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Ideal weather conditions for the first race of the 2021/22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series helped competitors dust off the cobwebs after many hit the water for the first time in months following the NSW Covid-19 lockdown. The series is…
Whilst making headway offshore off the coast fringing the Western Sahara, the fleet competing in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef has scattered every which way. Indeed, it now spans over 180 miles in latitude and 130 miles in longitude, evidence…
Race 1 of the Australian 18 Footers League’s Club Championship produced an amazing finish when the current national champion Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Lewis Brake and Luke Parkinson, grabbed victory just metres from the finish line on Sydney Harbour today. When…
11th Hour Racing Team will line up to start the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre in one week on Sunday November 7th with four sailors and two IMOCA 60s – Mālama and Alaka’i.
Records were broken at the 42nd edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Organised by the Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) and partnered by Rolex since 2002, the 606-nautical mile race is renowned for its beautiful racecourse and challenging conditions….
Winds on the Bay of Palma proved just a little too fresh and the racing schedule was cut short on the third and final day of the 17th edition of the 80 boat PalmaVela regatta. But most classes enjoyed at least…
Act 3 of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup came to a close on Sunday in Cagliari with an action packed final race that saw DutchSail, Team Argentina and Team France on the podium. With only one race held today, the…
The first Bali 4.4 catamaran by Catana to arrive in Australia will be here in time for the Sydney International Boat Show next July. From a distance it presents itself as a smart, modern day sailing catamaran. And up-close it…
After setting sail mid-afternoon yesterday local time from Santa Cruz de La Palma, bound for Saint-François, those competing in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef have endured some tricky opening miles and each has had to deal with the wind shadows…
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club is looking forward to welcoming all yachts from across the spectrum, club cruiser/racers to grand prix racing machines, to battle it out under the ORC Rating Rule in the Pittwater Regatta 2022. Additionally, divisions will…
Montego Bay, Jamaica: It is with great regret that the Montego Bay Yacht Club announces the unavoidable postponement of the 2022 Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race, which was scheduled to take place January, but has been moved to January…
Lagos, Portugal: The Race Director of the G580T, Lutz Kohne, has delayed the start of the McIntyre Adventure Globe 5.80 Transat by 24 hours to Monday 1 November at 1200hrs UTC. While the weather was acceptable for this Sunday, the…
As planned, the second leg of the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef kicked off this Friday at 14:00 UTC, and propelled along by a light north-easterly breeze, the remaining 86 participants left Santa Cruz de La Palma bound for Saint-François with…
Super maxi Comanche (CAY), skippered by Australian Mitch Booth, has been confirmed as the overall winner of the 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race after taking line honours and breaking the race record. An exceptional crew of 23 included in its…
The stage is set for the return of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with a fleet of 112 boats confirmed for the 2021 running of the prestigious race. Among them is Matt Allen’s Botin 52 Ichi Ban, the 2017…
Cagliari: The last knockout round of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup Act 3 was completed today, with Young Azzurra leading the fleet to enter the finals. As scheduled, the first three races of the finals were also held today and…
This year’s Rolex Middle Sea Race was tough, especially for the smaller boats, and at times during the 606 nautical mile expedition, gale force winds and tumultuous seas battered the fleet. Eleven teams were racing in the Double-Handed class, adding…
Long-time Sydney Hobart commentator and legendary Rugby Union caller Gordon Bray has been announced as the host of the 2021 Australian Sailing Awards. The Awards event will be delivered digitally in 2021, with all award winners being announced during a…
On Friday 29 October at 14:00 UTC, the 87 participants still competing in the 23rd edition of the Mini Transat EuroChef will take to the start line for the second leg of the event. After casting off from Santa Cruz…
The McIntyre Adventure Globe 580 Transat is the first event for the new amateur build: the plywood one design 5.80 Mini Ocean Racer. It is attracting strong interest with 165 builders in 27 countries. The first six launched from five…
Specialist marine underwriting agency RedSky Insurance have announced they will support solo sailor Lisa Blair with a generous sponsorship package and in-kind support to achieve her dream of circumnavigating Antarctica in world record time. Lisa and her yacht Climate Action…
The opening day’s racing of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2021-22 season last Sunday, produced a great result for the club’s policy of introducing talented, young sailors into the high-speed world of 18ft skiff racing on Sydney Harbour. A 10-12…
With Sydney springing back to life in October, we are grateful for the opportunity to launch the second edition of Boating Rendezvous-Sydney in Australia. It is scheduled to take place from November 12-14 at Cockle Bay Marina, Darling Harbour. It is…
Accomplished sailor Nathan Outteridge has joined Team New Zealand for the next America’s Cup campaign. The 35-year-old Australian, a two-time Olympic medallist with a strong America’s Cup history, qualifies under the strict nationality rules to be introduced for the next…
Never before has there been such a tight race between the top group of boats at the 52 Super Series, with the final to take place next week at the Bay of Palma. At stake are the Rolex TP52 World…
The 2021 Women’s Match Racing World Championship, featuring Olympic and America’s Cup champions, is set to take over Europe’s second largest artificial harbour – Cherbourg-en-Cotentin in Normandy, France – from Thursday October 28. The eight teams of four and five…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) together with the Ocean Racing Alliance (ORA) are delighted to announce a new offshore race to start on July 21 2022. The RORC Baltic Sea Race is open to boats racing under IRC, MOCRA,…
In the summer of 2021, Charlie Enright took an excursion out on his local waters of Narragansett Bay with the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation onboard the fishing vessel Christopher Andrew to learn about the problems ghost gear causes for local…
Competitors were relieved to get racing on day three of the iQFOIL European Championships in Marseille, after racing was abandoned on day two.
The 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race continues to live up to its billing as a blockbuster thriller. Over Monday night the list of finishers had lifted from seven to 18 by 0900 CEST and is now up to 31 as more…
Australian Sailing has thrown its support behind World Sailing’s campaign for sailing to be reinstated at the Paralympic Games in Los Angeles (USA) in 2028. World Sailing, the governing body for the sport of sailing, this morning announced a set…
Acclaimed Queensland ocean racing yachtsman, Graham ‘Scooter’ Eaton, will put his family first when he competes in Southport Yacht Club’s Qoin Sail Paradise Regatta in January. The reason is simple; his yacht – the famous 23m long aluminium sloop, Bumblebee…
Many cruising yachties have mentioned that they have cleaned a beach but they couldn’t take the debris with them and didn’t know who to contact. Well now there is a way to handle this scenario and it’s quick and easy. …
Cagliari, Italy: The Youth Foiling Gold Cup has ramped up a gear with the start of the knockouts, a series of direct eliminations that the teams must face over the coming days in order to secure a place in the…
Building on 10 years of sponsorships focused on the power of sport to create change, 11th Hour Racing announced today its support of the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre as an official partner of the race. 11th Hour Racing will…
Despite little to no wind, fun was had on day two of the iQFOIL European Championships in Marseille, France.
SailGP Moments is a new series where we are breaking down defining moments on the racecourse with commentator Stevie Morrison. First up Stevie analyses the France Sail Grand Prix in Saint-Tropez, including close calls, collisions and exactly how the Japan…
With seven yachts in harbour, and no more expected until much later tonight (Monday) or the early hours of Tuesday, one might be excused for thinking the Rolex Middle Sea Race is over. Far from it. Close to 100 yachts…
British sailor Alex Thomson has announced he won’t compete as a skipper in the 2024 Vendée Globe, the solo, non-stop race around-the-world, but doesn’t rule out returning to the race in 2028. Thomson has competed in the IMOCA circuit for 19 years including five successive Vendée Globe’s with two podium…
From racy runabouts to luxury liners: the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show shores up its status as the hottest ticket in town when it returns from 19 – 22 May 2022. Applications for new and returning exhibitors are now open…
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