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At 1406hrs today (Friday local time), Australian Mark Sinclair crossed the famous Nouch Sud cardinal buoy off Les Sables d’Olonne in France, ending a 174-day solitary voyage at sea with some preparation for the Golden Globe Race starting 4th September,…
A young Aussie ILCA 7 squad has fought on another challenging day of shifty conditions at the World Championships in Mexico. Decision making is proving to be key with the wind shifts occasionally oscillating and rewarding a more conservative strategy,…
Vallarta, Mexico – Jean-Baptiste Bernaz from France has amassed a large 20-point lead at the ILCA 7 (ex-Laser) World Championship after two races were held, the fleet greeted with lighted and shiftier winds as they arrived in the starting area…
Tomorrow (Sunday) 21-year-old Australian Xavier Doerr will commence ‘The Little Aussie Lap’, a solo non-stop unassisted circumnavigation of Australia, on his 21ft Mini Transat yacht, Waterline. The Queensland sailor will attempt to beat the World Speed Sailing and Guinness World…
Owner-driver teams did well on day two of the GC32 Riva Cup, but it was Alinghi Red Bull Racing – SUI 8 and the Team Rockwool Racing team that spent the day at each other’s throats. While Arnaud Psarofaghis’ Swiss…
Quantum Racing took another step closer to her first 52 Super Series regatta win since July 2019, when she won the only race sailed today, at the Abanca 52 Super Series Baiona Sailing Week.Key to the team’s success was a…
Los Angeles, California: The Transpacific Yacht Club is pleased to announce that the entry process is open for the 2023 edition of the Los Angeles to Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race, known as the Transpac and on its 52nd edition of…
World Sailing is excited to announce the re-launch of the World Sailing Show to premiere on 30 May 2022, with each 30-minute episode featuring news, profiles and racing highlights from across the world of sailing. Produced by Sunset+Vine, shows will…
Professional offshore sailing outfit, 11th Hour Racing Team, left Concarneau, France bound for its home base in Newport, Rhode Island on its first major ocean crossing in its new IMOCA race boat, Mālama, ahead of the 60-foot yacht entering The…
Emirates Team New Zealand’s land yacht ‘Horonuku’ will be used for their Wind Powered Land Speed World Record attempt later this year. The design and construction of ‘Horonuku’ was done so with a large variability in mind to be able…
The Victorian Institute of Sport has announced the winners of its Victorian Youth Scholarship Program for 2022/23. Six of the recipients, out of a state total of 18, are members of the Mornington Yacht Club. The scholarships are awarded to…
Lighter winds were seen today in Vallarta, Mexico for the ILCA 7 World Championship with a moderate 9 to 11-knot thermal breeze on the course. It took the Race Committee three attempts to get competition underway with the fleet punching…
Emirates Team New Zealand and the Project Speed team have been making the most of their testing at Auckland’s RNZAF Whenuapai base this past week in a range of weather which Glenn Ashby and the team have utilised to continue…
The Ocean Race, the world’s toughest test of a team in sport, is aiming for a 50:50 split of women and men competing in the round-the-world sailing fleet within the next three editions of the Race, building on its historical…
Galicia, Spain: Lighter winds prevailed on Galicia’s beautiful Ria de Vigo as the third day of racing at the Abanca 52 Super Series Baiona Sailing Week produced two different race winners and saw Quantum Racing step clear at the top…
The winds on Lake Garda were up and down for today’s opening rounds of the GC32 Riva Cup, first event of the 2022 GC32 Racing Tour. To the south of Riva del Garda, the racing was delayed only slightly but…
Between the Australian Superyacht, Marine Export and Commercial Marine (ASMEX) Conference and Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show (SCIBS), Rivergate Marina & Shipyard and Australian International Marine Export Group (AIMEX) hosted their annual VIP Dinner, gathering guests drawn from the superyacht…
One of the pinnacle events of the IRC rating system in the UK, will take place over June 10-12 from Cowes. This year’s edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s IRC National Championship will be its 24th and as usual…
With great anticipation the ninth season of the GC32 Racing Tour sets sail tomorrow (Thursday 26th May) with the GC32 Riva Cup.
Four out of five Australians have booked spots in the final series at the ILCA 7 World Championship being held in Mexico. It was moving day on Banderas Bay for Sydney’s Finn Alexander on the final day of qualifying racing…
Golden Globe Race (GGR) veteran, Australian oceanographer Mark Sinclair, ‘Captain Coconut’, crossed the Les Sables d’Olonne start line of the GGR’s 50th anniversary nearly four years ago on July 1, 2018. This Friday, May 27, he will finally cross the finish line as…
Following cancelation in 2020 and 2021, organisers at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron are looking forward to welcoming all for the 30th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), to be held over the Queen’s Birthday weekend, 10-13 June, 2022. “It’s going to be…
The Australian sailing community is mourning the passing of one of its greatest contributors, David Forbes OAM (1934-2022). Born in Sydney, Forbes went on to become one of Australia’s most successful yachtsmen throughout a domestic and international career. “We have…
Galicia, Spain: While Quantum Racing made the best of the great conditions on Galicia’s Ría de Vigo on the second day of the Abanca 52 Super Series Baiona Sailing Week scoring a first and a second, it is Phoenix which has…
Australian solo sailing record holder Lisa Blair has made landfall in Albany, Western Australian today, Wednesday May 25, shaving 10 days off the record to claim the Antarctica Cup and the World Sailing Speed Record for the fastest circumnavigation of…
Stéphane Girolata has discovered the sea and sailing almost by chance, whilst running a mushroom farming business he wanted to get a boating licence to reach out to new potential clients anchored in the bay of Saint-Tropez. It was a turning…
For 130 years 18 footer sailors have been regarded as talented larrikins who like to challenge the elements, go fast, win at all costs, have a drink and place a bet on the races. One of the modern-day champions who…
Marine technology company savvy navvy has teamed up with Meteomatics, the global leader in weather intelligence, giving users of the all-in-one boating app smarter weather solutions adapted to their location. The latest feature from UK-based savvy navvy, often referred to…
The lure of sailing on the warm waters of the Whitsunday islands in August, not to mention the competition from Australia-wide, has owners and crews once again feeling the pull of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) and all it offers…
Building consistency is the greatest challenge for the Australian ILCA 7 squad, as they battle it out with the world’s best on Banderas Bay at the 2022 World Championship. Luke Elliott continued to show he knows how to make it…
Galicia, Spain: The Plattner family’s Phoenix team, with man of the moment Tom Slingsby calling tactics, issued a clear statement of intent when they unrolled a truly comprehensive victory in the first race of the 52 Super Series Baiona Sailing…
Victoria: Here at Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club (QCYC), under the helm of a new Chair, Lee Renfree, we don’t shy from asking ourselves the tough questions and putting in the hard yards to achieve real change. We aim to be…
From October 28 to November 20, 2022, Bahrain will host the Star Sailors League (SSL) Gold Cup 2022 Final Series, sailing’s version of the Football World Cup. The SSL Gold Cup, a World Sailing special event organised every four years…
Australian solo sailing record holder Lisa Blair is set to make landfall in Albany, Western Australian tomorrow morning, (Wednesday May 25) shaving 10 days off the record to claim the Antarctica Cup and the World Sailing Speed Record for the…
Emirates Team New Zealand’s land yacht pilot Glenn Ashby reflects on the first week of testing on ‘Horonuku’ ahead of their Wind Powered Land Speed World Record attempt later this year. We have just completed a successful week of testing…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Blair is still trying to raise money to…
The opening day of the 2022 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship took place under the hot Mexican sun on Banderas Bay, where 126 sailors began their hard road for the gold. Racing is due to take place every day until…
The Australian Sailing Team came out of the blocks firing on day one of the ILCA 7 World Championships in Mexico, with Western Australian Luke Elliot winning the first race of the 12-race series. Elliot’s early win turned out to…
Teenage solo cruiser Katie McCabe has set her sights on a transatlantic crossing in a 21ft race boat. The 14-year-old said: “After spending eight weeks on board the lovely Falanda as I completed my circumnavigation of Britain last summer, I only fell…
Spain: The 52 Super Series fleet warmed up for Tuesday’s start of the 2022 season with three good practice races today on the beautiful ría de Vigo off Baiona where the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit is visiting for…
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