There have been many champion competitors, builders, designers and administrators involved with the 129-year-old sport of 18 footers racing, but three men with the foresight, positive thinking and financial wisdom to promote the 18s to the masses, stand out as…
The 12 international crews competing in the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe will leave Alicante, Spain on Sunday June 13 bound for Genova, Italy, on the final stage of the new three-leg offshore event. The fleet of five…
The Etchells Australian National Championship kicked off on Thursday 10 June in Mooloolaba and it is tight at the top after two days of racing and following some unsurprisingly high scoring results, across the board. Not unbefitting to a National…
After leading the 49erFX Championship in Cascais since day one and following a protracted battle with the top ranked Spanish crew, Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey from GBR have gone on to win the event from their rivals, Tamara Echegoyen/Paula…
Charlotte Dobson/Sakia Tidey (GBR) continue to lead the 49erFX Championship in Cascais, although their lead decreased on the top five, after scoring 7-12-3 results today. In second place is Tamara Echegoyen/Paula Barcelo (ESP), who after a finishing the day with…
Geneva: The world’s greatest lake regatta, Bol d’Or Mirabaud, is back after being cancelled last year for the first time in its history, so it is therefore an immense satisfaction for the organising team and competitors to be a short…
Olympian and two-time Olympic gold medal winning coach, Michael Blackburn, will continue to play a leading role in shaping the future of Australia’s high performance sailing program after being announced the new Australian Sailing Technical Director. As Technical Director, Blackburn…
With entries not due to close until Monday 2 August, Airlie Beach Race Week has already reached an unprecedented high of 139 boats, outstripping the event’s record of 133 in 2016 and more than doubled those of 2020 when COVID…
The planning for 29th Block Island Race Week began on the last day of the 28th edition in 2019 and between then and now, there have been a few iterations, but the Storm Trysail Club is ready to welcome 165…
LONDON – June 8, 2021 – SailGP – the sport’s pinnacle league featuring the world’s most competitive racing on-water – is the first organization to achieve both the Carbon Neutral International Standard and three gold medals in the U.N. Climate Neutral Now Initiative…
Relive all the action from a spectacular weekend of racing in Italy’s City of Two Seas, Taranto.
The Australian Etchells Championship will open tomorrow at 1800 hours with the competitors briefing at the Mooloolaba Yacht Club, located at The Wharf, Mooloolaba. There will be close to 40 teams competing with a number of notable sailors, including the…
On the second day of the event, Cascais did not disappoint, with the opening race held in the Guia race area in 15 knot north-westerly winds that increased, forcing the Race Committee to move the race course to Cascais bay…
At the end of three races of the 49erFX Cascais Championship, topping the overall standings is Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey (GBR), who won the last race of the day, while Victoria Travascio/Sol Branz (ARG) are in second place, with Tamara Echegoyen/Paula…
SailGP fans were out in full force – with sell-out crowds on-shore and nearly one thousand registered boats lining the racecourse – to enjoy the second and final day of the Italy Sail Grand Prix in Taranto. Keeping spectators on…
Realteam Sailing, owned by Esteban Garcia and co-skippered by Jérôme Clerc, triumphed on the final day of the TF35 Mies with wins in both races before a lack of breeze ended the day early. Clerc started the day in second…
The second leg of The Ocean Race Europe finished in Alicante, Spain on Wednesday, the culmination of three days of tight racing between the 12 international crews since they left Cascais, Portugal on Sunday afternoon. The second leg of the…
Almost six months after they competed in the world’s most brutal race, the single-handed non-stop lap of the planet that is the Vendée Globe, many of the IMOCA fleet will be returning to the race course for the first time…
The weather experienced by the 12 international professional crews competing in The Ocean Race Europe have moderated considerably from yesterday’s fierce headwinds winds that funnelled against them through the Gibraltar Strait. However, despite the Mediterranean’s gentler breezes and flatter seas,…
A day after leaving Cascais, Portugal on the second leg of The Ocean Race Europe, this afternoon the race’s 12-boat fleet battled fierce headwinds in the Gibraltar Strait – the narrow and congested waterway dividing mainland Europe from north Africa…
Having proved right the old sporting adage of never ever giving up with a surprise win in the VO65 class on Leg 1, the skipper of The Austrian Ocean Race Project, Gerwin Jansen, said his young crew would be giving…
The Ocean Race Europe fleet returned to competitive action in Cascais, Portugal today where the 12 international teams representing nine countries took on the Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy coastal race ahead of the start tomorrow of the second offshore leg…
Enjoy some exhilarating high-speed sailing from the Atlantic Ocean Leg One of The Ocean Race Europe, because why not..?
The opening leg of The Ocean Race Europe came to a nail-biting conclusion today in Cascais, Portugal with the winners in both the VO65 and IMOCA 60 classes decided only in the last few moments of the four-day passage from…
We ask Seth Hynes (from @The Sailing Family and Outremer 51owner) and Doug Hibberd (Outremer 4X and former 5X owner https://sailpuffin.com/ ) why a performance catamaran should be considered for cruising with family. This full replay of the panel discussion…
On Friday morning, a lifesaving crew from the German Sea Rescue Society (DGzRS) worked with German police to save a historic sailing vessel from sinking in Eckernförde Bay, located on Germany’s Baltic coast north of Kiel. At about 0925, the master…
As part of the effort to stem the tide of plastic pollution entering the world’s oceans, the Coca-Cola Company is joining with The Ocean Cleanup to expedite the deployment of clean-up systems in15 rivers around the world. The partnership is…
Tax Deductible Donations for a Cleaner Ocean Ocean Crusaders have been cleaning waterways across the Eastern seaboard for the last 5 years and have removed staggering amounts of debris, stopping it from getting out into our playground. In 2020 that…
Just as caged canaries once warned coal miners of the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, free-flying seabirds are now warning humanity about the deteriorating health of our oceans. Seabirds journey vast distances across Earth’s seascapes to find food and to…
A man has died after his boat ran aground amid powerful swells at Port Hacking, south of Sydney. Emergency services responded at 3.45pm on Monday to reports a vessel had run onto the rocks at Bundeena. A man, aged in…
Five people are lucky to be alive after their yacht hit a reef in rough seas off the coast at Jurien Bay in Western Australia. The four-hour rescue operation to save the five sailors in the sinking boat, saw two…
In January we brought you a story from the US about a stolen tiki hut.”This time we have a story for all of us that might have scratched a boat in their career – a tiki barge crash. Last Weekend…
The Sydney Festival of Boating will be four days of exhibitions, festivities and a celebration of the boating lifestyle at Darling Harbour from 29 July to 1 August. Exhibition space inside the Halls of the International Convention Centre in Sydney…
The 2021 Club Marine Marina Industry Association Awards were held this week at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, and yacht clubs and marinas from across Australia and the Asia Pacific region were recognised for their commitment to…
B&G®, the world’s leading sailing electronics manufacturer, has returned as an Official Technical Supplier to The Ocean Race, including the upcoming inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe that begins May 29 in Lorient, France. B&G has a rich and…
The 2021 Australian Superyacht, Marine Export and Commercial Industry (ASMEX) conference held at Sanctuary Cove on Tuesday May 18 successfully delivered a diverse and dynamic cross section of speakers and session topics on the Australian marine industry. Now in its…
Mercury Marine is proud to announce that Brisbane Marine in Queensland has earned the title of Mercury Marine’s Australian Dealer of the Year for 2020. Brisbane Marine prides itself on being a one-stop marine experience offering sales of boats, outboard…
All Marine Spares (AMS) has been appointed the Master Distributor across Australia and the Asia Pacific region for the Rocna and Vulcan Anchor range. The well-known Rocna design has established itself as the preferred anchor within the Bluewater cruising community…
There has been a bit of a quiet revolution going on in Australia with lifejackets over the past two decades. Better design and technology have led to a range of lifejacket styles that look good, are easy to wear and…
Forward WIP (water impact protection) was established in 2015 in Switzerland, originally to design and supply gear for America’s Cup teams. Worn by sailors around the world, the gear is used in all the high speed regattas from the America’s…
Relive all the action from a spectacular weekend of racing in Italy’s City of Two Seas, Taranto.
To celebrate our amazing blue planet this World Ocean Day we asked those who have seen more of the seas than most people on earth – The Ocean Race sailors – about their special connection with the ocean and what…
We were treated to an action-packed Medal Race day in beautiful weather at the Hempel World Cup Series – Allianz Regatta! Check out the best bits and hear from the gold medallists in the RS:X Men & Women, ILCA 7…
Leg 2 of The Ocean Race Europe set out in fine sailing conditions from Cascais in Portugal, but was marred by a collision that fortunately left nobody injured. The IMOCA 60 fleet and the VO65s were mixing it up as…
In our first episode covering Season 2, we look back on the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix and examine just what happened in the crash between the United States and Japan? SailGP is sailing redefined. Established in 2018 and headquartered in…
Fantastic sailing conditions on the Portuguese coast made for stunning images and close racing in Cascais
Talented youth sailors took to the water alongside the F50s for the SailGP Inspire Racing x WASZP program on the first day of the Italy Sail Grand Prix | Taranto.
Here we go! The Medal Race line-ups are confirmed in all five fleets. Tomorrow we’ll see who wins this year’s medals at the Hempel World Cup Series – Allianz Regatta…
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