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Sydney Harbour provided a spectacular backdrop for the launch of SailGP. Pre-favorite Japan SailGP Team capitalized on slick crew work and prior big foiling catamaran experience on day 1 of the world premiere of SailGP.

The Japanese team, led by Nathan Outteridge, posted a huge victory in race 1 followed by two second places, a performance that has them leading ...

The New Zealand Herald'sPaul Lewis writes:



Up to three of the six challengers for the 2021 America's Cup in Auckland are the target of legal action to be heard by the Cup's arbitration panel.

Emirates Team New Zealand yesterday released a brief statement confirming the panel will address a "case under way involving applications ...

elia Willison and her RNZYS Youth Training Programme NZ Women’s Match Racing Team have taken out the NZ Women’s Match Racing Championships after four days of intense match racing at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

Willison started the day two-nil up against the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club team helmed by Juliet Costanzo, but it was the Australian ...

The Story of our First Sail
The Eagle Class 53 sailed for the first time with its Hybrid wing and jib in a gentle 8 knots of breeze on flat water off the island of St Thomas in the USVI recently.
A project that began four years ago has now come to fruition for Tommy Gonzalez of Fast Forward Composites.
They have ...

Big fun at the M32 Regatta in Miami over the weekend.

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Meteorologist Tom Skilling sounds the alarm!



Hawaii is facing monster waves and high winds in the next few days. A powerhouse "Kona low" (described below) is behind the meteorological and oceanic mayhem. The storm is threatening huge waves--some as high as 60 feet high on north-facing shores--along with powerful ...

Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini are ready for the RORC Caribbean 600

A new challenge for the Italian trimaran after two months in the boatyard:





The race will start on February 18th

Following a positive ...

Five contenders for the 2020 Vendée Globe: that crucial diversity

With the announcement that Banque Populaire is working alongside Clarisse Crémer, there are now five women hoping to take part in the next Vendée Globe, as she will be joining Sam Davies, Isabelle Joschke, Alexia Barrier and the British sailor, Pip Hare. Such a female line-up would be an outright record in the history of the race, which has seen seven women compete in eight editions. They have been fairly successful, as six of them completed the race.



Alexia Barrier


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We had heard that the owner of Svea was going to take a sabbatical from sailing for a year and the crews on Svea and the
Mod 70 Orion were now seeking new gigs to keep them on the water and out of trouble, but the just announced listing of
Svea most likely means the end of the road. The J-Class showed a lot of promise 2 years ago when 9 J-Class boats were afloat
and it seemed like the parade of ...