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The first time Donna Lange sailed around the world by herself it was hardly an easy journey. Over 290 days at sea in her 28-foot sailboat, Inspired Insanity, she battled through 60-foot waves and 55-knot winds. She hit tropical storms…
We are sitting at anchor in the south arm of Port Clinton Queensland, which is not a port at all in the usual sense. Not a building, road, wharf or beacon anywhere. The wind has been howling through at 25…
On a recent cruise to the remote and picturesque Louisiade Archipelago in eastern Papua New Guinea an interesting discovery lay tucked away in a clearing above the mangrove lined shore. At the time, little was thought of it as the…
John Kanafoski was rescued by the US Coast Guard off Florida after his small yacht caught fire and he abandoned it to save his dog. The coastguard reported that Kanafoski was found 69 miles west of Hudson, Florida. The man…
The vessel in question is a De Haviland Norseman 14 foot aluminium dinghy that I suspect was made around 1972. It has three thwarts and currently pushed by a 11 kilowatt Mercury two stroke. Running properly it will do 20…
We stood transfixed under Dingo's spray hood and, wine glasses in hand, watched in horror as 70-knot winds wrought havoc on the boats to leeward. Our friends’ 40-foot Dufour was sheering wildly, the anchor was dragging and their inflatable, tied…
52 Cruising boats of all shapes and sizes from all over the world, came together for the start of the Multihull Solutions 2015 Sail 2 Indonesia Rally run by the Island Cruising Association. The official muster was held at the…
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club has announced a long-term partnership has been secured with Geelong’s Rex Gorell Land Rover for the Festival of Sails regatta. Rex Gorell Land Rover will be the presenting partner for the next three years, following…
On 30 September 1969, the Coral Sea Island Bill officially acquired Australia’s tenth external territory. The Coral Sea occupies that part of the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Australia between the parallels of Sandy Cape and Torres Strait, bounded…
A recent survey has been produced discussing gender balance in various sports in Australia, with sailing putting in a poor showing of female participation. Some sports are still overwhelmingly played by one sex more than the other: 85% of regular…
Representatives from Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Mauritius are in Australia working with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to strengthen search and rescue capabilities in the Indian Ocean region. The Search and Rescue Capability Partnership Program commenced in January and…
The Furneaux Group is a jewel in Bass Strait. It consists of some 52 isles, many offering safe, unspoilt and varied anchorages. We have spent several summers exploring these waters. For us the attraction is its remoteness and the fact…
As the fleet for Hamilton Island Race Week 2015 continues to grow at a record pace, a new trend is emerging. A sizeable increase in interest in the regatta from ‘highway helmsmen’ – trailable yacht owners. This unexpected surge of…
He sailed three times around the world without stopping and has circumnavigated a total of nine times without major incident. But luck ran out for famous Australian solo sailor Jon Sanders yesterday when his yacht began to fill with water…
This week, two World Cruising Club rallies converged on Marina de Lagos in southern Portugal marking the end of their multi-leg journeys to the Algarve. ARC Europe began six weeks ago in Nanny Cay, Tortola and Portsmouth, Virginia and the…
The 9th annual Seawind Whitsunday Rally, hosted by Multihull Central last week, saw over half a dozen catamarans and thirty crew enjoy island hopping around the beautiful Whitsunday Islands for a week of social racing, sundowners plus onshore and offshore parties….
Martime Executive Two New Zealand sailors and their Mexican skipper have been rescued from a liferaft 280km south of the tiny Pacific Ocean coral island Niue after their yacht caught fire just after midnight last night. The 15m United…
Many people sail in their local waters, dreaming of one day being able to sail across an ocean. Well, maybe now you can. Cruising Helmsman has received a request from noted doctor Alan Profke looking for crew to assist in…
Water Police currently searching the water after a yacht was located washed up near Mallacoota this morning. Crew on an abalone boat spotted the yacht on the rocks around 9.45am and raised the alarm. It’s believed the boat belongs to…
Mailonline. By Jane Flanagan. When Peter and Carly Hill set sail around the coast of South Africa, it was supposed to be just another trip to add to their long list of adventures. But the journey turned into a nightmare when…
Hot on the heels of recent success by Team SCA in the Volvo Ocean Race, Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek organisers are proud to welcome the all-female “Sailescapes Farrgo Ladies” team to the regatta this year. Led by local sailing…
The Scottish Herald newspaper is reporting a dramatic step taken by the small town of Portsoy to ensure nothing upsets the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Traditional Boat Festival on July 4 and 5: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/ If you are not a believer…
Wicklow Sailing Club, in association with the Royal Ocean Racing Club and Royal Irish Yacht Club, gives notice that the 2016 Round Ireland Yacht Race is scheduled to start from Wicklow Bay at 14:00 hrs on Saturday 18th June 2016….
Great Sandy Straits Marina, 26 June through 12 July inclusive. After success here in 2014, resulting in a $321 donation to Marine Rescue Hervey Bay, Great Sandy Straits Marina welcomes the Floating Impressions ‘Boatique’ Exhibition on SV CatNirvana back to the local area….
The Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) of Australia has announced its partnering with the 2015 Port2Port Down Under Rally, which will take place during October and November 2015. Every year around 200 privately owned cruising yachts and catamarans participate in the…
PHUKET, Thailand – The Thai island of Phuket is preparing for an influx of visitors in July, as more than 500 sailors and spectators from around the world head to the Island to compete in the Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket…
A few weeks ago we ran the story (see Related Content) of the cruising catamaran that hit rocks near Phuket. Thanks to Bob Mott of www.chartercatamaran.com and Gren Fordham of www.southeastasiapilot.com we now have an update and it sounds as though the rocks…
It will be four years since the last but it is a welcome return to the Australian National Maritime Museum. Today (Thursday) the ANMM launched its 2016 Classic and Wooden Boat Festival, announcing that the event will take place Friday…
The Petersville Regatta is returning to the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Sailing Calendar. The regatta will be held from 27 – 30 December 2015 and is set to be reinstated as the club’s flagship annual event. The Squadron hopes the regatta…
Following a three-day weather delay, crews of yachts taking part in World Cruising Club's annual ARC Portugal waved good bye to Plymouth's Mayflower Marina for the first leg of their sail south to the Algarve coast of Portugal. High winds…
We have received an update on the beached yacht in Phuket from Bob Mott of Charter Catamarans. The original story is attached (see Related Content) but in a nutshell two Australians paid a deposit on the yacht, took it for…
The Royal Yacht Club of Victoria has announced the replacement and extension of its current marina with the latest in floating marinas. Being the oldest royal yacht club in Australia, 'Royals' believes it has an understanding of the requirements needed…
Bay of Plenty Times. A yacht missing at sea may never be found, after the revelation the locator beacon transmitting its position is no longer with the boat. Two men who had planned to travel from Opua to the Marlborough…
Anyone who has sailed to the Louisiades at the whip end of the PNG 'tail' knows the struggle these villagers have day-by-day. Many people pay respect to these islands by providing goods, food, medicines and services when they can and…
Yachts sailing under the flags of 20 different nations and crews from many more, set sail from Nanny Cay, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands on Saturday 9 May for their offshore adventures as part of two World Cruising Club…
A bumper fleet of over 50 boats from 20 different countries will take part in World Cruising Club's Spring rallies – ARC Europe and ARC USA – set to depart on Saturday 9th May. Venturing west to east across the…
According to The Guardian newspaper, a six-year-old French girl died from hypothermia on Thursday after a yacht she and her family were on capsized during the night off the mid-Atlantic Azores islands. “The little girl spent seven and a half…
Bob Mott, who runs Charter Catamaran in Thailand has sent us photographs of a cruising catamaran that has been severely holed after a collision with an unchartered reef near Phuket. Bob reports that the owner, Andre, is a French Canadian…
So you are in the chandlery looking at two shackles: same size, both galvanised and they both look strong. The rated shackle (the one with a painted pin usually) is $10, the other one is only $3.50. Tony Little’s photo…
The entry form and Notice of Race for Airlie Beach Race Week 2015 are online and organisers are expecting a good roll up for the annual event’s 26th edition, with some well-known multihulls among the early entries already received. Open…
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