Farr 40 Pittwater One Design Trophy- Crosbie Lorimer Images
After two days of racing on Pittwater, the top step on the podium for the Farr 40 One Design Trophy was only decided in the last race, with Martin Hill’s Estate Master taking out the regatta by one...
View ArticleWorld Sailing publishes YOG equipment limitations for kiteboarding
World Sailing has published the equipment limitations to the kiteboarding events in the Youth Olympic Games 2018. The formats for all events (including kiteboarding, windsurfing and mixed multihull)...
View ArticleAon Youth Worlds 2016 – Upwind nosedive and other images from Day 3
There was a real mix of wind and weather for the third day of racing at the Youth World Sailing Championship at Torbay Auckland. The day started with a light seabreeze which built to 12kts under blue...
View ArticleVendée Globe – A complex Pacific Ocean
The sailing conditions in the Pacific Ocean are not easy to handle with several low pressure systems north of the Antarctic exclusion zone… For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleYouth Worlds Day 3 – Podium moves for GBR in Auckland
Britain’s RS:X and 29er crews move to podium places after day 3 of the Aon Youth Worlds in Auckland, New Zealand… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleAon Youth Sailing World Championship – Running away with the RS:X
There could be some early winners at the 2016 Aon Youth Sailing World Championships as Great Britain and Israel begin to run away with the RS:X gold medals on day three. For the rest of the story from...
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In 9 days time the first Chinese Racing team owned by a sailor will cross the start line of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. This is not some corporate team owned and racing for the publicity but...
View ArticleVendée Globe – Structural damage to Le Souffle du Nord
At 1545 UTC on Sunday, the 60-foot monohull, Le Souffle du Nord pour Le Projet Imagine skippered by Thomas Ruyant, currently taking part in the eighth edition, collided with a UFO. For the rest of the...
View ArticleVendée Globe–Day 44– Le Diraison heads to Australia, Colman at Leeuwin
French skipper Stéphane Le Diraison became the third skipper to have to withdraw from the solo round the world race due to mast or rig problems when his mast snapped into two pieces on Saturday...
View ArticleFrom Jailing to Sailing?
The Canadian federal government is being asked to speed up the pace of redevelopment of the land and buildings that once comprised Canada’s most notorious prison to make room for a top-notch sailing...
View ArticleBlind Sailing: State of the Union
Vicki Sheen, Chairman of Blind Sailing International (BSI), recaps the past year and looks forward to 2017. It has been an eventful year in the world of blind sailing, and 2017 promises to be even more...
View ArticleIn Pursuit of the Jules Verne Trophy
(December 18, 2016; Day 3, 23:30 FR) – Francis Joyon (FRA) and his five crew on the 31.5m VPLP-designed trimaran IDEC SPORT lag 32.4 nm behind the pace needed to grasp the Jules Verne Trophy for crewed...
View ArticleCoville Crosses the Equator
(December 18, 2016; Day 41, 22:38 UTC) – Thomas Coville (FRA) and his 31m maxi trimaran Sodebo Ultim’ is well on his way to breaking the solo round the world record. With 3066 nm to go, his latest 24...
View ArticleRolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – Remembering Roger Hickman
There will be excitement and adventure in the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart – there always is – but there will also be a little melancholy, as this will be the first Hobart post-‘Hicko’, Roger Hickman, one...
View ArticleVendee Globe – Ruyant will head to Bluff, NZ
Vendée Globe skipper Thomas Ruyant had his stricken IMOCA Le Souffle du Nord pour le Projet Imagine hove to, so slowed right down with the headsail backed and his mainsail down, as he rode out the...
View ArticleUSA Secures Gold at Youth Sailing Worlds
Auckland, New Zealand (December 19, 2016) – Gold medals tumbled in Auckland at the 2016 Aon Youth Sailing World Championships as five winners were confirmed on the penultimate day with a race to spare....
View ArticleGolds galore at Aon Youth Sailing World Championships
The French multihull sailors secured the inaugural Nacra 15 gold, the Australian 29er girl’s won their first ever regatta, USA’s 420 boys dieting and dedication paid off and both Israel and Great...
View ArticleConny, we salute you
Today, we remember Dutch offshore legend Conny van Rietschoten – the only skipper to win back-to-back Volvo Ocean Race/Whitbread trophies. For the rest of the story from the Volvo Ocean Race CLICK HERE!
View ArticleDangerous Collision in Vendée Globe
(December 19, 2016; Day 44) – Following the collision with an unidentified floating object late yesterday afternoon, the French skipper Thomas Ruyant (Le Souffle du Nord pour Le Projet Imagine)...
View ArticlePirates in the city
Pirates have taken over the city of Alicante. For the rest of the story from the Volvo Ocean Race CLICK HERE!
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