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After a long winter break, racing for the TF35 high-performance one-design foiling catamaran resumes this week with a new team joining the fleet and crew changes on all the boats ahead of the TF35 Nyon Cup.
The images promise to be breathtaking: imagine a whole fleet of IMOCA boats at the foot of the Statue of Liberty, flying over the water with the Skyline in the background? You’re not dreaming!
In 2024 Sails of Change, the professional sailing team formerly known as Spindrift, is returning to action with an expanded stable of race boats.
With the first edition of the Global Solo Challenge 2023-2024 drawing to a close, we commissioned a third-party media analysis to assess the results. While the full report will soon be available for download, we can share some of the highlights.
New Zealand’s Megan Thomson and her 2.0 Racing crew of Maeve White, Josi Andres, Charlotte Porter and Rose Garcia Royo yesterday won the 2024 Normandy Match Cup in Le Havre, France.
Eight Cape 31’s enjoyed an exhilarating week of racing against the backdrop of the stunning Island of Porquerolles in the Côte d’Azur. This weekend (23rd – 26th May) the teams head to Hyeres for Round 4.
We have waited a while to see it, but today Barcelona delivered a solid 17-20 knots of south-south-westerly breeze and gave NYYC American Magic, the only team out on the water on Monday, the chance to open the throttles and show the outrageous performance of a new-gen AC75 in all its glory.
As the sailing season draws to a close, offshore sailors are now focusing on the Melbourne to Apollo Bay Race which starts at 9am on Saturday the 25th of May. The 52 nautical mile Category 3 coastal sprint is the final event of the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) Coastal Championship series.
Entries for Whitsunday Sailing Club’s (WSC) Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 continue to flow in and competition is set to ignite in the Trailable Yachts and Sports Boat class, while new support sponsors sign up for the popular Queensland regatta.
Solo sailor Lisa Blair is on the home straight of her newest sailing record, briefly accompanied by intrigued Orcas after she rounded the southern tip of New Zealand off Stewart Island and is now crossing Cook Strait to the North Island and entering the potentially most treacherous leg of her Auckland-to-Auckland record attempt.
Max Maeder and Lauriane Nolot have successfully defended their titles at the end of the Formula Kite World Championships in Hyères in the south of France.
Breiana Whitehead finished fifth at the Formula Kite World Championships, held over the past six days in Hyeres, France.
Racing continued into the early evening of Day 3 of the Normandy Match Cup as the semi-finals got underway in a fresh 12-15knots, combined with a challenging current off the Le Havre beach.
One of the real highlights of the Australian 18 Footer League’s 2023-24 Sydney Harbour season was the outstanding performance of the young, rookie team on The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines from the opening Spring Championship series in October until the JJ Giltinan Championship in March.
The INEOS Britannia base in the heart of the Port Vell was alive with guests and media for the official naming ceremony of the boat that all British fans hope and believe will be the history-maker and win the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup for the first time in its 173-year history.
On May 19 at 20d 12h 38min, after 20 days since the start of The Transat CIC, Clarisse Crémer finally crossed the finish line of this legendary race.
Day 2 of the Women’s World Match Racing Tour Normandy Match Cup in Le Havre saw racing through to the early evening as the race committee took advantage of ideal conditions to complete the full double round-robin qualifying stage.
Defending champions Max Maeder and Lauriane Nolot go into the final day of the 2024 Formula Kite World Championships in pole position. The riders from Singapore and France will wear the yellow jerseys on the day it matters most, the final of six days of high-speed competition in Hyères in the South of France.
Clarisse Crémer is now less than 200 miles from crossing the finish line of The Transat CIC, a race she began over 19 days ago in Lorient, France on April 28th 2024.
On day four of the Formula Kite World Championship in Hyères, it was Nolot’s crash near the windward mark of the final race of the afternoon that resulted in a multi-rider pile-up.
US Sailing has confirmed the names of the 13 sailors who will represent the United States at the Paris Olympic Games this coming July and August in Marseille, France.
Years ago, Tracy Edwards stormed the world of offshore racing with her all-female crew, setting a new precedent for women in the sport. But where are we now? We started an important conversation with some of the industry’s best-loved pro female sailors.
From the recent days of relatively calm sailing, today Barcelona reminded all involved in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup that it’s a venue to be treated with caution and respect as a residual southerly swell mixed with a sharp north-easterly wind chop that filtered in and whipped up a mean average of 1 metre waves to make it interesting.
At 735 nautical miles long, the Banque Populaire Grand Ouest Trophy race which starts Saturday 1300hrs local time, is one of the longest offshore courses of the 2024 season for Ireland’s Tom Dolan.
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