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At 1742 UTC on Saturday 17th December, Stéphane Le Diraison informed the Vendée Globe Race Directors that his Imoca Compagnie du Lit / Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt had dismasted. The skipper was not injured and sounded in good health on…
The sun came out to play today on the Sydney Harbour and while the breeze drifted in and out, class champions were decided and Flying 11s, Optimist Fleets, Nacra 17s, Sabots, Pacers and Tasars all started their Sail Sydney campaigns….
Pittwater, sometimes called ‘shift water’, exhibited its best and worst on day one of the Farr 40 One Design Trophy and still the race management team managed four races in breeze three to 15 knots between Taylor’s Point at Clareville…
It's tight at the top of the 2016 Aon Youth Sailing World Championships Laser Radial fleets as the discard came into play, allowing a chosen few to start forming breakaways from the rest of the field. Conditions were mixed on…
This year Brad Kellett will set a record no-one will ever beat when he becomes the youngest sailor ever to sail 25 consecutive Sydney Hobart Yacht Races. “Twenty five races was a milestone I always wanted to achieve when I…
If you want to lose some money, you can always bet on the favourite in the Melbourne Cup, but if you want to maximise your chances of losing money, bet on a yacht to win the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht…
It was a dazzling debut for the Nacra 15 at the 2016 Aon Youth Sailing World Championships as sailors got their feet, and everything else, wet on day one of racing in Auckland New Zealand. With plenty of thrills and…
At 08:19:00 UTC* in the first glimmer of light this Friday, IDEC SPORT crossed the start line off Ushant at more than twenty knots in her dash to grab the outright round the world record. The six men on board…
For the ninth time Wild Oats XI has won line honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual SOLAS Big Boat Challenge around Sydney Harbour. But this year there was no sense of deja-vu at all. This was a much…
Karl Kwok’s Team Beau Geste and Larki Missiris’ Wld1 have capitalised on their leads of yesterday to win the CYCA Trophy-Passage Series this weekend. In Division 1, Team Beau Geste, a TP52 representing Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, was unstoppable…
Melbourne turned on its best day at the Sailing World Cup Final, loads of summer sunshine and cool S-SW winds 10-15 knots for the close of the Olympic and Invited classes competition that drew sailors from around the world aged…
The Sailing World Cup Melbourne Final presented by Land Rover saved the best to last with the Laser rounding off the week of competition and serving up two tantalising in-race battles that decided the podium places. Matt Wearn (AUS) and…
The Thurlow Fisher Lawyers crew’s decision to go with their new big rig proved a winner in today’s Syd. Barnett Jr. Memorial Trophy 3-Buoy 18ft Skiff race on Sydney Harbour. With a 12-15 knot ENE wind prevailing, only four of…
Swiss team Alinghi were crowned 2016 Extreme Sailing Series champions today after an epic final-day shoot-out at the season finale in Sydney. In a nail-biting showdown that went right down to the wire, Arnaud Psarofaghis' men saw off a last-ditch…
Three of the four super maxis taking part in the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will clash on Sydney Harbour in the highly anticipated SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, organised by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. The Oatley family’s…
Campagne de France has taken Line Honours for the first Class40 Division and is the first two-handed team to complete the 2016 RORC Transatlantic Race. Swan 82, Stay Calm and Baltic 112, Path finished within three hours of each other after 2,865nm….
For Alex Thomson and Armel Le Cléach'h the leaders of the Vendée Globe, Sunday morning should provide some time to regroup mentally, to snatch some rest, to thoroughly check their boats and to somehow prepare for the next battering. Their…
The battle for the Extreme Sailing Series™ title took a new twist today as Red Bull Sailing Team squeezed in between Act 8 leaders Alinghi and overall table toppers Oman Air on the penultimate day of the 2016 season finale…
Australians have won Gold in two classes, Silver and Bronze on the penultimate day of SWC Melbourne 2016, the final event on the World Cup circuit for 2016. Rio 2016 Silver Medallists, Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin won the medal…
A tight-knit crew and a take no prisoners approach to every race and regatta they compete at, finds Karl Kwok’s Team Beau Geste in the winners seat yet again, this time on Day 1 of the CYCA Trophy Passage Series. …
When the 2016 Aon Youth Sailing World Championships gets underway there will be a new class and a new opportunity for the young sailors to prove themselves in. The Nacra 15 multihull will make its debut at the 2016 Youth…
There seems to be no immediate respite for the two skippers leading the Vendée Globe, Alex Thomson and Armel Le Cléac'h as they cross the Tasman Sea and approach the longitude of the south of New Zealand in the clutches…
Day four of racing at Sailing World Cup Melbourne has got away under strong conditions, with breezes of 20+ knots experienced across Port Phillip Bay. Matt Wearn enjoyed the strong winds today, winning both races in the Laser fleet. Wearn…
Ludde Ingvall has announced a very strong international, provisional crew to sail CQS in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, starting on Boxing Day, 26th December. In addition to the three New Zealand watch captains already announced, Chris Dickson, Rodney Keenan…
Arco Van Nieuwland and Andries Verder's Marten 72, Aragon (NED) crossed the finish line of the RORC Transatlantic Race outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina at 11h 17m 03s on 9th December 2016. After IRC time correction, the Dutch…
The 52 SUPER SERIES is globally recognised as the world’s leading grand prix monohull racing circuit. As the competition has steadily grown in recent years, so too has its approach and commitment to reducing the environmental impact of the event….
Just two points split Extreme Sailing Series™ title contenders Alinghi and Oman Air at the halfway stage of the final Act of the 2016 season as Sydney delivered another bout of epic racing today. Swiss crew Alinghi remain in pole…
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (December 8, 2016) – The International 12 Metre Class has announced the ROAD TO THE WORLDS, a 900-day schedule of international regattas and social events leading up to what will arguably be one of the most highly…
Boats from NSW and Victoria will face-off against Beau Geste, the lone foreign entry, when the CYCA Trophy-Passage Series is sailed over this weekend, starting from 11am on Saturday. Hong Kong retail giant Karl Kwok leads the line-up with his…
B&G is sponsoring Lisa Blair in her upcoming bid to complete the Antarctica Cup Ocean Race. Lisa will be competing against the clock, attempting to beat the current speed record set by Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov in 2008. Lisa is…
James Ward, Phil Marshall and Harry West won their first 18ft Skiff race today on Sydney Harbour when they brought Triple M home a clear winner of the Australian 18 Footer League’s Yandoo Trophy. The young team had to withstand immense…
You’ve just bought all your Category 1 safety gear, and are ready to take on the great race, but where on the boat does it all go? Not only is this a matter of personal preference, it is also a question…
I was impressed with the Far East 28R when we tested it for the 2015 December/January issue of this magazine, so I had high hopes for her little sister, the new 23R. I was not disappointed. Far East Yachts aim…
The trickier conditions of today, with a light breeze from 040° that filled in only in the afternoon, forced the Race Committee to raise AP flag until 2.50pm, moment when the fleet was eventually given the preparatory signal and allowed…
Lloyd Thornburg's American MOD70 Phaedo3 has taken Multihull Line Honours in the RORC Transatlantic Race for the second year running. The American MOD70 completed the course in 6 days 13 hours 39 minutes and 55 seconds. Although the team was…
Following the announcement of the WMRT Match Cup Australia in Perth last week, the World Match Racing Tour has revealed two more events in Australia in the first two months of 2017. The WMRT Swan River Match Cup and the…
Lloyd Thornburg's American MOD70 Phaedo3 is flying towards Grenada's Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina and expected to touch down in about 24 hours. Mike Slade's Maxi 100 Leopard 3 is racing against the clock in an assault on the…
The Taste of Tasmania and Sydney to Hobart race will have a ‘yacht’ more going on this year with a record 50 entries for the tenth anniversary of the 2016 National Pies Launceston to Hobart (L2H) Yacht Race run by…
Already known worldwide as one of the best harbours to visit, Sydney Harbour offers so much more than just climbing the bridge, swimming its beaches or catching a show and a drink at the Opera House. Whether you own your…
The Rating Series, or grand prix division, of the Festival of Sails tends to be where the best recognised Australian boats sign up, and the 2017 edition has drawn the usual well-known boats and faces, plus some new younger talent…
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