FORTUNE FAVOURS THE CONSISTENT ON DAY 3 AT FINN EUROPEANS IN VILAMOURA


Fortunes changed for many on the third day of 2021 Open and U23 Finn European Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal, after two more races in great conditions, yet as tricky as ever. Hungary’s ever consistent Zsombor Berecz is back on top, while Britain’s Giles Scott jumps from ninth to second. Overnight leader, Joan Cardona, from Spain, drops to third after a tough day. The race wins went to Nicholas Heiner, from the Netherlands, and Scott.

Both Cardona and Heiner picked up black flag disqualifications on a day when, again, many high scores were added to the leaderboard. With ...

Celebrated Sailor Peter Warner Killed in Yacht Capsize on NSW coast
Freya Noble Reports




One of Australia's most celebrated sailors has died after his yacht capsized in rough seas on the NSW North Coast this morning.
Peter Warner, 90, won three Sydney to Hobarts in the 1960s, but it was his rescue of marooned youngsters in the South Pacific that made him famous around the world.
Warner's yacht rolled on the incoming tide on the Ballina bar just before 9am today, throwing the 90-year-old and a teenager with him overboard.

The 17-year-old managed to drag Warner to shore where a member of the public commenced CPR until ...

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The giant trimaran Ultim Actual 3 launched in Lorient

The Ultim Actual 3 of skipper Yves Le Blevec was launched this Tuesday, April 13 in Lorient.
The new, splendid decoration and the smoothness of the lines of this 32-meter long foiling flying trimaran (this is François Gabart's ex M101) have come to light.
The monster sets sail on Thursday ...

It turns out you can safely and successfully conduct a grand prix sailboat racing regatta amidst a pandemic.

While major regattas around the world are still getting canceled because of coronavirus, Charleston Race Week elected to press forward with its 25th anniversary celebration. It came one year late since the 2020 edition was canceled due to the developing pandemic last April.

Mass vaccinations combined with a decrease in positive cases throughout most of the United States prompted longtime event director Randy Draftz to forge forward with a Charleston Race Week 2021.

Regatta management did so with an abundance of caution and numerous precautions were put into place to ensure the event was held in a safe and responsible manner. All participating sailors were encouraged to get tested before attending the regatta and that provision did lead to some positive tests that caused ...

Article by Lauren Hernández for SF Chronicle

A 30-year old underwater power cable that keeps the lights on at the historic East Brother Light Station in San Pablo Bay has failed, and Richmond Mayor Tom Butt is pleading for help to get power back to the island.
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The Notice of Race has been posted and registration is open for the 2021 Rolex Big Boat Series at St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California.

Scheduled for September 15-19, 2021, the regatta includes four days of high-test competition for boats in the ...

April 5, 2021 - Los Angeles, CA - The 63-foot Reichel/Pugh-designed GoodEnergy co-skippered by George Hershman and Mark Comings is now the 60th entry in this year’s 51st edition of the Transpac, the Transpacific ...

James Neville's HH42 Ino XXX © Paul Wyeth


The Royal Ocean Racing Club 2021 season got underway on Easter Saturday with an inshore race in the Solent of approximately 38 nautical miles, the first of three races in the 2021 RORC Spring Series.

The top three boats included the fastest and slowest rated boats under IRC as well as the top Two-Handed team. ...

A Pressure Drop reader sent in these photo from a local marina in the area.
Not wanting to create panic, the contributor did not specify fro, which marina this ...