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With 114 boats scheduled to cross the start line of the 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race, tomorrow, Saturday 23 October, offshore yacht racing fans are in for a real treat, as the Royal Malta Yacht Club has once again attracted…
The SAEM Vendee, the organising entity behind the Vendee Globe, has published the Notice of Race, detailing the rules for competing in the 10th edition of the Vendee Globe. Applications for the Vendee Globe 2024 will open on Monday February…
For the first time in France, all 10 Olympic classes to be contested at the Paris Games will be on show at the Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères, which returns to the calendar in April 2022 following a hiatus due…
During the latest edition of Salone del Mobile in Milan, Giovanni Pomati, Nautor Group CEO, and Lucio Micheletti, Designer, met at Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia to share their ideas about their design choices for living well on a…
The 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole, on Lake Garda, Italy, is normally the opening event of the season, but it has been cancelled the last two years because of COVID. However, this year the club kindly offered…
When I spoke to Kristina Costalos on the phone from my home ‘office’ mid-Sydney lockdown (the closest body of water to me is the Cooks River in Sydney’s south-west) she was cutting up fruit on a 50ft yacht at anchor…
Former top Dutch Finn and Star class sailor turned leading offshore racer, Code Zero’s Marc Blees will field a team at next week’s 10 boat Rolex TP52 World Championship in Palma, Mallorca. A long-time friend, supporter and an ardent fan…
In the first day of racing in Cagliari, the under-25 69F fleet completed the first six qualifying races as per the schedule. Races began shortly after 1 pm, with a light thermal breeze that filled in over the course of…
On November 7 2021, 81 boats will take to the start line of the 15th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre. Created back in 1993 and run biennially, this legendary two-handed race enables some of the big…
The Australian 18 Footers League has established an exciting new concept to encourage and educate new recruits, or recently recruited young sailors to the high-speed world of 18ft skiff racing. According to organisers, the Academy will fast track learning and…
Triple Olympic medallist Mat Belcher is used to being at the top of his game and, in the wake of his gold medal at Tokyo 2020, has just been appointed to join the Zhik Board of Directors. The move comes…
SailGP has announced that the line-up for Season 3 – starting May 2022 – will be further enhanced with the addition of Canada. This is the league’s second expansion franchise to be announced, with Canada joining Switzerland on the start-line…
The Yachting Malta Coastal Race started at 10:00 CEST on Wednesday October 20. Forty two teams entered the race representing 17 countries. Royal Malta Yacht Club Principal Race Officer, Peter Dimech, sent the competitors on a course of approximately 30 nautical miles northwest to Comino. The…
On Wednesday October 20, the international jury responsible for examining the protests from 19 racers competing in the 23rd edition of the Mini Transat EuroChef, which were filed at the end of the first leg, has returned its verdict. The…
The Brazilian navy tall ship Cisne Branco collided with a draw bridge over the Guayas River in Ecuador on Monday. Video of the incident was posted online and shows the tall ship pinned broadside against the bridge after apparently attempting…
Two bodies have been found in the search for three people missing at sea off Tasmania’s north-west coast for two days. On Monday, Isaiah Dixon, Thomas Courto and Bree-Anna Thomas set out on a day trip from the north-west coast town…
The finalists for the 2021 Australian Sailing Awards have been announced, with volunteers, clubs and our Olympic sailing stars all in contention for Australia’s peak sailing awards. The 2020-21 season was not your standard sailing season with lockdowns and border…
Sydney Fish Market’s redevelopment is underway, with on-water works taking place to transform the iconic market into a world-class attraction on Blackwattle Bay. These works require the closure of the boardwalk’s public drop-off pontoon, with recreational vessels no longer able…
Getting crew can be fraught with danger, while Cruising Helmsman contributor Michael Kildea went through the agony he ended up with the right Juan. This is the story of Juan and me, okay more about me than Juan. I was…
In a letter to the Trustees of the New York Yacht Club, the Flag Officers of the Club announced the Club was pausing its pursuit of the America’s Cup. New York Yacht Club Commodore Christopher J. Culver wrote: “There are…
Swan One Design winners were crowned on a balmy evening in St Tropez following four days of great racing.
The Yachting Malta Coastal Race starts on Wednesday October 20. The race follows one of four courses around Malta, Gozo, Comino or Fifla, and is a perfect race for boats preparing for the 42nd edition of the Rolex Middle Sea…
Rescue crews searching for three Tasmanians missing at sea off the state’s north-west coast will face stronger wind conditions today. A land, sea and air search for Isaiah Dixon, Thomas Courto and Bree-Anna Thomas resumed early on Wednesday morning, after…
The New York Yacht Club, which backed American Magic in the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland, has written to members saying it won’t challenge the 37th edition of the event in 2024. It’s understood American Magic, led by Terry Hutchinson,…
How much do you know about your life raft? Cruising Helmsman contributor Heather Francis explores a world she hopes she never has to visit. Fully inflated and sitting in the middle of the workshop floor our life raft looked rather…
Ten years ago, Australia’s largest aluminium boat manufacturer Telwater approached Suez in a bid to reduce landfill waste and embark on a sustainability journey. Today, with the help of the Suez team, Telwater consistently diverts about 77per cent of its waste…
Swan has crowned its winners across the four classes of the Swan One Design Worlds after a week characterised by challenging conditions on the Gulf of Saint Tropez. The final day of racing delivered more shifty wind and allowed two…
The fleet for the 2021 Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta has grown to 20, with some of Australia’s most historic boats set to take to Sydney Harbour from 10-12 December. The annual regatta, organised by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia,…
If you love sailing but hate the damage the sun does to your skin, then you will love IceRays UV Sleeves. No longer will your sunscreen wash off, sweat off or need to be replaced, just slip on your IceRays and…
The US’s Daniela Moroz closed out a remarkable consecutive five titles at the Formula Kite World Championships on the Italian island of Sardinia, coming from behind in the final shootout on the sparkling Gulf of Oristano, to seize the coveted crown….
The penultimate day of the Formula Kite world championships fought out on the glorious Gulf of Oristano on the Italian island of Sardinia, sparked tense drama all over the race track in difficult conditions. Shifty ponente sea-breezes that fluctuated between…
The Gulf of Saint Tropez kept the surprises coming for the third day of the Swan One Design Worlds.
For 25 years, Race Crew, from all walks of life, have had the same purpose: saying yes to discovering personal frontiers and achieving something extraordinary. The ocean is their race track.
Racing at their first regatta since acquiring the boat, the crew of the Swan 115 Moat, were crowned winners of the inaugural Ibiza JoySail regatta. The team led by skipper Nicolas Gonzalez and with round the world race and America’s…
Keagan York’s Finport Finance will feature a brand-new team when it lines up against 17 other top performers at the Australian 18 Footers League for the club’s 2021-22 season on Sydney Harbour. Keagan, Director and Co-Founder of sponsoring Compass Global…
The Gulf of Saint Tropez kept the surprises coming on the third day of the Swan One Design Worlds, with the wind swinging right round to the east again and signs of a good sailing breeze early on were scuppered…
Only the finest margins separate the top of the order after scintillating racing, as the Formula Kite World Championships are about to hit the final series on the penultimate day of the regatta on the Gulf of Oristano on the…
The 2021 Finn World Masters at Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain concluded on Friday with no more races possible and so the minor medals were decided, as France’s Valerian Lebrun had already secured the Championship win. With a difficult forecast, the…
Crews were scrambled early this morning, given the news that racing in the Swan One Design Worlds was to begin early at 11am to take advantage of a good sailing breeze, after the light winds and long waiting of yesterday….
The fight for the Formula Kite world titles, which are being contested on the sumptuous Gulf of Oristano on the Italian island of Sardinia, shifted into high gear with drama all over the track in tough conditions that left some…
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