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Big seas and strong winds offshore for the Premier Divisions contesting Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s annual Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship put the stress test on crews over the 24 nautical mile course, described as “brutal” by Division 1 winning…
The World Sailing Awards 2021 show, celebrating outstanding achievements and exceptional contributions to global sailing, will be live online on Thursday 2 December from 20.00 UTC from the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, UK. Keep VotingA record-breaking 25,000 votes have…
Rain clouds played havoc with Day 3 of 2021 KiteFoil World Series Fuerteventura, the wind never settling down sufficiently for any racing. Earlier in the morning, when the postponement flag came down and the horn sounded for the riders to…
Olympic champions Mat Belcher and Will Ryan along with Nacra 17 star Lisa Darmanin created history at Thursday night’s Australian Sailing Awards, taking out Male Sailor of the Year and Female Sailor of the Year awards for the fifth and…
The winner of the last edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre in the Class 40 has sustained keel damage, whilst bad weather off Martinique may delay the finish for the leading IMOCAs. Class 40 Late last night Ian Lipinski’s Crédit…
Fifteen-years-old but strong as on old ox, Singapore’s Max Maeder was fast out of the blocks at the 2021 KiteFoil World Series Fuerteventura. Three back-to-back bullets in the pre-lunch session of double-lap races launched Maeder into an early and decisive lead. In the post-lunch session Maeder…
Several years after presenting the first and only ocean-going production yachts in the world that are fully sustainable and powered by solar energy, Silent-Yachts now is the first boat builder to date to design and build boats for the use…
In its second season, SailGP continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in yachting. This global championship, in which national teams race identical foiling catamarans at speeds exceeding 50 knots, is making further major advances in technology and…
SailGP Inspire’s Adopt-a-Club community outreach program makes its debut in Sydney at the Australia Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG, taking place December 17-18. Initiating partnerships through local sailing clubs and organisations, the program is designed to expand opportunities in…
Dona Bertarelli, Yann Guichard and their nine crew will begin a fresh Jules Verne Trophy record attempt this Thursday. Early in the morning, the maxi-trimaran Sails of Change will cast off from her port of registry in La Trinité-Sur-Mer (Morbihan)…
The Ultime podium for the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre is complete. Late last night SVR-Lazartigue took second place ahead of Banque Populaire XI. The leading IMOCAs are due in Martinique on Thursday as the Class 40 make good progress across…
A roundup of game-changing moments from racing at the Spain Sail Grand Prix in Cádiz, including one of the most dramatic capsizes to date.
Charlie Enright talks about some fun one-on-one action with Corum L’Epargne during the Transat Jacques Vabre and why the spirits are high onboard as Mālama gets closer to Martinique.
The 11th edition of Sailing Arabia – The Tour, Oman’s premier offshore race, returns this week with teams representing Oman and Europe racing at four venues along the nation’s coastline in a combination of coastal raids and in-port races.
Nauta Design has showcased the depth of its design skills in the brand-new Southern Wind 105GT Taniwha, one of the stars of the recent Monaco Yacht Show. Delivered this summer, she has just had her first public outing and collected…
The start date for leg one of The Ocean Race 2022-23 has been confirmed with both IMOCA and VO65 fleets scheduled to burst from the starting blocks on Sunday, 15 January 2023 from Alicante on Spain’s Mediterranean coast. There will…
While browsing through online boating forums, it’s hard not to notice that some of the most frequently asked questions are centred on boat insurance. Questions include: What should be covered in a boat insurance policy? What is a reasonable premium?…
Undeterred by wet weather, last weekend Cherub sailors assembled at Lake Macquarie for the first of four rounds of the NSW State Championship. Hosted by Belmont 16ft Skiff Club, four other Clubs were represented at the event – Drummoyne Sailing…
A diverse and competitive fleet will chase history in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, headlined by the battle for the Tattersall Cup and the introduction of the Two-Handed Division. Six Australian states and territories are represented in the…
MySailing regularly features stunning sailing photos, the images captured by professionals who are passionate about their craft. I often marvel at what might appear to be a simple shot - but how on earth did the photographer shoot the boat…
Following the international IRC annual Congress meeting in October, the 2022 IRC rule text is now published online. The new rule text includes the following changes agreed by Congress: stored power (auto pilots) for steering is prohibited unless permitted by…
They waited for the sun to shine over Martinique before lining the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild up with Diamond Rock, taking full advantage of their crushing victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre. At 10 hours 16 minutes et 16 seconds locale (14…
Primonial has taken line honours and the Ocean Fifty multihull title in the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre race. French pair Sébastien Rogues and Matthieu Souben crossed the line in Martinique ahead of Koesio in second. Britain’s Sam Goodchild was third…
One-hundred and fifty boating enthusiasts attended Boating Rendezvous-Sydney on November 12-14 at Cockle Bay Marina, Darling Harbour.
Meet Tré Maxwell, an incredible SailGP Inspire Careers participant who had the opportunity to join the SailGP team at three events this season. Tré truly embodies the goals of the program and the future of our sport. Warning: his enthusiasm…
Blue Water Classics – Portraits of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is a book on Australia’s most famous blue water classic, the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race that has become a best seller and collector’s item for anyone who has an…
Race two of the Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series, hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club, was held on Sunday in a fresh, damp and cool southerly. After a beat from The Sound to Rose Bay and a run down to…
The first boats competing in the Transat Jacques Vabre are expected to arrive in Martinique overnight. The three fastest classes are slipping slowly through an area of light winds whilst the Class 40s are loving the trade winds. Ultimes –…
As the second edition of the Boating Rendezvous – Sydney was completed successfully on November 14th, we were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the sailing aficionados and keen boaters in Australia. Over 150 visitors attended the three day event took…
What goes down must come up; and the boats that race to the Onion Patch next June in the 2022 Newport Bermuda Race—the vast majority of them, at least—must make their way back home to the Eastern Seaboard of the…
The M32 World Championships came to an exciting close on Sunday. Eleven teams came from all over the world for 18 races in conditions ranging from six to 22 knots on the warm waters of Miami, Florida. When the dust settled Convexity, with Don Wilson…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s annual Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship reignites the good-natured rivalry between Sydney and Pittwater sailing crews – each believing they have the better pedigree, particularly within the Premier Divisions. These turf battles play out a few…
All four classes are on a direct route to the finish of the Transat Jacques Vabre in Martinique. The Ocean Fifty multihulls lead the race with just 645 miles to the finish line but the doldrums await them for a second time as…
The Noakesailing team of Sean Langman, Ed Powys and Josh Porebski had to battle hard against some strong challenges before taking out Race 1 of the 2021-22 NSW 18ft skiff Championship on a bleak Sydney Harbour today. In an 18…
Mussana, Oman – Odile van Aanholt and Elise de Ruyter (NED) won the 49erFX world title, while countrymen Bart Lambriex and Floris van der Werken took matching gold in the 49er fleet. Both teams are new pairings this summer, both…
Over four of the most difficult days of racing in 44Cup history, an impressive seven races were still held at the 44Cup Calero Marinas Lanzarote frequently in 5-6 knots wind, conditions, frankly, in which most other yachts would have been…
The hoped-for grandstand finish of the Transat Jacques Vabre in Martinique is beginning to look likely as the Ultimes and Ocean Fiftys begin their approaches to the line, as the IMOCA leaders continue their high-speed cat and mouse chase whilst…
With a light-to-no wind forecast for the penultimate day of the 44Cup Calero Marinas Lanzarote, the weather gods did tentatively oblige, and after more than an hour’s wait ashore, a race did get going but was abandoned when the wind…
After missing out last year, we are pleased to advise that the 8th running of the Inverloch Classic Dinghy Regatta is scheduled for the weekend of February 19-20, 2022. Hosted by the South Gippsland Yacht Club, the regatta provides a…
Mussana, Oman – John Gimson and Anna Burnet foiled into the lead of the Nacra 17 World Championship with an impressively composed display of high-speed tactics and strategy at the Nacra Worlds today. Scores of 5,1,2 could so easily have…
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