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Canary Islands: Spain’s Nicole Van Der Velden had a fantastic last day at the IQFoil Lanzarote International Regatta, snatching first place from Britain’s Islay Watson who dominated the opening races, with Italy’s Marta Maggetti taking silver. Pilar Lamadrid made the final 10 but an OCS stopped her…
Early indications are that Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) 17th Sydney Harbour Regatta (SHR), to be held over the first weekend of March, will be hotly contested with the return of past champions and up-and-coming challengers. Bob Cox’s DK46, Nine…
Today Australian Sailing will launch its landmark 10-year strategic plan, ‘Sailing 2032’. Sailing 2032 is a long-term vision for the sport that outlines why Australian Sailing exists, what the organisation hopes to achieve between 2022 and 2032, and how they…
The Sabot class continues to develop the sailing skills for our sport’s future and is extremely proud that the junior training class is continuing to be a chosen class for female sailors, with girls representing 44 per cent of the…
This year’s RORC Caribbean 600, which starts on February 20, features a spectacular MOCRA Class with 10 multihulls in action. Whilst the overall winner of the RORC Caribbean 600 will be the monohull with best corrected time under IRC, racing…
Geographe Bay Race Week is one of Western Australia’s premier yachting regattas and this year featured the racing of the inaugural Etchells Bill Steele Cup. Once called the Opium Pipe Ashes Trophy, the Cup was originally raced for in teams…
How John Quinn survived nearly six hours in the Bass Strait and lived to tell the tale is a miracle. But in the miracle there are lessons, as Mark Chisnell writes. In Sydney, Australia, it’s called a southerly change, and it…
New Global Solo Challenge entrant, Frenchman Robert Scharr has dreamed of sailing around the world in a competitive event all his life, especially at the time of the first edition of the Vendée Globe. However, back then he didn’t have the…
The 69F swapped the cool mountain water of Lake Garda for the sultry seas of Miami’s Biscayne Bay with the opening act of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup (YFGC) last week, and by all accounts it was a brilliant success….
A team of explorers is currently attempting to locate the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance on what would have been the famous Irish explorer’s 148th birthday. A research vessel left Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday, February 5 in…
SailGP Season 3: On the water, world match racing champion Phil Robertson (NZL) will be in the driver’s seat of the Canadian team’s F50.
Canada SailGP Team is pleased to announce two key appointments as the team’s preparations continue in the lead up to the start of Season 3 in Bermuda. Leading Canada SailGP Team will be incoming CEO Jean-Sébastien Chénier Proteau. An accomplished…
Midnight Rambler has once again stamped her dominance on the off-shore sailing scene in Hobart with a win in the IRC and AMS rating divisions of Saturday’s Bruny Island Race. Skipper Ed Psaltis sailed the Sydney 36 to her numbers…
The Australian International Marine Export Group (AIMEX) has confirmed its annual conference, ASMEX 2022 will be held from Monday May 16 to Wednesday May 18 at the InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Now in its 11th…
When it comes to heading out there, crossing the Pacific is usually one goal. Jess Lloyd Mostyn describes the different paths you can take. Many people choosing to set off and sail full-time do so with a big dream in…
Most first-time cruisers get a lot of things wrong, Petrea McCarthy provides a salient tale for those about to get out there. 1) Thinking you have enough shade You may or may not have a great bimini, but when the…
Applications for the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe are officially open – 1,000 days to go until the start on November 10, 2024. The Vendée Globe is a single-handed, non-stop round the world yacht race. Since the conclusion of…
Canary Islands: After two days enjoying the sun and friendly training for iQFoilers, finally the winds of Lanzarote offered perfect conditions to launch the Lanzarote International Regatta. Winds ranged from 10-16 knots, with flat sea with little wave, spectacular for slalom…
The Yacht Club Italiano, organiser of the 69th edition of the classic offshore regatta, is pleased to announce the opening of registrations and the publication of the Notice of Race for the Rolex Giraglia. In 2022 the race will return to…
The final races were completed in the inaugural NSW ORC Championship, the Sydney 38 One Design NSW Championship and Pittwater Regatta, with new champions crowned and winners announced at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) early this evening.
The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton became a deserved winner of the 2021-22 100th Australian 18 Footer Championship which concluded on Sydney Harbour today. With three wins, a second and two thirds from the seven…
The final races were completed in the inaugural NSW ORC Championship, the Sydney 38 One Design NSW Championship and Pittwater Regatta, with new champions crowned and winners announced at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) early this evening. Gerry…
The Swan River Sailing Team, skippered by Ethan Prieto-Low (RFBYC), won the 2022 Perth Youth Cup over the weekend. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (RFBYC) hosted the match racing regatta. Prieto-Low’s team also won the WA Tour title after winning all…
Going into the final day of the 44Cup Calero Marinas in Lanzarote, Igor Lah’s Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860 held a strong 11-point lead. Normally this would have seen them packing their bags early, having won with a race to spare….
While the NSW ORC Championship continued with an offshore passage race, the Sydney 38 One Design NSW Championship and Pittwater Regatta began their respective competitions in the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) hosted events. It was a big day…
Day 1 of Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) NSW ORC Championship was a testing one for all competitors as torrential rain, squalls, thunder and lightning, combined with some shifty winds made for difficult but exciting racing on Pittwater. The…
After a zero wind opening day of the 44Cup Calero Marinas in Lanzarote, forecasts indicated day two might repeat this but in fact, after an hour’s delay, an easterly filled in and built to 12-14 knots allowing three good races…
Experience the thrill of sailing no matter where you are when MarineVerse Cup is released on Meta Quest 2 on February 24. Whether you are an advanced sailor or just curious to give sailing a try, MarineVerse Cup can help…
The Excess 14 is the pure incarnation of the Excess DNA. It is the result of a dedicated design work and an industrial execution, unique to the brand. It is a cruising yacht that is both fun and playful, with…
Multihull Central sits down with Seth Hynes from The Sailing Family who has recently joined HH Catamarans.
Preparation for the annual Port Douglas Race Week is in full swing. North Queensland’s premier sailing event, hosted by Port Douglas Yacht Club (PDYC), is set to hit the waves from May 24 to 28, 2022. Entries are open and…
Columbus Racing, skippered by Marcello Torre, finished the 2022 Perth Youth Cup’s stage one (round robin) in first place. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (RFBYC) is hosting the match racing regatta. Swan River Sailing Team, skippered by Ethan Prieto-Low (RFBYC),…
Sadly, no water passed beneath the keels of the 10-strong 44Cup fleet on the opening day of their first regatta of the 2022 season off Porto Calero, Lanzarote. There was a small hope of the wind filling in early afternoon,…
HH Catamarans has named Multihull Central as the brand’s exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand. HH Catamarans is an up and coming brand of high performance catamarans, releasing innovative designs, including their new 44 and 50 foot models. This…
In uncharacteristic light winds on Biscayne Bay, Miami, the M32 Winter Series started its 2022 season. With a successful World Championship in November last year, the Winter Series is a more relaxed regatta series. Many teams took the opportunity to…
After a weekend of five action-packed races, former 18ft skiff Australian Championship-winning skipper Seve Jarvin will be attempting to win his seventh title when he competes for the coveted trophy against a fleet of 23 boats from NSW and Queensland…
In 2018, World Sailing and 11th Hour Racing joined forces to create the World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award. The award celebrates the effective execution or ongoing delivery of high-impact, highly replicable sustainability initiatives aligned with the World Sailing Sustainability Agenda…
Australian Sailing is committed to ensuring a level playing field for all those who participate in our sport. There are inherent integrity risks at all levels of sailing, and in recent months Australian Sailing has worked to identify those risks…
Sport has a major role to play in ensuring a sustainable future for our planet. In 2018, World Sailing and 11th Hour Racing joined forces to create the World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award. The award celebrates the effective execution…
It has been nearly 30 years since ordinary sailors have been able to race around the world. Now, many of the 24 entrants in the 2023 Ocean Globe Race are looking for amateur crews. Opportunities to race on board Eric…
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