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The 3,000 mile race to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina Grenada is the longest race in the RORC Season’s Points Championship; the world’s largest offshore racing series.
Lanzarote saw the first races of the 2024 iQFOiL World Championships today. The men completed four slalom races, the women raced five. Holland’s reigning World Champion Luuc van Opzeeland is the first provisional leader while GBR’s Emma Wilson is the first women’s fleet leader.
It is party time in Adelaide today for Matt Wearn, with the reigning Olympic Champion dominating the ILCA 7 World Championship Medal Race on his way to securing a second consecutive world title.
Matt Wearn (AUS) looks poised to become a two-time world champion after tomorrow’s medal race with a statesmanlike performance in the last two gold fleet races today.
Tokyo Olympic Champion Matt Wearn sits in the box seat at the ILCA 7 World Championships, with a dream day today ensuring he will be wearing the leader’s gold bib heading into tomorrow’s final double points Medal Race.
The 212 Olympic windsurfers who have gathered in Lanzarote for the 2024 iQFOiL World Championships will have to wait until Tuesday for the first races.
As the ARKÉA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest multihull solo race round the world passes into its fourth week since leaving Brest on Sunday 7th January most of the skippers have their own problems to deal with, some bigger than others.
In the dynamic and challenging realm of solo sailing, few feats are as awe-inspiring as navigating the treacherous waters of Cape Horn.
Big breeze and steep swells were on the menu for the first day of Finals racing at the 2024 Wireless Communications ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship in Adelaide.
Australia’s Matt Wearn has retained his narrow lead after the first day of Finals racing at the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships in Adelaide, putting a disappointing first race behind him to strike back with a race win in the second.
Two of the favourites to clinch the 2024 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship have walked away from the six qualifying races at the top of the table, while the battle for gold fleet heated up in glamour conditions on Adelaide waters.
On a day where many stuttered, Matt Wearn stunned with a first and third to move into the lead at the half-way point of the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships in Adelaide.
Australia has two sailors in the top four at the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships, with reigning World Champion Matt Wearn moving up to second and Luke Elliott holding on to fourth after day two.
Short news update Saturday. Anthony Marchand (Actual Ultim) has restarted after stopping in Cape Town for exactly 24 hours. He recrossed his stopping point at 1514hrs UTC this afternoon.
Tricky and variable conditions may have halted the start of Day 2 of the 2024 Wireless Communications ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship, but a late afternoon sea breeze ensured everything got back on track.
Simpson Bay, St. Maarten – This February 29 – March 3, 2024, the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta celebrates 44 years of “Serious Fun!” through multiple generations of sailing.
This Friday evening ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest leader Charles Caudrelier (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild) has about 600 miles left to sail to the longitude of Tasmania and the entrance to the Pacific.
Racing double handed across the Atlantic adds an extra dimension to the RORC Transatlantic Race. Just like the fully crewed teams, it requires meticulous planning and preparation before the race, and mental and physical toughness during the marathon.
Adelaide turned it on for day one of the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championships, with Australian Sailing Squad athlete Luke “Swifto” Elliott the best of the Aussies in second after posting a win and a second from today’s two races.
Norwegian Hermann Tomasgaard has won his two opening races of the 2024 Wireless Communications ILCA 7 Men’s World Championships in Adelaide today, giving himself the perfect start to his 2024 campaign.
The technical team of SVR Lazartigue and skipper Tom Laperche are set to be joined in Cape Town on Friday by fellow ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest solo skipper Anthony Marchand and the Actual Ultim shore team after the Actual team made the decision early this morning to stop and remove the damaged port foil which Marchand suffered early yesterday.
Last Friday evening, and again on Sunday, we saw some of the best young talent on display as they went head-to-head with the best, most experienced 18ft skiff teams on Sydney Harbour in the Balmain Cup Sprint Series and Race 2 of the Australian Championship.
Our helmet discussion continues, with Auckland University of Technology Professor Mark Orams chiming in on the subject.
Three days of racing with a mix of conditions put the sailors to the test in what was the final on water sessions before the 18 Foot Skiffs are packed up and shipped to Sydney.
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