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Challenging south-east winds ranging spectacularly from 12-25 knots made for a captivating show over the weekend (February 5-6), with round two of the NSW Cherub Championship held on Sydney’s western harbour. Gusts above 25 knots came off the back of…
The Original Lonely Rock Race was first sailed in 1925, since then the course has enjoyed a very colourful history with some real stand out moments. The name ‘Lonely Rock’ is a loose translation of the Gaelic name – ‘An…
Sleek and razor sharp, the nine metre trimaran, El Toro is a labour of love, brought to life by some of the Australia’s top talent and has undergone her commissioning at The Boat Works on the Gold Coast. El Toro…
The Lazy Dog team, owned by Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart, opened the MC38 class 2022 season soundly with a four-point win on Pittwater on February 5-6 in gusty sou’east winds and dark cloud banks that dumped rain squalls, creating…
Gusty 18-23 knots south-south-easterly winds produced spectacular, action-packed 18ft skiff racing for the large spectator fleet on day two of the 100th Australian 18 footer Championship on Sydney Harbour today. After going down to the current world champion Smeg team in…
The first edition of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) New Year rally concludes in Saint Lucia. Deciding to sail the Atlantic as part of an organised fleet brings support, learning advantages, and of course entertainment and great camaraderie. It…
Emirates Team New Zealand’s prototype hydrogen foiling chase boat is in the final stages of a complex fit out prior to its launch in March. The construction of the boat was started in August 2021 at the team’s North Shore…
The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton gave an outstanding display in the 12-23 knot south/south-easterly breeze to score a convincing victory in Race 1 of the 100th Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour on…
The inaugural Women and Girls’ sailing regatta will be held from 19-20 March at Humpybong Yacht Club (HYC), Woody Point in Queensland. This is a two day event and participants can register for one or both days of sailing. Regatta…
The Cherub National Council of Australia is proud to announce that an Inter-Dominion Championship Division will be contestable at this year’s Nationals to be held at Wangi Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club in NSW. Over the past two years, we…
Storm Trysail Club posted today the Notice of Race (NoR) and opened the Registration to accept entries for the 186 nautical mile race that starts on 27 May off Stamford, Connecticut in the US. “In 2020, the race was canceled…
New Global Solo Challenge entrant, parachutist William MacBrien, has won several gold medals in that discipline and is a record holder with more than 3000 jumps in the x 2 category. The Canadian certainly has a strong capacity to prepare…
The 2022 Surf to City Yacht Race, hosted by the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club (QCYC), was sailed from the Gold Coast to Shorncliffe on Saturday January 22 incorporating both inshore and offshore fleets. There were 75 entries with some late withdrawals. The…
On January 29-30, a 17 strong fleet of Seawind catamarans and Corsair trimarans flocked to the picturesque waters of Broken Bay and Pittwater for an epic weekend of sailing and racing in perfect conditions. Boats travelled from as far north…
That moment when you get to rub shoulders with your heroes. Meet the interns from the SailGP Inspire program.
With 13 Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship winning cars on his CV, James Allison brings a wealth of experience in high-performance sport to help guide the design structure and vision of INEOS Britannia’s INEOS Britannia AC37 campaign.
Hobart’s Combined Clubs fleet will take to the water on Saturday February 5 for the second last day of the Harbour Series. The leading teams will be fighting it out to consolidate their spots in the point score. The predicted…
The International 5.5 Metre Class Association has appointed a new Technical Committee from 2022 consisting of some new and old names to the class. The prime roles of the technical committee are to monitor the existing rules as well as…
Australian maritime experts claim the final resting place of Captain James Cook’s ship, Endeavour, has been found, in an announcement that has drawn criticism from the principal research team as “premature”. At an event in Sydney at 11am, the Australian…
It is one of the most unreachable shipwrecks in the world. We know with good accuracy where Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance vessel ended up after sinking more than 100 years ago. So far, however, all attempts to sight its wooden…
For its 15th season, the 44Cup will see 10 teams on the start line for the first event of 2022 in Lanzarote, hosted by Calero Marinas in Puerto Calero over February 9-13. Alongside the long-term regulars within the fleet, new additions have…
Once more, Lagoon is stretching its legs and moving ahead with bold statements and a clear intention towards a greener future. Not only is the future greener, but it is also smarter, with the integration of our exclusive Seanapps technology. …
The 2022 Historic 18 Footer Australian Championship for the Galloping Ghost Trophy was conducted by the Sydney Flying Squadron (SFS) in conjunction with the Australian Historical Sailing Skiff Association (AHSSA), on Sydney Harbour over 3 races on 15, 22 and…
Using offshore sailing as an analogy to sailing one’s own life in the autobiography Sailing Bear Cub, author Paula Vickery reflects back on her life-long affiliation with water and boats and how they are intertwined with relationships in her life….
The Dutch city of Rotterdam on Thursday walked back plans to dismantle part of the historic Koningshaven Bridge so that a superyacht built for Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, could pass through the city’s river, saying that a decision had not…
Jo Aleh always insisted she hadn’t retired as a high-performance sailor and will now make a tilt for a third Olympic medal, this time teaming up with Molly Meech in the 49erFX. The 35-year-old, who won Olympic Gold (2012) and…
The Australian Sailing Team have settled their coaching appointments for the Paris 2024 campaign, and the world is on notice. There are new faces, the return of an old one and new roles for others in the team assembled under…
SailGP coach Robbie talks ‘game-changing’ Oracle Cloud data, used live during racing and back onshore to review performance.
Sailing expert Niall Myant-Best is let loose in The Ocean Race HQ in Alicante, Spain, with a simple mission – to find out what’s going on behind the scenes during an unprecedented period in the race’s history. In part one…
Outremer’s latest catamaran, the Outremer 55, took first place in the bluewater cruiser category at the European Yacht of the Year 2022’s ceremony on Friday, January 21, 2022. Usually held during the BOOT boat show in Düsseldorf, the event was…
Today, World Sailing, attended a virtual briefing by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as it outlined the terms and timeline for sports seeking inclusion in the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, USA. International federations (IFs) seeking inclusion were invited to…
The Translated 9 team announced today the addition of Vittorio and Nico Malingri, members of Italy’s most famous ocean sailing family, to support its efforts in the Ocean Globe Race 2023 (OGR). Vittorio Malingri will join the team as co-skipper,…
Buoyed by a successful participation in the first round of the Bacardi Winter Series, the 69F fleet now tools up to welcome the future of sailing in the Youth Foiling Gold Cup (February 4-10). The 69F fleet has successfully completed…
If you don’t want your long-term cruising dream to remain a dream, Dini Martinez outlines a few steps that might help cut your dock lines. A family of four, two children under three, a husband who has barely done any…
Without question, one of the biggest trends in offshore sailing has been the rise in global popularity of double-handed (AKA two-handed) racing. Double-handed teams now compete in all of the great offshore races. And it’s caught the attention of many…
A historic steel bridge in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam is to be partly dismantled to allow a superyacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to pass, local authorities have announced. Bezos’s gigantic, 430-million-euro ($485m) yacht is too big for the…
When the 23-boat fleet from NSW and Queensland lines up for Race 1 of the 100th Australian 18 footers Championship on Sydney Harbour this Saturday, the type of boat competing and number of crew members on each boat will be vastly…
Reg Lord’s Juno has prevailed over a small but competitive fleet to capture the 2022 J/70 NSW Championship title contested on Sydney Harbour on January 22-24. The three-day series hosted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron was raced in predominantly…
The Mornington Yacht Club has redeemed itself after missing qualification for the Asia Pacific Final last season, clinching the SAILING Champions League qualifier event in Geelong last week in an epic finish and booking their spot for Newcastle in March….
World Sailing has appointed sustainability expert and Paralympic medallist Alexandra Rickham as Head of Sustainability. Rickham brings a wealth of expertise across sustainability, diversity and inclusion as a sports executive and professional athlete. Since transitioning from her 10 year sailing…
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