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Legendary US classic yacht Dorade to be guest of honour at Gaffers Day 2017
Most naval architects would be happy if just one of their yacht designs was considered a true classic. Yet the quiet, bespectacled Olin Stephens (1908-2008) drew the lines for scores of boats that sailors all know as pinnacle achievements of…
Olezza hold leads after light wind race on Day 3 at U23 Finn Worlds at Balatonfüred
Sebastian Kalafarski of Poland confidently won the only race possible on the third day of racing at the 2017 U23 Finn World Championship for the Finn Silver Cup. However Facundo Olezza of Argentina still holds a 13-point advantage at the…
Age no barrier for Earle Alexander at 505 Worlds
Ahead of the Annapolis 505 Worlds, we look at the profile of a perpetual competitor from Australia: NAME: Earle Alexander AGE: 74 HOMETOWN: Brisbane, Australia. OCCUPATION/EMPLOYER: Retired. I worked for the last 20 years as a consultant mining engineer. For…
Shattered finger leaves Tokyo Finn prospect with tough call
One of Australia's premier Finn class sailors faces a critical few days as he weighs up the prospect of competing at the upcoming World Championships in Hungary with multiple fractures in one of his hands. Former World No.1 Oliver Tweddell’s…
No racing on Day 2 at U23 Finn Worlds: Finn youth and wind play games all day
Despite spending four hours on the water, no more racing was possible at the U23 Finn World Championship at Balatonfüred. The sailors were twice sent out on the water, but both times came back empty-handed. Everyone expected to lose a…
Ken Read steers Hunaman to victory in first race of the J Class Worlds
Hanuman, skippered and steered by local ace Ken Read with his brother Brad among the afterguard, stole the show on a spectacular opening day of the first ever J Class World Championship on the waters of Newport, Rhode Island where…
Zac Littlewood on the move at Laser Radial Worlds
(Medemblik, Netherlands) – All fleets completed two races today at the Laser Radial World Championships in Medemblik. Breeze on the IJsselmeer was a steady 12 knots, creating a decent chop and more challenging conditions for the sailors, after the last…
Difficult conditions continue at Laser Radial Worlds in Holland
(Medemblik, Netherlands) – The second day of Laser Radial World Championships brought sun and 6-8 knots of breeze for all three fleets to complete two races. Yesterday’s racing in difficult, light wind highlighted different sailors in each race, and the…
Strong tides divide Clipper fleet
Strong tides running North have divided the fleet tactically overnight, with the front of the pack heading close inshore to seek faster routes. Dale Smyth, skipper of third placed team Dare To Lead, reported: “It was an interesting night with…
Top Gun caught in Rushour at Hamilton Island
Four hours after the original scheduled start and with the entire Hamilton Island Race Week fleet moved to open water on the south western side of the island, the first start on day three got underway near Surprise Rock in…
Nice points jump for Facundo Olezza after U23 Finn Worlds opener
The only young sailor at the U23 Finn World Championship in Balatonfured with Olympic experience, Facundo Olezza, from Argentina, made some sense of the chaotic wind conditions on the first day to build a 13 point margin after three very…
World’s youth attracted by the timeless challenge of the Finn
One of the largest Finn Silver Cups on record is about to begin on the largest lake in Central Europe. Nearly 50 young Finn sailors from 21 countries and four continents are gathering at Balatonfüred, a popular resort town on…
Laser Radial Worlds kick off in Medemblik
(Medemblik, Netherlands) – Two races were completed today in all three fleets, kicking off the Laser Radial World Championships in Holland. The morning brought glassy waters and postponements, but by early afternoon, the wind on the IJsselmeer built to about…
A tale of the short and long, the old and new at Hamilton Island Race Week 2017
Winter tradewinds pulled right back on day two of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, shortening the round-the-islands races and forcing a lengthy delay for the IRC Racing fleet’s first short course hit-out. All divisions contesting passage races were finished at…
Sunshine, smiles and support on ARC Channel Islands 2017
The second edition of ARC Channel Islands, organised by World Cruising Club in association with RYA Active Marina, came to a close at the weekend following a week long cruise exploring Cherbourg, Guernsey and Alderney from the rally's start port…
Lisa Blair to be welcomed into Sydney Harbour this weekend
All of Sydney is invited to welcome Lisa Blair back in through the Sydney Heads this Saturday (26 August) on board her yacht Climate Action Now. Lisa Blair recently sailed into Albany Harbour, Western Australia, after becoming the first woman…
Geelog wins bid to host Fireball Worlds in 2022
Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) has won its bid to host a major international sailing event in 2022 – the annual Fireball World Titles. The two person ‘off the beach’ racing series has only been held in Australia six times…
Yacht once owned by New Zealand's wealthiest man being restored
Stuff.co.nz. By Shani Williams. A historic Auckland racing yacht is being restored to her former glory after years of being left to rot in the Hauraki Gulf. The 113-year-old Ariki, known for being the fastest yacht in Auckland from 1904 to…
Clipper Race starts in Liverpool
And they’re off! The biggest ever edition of the Clipper Race – one of the world’s toughest endurance challenges – got underway today on the River Mersey, in Liverpool, in front of thousands of supporters. The day started with departure…
Hamilton Island Race Week underway in ideal conditions
Racing began on day one of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2017 in idyllic conditions, excited and some nervous crews facing the prospect of a 25-30 knot sou’easters and strong tide making for a wild downwind run from the narrow…
Will Holz wins Chicago Grand Slam
Chicago, IL — In a David-and-Goliath-style Finals series, Will Holz, who is ranked #406 in the world, took down the formidable, #6-ranked Australian Harry Price, and the Down Under Racing Team. Price and his crew, Murray Jones and Cameron Seagreen,…
Harry Price returns to Chicago for match defence
Chicago: This weekend Chicago Yacht Club and Chicago Match Race Center are co-hosting the first stop of the three-event, US Grand Slam Series. The field of competitors includes twelve teams from five countries, seven of which are currently ranked in…
Jonathan and Libby McKee win Taser Worlds
What a week it was for sailors at their recent 21st Tasar World Championship, held in Gamagori, 3 hours south of Tokyo Japan. More often than not, there was a call by the helm for `more vang, more cunningham, more…
Papadimitriou and Anderssohn named Laser Radial Youth world champions
Medemblik, Netherlands: All six fleets completed two races at the Laser Radial Youth World Championships today in the Final Series, which concludes the 2017 Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Holland. The wind was up from yesterday at a steady…
Stage set for 2018 as Half Ton Classics Cup ends in Kinsale
ith the overall regatta decided on the penultimate day, the Euro Car Parks Half Ton Classics Cup was presented to Phil Plumtree and the crew of Swuzzlebubble at Kinsale Yacht Club, Ireland on Friday night. A single ‘round the cans’…
A beautiful day wraps up Airlie Beach Race Week
Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sails was a light weather regatta – race officials were even forced to abandon all attempts at racing yesterday – and for a short time it looked likely to happen again today, but just…
First round of finals at 2017 Laser Radial Youth World Championships
(Medemblik, Netherlands) – Today brought the first round of the Final Series at the Laser Radial Youth World Championships. The fleets were divided into Gold and Silver fleets, with additional Bronze and Emerald fleets for the boys. Under gray skies…
Swuzzlebubble wins third Half Ton Classics Cup with a day to spare at Kinsale
With an enviable scoresheet of mostly first and second places for the series, Phil Plumtree’s Swuzzlebubble won the Euro Car Parks Half Ton Classics Cup at Kinsale, Ireland with just Friday’s eleventh race remaining. A breezy penultimate day ended with…
Joshua one-design class yacht to be inaugurated in the 2022 edition of the Golden Globe Race
Dateline 22nd August 2017, Plymouth. UK. The story of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s battle to stay ahead of French yachtsman Bernard Moitessier in the 1968/9 Sunday Times Golden Globe solo round the world Race is one of legend. The 2018 Golden…
OK Dinghy World No.1 for the third time for Greg Wilcox
Greg Wilcox has returned to the top of the OK Dinghy World Ranking list for the third time since the World Ranking was created 12 years ago. He has spent more time at the top spot than any other sailor…
MAPFRE set the Volvo Ocean Race bar with overall Leg Zero victory
Spanish team MAPFRE completed overall Leg Zero victory in the early hours of Wednesday (16 August) and struck the first psychological blow in the build-up to the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. But what the Leg Zero series of qualifiers confirmed…
Light winds and big shifts shuffle the leaderboard at Laser Radial Youth Worlds
(Medemblik, Netherlands) – Three races were completed today in each fleet, concluding the qualifying series for the 2017 Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Holland. Breeze on the IJsselmeer hovered around 5 knots this morning before steadily building to…
Step two for Kialoa II
Kialoa II has completed the Rolex Fastnet Race and will soon hoist sails and head to Sydney, Australia, and the second major goal for the owners Patrick and Keith Broughton, the Rolex Sydney Hobart starting from Sydney Harbour on December…
NSW to stage the first-ever Couta Boat nationals outside Victoria
For the first time in class history, New South Wales will host the Couta Boat National Championship as the culminating event of a week-long program of social and racing activities coordinated among three yacht clubs between Sydney Harbour and Pittwater…
America's Cup: No place for Team New Zealand on Auld Mug
As Newsroom.co.nz reports, Team New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Yact Squadron have discovered a problem – there is no room to engrave their name as the 2017 winners: By Suzanne McFadden The New Zealand guardians of the America’s…
Yacht sinks during Falmouth Week racing
The Packet by Peter Johnstone Three sailors had to be rescued from the Carrick Roads after their yacht sank during the final day of Falmouth Week racing on Saturday. The trio was sailing in the 18ft dinghy Myrtle, helmed by…
Banana-based pranks bring a bunch of bad luck for Northern Territory fisherman
We sailors are superstitious souls and bananas are supposed to be bad luck on boats. We think this stems from the days when the old sailing boats transported bananas from the West Indies to England, and often contained large venomous…
Admiral’s Cup Regatta will span the generations
Excitement in the yachting community surrounding the Admiral’s Cup 50th Anniversary Regatta has spread to all corners of the sailing world. News of the event, to be held in Sydney this December, has also inspired some remarkable reunions. Sons of…
Belcher and Ryan to get valuable peek at Tokyo sailing site
World Champion sailors, Rio Olympic silver medalists Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan, will get a precious taste of the 2020 Games environment when they contest the 470 Class Japan Championships at Enoshima, starting on Friday. The duo, who snatched the…
