Sailing News

2021 RORC Awards - Sunrise
Standing Ovation for Sunrise at RORC Oscars

There was a standing ovation for the overall winner of the 2021 RORC Season’s Points Championship, Tom Kneen’s JPK 1180 Sunrise

Daisy Collingridge
2021 ILCA Radial Women’s World Championship

The 2021 ILCA6 Radial Women’s World Championship at Al-Musannah Sports City, Oman has attracted 64 Entries from 31 Countries.

2021 Transat JV - Sam Davies and Nico Lunven
Transat Jacques Vabre – Sam Davies and Nico Lunven finish 5th

Britain’s Sam Davies and co-skipper Nico Lunven on Initiatives Coeur finished fifth in the IMOCA class of the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre.

KiteFoil Fuerteventura - Newland and Maeder
Podium finish for Aldridge and Bainbridge at Fuerteventura KiteFoil World Series

Great Britain’s Ellie Aldridge finished second and Connor Bainbridge third in the penultimate IKA KiteFoil World Series on Fuerteventura.

Rio Olympic Sailing 2016
30 year Sentence for Official in Rio Olympic Bid Corruption Scheme

Former head of Brazil’s Olympic committee, Carlos Nuzman, sentenced to 30+ years for bribery to buy votes for the Brazilian city’s successful bid to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games

SailGP Langford and Outteridge
Langford and Outteridge in SailGP warm-up match race

Defending SailGP champion Kyle Langford and Japan SailGP Team helm Nathan Outteridge surprised the Lake Macquarie community by visiting with the SailGP Championship trophy

2021 KiteFoil Fuerteventura D3
Fuerteventura IKA KiteFoil World Series – Rain stops Play

Rain stopped play on Day 3 of 2021 KiteFoil World Series Fuerteventura, the wind never settling down sufficiently for any racing.

ETNZ Boss Grant Dalton
America’s Cup – Dalton served legal letters claiming defamation

Emirates Team New Zealand have been served with legal letters directed at Grant Dalton in what is described by Team New Zealand as an attempted act of intimidation.

Heesen launches its largest superyacht

The Dutch shipyard Heesen has launched the 80m Project Cosmos, an all-aluminium superyacht with an exterior by Winch and interior by Sinot

KiteFoil Fuerteventura 2021
Fuerteventura IKA KiteFoil World Series – Brits Flying on Day 2

Singapore’s fifteen years old Max Maeder was fast out of the blocks at the 2021 KiteFoil World Series Fuerteventura with three back-to-back wins

RS Feva Winter Nats 2021
RS Feva Winter Championship – Never mind the weather

A weekend of two halves for the Feva Winter Championship at WPNSA saw 38 boats tackle the extreme conditions.

RS400 Rooster Tour Winner
RS400 Rooster National Tour 2021 attracted 91 entries

Mike Sims and Mark Lunn/Jack Holden, are the winners of the RS400 Rooster National Tour 2021.