Weekend Warmup For Upcoming Worlds

Double-header Weekend for the Etchells in Miami

With Gale Warnings up and down the Floridian coastline on Saturday, it was an easy decision for the Race Committee to call off the first day of racing for Florida States, the third regatta in the Biscayne Bay Regatta Series and another pre-worlds event warming up sailors for the AON Etchells World Championships in April.



images: Pieter Vanderlaan And Nic Brunt




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11th Hour Racing Team and Malizia win the weekend
The rankings have flipped over the weekend with 11th Hour Racing Team jumping into the lead







The American-flagged 11th Hour Racing Team pushed into the lead on leg 2 of The Ocean Race over the weekend.

Skipper Charlie Enright and his crew held their nerve over an early decision to take a westerly routing on the descent down the Atlantic and the choice paid dividends on Saturday...

Man who allegedly left a dead fish at the 'Goonies' house rescued from rough seas near stolen yacht

The man was taken into custody late Friday at a warming center near Astoria, Oregon, police said.







Feb. 3, 2023, 11:56 PM PST
By Dennis Romero

Man who allegedly left dead fish at 'Goonies' house rescued from rough seas near stolen yacht (nbcnews.com)


Unknowing rescuers plucked a man accused of...

Credit to GUYOT environnement - Team Europe who have regained the lead on the race tracker as well as their position as the most southerly boat in the fleet. In a race south, that's a good thing.... or is it?






Two of the three boats positioned about 120 miles to the west - Team Holcim-PRB and 11th Hour Racing - have just (as at 1200 UTC) put in a gybe to the west, consolidating position and setting up for a weather transition...

Kirsten Neuschufer takes lead in Gruelling Golden Globe




Picture Above: Kirsten Neuschufer (39) / South Africa / onboard her Cape George 36 – ” MINNEHAHA”. Credit: Kirsten Neusch?fer / GGR2022



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Simon Curwen (GBR) HOWDENS, declares Chichester Class unable to repair his Hydrovane and sailing to Chile for repairs.
Kirsten Neuschufer (ZAF) MINNEHAHA now...

EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND BEGIN TWO BOAT TESTING

Auckland - 2nd February 2023

America’s Cup Defender Emirates Team New Zealand began its two boat testing programme on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour today in ideal 12- 15 knots NE winds. It was the first opportunity the team has had to sail in the past week in the wake of the unprecedented weather event in the city over the Auckland Anniversary weekend.




Onboard the AC40’s for the 3.5...

Ed Wright secures second Finn Gold Cup after no racing on final day in Miami

Britain’s Ed Wright has won the Finn Gold Cup in Miami, USA, after no racing was possible on the final day on Biscayne Bay. Domonkos Nemeth, from Hungary, went one better than 2022 and took the silver while European Champion, Miguel Fernandez Vasco, from Spain took the bronze.



The fleet was sent out an hour early to try to make the best of the wind conditions, but the breeze was already...

18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Races 5 & 6
Race Sponsor: Birkenhead Point Marina


The Finport Finance team of Keagan York, Angus Williams and Phil Marshall became the 2022-23 Australian 18ft Skiff champion after a controversial day when no racing was completed on Sydney Harbour today.



When racing was abandoned today, the championship then reverted to a four-race regatta and, under the sailing instructions of the championship, each team's...

Back on track

31 January 2023, Onboard 11th Hour Racing Team during Leg 2, Day 7. Malama enjoying a return to the Tradewinds at 20-plus knots.? Amory Ross / 11th Hour Racing / The Ocean Race



Five IMOCAs are charging south in the tradewinds









After hitting the speed bump of the doldrums, the five IMOCA yachts competing in The Ocean Race are now eating up the miles on the race south...

The Anglo-American team AHMAS (Class40 n? 127) crossed the finish line of leg 6 of the GLOBE40 in Recife today at 11:48 p.m. local time. After 20 days and 10 hours of racing and 3,803 miles covered (7417 km), Craig Horshield and James Oxenham brilliantly conclude a particularly difficult leg which put the GLOBE40 crews to the test. In the heart of Recife, the “Venice of Brazil”, they inaugurated this evening the brand new RECIFE MARINA, a 250-berth marina in the...