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After Sunday’s start in strong south-westerly winds, less than 48 hours in and across the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet competitors have been struggling in light winds, especially around the Traffic Separation Scheme between Land’s End and the Scilly Isles and,…
As the mighty Ultime trimaran Maxi Edmond de Rothschild was arriving in Cherbourg for the finish of the Rolex Fastnet Race having completed the 695 mile course in just over one day, Alaistair Cooke’s Sigma 36 Sundance was heading backwards…
Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin have revealed a plastic bag hooked on their rudder has foiled their bid for a medal in Japan. The devastated cousins were in a bronze medal winning position when disaster struck in the medal race…
Would you know what to do if you had a fouled anchor in rough seas? James Stevens looks at the problem and provides the solution. Question: Can you retrieve a fouled anchor in rough sea? Dave and three friends are…
Boat designer and three-time Olympian Bruce Kirby, best known globally as the designer of the Laser 14 Olympic sailing dinghy, passed away at his home in Connecticut on 19 Jul 2021, at the age of 92. In 1969, at the…
Boat solar panels are the gift that keeps on giving; free power, coupled with zero running costs – what could possibly be better than that? The fact of the matter is that there are costs associated with boat solar panels…
The French trimaran, Maxi Edmond De Rothschild, repeated her performance from 2019 by rounding the Fastnet Rock first and going on to take line honours across the entire fleet, finishing in Cherbourg some 12 hours after passing the rock. Behind…
The 49th edition of Rolex Fastnet Race started from Cowes, England, on 8 August, with over 300 yachts setting off into the teeth of a strong westerly. – Rolex
Ever wondered what it takes to become a top athlete? The Dinghy Racing Channel caught up with Micky & Hannah, ILCA (Laser) sailors with the British Sailing Team, to find out about their training regime and how they keep in…
Emotions ran high after the final sailing race of Tokyo 2020, when Women’s 470 Olympic champions Hannah Mills & Eilidh McIntyre had to wait for the results of an onshore protest from the French bronze medallists before their gold medal…
Despite the latest lockdowns in NSW and the south east corner of Queensland, organisers at Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) are looking forward to welcoming competitors and their supporters to the 33rd running of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), which starts on Thursday…
The extraordinary 32 metre long Ultime Maxi Edmond de Rothschild showed a clean pair of heels to the rest of the fleet in the 49th Rolex Fastnet Race arriving this evening (Monday 9 August) at 20:24:54 BST, setting a new…
Almost 10 hours after the lead Ultime trimaran, Russian Dmitry Rybolovlev’s new ClubSwan 125 Skorpios became the first monohull to round the landmark. Due to this year’s mostly upwind conditions being more ‘typically Rolex Fastnet Race’, even the massively fast…
While the majority of the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet is still toughing it out in the Channel, at 0800 BST this morning Maxi Edmond de Rothschild was the first Ultime to reach the Fastnet Rock. Since yesterday’s dramatic departure from…
Catch up on the start of the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race.
Only a handful of people have attempted to circumnavigate Antarctica in a yacht, including Australian sailor Lisa Blair. In 2017, Blair, the 37-year-old from Queensland, became the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica with one stop. “I think it…
Men’s 470 sailing gold medalist Mat Belcher carried the Australian flag as a festive and fanciful Closing Ceremony brought the Tokyo Olympics to an end on Sunday night. Like the Opening Ceremony, there were no fans in attendance at the…
Despite undergoing several re-groupings throughout the race, skipper Sam Goodchild and the Leyton crew came out on top yesterday evening after a five-and-a-half day sail in the closing offshore leg of the Pro Sailing Tour. Having skippered their yacht from…
Summer always seems to come and go fast, and before you know it, you are preparing your boat for winter. During this time, it’s important to start figuring out how and when you want to antifoul your boat. Typically, antifouling…
Destinations to check out in August include Australia’s western and northeastern coastlines, where spring is making a welcome return, kick-starting the Southern Hemisphere’s yachting season. Not sure where’s best to drop anchor this month? Here are some of the best…
William Croxford, from Kettering, England, has dreamed of sailing around the world since childhood, and after a difficult 2020 he has decided that now is the time to turn that dream into a reality. Croxford is the 28th entry in…
Lagos, Portugal: At the second event of the GC32 Racing Tour 2021, five teams stood a chance of being on the podium right up to the final race. Big breeze saw the fleet hit some of its fastest speeds in…
A total of 337 boats from 24 nations, including the largest ever turn-out from France, crossed the start line in strong south-westerly winds as part of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s premier event – The Rolex Fastnet Race. The Fastnet…
As voted by superyacht captains and crew, Coral Sea Marina has been announced as a Runner-Up in the ACREW Superyacht Business Awards 2021 in the Best Superyacht Marina category. The Superyacht Business Awards is a global awards program, with a…
Like a trial run for tomorrow’s start of the Rolex Fastnet Race, today the Solent has been in a blustery mood with an overcast sky, rain and perpetual gusty winds – and the forecast for the start of the 49th…
Top boat overall at Mallorca’s 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE goes to the durable Spanish partnership of owner Javier Banderas and skipper Daniel Cuevas on the Swan 42, Teatro Soho Caixabank, winners of the BMW ORC Class 2. Teatro Soho…
The start of the Rolex Fastnet Race will take place from the Royal Yacht Squadron line off Cowes on Sunday, with the first Warning Signal for the multihull classes at 1100, followed at 15-minute intervals by the IMOCAs/Class40s, and then…
The Rolex Fastnet Race starts on Sunday 8th August, 2021 from the Royal Yacht Squadron line, Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK. The first warning signal of the 49th edition of the race is at 1100 (first start 1110) and the…
Cowes Week 2021 delivered a mix of interesting and exciting racing, with up to 40 races per day across 30 classes and Giles Peckham’s Daring Dauntless won the regatta overall for a record fourth time, having notched up five wins…
With just one race to sail at Palma’s 39 Copa del Rey Mapfre, Andy Soriano’s TP52 team on Alegre have all but secured the overall win in the IRC class, with another two hard earned wins in today’s light, shifty…
Libby Greenhalgh has navigated around the world twice with the Volvo Ocean Race; and her experience has given her an exceptional eye for weather. Greenhalgh sat down with North Sails to share her steps for planning a trip offshore. NS:…
As the Copa del Rey MAPFRE moved into the final series, several teams stepped up their performance, posting their best day yet to ultimately upset the standings.
Would you decide to move to a new anchorage if it meant sailing through shoal water in approaching bad weather? James Stevens looks at the problem and provides the solution. Rachel is on board her yacht Pampero, an 11m Sadler 34,…
Among the largest boats in the IRC classes, Peter Morton’s GP42 The Jean Genie had another spectacular day on the sixth day of Cowes Week, winning the New York Yacht Club Challenge Cup, ahead of Richard Matthews’ new Carkeek CF520 Oystercatcher…
The Arch, competing on the Pro Sailing Tour’s Final Rush, the offshore race between Toulon and Brest, dismasted this morning at 01:23 while leading the race. “We were sailing under full mainsail in 14-18 knots of wind, I was at…
As the Copa del Rey MAPFRE moved into the final series, several teams stepped up their performance, posting their best day yet, shaking up the results. In the highly competitive ClubSwan 50 class, with Australia’s Tom Slingsby calling tactics for…
The only English athlete on the French SailGP Team, Leigh McMillan, explains what really happened at SailGP Plymouth.
NAVatHOME Australia is the perfect online learning platform for sailors and motor boat enthusiasts keen to hone their skills, including navigation, passage planning, weather forecasting, rules of the road and more. Practical sailing skills only get you so far. Without…
Mat Belcher & Will Ryan topped off their outstanding Tokyo 2020 gold medal with a Medal Race victory. Belcher looks back at their silver medal win at Rio 2016 and how it inspired them for more this time around. –…
Austrian adventurer and sailor Norbert Sedlacek is set to become the first sailor to ever complete a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation without assistance through all of the world’s oceans. Sedlacek will depart on board his Open60AAL Innovation Yacht on the 15th of August from Les Sables d’Olonne, France, the home of…
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