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Saturday was looking like champagne sailing conditions until the hints of a sea breeze swung the wind left and led to postponement while the race committee battled the shifts and relaid the course.
Laurent Hay, from France, the World No.1 has won the 2024 Finn World Masters at the PuntAla Camp & Resort, Italy. It his first ever major championship in the class after three times coming second and three times third. France’s Valerian Lebrun was second with Martijn van Muyden from The Netherlands in third.
Jeff Janov, owner of the Melges 32 appropriately named The Baby Screams, has been racing Ullmans Sails Long Beach Race Week (LBRW) since around 1982.
The Centro Velico Punta Ala and the PuntAla Camp & Resort provided the perfect stage for one of the best editions of the Finn World Masters ever..
Today was a busy day for the fleet of almost 50 J/24s competing in their European Championship on the waters off Porto Cervo. No less than four races were held, making up for the stop caused by yesterday’s strong Mistral wind, and ticking off the minimum number of races required to make the championship valid.
Once again, the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta is the largest regatta in the region, having welcomed 115 boats from over 20 different countries for the 44th edition February 29 – March 3, 2024. The event has a “Serious Fun!” legacy that has sustained generations, and will continue its success thanks to veteran and new leadership within the event organizing team.
With two days to go, the European Windsurfer Championships organised by the Circolo Surf Torbole continue with great enthusiasm on Garda Trentino. Another windy day, the third, with 14-18 knots and more slalom batteries and course races for the 203 racers, divided into the five categories, and a great job done by the Italian Sailing Federation’s posaboe staff and race officials.
Wingfoilers are certainly a tough breed! Event race officer Mirco Babini couldn’t believe his eyes at the impressive display of “ice gladiators” battling for bullets on the racecourse. As temperatures plummeted to lows of 1?C, riders completed two races in the morning session to wrap up the qualifying series before the fleets were split and the Gold fleet racing began!
The 69F Class announced that the EUROSAF 69F European Championship 2024 will be held in Malcesine between September 17-22.
The last major ocean race ahead before the Vendée Globe, the most famous solo round the world race, the New York Vendée – Les Sables d’Olonne delivered on all its promises. From the Statue of Liberty to the famous Les Sables d’Olonne channel, the solo skippers found themselves engaged in a Transatlantic race full of twists and turns requiring big reserves of mental fortitude, patience and an abili
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) is pleased to invite eligible boats to enter 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
For regatta leaders Quantum Racing powered by American Magic today yielded a dose of ‘back to reality’ as they dropped to their worst score yet at the XS 52 SUPER SERIES Newport RI Trophy regatta, finishing eighth in the ten boat fleet, struggling to claw back places.
The 2024 Finn World Masters at PuntAla Camp & Resort is going down to the wire for an epic finish to an epic event. On Monday we reported that “it doesn’t get much better than this,” but it did. Each day has been better than the previous day and Thursday, despite a long wait for a thunderstorm to pass over, produced the best sailing yet
Cameron Appleton, a name is synonymous with high performance sailing, announced his new position today as a Partner of Doyle Sails Newport alongside fellow partners Alex Clegg, Dave MacMillan and Rob MacMillan.
Scott Shawyer, the skipper of the IMOCA Be Water Positive, has completed his first solo transatlantic race from the US to France. By crossing the finish line today, the Canadian also became the first from his country to complete the New York Vendée race.
Rainbow returns to J Class competition next week at The Superyacht Cup Palma, some ten years since the highly potent replica of the 1934 America’s Cup winner last sailed a race. She is now owned by the successful Sydney-based New Zealand sailor Neville Crichton who, after winning dozens of offshore classics such as the Transpac, Fastnet, Giraglia and Sydney Hobart, has turned his competitive zeal
Unfortunately, there was no racing today due to inconsistent light winds on Lake Silvaplana. Instead, the riders made the most of the free afterpumfoiling, SUP foiling, tow foiling, and even showcasing an impressive display of lightwind wingfoiling many years and is a paradise for a multitude of windsports and foiling activities. With a breathtaking backdrop of the alps, it wasn’t long before ther
Alinghi Red Bull Racing suffered a catastrophic failure of their mast today in Barcelona just after 2pm with the afternoon sea-breeze well and truly in, with what the locals call a ‘strong Garbi’ from 210-220 degrees atop a 0.5-0.8 metres, three-second period swell from 230 degrees. It was a bear-away at top pace, with mast bend evident before the forestay went slack as the lower section in the bo
On Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 15:00 pm, Clarisse Crémer, skipper of the IMOCA L’Occitane en Provence, crossed the finish line of the New York Vendée, a solo transatlantic race.
A strong Mistral wind, which yesterday had prevented the practice race taking place for the J/24s gathered in Porto Cervo for their European Championship, was blowing even harder today. During the morning briefing in Piazza Azzurra, competitors were informed that the AP flag would be hoisted ashore, pending any drop in the wind.
The 2024 edition of the DRHEAM-CUP / GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE AU LARGE, held from 11 to 21 July, will welcome some 90 participants. The fleet includes Class 40, many IRC crews and duos as well as mythical multihulls.
The 44Cup returns to its most regularly visited venue next week with the 44Cup Marstrand taking place over 19-23 June with support from Artemis Technologies and Marstrands Segelsällskap. The high performance owner-driver one designs have visited Marstrand on Sweden’s west coast every year since 2011, with the only exception being in 2016.
Spectacle of over 200 coloured sails on Lake Garda, Italy
After winning the second race today Quantum Racing powered by American Magic have now taking three winning guns from four starts at the XS 52 SUPER SERIES Newport Trophy to lead by eight points ahead of the Thai flagged Team Vayu.
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