At the end of Day 1 of the SSL Gold Cup 2022 Qualifying Series Round 2, SSL Team Slovenia leads with a little advantage over its opponents, SSL Team Lithuania and SSL Team Ecuador. They may have had the best start in Race 1, but SSL Team Lithuania’s “The Ambers” had to settle for 3rd […]

The world-renowned beverage brand Bacardi will support the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association as the presenting sponsor of the 2022 Star World Championship, 8-17 September 2022. The 2022 Star World Championship will celebrate 100 years of history since the first World Championship was held in 1922. This milestone event will be held in Marblehead, […]

Race 11 has been an exceptionally close contest, with a nail biting wait over the past few days for the final results. This elapsed time race saw the fleet frontrunners neck and neck over the stage’s multiple Finish Gates and Qingdao making fast progress after starting the race later than the rest of the teams. […]

With great anticipation the ninth season of the GC32 Racing Tour sets sail tomorrow (Thursday 26th May) with the GC32 Riva Cup. This will be the first of five events in 2022 spanning southern Europe for the foiling one design catamaran fleet created by Dr Martin Fischer, now Chief Designer with the INEOS Britannia America’s […]

While Quantum Racing made the best of the great conditions on Galicia’s Ría de Vigo on the second day of the ABANCA 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailin Week scoring a first and a second it is Phoenix which has stretched their overall regatta lead to four clear points. Quantum Racing won the first race of […]

From October 28th to November 20th 2022, the Kingdom of Bahrain will host the SSL GOLD CUP 2022 Final Series, the first Football World Cup… in Sailing. The SSL GOLD CUP, a World Sailing Special Event organized every four years by the Sailing Athletes Foundation (SAF), is “THE” ultimate challenge between sailing nations to crown […]

The second day of racing at the iQFoil Class European Championships held on Lake Garda, at the Circolo Surf Torbole, Lake Garda, in northern Italy, was supposed to be an early wake-up call for the 256 participants. But the wind was working to a different schedule. The day became a struggle between ‘giants’ in the […]

Yacht enthusiasts may or may not be familiar with the shipbuilder Alpha Custom Yachts, a family-owned company recognized for its elegant, unique, and innovative vessels. The real beauty, however, is that with the brand’s new-build yachts, you can completely customize your boat to your liking. With Alpha Yachts, the world really is your oyster. Each yacht […]

Steeped in history, the colourful island of Bermuda, and more specifically the town of St. George’s awaits the arrival of the ARC Europe 2022 fleet. Having departed Sint Maarten on Saturday 7 May and with a passage of 875NM to travel, the journey has been fast with good winds from the south which will see […]

Antigua Sailing Week Race Day 3 – Opportunity knocks on Axxess Marine Y2K Race Day The third day of Antigua Sailing Week delivered yet another king-size helping of outstanding racing conditions for hundreds of sailors from all over the world. 15 knots of trade winds, pumping up to 18 in the gusts gave exhilarating racing […]

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has responded to the fast-growing interest in heritage offshore racing by adding an IOR Division to its annual Sydney-Hobart Great Veterans Race. Entry in the new division is open to any yacht with a launch date after 1975 and prior to 1991 that has competed in at least one […]

Muscat, Oman, is to host the final and deciding event of the 2022 44Cup season, set to be held over 7 – 11 December. Hosted by Oman Sail, Muscat will be the last event of the five-stop international tour in 2022. This started in Lanzarote in Spain in early February and continues to Cascais in […]

Close finale sees WTC Logistics take victory in Race 10: Sailing City – Qingdao Cup After over a month at sea, and an exceptionally close finish, WTC Logistics has claimed the win in Race 10: Sailing City – Qingdao Cup, crossing the finish line at 1830 UTC. The team, led by Skipper Dan Jones and […]

IMA Caribbean Maxi Challenge at Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille On winding coastal courses resembling those around the Costa Smeralda, but with a sizeable Atlantic swell added to the mix, day two of Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille took place in similarly challenging conditions to yesterday with a 20+ knot gusty […]

Even when a sailor’s eye gets used to the vast horizon, the colours and tones of the sea and sky change every day… the open seas are never the same from one day to the next… suddenly, after days and days, a new outline on the immense Ocean painting will emerge on the horizon, blurred […]

THE VENDÉE ARCTIC – LES SABLES D’OLONNE 2022 OFFERS A DEMANDING 3,500 MILE COURSE The SAEM Vendée, the organisers  of the Vendée Globe, will also organize the “Vendée Arctic – Les Sables-d’Olonne” which will be the first qualifying stage for the Vendée Globe 2024. The “Arctic Vendée Les Sables-d’Olonne” will leave from Port Olona on June 12, 2022. […]

The winners of the inaugural Auckland – Three Kings Race reflect on the 500nm race around the 13 island group to the north of New Zealand. Starting on the evening of Thursday April 7, the first boat home in the fully crewed division, Wired (Bakewell-White 52), skippered by Mike Bassett, finished 52hrs later. 11 of […]

As expected, Peter Harburg’s super maxi Black Jack made the best of the start in Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club‘s (RPAYC) Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race this afternoon. Due to start at 1pm off Barrenjoey Headland, signalling the start of the chase for line and overall honours, the fleet was recalled when too […]

The 2022 edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe sees the legendary solo Transatlantic race reach the age of 44 years old. It is long since established itself as the most popular and well known solo transoceanic race in the world. And with 138 solo racers signed up to compete in the Autumn […]

Queensland has Surfers Paradise, NSW has Sailors Paradise. It’s located just outside the headlands of Port Stephens, where a cluster of Hawaiian-style islands from the set of Jurassic Park create an idyllic racecourse for yachts competing in the Sail Port Stephens Commodores Cup. Today, with a sou-east breeze of 15 knots, it was about as […]