Panacea - Sailing Etchells is always the cure Panacea - Sailing Etchells is always the cure Another win after their first Queensland State title in 2017 The Etchells Queensland State Championship was held from November 8 to 10. Southport Yacht Club was the host from both its Main Beach and Hollywell (Runaway Bay) facilities, with the racing conducted offshore along the glorious Gold Coast. by John Curnow Posted 18 Nov 17:23 PST New speed record set - Luderitz Speed Challenge New speed record set - Luderitz Speed Challenge The Luderitz Speed Challenge is currently underway in Luderitz, Namibia in winds of up to 65kts The Luderitz Speed Challenge is currently underway in Luderitz, Namibia in winds topping 65kts. Overnight the previous mark of 53.27kts has been topped with an unofficial speed measuring gives 53.33 knots average on the 500m course. by Sail-World.com/nz Posted 18 Nov 12:46 PST Melges 24 Atlantic & Gulf Coast Championship Melges 24 Atlantic & Gulf Coast Championship Bruce Ayres' Monsoon wins inaugural Bushwhacker Cup The three teams leading Pensacola Yacht Club's Melges24 Atlantic & Gulf Coast Championship aka the Bushwhacker Cup after Day 1 were confirmed as the three podium finishers on Day 2. by Talbot Wilson / Pensacola Yacht Club Posted 18 Nov 10:26 PST GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Prea - The End GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Prea - The End Champions crowned in Brazil The final event of the GKA Kite-Surf season saw sparks fly on the water as Prea delivered four days of perfect strapless freestyle conditions and sensational action last week. by Jim Gaunt Posted 18 Nov 09:10 PST NEW 60mm Tii block from Allen NEW 60mm Tii block from Allen Addition to the popular performance range of Tii blocks The popular performance range of Tii blocks from Allen has just gained a new addition, the long awaited 60mm version. by Ben Harden Posted 18 Nov 08:00 PST China Cup International Regatta review China Cup International Regatta review A regatta to bring together four corners of the world For sailors from Europe, North America and Australasia, the China Cup International Regatta arrives at the perfect time in the year. by Andy Rice, SailingIntelligence.com Posted 18 Nov 06:53 PST A nail-biting finish for Pip Hare A nail-biting finish for Pip Hare Only 10 minutes ahead of Alexia Barrier in the Transat Jacques Vabre Pip Hare and her team-mate Ysbrand Endt have completed the Transat Jacques Vabre (TJV), finishing just minutes ahead of their closest rival. Pip's boat Superbigou crossed the finish line at 17:26 UTC on 14th November. by David Pugh Posted 18 Nov 05:04 PST 44Cup Palma overall 44Cup Palma overall Incredible come from far behind victory decides 2019 44Cup It was supposed to be a heavyweight bout between Chris Bake's Team Aqua and Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika. These two, among the oldest, most successful teams in the high performance one design monohull class, started the 44Cup Palma by Jessica Gray Posted 17 Nov 23:51 PST 32 North Americans at Miami 32 North Americans at Miami Convexity adds the title to his roster of accolades After two days each of six races held on Miami's Biscayne Bay, Don Wilson's Convexity added the M32 North American Championship to his roster of accolades alongside the M32 World Championship he won in September in Riva del Garda, Italy. by M32 Class Posted 17 Nov 20:49 PST Brest Atlantiques Day 13 Brest Atlantiques Day 13 Gough Island next Maxi Edmond de Rothschild slowed down marginally overnight Saturday and has regained speed on Sunday further increasing their lead on the trimaran MACIF, Sodebo Ultim 3 and Actual Leader. by Sabina Mollart-Rogerson Posted 17 Nov 15:11 PST The bookies may, or may not be happy The bookies may, or may not be happy Mark Richards had a very short message: We are 100% there Mark Richards had a very short message for everyone. “It was very cool to watch our crew nurse the boat into port. We now have all the right resources working on the repairs. We are 100% there for the race.” by John Curnow, Editor, Sail-World AUS Posted 17 Nov 13:00 PST Clipper Race embarks on Southern Ocean Leg Clipper Race embarks on Southern Ocean Leg The Southern Ocean stage of Clipper 2019-20 Race started in Cape Town today The highly-anticipated 4,750 nautical mile Southern Ocean stage of Clipper 2019-20 Race started in Cape Town today as the only global sailing race for non-professionals passes its quarter-way mark. by Grace Kitching Posted 17 Nov 12:40 PST RORC Season's Points Championship winners RORC Season's Points Championship winners Wizard and Black Sheep star at the RORC Oscars More than 5,000 sailors from around the world, racing in a dazzling variety of 570 yachts, took part in the 2019 RORC Season's Points Championship. by Louay Habib Posted 17 Nov 10:15 PST North Sails Weekly Debrief North Sails Weekly Debrief Helix Luff Cord, #NSVictoryList: TJV IMOCA, Brest Atlantiques Exclusively for North Sails, the Helix Luff Cord allows all the performance benefits of Load Sharing Technology and the reliability that comes from top-down furling. by North Sails Posted 17 Nov 04:00 PST NOAA plans to stop producing paper charts NOAA plans to stop producing paper charts Plans to phase out the production of all traditional paper charts On Friday, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Coast Survey announced plans to phase out the production of all traditional paper nautical charts. by The Maritime Executive Posted 17 Nov 03:03 PST 49er sailors take environmental action 49er sailors take environmental action Sailing as a sport has a huge environmental footprint There is no question that sailing as a sport has a huge environmental footprint. We travel the world by air, sea and road, shipping boats built from exotic materials from continent to continent. by Drew Malcolm Posted 17 Nov 01:26 PST 18ft Skiff Spring Championship overall 18ft Skiff Spring Championship overall Appliancesonline.com.au team wrap up the win The Appliancesonline.com.au team (Brett Van Munster, Phil Marshall and Kurt Fatouris) became the 2019-2020 Australian 18 Footers League Spring champions, but it was The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines team took honours on the final day. by Frank Quealey Posted 17 Nov 00:16 PST Melges 24 Atlantic & Gulf Coast Championship day 1 Melges 24 Atlantic & Gulf Coast Championship day 1 Bruce Ayres and Bora Gulari's teams battle for the top spot Two teams, each with America's Cup challenger team members aboard, battled for the top two places after the first five races of Pensacola Yacht Club's inaugural Melges 24 Atlantic and Gulf Coast Championship. by Talbot Wilson / Pensacola Yacht Club Posted 16 Nov 16:50 PST 44Cup Palma day 3 44Cup Palma day 3 CEEREF could turn 44Cup on its head If Charisma and Aleph were the stand-out teams yesterday, today, the penultimate day of the 44Cup Palma, belonged to Igor Lah's Team CEEREF. In a return to their 2016-17 season-winning form, the Slovenian team won both of today's races. by Jessica Gray Posted 16 Nov 14:56 PST The Ocean Race: Racing for the planet The Ocean Race: Racing for the planet The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team launches campaign at event in Lisbon The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team officially unveiled its Racing For The Planet campaign on Friday at a packed event in Cascais, Lisbon. by Jonno Turner Posted 16 Nov 12:42 PST Brest Atlantiques Day 12 Brest Atlantiques Day 12 Upwind and more upwind Having emerged unscathed from the past 24 hours of very strong winds and particularly rough head on seas, the four Ultim 32/23 Class trimarans continue their descent of the South Atlantic in upwind conditions averaging around 30 knots by Sabina Mollart-Rogerson Posted 16 Nov 12:37 PST Joint data-quality initiative will improve rating Joint data-quality initiative will improve rating ORA and US Sailing launched a new initiative to significantly improve data collection ORA, owner of the ORR rating rule, and US Sailing have launched a new initiative to significantly improve data collection, input processes and quality control measures of boat measurement data in US Sailing's sailboat-measurement database. by Offshore Racing Rule Posted 16 Nov 08:34 PST Nick Claus announced as latest Musto ambassador Nick Claus announced as latest Musto ambassador Claus gives a revealing and rare insight into the logistics of his job Musto, one of the world's leading performance clothing brands, launched its Christmas campaign by announcing it has signed Nick Claus as its latest ambassador. by Musto Posted 16 Nov 08:00 PST J/Sailors love San Diego YC Hot Rum Series J/Sailors love San Diego YC Hot Rum Series Hot Rum Series started this past weekend for the 133 entries The San Diego Yacht Club's incredibly popular Hot Rum Series started this past weekend for the 133 entries, proving that the event is as popular as ever for southern Californians. by J/Boats Posted 16 Nov 07:22 PST Amory Ross joins 11th Hour Racing Team Amory Ross joins 11th Hour Racing Team Ross has been a leading outdoor and sailing videographer, photographer and producer for a decade He is taking part in the delivery back to Brittany, France this month as onboard reporter from Salvador de Bahia, Brazil where 11th Hour Racing finished fourth in the Transat Jacques Vabre. by 11th Hour Racing Posted 16 Nov 07:18 PST 2019 Argentine J/24 National Championship 2019 Argentine J/24 National Championship Carrera is Argentine J/24 National champion 7x! Organized by the Club Nautica Cordoba, Leo Rivas and a seasoned team were in charge of the regatta and run eight races in two amazing days of sailing on the lake called- "Lago San Roque". by J/Boats Posted 16 Nov 01:51 PST Aussie rock performers set for Festival of Sails Aussie rock performers set for Festival of Sails Free, live entertainment from Richard Clapton and more Australia's biggest celebration of sailing Festival of Sails will have a distinctive rock 'n' roll flavour in 2020 with renowned Aussie singer/songwriter Richard Clapton headlining the line-up for the Australia Day long-weekend event. by Jessica Gabites Posted 15 Nov 20:50 PST GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Prea overall GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Prea overall Airton and Mikaili are the Ceara Kite Pro Champions! 13 year-old Capuccine Delannoy was the fight-back star of the women's double elimination, coming through four back-to-back heats before being beaten by the already-World Champion Carla Herrera-Oria in the quarter final. by Jim Gaunt Posted 15 Nov 20:45 PST Bushwhacker Cup a first for Chandler Self Bushwhacker Cup a first for Chandler Self New to the class and will be working the bow of Zane Yoder's Friday Night Gigolos For Galveston girl Chandler Self, the Pensacola Yacht Club Bushwhacker Cup is her first Melges24 regatta. She is new to the class and will be working the bow of Zane Yoder's lime green Melges24 Friday Night Gigolos. by Talbot Wilson/Pensacola Yacht Club Posted 15 Nov 20:10 PST 44Cup Palma day 2 44Cup Palma day 2 Two bullet day for Charisma but Aleph leads Racing in Palma in November was always going to be challenging not just for crews but especially for race officials more used to racing here in summer, in a sea breeze you can set your watch by. by Jessica Gray Posted 15 Nov 19:47 PST America's Cup: Luna Rossa's AC75 foiling - Video America's Cup: Luna Rossa's AC75 foiling - Video First video released by Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli of their AC75 foiling in Cagliari, Sardinia First video released by Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli of their AC75 foiling in Cagliari, Sardinia. by Sail-World.com/nz Posted 15 Nov 15:01 PST Mini-Transat La Boulangère Leg 2 finish Mini-Transat La Boulangère Leg 2 finish Ambrogio Beccaria: "I didn't think we'd be able to push so hard!" At 16:31 UTC this Friday, Ambrogio Beccaria took the win (prior to the decisions of the jury) in Le Marin in Martinique of the production boat category in the second leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère after 13 days, 01 hour, 58 minutes and 48 seconds by Aurélie Bargat Posted 15 Nov 13:17 PST Brest Atlantiques Day 11 Brest Atlantiques Day 11 Fleet keep their heads down and buckle up Ten days into racing on the "Brest Atlantiques" and it is like a re-start from Rio with MACIF doing a pit-top, Sodebo Ultim 3 rerouting to avoid bad weather and all keeping the breaks to avoid exposing their boats from being pummelled by rough seas. by Sabina Mollart-Rogerson Posted 15 Nov 10:25 PST Huusela first Finnish to finish the TJV 2019 Huusela first Finnish to finish the TJV 2019 Ari Huusela became the first Finn and Scandinavian in an IMOCA to finish the Transat Jacques Vabre Ari Huusela became the first Finn and Scandinavian in an IMOCA to finish the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre on Friday as he and Irish co-skipper, Michael Ferguson, forced Ariel II across the finish line in the Bay of All Saints. by Soazig Guého Posted 15 Nov 07:29 PST NYYC announces historic 2020 regatta schedule NYYC announces historic 2020 regatta schedule 2020 summer in America's sailing capital will be one of the busiest in history It doesn't take perfect vision to see that the 2020 summer in America's sailing capital will be one of the busiest in history. The New York Yacht Club will take full advantage of the New England sailing season, hosting one major event after another by Stuart Streuli Posted 15 Nov 06:52 PST Rainbow Foundation celebration with Clipper Race Rainbow Foundation celebration with Clipper Race A day of emotional reunions and introductions to celebrate Rainbow Foundation heritage Former young South African sailors on the 40,000 nautical mile global challenge have been participating in a day of emotional reunions and introductions to celebrate their 'Dare To Lead' heritage with this year's team that is also their legacy. by Grace Kitching Posted 15 Nov 06:27 PST GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Prea day 2 GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Prea day 2 Mikaili Sol takes breathtaking win... in her first strapless freestyle event! 15-year-old Mikaili Sol decided that, as the Kite-Surf discipline was wrapping up at her home spot in Prea, she'd have nothing to lose by throwing her hat into the ring. by Jim Gaunt Posted 15 Nov 05:25 PST Briana Provancha elected to Sailor Athlete Council Briana Provancha elected to Sailor Athlete Council 2016 Olympian Champion is excited about the new role Champion sailor Briana Provancha (Fort Myers, Fla.) has been elected to serve as an elected Sailor Athlete Director on US Sailing's Board of Directors by the association's Sailor Athletes. by US Sailing Posted 15 Nov 04:50 PST 2020 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta preview 2020 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta preview Interest from new, would-be participants from far and wide Changing the dates of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta from the usual second half of April to the very beginning (1-7 April 2020) has enabled various past participants to come and join us again. by Ginny Field Posted 15 Nov 04:42 PST New interactive website for Protector New interactive website for Protector Protector have launched a new interactive website that is both engaging and stylish Rayglass Boats, manufacturers of the popular Legend range of GRP trailerboats, the internationally-renowned Protector range of RIBs and the incredibly successful 3500 cruiser, have launched a new interactive website that is both engaging and stylish. by Mike Rose Posted 15 Nov 04:40 PST