Sailing News

The Ayes Have It! or Do They?

World Sailing may wish that they had taken a leaf from the Mother of Parliaments rather than some dodgy looking electronic boxes, with a close resemblance to early TV remotes!

Susie Goodall rescued!

The crew of the Hong Kong registered cargo ship MV Tian Fu has successfully rescued British yachtswoman Susie Goodall from her dismasted yacht 2,000 miles west of Cape Horn

Malta Altus Challenge are fourth entry for AC36

The Royal Malta Yacht Club challenge for the 36th America’s Cup has been accepted by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron

World Sailing – No Reason to Change Council Meeting Votes

World Sailing has reviewed the comments by members who complained of inaccurate vote taking at the 2018 Annual Conference in Sarasota, Florida and found no reason to change the results

World Sailing – Curiouser and Curiouser!

Just when it seemed that World Sailing had reached calmer waters, the whole show takes to the Internet again with reports of technical mayhem and inaccurate voting.

Media rock stars for Star Sailors League Final

The list of the 25 world class skippers and crews for the Star Sailors League Finals in Nassau is a veritable who’s who of the Star class and the sport, and so too is the expert media and commentary team

Golden Globe Race – Slats Rounds Cape Horn

Dutchman Mark Slats sent a satellite message that – It is pretty windy but I’m very much in control – as he rounded Cape Horn early Sunday morning

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8 New Challengers for America’s Cup

At the close of the late entry deadline, The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Emirates Team New Zealand confirmed there had been an additional 8 Notices of Challenge received.

International Olympic class racing returns to Weymouth

The RYA has finally confirmed what we revealed in early October . . . that Olympic Class Sailing Returns to the UK in 2019 – only three classes, but its a start

World Sailing and the one that got away!

With World Sailing moving to the next stage of their Dinghy Selection Trials for the single-hander for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games it’s time to look at the one that got away!

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World Sailing dinghy Sea-trials for early 2019

World Sailing invites Member National Authorities to bid to host the Sea-trials for the selection of Equipment for the Paris 2024 Olympic Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy Events

Mike Golding – Sailing in the Olympics is definitely niche

Solo round the world sailor Mike Golding was invited to the World Sailing Annual Conference, along with Dee Caffari, to give their perspective on solo and short handed ocean racing at a key forum