Sailing

The Northern Irish city of Derry-Londonderry has furthered its ties to the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race with the confirmation that it will return as a host port in the 2017-18 edition of the sailing event.

Online sports apparel and merchandise retailer Fanatics has branched out into the sailing market through a new partnership with the America’s Cup.

World Sailing has awarded hosting rights for its 2017 Youth World Championships to Sanya in China following the conclusion of a fresh bidding process for the event.

World Sailing has today (Monday) hailed the signing of a “landmark agreement” which aims to unite the kiteboarding community and end a period of turmoil in the sport.

World Sailing has announced that the global governing body’s headquarters will move from Southampton to London later this year.

Sailing’s Volvo Ocean Race will return to Australia for the first time in over a decade after Melbourne was added to the calendar for the 2017-18 edition of the event.

Competitors in the America’s Cup have today (Wednesday) hailed a new era for the historic sailing competition after a framework agreement was unveiled that will govern the 36th and 37th editions of the event.

Doubts have been raised over the staging of the 35th America’s Cup after trade unionists in host country Bermuda threatened to disrupt the sailing contest in protest over the work status of a controversial pastor.

Sailing’s World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) has unveiled an expanded calendar for its 2017 season, stating that new “global” sponsors are set to be confirmed next year.

The German city of Kiel has been selected as the host of the 2017 Para World Sailing Championships, World Sailing has announced.

World Sailing has been forced to open a fresh bidding process for the second consecutive edition of its Youth Sailing World Championships after the Israel Sailing Association (ISA) withdrew its hosting rights to the 2017 edition of the event.

The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) will return to the Australian city of Perth in 2017, the sailing series has announced.

Denmark’s Kim Andersen has been elected as the new president of World Sailing, as the current head of the sport’s global governing body, Carlo Croce, failed to gain a second term in office.

World Sailing has announced that its 2017 World Cup Final will take place in the Spanish city of Santander, while the 2018 event has been awarded to Kiel in Germany.

The Chinese city of Qingdao has signed an agreement to continue as a host port and team partner of the biennial Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

Swedish-based firm Aston Harald Sports, which organises sailing’s M32 Series, has announced that Marstrand will host the inaugural edition of a new event entitled the M32 World Championships.