In light winds off Navy Pier New Zealand best mastered tough conditions in front of packed shorelines to win the season-opening Rolex United States Sail Grand Prix in Chicago. Peter Burling led his team to victory over Tom Slingsby’s Australia and Phil Robertson’s Canada in the first three-boat event final of Season 4.
It was a day to remember for last season’s two bottom placed…
Team Australia: AC Women and Youth - We are in!
20 April 2023
Australia has been confirmed by the organisers of the 37thAmerica’s Cup as one of the 12 national Youth and Women’s America’s Cup teams in Barcelona 2024 scoring entry for a youth team (under 25) alongside the history making first women’s competition.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
The confirmation puts Australia back on the America’s Cup stage after it made history winning the world’s…
SailGP Dubai - Day 2 Wrap - Three Way Battle Goes to the Wire
14 November 2022
The P&O Marinas Dubai SailGP went to the next level in Dubai, with the three boat final providing heart stopping action, and a result undeterminable until the final maneouvre.
It was the Australians who were a nose in front at the end, and went on to win the first SailGP event in the Middle East.
Great Britain were the pace setters who showed the value of consistency, dominating…
Dubai SailGP - Day 1 Wrap
13 November 2022
The Dubai SailGP got underway on Saturday 12 November, throwing out challenging conditions for all nine teams. The breeze was significantly less than forecast, with much of the racing seeing boats forced into “H1” displacement mode.
All skippers and sailors reported that the boats that were able to clear themselves from the pack at the start had a much easier time of the racing…
SailGP Dubai Preview
12 November 2022
The P&O Marinas Dubai SailGP gets underway today as teams head into the second part of Season Three with eyes already focussed forward to the San Francisco finale.
“We are third overall, it doesn’t mean that we will be there at the end of Dubai, but we must be there at the end of SFO”. Quentin Delapierre, France SailGP Team
All driver’s were refusing to rule anything out…
300 nautical miles upwind, the second half of the New Caledonia Groupama Race has not been an easy task. We have seen varying strategies, with some opting to stay offshore, and others flirting with danger, coming in and out of the reef.
It is now all but certain that the Australian team on board Rushour, the Drew 15 catamaran will be the first boat to cross the finish line following a…
Groupama Race: The Calm After the Storm
21 June 2022
The trade winds have settled in New Caledonia and the fleet have continued to enjoy the calmer conditions. The majority of the fleet are now around the North of the Island and heading upwind for home along the East coast.
Damage throughout the fleet
The unanimous view from the crews is that the first night was daunting, and there have been numerous breakages reported throughout the…
Groupama Race: First spinnaker start in history, and fleet recovers after strong southerly
20 June 2022
The forecast for the start was a low pressure system with a front bringing gusts of up to 30 knots from the south. The 160 sailors all prepared for it, but what eventuated was a light northerly.
The seventh edition of the Groupama Race got away under spinnaker, for the first time in the history of the race.
The start was won at the windward boat end of the line by Tosot…
Dare to Dream
8 August 2021
When I was eight years old, I announced to my family after winning my 50 metre backstroke race at primary school that I was “going to go to the Olympics”. I believe in the same year, I also announced that I was going to star in a Broadway show… as kids, we dare to dream.
The epitome of sport to me was the Olympics, and the top of performance, being on Broadway. And that is what this…
