International News
Suardiaz and Macdonald at the top of their game
There was drama in each heat on the final day of the Surf-Freestyle in Fuerteventura as one rider after another kept dropping sick tricks, each higher and more precise than the next.
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International News
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
International News
ISC regatta 20/21 July 2024
The Saturday of the event provided a south westerly breeze ranging between approximately 220 to 250 degrees with a strength of 7 to 10 knots.
Australian News
Delights of SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week don’t begin and end with sailing
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2024 sold out in an unprecedented 12 minutes – minus a few seconds – but it’s more than the sailing that attracts competitors, their families and friends to this quaint island paradise.
International News
Bird’s Eye View // Season 1, Episode 1
Meet D’Arcy Waldegrave, Joey Allen and Barbara Kendall and check out our brand new podcast “Bird’s Eye View”.
International News
Entries soar for Roschier Baltic Sea Race
The 2024 Roschier Baltic Sea Race starts from Helsinki, Finland on Saturday 27th of July. Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club with the Offshore Racing Alliance, the second edition of the 635-mile race has attracted boats from all over Scandinavia, Europe and the United States of America. Sailors from at least 20 different countries will be racing in the world’s latest ‘600-mile’ offshore race
America's Cup
Ben Ainslie looking forward to the Preliminary Regatta
Undoubtedly one of the most watched teams in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup has been the Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia who, from the very start, have placed design innovation at the heart of their campaign. It is often said that the America’s Cup is a ‘design race with a regatta at the end’ and it’s an apt description of how detailed this meticulous challenge has been.
International News
Unmatched innovation, explosivity and perfection in Freestyle
A new day, a new discipline in Fuerteventura as Surf-Freestyle breaks new ground with first-time moves and first-time tour riders
International News
Olympic Currents & New High Res Currents Areas
In the pursuit of continued improvement we are thrilled to announce new upgrades to our ocean and tidal current maps. These enhancements are designed to provide users with even more accurate and detailed tidal and current information.
Australian News
New talent to try luck at Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week
Organisers at Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 look forward to seeing new talents emerge every year as they gravitate to one of Australia’s favourite sailing playgrounds – and this year is no different, but the reasons they will make it to the Whitsundays are – some have funny stories attached, others have tales of frustration.
International News
SY Kawil is ready to race!
The beautiful, blue-hulled, superyacht Kawil has now set sail for Fiji as she prepares to race in the South Pacific Superyacht Rendezvous.
America's Cup
Rising Intensity in Barcelona: One Month until Racing Begins
One month in a three-and-a-half-year campaign is not a lot of time. 30 days is a blip in the overall campaign which signals that racing is just about to begin. For Emirates Team New Zealand, it comes with a heightened sense of excitement and tension as focus narrows to refinement on the never-ending quest for more speed and race readiness.
International News
Suardiaz, Cappuzzo unstoppable in ripping finale
There were moments when they seemed beatable – a fraction behind on the starting line, a bit wide at a turning mark as competitors’ hydrofoils hummed on their heels – but there was no real passing lane for anyone trying to overtake tour leaders Nia Suardiaz (ESP) and Francesco Cappuzzo (ITA) in Sunday’s FreeFly-Slalom final in Fuerteventura.
International News
Jajo Dutchsail Woman wins The EUROSAF 69F Youth European Championship while Oceana Vivo lifts the Youth Foiling Gold Cup
The 2024 EUROSAF 69F Youth European Championship went to an end at Acquafresca Sports Center on the Lake Garda. After five days of extremely technical regattas, as they were mainly conditioned by light winds, Jajo Dutchsail Woman was crowned as new European Youth champion of the 69F Class.
International News
GSC 2027 Press Conference in Vigo
The Real Club Náutico de Vigo will see the presentation of the 2027-2028 edition of the Global Solo Challenge from its new host city of Vigo and its new host port and partner, the Real Club Náutico de Vigo.
International News
Italy’s “Sicilian Blondies” dominate final day to win first FX Junior World title
It was a two-team dual in the 49erFX atop the standings heading into the final day of racing. Katharina Schwachhofer with Elena Stoltze (GER) leading Sofia Giunchiglia with Giulia Schio (ITA) by just a few points.
International News
Crashes, passes and neck-and-neck finishes
Day one of competition starts with a streamlined elimination series and tour leaders Nia Suardiaz (ESP) and Francesco Cappuzzo (ITA) showing why they’re the benchmarking speed and pumping.
America's Cup
Max Sirena focussing ahead of the final Preliminary Regatta
Anyone who followed the Joint Reconnaissance programme over the last two years will be well aware of just how serious Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli is about winning the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. Their campaign has been near-faultless, fusing outstanding technology and design with high-intensity pressure sailing day in and day out.
International News
Gladiator win 2024 Rolex TP52 World Championship title
Tony Langley’s Gladiator became the first British flagged team to lift the Rolex TP52 World Championship title when they emerged from a testing three race finale today off Newport, Rhode Island with a six points margin over the 2021 world champions Sled and eight on the 2023 champions Platoon Aviation.
International News
The Drheam-Cup: Groupe Snef and SL Energies groups win the race
With almost the entire fleet safely in port at midday Saturday 20 July, three new winners of the DRHEAM-CUP / GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE DE COURSE AU LARGE arrived in the last 24 hours: defending champion Groupe Snef (Xavier Macaire) kept hold of his title, and the first race of the new Sun Fast 30 One Design was won by SL Energies Groupe (Laurent Charmy).
International News
Schultheis and Bertin (MLT) nearing first Junior 49er win, Germans and Italians in FX Dual
After Day 1 of the Final Series, Schuletheis and Bertin extend to large lead 49er.
International News
1 month to the Mario Formenton Trophy
Only 1 month to go until the 33rd edition of the Mario Formenton Trophy, the regatta/sailing race for offshore and pleasure boats, among the islands of the Maddalena Archipelago (northern Sardinia), starting and finishing on 20 August in Porto Rafael, Palau.
America's Cup
Terry Hutchinson looks ahead to the third Preliminary Regatta
Representing the most famous yacht club in the world could be a burden for some but not for New York Yacht Club American Magic, one of the most thorough and process-driven teams in this Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. After the start of their campaign in Pensacola, Florida where they launched their warhorse AC75 ‘Patriot’ from the last Cup, this is a team that has been operating at the highest l
International News
The Drheam-Cup: A volley of arrivals, more winners on their way!
THE DRHEAM-CUP / GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE DE COURSE AU LARGE saw a lively day on Friday 19 July, with boats finishing and some great final battles for the podiums in the different categories.