Palma Bay witnessed 10 gold medal winning performances on Saturday 9 April, the concluding day of the Trofeo Sofía Mallorca. With 1,015 competitors, this regatta made for a glorious start to the Hempel Sailing World Cup Circuit of 2022…

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New Zealand crews have placed in top seven overall in three events on the final day of the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma – the teams first international competition for two years…

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Ten Nacra 15s will descend on the Welsh National Sailing Academy in Pwllheli this weekend to compete in the 2022 RYA Youth National Championships, with five days of racing set to take place from the 11th-15th April…

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In today’s show, filmed live from Palma we talk about the return of the World Cup regattas with over 1000 sailors taking part, flying boats with Hattie Rogers (Waszp, building a Moth and of course SailGP), and the importance of boat work…

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Day 5 of the Princess Sofia Trophy was make or break time for Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes competing in Palma…

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Switzerland’s Black Star Sailing Team has confirmed it will join the 44Cup for the second event of the 2022 season in Cascais, Portugal over 11-15 May…

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Ireland’s leading solo offshore racer Tom Dolan has almost finished his training phase prior to the start of the five events which comprise the 2022 French Elite Offshore Racing Championship…

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Final day of series racing at the Princess Sofia Regatta before the top ten of each class compete for the podium places on Saturday 9 April…

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Amid the atrocities occurring in Ukraine, it has given the public some joy to have obscenely expensive Russian yachts seized by foreign governments enforcing sanctions placed in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

However, that’s only where the story begins as explained by marine surveying and consulting company Van Ameyde McAuslands:

Seized maritime assets could pose a “significant risk” to ports, harbors, and marinas if there is no requirement to ensure mega yachts detained under sanction rules are properly maintained, made safe, or deactivated.

Safety concerns are now the issue following the seizure by port authorities across Europe of a number of high-profile mega yachts thought to be owned by Russian oligarchs…

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Palma, Spain (April 7, 2022) – The Bay of Palma turned on the perfect combination of sunshine and solid SW’ly winds for the fourth day of competition at the Trofeo Sofia Mallorca Olympic classes regatta, the first Hempel World Cup Circuit of 2022.

Canada’s Sarah Douglas is running away with the ILCA 6 Sofia Mallorca title. After four finals races she is already 20 points clear of Greece’s second placed Vasileia Karachaliou, strengthening her hand today with two more wins…

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The Dragon European Championship continues in San Remo with four races now completed…

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While the America’s Cup is intended to be a friendly competition between foreign countries, the pursuit of the prize tends to bring out the heat in people. In this report, Hesketh Henry provides the history of arbitrating the America’s Cup:

In 1970, after Australia was controversially disqualified in Race 2 of AC21, Sir Frank Packer “raged that protesting to the New York Yacht Club was like complaining to your mother-in-law about your wife”. Until then, the NYYC assumed the role of both competitor and referee in the America’s Cup.

Realizing this was no longer acceptable in modern sport, independent juries were subsequently appointed to resolve racing disputes. Even then, it took another 20 years until AC28 in 1992 before on-the-water umpiring was introduced…

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When the J/70 launched in 2012, J/Boats had envisioned a 23-footer that would offer a welcoming platform for Corinthian competition. It was a hit from the start, so much so that professional experts now had a flourishing class to earn a living, and their influence has increased the commitment needed to succeed.

When the 2022 J/70 World Championships are held October 14-22 in Monaco, it will attract not only the best sailors but also the keen eyes of coaches that will support their team. In this report, two North Sails J/70 experts share why they think this adds significant value:

North Sails expert Giulio Desiderato is a J/70 European champion, but for the first part of the 2022 season he has stepped away from the mainsail trimmer/ tactician role to coach Elvis—and says he’s learned a surprising amount.

“Off the boat, I can see the fleet from outside and also see the dynamics of the team. And every time, I find something that I want to try when I jump back on board. That’s not only interesting, and a great way to improve.”

Of course no coach can help sailors unless they really want to learn, he points out. “The Elvis guys are a Corinthian team, and they are really motivated to improve and become better overall sailors. As a coach, that definitely makes life easier when you can work with a team with this attitude, I’m sure that they will be on the top soon.”

Data Overload?
When he first started working with Elvis, Desiderato was concerned about overwhelming them with too much information. “What I tried to do is divide it up into different areas: the start, boat handling, boat speed, tactics, and communication. Then we tried to improve a little in each area every day.

“It’s been interesting, because compared to a professional team, they were very open to new ideas. We had to decide together: What’s the routine each day? What is the best approach to the starting line? How do we accelerate?” – Read on

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The German Offshore Award 2021 was celebrated in the Great Hall of Hamburg City Hall on the evening of 5 April 2022. This year’s award for Best German Offshore Yacht went to the Imoca “Seaexplorer – Yacht Club de Monaco” and skipper Boris Herrmann…

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From Royal Lymington’s Wednesday Junior Sailing to racing success in a foiling dinghy and helming a SailGP catamaran…

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With 25 boats on the line for CanAm 5, winter sailing was back with a vengeance in Port Charlotte. The US – Canada border reopened and our friends from North of the border showed up in force…

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Predictions is part of sport, and it is never too soon to make them. The champagne in Kansas is still bubbly after their men’s college basketball national championship, but the predictions are out for the 2022-23 season. The long Major League Baseball season starts April 7, but the experts have already submitted their division winners and World Series Champion.

The Atlantic hurricane season also has experts eager to share predictions, with AccuWeather offering their assessment in this report:

The Atlantic hurricane season is two months away, with the official start arriving on June 1, but AccuWeather forecasters released predictions for the coming season, noting that there is a high chance for a preseason storm to develop and that another active tropical season is expected.

AccuWeather forecasters emphasized that now is the time to prepare, especially since some communities are still recovering from devastating storms over the last couple of years…

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