC Congress – Another great year
The 48th meeting of the Offshore Racing Congress was held along with the Annual Conference of World Sailing in Barcelona, and capped yet another successful year for the organization. For the rest of...
View ArticleMelges 24 World Championship – Six kids, one boat
With a boat in hand, a dozen enthusiastic kids, and some parents willing to serve as a crash boat, the dream began on a sunny April afternoon. I was lucky enough to be part of that dream. For the rest...
View Articleselfie
Sam Greenfield may have been the first yachtie to launch a drone off a racing boat, and in just a short time, the world has followed. Quads have become required equipment for the world’s biggest...
View ArticleVendée Globe – Trade wind drag race to the Doldrums
With Madeira yesterday, the Canaries today and the Cape Verde archipelago tomorrow, the skippers are ticking off a quick succession of islands on the route down to the Doldrums. Follow them on the...
View ArticleWorld Sailing Conference Presidential election upset
The World Sailing Conference comes to an end in Barcelona on Sunday with the Presidential and Board elections and another possible election upset… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleWorld on Water
In this episode WoW covers the hardest sporting event in the world the 8th Vendee Globe 29 solo sailors in the non-stop, un-assisted sail around the world, Race 2 Leg 1 of the 18 Footers Championships,...
View ArticleOracle @Bermuda: Hide & Photoshop that Tip
Photos: Oracle Team USA / Sam Greenfield. Click for HQ. Since the days of the first Oracle flying AC45 with hard Ls, that I don´t see a published retouched foil pic. Video of Oracle pitch & save is...
View ArticleRevamped radical supermaxi is launched in Tauranga
The revamped supermaxi, formerly Nicorette now known as CQS, has been launched in Tauranga, on New Zealand’s east coast. Originally 90ft the hull has been stretched to 98ft and fitted with a several...
View Articleespionnés
[That’s French for ‘spied’ -ed]. Seasailsurf posted a couple of pics pulled from Gitana’s incredible, museum-quality exposition in the Vendee Race Village, and they think they might have a real scoop;...
View Articlei’m seeing red
Clean Report Musto and Torqeedo make our European coverage possible this month, please check out their offerings online or at the METS show this week. At the invitation of onsite project manager Jan...
View ArticleBattle is joined for control of Kiteboarding
World Sailing issued a press release Friday setting out a new governance structure for Kiteboarding, despite protests of fraudulent governance over the sport of kiteboarding by IFKO… For the rest of...
View ArticleWorld Sailing Honors George Andreadis
Barcelona, Spain (November 11, 2016) – George Andreadis (GRE) has been awarded the Beppe Croce Trophy, which honours an individual for their outstanding voluntary contribution to the sport of sailing....
View ArticleThe Boss is back in the lead
Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss moved into 1st place by cutting the corner early… check out the progress on the tracker below! Follow them on the Tracker!
View ArticleWorld Sailing’s President Croce Fighting back
The all-important four yearly vote for World Sailing Presidential and Board positions will linger to the final day of this year’s Annual Conference in Barcelona on Spain’s north east Med. As the...
View ArticleVendee Globe – From Conrad Colman this evening
A week already?! At least that’s the number on my food bag so I guess it must be. I have been so busy down here I haven’t seen the time fly. Week one has included moments of sheer joy when I surf down...
View ArticleMayor’s Cup – Wendy Corzine dominates in LBYC’s Women’s Match Race
Wendy Corzine and her Long Beach Yacht Club team won all of her races Saturday in winning the 2016 Mayor’s Cup World Sailing Grade Five Women’s Match Race in this event hosted by the Long Beach Yacht...
View ArticleThomson takes Vendee Globe lead – Day 7
At the 22:00 hrs Vendee Globe report Saturday, Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss had a 17 miles lead over Armel Le Cléac’h on Banque Populaire VIII Follow them on the Tracker! For the rest of the story from...
View ArticleWorld Sailing – Kim Andersen elected President
Kim Andersen has been elected President of World Sailing for a four year term. The election has just concluded at the Annual General Meeting of the World body of the sport of Sailing, held in in...
View Article18ft Skiffs NSW Champ – Coopers 62-Rag and Famish Hotel win Race 3
The experienced crew of Jack Macartney, Mark Kennedy and Dave Ewings gave a brilliant performance of heavy weather sailing. For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
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