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Tristan Peron of France was crowned eSailing world champion
French sailor Tristan Peron emerged as the winner of the eSailing World Championships title at a live final held in Trieste, Italy. Competing against sailors from different parts of the world, Peron dominated throughout the competition. Despite suffering a setback…
Banner for Virtual Regatta: The Ocean Race 2022-23
Virtual Regatta and The Ocean Race have renewed their eSailing partnership for the 2023 edition of the gruelling around-the-world yacht race. The news follows the crowing of the latest eSailing World Champion in Alicante during festivities ahead of Leg 1…
eSailing World Champion Alexandre Kowalski (left) receives his prizewinning cheque from World Sailing's Scott Over
Alexandre Kowalski (AlexK – RS) of France swept to victory in the 2022 eSailing World Championship Final in front of a live crowd at the Ocean Live Park in Alicante, Spain, to take home the title and a cash prize…
2022 marks the fifth year of World Sailing’s partnership with Virtual Regatta
The 2022 eSailing World Championships have kicked off with players around the world battling it out in the season opener in the Bay of Cádiz, Spain. Thousands of eSailors have competed to get a head start in this prestigious event,…
France won the 2021 eSailing Nations Cup last week beating Great Britain in the final. The individual world title was won by Spaniard Carlos Parejo. A huge weekend in eSailing saw two major tournaments come to a close. The eSailing…
The nine-month season has come to an end, concluding with the eSailing World Championship PlayOffs which took place this weekend (1st – 4th October), and the eSailGP Grand Finale. The ten places at the Live Final have now been decided!…
The esailing world championships launches today
The 2021 eSailing World Championship will be launched today as the race to win this year’s title – and a prize of USD $10,000 – officially begins. Launched in partnership between World Sailing, the International Federation for the sport, and…
eSailing champion – Howth's Colin Kavanagh spills the beans about successful eRacing online on Wednesday night
It's arguably the case that the best way through lock-down is to assume it's all going to last a bit longer – maybe a lot longer - than most people think. Thus the most effective way to negotiate your way…
Cancelled 2020 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Continues in Virtual Regatta Mode
While the 2020 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has unfortunately been cancelled, sailors and fans alike can still take part in the Great Race through Virtual Regatta. The Official Game of the Rolex Sydney Hobart is forging on which means…
Great Britain Wins eSailing Nations Cup Championship
Great Britain have been crowned the world’s best eSailing nation following a 6-3 victory over Spain in the inaugural eSailing Nations Cup Final. After a month-long competition that featured 13 leading eSailing nations, Great Britain, captained by Mike O’Donovan aka…
Great Britain & Spain Go Head-to-Head in Inaugural eSailing Nations Cup Final
On Friday 6 November, Great Britain and Spain will go head-to-head in the inaugural eSailing Nations Cup Final starting at 21:00 UTC. Great Britain captain, Mike O'Donovan, and Spain captain, Carlos Paz, will lead their teams of ten in a…
Half Ton skipper Ronan Downing from Cork Harbour is racing in the Hicks esailing league
A group of Irish sailors and ex-pats that have been esailing during lockdown are sailing online again in the second round of COVID-restrictions. Hicks VR sailing club is a group of like-minded people from all over the world that enjoy…
Contenders For eSailing Worlds & National Playoffs Revealed
The latest Irish Sailing eSailing National Championship leaderboard reveals the top 10 qualifiers for the Nations Cup playoffs — and the challengers nipping at their heels for the coveted national title. Irish Sailing’s first eChampionships were launched in early April,…
The new Fastnet Race Virtual race starts on August 3rd
Just over a year out from the August 2021 start of the race proper, potential competitors, armchair sailors and gamer enthusiasts from all over the world will have the opportunity to try their hand at competing on the new course…
Sailing on Carlingford Lough
Carlingford Lough YC hasn’t been idle during the lockdown as members have enjoyed a Virtual Regatta, starting in early April, thanks to the RYA who arranged for sailing clubs to have a free subscription. To date, the club has had…
Luke McIlwaine’s virtual boat racing in last weekend’s Spring Club Championship final
Newcastle Yacht Club’s Luke McIlwaine has claimed fifth spot in the RYA eSailing Spring Club Championship after battling it out against nine other competitors. The other sailors came from right across the regional and home countries. Instead of taking to…

Esailing & Virtual Sailing information

The concept of e-sailing, or virtual sailing, is based on a computer game sailing challenge that has been around for more than a decade.

The research and development of software over this time means its popularity has taken off to the extent that it has now become a part of the sailing seascape and now allows people to take an 'active part' in some of the most famous regattas across the world such as the Vendée Globe, Route du Rhum, Sydney Hobart, Volvo Ocean Race, America’s Cup and some Olympic venues too, all from the comfort of their armchair.

The most popular model is the 'eSailing World Championship'. It is an annual esports competition, first held in 2018 and officially recognised by World Sailing, the sports governing body.

The eSailing World Championship is a yearly competition for virtual sailors competing on the Virtual Regatta Inshore game.

The contract to run the event was given to a private company, Virtual Regatta that had amassed tens of thousands of sailors playing offshore sailing routing game following major offshore races in real-time.

In April 2020, the company says on its website that it has 35,000 active players and 500,000 regattas sailed.

Virtual Regatta started in 2010 as a small team of passionate designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs gathered around the idea that virtual sailing sports games can mix with real races and real skippers.