July 26, 2016
The Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race 2016
Enthusiasm and perseverance prevail despite light breeze at inaugural event…
July 26, 2016
Sail Canada Nominates Six Athletes Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Sailing Team
Veteran athletes set to sail towards podium in Rio..
July 26, 2016
Hollandia Wins Defender Series for 24th Canada’s Cup Trials
Hollandia wins the Defender Series for the 24th Canada’s Cup trials sailed on Lake Ontario in Toronto this past weekend…
July 13, 2016
Boxing Rock Cup Raced Under Perfect Conditions
Under beautiful blue skies and with nice winds, Sail NS held its annual Boxing Rock Cup Race (formerly the Harbour Race)…
July 13, 2016
Transat Québec Saint-Malo Off to an Exciting Start: Next Stop Saint-Malo
Sunday July 10th at 1:00 p.m. the starting flag was raised for the 9th edition of the Transat Québec Saint-Malo race. Four Multi50 yachts were the first to cross the starting line at the foot of the Plains of Abraham.
July 13, 2016
2016 Race to Alaska Was an Exciting Event with Increased Numbers
R2AK grew from 35 entered teams in 2015 to 65 starting teams in this year’s event. Although not for everyone, this high test race across 750 miles with no power and no support, is growing steadily in popularity and we can’t wait to see what next year’s race brings…
July 11, 2016
WTF Races in Hubbards
It’s not really “yachting” but in Hubbards Cove I spied this colourful quartet of St. Margarets Bay Tuna Flats. These boats were originally used to work the tuna traps out in the bay and I think some still are…
June 22, 2016
Yacht Disrupts Vancouver Dragon Boat Race, Sparks Safety Concerns
Charter yacht motors into racecourse on Saturday, disrupting the 2,000-metre Guts & Glory race during the Concord Pacific Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival.
June 22, 2016
First they Ruckus, Then They Race…R2AK Race Week is Here
Let loose like you’re about to set sail for Alaska…with people who actually are about to set sail for Alaska.
June 20, 2016
Several NS Sailors Taking Part in Newport to Bermuda Race
The 50th Newport to Bermuda race which began on Friday June 17th…
June 6, 2016
73rd edition of the Swiftsure International Yacht Race
206 yachts registered for the 73rd Edition Swiftsure International Yacht Race, making it one of the largest fleets in over a decade. The four long courses, with the longest being 138 nautical miles and one short course provide a real challenge for all sizes of yachts and multi-hulls.
June 6, 2016
Boxing Rock Cup Set for June 18
Only a few more sleeps until Sail Nova Scotia hosts one of the most popular regattas of the year, the Boxing Rock Cup, formerly the Harbour Race.
May 10, 2016
Chester Race Week
Preparations are well underway at the Chester Yacht Club for this summer’s Chester Race Week.
April 26, 2016
Results of the 35th Patos Island Race
Hosted by the Sidney North Sannich Yacht Club the 35th running of The Patos Island Race is in the books…
April 26, 2016
Hong Kong to Host Stopover in 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race
Hong Kong, one of the world’s most prestigious sailing destinations, will be hosting the Volvo Ocean Race for the first time when the event visits in February 2018 during the 13th edition…
April 13, 2016
Chester Race Week 2016 Will be Held August 10-13
Here is some historical perspective from Claudette Gaudette Saap’s book “Sailors & Rattling Teacups, A history of the Chester Yacht Club…
April 6, 2016
World’s Longest Ocean Race Calls on Vancouver Residents to Take on 40,000 Mile Ocean Adventure
The world’s longest ocean race is calling on more Vancouver residents to take on the challenge of a lifetime and achieve something extraordinary in the next edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race…
March 22, 2016
LOOR 300 2016 is Fast Approaching
Lake Ontario 300 Challenge Race takes place July 15 – 19, 2016.
March 9, 2016
Second 750-Mile Race to Alaska: June 23, 2016
No motors, no support, all the way to Alaska…
March 8, 2016
RC44 Bermuda Cup – Team Aqua Prevails Again
Day two of the RC44 Bermuda Cup threw up less rip roaring conditions. Instead the lighter, more shifty winds placed greater pressure on the tacticians and more emphasis on each crew’s finesse, rather than brute force and survival.
January 26, 2016
ORACLE TEAM USA Using TeXtreme® Technology to Defend America’s Cup Title
ORACLE TEAM USA will continue its cooperation with TeXtreme® as the preferred supplier of carbon fiber materials used to produce composite parts for the team’s catamarans…
December 22, 2015
The 11th Edition of the 2017 Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race
The dates for the 2017 Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race will be June 10th to 24th, 2017…
December 21, 2015
Route Halifax Saint-Pierre 2016 Launches Plan for 8th International Yacht Race
The Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (RNSYS) wants to attract adventurous east coast skippers who are seeking an ocean adventure this summer…
November 25, 2015
Beneteau America Returns from 2015 China Cup
Beneteau America has returned from its first participation in the 9th China Cup International Regatta, which was held in Daya Bay, Shenzhen from October 30th to November 2nd…s.
November 10, 2015
The World’s Oldest Single-handed Sailing Race Heads to New York’s Newest Marina
Prestigious race returns for the first time in eight years to international sailing calendar and returns to New York for the first time since its 1960 inception…
October 21, 2015
Transat Québec Saint-Malo is Back in 2016
Québec, Friday October 16, 2015 – It is now confirmed, crews enrolled in the 9th Transat Québec Saint-Malo will take the start on the Saint-Lawrence River on Sunday July 10 for a 3000 nautical miles race between Québec City and St-Malo…
October 21, 2015
Quebec Sailing Federation Races to Get Kids Sailing
We will race again in order to Get kids sailing. Will you join us?…
September 23, 2015
Four Nations Compete in Sailing Round Robin on English Bay
Visiting teams from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and the Kansai Yacht Club battled it out recently on English Bay in the 2015 Pacific Dragon Interport, a Dragon Team Racing regatta hosted by the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club…
September 23, 2015
Clipper Race Fleet Competing in Honour of Lost Crew Member
Close competitive racing in the first leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race from London to Rio was overshadowed by the death of a crew member in what appears to be a tragic accident…
September 9, 2015
Spectacular London Send-off for Toronto Skipper Diane Reid
On Sunday 30 August 2015 hundreds of amateur sailors from Canada and 43 different nationalities passed under Tower Bridge today at the start of a 40,000 nautical mile global race, between six continents, which will take almost a year to complete in the longest and toughest ocean endurance challenge on the planet…
September 9, 2015
Rebirth of a Classic – The Transat Returns for 2016 and Heads to New York
The first ever single-handed ocean yacht race, that was originally staged in 1960, is set to return in 2016 when some of the world’s best solo sailors and most spectacular yachts will take on the classic 2,800-mile course of The Transat, from Britain to the United States.
August 26, 2015
Chester Punches Above its Weight Globally with 2015 Race Week
4 days, 4 courses, 14 fleets, 140 sailboats, 1,200 sailors, Canada’s largest keel boat regatta. Excellent conditions, race officers, competition.
July 22, 2015
Final Day of the 2015 Laser Masters’ World Championships
The final day of the 2015 Laser Masters’ World Championships. The day began with light winds and a short postponement ashore. The wind filled in from the South West with 8-10 knots of breeze and sailors headed to the race course to complete their final races of the regatta.
June 9, 2015
2015 World and National Sailing Championships coming to Kingston, Ontario
The summer is fast approaching and CORK is very excited to welcome more than 1500 competitors to Kingston to compete. The Laser Canadian Championships, this summer’s first event, is less than one month away, with racing on June 20-21.
June 9, 2015
Race to Alaska is Underway
The 750-mile wind and human powered Race To Alaska began June 4th in Port Townsend, Washington. A cash prize of $10,000 will go to the first competitor to reach Ketchikan without the aid of an engine. Second prize is a set of steak knives.
June 9, 2015
An Adventure of a Lifetime: the Transatlantic Race 2015
Whether out to set records or tick another box on the bucket list, the 41 registered entries in the Transatlantic Race 2015 all have one thing in common: they will be undertaking the adventure of a lifetime as they sail a stretch of 2,800 nautical miles from Newport Rhode Island’s Castle Hill Light to The Lizard, the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain…
June 9, 2015
Jeanneau America Staff Sailing Team 1st in Class, 2nd Overall
In a fleet of over 40 boats, Jeanneau America Staff Sailing Team, in a Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600 (Invictus) handily won her class and placed 2nd overall on corrected time. This is the first major regatta for…
February 25, 2015
2015 Swiftsure International Yacht Race Registration
The Royal Victoria Yacht Club invites you to the 72nd running of the Swiftsure International Yacht Race from May 23rd to May 25th. Swiftsure week occurs in Victoria‘s beautiful Inner Harbour with lots of activities beginning May 21st and runs through the weekend.
February 25, 2015
Marblehead to Halifax the “Grand-daddy” of Ocean Races
The co-chair of the 2015 edition of the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race, David Stanfield likes to call this ocean race “the Grand-daddy of them all”. Stanfield is referring to the fact that MHOR goes all the way back to 1905, a year before the Newport Bermuda Race started and several decades before races like the Fastnet or Sydney-Hobart were conceived.