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Sail Sydney opens with Olympic Classes

Sail Sydney, the first of the 2018/9 Olympic and Youth Classes Regattas downunder, kicked off with the Olympic classes events.

Star Sailors League – Scheidt and Boening top the leaderboard

Brazil’s Robert Scheidt and Henry Boening top the leaderboard after the first day of racing at the Star Sailors League Final in Nassau, Bahamas

World Sailing – No Reason to Change Council Meeting Votes

World Sailing has reviewed the comments by members who complained of inaccurate vote taking at the 2018 Annual Conference in Sarasota, Florida and found no reason to change the results

World Sailing – Curiouser and Curiouser!

Just when it seemed that World Sailing had reached calmer waters, the whole show takes to the Internet again with reports of technical mayhem and inaccurate voting.

Media rock stars for Star Sailors League Final

The list of the 25 world class skippers and crews for the Star Sailors League Finals in Nassau is a veritable who’s who of the Star class and the sport, and so too is the expert media and commentary team

Alinghi take double win in Los Cabos

Swiss team Alinghi took the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series championship title after a remarkable final in Los Cabos, Mexico

Golden Globe Race – Slats Rounds Cape Horn

Dutchman Mark Slats sent a satellite message that – It is pretty windy but I’m very much in control – as he rounded Cape Horn early Sunday morning

Prada Cup unveiled in Monaco

The America’s Cup community from around the world gathered at the Yacht Club de Monaco Thursday evening to celebrate the launch of the Prada Cup series

British Finn stars head Down Under

A number of top British Finn sailors are heading Down Under to the Olympic classes regattas due to take place in Australia before the end of the year

Late entries rumoured for 36th America’s Cup

Coming out of New Zealand are reports of a couple of late challengers for the 36th America’s Cup.

Laser Performance Masters Inlands – Final

The good turnout at the Laser class Masters Inlands at Grafham Water SC neatly highlighted the problem in British club sailing.

International Olympic class racing returns to Weymouth

The RYA has finally confirmed what we revealed in early October . . . that Olympic Class Sailing Returns to the UK in 2019 – only three classes, but its a start