Mini Transat, Dragons and J/80 North Americans Mini Transat, Dragons and J/80 North Americans Latest Sail-World USA newsletter from David Schmidt While the sailing world is aglow with images of the four newly launched AC75 class yachts, the 1,350 nautical mile Mini-Transat La Boulangère race is also unfurling. by David Schmidt Posted 15 Oct 08:00 PDT Mark Pincus on the 2019 J/24 World Championship Mark Pincus on the 2019 J/24 World Championship An interview with Mark Pincus about the 2019 J/24 World Championship I checked in with Mark Pincus, regatta chair of the 2019 J/24 World Championship, via email, to learn more about this high-level One Design regatta. by David Schmidt Posted 15 Oct 08:00 PDT Chief Executive of World Sailing to step down Chief Executive of World Sailing to step down Andy Hunt has notified the Board that he will be taking on a new role The Board considers that Andy has made an important contribution to the modernisation and commercial development of World Sailing, and the Board thanks Andy for his service during an intense and challenging period for World Sailing. by World Sailing Posted 16 Oct 09:34 PDT RORC Transatlantic Race preview RORC Transatlantic Race preview Sixth edition set to feature a huge variety of yachts One-design VO65s and Maxi yachts have expressed their goal to take line honours and a tilt at the race record. Teams racing optimised performance cruisers will be aiming for class and the overall win under the IRC Rating Rule. by Louay Habib / RORC Posted 16 Oct 09:12 PDT China International Women's Match Race overall China International Women's Match Race overall Pauline Courtois (FRA) wins in Shanghai The racing at the day 5 of inaugural China International Match Race took off in perfect racing conditions. Spectators along the shore of Dishui Lake could follow the matches as the sailors maneuvered right in front of the docks under a sunny Shanghai sky. by WIM Series Posted 16 Oct 08:03 PDT Superyacht guru joins Doyle Sails Palma Superyacht guru joins Doyle Sails Palma Doyle Sails group continues to expand and strengthen with the appointment of Scott Zebny The Doyle Sails group continues to expand and strengthen with the exciting appointment of highly regarded superyacht expert Scott Zebny as Global Superyacht Sales Manager and Partner in Doyle Sails Palma. by Bliss Neagel Posted 16 Oct 00:05 PDT 11th Hour Racing gets feet wet with podium finish 11th Hour Racing gets feet wet with podium finish Enright and Bidégorry race IMOCA 60 in Défi Azimut 48-hour race After launching their campaign this summer, the 11th Hour Racing Team, led by Charlie Enright and Mark Towill, have been focused on learning how to race the IMOCA 60 - the fast, foiling, high-performance, development class by The Ocean Race Posted 15 Oct 23:51 PDT 2019 ANOC World Beach Games 2019 ANOC World Beach Games The four-time and defending Formula Kite world champion dominated all three days After a stop-start week of competition, on finals' day there was no holding back for American Daniela Moroz, who stormed to victory in the women's Kitefoil Racing. by Ian MacKinnon Posted 15 Oct 14:34 PDT Groupe Apicil set for the Transat Jacques Vabre Groupe Apicil set for the Transat Jacques Vabre Damien Seguin and Yoann Richomme aiming to be the first of the non-foilers To start this series, we look at a pair that has had a lot of practice. Damien Seguin and Yoann Richomme (Groupe Apicil) will set off for their third Transat Jacques Vabre together after competing on a Class40 on two occasions (2011 and 2013). by IMOCA Globe Series Posted 15 Oct 09:57 PDT Latest high performance sailing film Latest high performance sailing film The 18ft Skiff class has always been a passion for Hartas Productions The 18ft Skiff class has always been a passion for Hartas Productions, with our director, Ollie, steering and in Sydney for six consecutive seasons, helming the now famous ILVE Silver Bullet!. by Hartas Productions Posted 15 Oct 09:54 PDT China International Women's Match Race day 4 China International Women's Match Race day 4 The four semi-finalists decided in Shanghai After the morning briefing where the top four teams from the round robin stage earned the right to choose their opponent for quarter-finals, racing took off in conditions that were very similar to yesterday with a solid breeze of 14 knots gusting to 20. by WIM Series Posted 15 Oct 07:34 PDT Sail-World NZ news : Oct 14 - Four AC75's reviewed Sail-World NZ news : Oct 14 - Four AC75's reviewed Latest reports, images and video on the AC75's - including the launch of Luna Rossa and Britannia Read the latest newsletter from Sail-World New Zealand, with the Top 50 stories covering the America's Cup action and other sailing news from NZ and elsewhere. There's all the latest reports, images and video on the four AC75's by Richard Gladwell/Sail-World.com/nz Posted 15 Oct 03:18 PDT Yacht lost off NZ's Northland coast - 1 dead Yacht lost off NZ's Northland coast - 1 dead A person has died and another in a critical condition after a 47ft yacht sank in storm conditions A person has died after a 47ft yacht sank 20 nautical miles off Cape Brett on the east coast of Northland, NZ, in winds gusting over 60kts and heavy seas. Updated story with images and video shot from the Auckland Rescue Trust helicopter. by Sail-World NZ Posted 15 Oct 02:27 PDT Linda Elias Memorial Women's OD Challenge overall Linda Elias Memorial Women's OD Challenge overall Blecher's CalYC & Team wins 28th Annual LEMWOD Yesterday's three bullets made all the difference for California Yacht Club's Allie Blecher, who won the 2019 Linda Elias Memorial Women's One Design Challenge by a mere two points. by Laurie Morrison Posted 14 Oct 23:37 PDT 2019 China International Women's Match Race day 3 2019 China International Women's Match Race day 3 Quarterfinalists decided in Shanghai The morning of the third day of racing at China International Women's Match Race decided the teams that would make it straight to the quarter-finals and which teams would have to fight for the four spots in the repechage round. by WIM Series Posted 14 Oct 20:41 PDT 2.4mR World Championship kicks off tomorrow 2.4mR World Championship kicks off tomorrow A day of training before the start for the 91 participants coming from 15 different countries With the final rating formalities and registration of the participants the 30th 2.4 mR Class World Championship has officially started. Monday saw the final formalities on land in a practice race in the early afternoon. by Yacht Club Italiano Posted 14 Oct 08:57 PDT AEGIR wins J/80 North American Championship AEGIR wins J/80 North American Championship Cam Tougas gets his name on the perpetual trophy Hurricane Humberto stalled a high-pressure system over Lake Winnipesaukee and the host Winnipesaukee Yacht Club for a three-day stretch of sunny but fickle breezes. by J/Boats Posted 14 Oct 08:54 PDT Sunfish Class 2020 Winter Championships announced Sunfish Class 2020 Winter Championships announced The return of its traditional triduum of winter regattas The Sunfish Class announces the return of its traditional triduum of winter regattas: Sunfish International Masters Championship, Sunfish US Team Race Championship and Sunfish Midwinters for the US National Championship to be hosted by Clearwater YC by Gail Turluck Posted 14 Oct 07:37 PDT The 64th Gearbuster: A test of perseverance The 64th Gearbuster: A test of perseverance One of the premier fall sailing events on Long Island Sound The Gearbuster, first sailed in October of 1956, has become one of the premier fall sailing events on Long Island Sound, and this year featured 57 entries from over 20 clubs. by Donovan McSorley Posted 14 Oct 05:47 PDT 2019 Mini-Transat La Boulangère Leg 1 finish 2019 Mini-Transat La Boulangère Leg 1 finish Félix De Navacelle and Matthieu Vincent complete the production podium Crossing the finish line in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria at 04:30 UTC, Ambrogio Beccaria took the win in the first leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère, after eight days, 19 hours, 52 minutes and 07 seconds of racing. by Aurélie Bargat Posted 14 Oct 05:16 PDT Mini-Transat La Boulangère Leg 1 finish Mini-Transat La Boulangère Leg 1 finish Tréhin, Jambou, Bouroullec: The prototype podium done and dusted in 26 minutes! The denouement of the first leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère unfolded with incredible suspense in the prototype category overnight in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. by Aurélie Bargat Posted 14 Oct 00:36 PDT 2019 FAST40+ Race Circuit Round 6 overall 2019 FAST40+ Race Circuit Round 6 overall Girls on Film take Round 6. Rán wins the season High winds well above the class rules prevented any racing on the last day of FAST40+ Race Circuit Round 6. Peter Morton's Girls on Film is the winner of the regatta, but only on countback from Filip Engelbert's Elvis. by Louay Habib Posted 13 Oct 22:31 PDT Mini-Transat La Boulangère day 9 Mini-Transat La Boulangère day 9 They're coming! The denouement of the first leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère is imminent in the prototype category! At 15:00 UTC this Sunday, François Jambou was just 30 miles from the finish in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. by Aurélie Bargat Posted 13 Oct 15:54 PDT The one before the big one The one before the big one KA-5, the 12 Metre known simply as, Australia At the end of the 70s the Bond camp was starting to show what attending the America's Cup for a decade could do from a design and team angle. The boat that really stepped them up a rung was KA-5, the 12 Metre known simply as, Australia. by John Curnow, Editor, Sail-World AUS Posted 13 Oct 14:00 PDT 41st J/24 Worlds attracts twenty nations to Miami 41st J/24 Worlds attracts twenty nations to Miami Five days of racing on the spectacular Biscayne Bay Forty-two years after the first J/24 was built in Rod Johnstone's garage, the Class will attract 81 boats from 20 countries to Miami, Florida for the 2019 J/24 World Championship. by Julie & Christopher Howell Posted 13 Oct 13:11 PDT 2019 China International Women's Match Race day 2 2019 China International Women's Match Race day 2 Shifty conditions on Dishui Lake in Shanghai The tricky conditions put high pressure on the teams and the racing showed that good tactical decisions could make a huge difference. The matches were tight with many lead changes in the first flights of the day. by WIM Series Posted 13 Oct 07:35 PDT 18ft Skiff Spring Championship Race 1 18ft Skiff Spring Championship Race 1 The Noakesailing team come from behind over the final lap The Noakesailing team of Sean Langman, Ed Powys and Nathan Edwards had to come from behind over the final lap of the course to grab a narrow victory in Race 1 of the Australian 18 Footers League's Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour today. by Frank Quealey Posted 13 Oct 03:05 PDT The Clipper Race Leg 1, Race 2, Day 28 The Clipper Race Leg 1, Race 2, Day 28 Thunderstorms and lightning As Race 2: The Commodore's Cup to Punta del Este, Uruguay, continues, huge squalls brought powerful wind, driving rain, hail, thunderstorms, and put on a spectacular lightning show for the Clipper Race fleet on the twenty-eighth day of racing. by Clipper Round the World Race Posted 13 Oct 02:31 PDT Linda Elias Memorial Women's OD Challenge day 1 Linda Elias Memorial Women's OD Challenge day 1 Allie Blecher Leads CYC Team to the top of the leaderboard Three bullets and a fourth in the day's fourth race scored seven points and secured Allie Blecher's California Yacht Club team a day one first-place ranking at the two-day Linda Elias Memorial Women's One Design Challenge. by Laurie Morrison Posted 12 Oct 23:32 PDT 2019 FAST40+ Race Circuit Round 6 day 1 2019 FAST40+ Race Circuit Round 6 day 1 Season on a knife edge The final regatta of the 2019 FAST40+ Season eventually got under way with two windward leeward races in the Solent in super-light conditions. The pewter grey conditions did not dull the racing one iota with close battles right through the fleet. by Louay Habib Posted 12 Oct 22:16 PDT Melges 24 World Championship overall Melges 24 World Championship overall Italy takes it all again: Maidollis and Taki 4 are the new Melges 24 World Champions The history of the Melges 24 Class repeats itself: after the successful World Championship of Helsinki in 2017, the Italian crews onboard Maidollis and Taki 4 (Corinthian) are again the Melges 24 World Champions. by International Melges 24 Class Association Posted 12 Oct 21:25 PDT 2019 Snipe World Championship overall 2019 Snipe World Championship overall The Brazilians claim the title in their home country after 9 very close races Henrique Haddad and Gustavo Nascimento (BRA) are the 2019 Snipe World Champions after a very long and challenging nine race series, during which the leaders at the end of each of the five days of racing would always be a different team. by Rachele Vitello Posted 12 Oct 19:43 PDT 2019 China International Women's Match Race day 1 2019 China International Women's Match Race day 1 Racing kicks off in perfect conditions in Shanghai The first day of racing at China International Women's Match Race at Dishui Lake took off in perfect sailing conditions. With a steady breeze at 12 knots and gusts up to 16 knots. by WIM Series Posted 12 Oct 19:22 PDT Mini-Transat La Boulangère day 8 Mini-Transat La Boulangère day 8 High pressure, high intrigue! We are about to witness the denouement of this first leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère. It's a tense finale with a very light breeze, that fades away to nothing at times on the outskirts of the Canaries. by Aurélie Bargat Posted 12 Oct 15:51 PDT America's Cup: Four AC75's compared America's Cup: Four AC75's compared After 18 months of heavy secrecy shrouding anything to do with the AC75s the wraps are now off After 18 months of heavy secrecy shrouding anything to do with the AC75s, the 75 foot foiling monohull is quickly becoming an open affair with two new boats unveiled last week less than 48 hours apart. by America's Cup Media Posted 12 Oct 14:57 PDT North Sails Weekly Debrief North Sails Weekly Debrief Farr 40 World Champs, 3Di OCEAN, #NSVictoryList, Learning a new craft Far Niente's Vince Brun and Drew Freides sailed brilliantly to come away with a new world title over a talented international field in Long Beach, CA, USA/ by North Sails Posted 12 Oct 11:00 PDT The Clipper Race Leg 1, Race 2, Day 27 The Clipper Race Leg 1, Race 2, Day 27 Qingdao celebrates in Punta del Este Qingdao is on top of the overall Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race standings after finishing first in the race across the Atlantic Ocean to Punta del Este in Uruguay. by Clipper Round the World Race Posted 12 Oct 02:35 PDT 2020 International 505 Worlds to be held in Sweden 2020 International 505 Worlds to be held in Sweden Location and dates announced by the Class Association Torekov is located on the west coast, in the southern part of Sweden. Torekov is a popular summer resort, sandy beaches, great sailing and a village full of different activities. The wider Båstad municipality has 15 000 permanent inhabitants. by Michael Quirk Posted 12 Oct 02:03 PDT North Sails J/24 Worlds Tool Kit North Sails J/24 Worlds Tool Kit Biscayne Bay local knowledge article and more to read The J/24 World Championship is just around the corner. We have compiled a series of articles for you including a Biscayne Bay local knowledge article and many tips and videos to get your team ready. Created for you by our experts. by North Sails Posted 12 Oct 01:00 PDT Bekking sets sights on 9th campaign with Childhood Bekking sets sights on 9th campaign with Childhood A veteran team has come together to launch a Swedish campaign in the VO65 class Bouwe Bekking, an eight-time veteran of The Ocean Race, has announced a new project with an eye on competing in the 2021-22 edition of the Race. by The Ocean Race Posted 11 Oct 23:26 PDT