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Billy Parker is hoping for a double celebration this weekend, when the MacGlide Festival of Sails kicks off on Saturday with the historic Passage Race. The Royal Geelong Yacht Club stalwart will celebrate his 82nd birthday on Saturday, competing in…
Six months out from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Sail Melbourne International 2020 saw the world’s best sailors wrapping up the five-day event with a light wind day on Port Phillip Bay on Tuesday (21 January 2020). Over 300 competitors…
by Todd Niall www.stuff.co.nz Right on time, the completed sites for America's Cup challengers have been handed over, but the fate of one remains unclear. The construction alliance building the America's Cup village on Auckland's waterfront said the “platforms” for…
By Jake Fish – US Sailing Sailors were greeted with cooler temperatures, sunny skies, and plenty of breeze on the second day of the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Miami, USA. On Tuesday, the 470 Men and Women, Laser, Laser…
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) has announced it will contribute $10,000 to kick start a ‘Festival of Sails’ bushfire appeal in the wake of cancelling its traditional Australia Day Fireworks show, next Sunday January 26. While the fireworks display…
It was a challenging day for sailors and race management alike with multiple storm fronts passing through Melbourne on the penultimate day of Sail Melbourne International making for another wild and fun day for the majority of the classes. Despite…
Despite a huge storm front battering Port Phillip in the early afternoon, most classes were able to complete a full slate of racing on day three of Sail Melbourne International on Sunday. The thick squall carried a sheet of small…
In gruelling conditions on Sydney Harbour for the first day of the Farr 40 One Design Trophy, Jeff Carter’s Edake scored three bullets to sit in first place, where she has been comfortably sitting for the majority of the season….
Following a very windy first day, Port Phillip delivered a cracking day out at the 2020 Sail Melbourne International; Saturday starting with light conditions before the wind picked up again, making for a fitness and skill focussed day. On Friday,…
Sunday, 19 January, 2020 Sydney Harbour The Finport Finance team of Keagan York, Matt Stenta and David Ewings totally dominated the racing in a 8-12 knots SSE wind to lead the fleet after the two-race opening day of the Australian…
The 2020 Finn Gold Cup is to be held from 8-16 May in the Bay of Palma, Mallorca and will be organised by the Club Nàutic S'Arenal. Entry for sailors and coach registration is now open through the event website….
Australian Sailing and Kiteboarding Australia have today announced their intentions to work together to develop the next generation of Australian Olympic sailing champions. With the Mixed Kite event (IKA Formula Kite) to make its debut as an Olympic discipline at…
From stuff.co.nz Team New Zealand have shown the huge development in America's Cup design as they engaged a 1995 version during training in Auckland. The Cup defenders were flying on their foils while NZL41, a former Japanese entry from the…
With wind limits on the edge, conditions on day one of Sail Melbourne International 2020 provided many competitors with a wild, windy and challenging day on Port Phillip Bay. Racing started out in around 20-22 knots, but with wind gusting…
Royal Geelong Yacht Club sailor Brendan Garner first competed in the MacGlide Festival of Sails in 1988, when he was just 12 years old. Three decades later the avid sailor who learned to sail at RGYC on Geelong’s Corio Bay,…
National Youth Champions decided after final day of racing abandoned Racing has been abandoned for the final day of the Australian Youth Championships at Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club (SSCBC). The race committee continuously monitored conditions throughout the day…
The provisional Australian Sailing Youth Team (ASYT) has been announced at the 2020 Australian Youth Championships at Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club (SSCBC). The team, which requires ratification from the Australian Sailing Board before being finalised, will represent Australia…
Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Anders Pedersen) has won the 2020 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Prince Alfred YC, in Newport, Australia, after a thrilling final day of racing. New Moon II (BAH 24, Mark…
Hobart yachtsman Nick Rogers has won his 12th Prince Philip Cup In the International Dragon class, adding to an extraordinary list of State, National and World Championship victories going back nearly four decades. In the last two summers the now…
Emirates Team New Zealand, the Defender of the 35th America's Cup to be held in Auckland in 2021, has released an amazing video of their AC75 flying over a camera in the Hauraki Gulf. Go to https://emirates-team-new-zealand.americascup.com/ to watch the video. Make…
Racing was abandoned due to poor air quality and low visibility from the bush fires along with light shifty wind on day three of the Youth Championships at Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club (SSCBC). After waiting five hours for…
Sutech Musto Racing is the new Australian 16ft skiff champion, winning by the narrowest margin in an enthralling game of snakes-and-ladders on the final day at Port Stephens NSW. The Manly skiff, helmed by Daniel Turner with Angus Williams and…
Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Anders Pedersen) has extended its lead to nine points with just two races to sail at the 2020 5.5 Metre World Championship, at the Royal Prince Alfred YC, in Newport, Australia. New…
Several leading boats got knocked off their perch atop the standings after a tricky second day today at the Australian Youth Championships at Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club (SSCBC). Racing didn’t get underway until 45 minutes after the scheduled…
The Winning Group team of John Winning Jr., Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton didn't start in today's final race of the NSW Championship as the team had already won the title title but today's winner Tech2 showed that the Winning…
The 2020 Australian Sports Boat Nationals will be held between February 16 and 20 at the Royal Motor Yacht Club, Toronto. There is a quality fleet of boats preparing to “bring it on” to the current national champion Malcolm Dean…
High seas, following a very strong overnight southerly change, stopped all racing on Day 3 of the 2020 International 5.5 Metre World Championship, at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club on Pittwater in Sydney, Australia. The overnight change brought a…
Strong winds provided exciting conditions on the first day of racing at the 2020 Australian Youth Championships at Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club (SSCBC) on Melbourne's Port Phillip today, with 22 to 25 knot south-westerly winds gusting 30 awaited competitors….
Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard/Johan Barne/Anders Pedersen) was again the boat of the day at the 2020 International 5.5 Metre World Championship, in Newport, Australia, to lead the fleet after the second day of racing. Artemis XIV opened the…
A surprise ‘daily double’ by Newcastle Financial Planning Group (NFPG) has put the wind up the leading contenders in the 2020 Australian 16ft and 13ft Skiff Championships at Port Stephens, on a day where pressure was high but the breeze…
The opening race of the 2020 International 5.5 Metre World Championship, hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Newport, Australia, was sailed in a moderate southerly on the Palm Beach Circle. Winner of last week’s Scandinavian Gold Cup…
The Australian 29er Nationals came down to a thrilling finish on the final day of racing yesterday as Tasmanians Charlie Zeeman and Ethan Galbraith held on to clinch an emphatic victory at the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron. While the pair didn't…
11-year-old Aussie Joel Beashel has jumped up the leaderboard on the final day of the 2020 Musto Optimist Nationals to be crowned Australian champion and first overall in the regatta against a string of talented international entrants. The final day…
In just a few days’ time, on Monday January 13 at 11.59pm, the chance to enter the 2020 MacGlide Festival of Sails will close to boat owners wishing to be part of the historic Australia Day regatta from January 25…
Jason Ker, designer of the Ker 40 Showtime which sank after losing its keel on a delivery journey after the Rolex Sydney Hobart, has issued a statement about the incident: I’d like to make clear that the keel lost by…
The fifth day of racing at the Musto Optimist Australian and Open Championship saw Melbourne finally turn on some classic conditions with a building sea breeze. The race course from the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria positioned in front of…
The 61st National Heron Sailing Championship was contested at Lake Cootharaba, just north of Noosa, on 28 December 2019 – 3 January 2020, in an eight-day regatta. The Jack Holt designed Heron is a two-person dinghy sailed in all states…
The final day of the International 5.5 Metre Class Cups in Newport, Australia brought the most complex set of conditions yet with only Ku-Ring-Gai (AUS62, John Bacon, Terry Wetton, James Mayjor) hanging onto their series lead to take the Hankø…
There were more ‘lefts’ and ‘rights’ thrown than in a pub stoush during the 2020 Australian 16ft and 13ft Skiff Championships at Port Stephens today, with the fleet going vastly separate ways in intriguing conditions during races 4 and 5….
National championships for the Finn, OK Dinghy and Mosquito Catamaran classes have started to take shape with overall results for each class allowing a few event favourites to emerge. While there's close competition in all fleets, some top contenders have…
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