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International ocean racing teams from around the world are assembling in Lorient, France this week ahead of the start of the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe on Saturday May 29. Designed to showcase professional fully crewed offshore racing,…
Nominations are currently open for the 2021 NSW Maritime Medal, which recognises the outstanding and sustained contributions that individuals or organisations have made to the maritime community in NSW. Do you know an unsung hero in the boating community? The…
On the last day of the 44Cup Portoroz, again 20+ knots with gusts and shifts made for close, high adrenalin racing and plenty of opportunities throughout at the 44Cup Portoroz, but it was Team Ceeref that made the best of…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Vice Admiral’s Cup came to a conclusion on Sunday local time after two days of racing in fresh to feisty conditions in the Solent, and the final day produced more challenging conditions for the high-performance…
Please do not throw your beacon in the bin. Beacons can inadvertently activate if they are not correctly disposed, which often occurs when beacons are thrown in the rubbish and end up in tips. Every year, thousands of dollars are spent…
Racing got underway at the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Vice Admiral’s Cup on Saturday with four highly competitive races for all eight classes and the gale that had blown through the Solent the previous day had passed, although there was…
After a day of very tight racing in Cowes, Rán is the early leader in the Fast40+ Class at the Vice Admiral’s Cup, Round 1 of the class’s 2021 Race Circuit, while Khumbhu and Jean Genie also won races on…
For the first 44Cup event in 17 months, Portorož in Slovenia, could not have offered better conditions to date; slowly ramping up the wind strength to the third and penultimate day of racing, when the wind was at times solidly…
Current JJ Giltinan world champion, Michael Coxon has been sailing 18s for around 20 seasons and during that time has won four JJ world titles and five Australian Championships as well as numerous other major titles. However, even the world’s…
Thirty one of the 33 skippers who competed in the 9th Vendée Globe mustered in Les Sables d’Olonne today for the official prize giving and closing ceremony in which Yannick Bestaven (Maître-CoQ) received top award as the overall winner. “Winning…
Cruising is not about whipping in under full sail, ropes straining, fuelling up and having a shandy and heading off again. There is more to it than that, if it is to be enjoyed in the genteel fashion to which…
In a fleet as close as the 44Cup’s it is rare for one team to dominate. However, perhaps because of the 17 month absence caused by the pandemic, yesterday at the 44Cup Portorož there was one stand-out performer, Team Nika….
In a fleet as close as the 44Cup’s it is rare for one team to dominate, but perhaps because of the 17-month absence caused by the pandemic, yesterday at the 44Cup Portorož, Slovenia, there was one stand-out performer, Team Nika….
Today marked the final day of racing on the waters of Capri for the boats competing for the title of ORC European Champion 2021, and the Race Committee was on the water at 10 this morning to position the course…
Friday’s opening day for the Fast40 Class in the UK was called off, with average winds of 40 knots sweeping through the Solent, but Saturday’s forecast is much better while Sunday should start with moderate winds, increasing through the day….
With 450+ yachts entered in this year’s 49th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s biennial flagship event has consolidated its position as the biggest offshore yacht race in the world. The 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race sets…
The Ocean Race Europe brings the world’s top sailing teams to the continent this summer. Find out about the many ways the Race is supporting our seas along the way. Read More: http://www.theoceanrace.com
2022-23 Race Route confirmed ✔️🌎 10 iconic host cities ✔️🌇 Starting in Alicante, Spain in October 2022 🇪🇸 The Grand Finale in Genoa, Italy in June 2023 🇮🇹 38,000 miles of racing around the world ⛵️ Are you ready? 🤯🙌
World Sailing, supported by Virtual Regatta, the leading digital sailing platform, have partnered with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to join the Olympic Virtual Series (OVS). Olympic Virtual Series The first ever Olympic-licensed event for physical and non-physical virtual sports…
The final piece of an important puzzle has been put in place today, with Australian Sailing announcing the appointment of performance development specialist Ken Lynch to the role of National Performance Pathway Manager. Lynch will be charged with leading the…
Having not lined up since November 2019, 44Cup competition resumed today for the high performance owner-driver one designs, with three races successfully held on the Bay of Piran. These started in a 6 knots and built to 12 over the…
With its light start, brilliant sunshine, and the ancient town of Piran with its still snowcapped Slovenian Alps as a backdrop, the day could not have been better for the 44Cup fleet to blow away any cobwebs after such a…
This morning the fleet of 62 boats competing in the ORC European Championship took to the race course located 4 miles off Capri’s Marina Grande. Conditions were somewhat more stable than yesterday, with about 10 to 12 knots of breeze…
The Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race has reached a milestone, with the 50th entrant – Kevin Whelan and his Beneteau 45F5 Reve – representing the host club in the annual race from Sydney Harbour to Gold Coast. The Cruising…
The 2021 Australian Superyacht, Marine Export and Commercial Industry (ASMEX) conference held at Sanctuary Cove on Tuesday May 18 successfully delivered a diverse and dynamic cross section of speakers and session topics on the Australian marine industry. Now in its…
The Ocean Race, the world’s toughest test of a team in sport, will host a high-level Summit on 16th June to help drive new and improved policies to tackle some of the most urgent issues facing our blue planet. The…
Mercury Marine is proud to announce that Brisbane Marine in Queensland has earned the title of Mercury Marine’s Australian Dealer of the Year for 2020. Brisbane Marine prides itself on being a one-stop marine experience offering sales of boats, outboard…
Simon Torvaldsen is having a real blast in his JPK 10.80, ‘Atomic Blonde’, winning the prestigious Siska Trophy as the best performing yacht on IRC Overall during Western Australia’s 20/21 season. The Siska Trophy is based on the overall handicap…
Two of Australia’s fastest men on water; maritime marvels who have been quite comfortable while travelling at more than 130 knots, will go head-to-head in August at Australia’s premier yachting regatta, Hamilton Island Race Week. This time, though, their circumstances…
Following a few days training here in Slovenia, owners and crews of the eight RC44s are now back in the saddle and ready for tomorrow’s start of the 44Cup Portorož. The last time the 44Cup fleet raced was in Palma…
The first edition of The Ocean Race Europe, scheduled to start on May 29 from the Lorient, France, has partnered with Quirónprevención of the Quirónsalud group for the design and implementation of a strict Covid-19 prevention protocol. A multidisciplinary team…
New Zealand’s packed summers of superyacht racing are set to continue with entry open and the release of the 2022 NZ Millennium Cup Notice of Race Four superyacht owners have already declared their interest in racing in the world’s longest-standing…
The Boating Industry Association joined with TAFE NSW recently to deliver the Green Light Day webinar as a promotion of skills, training, and career opportunities in the marine industry. BIA and TAFE used the webinar to showcase job opportunities and…
Five years ago we were at a remote Pacific island with just a few other yachts. There was socialising ashore and chatter on the VHF. This year we sailed to another remote island: Lord Howe. It was an easy 470…
In this video, Shaun Priestley demonstrates some of the key settings for your sail controls when sailing downwind in medium winds. For this example, we are looking at wind speeds between 8 to 15 knots. RYA – http://www.rya.org.uk
Three months out from the start of the prestigious race, the team this week returned their IMOCA 60 yacht, HUGO BOSS, to the water, with training set to commence in the coming days. “The boat has had a full inspection,…
After a successful 2020 event in late October last year, a fleet of 38 women and 69 men for a total of 107 windsurfers gathered on Lake Garda for the 2021 iQFOiL International Games hosted by Univela Sailing in Campione…
Rolex Capri Sailing Week 2021 The first day of mark racing got underway today in ORC European Championship 2021 with a fleet of 62 hulls from 12 different nations taking to the waters off Capri this morning to do battle…
A UK man who entered Australian waters on a yacht he sailed from Tahiti has been rescued and placed in hotel quarantine after his vessel sank in rough seas off the coast of Newcastle. A gruelling 26-hour operation ended in…
Australian Brian Pattinson from Melbourne Australia is an extremely experienced skipper with over 500 thousand miles of sailing and racing double or single-handed to his account. He is used to sail in the treacherous waters of the Bass Strait and…
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