Great Britain SailGP Team F50 tour
Wing trimmer Iain Jensen (aka Goobs) takes you on a tour of the Great Britain SailGP Team’s F50 ‘Rita’.
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AC40s are in production
Just over 11 months since Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC75 ‘Te Rehutai’ crossed the finish line to claim the 36th America’s Cup, its younger sister class – the AC40 is already in production. Find out more at: www.americascup.com/en/news
Golden Globe entrants en route to start
South African Kirsten Neuschäfer, the only woman in the Golden Globe, recently completed her 2022 Golden Globe Race refit in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, and is about to arrive home in Cape Town after an 8,000-mile solo non-stop…
AC40s in production
Just over 11 months since Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC75 ‘Te Rehutai’ crossed the finish line to claim the 36th America’s Cup, its younger sister class – the AC40 is already in production. While much of the world was having a…
Volunteers step up to support Festival of Sails
More than 90 volunteers joined forces to work at the 2022 Festival of Sails, contributing almost 3000 hours of unpaid man-hours to support the event. From international race officials to local mums and dads prepared to make sandwiches, volunteers from…
American Magic’s AC challenge accepted
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron formally accepted the New York Yacht Club American Magic’s challenge for the 37th America’s Cup to be held in 2024 – the third additional challenge accepted for AC37. “It is great to be back in the…
IQFoil Games: No wind but plenty of fun
The sailors have been able to recover this Wednesday after the battle experienced during the first day of the Lanzarote iQFoil Games, as, unfortunately, there was not a breath of wind. Despite the race committee’s best efforts throughout the day, it…
Five sailors receive Australia Day Honours
Five members of the sailing community have been recognised with award in the Order of Australia for their services to the sport in this year’s Australia Day Honours list. The Order of Australia recognises Australians who have demonstrated outstanding service…
Transatlantic Race: High five for Comanche
The 30.48m (100ft) VPLP Design/Verdier Maxi Comanche (CAY), skippered by Mitch Booth has achieved the quintuple for the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race. While three boats are still racing under IRC, none of them can beat Comanche’s corrected time for the…
Festival of Sails: Division winners decided
It was another magnificent day on Corio Bay for the final day of racing at the Festival of Sails. Racing got underway on time with the yachts heading out for a special course out the channel in a building sea…
Opera House transformed at dawn
The Sydney Opera House sails created the perfect canvas to capture a spectacular piece of First Nations art at Barabiyanga (burra-bee-yan-ga) [meaning ‘before sunrise’ by the Eora people], in recognition of Australia’s First Nations people and culture on Australia Day. As the…
Olympic treat for young Geelong sailors
Geelong’s youngest sailors were treated to a rare opportunity to sit down with one of Australia’s finest sailors today when they were joined for breakfast by Olympic sailing Silver medallist Lisa Darmanin. A dual Olympian at Rio in 2016 and…
Tussle between champions at Contender Nationals
The International Contender Australian Championship were held at Gosford Sailing Club last week. Matt Mulder finished on top with 10 points, starting the series with four straight bullets. Former national champion and three-time Contender world champion, Mark Bulka, finished second…
SailGP: Life lessons with Ben Ainslie
As the most decorated sailor in Olympic history, Sir Ben Ainslie knows a thing or two about lessons that can be applied to life as well as sport. The Great Britain SailGP Team driver & CEO takes us through some…
SailGP Inspire leaves lasting legacy
The Australia Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG ended in epic fashion, but not without the added generosity of SailGP’s Inspire program and some of its valued partners. Through the event, SailGP Inspire and its partners were able to instill…
Transatlantic Race: Thrilling finish for Scarlet Oyster
The RORC Transatlantic Race has featured close racing right through the record fleet. On the 16th day of the 3,000-mile race, Ross Applebey’s Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster (GBR) came in sight of Grenada – peeling to a reaching kite in…
Festival of Sails: Sailors treated to sensational sea breeze
After a slow start to day three of Geelong’s Festival of Sails, the action picked up throughout the afternoon with the sailors heading out just after lunch in a building sea breeze. The racing yachts, multihulls, cruising boats and double…
Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series: Pacatack and It Happens among winners
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) Member Wendy Tuck and her Pacatack crew were among the winners in Race 3 of the 2021/22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series, hosted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Four CYCA boats were among the fleet of…
Walking on water at Festival of Sails
It’s the first time it’s been officially used as a key berthing point and Geelong’s floating breakwater ‘Wangim Walk’ has proven to be a hit with local and visiting yachts during this year’s Festival of Sails. Officially opened last February,…
Ronstan Regatta in photos
It has been three glorious days of fun, sun and sailing in the crystal clear waters of the Mornington Peninsula for the Ronstan Regatta (January 22-24), hosted by McCrae Yacht Club. Perhaps just a little more breeze on the final…
Beautiful conditions at WA Cherub Championship
The fleet of 11 Cherubs had Matilda Bay to themselves for the first round of the WA Cherub Championship on November 27-28, 2021. Hosted by Perth Dinghy Sailing Club, two other Clubs were represented at the event, both being regional…
Patience key at Festival of Sails
The second day of racing at the Festival of Sails kicked off with the Middle Distance Race getting underway in a light and fickle northerly wind. Five fleets took off across two different start lines to make their way out…
Man missing after boat overturns near Manly
A man is missing in Sydney Harbour after his tinnie over-turned off Manly during a night time fishing trip with a friend. Both men clung to the boat for hours before the 49-year-old drifted away.
NSW 18ft skiff Championship: Tech2 secures another win
Another brilliant finishing burst by the current Australian champion Tech2 team to win Race 7 of the NSW 18ft skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. It has set the scene for a match race type finish to the series as only…
Historic sailing ship to recommence work
More than 100 years after a Dutch sailing vessel first took to the seas, she is set to return to her origins becoming the first modern commercial sail cargo ship operating in the North Sea. The Dutch start-up EcoClipper, which plans…
French adventurer dies rowing solo across Atlantic Ocean
The body of a 75-year-old Frenchman who was attempting to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean has been found at sea. Jean-Jacques Savin was “found lifeless inside the cabin” off the coast of Azores, an archipelago belonging to Portugal, said a statement…
Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race: Extasea takes line honours – Antagonist wins
The Festival of Sails 179th Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race started under spinnaker with over 200 yachts in a gusty 12-18 knot northerly breeze. There was a mixed bag of boats making the most of the sensational conditions as they…
RORC Transatlantic Race: Scarlet Oyster crew dares to dream
Grenada: Two weeks into the RORC Transatlantic Race, three more French teams have crossed the finish line outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina – Lady First 3 (FRA) finished under one hour ahead of Tonnerre de Glen (FRA). In…
Slalom racing provides tactical and fast-paced racing at Windsurfer Nationals
It was another glamour day at the Parkdale Yacht Club for Day 3 of the Australian Windsurfing Championships, with light but manageable winds on offer. The course was set for slalom racing to kick off the day. Class president, Nick…
Man missing after boat capsizes in Sydney Harbour
A large-scale search continues after a boat capsized on Friday night in Sydney’s North Harbour, with one man missing after his dog and another man were found alive. NSW Police said the man, 49, his dog, Max, and another male, aged…
Australian Windsurfing Championship: Tandems on show in freestyle event
The second day of the Australian Windsurfing Championship began with clear skies, light winds and 25 degree-heat, and while some riders were warming up still sore from the previous day of racing, the flat water was the perfect set up…
RORC Transatlantic Race: Trade winds kick in
Grenada, Day 14: With over 30 knots of trade winds in the Atlantic, the 15 teams still racing in the RORC Transatlantic Race have seen a rapid rise in boat speed towards Grenada and a further two boats are expected…
Siblings seize the day at Flying 11 Australian Championship
With Queensland to host the Olympic sailing ten years from now, it’s possible that some of our future representatives were competing in the 2022 Allen Flying 11 Australian Championships at Gosford Sailing Club last week, in particular a brother and sister…
Hot and shifty start to Australian Windsurfing Championship
Thursday, January 20: It was a shifty start to the first day of the 2022 Australian Windsurfing Championships at Parkdale Yacht Club in Melbourne with 112 Windsurfers taking to Port Phillip Bay in 31-degree heat and a light five to…
France SailGP Team: Making an impact
Meet the France SailGP Team and find out what actions they are taking in order to look after our planet.
Uber Boat to run hybrid ferries on Thames
Passengers traveling along the Thames in London now have the opportunity to catch a ride on the UK’s first hybrid high-speed passenger ferries. Uber Boat by Thames Clippers, which reports running a river bus service that carried four million people…
Transatlantic Race: Tala takes IRC Zero
On the 13th day of the RORC Transatlantic Race David Collins’ Botin 52 Tala (GBR) and Max Klink’s Botin 52 Caro (CH) crossed the finish line outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina to complete the RORC Transatlantic Race. The…
Transatlantic Race: Arrival of Volvo 70 I Love Poland
The Volvo 70 I Love Poland (POL) finished the RORC Transatlantic Race in an elapsed time of 10 days 11 hours 12 minutes and 50 seconds. Skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski, the team is composed of young talented Polish sailors. Footage:…
Maiden to circumnavigate again
Maiden has set off on its next circumnavigation of the planet, aiming to raise awareness and funds for girls’ education, sponsored by DP World. The yacht, which famously raced with a female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race…
Sydney Hobart: Two-Handed Division film
For the first time in race history, crews of two competed in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. There were 17 starters in the inaugural Two-Handed Division, with 10 boats navigating the tricky conditions to complete one of the…
