Sailing News

2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart - Black Jack
Rolex Sydney Hobart Race – Day 3 Battle for Line Honours

At 11:00 hrs (UK) Tuesday morning Peter Harburg’s Black Jack has a lead of 11 nautical miles over Christian Beck’s LawConnect, and a further four nautical miles from the David Witt-skippered SHK Scallywag.

Sailjuice - Burghfield - Nigel Andy Bird
Burghfield Breezer victory for Nigel and Andy Bird

Nigel and Andy Bird, sailing an Enterprise, took the Burghfield Breezer Open with a consistent performance across the two races.

2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart - Whisper
Rolex Sydney Hobart Race – Day 2 Update

At 22:00hrs (UK) Monday night, Christian Beck’s LawConnect was leading the race by just 2nm from Peter Harburg’s Black Jack

2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart - Eora
Rolex Sydney Hobart – Retirements increase in rough sea conditions

Damien Parkes’ TP52 Denali is heading for Port Kembla with all hands on deck because of damage to hull – crack through the hull

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Rolex Sydney Hobart Race – Update

Eighteen hours after the 13:00 (AUS) start from Sydney, Peter Harburg’s Black Jack, skippered by Mark Bradford, is overall Line Honours leader.

Sydney Hobart Trophies
Rolex Sydney Hobart Race – The 2021 Start

The 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart starts at 02:00 UK time (1pm AEDT) on Sunday 26 December

2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Tattersails
Rolex Sydney Hobart – British entry out to Covid

The 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet stands at 91 following the withdrawal of the Infiniti 46R, Maverick 49, owned by Britain’s Quentin Stewart, and Aussie Jim Cooney’s Volvo Open 70, Willow.

2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race
Rolex Sydney Hobart Race – PCR test is first hurdle

Sunday’s forecast for the Boxing Day start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is for strong southerly winds and rough seas. But for all the crews the first step is to being cleared to start the race

Selden Sailjuice - Datchet Flyer 2021
Changes to Selden SailJuice Winter Series due to COVID

The Selden SailJuice Winter Series events, the Yorkshire Dales Brass Monkey (27 Dec) and Grafham Grand Prix (2 Jan) events have both been postponed due to concerns about COVID

Sydney SailGP - Plantsail Video
SailGP Sydney Video Action

Planetsail’s Matt Sheahan looks at the Australia SailGP event in Sydney

Olympic Rings Tokyo 2020
Tokyo 2020/1 Olympics come in under budget!

Tokyo 2020/1 organizers have claimed that the estimated official costs for the Games were US$1.8 billion less than anticipated at US$13.6 billion.

2021 Palamos Christmas Race
Palamos Christmas Race – Final Results

No podium places for the British 420 competitors onthe Final day of the 2021 Palamos Christmas Race on the Costa Brava.