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London UK (5th January 2016): After a year of great change – with new racing formats and new ownership – the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) is set for a thrilling season in 2016. The prospect of high-octane multihull racing and…
After a hazy start, day two of the McDougall McConaghy 2016 International Moth Australian Championship was a much better day for racing out on the Swan river in Perth, WA. Around midday a light and shifty breeze filled in from…
The last 24 hours in the Henri Lloyd Hobart to Whitsundays Race have seen the fleet getting a bit of a battering from a developing low with unstable and unpredictable conditions. LMAX Exchange has repositioned after tackling the Scoring Gate and is…
A couple of Rolex Sydney Hobart retirements who thought they were making their way to Geelong via Hobart town are still on track to be part of the grand prix Rating Series at the Festival of Sails later this month….
A competitor in the recent Pittwater to Coffs Race is missing after being washed overboard when a large wave hit the yacht near Broughton Island. The man is said to be in his 60s, but no details about the name…
A frustrating steamy hot muggy day on the Swan River in Perth on day one of the McDougall McConaghy 2016 International Moth Australian Championships in Perth. The usually reliable afternoon sea breeze struggled to form all day as the thunder…
Racing at the 2016 SPLASH Festival events was interrupted today by varied weather conditions. Sailors competing in the Zhik Australian 9er Championship and Australian 420 Championship battled through challenging winds to record results today. Unfortunately for the 16 boats competing…
Local sailing hero Matt Bugg today clinched a brilliant victory in the International 2.4mR Australian open championship by winning the final race in grand style on Hobart’s River Derwent. The Worlds are in now firmly in his sight, starting on…
Nick Rogers and his long-time crew of Leigh Behrens and Simon Burrows have made an auspicious return to racing in the classic International Dragon one-design class on Hobart’s River Derwent. Sailing Karabos IX, Rogers won the three-race Ted Albert Memorial…
The Northern Advocate. By Imran Ali. A yachtie is helpless to stop opportunist thieves helping themselves to prized possession on board his stricken yacht – 11 days after it ran aground off Ruakaka on New Zealand's north east coast. Geoff…
From Business Day Live. By Staff Writers. THE National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) went to the aid of a yacht which was reported to have a snapped anchor chain and was being swept towards rocks at Mass Bay near Kleinmond…
The 87th Stonehaven Cup, the Championships for the Australian 12ft Cadet Dinghy, got underway on Monday 4th on sparkling waters of Port Phillip Bay. The light and fluky easterly breezes swung 40° at times making it very challenging for the…
Mmmm, lobster. Rather expensive to buy, but rather easy to catch. Lobster is one of those ingredients that needs little effort or fussing about to prepare a wonderful meal from. Butter, champagne and tarragon, I am convinced, are things put…
Recently, I almost put to sea fully aware that my vessel’s exhaust system might be on its last gasp. Fortunately, commonsense prevailed and I remained at anchor to unwrap the lagging and check it out, an act that caused the…
Once again Lagoon has had its 620 catamaran designed by Van Peteghem and Lauriot Prévost (VPLP). With an extensive list of successful racing multihull designs to its name VPLP are now just as well known for racing monohulls (Comanche for…
Before we consider issues of particular importance to multihulls, remember some important points relevant to buying any boat. Who will you be sailing with? This is the most crucial yet most ignored question to be answered. The ideal boat for…
The superyacht industry has grown exponentially in the past few years, with more than 5,700 superyachts currently travelling the world and nearly 400 new superyachts due for delivery in 2016-17. With this industry needing an additional 6,000 highly skilled crew,…
We came to Streaky Bay after crossing the Great Australian Bight from the west and have now traversed further south towards Port Lincoln. But we figure sailing the opposite way would make good use of the south east prevailing winds…
FSC Sailors outperformed their competitors to win seven National Championship titles, five second places and three third places at the 2016 Australian Laser National Championships (held 29 December 2015 – 4 January 2016) hosted by Belmont 16’s Sailing Club, Sydney…
ABC News. By Michael Clarke, Kathleen Calderwood, David Chen, Pat Hession. People arriving to work in Townsville this morning were surprised to find the 35-metre tall ship Defender submerged at a wharf on Ross Creek in the city's CBD. The hull…
The final day of the 45th Youth Sailing World Championships produced some tense finishes as medal places were mixed about on the waters of Langkawi, Malaysia. Lighter winds awaited the record 425 sailors from 76 nations to end a…
From the bulk of white coloured yachts contesting the 35th edition of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s key offshore event, the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs yacht race, the charcoal coloured Beau Geste won the monohull line honours contest…
Situated just 2,600 nautical miles away from the finish line off Ushant and about to start her 43rd day at sea, Spindrift 2 is now only 266 miles off the pace, but will no longer be able to improve on…
The racing schedule at the SPLASH festival has officially begun, with over 220 competitors taking to Sydney harbour to compete in their respective class National Championships. The Zhik 9er Australian Championships have the highest number of competitors with over 120…
The New Year has brought a new determination to the Clipper Race fleet which, after a short stopover in Hobart, is back racing and charging across the Bass Strait in the sixth of this fourteen race series. The Henri Lloyd…
Former International Cadet Australian champion Alec Bailey yesterday led a strong Tasmanian challenge to regain the State’ status in the iconic Sharpie class. Bailey, a newcomer to the class, sailed Gentlemen’s Relish to victory in the opening race in…
Australian Paralympic sailor Matt Bugg is sailing brilliantly on his home waters in his last major regatta before the Rio Games, holding a commanding overall lead in the Australian open championship for the International 2.4mR class. Bugg has followed his…
What happens when you give a yacht designer a jar of red jelly beans and a bucket of pencils? Oceanis 62 concept
A straightforward final night at sea for the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race fleet brought the last boat, Out of Sight, from 42 starters to the finish line at 0632hours this morning, Monday January 4, 2016. All boats…
Five days of frenetic foiling will begin on Monday 4th January as the McDougall McConaghy 2016 International Moth Australian Championship gets underway under the burgee of the South of Perth Yacht Club on the Swan River in Perth, WA. Up…
While some one hundred or so yachts came sweeping up the River Derwent at the finish of the Sydney Hobart and Launceston to Hobart races in late December, a swarm of smaller sailing boats were often seen dashing back and…
Bellerive yachtsman Tony Williams’ decision to give the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race a miss this summer paid handsome dividends yesterday when his IMX 38 ocean racing yacht Martela won the King of the Derwent race on Hobart’s River Derwent. Martela…
Tasmanian Matt Bugg is overall leader in the Australian National Championship for the International 2.4mR class after day one of racing today on Hobart's RIver Derwent. The fleet of 29 yachts sailed in a fresh but chilly southerly breeze with…
The sixth stage of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race got underway today following the fleet's successful Sydney-Hobart campaign. The Henri Lloyd Hobart to Whitsundays Race is the sixth of 14 races which make up the 11-month global…
Maxi yacht Beau Geste was 33 miles from the finish line at 0600hrs this morning, day two of the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race, with a calculated ETA of 0800hrs, just half an hour outside the longstanding race…
There were early gold's cemented on day five of the 45th Youth Sailing World Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia as some moved to an insurmountable lead ahead of the final day. As the sailors returned to shore, there were a couple…
The 2016 SPLASH Festival, encompassing the 2016 Australian 420, Zhik Australian 9er, Australian I14 and the Australian Youth Championships began today on a gloomy Sydney Harbour. Over 220 Sailors hit the water for their last hit out and preparations ahead…
One team is determined to dominate at the 45th Youth Sailing World Championships as the SL16 fleet brought in 2016 with a bang. As the majority of the record 425 sailors enjoyed New Year's day in Langkawi, Malaysia, the SL16…
In a break from the norm, winds and storms dropped in and out on day three of the 45th Youth Sailing World Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia. On a day when the winds were predicted to drop below the 20 knots…
Paul Einoder’s Beneteau Oceanis 34 Off-Piste has dominated handicap results in the 2015 National Pies Launceston to Hobart Yacht, today being named Overall winner, including taking first place on corrected time in both the AMS and IRC handicap divisions. The…
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