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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…
Day two of the M32 World Championships in Biscayne Bay, Florida began with calm winds, bright skies and temperatures in the mid 70s, so the Race committee attempted an on time start, but squalls forced the fleet back to shore…
Congratulations to Charles Brodel from France for taking the event win and becoming the Men’s Hydrofoil Freestyle World Champion and Maike Elisa Mueller from Germany for taking the event win. It was another perfect day for the GKA Hydrofoil Freestyle…
Newport, R.I. – American Magic, the U.S. Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup [AC36] and a prospective Challenger for the 37th, was pleased to receive the AC37 Protocol and updated AC75 Class Rule as part of a joint release earlier…
A group of four Spanish boat builders planned a trip to Lanzarote to surprise the Globe 5.80 Transat entrants before their Atlantic crossing, only to find out the start was moved forward before their landing time! Just as they decided…
Conditions off Lanzarote’s moon scape south coast took on a different character for day two of the 44Cup Calero Marinas Lanzarote, with much improved sailing conditions albeit with the 8-12 knot wind blowing either along or off the shore. To…
Whilst one Ocean Fifty celebrates a birthday, another suffers the huge frustrations of a blown spinnaker, just when it’s most needed in the final stages of the Transat Jacques Vabre. As the fleet speeds towards Martinique, Solidaires En Peloton-ARSEP has…
This morning, the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild rounded the rocks of São Pedro and São Paulo; this final course mark of the Transat Jacques Vabre was first negotiated on the outward leg early afternoon on 15 November by the Cammas-Caudrelier…
Biscayne Bay showed a steady 10-15 knots of breeze blowing down from Bear Cut Bridge in the east and a few glimmers of sun poked through the high cloud cover at the start of the M32 World Championship Nineteen races…
Charlie Enright and Pascal Bidégorry reporting live from the middle of the doldrum onboard Mālama in the Transat Jacques Vabre. Enright gives his own account of what the doldrums are, and what it’s like sailing through them.
The World Sailing Awards 2021 – celebrating the outstanding achievements and exceptional contributions to sailing – is now open for online voting!
Highly regarded international sports administrator and Olympian Iain Brambell has been charged with leading Australian Sailing’s High Performance program after being announced as its new High Performance Director. “We are delighted to have secured Iain’s services as our new High…
Many will agree that widespread dinghy racing was born in Australia due to an 11ft 6” two-handed skiff, conceived by Sylvester ‘Sil’ Rohu and designed by Charles Sparrow in 1931. Named the Vaucluse Junior or affectionately the Vee-Jay (VJ), the…
The 44Cup Calero Marinas Lanzarote, the final and deciding event of the 2021 44Cup, got off to a difficult start. Only five to six knots of wind is needed to race the nimble RC44s. On several occasions the race committee…
A breakage aboard HBF-Reforest’Action forces her to become the first Class 40 boat to abandon the race. Sam Davies chases the IMOCA leaders whilst Leyton wins a night-time duel in the Ocean Fifty. Class 40 – down to 44 The…
The World Sailing Awards 2021, celebrating the outstanding achievements and exceptional contributions to sailing, is now open for online voting. A record number of athletes and projects have been nominated in this remarkable period for global sailing. This year’s winners…
Musab Al Hadi with Waleed Al Kindi (OMA) moved into 25th place and qualified for gold fleet in a first for Oman at a 49er World Championship. The pair have been sailing 49er for almost a decade, and became quite…
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