News & Events
New Fast Foiling Board Classes Added to Foiling Week Pensacola 2025
December 12, 2024
Main Photo: QFOiL at Foiling Week| Photo: Alessio Tamborini – WeAreFoiling Media | Foiling Week Pensacola 2025’s line-up has been bolstered with the addition of three fast-foiling boards and an ‘open’ class discipline, taking it to fourteen classes participating so far. Registrations are now open…
18ft Skiffs: NSW Championship Update
December 12, 2024
Main Photo: Burrawang-Young Henrys was the most consistent handicap performer on the day| Photo: SailMedia | Pre-series favourite Rag & Famish Hotel and the 2022-23 Australian champion Finport Finance share the lead going into next Sunday’s Races 5 and 6 of the NSW 18ft…
Challenging Conditions Test Sailors at Sail Sydney
December 12, 2024
Main Photo: Laura Harding & Annie Wilmot| Photo: Fynn Sprott | Sail Sydney delivered four days of gruelling competition as fog, storms, rain, and gusty winds created a tough playing field for competitors and the race committee alike. Despite the challenging conditions, champions emerged…
Australian Sailing Team Welcomes Government Funding Ahead of LA2028
December 7, 2024
Main Photo: PARIS 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition| Photo: Sailing Energy| Australian Sailing Team welcomes government funding ahead of LA2028. The Australian Sailing Team has welcomed the Australian Institute of Sport’s (AIS) announcement confirming funding for its High Performance program through to the Los…
Ronstan Junior Foiling Cup
December 7, 2024
The inaugural Ronstan Junior Foiling Cup was held in late November at BYRA sailing club on Pittwater, NSW Australia. Junior sailors aged 10-16 years old competed in 6 Nikki foiling dinghies. Each sailor competed in 5 races, in a round robin format with a…
16ft Skiff NSW State Champions Crowned
December 7, 2024
It’s hard to recall a more eventful weekend after an overnight protest, a storm and an abandoned race necessitated a two-hour wait to establish just who had come out on top at Manly. After what seemed an eternity, Manly’s Red Pumps (Tyler Dransfield) was…
Marine Rescue Coffs Harbour Crew Performs Late-Night Assist Off North-West Solitary Island
December 7, 2024
Volunteers from Marine Rescue Coffs Harbour completed a five-hour rescue mission after receiving a call for assistance from the skipper of a catamaran whose vessel became disabled in waters off Corindi on the NSW Mid North Coast. Marine Rescue NSW Inspector Rodney Page said…
18ft Skiffs: NSW Championship Starts on Sunday
November 28, 2024
Main Photo: Finport Finance and Vaikobi, two of the big chances for the NSW title| Photo: SailMedia| The Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price, Max Paul and Finn Rodowicz goes into the opening day’s racing of the 2024-25 NSW Championship next…
Donald Campbell’s Bluebird K7 Hydroplane to be Piloted by Son of World Water Speed Record Holder
November 28, 2024
Main Photo: Bluebird K7| Photo: Copyright Geoff Hallawell collection co The Campbell Family Heritage Trust| Australian Dave Warby, son of Water Speed World Record holder, Ken Warby MBE, and a current world water speed challenger in Spirit of Australia II, is to be the pilot…
New Zealand Claims SailGP 2025 Season-Opener in Dubai
November 28, 2024
Main Photo: Christopher Pike for SailGP| Photo: SailGP| Picking up where they left off in January, Peter Burling’s ‘Black Foils’ have claimed their third consecutive win in the UAE, soaring ahead of the Emirates Great Britain and U.S. SailGP Team on the pristine waters…
Iconic Australian Regattas Set on the Path to LA 2028 and Brisbane 2032
November 27, 2024
Main Photo: Sail Sydney 2018| Photo: Beau Outteridge| The Australian Sailing Team is excited to see the summer of sailing in Australia kick off with the three iconic regattas, Sail Melbourne, Sail Sydney, and Sail Brisbane. These events have long been pivotal in fostering…
ICOMIA Announce Updates to Global Propelling our Future Campaign
November 27, 2024
The International Council of Marine Industry Associations, ICOMIA has announced at METSTRADE 2024 the continuation and extension of the Propelling our Future campaign which started at METSTRADE 2023 with the launch of the Pathways to Propulsion Decarbonisation for the Recreational Marine…
