Cadet Worlds coach's blog #7 – bizarre decisions
Coaches Blog #7 Well a nice short one today. Not a lot happened on the water, but a fair bit going on ashore. I went down to the club and attended the daily coaches briefing. It was quite fiery with…
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Aussies dominate opening day at Aarhus Test Event
Day one of the Test Event began with clear skies and low wind speeds of around seven knots. The wind increased in the latter part of the day to 12 knots. Races were scheduled to start at 1200 hours but…
Dennis Conner's bold America's Cup predictions for Auckland 2021
Stuff.co.nz America's Cup great Dennis Conner predicts a “wonderful” regatta in Auckland sailed in foiling 60-foot sloops with no involvement from Larry Ellison and Sir Russell Coutts, but the United States being represented by another billionaire. Conner, a four-time winner of…
Cullen and Rowan Hughes from Balmoral SC are new Mirror World Champions
Day 5 of the Gul Mirror Worlds, only one more race and the Cornish weather was a bit more like it with a moderate, but shifty wind and sunny intervals. The first attempt at getting Race 12 away failed when,…
NOR for 175th Festival of Sails published and entry open
The Notice of Race for the 175th Festival of Sails is now online and organiser Royal Geelong Yacht Club is ready to welcome entries for the significant anniversary edition of Victoria’s oldest sporting trophy. Download the Notice of Race here…
Rolex Fastnet Race: Rock-bound flotilla
Unchallenged, Concise 10 blazed into Plymouth this morning, first boat home in the 47th Rolex Fastnet Race. Tony Lawson's MOD70 trimaran crossed the finish line off Plymouth breakwater at 05:55:00 BST with a race time of 42 hours and 55…
Rambler 88 claims Fastnet monohull line honours
American George David's Rambler 88 arrived in Plymouth to claim monohull line honours. The silver maxi crossed the finish line off Plymouth breakwater at 22:14:21 BST in a time of 2 days 9 hours 34 minutes and 21 seconds. This…
Overseas boats among early entries for Sydney Hobart
Two-time America’s Cup challenger, Vincenzo Onorato, is among the seven early international contenders for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. From 1993, the Italian shipping magnate has branded his team and boats ‘Mascalzone…
Dongfeng wins knife-edge battle with MAPFRE in Rolex Fastnet Race
China’s Dongfeng Race Team edged out MAPFRE by just 56 seconds in a Rolex Fastnet Race thriller in the early hours of Wednesday, as an intense night of lead changes and fickle winds ended with the entire fleet separated by…
Fastnet Race – heavy traffic off Cornwall as Concise rounds the Rock
At 15:49:37 BST Tony Lawson's MOD70 trimaran Concise 10 became the first boat to round the Fastnet rock off southwest Ireland. At the time the next boat in the race, George David's Rambler 88 was 111 miles astern. However thanks…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: Competitors prepare for a week of fun and sun
Entries for Townsville Yacht Club’s SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week have reached 65 and competitors are already gearing up for a week of sailing, soaking up sun and catching up with friends for the final northern regatta, held during the…
Aussies out in force at 2017 Aarhus Sailing Week
A strong contingent from the Australian Sailing Team will compete at this week’s 2017 Aarhus Sailing Week in Denmark, the test event for the 2018 Sailing World Championships to be held in Aarhus next August. Heading the charge for the…
Cadet Worlds Day 2 – coach's blog #6
In Australia we grow up on a diet of sea breezes and firm winds. We do race occasionally in extremely light airs but it is somewhat of a rarity and we are not as conditioned in them as other nationalities. …
Classic upwind start for record breaking Rolex Fastnet Race
The Solent laid on 'classic' conditions for the start of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's 47th Rolex Fastnet Race. In brilliant sunshine and with brisk westerly winds gusting up to 20 knots, the giant fleet tacked up the western Solent…
Rallies, rescues and rewards as 29er Worlds wrap
LONG BEACH, Calif., August 5, 2017 – It was last ditch efforts and comebacks on the race course this final day of racing at the 2017 Zhik 29er World Championship regatta at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. For a pair of…
WMRT – Robertson finds more gold at the end of his rollercoaster
St. Petersburg, Russia (August 6, 2017) – After a week of ups and downs, a couple of bad hooks and a few close shaves, it was business as usual for the super smooth Phil Robertson and his CHINAone Ningbo team…
Cadet Worlds – coach's blog # 4
Coaches Blog #4 Well things moving along quite quickly. So a lot to bring you up to date on. With our training we were unable to go for a sail post measurement due to the windy weather, we decided to…
Yachting Hall of Fame honour to Matt Bugg
Rio Paralympic silver medallist Matthew Bugg has been inducted into the Tasmanian Yachting Hall of Fame and also again been named Tasmanian Male Sailor of the Year. The honour was announced last evening at Yachting Tasmania’s annual sailing awards, held…
Harry Price and crew win Youth Match Racing World Championship
SYDNEY. In what will go down as the CYCA Youth Sailing Academy’s most successful weekend on record, two teams have taken out the top spots at the NSW Youth Match Racing Championship while another team was crowned World Champions at…
Mystery sailboat towed to Limassol port
Angelos Anastasiou of the Cyprus Mail Online reports a strange case of a sailboat with a broken mast and no crew: A crewless sailboat, which had been spotted some 90 miles south of Limassol two weeks ago but not found by…
Cadet Worlds coach's blog #5 – two Aussie crews in top 10 after first day
Coaches Blog #5 Our first days racing is over, three races were sailed. Generally speaking Team Australia are well placed. Jacob McConaughy and Sam Hooper lie in 3rd spot overall after a strong showing including a heat win. Charlie Goodfellow…
CQS wins Queens Cup
Cowes, Isle of Wight:: Ludde Ingvall’s CQS picked up the prestigious Queen’s Cup for the maxi racer class in the event at the end of the Triple Crown series in Lendy Cowes Week, the 120 year-old gold trophy presented by…
Fastnet sailors ready to face their personal Everests
The eve of the Rolex Fastnet Race is a nervous time for the 2,700 sailors about to embark on this 605-mile offshore classic – for all gathered in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, a few are out to win…
Champion survives scare as Gilmour makes it third time lucky
St. Petersburg, Russia: On a day where one big name had already been sunk, Kiwi Phil Robertson, the Match Racing world champion, kept his head above water to make it through to the semi-finals Stage of the WMRT Match Cup…
South Africans have one hand on 29er World trophy
Long Beach, California: Bolstered by better breeze, with steady winds of 12 to 16 knots, the team of Benji Daniel, 16, and Alex Burger, 21, RSA, widened their lead to place a firm grip on first place in the 29er…
Results stand as heavy winds blow out final day at 49ers Europeans
The final races at this year’s 49er European Championship were cancelled overnight in Kiel, due to winds gusting above 25 knots, leaving Australia’s David Gilmour and Joel Turner in second place overall. It was a disappointing conclusion for the Aussies,…
Harry Mighell wins inaugural International WASZP Games
It was a fitting finale to the first International WASZP Games at Campione on Lake Garda. Harry Mighell from Sorrento in Victoria, Australia, did a horizon job on the fleet in light 7-10 knot marginal foiling conditions. Race 9 started…
Dongfeng crew set to rock and roll in Fastnet classic
Gosport UK – Along with their six rivals in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race, Dongfeng Race Team will line up for the Rolex Fastnet Race on Sunday which promises to be a thrilling battle between crews preparing for the round-the-world…
Upwind slog forecast as Volvo Ocean Race fleet tackles Rolex Fastnet Race
The second stage of Leg Zero qualifying for the VOR fleet is the Rolex Fastnet Race, starting on Sunday (6 August), and it will present a very different challenge to the Volvo Ocean Race fleet – as well as an…
Weather dictates play on final day of European Championships
In a day characterized by huge gusts, out-of-control runs, capsizes and wild wind shifts, Tina Lutz and Susan Beucke took complete control of the 49erFX fleet at the European Championship in Kiel, Germany. The local favorites won both Medal Races…
Gold fleet steps up at Zhik 29er Worlds
Long Beach, California: Despite a half-hour dock hold, before the boats launched this morning, the wind kicked in on this first day of Final Series races, and the competitors dug in, setting the tone for world-class sailing at Zhik 29er…
Sixteen become eight at Match Cup Russia
Russians say you need some luck on the Neva River, and not just when sailing cats, but even with the vagaries of format, wind and currents, the cream rose to the top today as the SUPER 16 became eight in…
Australian Harry Mighell consolidates at WASZP Games
Day 3 of the International WASZP Games run by Univela Sailing Club at Campione on Lake Garda in Italy, was blessed by perfect sailing conditions as the afternoon Ora filled in bang on time at around 1400 hrs. In the…
Keating making it 26 straight in Marlay Point Race
Julie Keating has competed in every Marlay Point overnight Race for the last 25 years, and while she’s not one to brag, she has a lot to be proud of as she prepares for her 26th race in 2018, which…
Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag name crew for Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18
Australian Luke Parkinson, who won the trophy as a rookie onboard Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing last edition, will race as part of skipper David Witt’s crew – and he is joined by navigator Steve Hayles, who returns to the event…
Rolex Fastnet Race – double-handed demons
Thanks to our modern day lifestyles, a frequent problem facing race boats owners is finding willing and available crew. One solution is to sail with less people, an ultimate expression of this being two handed racing. Therefore it is no…
MAPFRE blaze to record victory in first pre-Volvo Ocean Race test
MAPFRE took first blood in the opening battle of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet – with Xabi Fernández and his Spanish team finding faultless form to smash the established record time for a monohull around the Isle of Wight. MAPFRE…
Cadet Worlds – coaches blog #2
Coaches Blog #2 Thanks so very much for all the support from back home. I know the kids all greatly appreciate it. We have just finished our third day of sailing in Bruinisse. We have had a bit of everything….
Tasmanian SB20 helmsmen on Cowes Week podium
Tasmanian SB20 helmsmen Elliot Noye and Michael Cooper fired a warning shot over the bow of the international SB20 fleet during the Lendy Cowes Week 2017 Grand Slam Regatta which ended yesterday. Sailed as part of the full sailing program…
Three way tie at the top after tough opening day of GC32s
Highly variable, tricky conditions made for a tough day for race officials and crews alike as competition at the GC32 Racing Tour got underway at 36 Copa del Rey MAPFRE. Proceedings on the Bay of Palma kicked off with two…
