Ocean Race – Dancing around the low
The leaders are approaching the middle of the low pressure system that has them racing north at a 500-mile day pace… It’s been a bumpy ride for the past two days of The Ocean Race as winds in the 25-30…
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Alinghi Red Bull Racing christens second AC40
The Swiss challenger for the 37th America’s Cup has received its second AC40 foiling boat and, following a christening ceremony attended by the Barcelona team, it headed out to the America’s Cup race course for a test sail. This one-design…
CYCA to adopt a single rating rule
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia to adopt single rating rule for the 2023/24 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore Over the years, IRC and ORCi rating rules have diverged. The complexity and workload for owners and crews in maintaining adherence…
Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show opens tomorrow
IT is finally here, the day the marine world has been waiting for: Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show 2023 (SCIBS) officially opens tomorrow and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. With over 300 exhibitors, 100-plus new product…
Fast boats ready for take-off at Airlie Beach Race Week
Airlie Beach Race Week is sure to set pulses racing and hearts pumping when the multihulls and sports boats take to the water for the 35th running of the annual Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) takes off from 10-17 August. The…
Almost 500 entries for 50th Fastnet Race
The 50th anniversary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship event, the Rolex Fastnet Race will set sail in just under two months’ time on Saturday, 22nd July from Cowes to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin in northern France via the Fastnet Rock….
Ocean Race – Speeding towards the target
The boats are taking advantage of favourable conditions to leave Newport behind, with Aarhus in their sights It’s been a fast 24 hours in The Ocean Race, with teams making around 500 miles towards the target of the finish line…
Talk turns to weather for inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race
As interest builds in the inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race, to start Saturday 7 October 2023 on Sydney Harbour, talk has turned to likely weather patterns, so organisers at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) naturally turned to world-renowned…
Ocean Race – 11th Hour Racing Team leads into the Atlantic
The IMOCA fleet moves east into the open ocean It’s 11th Hour Racing Team at the head of the fleet on Monday as the four racing IMOCAs push east into the Atlantic Ocean. After being squeezed between two Marine Mammal…
Mooloolaba Yacht Club clubhouse opening
A large crowd celebrated on Saturday the rich 56-year-old history of Mooloolaba Yacht Club and its opportunities for growth into the future with the opening of its new clubhouse. It’s been a long road for the club to reach this…
Realteam Sailing clinches victory at the TF35 Geneva Cup
In stark contrast to the last three days when Lake Geneva delivered a brisk 10-15 knot breeze and a solid 5-race per day program, the final day of the TF35 Geneva Cup, hosted by Société Nautique de Genève, had to…
Team Malizia wins Newport In Port Race and leads fleet towards the open Atlantic
It was a picture-perfect day in Newport for the start of leg 5 across the Atlantic Ocean to Aarhus, Denmark Newport, Rhode Island earned its title as one of the great homes of sailing on Sunday providing beautiful conditions for…
Close competition at Swan Sardinia Challenge
The Swan Sardinia Challenge delivered spectacular conditions and close racing for the owners and crews competing in the second instalment of the season-long The Nations League 2023. Teams in the ClubSwan 50, ClubSwan 42 and ClubSwan 36 one-design classes gathered…
Défi Wind 2023
1400 boards. How is this for a hectic start line? For more info on the race click here
Pro Sailing Tour’s testing second leg sets scene for dramatic ‘Final Rush’
A shortened course, racers just a minute apart, and a second victory for Erwan Le Roux and Keosio — the challenging second stage of the Pro Sailing Tour has set the scene for Sunday’s dramatic finale. The five Ocean Fifty…
Sail Port Stephens Bay Series sailors treated to sparkling conditions
Off-the-beach sailing was the winner today as more than 90 boats, comprising sports boats, J70s, International Canoes, RS Aeros, Finns, OK dinghies, Windsurfers and a smorgasbord of other classes, competed on three race tracks in Day 2 of the Sail…
Ocean Race – Newport In Port Race postponed
Due to deteriorating weather, Saturday’s In Port Race in Newport has been postponed and will now be incorporated into the start of Leg 5. Safety is a top priority for The Ocean Race. With a forecast for increasing winds, deteriorating…
Impressive performances at TF35 Geneva Cup Day 3
At the morning briefing for day three of the TF35 Geneva Cup, there was uncertainty as to whether the forecasted wind would hold on long enough to allow for a full racing schedule. However, with 10- 15 knots on the…
Plymouth Fastnet 500 set to be a regular feature
The 2nd edition of the Plymouth Fastnet 500 takes place on Sunday 13th August. Starting on and finishing from Plymouth Sound, this is a great option to see the Fastnet rock in all its splendour without the logistical headaches before…
Ocean Race – The fight for first starts in Newport
Three teams are within one point at the top of the leaderboard… Four IMOCA teams will compete in the Newport In Port Race on Saturday before heading off across the Atlantic as The Ocean Race leaves the Americas and returns…
Exceptional performance from Realteam Sailing at TF35 Geneva Cup
Day 2 of the TF35 Geneva Cup was marked by an exceptional performance from Jérôme Clerc and his crew on Realteam Sailing, as they claimed victory in four out of five races sailing an almost perfect day. The only team…
470 Euros – Jerwood and Nicholas finish on a high note
Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas (Australian Sailing Squad) have finished the 2023 Mixed 470 European Championship in San Remo, Italy on a high note, achieving their best result at a major international event. The West Australian pair came tantalisingly close…
470 Euros – Lessons learned as Medal Race approaches
In the three races completed on Day 4 of the 2023 Mixed 470 European Championship, Australia’s top ranked team of Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas (Australian Sailing Squad), dropped just one place and learned some valuable lessons with just one…
A quarter point secures North Star IMA Maxi Europeans victory
After seeing victory slip through his fingers in 2022 when his Maxi 72 North Star was becalmed on the final run into the finish of the last race, today owner Peter Dubens, tactician Nick Rogers and the North Star crew…
Superb opening day for the 2023 TF35 season
A superb opening day for the 2023 TF35 season, hosted this week by the esteemed Société Nautique de Genève, saw different teams come to the fore, with Bertrand Demole’s Ylliam XII – Comptoir Immobilier winning the day with an impressive…
Domonkos Nemeth makes history to take both Finn European titles
Domonkos Nemeth from Hungary took it right to the wire but claimed both the 2023 Open and U23 Finn Europeans in Csopak, Hungary on Thursday. In doing so, he becomes the first sailor ever to win both the senior and…
Manly 16ft Skiff Club Centenary Presentation night
It was a Night of Stars as the sailors and volunteers of Manly 16Ft Skiff celebrated the season and winners of the Club Championships in the Centenary Year. It has been a memorable year at the club and it was…
Emirates Team NZ to purchase 10 Elliott 7’s for RNZYS programmes
Emirates Team New Zealand is directly investing in the future of New Zealand’s world class sailing talent by purchasing a renewed fleet of ten Elliott 7’s yachts for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s Mastercard Youth Training Programme (YTP) and…
470 Euros – Two Aussie teams into Gold fleet finals
A superb Day 3 on the water for Australian teams competing at the 2023 Mixed 470 European Championship, Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas (Australian Sailing Squad), along with Sophie Jackson and Angus Higgins (Australian Sailing Futures), making it into the…
Double bullet day for Vesper at IMA Maxi Europeans
After one offshore and two days of coastal racing, today the fleet competing out of Sorrento, Italy for the International Maxi Association’s Maxi European Championship were sent off on two windward-leeward courses on the Bay of Naples along the north…
Domonkos Nemeth moves closer to first Finn European title
Domonkos Nemeth from Hungary took three more race wins on the fourth day of the 2023 Open and U23 Finn Europeans in Csopak, Hungary to take a commanding lead with just one more day to sail. Laurent Hay, from France,…
Sailing at “Full Volume” – A rare ride on the AC75 ‘TE REHUTAI’
A first hand account by Magnus Wheatley The opportunity for a non-professional sailor to ride aboard an AC75 is, undoubtedly, a once-in-a-lifetime experience and something so scarce in sailing to be almost unfathomable. So tight are the America’s Cup testing…
Sydney International Boat Show presents New Products and Premieres
Advances in design and technology shape the diverse line up of exhibitors at the 2023 Sydney International Boat Show, 3 – 6 August at the International Convention Centre, Sydney and adjacent Cockle Bay. With the opportunity for visitors to see…
Making Waves in Queensland!
On Friday 5th May, Making Waves Queensland took delivery of their latest program yacht “The Tribe” (a Farr 40) which was trucked all the way from South Australia, with Federal Member for Bonner Ross Vasta MP, Julian Martin, CEO of…
2023 Pittwater Cup
Nothing can interfere with the Beneteau Pittwater Cup The 2023 Beneteau Pittwater Cup marked the 22nd running of this popular event. Beneteaus from Sydney Harbour, Gosford, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle and Port Stephens often attend, and this year would be no…
Pro Sailing Tour 2023 sees dramatic end to the first stage
The first leg of the 2023 Pro Sailing Tour concluded in dramatic fashion on Sunday with the leading two trimarans separated by less than one minute after 42 hours of high-intensity racing. Erwan Le Roux on Koesio – racing with…
Day 2 racing abandoned 470 Euros
Once again, the vagaries of the weather played havoc with the fleet on Day 2 of racing at the 2023 Mixed 470 European Championship in San Remo, Italy where the only race of the day was abandoned in its final…
Lap of Capri and a photo finish at the IMA Maxi Europeans
While many were predicting the second day of inshore/coastal competition for the IMA Maxi European Championship would be cancelled due to the heinous conditions forecast and even an official storm warning issued because of an intense depression passing over Naples,…
Domonkos Nemeth in charge at Finn Euros
The U23 Finn World Champion, Domonkos Nemeth from Hungary, laid down a marker on the third day of the 2023 Open and U23 Finn Europeans in Csopak, Hungary with two emphatic wins that puts him back at the top of…
Slow start to 470 European Championship for Australia
Day 1 of racing at the 2023 Mixed 470 European Championship was punctuated by a long delay ashore followed by a thunderstorm and lightning on the waters of San Remo in Italy where the Australian teams taking part did not…
