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The Ocean Race Leg 3 Day 30
Team Malizia continues to head the leaderboard
© Antoine Auriol / Team Malizia / The Ocean Race
Thank God he didn't!
An interview with Matt Wearn in 2023 and back at Sandringham YC in 2014 when I met a strapping young West Australian...
© Thom Touw Sailing Photographer
Flying Fifteen Worlds conclude in Fremantle
Graham Vials & Chris Turner secure the title
© Regatta Services
ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix Overall
Canada claims maiden SailGP event win
© Sam Kurtul / www.worldofthelens.co.uk
2023 ILCA Europeans conclude
A difficult week in Andora, Italy
© Thom Touw Photography / EurILCA
New Zhik SuperThin Bootie
New Zhik SuperThin Bootie
Next generation footwear
The SuperThin Bootie pushes the boundaries for footwear with an all new knitted upper that is 4X more durable to abrasion than neoprene, combined with a super lightweight and flexible rubber sole for enhanced manoeuvrability.
by Zhik
Posted 29 Mar 03:00 UTC
America's Cup: The State of the Cup
America's Cup: The State of the Cup
A look at the state of the 2024 America's Cup, 12 months after the venue announcement.
A look at the state of the 2024 America's Cup, 12 months after the venue announcement. Work has been ongoing transforming the Port Vell and Port Olímpic areas ready to host the competing teams who are setting up bases and will be onsite from Summer 2023.
by America's Cup Media
Posted 28 Mar 23:25 UTC
The Ocean Race launch Metaverse experience
The Ocean Race launch Metaverse experience
An experience to engage fans and businesses in a new way
The Ocean Race launched a metaverse experience pilot today with Virtual Regatta and Accenture to engage fans and businesses in a new way with the world-renowned, global yacht race.
by The Ocean Race
Posted 28 Mar 23:15 UTC
2023 Surazo Infernal - Day 1
2023 Surazo Infernal - Day 1
Kicking off with the Open Am rounds in in front of a very enthusiastic crowd
Welcome to the Surazo Infernal! This event will introduce the full scale seeding round for the 4 STAR Unified PWA IWT Wave Tour events.
by International Windsurfing Tour
Posted 28 Mar 17:35 UTC
Trofeo Princesa Sofía carbon footprint reduction
Trofeo Princesa Sofía carbon footprint reduction
The first milestone of the collaboration will be zero emissions
The Olympic class regatta signs an agreement with the Mallorcan company Trueword to implement an innovative environmental strategy.
by Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofía
Posted 28 Mar 16:29 UTC
The Ocean Race Leg 3 Day 30
The Ocean Race Leg 3 Day 30
Team Malizia continues to head the leaderboard
Team Malizia continues to head the leaderboard in leg 3 of The Ocean Race after leading the fleet around Cape Horn.
by The Ocean Race
Posted 28 Mar 16:19 UTC
Stéphane Le Diraison joins James Harayda
Stéphane Le Diraison joins James Harayda
As co-skipper for 2023 IMOCA season
Gentoo Sailing Team is delighted to announce that Stéphane Le Diraison will be joining James Harayda as co-skipper ahead of the 2023 double-handed IMOCA races.
by Gentoo Sailing Team
Posted 28 Mar 15:30 UTC
The Ocean Race sailors round The Horn
The Ocean Race sailors round The Horn
Rosalin Kuiper can now joke about her head injury aboard Team Malizia
For armchair pundits, few offshore adventures are more fun to watch from afar than the Southern Ocean legs of storied events such as the singlehanded Vendee Globe or the fully crewed The Ocean Race.
by David Schmidt
Posted 28 Mar 15:00 UTC
Sail Share Dubrovnik Island-hopping adventure
Sail Share Dubrovnik Island-hopping adventure
Discover the enchanting islands of Croatia with Dream Yacht Worldwide
Sail Share Dubrovnik Island-hopping adventure - no experience needed! Discover the enchanting islands of Croatia with Dream Yacht Worldwide's new 'Sail Share Dubrovnik' Cabin Cruise.
by Dream Yacht Charter
Posted 28 Mar 14:49 UTC
2023 Italian J/80 Match Race Series concludes
2023 Italian J/80 Match Race Series concludes
The racing was extremely tight in Genoa
Once again, the 2023 Italian J/80 Match-racing season includes a busy calendar of regattas across Italy. This year, the format has expanded and will include four Match Race events.
by J/Boats
Posted 28 Mar 14:33 UTC
Joanna wins Cervia Winter J/24 Championship
Joanna wins Cervia Winter J/24 Championship
Racing held from October 23rd, 2022 to March 12th, 2023
With the last three races held last Saturday and nothing happening on Sunday due to adverse weather conditions, the curtain fell on the XVI Winter Championship - XVII Stefano Pirini Memoria hosted by the Circolo Nautico Cervia.
by J/Boats
Posted 28 Mar 13:49 UTC
A special moment: Answers, insights of project 408
A special moment: Answers, insights of project 408
Today's hull turning of Royal Huisman project 408
Today's hull turning of Royal Huisman project 408, Aquarius II, in Vollenhove: home to the world's finest superyacht building.
by Royal Huisman
Posted 28 Mar 13:34 UTC
Speedmeute wins APCC J/80 Women's Cup
Speedmeute wins APCC J/80 Women's Cup
Two days of racing characterized by very challenging conditions
The women's teams sailed in a fleet of matched J/80 one-design class sailboats supplied to the competitors. The racing was hard fought, and close, and came down to the final two races of the nine-race series on the final day.
by J/Boats
Posted 28 Mar 10:56 UTC
Realteam sets new Blue Ribbon Lake Geneva record
Realteam sets new Blue Ribbon Lake Geneva record
TF35 breaks the nine year old record in a time of 3 hours 43 minutes 27 seconds
Esteban Garcia's TF35 Realteam for Léman hope on Monday broke the Blue Ribbon Lake Geneva record, which has been held since 2014, by an impressive 46 minutes and 48 seconds.
by TF35 Trophy
Posted 28 Mar 07:54 UTC
BVI Spring Regatta boats and crews settling in
BVI Spring Regatta boats and crews settling in
First up: Round Tortola Race for the Nanny Cay Cup starts Tuesday 10am
Registration is open and familiar faces along with new have started to appear on the docks at Nanny Cay as boats, their crews, friends, and families start rolling in for the BVI Spring Regatta special edition - the 50th Anniversary.
by Michelle Slade / BVISR
Posted 27 Mar 23:39 UTC
Strathclyde students compete in Portugal
Strathclyde students compete in Portugal
University team make first event of the 2023 Sailing Champions League
The University of Strathclyde Sailing Club competed with twelve teams from eleven countries in Vilamoura, Portugal last week in the first event of the 2023 Sailing Champions League (SCL).
by Peter Ward
Posted 27 Mar 21:37 UTC
Thank God he didn't!
Thank God he didn't!
Back at Sandringham YC in 2014, I met a strapping young West Australian...
Back at Sandringham Yacht Club, in December of 2014, I got to meet a strapping young West Australian lad. Incredibly personable and quite worldly already, especially considering his years, Matt Wearn was a delight to speak with.
by John Curnow, Editor, Sail World AUS
Posted 27 Mar 20:00 UTC
The Ocean Race Leg 3 Day 29
The Ocean Race Leg 3 Day 29
Boris Herrmann's Team Malizia lead fleet around Cape Horn
Team Malizia, who were contemplating a return to Cape Town after mast damage in the first days of leg 3, have overcome all these obstacles and more to lead The Ocean Race fleet past the iconic landmark.
by The Ocean Race
Posted 27 Mar 17:49 UTC
Trofeo Princesa Sofía opens Road to Paris 2024
Trofeo Princesa Sofía opens Road to Paris 2024
Special importance before the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad begin
The Mallorcan regatta, which will be held from 29 March to 8 April on the Bay of Palma, marks the start of a crucial season for the teams in the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
by Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofía
Posted 27 Mar 17:05 UTC
World Sailing appoints Para World Sailing Manager
World Sailing appoints Para World Sailing Manager
Hannah Stodel will oversee the promotion and development of Para Sailing
World Sailing has appointed four-time British Paralympian Hannah Stodel as the new Para World Sailing Manager. Hannah will oversee the promotion and development of Para Sailing with the objective of achieving reinstatement to the Paralympic Games.
by World Sailing
Posted 27 Mar 13:19 UTC
Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères preview
Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères preview
An unmissable event for every national team
For more than 50 years, the elite of Olympic sailing have been journeying to Hyères, the historic jewel of the French Riviera, at the end of April.
by Fédération Française de Voile
Posted 27 Mar 12:09 UTC
Orca announces Orca Display 2
Orca announces Orca Display 2
Extremely bright and easily legible in direct sunlight
Norwegian marine tech startup Orca is releasing Orca Display 2. The new display solves the biggest problem boaters face onboard: It is extremely bright and easily legible in direct sunlight, it handles very high temperatures
by Orca
Posted 27 Mar 05:43 UTC
Team Malizia's Rosalin Kuiper suffers head injury
Team Malizia's Rosalin Kuiper suffers head injury
She is conscious, stable and recovering
At around 0900 UTC on 26th March Rosalin Kuiper suffered a head injury after she fell from her bunk when the boat turned and slammed unexpectedly in heavy sea conditions.
by Team Malizia
Posted 27 Mar 05:31 UTC
49th St. Thomas International Regatta overall
49th St. Thomas International Regatta overall
Privateer, Blitz, Flying Jenny, Lady M, Bill T & FiDeLa Class winners
Mark Your Calendar Now – 50th Anniversary STIR – Easter Weekend – March 29-31, 2024
by Carol Bareuther
Posted 27 Mar 02:06 UTC
2023 J/70 Midwinters Championship overall
2023 J/70 Midwinters Championship overall
Brian Keane's Savasana victorious
The J/70 Midwinter Championship in Miami, FL proved to be a roller coaster ride for the full nine-race series.
by Julie & Christopher Howell
Posted 26 Mar 23:16 UTC
A dozen duos set for The Transat Paprec
A dozen duos set for The Transat Paprec
24 sailors will compete with the start set for 30th April
The Transat Paprec will start on April 30, twelve mixed doubles racing across the Atlantic from Concarneau to Saint-Barthélemy in the French West Indies.
by Transat Paprec
Posted 26 Mar 18:56 UTC
5th Cascais SB20 Winter Series
5th Cascais SB20 Winter Series
Another winter season concludes and the overall winners were crowned
On the first day of the 5th Cascais SB20 Winter Series, 19 boats from the sport keelboat class completed three races in southwest light wind conditions of 5 to 8 knots in Cascais bay.
by Clube Naval de Cascais
Posted 26 Mar 18:44 UTC
The Ocean Race Leg 3 Day 28
The Ocean Race Leg 3 Day 28
Final push for the Horn
After 48 hours of building wind and seas, with gusts over 40 knots and waves approaching 7 metres, conditions are starting to moderate on Sunday with the IMOCA fleet turning south to squeeze between Cape Horn and the ice exclusion zone.
by The Ocean Race
Posted 26 Mar 15:37 UTC
It's time to throw Conrad Colman a lifeline…
It's time to throw Conrad Colman a lifeline…
The big headlines in the IMOCA Class these days are almost always about expensive new boats
The racing apart, the big headlines in the IMOCA Class these days are almost always about expensive new boats, new sponsorships, even new team structures.
by Ed Gorman / IMOCA Globe Series
Posted 26 Mar 09:06 UTC
EUROSAF Youth Europeans in Switzerland preview
EUROSAF Youth Europeans in Switzerland preview
Taking place 30 June to 2 July 2023 in Versoix
First EUROSAF Youth event in league sailing format - 30 June to 2 July 2023 in Versoix, Switzerland.
by Doris Gstatter / EUROSAF
Posted 26 Mar 06:46 UTC
2023 J/70 Midwinters Championship day 2
2023 J/70 Midwinters Championship day 2
Showdown setting up at Miami, Florida
Fifty boats have completed six races, but it's the final three scheduled races on Sunday that will determine the J/70 Midwinter Championship in Miami, FL.
by Julie & Christopher Howell
Posted 26 Mar 01:41 UTC
49th St. Thomas International Regatta Day 2
49th St. Thomas International Regatta Day 2
Leads taken, leads lessened & leads lengthened
Leads taken, leads lessened and leads lengthened summed up the second day of racing in the 49th St. Thomas International Regatta.
by Carol Bareuther
Posted 26 Mar 01:16 UTC
M-PRO Yachting Collection
M-PRO Yachting Collection
Back in stock at Henri-Lloyd
Henri-Lloyd are excited to announce their best-selling M-PRO 2.0 Jacket & Salopettes are back in stock. M-PRO 2.0 Series is 100% waterproof, highly breathable and designed for hi-octane racing.
by Henri-Lloyd
Posted 25 Mar 17:37 UTC
New RS21 International One Design race circuit
New RS21 International One Design race circuit
An exciting inaugural UK & Ireland racing circuit for 2023
The newly formed UK & Ireland RS21 Class Association has announced an exciting inaugural racing circuit for 2023.
by Paul Fisk
Posted 25 Mar 17:34 UTC
The Ocean Race Leg 3 Day 27
The Ocean Race Leg 3 Day 27
The final weekend in southern latitudes
It's the final weekend in southern latitudes, in the waters the sailors in The Ocean Race call The Southern Ocean.
by The Ocean Race
Posted 25 Mar 16:57 UTC
Justine Mettraux: “I realise how lucky I am”
Justine Mettraux: “I realise how lucky I am”
The story of an ambitious skipper with a remarkable background
While she is currently sailing on the other side of the planet in the Southern Ocean aboard 11th Hour Racing Team on stage 3 of The Ocean Race, her IMOCA Teamwork.Net is still being prepared at Beyou racing, the structure that hosts her project.
by Vendee Globe
Posted 25 Mar 14:41 UTC
Pierre-Henry Mahul set for Global Solo Challenge
Pierre-Henry Mahul set for Global Solo Challenge
An experienced sailor, he has already sailed the Southern Ocean and Cape Horn single-handedly
Frenchman Pierre-Henry Mahul is one of the participants in the Global Solo Challenge, which will start next September in A Coruña, Spain.
by Mathieu Houllière
Posted 25 Mar 13:54 UTC
69F Cup Europe 2023 preview
69F Cup Europe 2023 preview
Less than a month to the star tin Valencia, Spain
Less than a month to the start of 69F Sailing European season in Valencia, Spain, with Valencia Mar Sailing Week.
by 69F Sailing
Posted 25 Mar 11:18 UTC
2023 Flying Fifteen Worlds at Fremantle overall
2023 Flying Fifteen Worlds at Fremantle overall
Graham Vials and Chris Turner secure the title
After no sailing was possible on the penultimate day or the regatta only one race was sailed on the final day of the Flying Fifteen World Championship at Fremantle.
by Jonny Fullerton
Posted 25 Mar 06:36 UTC
49th St. Thomas International Regatta Day 1
49th St. Thomas International Regatta Day 1
Nearly 50 hot racing yachts shot over the start line
Like the cork popping on a bottle of champagne, nearly 50 hot racing yachts shot over the start line this morning on the first day of racing in the 49th St. Thomas International Regatta.
by Carol Bareuther
Posted 25 Mar 02:07 UTC