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SB20 World Championship 2021

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 1 - photo © Neuza Aires Pereira

Competition opened at the Cascais SB20 World Championship 2021, with the two races planned by the Clube Naval de Cascais for the first day of the World Championship event in one of the most competitive and growing sailing classes in ...

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Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

Js dwarf a Swan 90 and a Reichel Pugh 84 entering 'Bomb Alley' - Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup - photo © ROLEX / Studio Borlenghi

After a year’s absence, maxi racing’s premier event will return to Sardinia’s magnificent Costa Smeralda in two week’s time stronger than ever. Organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) in conjunction with the International Maxi Association (IMA), the Maxi ...

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52nd La Solitaire du Figaro Stage

52nd La Solitaire du Figaro © Alexis Courcoux

With well over half of the 490 nautical miles La Solitaire du Figaro’s Stage 2 course from Lorient to Fécamp completed by late this Monday afternoon, the leaders were negotiating the rocky North Western tip of Brittany ready to take ...

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52 Super Series Puerto Portals

Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week – Day 2 - photo © Nico Martimez / Martinez Studio

With the wind blowing offshore for the one race which was sailed at the 52 Super Series Puerto Portals Sailing Week & 20th Anniversary Invitational tacticians and strategists had a more challenging day than might be usually expected on the ...

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The 2021 Palermo-Montecarlo race

The 2021 Palermo-Montecarlo fleet sets sail - Palermo-Montecarlo race © CVS | Studio Borlenghi

Under a full moon just before the clock struck midnight last night, the 100ft grand prix maxi Arca SGR ghosted through the finish to claim line honours in the Palermo-Montecarlo race, the fifth and concluding event of the International Maxi ...

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52 Super Series Puerto Portals

52 Super Series Puerto Portals Sailing Week - Day 1 - photo © Max Ranchi / www.maxranchi.com

After the first day of racing on the 2021 52 Super Series Quantum Racing, steered by Doug DeVos, are on top of the nine boat eader board after sailing a strong pair of opening races – a second and first ...

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Rolex Fastnet Race Video

Team Bomby/Robertson: Henry Bomby and Shirley Robertson on Sun Fast 3300 Swell in the Rolex Fastnet Race © Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com

Catch this unique inside look of the Rolex Fastnet Race, as pro sailors Henry Bomby and Shirley Robertson compete in their Sunfast 3300, sailing two-handed. Four times Figaro sailor Henry Bomby competed in the last Volvo Ocean Race, aboard Turning ...

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52 Super Series

Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week © Nico Martimez / Martinez Studio

After two days of practise races on the Bay of Palma, the Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week & 20th Anniversary Invitational fleet is primed for action and ready to start racing for points and prizes Tuesday. The atmosphere ...

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Elliott 5.9 Traveller Series 4

Tight starts were a feature of the racing - Elliott 5.9 Traveller Series #4 © Lissa Rayden

Beno Costello, Richard Bicknell and Zib Campbell sailing Revelry took out the Elliott 5.9 Travelers Series #4 at Bucklands Beach last weekend. The Saturday started in moderate conditions with occasional squalls providing stronger gusts. As the day progressed, the squalls ...

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Australia SailGP

The F50 catamaran of the Spain SailGP Team is towed upright after a capsize during a warm up session ahead of Race Day 1 - photo © Ricardo Pinto/SailGP

Australia SailGP sailed by Olympic Gold medalist and America’s Cup winner, Tom Slingsby tops the leaderboard after an eventful first day of racing in SailGp Denmark presented by Rockwool. The day got off to an eventful start when Spain SailGP ...

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