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Luna Rossa win Prada Cup final
Italy becomes the America's Cup Challenger for the third time
© Richard Gladwell / Sail-World.com
tech2 team retain their title
In the 18ft Skiff Australian Championship
© Frank Quealey
Modes and Moods
Nothing beats that feeling when you know you're quicker
© COR36 / Studio Borlenghi
From the armchair...
Generally not the best place for AC75 analysis, which can get tricky, but here goes...
© COR36 / Studio Borlenghi
CORUM L'Épargne set for The Ocean Race Europe
French IMOCA team will join inaugural edition of new event
© Eloi Stichelbaut - polaRYSE / Corum L'Épargne
Alexia Barrier completes Vendée Globe in 24th
Alexia Barrier completes Vendée Globe in 24th
The 41-year old Mediterranean skipper showed great stamina and tenacity
Racing the oldest boat in the fleet, the 41-year old Mediterranean skipper showed great stamina and tenacity to complete the 24,365 miles course in a passage time of 111 days, 17 hours, 03 minutes.
by Vendée Globe
Posted 28 Feb 07:38 PST
Alexia Barrier completes her Vendée Globe
Alexia Barrier completes her Vendée Globe
"I sailed the oldest boat in the fleet and I have finished!"
Alexia Barrier completed her Vendée Globe in 24th place. After docking at the famous Port Olona pontoon and being reunited with her family, friends, sponsors and her black Labrador Nikka, she spoke to the media.
by Vendée Globe
Posted 28 Feb 01:51 PST
18ft Skiff Club Championship race 15
18ft Skiff Club Championship race 15
tech2 team add another title to their already impressive 2020-2021 list
The tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake added another title to their already impressive 2020-2021 list of championship victories when it took out the Australian 18 Footers League's Club Championship series.
by Frank Quealey
Posted 28 Feb 00:05 PST
2021 J/24 Midwinter Championship day 2
2021 J/24 Midwinter Championship day 2
Eight races complete and a new leader
Twenty-nine teams again enjoyed ideal conditions on Biscayne Bay for the J/24 Midwinter Championship in Miami, FL. With breeze between 10-15 knots, blue skies and above-average temperatures, four more races went in the books
by Julie & Christopher Howell
Posted 27 Feb 18:59 PST
America's Cup: First weekend postponed
America's Cup: First weekend postponed
First weekend of the 36th America's Cup Match is postponed, start Wednesday possible
America's Cup 36 permitted organiser, America's Cup Events Ltd have announced that the first weekend of the 36th America's Cup Match is postponed.
by Sail-World.com/NZ
Posted 27 Feb 16:56 PST
Vendée Globe: Alexia Barrier on final approach
Vendée Globe: Alexia Barrier on final approach
Rxpected Sunday at the finish line in Les Sables d'Olonne
Facing a final few days of light upwind sailing across the Bay of Biscay, it now looks like it will be next Saturday 5th March before Finnish skipper Ari Huusela lowers the curtain on the epic ninth edition of the solo, non stop race around the world.
by Vendée Globe
Posted 27 Feb 11:12 PST
Melges 24 Worlds prepared for new regatta normal
Melges 24 Worlds prepared for new regatta normal
It has been a full year since the originally scheduled event was officially postponed
Earlier this month, the International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA) confidently announced it would move forward with conducting the 2021 World Championship in Charleston, S.C., immediately following Charleston Race Week.
by IM24CA
Posted 27 Feb 08:59 PST
Mastercard Superyachts Day 4: Tawera wins regatta
Mastercard Superyachts Day 4: Tawera wins regatta
Mastercard Superyachts: Regatta closes on a glamour note on the Hauraki Gulf
A glamour day of beautiful Auckland weather and scintillating superyacht sailing has brought the Mastercard Superyacht Regatta 2021 to a close at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
by Andrew Delves – RNZYS PR & Communications Manager
Posted 27 Feb 05:35 PST
Entries open for Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2021
Entries open for Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2021
Taking place from 5 to 11 September in Porto Cervo, Sardinia
The Notice of Race for the 31st edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup has been published. The event, organized with the support of institutional partner Rolex and in collaboration with the International Maxi Association, will take place in September.
by Marialisa Panu
Posted 27 Feb 02:56 PST
The GLOBE40: The benefits of the new 2022 schedule
The GLOBE40: The benefits of the new 2022 schedule
A very lively start to the year
More than two months ago, it was announced that the GLOBE40 would be put back a year with the new race start scheduled to depart Tangier in June 2022.
by Manfred Ramspacher
Posted 27 Feb 01:37 PST
America's Cup start expected to be postponed
America's Cup start expected to be postponed
For the America's Cup the earliest Auckland will come out of the Lockdown is Sunday, March 7
The NZ Prime Minister has announced a return to Alert Level 3 for seven days. For the America's Cup the earliest Auckland will come out of the Lockdown is Sunday, March 7. An announcement is expected from the permitted organiser America's Cup Event Ltd
by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com
Posted 27 Feb 00:36 PST
Dalton brothers take on GGR and America's Cup
Dalton brothers take on GGR and America's Cup
The Dalton family wants it all!!
One sails in the fastest, most sophisticated and prestigious sailing challenge in the world, all over in just minutes! The other is attempting the longest, loneliest, most demanding and slowest race, for any individual in any sport on the planet.
by Don McIntyre
Posted 26 Feb 22:18 PST
2021 J/24 Midwinter Championship day 1
2021 J/24 Midwinter Championship day 1
Beautiful start at Shake-A-Leg in Miami
The J/24 Midwinter Championship kicked off for 29 boats at Shake-A-Leg in Miami, FL with four races completed.
by Julie & Christopher Howell
Posted 26 Feb 22:12 PST
52 Super Series reschedules 2021 season and venues
52 Super Series reschedules 2021 season and venues
The primary objective is to offer the highest degree of certainty to owners, teams and venues
With the prospect of being unable to run the early season events to an appropriate standard, the 52 Super Series has taken an early, pragmatic decision to reschedule elements of the 2021 regatta season.
by 52 Super Series
Posted 26 Feb 21:26 PST
Sam Davies completes solo Vendée Globe route
Sam Davies completes solo Vendée Globe route
Thousands of well wishers turned out to pay tribute to an inspirational solo round the world passage
After being forced to abandon her race on 5th December following a violent collision with a floating object, British skipper Sam Davies sailed back into Les Sables d'Olonne in beautiful spring sunshine to a rapturous welcome this afternoon.
by Vendée Globe
Posted 26 Feb 10:08 PST
Liberty Bitcoin Youth Foiling Gold Cup preview
Liberty Bitcoin Youth Foiling Gold Cup preview
8 international teams meet on the Italian coast to contest the first Grand Prix
It's race time for the 24 young international sailors from eight countries this week in Gaeta, Italy who will compete in the first round of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup in the new Persico 69F class.
by 69F Sailing
Posted 26 Feb 06:11 PST
Mastercard Superyachts Day 3: Tawera extends lead
Mastercard Superyachts Day 3: Tawera extends lead
Tawera builds lead with first and second place finishes on Doyle Sails Race Day 3
The team on Tawera have extended their Mastercard Superyacht Regatta lead after first and second place finishes in the two races sailed on Doyle Sails Race Day 3.
by Andrew Delves – RNZYS PR & Communications Manager
Posted 26 Feb 05:28 PST
N2E Seminars: Save the Date
N2E Seminars: Save the Date
Presenters will be Phil Herzfeld, Bruce Cooper, John Sangmeister and Chuck Skews
Presenters will be Phil Herzfeld, Bruce Cooper, John Sangmeister, and Chuck Skews of Ullman Sails San Diego.
by Newport Ocean Sailing Association
Posted 26 Feb 05:10 PST
18ft Skiff Supercup
18ft Skiff Supercup
Several past champions and legends return to the class on Sydney Harbour
Several past 18ft Skiff champions returned to the class today when they skippered boats from the Australian 18 Footers League's 2020-2021 Season fleet in the annual 'Supercup' series on Sydney Harbour.
by Frank Quealey
Posted 26 Feb 02:35 PST
Sea Sure Dinghy Show Weekend Offers
Sea Sure Dinghy Show Weekend Offers
15% off across the whole site until 5pm on the 1st March
We are running 15% off across the whole site (www.sea-sure.co.uk) until 5pm on the 1st March when you use the discount code "DINGHYSHOW21" at checkout.
by Daniel Henderson, Sea Sure
Posted 26 Feb 00:30 PST
Big Hearted Sam Davies Leaves Her Mark
Big Hearted Sam Davies Leaves Her Mark
Set to arrive in Les Sables d'Olonne very early this afternoon
Sam Davies will enter the channel back into Les Sables d'Olonne very early this afternoon, around 1215hrs UTC (1315hrs local time) and is expected to get a warm welcome for her remarkable solo round the world achievement which she completed last night.
by Vendée Globe
Posted 26 Feb 00:19 PST
Sam Davies: What it really meant to turn left
Sam Davies: What it really meant to turn left
A course of action that thrust her immediately into weeks of relentless southern ocean sailing
When there are 33 skippers in a Vendée Globe race it is easy to overlook the details on what happens to some of them, especially if they drop out of the race after having stopped, but then continue on the course, as Sam Davies has done.
by Ed Gorman / IMOCA Globe Series
Posted 25 Feb 22:30 PST
America's Cup: Chasing the chase boat - ETNZ
America's Cup: Chasing the chase boat - ETNZ
36th America's Cup teams have had to resort to chase boats and simulators to mimic a race situation.
With the Protocol eliminating the once familiar sight of teams trialing two America's Cup Class yachts against each other, the teams have had to resort to chase boats and simulators to mimic a race situation.
by Sail-World.com/NZ
Posted 25 Feb 16:54 PST
America's Cup: INEOS Team UK's Auckland sojourn
America's Cup: INEOS Team UK's Auckland sojourn
From Christmas Turkey to being the Round Robin Rocket - the story of Britannia's Auckland sojourn
From Christmas Turkey to being the Round Robin Rocket - here's the story of INEOS Team UK's Britannia sojourn in Auckland for the Prada Cup
by INEOS Team UK
Posted 25 Feb 16:42 PST
2021 Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week cancelled
2021 Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week cancelled
City-wide pandemic restrictions have prompted the decision
City-wide pandemic restrictions have prompted the decision, according to event Co-Chair Steve Mueller, including constraints on dock space and parking lot permits which would limit participation of several classes of boats.
by Betsy Crowfoot
Posted 25 Feb 14:00 PST
49th BVI Spring Regatta postponed
49th BVI Spring Regatta postponed
The postponement of the event is a financial blow to the non-profit entity
The BVI Spring Regatta Committee, after discussions with the BVI Government Ministry of Health, concluded that the postponement was in the best interests for the safety of all participants, volunteers, and the wider BVI community.
by Trish Jenkins
Posted 25 Feb 08:47 PST
Vendée Globe: Getting back to 'normal' part 2
Vendée Globe: Getting back to 'normal' part 2
Didac Costa has returned to work with the Fire Service in Barcelona
It is more than two weeks now since Pip Hare finished her Vendee Globe and she is now back at home in Poole, England. Didac Costa has returned to work with the Fire Service in Barcelona and Kojiro Shiraishi has flown back to Japan.
by Vendée Globe
Posted 25 Feb 06:24 PST
Silvertip take out Day 2 at the Superyacht Regatta
Silvertip take out Day 2 at the Superyacht Regatta
The 33 metre superyacht racing machine slips away in light winds
The 33 metre superyacht racing machine Silvertip has taken its first victory of the Mastercard Superyacht Regatta, winning race three of the regatta on Boat International Race Day 2.
by Andrew Delves – RNZYS PR & Communications Manager
Posted 25 Feb 04:05 PST
Melissa Payne takes helm for 2022 GGR and 2023 OGR
Melissa Payne takes helm for 2022 GGR and 2023 OGR
The Golden Globe Race currently has 28 entrants from 11 countries
Following a 12 month Media blackout with respect to the Global Pandemic, The 2022 Golden Globe and 2023 Ocean Globe Races are now back in the news with a permanent office opened in Les Sables d'Olonne, France.
by Don McIntyre
Posted 25 Feb 04:00 PST
Aegean 600: A new offshore sailing race
Aegean 600: A new offshore sailing race
Sporting challenge will meet the legendary beauty of the Aegean islands
From July 4-10, 2021, the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) in Greece will organize a new 600 nautical mile offshore yacht race.
by Offshore Racing Congress
Posted 25 Feb 02:37 PST
America's Cup: Brits well positioned to go again
America's Cup: Brits well positioned to go again
This is the second Challenge Ben Ainslie has led for Britain and a big step up from his first
This is the second Challenge Ben Ainslie has led for Britain and a big step up from the 2017 effort, which was sailed Bermuda in the mostly one-design AC50 - a wing sailed foiling catamaran and quite different from the AC75.
by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com/nz
Posted 25 Feb 01:34 PST
America's Cup Rialto: Feb 25 - Design vs Racecraft
America's Cup Rialto: Feb 25 - Design vs Racecraft
Challenger and Defender take similar but different approach to AC75 options. Prada Cup reviewed.
The Challengers' game of Development Leapfrog ended on the Hauraki Gulf on Sunday, and set the scene for the 36th Match which as tradition dictates the Defender will come against the Challenger for the first time.
by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com/nz
Posted 25 Feb 00:56 PST
Sailing in the world's most remote places
Sailing in the world's most remote places
Miranda Merron describes the privilege of being a part of the Vendée Globe
Some Vendée Globe and IMOCA sailors are relentlessly focused on winning, on the position schedules and on the performance of their boat, some not so.
by Ed Gorman / IMOCA Globe Series
Posted 24 Feb 21:46 PST
54th Governor's Cup first early invitations issued
54th Governor's Cup first early invitations issued
#2 and #7 skippers in World Sailing Open Match Racing Rankings confirmed
The #2 ranked match racing sailor in the world, Nick Egnot-Johnson (NZL), and his countryman Jordan Stevenson (#7), have accepted early invitations to the 54th Governor's Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship.
by Susan Kenney
Posted 24 Feb 12:27 PST
Rolex & US Sailing: 40 years of excellence
Rolex & US Sailing: 40 years of excellence
Celebrating the US Sailing's Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards
Established in 1961 by US Sailing and sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A. since 1980, the annual presentation of US Sailing's Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards recognize the individual male and female U.S. sailors
by US Sailing
Posted 24 Feb 12:18 PST
Isabelle Joschke completes solo round the world
Isabelle Joschke completes solo round the world
After she fought for 16 days to bring her boat to safety into Salvador de Bahia
Franco German skipper Isabelle Joschke was rewarded with beautiful spring sunshine and a big, warm and affectionate welcome back to the Les Sables d'Olonne channel today after completing her solo circumnavigation outwith the final Vendée Globe rankings.
by Vendée Globe
Posted 24 Feb 11:54 PST
Seldén Mast launching new block range
Seldén Mast launching new block range
At the virtual RYA Dinghy Show
Seldén Mast will be introducing a new range of soft attachment blocks at the 2021 virtual RYA Dinghy Show, 27-28 February.
by Seldén Mast
Posted 24 Feb 03:37 PST
Mastercard Superyacht Regatta - Day 1
Mastercard Superyacht Regatta - Day 1
Tawera and Whirlwind claim victories
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's Mastercard Superyacht Regatta got under way today in Auckland with two spectacular races on the pristine waters of the Hauraki Gulf.
by Andrew Delves – RNZYS PR & Communications Manager
Posted 24 Feb 00:00 PST
18ft Skiffs: Supercup Series preview
18ft Skiffs: Supercup Series preview
Three races on specially-designed courses this Friday
Some of the world's best 18ft Skiff Racing champions will be among the guests on display on Friday (February 26) when they skipper boats in the Australian 18 Footers League's annual 'Supercup' series on Sydney Harbour.
by Frank Quealey
Posted 23 Feb 23:23 PST
Playing the long game
Playing the long game
As a Brit I'm of course sad that INEOS TEAM UK didn't progress to the America's Cup match
As a Brit I'm of course sad that INEOS TEAM UK didn't progress to the America's Cup match. I'd have loved to see Ben Ainslie and Giles Scott square up against Pete Burling, Blair Tuke and the rest of Emirates Team New Zealand, but it wasn't to be.
by Mark Jardine
Posted 23 Feb 12:00 PST