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Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn have beaten compatriots Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie to 49er gold, with Kiwis also claiming silver and bronze on a dramatic final day at the Princess Sofia Regatta.
Four Australians will be racing for medals at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia tomorrow, with many of them collecting first place finishes (bullets) in the final gold fleet races.
In the northern hemisphere, it’s been tense for Kirsten Neuschäfer (ZAF), in less wind than her runner-up for longer. Every time it looks like she’s losing the lead, she finds the resources to grab some miles back, or clutch to the extra bit of wind to hold the lead.
Ruaridh Wright, based at our Gosport, UK loft, is the recipient of the inaugural Richmond Award. North Sails introduced this award in memory of our friend and colleague Sam Richmond, who passed away in 2022 after a tragic yachting accident.
The appetisers are done. Now it’s time for the main course at the Princess Sofia Regatta.
SailGP, the world’s most exciting racing on water, has unveiled its final Season 4 calendar, featuring a mix of already established fan-favorite locations, new territories and some welcome returns to the SailGP host city fold.
After sailing two successful back-to-back regattas on their home waters in Auckland, New Zealand, this past November, Edge Women’s Match Racing is returning to the Women’s World Match Racing Tour (WWMRT) for more.
Two New Zealand sailors have made an early statement on a curtailed first day of the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma – but most of the 36-strong Kiwi fleet will have to wait a while longer to kickstart their European seasons.
Seventy boats and five days of outstanding racing in champagne BVI conditions concluded on Sunday with a fabulous firework display presented by the BVI Government in celebration of the successful conclusion of the 50th Anniversary of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival.
It’s been an eventful week throughout the fleet. The last entrant Ian Herbert-Jones restarted yesterday from Chile joining the Chichester Class. While in the Northern Hemisphere, at the other end of the fleet stretching 4,000 miles, the battle for first home to Les Sables d’Olonne is raging between Kirsten Neuschäfer (ZAF) and Abhilash Tomy (IND).
Another day of perfect racing conditions for day 2 of the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival, with the 6th Annual Scrub Island Invitational, an 11 NM race to a spectacular finish off Scrub Island. Five racing divisions set off outside Nanny Cay at 10am, with an easterly breeze of 15 knots.
We take a deep dive look into the current status of the kiwi sailors as they vie for a place in the NZL Sailing Team for the 2024 Olympic Games.
For more than 50 years, the elite of Olympic sailing have been journeying to Hyères, the historic jewel of the French Riviera, at the end of April. Over the years, the Semaine Olympique Française – Toulon Provence Méditerranée has become an unmissable event for every national team.
Less is heard about the skippers who are fighting to survive in boats at the older end of the fleet, for whom finding sponsorship to underpin their Vendée Globe campaigns is like panning for gold.
The 9th Melbourne Osaka Cup, the longest longitudinal short-handed crewed race in the world, is open for entry. With 152 expressions of interest from around 11 countries, the 5500 nautical miles which traverses the Pacific from South to North is expected to fill quickly.
Whether you have one, two or three hulls, there is plenty of opportunity to shine at the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. While the Volvo fleet racing so close to shore always captures big attention, it was the Multihulls that really turned heads at the 43rd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, hosted March 2-5, 2023.
World Sailing Trust has today published an initial set of recommendations and considerations to support better maternity policies in sailing. Project Juno brings together six initial recommendations to look to set the sport of sailing on a more inclusive course when it comes to women who wish to become mothers and remain in their chosen fields.
The weather is forecast to provide one final taste of Southern Ocean conditions on the approach to Cape Horn.
After a few dramatic months for the sailing sponsorship powerhouse Banque Populaire, their IMOCA 60 has been sold to Alex Thomson Racing. It follows the upset caused by “Clarisse Gate” when Clarisse Cremer announced Banque Pop was going ahead to the next Vendée without her. After huge public backlash to the decision, the sponsor announced they will not have a boat in the 2024 race at all.
The organizers of the Marina Militare Nastro Rosa Tour (MMNRT) announce a new promotional agreement with the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) and its 2023 Double-Handed World and European Championship events aimed to promoting the double-handed racing at events of the MMNRT.
The ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix is off to a flying start for the home team, with New Zealand sitting first on the event leaderboard after a stunning day of fleet racing on Whakaraupo, Lyttelton Harbour.
Stage is set for SailGP’s sellout New Zealand debut New Zealand driver Peter Burling to make first home waters appearance at ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in Christchurch
Off Lorient, Brittany, the Dutch crew on SEC HAYAI made up of Frans Budel and Ysbrand Endt, crossed the finish line of the 8th and final leg of the GLOBE40 at 19:41 UTC this Wednesday.
The Globe 40 race is coming to an end… check out the arrivals of the last leg!
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