Trade winds bring relief for Volvo crews
Vestas 11th Hour Racing has had a productive 24 hours on Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race, cutting its deficit to leader Turn the Tide on Plastic in half. Now trailing by just 5 miles, and sailing in more…
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Thai crews dominate on Day 1 of 2018 Top of the Gulf Regatta
PATTAYA, Thailand – The blue skies and tropical conditions for which the Top of the Gulf Regatta is known failed to show up on Day 1 as a downpour which started the evening before never let up all day, making…
Black Flag drops Gilmour and Turner off the podium at World Cup Hyeres
Eight gold medals were decided on the penultimate day of racing at the third round of Sailing's World Cup Series in Hyères, France. Six Medal Races produced six final podiums with the other two gold medals being claimed by…
Giant petrochemical firm injects £110 million into Sir Ben Ainslie's America's Cup challenge
INEOS, one of UK’s and the world’s largest petrochemicals and manufacturing companies, is launching a challenge for the 2021 America’s Cup. INEOS has formed INEOS Team GB to compete for the trophy and is committed to spending £110 million –…
Turn the Tide on Plastic converts easterly position into northerly advantage
Dee Caffari’s crew set themselves up as the most easterly boat as the seven-strong fleet climb up the coast of Brazil bound for the finish in Newport, USA, some 4,000 miles away. Caffari and Turn the Tide on Plastic navigator…
All boats great and small at the IRC Europeans
A grand gathering of IRC boats is expected in Cowes mid-June for the first IRC European Championship ever to be held on the Solent. This stretch of water represents the spiritual home of IRC, the rating rule which the Royal…
South of France delivers for World Cup Series
The South of France delivered a sensational day of sunshine and some stable breeze, living up to its name as a famous sailing location on the fourth day of competition at Sailing's World Cup Series in Hyères, France. After…
Carkeek’s new Rán Fast40 promises electric partnership
All eyes will be on the newly-launched radical Rán VII as the Fast40+ class counts down to the start of the 2018 season in the Solent this weekend (Friday, April 27- Sunday, April 29). The renowned Rán Racing team will…
Volvo fleet spreads east to west looking for advantage
Over the past 48 hours each team has thrown their cards on the table, lining up west to east and committing to the routing they think will best fire them towards the steady, favourable breeze the trade winds offer. Team…
Gilmour and Turner hit the lead at Hyeres
The third day of competition at round three of Sailing’s World Cup Series in Hyères, France provided further challenges for the competitors as light winds continued to dominate. The 647 sailors from 46 nations racing across the ten Olympic disciplines…
Down Under Rally heading to New Caledonia from Gold Coast’s Southport Yacht Club
Departing Southport Yacht Club (SYC) on May 14 2018, the 780nm Down Under Rally voyage will commence, heading for New Caledonia, with an estimated arrival date of 21 May 2018. The Go East Rally provides participants with the opportunity to…
Stepping out – leading Volvo duo break away from pack
The leading pair were the most easterly boats as the seven-strong fleet approached an oil field exclusion zone 100 miles off Rio’s coast, enabling them to continue make headway north for longer while their rivals were forced to tack. At…
Twilight finish on tough second day in Hyères
At 20:35 local time the last of the 647 sailors from 46 nations competing at the third round of Sailing’s World Cup Series in Hyères, France got back to the dock, marking the end of a long and challenging day….
Simon Walker taking on an offshore challenge of a totally different kind
Simon Walker has sailed around the world the ‘wrong way’ twice and was skipper of the Toshiba Wave Warrior in the 1996/7 BT Global Challenge, where he was the youngest skipper in the fleet and finished 2nd. He won the…
Cheeki Rafiki yacht director cleared over sailor deaths
BBC News The director of a yacht management company has been cleared of the manslaughter of four men who died when their vessel capsized in the Atlantic. The crew of the Cheeki Rafiki died after the 40ft vessel lost its…
Gold Coast Seaway dredging set to start
The Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) has announced that the contract for latest dredging project on the Gold Coast Seaway has been awarded to local Gold Coast company, Neumann Contractors Pty Ltd. The $500,000 project will see dredging work on…
Four Victorian rescue services to get new boats
The Victorian government has announced that four marine search and rescue units in Victoria’s south-west will receive new boats as part of the $11.3 million funding package unveiled late last year. The four rescue units are Port Fairy Marine Rescue…
Tactical battles ensue as Volvo Ocean Race fleet navigates St Helena High
The famed anticyclone is renowned for dominating the South Atlantic and making tricky sailing for Volvo Ocean Race teams heading north or south. Constantly expanding and contracting, the St Helena High – also known as the South Atlantic High Pressure…
Solid start for Aussies at Hyeres World Cup
The opening scene at the third round of Sailing’s World Cup Series in Hyères, France saw the 647 sailors from 46 nations remain cautious as they laid down markers to build on for a full week of competition. In a…
Game on as Volvo Ocean Race fleet switches back to race mode
Following a big send-off from Itajai, Brazil, on Sunday, the seven-strong fleet – back up to full complement with the welcome return of Vestas 11th Hour Racing and Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag – faced a tricky opening night of unpredictable weather. There…
Searching for a cyclone – the work behind the scenes of the Melbourne Osaka Race
Searching for a Cyclone The ORCV Race Management Team for the 2018 Melbourne to Osaka Double-Handed Yacht Race includes 6 Duty Race Directors and 2 Fleet Weather Officers – Robin Hewitt & Andrew Roberts. Robin and Andrew are on a…
Team Concise enter Round Britain and Ireland Race
Tony Lawson's Team Concise has entered the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race starting in Cowes on Sunday 12th August 2018. Both the MOD70 Concise 10 and Class40 Concise 8 will take on the non-stop 1800-nautical mile race – one…
MAPFRE leads the Volvo Ocean Race fleet out of Itajaí to Newport, Rhode Island
It was a familiar sight on Sunday afternoon in Itajaí, where the two red boats at the top of the Volvo Ocean Race leaderboard set the pace at the start of Leg 8 to Newport, Rhode Island on the east…
The heat is on in Hyères
Hyères will heat up in more ways than one this week with temperatures set to soar and a red-hot competition across the single Para World Sailing and ten Olympic sailing disciplines expected. Sailors competing at the Hyères 2018 World Cup…
New York Times on the loss of John Fisher from the Volvo Race
It is not often that the mainstream media takes an interest in sailing. It is even less often that they write a detailed article. As always, it is disaster that attracts them, but we thought we would share this well-written…
Indonesian Tourism Ministry to lure New Zealand yachties
The Jakarta Post The Tourism Ministry is promoting potential destinations for marine tourism in Indonesia to yachter (sic) communities in Opua, New Zealand from April 20 to 21. Expected to be attended by 80 members of the Opua Cruising Club,…
Chinese Whisper takes line honours and sets new record in Melbourne Osaka Double-Hander
From the Melbourne Osaka Double-Handed Race Facebook page: Chinese Whisper has finished the 2018 Sundance Marine Melbourne to Osaka Double Handed yacht race early this morning, 23rd April 2018 at 04:21:13 AEST. It took them 21d 12h 41m 13s, a…
The crème de la crème of TP52s open the season at Sail Racing PalmaVela
The first great multi-class sailing event of the Mediterranean season, will once again host the TP52s, competing this year under the Box Rule class, in one of the most spectacular and competitive monohull fleets in the world. Ten teams from…
Full line up will take the start for Leg 8 Volvo race to Newport
Team SHK/Scallywag is back in the water and scheduled to take the start of Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race in Itajaí, Brazil on Sunday afternoon. The team had been in a race against time to have its boat…
Volvo Ocean Race: MAPFRE wins in Itajaí to extend In-Port Series lead
The Spanish team MAPFRE won the Itajaí In-Port Race on Friday in Brazil, after battling with team AkzoNobel for the lead on the first of three laps of the race course. A large spectator fleet was on hand to watch…
Clipper Race: Final push to the finish
As the front half of the Clipper Race fleet begins the motor through the Puget Sound to Seattle, the chasing pack are fighting for the final positions in the marathon 5,600 nautical mile race across the North Pacific Ocean. Qingdao…
Airlie Beach Race Week: First local entry is ‘one to beat’
If Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban is the ‘one to beat’ in the IRC class, then multihull racers should watch out for Paul Mitchell’s Ullman Sails at Airlie Beach Race Week 2018. Mitchell, a sail-maker and life-long Whitsunday sailor with national…
Wind hole slows Clipper fleet within sight of Seattle
It's been slow going due to a wind hole sitting between the leading teams of the Clipper Race fleet and the finish line, but the end of the epic 5,600 nautical mile race across the North Pacific Ocean to Seattle…
World Cup Hyeres a pointer to Olympic qualification chances
Over 650 sailors representing 46 nations will be competing in Round 3 of the 2018 World Cup Series in Hyères, France, from 22 – 29 April. Hyères will be flooded with Olympic, Paralympic, World and Continental Champions, all battling for…
Six VOR teams to start Itajaí In-Port Race
Six teams will be on the start line on Friday afternoon for the Itajaí In-Port Race in Brazil, with Vestas 11th Hour Racing joining the fleet following its dismasting, and subsequent repair and relaunching. Team SHK/Scallywag, who only arrived in…
Eden Marina gets the green light
The developers behind the proposed Eden Marina at Cattle Bay in Eden on the NSW south coast have announced that, following a recent judgement by the NSW Land and Environment Court, the marina has now been granted Development Approval (DA)….
Peter Burling named Team New Zealand's skipper for 2021 America's Cup campaign
Team New Zealand appears to have confirmed that Peter Burling will skipper their defence of the America's Cup in 2021. During a recent Facebook question and Answer session, Ray Davies was asked the direct question and said, “We have (signed…
Six row to safety in punctured dinghy after catamaran sinks
Six people, including two children, paddled to shore in an inflatable dinghy after their catamaran sank off the coast of New Zealand. Police were called at about 5am following reports a 9m catamaran had struck rocks off Mokohinau Islands,…
World Sailing Offshore World Championship to launch in 2019
World Sailing is pleased to announce that the inaugural World Sailing Offshore World Championship will be held in 2019. Announced at World Sailing’s 2017 Annual Conference in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico the World Sailing Offshore World Championship will be a powerful…
Reliability and longevity make a Finn campaign cheaper than you think
The cost of running an Olympic class campaign is coming under increasing scrutiny, so it might be useful to analyse the price of equipment required to run a basic Finn campaign, and consider that within the wider scope of a…
