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Sail Sydney competitors ready to race
The 2021 Sail Sydney regatta is shaping up to provide quality sailing action with a large fleet of sailors keen to hit the water and compete after another disrupted year of racing. From Thursday December 9 to Sunday December 12,…
SailGP Season 3: First eight cities unveiled
SailGP returns in its third season with additional new teams, more iconic cities and thrilling racing as it reaffirms its status as the most exciting and purpose-driven racing on-water. The future has never looked brighter for SailGP as it expands…
Whisper and Scallywag shine in Big Boat Challenge
Whisper’s impressive form continued with overall victory in the 2021 SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, as SHK Scallywag 100 took line honours in a stunning showdown on Sydney Harbour. The sun shone on the two super maxis and seven mini maxis for the 14 nautical…
Addicted to More Adventure
Addicted to More Adventure is the sequel to the first Addicted to Adventure by sailor and adventurer Bob Shepton. The adventures here are more varied, in time as well as place and content. There are many diverse adventures involving sailing…
Fast-finishing Aussies ‘on the up’ towards Paris 2024
The ILCA 6 World Championships concluded in Oman overnight with two Australians finishing in the top 15. Tokyo Olympian Mara Stransky finished sixth overall and made it clear that she has the skills and determination to make her mark at…
Marstrand to host first-ever 49er Short Track World Championship
The Short Track World Championship is an action-packed tournament format that showcases the best of sailing in a fan friendly package. The world’s best 49er and 49erFX sailors will race in the word’s best amphitheatre for sailing. The regatta will…
ILCA 6 world champions crowned
The 2021 ILCA 6 World Championship concluded yesterday in Barcelo Mussanah, Oman, with Nik Pletikos of Slovenia winning the men’s 2021 ILCA 6 World Championship in the last race on the last day of the competition. Taking the title by a single point, Pletikos secured the gold by winning race…
Transat Jacques Vabre recap
The 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre ended today with the very last boat, the Class40 Terre Exotique, crossing the finish line less than an hour before the cut-off time. In total, 150 sailors and 75 crews have made it to Martinique…
KnowWake’s boat navigation and safety app expands into Australia
KnowWake, a first-of-its-kind, free waterway navigation app powered by crowdsourced data through real-time boater updates, has formally announced its expansion into Australia. This announcement comes on the heels of the company unveiling their development in Europe, specifically in the United…
Stransky secures race victory at ILCA 6 Worlds
Tokyo Olympian Mara Stranksy finally found her form on day five of the ILCA 6 World Championships in Oman. The young Queenslander shot up the rankings to seventh overall after three solid races including a win in the last race…
Yandoo leads 18ft skiff Championship
The Yandoo team of John Winning, Mike Kennedy and Fang Warren lead the NSW 18ft skiff Championship following a dominating performance to take out Race 3 on Sydney Harbour on Sunday. Yandoo grabbed the lead early in the race to hold a…
Zen finds focus in tricky conditions to win Cabbage Tree Island Race
Gordon Ketelbey’s TP52 Zen takes a huge “confidence boost” into the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, winning her final offshore hit-out before the great race in the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore’s Cabbage Tree Island Race. Three TP52s led the Fully-Crewed IRC…
KiteFoil World Series: French riders storm to championship glory
Axel Mazella and Poema Newland have become champions of Gran Canaria, the fifth and final event of the 2021 KiteFoil World Series. Both French riders have also been crowned champions of the 2021 season. For Mazella, this is his third World Series…
Double win for double-handed Speedwell in Cabbage Tree Island Race
Campbell Geeves and Wendy Tuck claimed their first ever blue water win together, steering Speedwell to line honours and overall (IRC) victory in the Two-Handed Division of the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore’s Cabbage Tree Island Race. Speedwell completed…
Starting skills key at ILCA 6 World Championships
On day four of the ILCA 6 World Championships at Al-Musannah Sports City, in Oman, it was a brutal wait out on the water for competitors before the racing finally got underway late in the afternoon. When it did, finding…
LawConnect first home in Cabbage Tree Race
Christian Beck’s Juan-K 100 LawConnect laid down a marker in her return to offshore racing, winning Fully-Crewed Line Honours in the 2021 Cabbage Tree Island Race, the third race in the 2021/22 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore. LawConnect takes…
Australian ILCA 6 squad embraces long waits and light winds
Patience was tested on the third day of the ILCA 6 World Championships as the Race Committee squeezed in just one race in an unstable 5-7 knots of wind. It was worth the wait for the Australian Sailing ILCA 6…
Light airs prevail at ILCA 6 World Championships
Day three of the 2021 ILCA 6 World Championships was once again influenced by the wind, with just two races in the Men’s and one in the Women’s completed at Barceló Resort Mussanah, as the sailors struggled to get to…
ARC: 12 Nacira 69 takes honours in Saint Lucia
At 03:16:45 local time on Friday, the Italian flagged 12 Nacira 69 crossed the finish line off Rodney Bay Saint Lucia as the first arrival of ARC 2021, claiming the coveted award of line honours and kick-starting the celebrations after…
Racing cancelled at KiteFoil World Series
On Day 3 of the 2021 KiteFoil World Series Gran Canaria the breeze gusted too strongly for riders to get out through the shore break at Playa de las Burras. Once again, so once again, no racing to be done…
Sydney Hobart super maxi’s secret weapon
It took a few goes for the LawConnect team to smash the champagne bottle on the newly extended bowsprit of Christian Beck’s 100ft super maxi, but they eventually got there, christening the rebranded Juan-K 100 ahead of the 2021 Rolex…
Tom Slingsby named male Rolex World Sailor of the Year
Australia’s Tom Slingsby has won the male 2021 Rolex World Sailor of the Year. The award celebrates his achievements in three competitive classes over the past two years. It was announced on Thursday 2 December in a virtual ceremony streamed…
Light winds challenge sailors at ILCA 6 World Championships
The ILCA 6 World Championshipsfinally got underway in the Al-Mussanah Sports City, Oman overnight, with three races completed in a light sea breeze. There was no racing on day one of the event due to lack of wind, so after…
Bali 4.4 yacht share: Live the dream on your doorstep
Yacht Share Mariner has a new Bali 4.4 on order for delivery to Sydney next winter. A share in this yacht could be yours for six weeks across the year and all you have to do is enjoy the experience…
Dates announced for 50th Fastnet Race
Following the success of the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race from Cowes to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and its French partners are delighted to announce the date for the next edition of its flagship event in 2023. The…
ARC fatality and two yachts abandoned mid-Atlantic
A French sailor has died on the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers and a further yacht abandoned due to catastrophic steering failure. French sailor Max Delannoy (73), who was taking part in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, has died after being…
Income Asset Management joins as naming rights partner for inaugural Australian Maxi Championship
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is delighted to welcome Income Asset Management as the naming rights partner for the inaugural Australian Maxi Championship. This new regatta has been introduced by Australian Sailing to provide additional racing for maxis and mini maxis, with the…
World Sailing Awards 2021
The World Sailing Awards show, hosted by Alec Wilkinson and Hannah White, celebrates the truly remarkable highlights and accomplishments of the last 18 months.
Australian sailor to complete 2018 Golden Globe Race
With the new year around the corner and nine months before the start of the Golden Globe Race 2022, the skippers and organisers are keeping busy. While most boats get in the shed for their winter refit, some sailors prefer…
New Maxi European Championship coming to 2022
The International Maxi Association is to introduce a new European Championship for maxi yachts in 2022. Taking place over 14-20 May out of Sorrento, Italy with racing based around the Gulf of Naples and Capri, the IMA Maxi European Championship…
Huge turnout for Brisbane Seawind and Corsair rally
To cap off a huge year for Seawind Catamarans and sister company, Corsair Marine trimarans, a 24 strong fleet of Seawinds and Corsairs sailed together in perfect conditions on Brisbane’s Moreton Bay in a rally run by distributors, Multihull Central….
CAptain’s Mate: Digital cruising information in one app
The Cruising Association (CA) has today, 1 December 2021, released its upgraded CAptain’s Mate app. CAptain’s Mate is a unique app providing an invaluable and intuitive toolbox of knowledge, designed to empower yacht and motor cruisers. Putting thousands of cruising…
Entry period open for 37th America’s Cup
As of 12am December 1 2021, Challengers can now officially enter the next edition of the oldest trophy in international sport. Kevin Shoebridge, COO of Emirates Team New Zealand said, “The Defender, RNZYS & Emirates Team New Zealand, have had…
2021 Seawind and Corsair Brisbane Rally
Multihull Central had a record turn out for this year’s Seawind Catamaran and Corsair Trimaran Rally hosted on Brisbane’s Moreton Bay by Multihull Central and the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. Special thanks to sponsors Signature Yacht Services, All Yacht Spares,…
Zhik partners with super maxi for Sydney Hobart
Australia’s innovative technical apparel brand Zhik is delighted to announce they have partnered with Christian Beck’s LawConnect, the Australian based Super Maxi, for the next three seasons. Going into the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, owner and skipper Beck…
Winners of the 2021 IMOCA Globe Series Championship: Charlie Dalin and Paul Meilhat
Charlie Dalin and Paul Meilhat have won the 2021 IMOCA Globe Series Championship, following a successful year of competitive sailing. They came first in their division in the Rolex Fastnet Race, first in the Défi Azimut and second in Transat…
Alinghi enters America’s Cup after 11-year absence
Team New Zealand’s nemesis Alinghi is back in the America’s Cup after an 11-year absence. Owned by Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli, Alinghi famously won the Cup for the first time in 2003, sweeping defender Team NZ 5-0 in the Cup…
Record fleet set for Cabbage Tree Island Race
A record fleet of 69 boats is expected to take on the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore’s Cabbage Tree Island Race on Friday 3 December. The 172 nautical mile race will provide an early preview for the Rolex Sydney…
Three rescued at sea after yacht hits sunfish
A dramatic rescue at sea has seen three people saved after their 11-metre catamaran began taking water after hitting a sunfish 13 nautical miles off Green Island near Ulladulla on Monday afternoon, November 30. The three people on board were…
