Erika Reineke on the 2020 World Cup Series Miami Erika Reineke on the 2020 World Cup Series Miami An interview with Erika Reineke ahead of the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Miami I checked in with Erika Reineke, who is one of the USA's top-ranked Laser Radial sailors, via email, to find out about her preparations ahead of the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Miami. by David Schmidt Posted 16 Jan 08:00 PST BVI Spring Regatta 2020 preview BVI Spring Regatta 2020 preview Get your spring sailing groove on! Sun. Warm. Cocktails. Beach. Sailing. If any part of this sounds good, get yourself to the Caribbean for the 49th BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. 2020 promises to be another great event with a format that has proven a winner by Michelle Slade Posted 17 Jan 05:01 PST Clean your bottom - DIY Care & Products Clean your bottom - DIY Care & Products Do you want to add speed to your sailing campaign? Do you want to add speed to your sailing campaign? One of the best ways to do this is to make sure your hull is clean and slick. by Melges Performance Sailboats Posted 17 Jan 04:00 PST America's Cup: A day in the life of an AC75 America's Cup: A day in the life of an AC75 America's Cup: A day in the life of Emirates Team NZ's AC75 on the Waitemata Harbour A day in the training and development life of Emirates Team NZ's AC75 sailing in Auckland on January 9, 2020. If you haven't seen the AC75 sailing in person, this video is a very accurate portrayal of a typical training and development session. by Sail-World.com/NZ Posted 16 Jan 17:25 PST Sail Melbourne International starts today Sail Melbourne International starts today The 2020 Road to Tokyo and Paris 2024 goes via Sail Melbourne The 2020 edition of Melbourne's iconic Sail Melbourne International regatta will kick off today, Friday, 17 January, with racing of the five-day event to start on Port Phillip from 13:00 this afternoon (17 - 21 January 2020). by Cora Zillich Posted 16 Jan 16:52 PST Offshore Worlds US Selection Procedures published Offshore Worlds US Selection Procedures published For World Sailing's inaugural Offshore World Championships in Valletta, Malta US Sailing has published the Selection Procedures detailing U.S. athlete selection for World Sailing's inaugural Offshore World Championships in Valletta, Malta on October 10-22, 2020. by US Sailing Posted 16 Jan 13:32 PST Denmark SailGP Team confirmed Denmark SailGP Team confirmed Helmsman Nicolai Sehested leads well-rounded crew With just over a month until the start of SailGP Season 2, the roster for the Denmark SailGP Team presented by ROCKWOOL was confirmed for its debut campaign in the global championship. by SailGP Posted 16 Jan 07:47 PST New York Yacht Club's Summer Team Races New York Yacht Club's Summer Team Races Request for invitation period opens While team racing has been a popular pursuit for scholastic and collegiate sailors for the better part of a century, it's development as a popular racing format for post-collegiate sailors has come mostly in the last two decades. by Stuart Streuli Posted 16 Jan 06:59 PST US Sailing's Olympic Development Program new era US Sailing's Olympic Development Program new era US Sailing founded the first formalized Olympic sailing development initiative US Sailing's Olympic Development Program hasn't been a stranger to the success of young sailors since the organization first began creating a clear path from youth sailing to the Olympic Games. by US Sailing Team Posted 16 Jan 05:52 PST Australian 505 Championship practice day Australian 505 Championship practice day Racing starts for real tomorrow Australian 5O5 Championship practice day today. Rough and windy. Racing starts for real tomorrow and the wind isn't going anywhere. by Michael Quirk Posted 16 Jan 05:21 PST America's Cup: Te Aihe sailing in the seabreeze America's Cup: Te Aihe sailing in the seabreeze Images of Emirates Team NZ's AC75 enjoying a rare seabreeze in Auckland Emirates Team New Zealand's AC75 Te Aihe was out again on Wednesday. Here's a selection of images shot from Sail-World's North Head office around 6.15pm, as she raced back in a moderate onshore (NE) seabreeze by Richard Gladwell Sail-World NZ Posted 16 Jan 03:53 PST America's Cup: Challengers images from Cagliari America's Cup: Challengers images from Cagliari From Sardinia local photographer Alessandro Spiga provides the first images of INEOS Team From Sardinia, local photographer Alessandro Spiga has kindly provided the first images of INEOS Team UK preparing to launch and on the water for her first sail, which we have combined with some images and video from Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli by Sail-World.com/NZ Posted 16 Jan 01:56 PST Clipper Ventures set to return to boot Düsseldorf Clipper Ventures set to return to boot Düsseldorf Ocean health to take centre stage This citizen-science driven project, which empowers Clipper Race Crew to contribute to important global scientific research, has seen four Clipper Race teams deploy data-transmitting buoys along some of the most remote latitudes of the global race route by Kathryn Pridie Posted 16 Jan 01:00 PST M32 Miami Winter Series weekend 1 M32 Miami Winter Series weekend 1 The 2020 season has officially started! The 2020 season has officially started! What a weekend! Full of excitement, close racing, and a lot of action! Convexity are clearly the team to beat this season having won the regatta with a race to spare. by M32 Class Posted 15 Jan 18:21 PST Doyle Sails powered yachts first to Hobart Doyle Sails powered yachts first to Hobart Both Comanche and InfoTrack carry complete Doyle Sails Cableless and Structured Luff inventories Both Comanche and InfoTrack carry complete Doyle Sails Cableless and Structured Luff inventories and have seen considerable gains in performance after moving to this technology in recent years. by Doyle Sails Posted 15 Jan 17:19 PST 2020 Caribbean Multihull Challenge preview 2020 Caribbean Multihull Challenge preview An epic fleet of catamarans and trimarans assembling The countdown for the second annual Caribbean Multihull Challenge is on, and an eclectic fleet of catamarans and trimarans are starting to feel their collective need for speed. by Herb McCormick Posted 15 Jan 05:43 PST Edge 2.4 Midwinters preview Edge 2.4 Midwinters preview Anticipation is high for great sailing and great competition Tony Pocklington will be looking to improve his standing in the overall CanAm series with a strong showing in this two day event. This event is the third of five events sailed throughout the winter in this ideal Gulf Coast town. by Shan McAdoo Posted 15 Jan 04:48 PST Australian 505 Championship starts tomorrow Australian 505 Championship starts tomorrow A strong fleet will compete over five days of racing Royal Brighton Yacht Club is also hosting the annual Sail Melbourne Olympic classes regatta so it promises to be a busy and high-level event with many of the world's best sailors competing. by Michael Quirk Posted 15 Jan 04:43 PST Ocean Globe Race and GGR at Boot Dusseldorf Ocean Globe Race and GGR at Boot Dusseldorf Entries from 13 countries so far in the Ocean Globe Race Entries from 13 countries in the Ocean Globe Race are going strong, just six months after announcing the inaugural race starting in May 2023 by Don McIntyre Posted 15 Jan 02:41 PST 11th Hour Racing and Musto team up 11th Hour Racing and Musto team up Musto will provide high performance clothing for the next three years Musto, the world's leading premium technical sailing brand, has signed on with 11th Hour Racing Team as an official supplier for the next three years. by 11th Hour Racing Posted 14 Jan 08:36 PST 2020 Hempel World Cup Series to heat up in Miami 2020 Hempel World Cup Series to heat up in Miami 205 sailors from 50 nations will race across seven fleets The Hempel World Cup Series rolls into Miami, in the sunshine state of Florida, USA from 19 - 25 January 2020 for the second instalment of the 2020 Series. by Daniel Smith, World Sailing Posted 14 Jan 08:33 PST Playing for keeps on Puget Sound Playing for keeps on Puget Sound Man Overboard in the Duwamish Head Race off Seattle I knew I was in for an adventure when I woke up at 0430 hours on Saturday for the annual Duwamish Head Race, only to discover that NOAA had issued a small-craft advisory for the section of Puget Sound where our race would be unfurling. by David Schmidt Posted 14 Jan 08:00 PST RS Electric Boats unveils Pulse58 RS Electric Boats unveils Pulse58 The first ever production RIB with a fully integral electric drive Unveiled at Boot Dusseldorf, the Pulse58 is the product of two years of development and is ground-breaking as the first ever production RIB with a fully integral electric drive. by RS Electric Boats Posted 14 Jan 07:12 PST RORC Transatlantic Race moves to January from 2021 RORC Transatlantic Race moves to January from 2021 The most significant of a number of subtle changes to the event This date change is the most significant of a number of subtle changes the RORC is making to its Season Points Championships, which includes making the Rolex Middle Sea Race the first points race in the Championships. by Louay Habib Posted 14 Jan 03:22 PST World Championship sailors support bushfire effort World Championship sailors support bushfire effort Looking at ways to give back to the local Geelong and Australian community The proximity of the upcoming 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Oceania and World Championships course area to some of the bushfires currently burning in the southern Australian state of Victoria has stirred the international sailing community to action. by Lisa Ratcliff Posted 14 Jan 00:23 PST America's Cup: Emirates to be Official Cup Airline America's Cup: Emirates to be Official Cup Airline Emirates partners with Emirates Team NZ and becomes Official Airline of the 36th America's Cup Emirates partners with Emirates Team NZ and becomes Official Airline of the 36th America's Cup. The 17 year relationship between the champion sailing team and the Emirates airline now embraces five America's Cup cycles. by Michaela Tan Posted 13 Jan 14:14 PST International 5.5 Metre Worlds at RPAYC overall International 5.5 Metre Worlds at RPAYC overall Artemis XIV secures 5.5 world title after exciting final day Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Anders Pedersen) have won the 2020 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Prince Alfred YC, in Newport, Australia, after a thrilling final day of racing. by Robert Deaves Posted 13 Jan 04:27 PST America's Cup: ETNZ gives Code Zero a work out America's Cup: ETNZ gives Code Zero a work out America's Cup: Code Zero day on the Hauraki Gulf for Te Aihe Emirates Team NZ appeared to have a good day testing the Code Zero on their AC75, on a rare light breeze day in Auckland's windy summer. The reappearance of the bowsprit defied Kiwi media speculation over the weekend that there had been a new design move by Richard Gladwell Sail-World.com/nz Posted 13 Jan 01:54 PST ORC announces new 2020 VPP and Rules books ORC announces new 2020 VPP and Rules books The race to Key West will be the first of the year to use the new ORC Double Handed Certificate With numerous improvements prompted by user input and internal research over the past year, the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is pleased to announce its new 2020 VPP and 2020 Rules books are available now for download from the ORC's website. by ORC Media Posted 13 Jan 01:54 PST 2020 Monaco Optimist Team Race overall 2020 Monaco Optimist Team Race overall Americans triumph ahead of Sweden and Monaco Organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco with support from FxPro, Eventica, Fon, clothing supplier SLAM and boatyard Erplast, the curtain fell on Sunday on another successful edition of the Monaco Optimist Team Race (MOTR). by Isabelle Andrieux Posted 12 Jan 23:42 PST CST Composites i14 Worlds overall CST Composites i14 Worlds overall It's a wrap at Perth Dinghy Sailing Club It's a wrap. The CST Composites i14 2020 Perth World Championships at the Perth Dinghy Sailing Club came to an end on Friday with the Brits taking the three podium finishes in what some would say difficult conditions in Perth. by Hannah Wilson Posted 12 Jan 22:22 PST 2019/20 DIYC J/70 Winter Series 2 at Davis Island 2019/20 DIYC J/70 Winter Series 2 at Davis Island Jack Franco's 3 Ball JT wins second weekend Fifty-three J/70 teams savored spectacular conditions on Tampa Bay for the middle part of the 2019-2020 J/70 Winter Series at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida. by Julie & Christopher Howell Posted 12 Jan 19:46 PST That man Lilley That man Lilley Latest Sail-World Australia newsletter from John Curnow When he won the medal race at the recent Finn Gold Cup, it was not some random event. Jake Lilley has been at it for a while. It's called work ethic... by John Curnow, Editor, Sail-World AUS Posted 12 Jan 13:00 PST International 5.5 Metre Worlds at RPAYC day 4 International 5.5 Metre Worlds at RPAYC day 4 Wins for Shaolin and Ali Baba Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Anders Pedersen) has extended their lead to nine points with just two races to sail at the 2020 5.5 Metre World Championship, at the Royal Prince Alfred YC, in Newport, Australia. by Robert Deaves Posted 12 Jan 10:28 PST Maserati Multi 70 set sail for the 16th Cape2Rio Maserati Multi 70 set sail for the 16th Cape2Rio Giovanni Soldini and team start with a few technical issues They're off! At 14.30 local time Giovanni Soldini and Maserati Multi 70's Team crossed the starting line of the 16th edition of the Cape2Rio, the 3.600-mile-long historical transoceanic race from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro. by Team Maserati Multi 70 Posted 12 Jan 09:48 PST Etchells Australian Championship overall Etchells Australian Championship overall Two races in good wind with improving skies closed out the event Two races in good wind with improving skies closed out the 2020 Etchells Australian Championship from the Royal Brighton Yacht Club. by John Curnow Posted 12 Jan 02:26 PST 18ft Skiff NSW Championship overall 18ft Skiff NSW Championship overall Tech2 showed that the Winning Group may have a tougher battle ahead The Winning Group team of John Winning Jr., Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton didn't start in today's final race of the NSW Championship as the team had already won the title but today's winner Tech2 showed that the Winning Group may have a tougher battle ahead. by Frank Quealey Posted 12 Jan 00:04 PST North Sails Weekly Debrief North Sails Weekly Debrief ClubSwan 36 2020 Outlook, Ichi Ban, Shirley Robertson's Podcast, J/70s Even before the first boat hit the water, North's designers were working on sail designs that would give clients the best performance. Our outlook on this coming year? by North Sails Posted 11 Jan 09:00 PST Etchells Australian Championship day 4 Etchells Australian Championship day 4 How would you like your moguls? Just off the Royal Brighton Yacht Club, and to the East of the main shipping channel, Port Phillip created a special place that was cold and nasty, horrifically wet, and yet there were smiles all around. by John Curnow Posted 11 Jan 08:26 PST The Clipper Race Leg 4 - Race 5, Day 20 The Clipper Race Leg 4 - Race 5, Day 20 GoToBermuda received a warm welcome into the Whitsundays A strong start from Fremantle on the 22 December put Skipper David 'Wavy' Immelmann, First Mate Fabian Fisahn and the 13 crew members in good stead for the 3,415 nautical mile race which took them around three quarters of Australia. by Clipper Round the World Race Posted 11 Jan 07:43 PST