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Australia’s most successful Olympic sailor, Mathew ‘Mat’ Belcher has been welcomed into Maritimo Racing’s sailing program, with his involvement already proving to be successful. Belcher has been a dominant force in the Olympic 470 Dinghy Class over the last three…
SailGP Inspire has launched a virtual learning experience for New South Wales youth ahead of the upcoming Australia Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG, that combines the science of sailing and fitness with the leagues’ purpose-led Race For The Future…
Sodebo Ultim 3 is being assessed following last night’s collision with an unidentified floating object. Meanwhile, 11th Hour Racing Team – Alaka’i have officially abandoned the 15th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre after yesterday’s dismasting. The rest of the fleet…
Superyacht Cup Palma is delighted to announce that the J Class will be joining the fun at Europe’s longest running superyacht regatta in 2022. The J Class Association and owners unanimously chose the high-profile Mallorcan festival of sail as one…
Sailing joins thousands around the world in pledging to be net zero by 2050, aligning sport with the goals of the Paris Agreement and accelerating efforts to address climate change. Continuing its commitment to taking a leading role in sustainability…
The Yacht Share Mariner team are specialists in the syndicated ownership and management of private yachts for pleasure. We’ve had a great response and I’m confident our new Bali 4.4 will have her eight owners before she arrives in Australia…
Translated, one of the world’s leading translation companies, has partnered with legendary skipper Paul Cayard to select and train its amateur sailors aboard the Swan 65 Translated 9 for the Ocean Globe Race 2023 (OGR23). Cayard, seven-time world champion, seven-time…
No less than 126 professional photographers representing 24 nations entered the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award 2021 photo competition. Today we reveal the Top 20. The main ranking, the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award, was established by the international jury…
The eyes of the global marine industry are set on Sanctuary Cove Marina as they unveil 48 covered marina berths in a first for the industry in the southern hemisphere – cementing the Gold Coast-based marina’s position as a world…
Catch up with the competitors of the Transat Jacques Vabre.
Jules Hall takes the CYCA on a tour of his J/99, Disko Trooper_Contender Sailcloth. Jules and Jan Scholten are competing in the Two-Handed Division in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. By CYCA
Barcelona, Spain: Conditions failed to deliver on the final day of racing at the ILCA 7 World Championships due to an uncontrollable wave state. A storm rolled through and the swell pushed up to 2.5 meters, which made it highly dangerous…
A second 60-footer dismasted on Wednesday after Bureau Vallee suffered this misfortune earlier in the week. The 11th Hour Racing Team Alaka’i of Justine Mettraux and Simon Fisher was thus forced to retire from the 15th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre. The…
With late starter Jim Schofield from Ireland arriving safely in Marina Rubicon Lanzarote on November 10, all entrants of this eventful inaugural qualifier are now gathered in Lanzarote (Spain), including Class Globe 5.80 Class founder Don McIntyre. All are celebrating…
Following on from their multi-event Mediterranean Inshore and Offshore Challenges, the International Maxi Association (IMA) is to hold its first series in the Caribbean in 2022. The IMA Caribbean Maxi Challenge is open to all maxi yachts of 60+ft LOA….
With more than 200 jobs posted and almost 20,000 visits to the site since the launch in July, employers and job seekers alike are reaping the benefits of the new industry careers platform, MarineJobs.org.au. The website is a collaboration between…
With the front runners now less than 500 miles from the finish and expected into the port of Saint-François this Friday, the battle is becoming more and more fierce within the fleet in this 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef. In the…
On Saturday fifteen yachts competed in the third Short Ocean Pointscore of the 2021/22 season – the Gascoigne Cup. The Short Ocean Pointscore is a 10-race series, spread over the 2021/22 summer sailing season, organised by the Cruising Yacht Club…
Charlie Enright describes the first 24 hours of the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre onboard 11th Hour Racing Team’s IMOCA 60 – Mālama.
In case you missed it, our sister site, motoryacht.com.au, launched the very first edition of their newsletter last week, receiving a great response from their readers and subscribers. Having experienced widespread success as a growing Australian motor yacht news source so…
It was moving day at the ILCA 7 World Championship, with a pair of Australian Sailing Team athletes making their way into the top 10 on the penultimate day of the event in Barcelona, Spain. Racing was finally able to…
As announced yesterday, the trade winds are now sharing out breeze pretty fairly across the whole of the race zone in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef. As a result, the competitors furthest north are now benefiting from similar conditions to…
All of the competitors racing in the 15th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre fleet are currently stuck in a ridge of high pressure from Madeira to Dunkirk. As most head south across the Bay of Biscay, the race is on to be…
Following the first announcement of the 2023 Ocean Globe Race in July 2019, owners of Whitbread 60’s and a few maxis lobbied the organisers for their own modern class to join this 50th anniversary celebration event of the very first…
Racing recommenced on day four of the ILCA 7 World Championships following long delays earlier this week due to lack of wind. It was a tough day of racing for the Australian Sailing Team ILCA 7 squad as marginal conditions…
Twenty-four hours into the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre and Alaka’i is battling more than just the rest of the IMOCA fleet as they face the strong currents brought on by the spring tides. With Charal to leward and 11th Hour…
On Sunday, off the coast of Fremantle in South Beach, WA’s female keelboat sailors battled it out on the fleet of Foundation-36s for the 30th edition of the Women’s State Keelboat Championship. 2019’s winner, Lucy Alderson, took it up a…
As the leaders of the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef fleet pass the ‘1,000-miles to go’ mark in their race to Saint-Francois, the trade winds is finally making its presence felt out on the racetrack. The latter remains fairly wheezy at…
Mel Farley introduces the 16ft drinks bar that reefs in a blow! The Hartley 16 is an icon, widely recognised for its role in transforming sailing culture by making the pastime accessible to everyday Australian families. The plywood trailer-sailer, designed…
Australian sailor Michael Davey has been forced to withdraw from the 2022 Golden Globe Race after his yacht was washed onto the cliffs in Tasman Bay. In a Facebook post, the sailor recapped the unfortunate event. After having completed a…
Louis Burton and co-skipper Davy Beaudart reached the port of St Malo tonight with their damaged boat Bureau Vallée. They are the first boat forced to abandon this 15th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre race following a dramatic dismasting…
Long Beach Yacht Club has announced the 2022 dates for the prestigious Congressional Cup and Ficker Cup regattas, according to Chair Lisa Meier. Congressional Cup will commence Monday April 18, 2022 with one practice day, followed by five days of…
The fleet competing in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef now boasts a lateral separation of nearly 600 miles. That is a colossal figure, which is also reflected in the gaps between the competitors. To the north, Antoine Bos (825 –…
Climate Action Now skipper Lisa Blair talks technical about her 2017 dismasting in the Southern Ocean. By sharing the lessons learned from this terrifying experience, Blair aims to educate fellow sailors on important boating practices. Lisa Blair has graciously offered…
Back-to-back national MC38 titles for Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart’s Lazy Dog was no picnic: hours of floating around Sydney Harbour expectantly on the final day yielding an empty scoresheet meant that victory reverted to Lazy Dog’s narrow lead on day…
On November 7 at 1327 CET, 11th Hour Racing Team’s two boats crossed the start line off Le Havre, France in the 2021 edition of the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre. With two entries in the IMOCA Class, the team’s four…
David Griffith’s JV62 Whisper set the early tone to open the 2021/22 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore, winning fully-crewed overall and line honours in the Flinders Islet Race. Jules Hall and Jan Scholten were the first ever two-handed overall winners in…
Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi team today won both the GC32 Menor Mar Cup on Spain’s Costa Calida as well as the 2021 GC32 Racing Tour title. This week’s GC32 Mar Menor Cup has been supported and hosted by the Club Náutico…
It was a crazy, frustrating day for the crews of the Australian 18 Footers League’s fleet on Sydney Harbour today as they tried to complete the two races scheduled as part of the seven-race Spring Championship series. There was little,…
Sailors’ patience was tested on day two of the ILCA 7 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain as all the sunlight of the day was required to squeeze two races in. The Australian Sailing Team Laser squad responded well to vastly…
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