[youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFjxEfg_mEw&feature=player_detailpage’] RACE TWO: Called off for today with race two scheduled for tomorrow morning. Both teams would be letting out a huge sigh of relief with both shore crews
Airlie Beach Race Week: more breeze and new winners on final day The final day of racing in the 24th Abell Point Marina Airlie Beach Race Week bought smiles to
[Source: regattanews.com] There was no shortage of drama throughout a memorable and historic 45th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race. The race concluded today with the final prizegiving fittingly held
A sad day for Australian sailing. I have personally competed in this event and loved it. Official Release Yachting NSW has announced the cancellation of the 2013 Sail Sydney regatta
Well, they reckon ETNZ are giving it a good nudge, cracking sheets and sending it ‘up’ the course as well as down. I have got a few pictures from the
[Source: Yachting New Zealand] Top results at pinnacle international regattas have seen three sailors added to the NZL Sailing Team – Yachting New Zealand’s group of top level Olympic class
[Source: www.americascup.com] The 30th anniversary Louis Vuitton Cup Final begins Saturday with Emirates Team New Zealand taking on Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge. The two teams also met in the previous
[Source: regattanews.com] History has been made at the Rolex Fastnet Race. Pascal and Alexis Loison’s JPK 1010 Night And Day from France has won the 2013 edition and is the
Important Points The illusion of danger is real The risk and the cost is what has kept challengers away Ellison has more plastic in his forehead than there is on
[Source: regattanews.com] Igor Simcic’s Esimit Europa 2 (SLO) has added line honours success at the 2013 Rolex Fastnet Race to its glittering collection of victories. Click HERE for the video!
Airlie Beach Race Week: difficult sailing day in picture-perfect location Racing in day four of the Abell Point Marina Airlie Beach Race Week was postponed for three hours until sufficient
ISAF. To most that acronym means one of the following: International Security Assistance Force International Security Armed Force Intermediate Super-Abrasion Furnace International Security and Assistance Force International Security Assistance Forces
[Source: regattanews.com] Esimit Europa 2, the 100-ft Maxi skippered by Jochen Schümann, is set to claim monohull line honours at the 2013 Rolex Fastnet Race. At 17:00 BST she was
[Source: www.americascup.com] The 10 teams entered in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup received their AC45s today, marking the official beginning of the series created to give youth sailors a
[Source: regattanews.com] At 14:03 BST Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard’s 131-ft Maxi Trimaran Spindrift 2 was the first boat to round the Fastnet Rock, the symbolic halfway point of the
The early race day morning was misty and calm with soft winds. PRO Ross Chisholm warning to all to expect a light to very light south-east was on target as
[Source: regattanews.com] The 45th Rolex Fastnet Race is underway following the largest and most impressive start in the event’s 87-year history. 335 yachts set off today on the legendary 611-nautical
[Source: Alpari World Match Racing Tour] Chicago, USA (Sunday, 11th August): Taylor Canfield bounced back from 0-2 to take a last-gasp victory at the Chicago Match Cup today. Representing the
The second day of the Abell Point Marina Airlie Beach Race Week started off with expectations of a softening breeze both in Pioneer Bay and out in the passage. Across
The Abell Point Marina Airlie Beach Race Week started off in magical conditions for all the 110 boats across the 11 divisions. The breeze was a kind south-east eight to
Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have been crowned 470 Women’s World Champions for the first time, the title coming exactly one year to the day since they won Olympic Gold.
Last weekend there was a brief report from Chris Caldecoat, the 96 kg Finn and F18 sailor and General Manager of Performance Sailcraft Australia,(PSA) a company that’s been building Lasers
We didn’t manage to watch the race this morning, but did predict the outcome. LR would win, Artemis would be there to show how much they have improved. Here is
AN INTERNATIONAL MINI TRANSAT CAMPAIGN After years of preparation for the grueling 3400nm solo Mini Transat race across the Atlantic, Richard Hewson writes about the other side of an international
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