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A strong fleet of almost 80 yachts, ranging from one-design Ynglings to Division 1 60-footers, has entered the 152nd summer season of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron with racing starting on the Harbour tomorrow, Saturday, 6 September. Biggest fleet this…
London, UK (5th Sept 2014): The world’s top match racing sailors are preparing to gather again for Stage 4 of the Alpari World Match Tour from Wednesday 17th September through Sunday 21st at the Chicago Match Cup, the only US…
Melbourne, Australia – Understanding that no two sailors are alike, Ronstan has just expanded its Clear Start sailing watch range with two new styles and five new models designed specifically for sailors. They include a new smaller size watch that…
In just two weeks, the Chicago waterfront will once again come alive with high-intensity match racing for the Chicago Match Cup, the highest-graded match race event in the US and the only US stop on the Alpari World Match Racing…
Who’s up for the challenge of the world’s only annual and global Stadium Racing series? With entry now open for the 2015 Extreme Sailing Series™, and the Notice of Race available, Series organiser OC Sport and Series Main Partner Land…
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is delighted to announce that, following the recent 29er World Championship held in Ontario, Canada, the Club has been awarded the 2018 edition of the event by the International 29er Class Association. In congratulating RHKYC,…
Some of the biggest names in racing underwent intensive safety training with Ocean Safety in preparation for the Volvo Race, one of the world’s most prestigious round-the-world races, which starts on October 11th. Ocean Safety worked with the Volvo Ocean Race…
It has been almost 30 years, but the International Fireball Association of Victoria is heading back to Cairn Curran to run the 2014 state championships. With the support of Chapple's Cairn Curran Estate – the fleet will be competing as…
Day three of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup & Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship 2014 brought continued sunshine and blue skies and a shifty northerly breeze of around 10 knots. In the seven-boat Mini Maxi division competing for the world…
A TRIO was rescued from a sinking yacht after it crashed into Plymouth's breakwater. The Lady Larissa sustained a hole to the front of the vessel and a missing rudder when it hit the east end of the breakwater last…
You’ll need to be quick if you want to secure your place at the ICA’s Cruising Preparation Seminar in Auckland later this year. Spaces are filling up fast for the two-day event, which takes place on Saturday 29th and Sunday…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro officials on Tuesday unveiled a new sanitation project that aims to eliminate the stain of raw sewage defiling the waters of Rio de Janeiro's Gloria Marina, where the 2016 Olympic sailing events…
Geoff Boettcher's modified Farr 400 Secret Men's Business 4.5 has been badly damaged in a trucking accident. The boat was being delivered back to South Australia after finishing third in IRC Division 2 at Hamilton Island Race Week. No further…
Clear skies and a fresh mistral breeze marked the start of the second race day in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2014. After yesterday's coastal race for the entire fleet, the Race Committee decided to shake things up, setting windward-leeward…
“Solo sailing a trimaran the size of Spindrift 2 requires complete physical commitment,” says Yann Guichard, who recently sailed from the Azores to La Trinité-sur-Mer, alone at the helm of the world¹s largest racing multihull. With two months to go…
On November 2, the skipper of Safran will line up at the start of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. This will be Marc Guillemot’s fifth appearance in the queen of the transats. It is a race he has particular affection…
Two giants of ocean racing – one virtual and one very much reality – have joined forces to provide gamers with a double treat for the next nine months. The Volvo Ocean Race is the sailing’s leading round-the-world crewed event…
The last day of racing delivered enough weather challenges to force changes to the podium places in many of the six divisions racing in the 8th SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week. As the results were announced around the dock, the cheer…
ALICANTE, Spain, September 1 – Chris Nicholson’s Team Vestas Wind crew will enter the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 with less time to prepare than any of their rivals but brimming with experience combined with youthful energy. The Australian skipper is…
The SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week fleet headed out this morning for the penultimate day of racing in the five-day event and were greeted by soft wind and flat water. After three days of solid breeze gusting 15 to 20 knots,…
Porto Cervo, 1st September 2014. The 25th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup got off to a superb start today as the fleet completed a coastal course that wound through the islands of the La Maddalena archipelago covering more than 30 nautical…
Beneteau believe its Oceanis flagship cruiser looks majestic, on a voyage or at anchor. The Oceanis range, which Beneteau created in 1986, has been extended by the Oceanis 60. Characterised by a large cockpit, an open deck plan, a high-performing…
Porto Cervo, 31 August 2014. A spectacular fleet of 35 Maxi yachts is lined up along the quays of Porto Cervo Marina ready and waiting for the off in the 25th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. Organized by…
It’s all about the numbers for this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with entries in the 70th edition of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s blue water classic swelling to 50, including classic yachts such as Love & War…
The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) today launched a national ballot for a world voyage in 2015 by the Sail Training Ship Young Endeavour. At the Navy Heritage Centre in Sydney, Sir Peter…
Easy access to hull and fittings is essential. Most every part of Banyandah’s hull, both below and above the waterline can be inspected quickly as a regular routine. Especially useful in an emergency. Shown in the photo, the depth sounder…
Glen Roper’s veteran yacht Natelle Two began her Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race campaign today on a winning note, as a casual entrant in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s final Winter Race. The Peterson 41 revelled in the fresh…
NBC News: The Coast Guard rescued a couple stranded 10 miles off the coast of western Florida early Saturday — nearly a week after they went missing, officials said. Bogdan Makowski, 69, and Elizabeth Makowski, 61, were found at about…
After a wild week of inflicting its fury on the 13th 18' Skiff International Regatta, San Francisco Bay got the message and greeted competitors Saturday with a modest 15 knots of summery breeze through the Golden Gate. “The first two…
Riva Del Garda, Italy – After one final race, John Kilroy at the helm of Samba Pa Ti, tactician Paul Goodison and crew Jeff Reynolds proved they were more than deserving of the 2014 Audi Melges 20 World Champion title….
It was worth the long wait for the breeze to fill and deliver a superb short course afternoon of racing in the seaLink Magnetic Island Race Week. The sailors made good use of the race postponement as the morning’s glassy…
A combination of perfect racing conditions, no mistakes, great boat speed and a focus on a goal was all that was needed for the multihull Fantasia to take on the biggest of the monohulls and win. Day two of…
The first-ever Turkish Extreme 40 syndicate, TeamTurx, has been confirmed to compete at the Extreme Sailing Series Act 6 Istanbul as an invitational entry, bringing the tally of boats on the startline up to 12. The event will be further…
We called Vytegra Radio on VHF to request permission to enter the shallow, narrow and busy river which is the start of the Volga-Balt waterway system. According to Maxine, the operator’s cheerfully irreverent response translated roughly as “oh Christ, a…
A trip on the Myall Lakes some years back did not quite become a disaster, but our holiday was certainly interrupted when water stopped spurting from the tell-tale on the outboard engine. We were in a remote location and faced…
World Heritage listed Hinchinbrook Island on far north Queensland’s east coast has become globally renowned for the tranquillity and beauty of its rainforest-cloaked ranges, network of fishladen waterways and tropical sand beaches. You couldn’t ask for more sheltered and scenic…
Ask people where they would like to cruise and only a few will name Antarctica or other places that require no refrigeration onboard. Most will want to go somewhere “warm and sunny”. Throw in a few palm trees, warm water…
New technology is changing the face of sailing, rapidly. It seems that every week a new foiling boat concept pops up or an alternative wingsail product enters the market. Yet amidst all this development, offshore racing classes are turning one-design…
One of my favourite chapters of Stuart Walker’s 1986 book Advanced Racing Tactics is that on greed. Being greedy, as far as sailboat racing goes, usually means trying to dominate or ‘smash them’ and win by a lot or gain…
Imagine you are away from home at a regatta when the worst-case scenario happens, you have an accident that leaves you a quadriplegic. This is the scenario Daniel Fitzgibbon faced in 1997. But it never stopped him doing what he…
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