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Derry~Londonderry~Doire is diverting to Hobart in Tasmania for a medevac of an injured crewman as a precautionary measure. Skipper Daniel Smith contacted the Race Office at 1030 AEDT today (2330 UTC Tuesday 8 December) to report that round-the-world crew…
The midday activation of four course areas signaled the start of the Sailing World Cup Melbourne for the seventh time. With the last of the humidity and smog blown off by yesterday afternoon’s strong sou’westerly change, the major international city…
A surge in entries for the 2016 Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race has the fleet currently trending at 43% higher than last year’s 28 starters with five days to go until entries close, on December 15. So far a combined…
HAMILTON, Bermuda — Today’s racing at the Amlin International Moth Regatta was postponed due to light winds. After an idyllic day on Monday and challenging conditions yesterday, today brought yet another set of conditions to the regatta hosted by the…
The highlight of this third week has been the rounding of the Kerguelen archipelago which are in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The crew decided to sail north of the islands in order to avoid the drift ice located…
Jean-Paul Riviere's French Finot Conq 100, Nomad IV crossed the finish line of the RORC Transatlantic Race at 19 hours 06 mins and 59 secs UTC on Tuesday 8th December 2015, taking Monohull Line Honours to win the exquisite silver…
The happy faces on the sailors during this morning’s video conference live from IDEC SPORT were a pleasure to see. Francis Joyon’s crew is in the process of seeing their gamble pay off and ending up on the right side…
Phuket –A great sailing day in favorable winds, pleasant sunshine and with extremely close racing on long courses; characteristics of a classic ‘Phuket Andaman Sea Race’ day at the 29th Phuket King’s Cup Regatta on Wednesday (day three). IRC0 headed…
According to a report by Lea Emery of the Fraser Coast Chronicle, police are calling for public help to find Eero Tiitinen who was last seen at Hervey Bay Marina on November 17. Mr Tiitinen, 67, set off from Hervey…
Paris December 8 2015: French solo yachtsman Jean-Luc van den Heede is the latest to throw his cap into the Golden Globe Race ring. He made the announcement yesterday at the Paris Boat Show that he is to race a…
8 December, 2015, Phuket – Following the opening day’s beautiful sunshine and reliable winds, day two threw up a markedly different challenge, demanding a very high work rate from sailors. The light wind did indeed betray yesterday’s fastest runners at times,…
America’s Cup racing will return to New York for the first time since 1920 with Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series racing on May 7-8, 2016. The New York event is one of six events planned during 2016, each featuring…
Geneva (SUI), December 8, 2015 – 135 professional photographers spanning twenty-nine nations submitted a picture for the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image 2015 and generated an exceptional selection of images that summarize the 2015 yacht racing season better than words. Greek…
Nomad IV is expected to take Monohull Line Honours in the RORC Transatlantic Race later today with ZED 6 in full flight coming in from the north and Nunatak celebrate mid-Atlantic with shooting stars and Jelly Babies. For the next…
Geneva, December 8, 2015 – 263 key players from within the yacht racing industry spent two days in Geneva at the Yacht Racing Forum discussing the future of the sport, doing business and exchanging best practice. The conference saw some…
HAMILTON, Bermuda — Chris Rashley (Southampton, England) celebrated his 27th birthday today by winning Races 4 and 5 at the Amlin International Moth Regatta in Bermuda. Rashley overcame strong winds and near-blinding conditions, punctuated by a squall with gusts topping…
A rose by any name would smell as sweet. But in ISAF's case, a world sailing body by a new name must show evidence of change, and fast . Today, December 9, 2015, ISAF changed it's name to World Sailing….
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has once again launched its eBay auction which provides an exclusive opportunity to bid for places on-board one of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race favourites, when they compete in the CYCA’s SOLAS Big…
January’s huge Festival of Sails, the southern hemisphere’s largest keelboat regatta, is where McConaghy Boats’ latest one design class will launch. The first two MC31 hulls built are about to be loaded onto a ship in China bound for Melbourne,…
The Christmas-New Year period is a busy one for sailors, with almost all classes holding their Nationals and plenty of offshore activity, where sailors need to pack clothing and other gear to be sent to the finish line. Mysailing's…
After five years competing with the Extreme Sailing Series The Wave, Muscat’s British helm Leigh McMillan has become a household name in multihull sailing. But it hasn’t always come easy to the 35-year-old and McMillian knows all too well that…
The International Classes Regatta is a great warm up event for the championship season. Hosted by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, the annual event began in 1989 and has always been held in early December providing a great opportunity for…
DEC SPORT has regained 200 miles in 24 hours. The Furious Fifties are pushing the big red trimaran at high speed across the Indian Ocean. But they need to watch out for icebergs. Yesterday, Francis Joyon’s crew came within a…
A fleet of 30 boats, ten more than last year, has entered the ninth annual Derwent Sailing Squadron/National Pies Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, which starts from Beauty Point on the Tamar River on December 27. The 285 nautical mile…
HAMILTON, Bermuda — To no one’s surprise, a quartet of Britons set the pace today in the first day of the Amlin International Moth Regatta. Rob Greenhalgh, Paul Goodison, Chris Rashley and Chris Draper hold first through fourth, respectively, after…
Since her launch in 2005 as a narrow-hulled, canting-keeled coastal racer, Wild Oats XI has been radically altered on a number of occasions. She has been nick-named “the Swiss army knife” because of her many appendages, such as the canting…
Giovanni Soldini is known for his solo sailing. He has won two round-the-world races, competed in three Transat Jacques Vabre, done more than 40 ocean crossings and done six Ostars. Now he is in Australia to compete in the Rolex…
The majority of yachts competing in the second edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race are predicted to finish the 3,000 mile race over the next few days. Nomad IV has just over 600 miles to go and is expected on…
Sail Sydney is back as a major regatta on the off-the-beach calendar, with local and interstate sailors using it as a warm-up for their class nationals. Below is vital information for competitors and supporters. Course areas will be finalised the…
At exactly 13:00 local time (2:00 GMT, 3:00 Italian time) on December 26, the VOR 70 Maserati, manned by Italian skipper Giovanni Soldini and his 11-strong crew, will line up for the start of the 71st Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht…
The Sultanate of Oman will create a rare slice of sporting history when it becomes the first country in the Middle East to host America’s Cup racing by staging the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Oman in February 2016….
HAMILTON, Bermuda — Artemis Racing helmsman Nathan Outteridge won the Amlin International Moth Regatta “Dash for Cash” today during the final day of practice before the regatta. For winning the race on Hamilton Harbour Outteridge won $500 and a bottle…
The north-north westerlies picked up even more strength this morning to the east of Madagascar, enabling Spindrift 2 to reach average speeds of around 30 knots once again. The area of the Indian Ocean where the trimaran has been sailing…
In the lead up to this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race there is one famous previous winner which is preparing for something quite different. The famous yacht Solo has stood abandoned on the hardstand of a Brisbane shipyard now…
In this issue we look at all things Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, from who to watch, routing to what changes could be made in the future. Wild Oats XI has won the race eight times and has had some…
In the closest of shaves, the Geotherm crew of Brett Hobson and Billy Lusty have been crowned new NSW 12ft skiff champions following six races held over two full weekends on either side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Geotherm’s crew…
The Bureau of Meteorology will support the second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) which launched in Goa, India, last Friday (4 December) in the 50th anniversary year of the first expedition. The IIOE-2 is an interdisciplinary oceanographic research effort over…
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Over 900 competitors are starting to hit the St Kilda foreshore in preparation for one of Victoria’s top sporting events, the ISAF Sailing World Cup. 12 noon on Wednesday 9th December sees the first warning signal officially kicking off…
Tactics and endurance were the main winners in today’s Red Bull Lighthouse to Leighton kiteboard race, one of the most challenging for competitors in its six-year history. Local amateur kiter Peter McKewen, 32, won the 19km race from Rottnest Island…
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