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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…
Rupert Henry’s Chinese Whisper has taken the double of line and overall honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Bird Island Race and in the process has also taken charge of the Club’s prestigious Blue Water Pointscore. Chinese Whisper…
Wallabies and NSW Waratahs full-back Kurtley Beale will join Anthony Bell’s Perpetual LOYAL in the boat’s last Rolex Sydney Hobart Campaign. Beale, who recently returned to Australia after the Wallabies 2015 Rugby World Cup campaign has set his sights on…
Jeff Cordell’s smart-performing Mumm 36 B&G Advantage yesterday showed she will again be a strong contender for top honours in the 2015 National Pies Launceston to Hobart at the end of December, possibly repeating her handicap victory in the inaugural…
A near faultless performance by the De’Longhi 18ft Skiff crew in the 12-15knot North East wind gave the team a narrow win in the 3-Buoys Yandoo Trophy race on Sydney Harbour today. Simon Nearn, Grant Rollerson and Kieran Cowan started…
No need for pistols at dawn as Lloyd Thornburg's mighty green MOD70, Phaedo3 crossed the finish line off Quarantine Point, Grenada this morning, completing the RORC Transatlantic Race at UTC 10:56:03 in 5 days 22 hrs 46mins 03 secs. Waging…
The trimaran skippered by Yann Guichard crossed the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope, the first of the three great capes of this round-the-world voyage, last night at 02:06 GMT and Cape Agulhas, the symbolic entry into the Indian…
A strong fleet of 32 yachts, all aiming at Rolex Sydney Hobart glory, will be on the start line of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 85 nautical mile Bird Island Race, due to start on Sydney Harbour at 10am…
Nine months out from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Australian Sailing Team’s sailors are looking strong after securing three medals at the 2015 Para World Sailing Championships on Port Phillip, Melbourne (28 November – 3 December 2015) and winning the…
HAMILTON, Bermuda — It’s the most wonderful time of the year! So say Moth sailors after hydrofoiling around Bermuda’s sun splashed Great Sound in anticipation of the Amlin International Moth Regatta. “I’ve been out practicing for two days and this…
Day six of the RORC Transatlantic Race, and Phaedo3 and Concise 10/Ms Barbados are expected to finish the race tomorrow. Nomad IV leads the charge of the Maxis. Tales II makes up for lost time and Zed 6 finally heads…
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NZ Herald – From Bernie Wilson, AP San Diego: SAN DIEGO (AP) ” The International Sailing Federation announced Wednesday that CEO Peter Sowrey has resigned after just five months on the job. ISAF, tasked with staging an Olympic regatta in…
At the London 2012 Olympic Games the Sailing Section was the shining light of the Australian Olympic Team, winning three gold and one silver medal. With medallists from 2012 continuing and new crews making podiums around the world, expectations are…
Visit Seattle, in a southerly position, has taken the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race lead for the first time in its overall campaign this morning, and is now 4.3 nautical miles ahead of yesterday’s leader Mission Performance which is…
Hull Daily Mail. By Tareq Haddad. A “wonderful and warm” mother died during a yacht race when she fell overboard and her lifejacket did not inflate. Maxine Wood, 55, was taking part in a yacht race with her husband off the…
The highlight of today's racing at the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria in Williamstown, Australia, was the performance of Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch in the SKUD18 fleet. At the Para World Sailing Championships the pair racked up another two…
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