ORC World Championships Sailing in Porto Cervo
The ORC World Championship is set to start in Porto Cervo, with 69 boats from 16 nations taking partin the offshore sailing competition
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Groupama Race: Eye Candy slips in under the radar
First Caledonian in real time, Eye Candy, were pushed along by their rivals, Guilty Pleasures and Poulpito, also Sydney 38’s.
GC32 Lagos Cup opens with Psarofaghis masterclass
While Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi Red Bull Racing team has topped GC32 competition for many years, they are now focused on 37th America’s Cup training and so are fielding two teams on the GC32 Racing Tour:
“If you ain’t first you’re last” rollercoasters in light winds Cascais but Quantum Racing and Vayu impress.
Quantum Racing returned a second and a sixth to finish the day with a two points lead at the top of the Rolex TP52 World Championship
Battle of the breezes delays racing in Kiel
Conditions were looking good for the Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes ready to compete on day one of Kiel Week overnight, but a battle of land and sea breezes thwarted any possible racing with all Olympic classes postponed.
Baby steps on the big beasts as Svea and J Class racing returns to the Bay of Palma
The J Class return to Superyacht Cup Palma next week (29 June-2 July), where four boats will race as a class at the event for the first time since Mallorca’s 2014 showcase regatta
Tough competition expected for 10 boat fleet at GC32 Lagos Cup
When racing kicks off tomorrow (Thursday 23rd) on Portugal’s Algarve at the GC32 Lagos Cup, the flying catamaran fleet will be back up to its full pre-pandemic size of ten boats.
Quantum Racing’s Superior Consistency Proving Key in Cascais
Maintaining a superior level of consistency Quantum Racing lead the Rolex TP52 World Championship by four points after another two challenging light winds races on the waters off Cascais, Portugal.
The New Formula Foil World Champions
Nicolas Goyard, now the undisputed champion between iQFoil, PWA and Formula Foil, was confirmed as the world champion, having won practically all the most important regattas in the speciality over the last two years.
Groupama Race: Battles throughout the fleet and imminent finishes
300 nautical miles upwind, the second half of the New Caledonia Groupama Race has not been an easy task.
Runners Up Twice Today, Quantum Racing Open Strong in Cascais at the Rolex TP52 World Championship
Racing in winds which were much lighter than Cascais has built its reputation for, Doug DeVos US flagged Quantum Racing has the early lead of the Rolex TP52 World Championship after opening with two second places.
DAY 4 Formula Foil World Championships
The wind, on the penultimate day of racing of the Formula Foil World Championship being held at Circolo Surf Torbole, arrived lazily, almost as if to spite the Race Committee.
The Positive Trend Continues For Fin1Racing, Winners at the Persico 69F Cup GP2.1 in Puntaldia
The GP2.1 Persico 69F Cup, a three-day highly competitive event in one of the best race courses in the Mediterranean, Puntaldia, has just ended, crowning Fin1Racing team for the third GP in a row.
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race Class40 Combat Zone
Ten Class40s are among the entries and expressions of interest for the 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club.
A Disrupting Cut Off Low, and Celebrating Diversity At The ROLEX TP52 World Championship Cascais 2022.
The ROLEX TP52 World Championship Cascais 2022 regatta starts Tuesday on the Atlantic waters off Cascais where Takashi Okura’s Sled team will seek to defend the 2021 title they won in Palma in November.
Rolex Middle Sea Race Fleet Starts to Climb
With little more than four months to go to the start of the 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race on Saturday, 22 October, the fleet is growing daily. Some 49 yachts from 21 countries have entered Mediterranean’s premier 606-mile classic to date.
The 2022 Rolex TP52 World Championships Title Is Wide Open
The Rolex TP52 World Championships return to Cascais, Portugal next week, to a popular venue which almost all the nine teams which are set to compete are hoping will deliver on its worldwide reputation for big winds and Atlantic waves.
Four new teams join GC32 Racing Tour for Lagos
Following the opening event of the GC32 Racing Tour’s ninth season in Riva del Garda, the World Sailing-approved foiling catamaran circuit moves on to Portugal for the first of two events in Lagos.
WASZP Games hits 150+ entries from 25 Nations!
With just under 1 month to go until the 2022 International WASZP Games excitement has hit fever pitch with currently 158 entries taken so far.
Foiling Week 2022, The Week of the Flying Boats
From June 30 to July 3, Malcesine on Lake Garda will host the FOILING WEEK, the premier event for sailors, technicians, and sailing 3.0 enthusiasts from around the world.
Persico 69F Cup Back in Puntaldia
69F is back in Italy and does so with the Persico 69F Cup, starting from the corner of paradise where it was left, at the end of the 2021 season, Puntaldia.
Rán wins 2022 IRC National Championship by 0.005 of a point
An outstanding long weekend of yacht racing, where the full program was sailed under brilliant sunshine in 10-20+ knot winds and a mix of tidal states on one of the world’s most challenging stretches of water – the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 2022 IRC National Championship was a resounding success.
Team Sailfever First TF32 In The Bol D’or Mirabaud
After 14h 22m 19s of racing on Lake Geneva, Frédéric Jousset’s Team Sailfever was the first TF35 to finish the 83rd Bol d’Or Mirabaud and the second boat overall to cross the finish line at 00:20 this morning.
Intense three way fight for the 2022 IRC National Championship title
A further three windward-leewards were held on the central-eastern Solent on day two of the RORC’s IRC National Championship in yet more exceptional conditions – 15-20 knot WSW winds and brilliant sunshine.