Category: Yacht Racing

Tonci Stipanovic The Second Day Of Laser Europeans Championship Got The Lead

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On the second day of the Laser Standard European Championship, Tonci Stipanovic leads. The event is happening in Barcelona, Spain.


First two races were completed on second in Barcelona, where the ‘2017 Laser European Championships’ are being held.

Total 331 teams participated in the event and all Radial and Laser Standard sailors were sent on water at around noon, and divided into two courses.

The first race kicked off with nearly 10 knots and on the second, it decreased to 6-8 knots.

RC projected to start the third race but that time the wind was four knots at that time. Thus, all fleets returned to shore and completed two races.

Results after two races – Laser Standard

Tonci Stipanovic CRO (1-1) began the event in a great shape and won both the Blue fleet races and leading the Standards with perfect score.

Giovanni Coccoluto ITA (2-1) finished in second position giving a great performance in the Yellow fleet.

Andrew McKenzie NZL (2-2) secured the third position and escorted Stipanovic in both Blue fleet races. Continue reading “Tonci Stipanovic The Second Day Of Laser Europeans Championship Got The Lead” →

Dragon First In The Bermuda One-Two Final Leg

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The first boat to take the line honors after the second and the final leg of the Bermuda One-Two race is the Dragon.


This boat is skippered by Michael Hennessy. He, along with Kyle Hubley crossed the finish line at 9:48 pm EDT on June 18th to come out on top among the 31 fleets. The double handed stage was held from Bermuda to Newport and there were 5 classes of boats that took part in this second leg.

Hennessy is a regular at the Bermuda One-Two race as he has raced in this popular event since 2009 in the Class40 Dragon. You can call him a veteran at the One-Two race. He started the race on the C&C 35 Mk III. The Dragon in which he raced the final leg was a Class 1 boat.

The other boats that made the finish line in the 2nd position were Toothface 2 skippered by Tristan Mouligne and Michael Dreese and the third boat to touch the finish line was the IngioMontou, an Elliot 35ss that is skippered by Mike Piper and Jonathan Green. The Toothface 2 completed the race at 10:12 and the Montoy touched the finish line at 10:21. Continue reading “Dragon First In The Bermuda One-Two Final Leg” →

Sailing In America’s Cup Is Challenging

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The America’s Cup is one of the major awaited events in the history of World sailing. It has taken the sailing to a new level.  With sailing, there is an old saying associated, it is said that sailing a relaxing sport, it does exhilarate sportsperson still it is relaxing. The reason why it is said like this because as sailors enjoy hot summer days with cool drinks during the sail.

But there are some races done in the world that is present for top sailors. The purpose of the race remains to use the most advanced yacht in the race and sailor who owns all the skills, get the reward of being the best sailor in the world, and an epic prize from Plain Sailing Yacht Charters. And one of those events is the America’s Cup. In America’s Cup the boats fly on the water. Continue reading “Sailing In America’s Cup Is Challenging” →

2016 Powerboat Racing Industry Awards Announced

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The 2016 Powerboat Racing Industry Awards were announced by the RYA Powerboat Racing Department.


These awards were launched in 2015 and are set up to recognize organizations and companies that contribute to the success of powerboat industry. It takes into consideration everything from sponsorships to hosting of events and also safety and technology.

The RYA Powerboat Racing Manager, Jeni Jelf, said that they have really been awestruck by the kind of entries that they received for the awards. This has made the job of the award judging panel a cumbersome task. The awards are given out in the following categories: leading contrition from a host venue, best sponsor for a powerboat racing team and quality contribution made by a marine industry supplier to the powerboat racing.

The award for the ‘Contribution to Powerboat Racing Marine from Industry Supplier’ was bagged by Guille Design for designing some of the innovative looking Class3A hulls. Their contribution has led to the UK being very successful both nationally and internationally in the 3A class. Continue reading “2016 Powerboat Racing Industry Awards Announced” →

Singlehanded Titles Won By Boston College

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Sailors of Boston College did extremely well and came out on top in two tournaments Singlehanded National Championships and Sea Star Base Galveston. It was the two day tournament hosted by Texas A & M University.


Scott Rasmussen from Cape Coral, Florida won the Men’s event and Erika Reineke from Fort Lauderdale Florida won the women’s event. Rasmussen is a fresher in Boston College while Reineka is senior. Both sailors competed with 18 other players in separate tournaments.

On the first day of the championship there were a few challenges that sailors came across to. The wind was 4 knots, it was on the lower side and on higher side wind was about 12 knots. The average wind whole day remains between 8 to 10 knots, the sky was clear and temperature too was warm. Thus, it was flat and shifty water sailing. On the first day of sailing; players completed 10 races. Second day weather condition was different than the first day, it was windier. On second day players did 4 races. In all, all the players went for 14 races in the regatta. Continue reading “Singlehanded Titles Won By Boston College” →

New Zealand Sailing Safety By Dainese

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New Zealand sailing team has joined hand with Dainese the leading sports safety accessories designer and manufacturer to design new gear that will protect crew members while sailing.


The partnership has been signed envisaging the need of safety equipment in 2017 America’s Cup.

Dainese and emirates team New Zealand both shared information about this partnership in a press conference of Motorcycling World Exhibition EICMA 2016. On the occasion, Dainese accepted the proposal of New Zealand team and committed to provide innovative protective solution for sailing.

The Sea-Guard, which is currently used in sailing by crew members, is completely ergonomic and it’s designed to provide protection to the athlete. It is both protective and floating in nature. Dainese will work on Sea-Guard to make it safer by attaching an air bag in it.

Currently they are learning technology used in sea-guard and they want to integrate the D-air in it that will automatically sense the dangerous situation and will open airbag on athlete body wherever it is needed. Continue reading “New Zealand Sailing Safety By Dainese” →

British Sailors In Medal Positions

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British sailors really had a memorable and enjoyable day at the Rio sailing Olympics on Thursday. The day when Finns and 470s were battling in big waves on offshore course, result from the previous day put Team GBR sailors into five sailing medal positions. The 49er along with 49er FX classes are yet to begin and racing for them to compete.

World Sailing commented on the extremes of flat water along with shifty conditions on inshore by stating the fact that this regatta is testing each and every extreme of the ability of a sailor. Some of them argue regarding the fact what Olympic competition must be. The performance of Giles Scott in the Finn Class was really a highlighting one. Continue reading “British Sailors In Medal Positions” →

North American Sailing Championship

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The New York yacht club members have definitely been up and about participating in different sailing events and winning back accolades for the club. Another instance is that of Dan Cheresh who won the North American Championship hosted by C&C 30 One-Design.

Cheresh is no novel participant as he has already several titles in North America under his belt. The trophy that he won this time was a wearable accessory. The winner was recipient of one of the three Rolex timepieces being offered in Part II of the Race Week that was held in Newport.

Cheresh says that they had put together a plan with Plain Sailing about 15months ago during the annual event of the club in 2015. As the yacht club is a great sailing venue, it is best that North American championships are organized here. He feels that the decision had been a good one as the sailing experience is wonderful here. Continue reading “North American Sailing Championship” →

Yacht Racing Forum 2015

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The Yacht Racing Forum is all set to take place on 7th and 8th December, in Geneva, Switzerland. No less than two-hundred-thirty delegates including 25 media people from all across the world have already affirmed their participation and the list is increasing by the day.

The hot issues this year include the present-future of yacht racing, sailing on television as well as the best way for sailing events or squads to use social sites, Rio Olympic Games next year, the Ultime Class, commercial schemes for small and medium events, sustainability and a whole lot more.

Drawing parallel to Business and Marketing Conference, Design & Technology Symposium would concentrate on the newest innovations including foiling, the desegregation of more composite stuffs in the design process, rating aeronautics and rules.
Finally, the Risk Management & Safety conference will talk about the liabilities, and ricks and rules to ensure insurances, crew safety and a lot more. The speakers include some of todays’ top actors from within the yacht industry, including key note speakers Gary Jobson, Ian Walker, Knut Frostad, Peter Sowrey and François Gabart.

Event manager Bernard Schopfer said that the industry feedback has been greatly positive and they are looking forward to welcoming the sports’ key actors to Geneva. He added that the Yacht Racing Forum alleviates business development by offering quality networking scopes with decision makers from all areas within the industry.