Sailing News

Britannia RB2 takes first flight in Auckland

On Friday 23 October, BRITANNIA, Ineos Team UK’s new AC75 race boat for the 36th America’s Cup, took flight on her first sail out of the Waitematā Harbour

iQFOiL International Games – Gold Fleet format for Day 3

Day three and a strong at 12-16 knots allowing both the Men’s Gold fleet and the Women two exciting and fair Course races and a Slalom race

2020 Optimist European Championship – Day 3 racing

The Optimist European Championship completed the qualifying stage Thursday in Portorož

Mercedes F1 Applied Science working with Ineos Team UK

Mercedes F1’s Applied Science division has been working with Ineos Team UK in preparation for the 36th America’s Cup – See Video here

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Emirates Team New Zealand Cry Foul

Emirates Team New Zealand are outraged over the America’s Cup Arbitration Panel decision to cancel use of the inner harbour stadium race courses

2020 Optimist European Championship – Day 2 racing

The Optimist European Championship continued Wednesday with two more qualifying races for each of the five groups

iQFOiL International Games – Day 2 Results

The morning began as planned with the women starting at 9:30 for the Marathon race, one of the three formats of the new Olympic sail board; the men followed in right after at 9:40

I Love Poland take Middle Sea Race Monohull Line Honours

I Love Poland crossed the finish line of the 2020 Rolex Middle Sea Race on Wednesday to take Monohull Line Honours

Seeliger offers ‘guidance’ to NMA in World Sailing Presidential vote

The battle for the leadership of World Sailing, the governing body, moved into the second round of voting this week

2020 Optimist European Championship – Day 1 racing

Slovenia declared a state of epidemic on Sunday, right on the first day racing of the 2020 Optimist European Championship in Portoroz

iQFOiL International Games – Day 1 Results

Fierce competition on Day one of the iQFoil International Games in Campione, Lake Garda, for the almost 200 riders coming from 29 nations

2020 Optimist European Championship attracts 269 entries

269 sailors from 34 countries, including Britain, Brazil, Thailand, Hong Kong and China, managed to arrive in Slovenia for what may be the only international European event for the Opties this year