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The 2023 Australian 16ft Championships have started in dramatic circumstances after heat one was abandoned due to a luxury cruise liner making its way out of Sydney Harbour. Minutes before Light and Wonder (Matt Meaney) just edged out Belmont stablemate…
The opening shots will be fired in The Ocean Race 2023 on Sunday with the start of the In-Port Race Series The battle for The Ocean Race begins this Sunday, 8 January, as the fleet prepares for the first In…
7 January 2023Today the World ARC 2023-24 fleet set off from Saint Lucia at 12 noon beginning their adventure of a lifetime following years of dreaming, thinking, planning and preparations. 19 yachts took the start from the 23 strong fleet…
Nicholson wins the 2022/2023 Cherub National Title by Sarah Imlay Banjo Nicholson and Thomas Steenson from Belmont 16ft Sailing Club have claimed victory at the Vaikobi 58th National Cherub Championship in 3170 ‘Harden Up’ after seven trying days of racing….
A big Day 1 on Lake Macquarie for the 9er fleets. With wind between 5 and 30 knots, sunshine, storms and 90 degree windshifts it was a challenge for sailors and race committee alike. Click here to see a video…
CONDITIONS PEAK ON LAST DAY OF RACING FOR STRONG FINISH! Hopes were not originally high for Day 4 of QOIN Sail Paradise 2023, but Racing was blessed with high tides and strong 15 plus knot winds on a bright and…
The 9th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race starts from Marina Lanzarote on Sunday 8th January, supported by Calero Marinas, the International Maxi Association and the Yacht Club de France. Crews are in final preparation for the 3,000-mile race to…
By Monte Bovill and James Dunlevie – ABC News A yacht abandoned during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race has washed ashore on one of Tasmania’s most remote beaches after drifting for a week, with concerns for the area’s culture…
National Champion, Olympian, International Sailor, or Weekend Warrior – It all starts in the Juniors! Daniel Turner thinks he may have been 13, possibly 14, when he had what you could call a sailing epiphany. “It was a juniors’ swap…
Date: 3rd January 2023 Day 1 of the series was a great success! Day 2 was looking good with 8-knot winds and 1 metre swell which made for much smoother racing under the clear blue skies. The fleet of 40-plus…
Calero Marinas – Marina Lanzarote, Arrecife, Canary Islands to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada Marina Lanzarote, 4 January 2023: Near perfect, record conditions are forecast for the start of the RORC Transatlantic Race, supported by Calero Marinas, the…
There was no racing on day 3 of the Oceania & Australian Open & Youth ILCA Laser Championships due to strong winds gusting over 30 knots on Sydney’s Botany Bay. The moderate winds on the first two days allowed each…
Report by Tony Bull. Well, the World Championship for the International Cadet Class 2022 has been completed. It ended up being a success for Team GBR with Toby Bush and Kemmel Thorogood winning with a race to spare! Runners up…
In Manly 16s Centenary Year – Past Champions will be honoured at the Nationals 7-14th January Trevor Barnabas was a reluctant but delighted bystander the moment Manly 16ft Skiff Club shed its bridesmaid tag and became a national champion for…
Hugh Stodart is one of those champion 18 footer skippers whose statistical record doesn’t truly reflect his talent and successes, and therefore doesn’t get the recognition that his performances in the 18s really deserves. Like others before him, Hugh came…
A sunny Cape Town provided the perfect backdrop for the Cape2Rio start on Monday 2 January. 16 teams left Royal Cape Yacht Club in and a light westerly wind of 10 knots for a 14h00 start just off Granger Bay….
3rd January 2023The organisers of the 37th America’s Cup welcome the Société nautique de Saint-Tropez and their representative team K-Challenge Racing as a challenger for the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona in 2024 and led by Stephane Kandler and Bruno…
The Oceania & Australian Open & Youth ILCA Laser Championships will be the largest dinghy championships for an adult and youth class in Australia this summer. The championships are being sailed 3rd to 8th January at Georges River Sailing Club,…
11 boats are assembling in Alicante, Spain this week in final preparation for the start of The Ocean Race 2022-23. And the activity on shore is ramping up as well, with Alicante’s Ocean Live Park opening on Saturday 7 January….
January 2, 2023 Banjo Nicholson and Thomas Steenson Lead Cherub Nationals by Sarah Imlay After five stellar races, Banjo Nicholson and Thomas Steenson from Belmont 16ft Sailing Club are winning the Vaikobi 58th National Cherub Championship overall in 3170 ‘Harden…
The Cockburn Sound Regatta, organised and run by The Cruising Yacht Club of WA, is a 4 day event held between Boxing Day held on the beautiful and protected waters of Mangles Bay off Rockingham. Two years ago some of…
Visitors to Geelong and local families will have a unique opportunity to get up close to the finishing racing action of the iconic Festival of Sails Passage Race on Thursday, January 26 with a special one-hour cruise on the ‘Geelong…
Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Sunday, 1st of January 2023 Boxing Day is always a special day in Australia as the Sydney to Hobart race fleet rushes south towards Tasmania. This long-standing sailing event is famous for its Maxi Yachts competing…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Cole as the new Racing Manager from 1st January 2023, succeeding Chris Stone who will continue as a consultant to the Race Management team for the new…
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s team director summarizes a very positive 18-month period and anticipates goals for 2023. On the eve of the Christmas break, Max Sirena, team director and skipper of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, reviews the America’s Cup campaign…
The 2023 Wing Foil Nationals are proudly part of the North Aussie Wing Series and are set to take place in Rose Bay, Sydney between the 3-5th February, 2023. Kiteboarding Australia has orgainsed some of the best wing racers in…
1330hrs (AEDT) | Saturday 31 December It took Carlos Aydos and co-skipper Peter Grayson half a day on the two-handed entry Crux to overcome the frustration of their botched start to the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Crux, an…
0830hrs (AEDT) | Sunday 1 January 2023 The arrival of Kathy Veel and Bridget Canham in Hobart last night was like something out of a fairytale; the last arrivals in the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race slipped into the…
1500hrs (AEDT) | Saturday 31 December Peter Langman sailed Maluka, the oldest and smallest yacht in the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet, across the Castray Esplanade finish line in Hobart at 03:39:16pm yesterday afternoon – a huge achievement for the…
5pm, 31 December 2022 Maritimo 11 has been through the highs and lows of racing over the last few weeks, but capped 2022 off perfectly by winning line honours and every handicap category in which they were entered, in the…
The 2022 MJ Nationals wrapped up yesterday on Pittwater after 3 days of sailing and lots of fun, which is what this class is all about. The 17 Open fleet entries and 8 Novice teams had a bit of everything…
2030hrs (AEDT) | Friday 30 December Rupert Henry and Greg O’Shea have sailed Henry’s Lombard 34, Mistral, to victory in the Two-Handed Division of the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the pair also claiming the Two-Handed ORCi win and…
1800hrs (AEDT) | Friday 30 December It was an emotional ‘last drinks’ for the crew of White Bay 6 Azzurro as they sat on board the 34-footer for the last time after finishing the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race…
Cruising Catamaran Maintenance In this blog from TMG Yachts, we will look at a few of the processes and methods for managing any wear and tear or chafing, on a cruising catamaran or a cruising vessel of any kind. From…
3pm 30 December 2022 Champagne sailing, storms, repairs and smiles – stories from the 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race 2022 As the Hobart docks fill with the 50th Melbourne to Hobart fleet and families hug and reunite, stories are…
1230hrs (AEDT) | Friday 30 December Sam Haynes has pledged to return for the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in a bid to defend his TP52 Celestial’s title as the overall winner and holder of the Tattersall Cup. Haynes…
Fork in the Road limps in for Line Honours, Sundowner wins Overall FOR THE 2022 Willie Smith’s Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race. Bagging their 9th Line Honours win, Fork in the Road drifted by the Iron Pot at 11:00am yesterday…
7:30am 30 December 2022 While the crew of line honours winner Maritimo 11 is celebrating their win and have their fingers crossed for a clean sweep of all handicap divisions, half of the fleet is still at sea in the…
0800hrs (AEDT) | Friday 30 December For a brief moment in the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Thomas Kneen, the British owner of the JPK 11.80 Sunrise, thought: “This is ridiculous. Why are we doing this?” It was on…
1830hrs (AEDT) | Thursday 29 December It was never going to be anything but emotionally charged when Sam Haynes and his Celestial crew were crowned overall winners of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Haynes and some of the same…
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