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Twenty-one entries representing Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, NSW, Western Australia and the Northern Territory have already been received by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) for the 28th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) to be held from 9-11 June, 2018, and…
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet was beginning to converge again on Wednesday as the Leg 9 sprint across the Atlantic continued at pace. A split of almost 300 miles had opened up early in the 3,300-mile leg from Newport, USA,…
A month after Bavaria Yachts went into insolvency much has been happening but not much has been reported to reassure potential owners, current owners or even yacht agencies selling the German craft. The interim managers looking after the company has issued…
For the second day in a row, lack of wind precluded any racing taking place at the 2018 Finn World Masters at El Balís. The day started cloudy and after a light sea breeze became established early afternoon, hopes were…
Stunning conditions saw racing unfold under a blue sky in breeze of around 18 knots. There was no let-up though as teams paced around the track and tried to break away to the front, knowing today could be make or…
First day of racing is done in difficult conditions. Light winds caused some delay, but at the end all scheduled races were sailed. First race scheduled in the morning was the RS:X men, but they got postponed. Principal Race officer…
Skipper Bouwe Bekking and his Team Brunel lead a southerly group of four boats who are taking advantage of stronger winds to open up an advantage as a split develops in the fleet. To the north, wallowing in lighter conditions…
Victorian marine dealership Cranbourne Boating Centre has recently been announced Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs Suzuki Outboards premium dealership. Housing many of Australias biggest boating names such as Formosa Tomahawk Boats, Tournament Pleasure Boats, Evinrude Outboards etc, Cranbourne Boating will now…
From 26th May until 2nd June 2018, the Samui Regatta will attract marine sports enthusiasts from around the world to Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui on the island’s Chaweng Beach. The annual yachting event showcases skills of international racers and regional…
The day’s forecast was not great, but a light wind was established late morning and after a short delay ashore the fleet was sent out on the water. While there was a sailable breeze on launching it soon died away…
The breeze of 15-17 knots, gusting up to 20 knots, and choppy sea saw the fleet fly around the track, in a perfect test of racing skills across the three back to back races. In the 470 Women, Israel’s Gil…
A split has already developed, with Dongfeng gybing to the north just before 1300 UTC yesterday while MAPFRE continues with the bulk of the fleet charging out to the southeast. It was a foggy first night at sea with Liz Wardley…
The Vice Admiral's Cup has a long-standing reputation for providing exceptionally close competition. The final day of racing this year saw further intense racing, with most classes going to the wire, in a building south-easterly sea breeze. The Quarter Tonners…
More than 350 Finn sailors gathered Sunday 20 March at the Club Náutic El Balís, in Spain, as the 2018 Finn World Masters was opened under beautiful blue Mediterranean skies, which together with the fantastic Catalan hospitality, made for a…
Team Brunel accomplished its first goal on Sunday afternoon, taking the early lead on Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Newport, Rhode Island to Cardiff, Wales. The Dutch team, led by eight-time race veteran Bouwe Bekking, has been…
The News. By Tamara Siddiqui. A MAN who fell overboard from a yacht at Langstone Harbour last weekend is still missing. A large-scale search and rescue operation was launched by HM Coastguard on Saturday, May 12, after Damien Kessell,…
Maui Now Two mariners were rescued from a grounded vessel off of Molokini Crater in Maui County waters on Wednesday night. The incident was reported at around 9:31 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 by the master of the 44-foot sailing…
With boat registrations now open and the production team in place, the tempo is building towards the 2019 MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival being a ‘must see’ on the calendar of boat lovers everywhere. But it is not just boat…
The Maxis and Mylius classes, racing here with support from the International Maxi Association, were dispatched on coastal races, the crews still believing the south-westerly sea breeze would cancel out the south-easterly gradient, as it did yesterday. In the event,…
Eric Monnin and his Albert Riele Swiss Match Race Team continued to dominate on Day 3 of Match Race Germany, the defending champions finishing the Round Robin preliminary round with an almost perfect balance of 10:1 wins to advance straight…
There’s been little separating the majority of the Clipper Race teams for much of Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge and its finish was no exception with some positions decided by just seconds. After spending 18 days in close company,…
Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel sailed a perfect race on Saturday afternoon, winning the start, edging into a lead and extending away for a convincing victory in the Gurney’s Resorts In Port Race Newport. “We knew the start was going to…
The cheerful, spectacular Price-giving ceremony in the Piazzetta of Capri, crowded with tourists and sailors, concluded the 2018 Rolex Capri Sailing Week which saw more than a thousand sailors and 121 boats in the regatta. CNT – In ORC-A Group…
After returning to the northern hemisphere with nearly 40,000 nautical miles in their wake, the sailors in the Volvo Ocean Race will shift gears to inshore racing with a focus on Saturday’s Gurney’s Resorts In Port Race Newport. In contrast…
One of the closest races so far in the Clipper 2017-18 Race has ended in a surprise win for Dare To Lead, after the team pulled off an eleventh hour victory in Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle,…
Jens Kellinghusen's German Ker 56 Varuna VI is the overall winner of 2018 Antigua Bermuda Race and so Kellinghusen was presented with a sketch of the newly commissioned bronze sculpture, The Warrior Perpetual Trophy. “In dreamlike conditions of 18 to…
From 24-27 May, the Extreme Sailing Series™ teams of elite level sailors will take to the waters of Lake Garda, Italy, for the first official GC32 World Championship. Up against rivals from the GC32 Racing Tour, the Series sailors will…
Match Race Germany today has celebrated one of the most intensive racing days in its 21 years old history – from 9am to 6pm, Race Officer Rudi Magg and his Yacht Club Langenargen Team were able to send the 12…
In the International Maxi Association-supported big boat divisions at Rolex Capri Sailing Week, Dario Ferrari’s Pepe Cannonball defied her IRC rating to score her third race win. Once again she beat, both on the water and on corrected time, the…
The 21st Match Race Germany has started. To kick-off Germany’s best known matchracing classic, Race Officer Rudi Magg and his team from Yacht Club Langenargen got through with the first 12 of 66 duels producing a full Round Robin with…
After two years of construction time the Innovation Yachts prototype Open60AAL, the worlds first racing yacht built out of 100% recyclable volcanic fibre, was launched successfully on 16th May in Les Sables d'Olonne, France. Finally the procedure was working very…
Being with Benny is the story of how Bob Miller, from a shattered childhood in rural Australia and only four years of schooling became one of the world’s leading yacht designers. His creation Australia II won the America’s Cup in…
On day 17 of Race 10 from Seattle to Panama the leaderboard has seen almost a complete transformation. With Stealth Mode being used to shield tactical moves or favourable wind shifts, Dare To Lead has reappeared to take the lead…
Writing in Newport, Rhode Island's Daily News, staff reporter Matt Shelley broke the story of sailors behaving badly. Seven people “connected to” the Volvo Ocean Race were arrested after a confrontation with local police, which began when a fire alarm…
NZ Herald. By Bernard Orsman. The Government has confirmed funding for the America's Cup with $100 million set aside in the budget. When a final agreement for the location of the America's Cup costing $212 million was confirmed in late…
Entries for the 2018 Ponant Sydney Noumea Yacht Race have closed and on Saturday June 2, following a 25-year hiatus, a multi-state Australian and New Caledonian fleet of 24 boats will bring life back to one of Australia’s oldest ocean…
Yachting New Zealand has come out in support of the Wynyard Hobson Application for the America’s Cup infrastructure and event, including the following: the construction works for operations as well as the plan to host events under the unitary plan…
The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama is shaping up as one of the most exciting finishes of the Clipper 2017-18 Race so far, with the teams closer than ever off the coast of Mexico. Though Qingdao and Dare…
With a membership of 1500, Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) is one of Australia’s largest yacht clubs, with a strong interest in training and education in sailing. Women are often considered an underrepresented segment in the yachting community. According to…
The margin between the first seven teams in Leg 10 of the Clipper round the world race tightened considerably overnight, almost halving to just 18 nautical miles (nm). Qingdao remains in the lead for a tenth consecutive day, but Skipper…
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