Sailing News

RS Aero World Championships – Title hat-trick for USA

The penultimate day of the RS Aero World Championships at the Columbia Gorge, Oregon, USA saw all three titles claimed by USA competitors ahead of the final day

ORC World Championship wraps up successfully in Porto Cervo

The ORC Offshore Sailing World Championship, finished Friday 30 June, with the three new ORC world champions Beau Geste, Essentia 44 and Sugar 3

Superyacht Cup Palma – Here come the Js

A quartet of J Class yachts launched the latest edition of Europe’s longest-running superyacht regatta with a superb symphony of sail racing out on the Bay of Palma.

Sold-out Foiling Week 2022 Opens on Lake Garda

Foiling Week 2022 regattas begin Thursday June 30, and Fraglia Vela Malcesine will host more than 200 foilers from 21 nations around the world

RS Aero Worlds Day 3 – Riding the Gorge

Tuesday was the RS Aero Worlds long anticipated long distance race . . . which included a standard lap with a beat and run followed by a downwind slalom of five screaming broad reaches back and forth across the whole width of the Gorge

Cowes Classics Week 2022 – Day 2

Cowes Classics Week is all about racing traditional yachts on the water and enjoying fabulous social events ashore.

Jean Genie wins Scandinavian Gold Cup

The British 5.5 Metre Jean Genie, helmed by Elliot Hanson with Andrew Palfrey and Sam Haines, made history by winning the Scandinavian Gold Cup at the Hankø Yacht Club, Norway after two days of racing.

Ross Banham claims WASZP UK Nationals on final day

Ross Banham held off stiff competiton from Nick Zeltner and Sam Whaley to take out the 2022 UK WASZP Nationals in Weymouth on the final day

5.5 Metre Scandinavian Gold Cup – Wins for AUS and GBR

Wins for Australia and Britain on first day of 5.5 Metre Scandinavian Gold Cup . . . In a unique first to three wins format, only race wins count

Dark’N’Stormy equal Drum Round the Island Race hat-trick

It seems that last weekend will not only be rembered for the perfomance of Paul McCartney at Glastonbury and the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park, but also yachtings very own rock and roll pop star – Simon Le Bon – gets a mention!

RS Aero World Championship – Day 1

A breezy easterly greeted competitors for DAY 1 of the RS Aero World Championship 2022 hosted by the Columbia Gorge Racing Association in Oregon, USA.