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Argo demolishes Bermuda-Plymouth record
In her first outing since the beginning of the pandemic, Jason Carroll’s MOD70 trimaran Argo last week blew away the existing record for the passage between Bermuda and Plymouth, UK.
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Ian Southworth’s Team Hamble on Protis Retain The Quarter Ton Cup
From a nailbiting finale, a fitting conclusion to what felt like a long, hard three-day 12 race regatta that enjoyed winds from 5kts to 18kts Ian Southworth and Team Hamble
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Men’s and Women’s Kiteboarding confirmed for Paris 2024
World Sailing have been informed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the IOC Executive Board have approved Men’s and Women’s Kiteboarding (Formula Kite) for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
International News
Close finishes in Leg 2 leave it all square at the top of IMOCA and VO65 leaderboards
Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team leads VO65 fleet into Alicante with LinkedOut the top IMOCA The second leg of The Ocean Race Europe finished in Alicante, Spain on Wednesday, the culmination
International News
Gentler Mediterranean conditions prevail as intense racing continues on way to Alicante
The weather conditions experienced by the 12 international professional crews competing in The Ocean Race Europe have moderated considerably from yesterday’s fierce headwinds winds that funnelled against them through the
International News
The Ocean Race Europe crews battle fierce conditions in Gibraltar Strait enroute to Mediterranean
A day after leaving Cascais, Portugal on the second leg of The Ocean Race Europe, this afternoon the race’s 12-boat fleet battled fierce headwinds in the Gibraltar Strait – the
International News
The Ocean Race Europe fleet leaves Cascais for Alicante as difficult Gibraltar passage looms
The second leg of The Ocean Race Europe got underway today in Cascais, Portugal where the event’s 12 professional yacht crews representing nine countries from around the world set off
International News
Fairytale victory for Japan at Italy Sail Grand Prix in Taranto
TARANTO – June 6, 2021 – SailGP fans were out in full force – with sellout crowds on-shore and nearly one thousand registered boats lining the racecourse – to enjoy
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Lindsay Smith, the face behind the Doyle Sails One Design powerhouse
While still in high school in Marblehead, Massachusetts, Lindsay Smith started her sail making career, pounding snaps, cutting numbers, and sweeping floors at the Doyle Curtis loft in Marblehead. Fast
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CORUM L’Epargne and The Austrian Ocean Race Project top the table in Cascais
Austrian team stuns VO65 fleet in photo finish for The Ocean Race Europe The opening leg of The Ocean Race Europe came to a nail-biting conclusion today in Cascais, Portugal
New Zealand
How one sailor caught the foiling bug during the pandemic
If I had heard the word windsurfing a year ago I would have immediately pictured something my dad did in the ’90s. Retro pink boards with fluorescent sails and crazy
International News
All to play for during final night at sea after a day of fast and furious racing
After an adrenaline-fuelled day of power reaching through the Atlantic the 12 weary crews competing in The Ocean Race Europe are facing a challenging final night at sea as they
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Wrap Up from the Portuguese Dragon Class Trophy
In the 26th Edition of the most emblematic Portuguese dragon class trophy, HM King Juan Carlos Trophy, Clube Naval de Cascais received fifteen boats of this class. The championship took
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The Congressional Cup Returns with a solid line up of top ranked sailors
The excitement of Congressional Cup racing will return to Long Beach Yacht Club September 14 to 19, 2021 when the world’s leading match racing skippers compete for this venerated trophy
Australian News
“We” are going to the Olympics – Andy Maloney & Josh Junior Talk about the Kiwi Finn Selection
It felt like the crack of dawn, but at 0730 this morning, Kiwi time, Josh Junior and Andy Maloney jumped on a Zoom call to chat to the media about
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Josh Junior Earns New Zealand Team Finn Selection
Josh Junior knows how significant it is to have earned selection for the Tokyo Olympics in the Finn class. The 31-year-old was selected ahead of close friend and training partner Andy
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Twelve teams assembling in Lorient, France for the Ocean Race Europe
International ocean racing teams from around the world are assembling in Lorient, France this week ahead of the start of the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe on Saturday
Australian News
Maloney wins Finn Gold Cup with Junior in third
The Finn Gold Cup had proved elusive to New Zealand sailors for so long but today Andy Maloney became the second Kiwi in 18 months to get his hands on
International News
Introducing the Live Sail Die Monthly Mailbox!
There is a lot going on in the sailing world and we’re sure that you have a word or two to say about it. Now you’ve got the space to
Australian News
Maloney and Junior in the top three at Finn Gold Cup
It’s one of the most prized trophies in Olympic class sailing and both Andy Maloney and Josh Junior are well placed to get their hands on it heading into the
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Paul Snow-Hansen & Dan Wilcox Win Europeans
It came down to the wire in the medal race but Snowy & Dan have triumphed at the 2021 470 European Championship in Portugal! Going into the double points race
Australian News
Belcher and Ryan move in to top three at 470 European Championships
Australia’s hopes for a medal in the 470 men’s division at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are pinned on class veteran Mat Belcher and crew Will Ryan and the pair found
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Australians re-join the international 470 fleet at last stop before Tokyo
With less than three months until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Australia’s two 470 representative teams have been given the opportunity to join the international fleet at the class’ 2021
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Great Britain Stuns Dominant Australia to be Crowned Bermuda Sail Grand Prix Champion on Dramatic Final Day
The Great Britain SailGP Team was crowned first event champion of SailGP Season 2 by winning the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by Hamilton Princess on a dramatic day on