Sydney Hobart: The competitors’ view
The on board view for the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, featuring Flying Cloud, White Bay 6 Azzurro, MRV, LawConnect, Sidewinder and Disko Trooper_Contender Sailcloth. By CYCA
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RORC Transatlantic Race: Rolling in the deep
On day four of the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race, Peter Cunningham’s MOD70 PowerPlay (CAY) is over halfway and just two hours outside multihull race record pace. The 100ft Maxi Comanche (CAY), skippered by Mitch Booth, is 1,900 miles from Grenada…
Global Solo Challenge reaches 40 entries
After the quiet Christmas period, 2022 started with good news for the 2023 Global Solo Challenge. First, we received two new entries bringing the total to 40. It is such an incredible milestone for the event. We never imagined the…
Sail Melbourne returns to Port Phillip
The 2021 Sail Melbourne regatta is set to bring some excitement and on-water action to kick off the calendar year of racing. Held from January 12 to 17 2022, sailors are looking forward to making up for lost time on…
Expedition bids to locate lost ship of Ernest Shackleton
An expedition to locate the lost ship of renowned polar explorer and Kildare native Sir Ernest Shackleton will set sail 100 years after his death. The Endurance22 Expedition aims to find, survey and film the wreck of Endurance, which sank during Shackleton’s quest to Antarctica in…
Construction contract signed for sailing cargo ship
In recent years, several companies have presented plans to take cargo shipping backward to the age of sail-powered transportation. In the latest advancement in these concepts, French shipping company TOWT (TransOceanic Wind Transport) announced that it has signed a shipbuilding…
PalmaVela returns in May
The 18th PalmaVela regatta, organised by the Real Club Náutico de Palma, has already opened for entries for 2022. The 18th PalmaVela will run from May 1 to 8, 2022. These are the dates that have been confirmed for the showcase early season event that once…
Another successful Ladies of the Sea Coaching Regatta
Female sailors ruled the harbour at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s (RSYS) Ladies of the Sea Coaching Regatta, held over the weekend of January 8-9. More than 80 sailors across 15 boats, from nine NSW-based sailing clubs, participated in the…
Only six miles from care
It is incredible, thinks John Tylor, that you can be only six miles from suburbia but in a whole different world. When I retired from work my wife and I thought we would be able to settle into the grey…
16ft skiff Australian Championship highlights
What a week it was on the water, with high-speed action, thrills and a few spills at the 2022 16ft Australian Championship, Belmont, Lake Macquarie. Video highlights by Mark Rothfield, Promocean Media.
16ft skiff Australian Championship final day
No wind on the final day but plenty of happy winners at the 2022 Red Pumps 16ft skiff Australian Championship. Hear how it was run and won.
Sydney Hobart: Halvorsen legacy continues through Solveig
The historic Halvorsen 36, Solveig, was the final boat to finish in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Owner Annie Lawrence and skipper John Whitfeld were greeted at the dock by some family members of Magnus Halvorsen, who raced…
Sydney Hobart retirees: ‘Sometimes things just happen’
Close to 40 yachts did not finish the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Months of hard work was thwarted by breakages, injuries and sea sickness, as the fleet battled against an uncomfortable southerly for the first 30 hours of…
ARC departs Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
For the first time Gran Canaria bid farewell to an Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) fleet in the new year as ARC January 2022 set sail from Las Palmas on Sunday 9 January. The new route has brought together an…
Black Jack’s winning Sydney Hobart combination
When Black Jack’s mast fell over the side during a record-setting run last April, the team quickly decided to turn their devastating loss into a performance upgrade. That decision paid off when Peter Harburg’s team claimed line honors in the 76th edition…
Tactics split RORC Transatlantic Race fleet
By sunset on the second day of the RORC Transatlantic Race, the majority of the record fleet had raced into the wide expanse of the Atlantic Ocean, leaving the Canary Islands in their wake. This would normally result in blasting…
RORC Transatlantic 2022 Race : Start
The 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race started on time in glorious conditions outside Marina Lanzarote. A flotilla of spectator boats witnessed the spectacle and thousands more watched by live stream, with Vendée Globe star Pip Hare providing commentary. After months of…
16ft skiff Australian Championship winners decided
A regatta like this deserved an exciting climax, not an ‘anti’ one, yet the wind gods could blow no more yesterday after giving their all during the 2022 Red Pumps 13ft and 16ft skiff Australian Championships held by Belmont 16s…
RORC Transatlantic Race starts from Lanzarote
Lanzarote: The 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race started on time in glorious conditions outside Marina Lanzarote, while a flotilla of spectator boats witnessed the spectacle and thousands more watched by live stream, with Vendee Globe star Pip Hare providing commentary. After…
New York Yacht Club to challenge for 37th America’s Cup
Earlier this week the Trustees of the New York Yacht Club approved a challenge for the 37th edition of the America’s Cup, arguably sailing’s most prestigious trophy. “We are extremely excited to continue our quest to regain the America’s Cup…
Torn kite cruels early victory hopes in 16ft skiff Australian title
A long-awaited and much-wanted Red Pumps 16ft Skiff Australian Championship was in the spinnaker bag today for Nathan Wilmot, Brett Davis and Malcolm Page aboard Ronstan – right up until their spinnaker cruelly disintegrated 300 metres from the final downwind…
New rectangular pull-up cleats
Contemporary boat designs have become sleeker and more angular. Matching this modern aesthetic are the new 490 Series Rectangular Pull-Up Cleats from Accon Marine. For safety and an appealing appearance, the gleaming 152mm, 203mm and 254mm fittings sit nearly flush…
Seekr by Caframo donates to Nature Conservancy Australia
SEEKR by Caframo makes a conscious effort to give back to the community it lives and works in, as well as the land. As it continues to grow in Australia and connect more closely with people who use its Sirocco…
Argo’s story: Part one
After years of sailing with his father on board his beloved schooner, Argo, based in Sweden, John Ingvar Ravelius has taken part ownership of the boat, alongside his brother and his father and has been updating and refitting her with…
Sydney Hobart: Another sight of glory for Azzurro
White Bay 6 Azzurro owner and skipper, Shane Kearns, had the Tattersall Cup in his sights during the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The S&S 34 was the last remaining challenger to Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban, before being becalmed,…
16ft skiff Nationals: Day three highlights
It was survival of the fastest in races 6 and 7 of the 2022 Red Pumps 16ft skiff Australian Championship.
Sydney Hobart two-handed sailors make history
For the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the super maxis and racing yachts had to share the media spotlight with a new division of boats. The inaugural Two-Handed Division comprised of a fleet of 17 yachts, each with two…
Survival mode at 16ft skiff Australian Championship
With boat speeds nudging 26 knots, and a nor’east wind strength not far behind, it was survival of the fastest in Race 6 and 7 of the 2022 Red Pumps 16ft skiff Australian Championship today, hosted by Belmont 16s on…
More wild weather at Sail Paradise
The Gold Coast’s premier offshore yachting event, Qoin Sail Paradise, has come to an end. A solid south-easterly wind swept across the course during the morning and made for spectacular sailing. Wind gusts up to 20 knots and seas up…
Excess 11 Bombarda wins ARC division
The Excess 11 Bombarda, led by Marco and Lizzy’s team, has won the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) 2021 Multihulls Class B category. Being the only Excess catamaran in ARC 2021, Bombarda departed from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria on November 21, 2021,…
Sydney Hobart: Talking tactics with Black Jack skipper Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford, skipper of Line Honours winner Black Jack, reflects on the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart, with Peter Gee and Peter Shipway. Bradford discusses Black Jack’s early tactics in the race and the obstacles overcome for owner Peter Harburg and…
World Sailing’s year in review 2021
Some epic moments on the water in 2021. Who’s ready for more of the same in 2022? Bring it on!
Winds ease for Sail Paradise
It was a wet and wild first day of racing at Qoin Sail Paradise Regatta at Southport Yacht Club on the Gold Coast. The first two days of racing were postponed as a consequence of the gale-force winds generated by…
J/99 wins inaugural Sydney Hobart Two-Handed Division
With eyes on the dispute for the overall victory between the two 52 footers in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, you may have missed the victory in the inaugural Two-Handed category by Jules Hall and Jan Scholten on J/99 Disko Trooper-Contender Sailcloth…
Geelong yacht takes double win in Sydney Hobart
Stuart Richardson and his crew aboard the yacht Solera has secured a double victory in the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) based team sailed to victory in both the Fully Crewed PHS and…
Adventure planning – thinking about sailing somewhere?
Alan Punch, an RYA Navigation Instructor with Navathome Australia, gives some sage advice on how to plan for your next sailing adventure. There is nothing like the thought of casting off and going wherever the wind takes you to represent the…
16ft skiff Nationals: Day two highlights
Another double-dose of racing today in the 2021-22 Red Pumps 13ft and 16ft Skiff Australian Championships, with Race 4 going to Belmont’s Insight and heartbreak going to Newcastle Financial Planning Group. Race 5 was also hard fought, with a win…
Wise heads prevail at 16ft skiff Nationals
Belmont, Lake Macquarie: Today the sou’east breezes that fluctuate markedly in strength and direction separated the seasoned campaigners from their younger challengers, following Races 4 and 5 of the 21-22 Red Pumps 16ft Skiff Australian Championship. The yellow jerseys have…
J Class reveals 2022 racing plans
After a 2021 season which comprised only mixed fleet racing under various handicap rules, the J Class have made provisional plans to convene at three key events this season as activity and interest ramps up and key owners and teams return to…
RORC Transatlantic Race predictions
The record Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) fleet is in Puerto Calero and Marina Lanzarote and crews are making final preparations for the 3,000-mile race. Race navigators are studying the latest weather models and the data is predicting a fast,…
