Sailing news from around the world, including
Nia Suardiaz and Mathis Ghio have taken the gold medals at the WingFoil Racing World Cup Turkiye after commanding performances in the medal series. The 17-year-old Spanish rider dominated the women’s competition this week. “I never expected to win as many races this week,” she said. “The girls are pushing so hard.”
Eight teams representing four countries started the 2024 Atlantic Cup at 12:00 ET today in sunny skies, with an initial 3-5 knot north breeze, that soon after switched to southeast. The start cannon was fired off the Spirit of South Carolina spectators looking on from land and sea.
Day two of the TF35 Nyon Cup started with a beautiful but glassy still morning on Lake Geneva. At the 10:00 skippers briefing, PRO Benoit Deutsch delayed the teams ashore, hoping for a repeat of the previous day’s afternoon wind.
Mathis Ghio was beaten by a few riders on day four of the WingFoil Racing World Cup Turkiye, yet still the reigning world champion has managed to hold on to the yellow bib for the medal series climax on Sunday.
NY-Vendee makes its mark on the Big Apple with glamor trials, haute cuisine and big thinkers while previewing the Vendee Globe form book.
After three good races today on Lake Geneva – each with a different winner – Realteam Sailing leads the TF35 Nyon Cup after day one but only on tie break ahead of Yann Guichard’s new boat and new crew onboard Sails of Change 8.
The line-up of eight all-female match racing teams have been confirmed for the 2024 Nordea Women’s Trophy from to take place from 1-6 July on the island of Marstrand, Sweden.
Some riders complained about plastic in the water ruining their races on day three of the WingFoil Racing World Cup Turkiye. Others found a way of winning race after race despite the plastic obstacles lying in wait to catch them out.
The gears shift quickly at Emirates Team New Zealand. After an intense few weeks launching, commissioning and training onboard Taihoro in Auckland, sailing 14 out of 18 days in late April and early May, there was no time to slow down. The moment Taihoro hit the dock and was rolled back into the shed the focus quickly shifted gear into full pack up mode.
Australian solo sailing adventurer and environmental campaigner Lisa Blair has set a new mono hull solo sailing course establishing the record for Auckland to Auckland around New Zealand in 16 days and 23 hrs in her yacht Climate Action Now.
Concord Green Energy, along with lead sponsors RBC and TELUS, has unveiled the Concord Pacific Racing squad for Canada’s first-ever campaign at the historic Puig Women’s America’s Cup and UniCredit Youth America’s Cup, set to take place in Barcelona later this year.
It was a rude awakening for competitors at the WingFoil Racing World Cup Turkiye. Having gone out from the beach at Urla a few minutes earlier with their big wings, just a minute before the riders launched into the rabbit start for the marathon race the wind strength suddenly doubled.
Check out the trailer for the Canadian SailGP’s doco
The never ending flight of the 69F Class continues to Torbole where, just a week after the conclusion of the Act 1 of the 69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup, the Circolo Vela Torbole is ready to host the Grand Prix 2 of the 69F Cup.
Ireland’s Tom Dolan and his young French co-skipper Paul Morvan this morning finished a gruelling 740 miles long offshore race for the Trophée Banque Populaire Grand Ouest in seventh place from a star-studded field containing some of the most successful French solo Figaro racers of the last 10 years.
The most exciting race on water will make its long-awaited debut in Canada in one week’s time for the ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix | Halifax, 1-2 Jun ADT.
Message from the Chair: “I can hardly believe that in just one month, the start will be behind us, and I will be in Bermuda, ready to hand off Dark ‘N Stormys to sailors after their completion of the 636-mile journey..”
The New York Yacht Club has added another facet to its diverse support of high-performance sailing with the unveiling of the Club’s Performance Sailing Fund, which has announced its first six grants.
The Notice of Race is live and registration opens June 1, 2024.
The toughest call in this America’s Cup cycle is undoubtedly who will win the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup. A case can be made for almost any of the teams such is the level of competition and with athletes coming back from Paris Olympic commitments and teams training super-hard both off the water on their simulators or on the water
The stunning trophy for the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup, was presented this morning by Puig at the Fundació Joan Miró. The Spanish architect and designer Patricia Urquiola was commissioned to design and shape the trophy that the winning team of the Puig Women’s America’s Cup will receive on 13 October.
The Superyacht Gathering has been hosting events since 2019, but this August will see our community gather for its first official rendezvous in Fiji.
Every story from the week by email, plus the categories you follow.
