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2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships – Day 5
Three races were completed today in each fleet at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships. Vilamoura provided a nice southeast breeze of 7–13 knots, and with pent-up energy from no racing yesterday, the sailors were very eager to get their races off today.
Busy Barcelona as the grind gets real
From the recent days of relatively calm sailing, today Barcelona reminded all involved in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup that it’s a venue to be treated with caution and respect as a residual southerly swell mixed with a sharp north-easterly wind chop that filtered in and whipped up a mean average of 1 metre waves to make it interesting.
With 13 boats racing the heat is on in Puerto Portals
While two different teams – Hasso and Tina Plattner’s Phoenix and Andy Soriano’s Alegre – won the two short official practice races raced today ahead of Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES starts on the Bay of Palma Wednesday, these one lap heats also served as the last chance for the two new teams, the French Teasing Machine and Brasil’s Crioula Team to find their marks before they step into the white
The Drheam-Cup: We will be back in 2026!
The prize-giving ceremony for the fifth edition of the DRHEAM-CUP / GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE DE COURSE AU LARGE took place on Sunday 21 July in La Trinité-sur-Mer, an opportunity to celebrate all the winners and award special trophies in the different categories. It was also an opportunity for the organisers to draw the positive conclusion and look forward to the tenth anniversary of the race between
Challenging Opening Day for the 505 World Championships
The first day of racing at the 505 World Championships continued the challenging conditions which was seen at the Pre-Worlds. Racing was postponed with sailors held ashore in anticipation of an afternoon seabreeze. Competitors launched around midday with the hope of two races with a 2pm start.
The IMOCAs parade and conclude the pre-race arrivals into Saint-Malo
With a few exceptions, all the of the solo skippers who are set to take part in the 12th edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe will have arrived safely in Saint-Malo by the end this Wednesday evening.
Barcelona Will Host 2023 Rolex TP52 World Championship
The 2023 Rolex TP52 World Championship will be contested on the 37th America’s Cup racing waters off Barcelona during the week 21st to 26th August when Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing powered by American Magic will seek to defend the world title which they won this year in Cascais.
Shotgunn takes the first bullet! Round 1 Cape 31 Race Circuit – Poole Regatta
Round 1 of the 31 Race Circuit began this weekend with 11 boats heading to Poole Regatta. It kicked off with a North Sails training day on the Friday afternoon after the teams had delivered their boats along the coast.
Everything You Need To Know About La Route du Rhum Villages
From Tuesday the 25th October the historic start town of Saint Malo, in the heart of the Brittany region, will welcome more than 138 boats which are set to compete on the 12th edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe.
Doyle Sails International on-going partnership with Live Sail Die
Doyle Sails International and Live Sail Die are excited to announce a continuing partnership to promote all the great aspects of sailing around the world. Doyle Sails has been a
Perisco 69F to Race in Palma Bay Waters
Persico 69F Cup GP 4.1 and 4.2 are about to begin in Puerto Portals, Mallorca, Spain. It will be a first time for the only one-design, foiling, team monohull to hit the Palma Bay waters, some of the best known and appreciated in the international regatta industry.
Svea on song for breezy win at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
A fresh north-westerly Mistral breeze of 20-23 knots accompanied by beautiful sunshine provided classic Porto Cervo conditions for the J Class today, which saw the Swedish flagged Svea score their fourth race win at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup.
Women’s World Match Racing World Tour heads to Denmark
The fifth stage of the 2024 Women’s World Match Racing Tour heads to Denmark this weekend for the Women’s WMRT Denmark from 5-8 September, hosted by the Royal Danish Yacht Club (KDY). Ten teams from seven nations will compete over the four-day match racing event at KDY’s Rungsted venue approximately 25km north of Copenhagen. The Women’s World Match Racing Tour is the only all-women professional se
Tom Dolan of Ireland leads Stage 2 of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec by 5 miles with 190 to go
With a clear lead of over five nautical miles on a course which should now be a straight line to the finish off Royan, Ireland’s Tom Dolan (Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan) will be hoping above all else that his pre-start concerns that the finish of Stage 2 may tomorrow prove near-windless, like that of Stage 1 into Gijón prove, false.
Ben Ainslie’s Great Britain SailGP Team Becomes the First Competing Team in the SailGP League to Take Franchise Ownership
Cádiz – Andalusia, SPAIN – October 6, 2021 – Ahead of the sixth event in the global racing league’s second season in Cádiz – Andalusia, the Great Britain SailGP Team
It’s all about the Gold Cup – Finn Gold Cup opened in Aarhus
It’s all about the Gold Cup. The Finn Gold Cup is one of the most prestigious and oldest trophies in sailing and today the 68th edition was opened in Aarhus, Denmark, with around 110 entries from 20 countries. The trophy is littered with the names of some of the best athletes in the sport of sailing over the past seven decades including Paul Elvstrøm, John Bertrand, Cam Lewis, Fredrik Lööf, Mateus
Coaches and athletes ready for action at first Allianz Sailing World Championships to feature Para Sailing
The 2023 Allianz World Sailing Championships, The Hague, is already a landmark moment for Para Sailing as the first edition to feature Para events, but it will also be the first time that World Sailing will host a Para Sailing Development Program (PDP) at the event.
Irish sailor Tom Dolan clinches career best stage finish as La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec
Just on cue, Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan delivered his career best stage finish today when, under the added pressure of being the ‘homecoming favourite’ he took second place on the 610 nautical miles La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec first leg from Caen into drizzly Kinsale this morning.
Bermudes 1000 Tracker and Race Update
After setting sail early yesterday afternoon on a 1,280-mile sprint across the Atlantic, the thirteen duos competing in the fourth edition of the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race Brest – Brest had a tricky first night, upwind, with very light airs and some significant currents to deal with, especially around Le Raz de Sein.
Start date confirmed for The Ocean Race 2022-23
Two race fleets will assemble in Alicante, the Spanish home of the Race, for the winter holiday period in 2022 before a mid-January 2023 start for leg one of the
