SailingLife Articles
However Race Week is about more than podiums. Success can be measured in moments as well as in points. On the Bommie Deck of the Hamilton Island Yacht Club, one sailor’s afternoon ended with an entirely different kind of victory: a marriage proposal met with a resounding yes. The bride-to-be, fresh from a day out on the water watching the fleets fly through the Whitsundays, was caught completely off guard. The crowd’s cheers proved once again that Race Week is as much about people and connections as it is about racing.
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Forty Years, One Island, Endless Stories
02-09-2025
Boats slipped out on time at 09:30, but the Bravo course became a waiting game. The ILCA 6 Women Gold fleet sat under AP flags as a shaky 4–5 knot breeze toyed with the race committee. A string of general recalls didn’t help, and the first start didn’t stick until after 12:15. That delay trickled through to the Women’s Silver and the ILCA 6 Men sharing the same patch of water.
29-08-2025
Strap in for six weeks of offshore mayhem. Seven of the fastest, foiling, fully-crewed IMOCAs on the planet — and their multination, mixed-gender crews — are setting out from Kiel this weekend on a 4,500-nautical mile sprint-slugfest to Boka Bay, Montenegro.
11-08-2025