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The islands have it as Sail Port Stephens fleet heads offshore
The 2021 Sail Port Stephens regatta switched to island time today for Race 2 of the Commodores Cup, with the fleet heading seawards for a race course where Mother Nature lays the marks – or at least the landmarks. Starting…
Japan SailGP Team announces new signings for Season 2
The Japan SailGP Team has supercharged its team for SailGP Season 2, announcing the headline signings of Italian sailor and eight-time world champion Francesco Bruni and Great Britain’s Chris Draper, who take on the roles of flight controller and wing…
Fox Sports and Kayo app in Australia to broadcast SailGP season 2
With the SailGP Season opener less than a week away, the global championship has announced comprehensive broadcast coverage, with viewers in 175 territories globally able to watch the events, which promise high-speeds, high-tech and high-drama in the second season. Broadcasting…
Sinking yacht threatened Cook Strait power cables
New Zealand website stuff.co.nz reports that “a shipwreck drifting at the edge of the Marlborough Sounds has damaged a fishing boat and threatened cables vital to New Zealand’s electricity.” Emergency services responded to a mayday call from an 11-metre yacht…
Outboard Starting Problems and How to Fix Them Part 3: Refitting the Carburettor
Refitting the carburettor after cleaning, testing the motor. Cruising Association – https://www.theca.org.uk/
The Ocean Race Europe to gather data on the state of the seas
The Ocean Race, the world’s toughest test of a team in sport and sailing’s greatest round-the-world challenge, will collect vital data about the impact that humans are making on the ocean during its inaugural European Race. Several teams taking part…
Great Britain SailGP Team confirms Season 2 squad
With less than one week to go until the start of SailGP Season 2, which commences with the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by Hamilton Princess April 24-25, the Great Britain SailGP Team has unveiled its squad that will race…
Rolex Fastnet Race – more than an ocean race
While this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race will be highly competitive at the front of the fleet, for many among the record-sized entry of 453 yachts (at present), the objective of tackling the 695 mile course from Cowes to Cherbourg via…
From rust to trust as Sail Port Stephens enjoys action-packed start
It was a day to clear the rust, but also to show some trust, as Sail Port Stephens turned on a spectacular opening day for the Bannisters Port Stephens Commodores Cup 2021. Racing on the Pub-to-Pub course began in light…
2023 Ocean Globe Race set to be the World’s biggest ever
In 1981, 29 entrants set out on the third edition of the Whitbread Around the World Race, creating the current record as the biggest ever, fully crewed challenge. As the race evolved every four years, it became ever more professional…
Solo sailor rescued in “perfect” conditions
The calm, windless sea was ideal for towing, but no good for sailing, so a solo sailor off Holyhead in the UK did the right thing and called the RNLI when his motor broke down. Pagers sounded just before 5pm…
So, just how much does it cost to cruise?
Experiencing what can only be described as a man’s ‘young-life crisis’, twenty-one year old Andrew Godfrey puzzled over his latest dilemma: “What should I do with my life?” The path should have been obvious. A recent graduate with his Bachelor…
PLB leads rescuers to disabled sailing vessel
The US Coast Guard rescued two people aboard a disabled sailing vessel approximately 60 miles northwest of Marathon, on Sunday. Coast Guard Seventh District watchstanders received a personal locating beacon alert at approximately 2:30 a.m. Coast Guard Air Station Miami…
Tokyo Olympics chief commits to Games as infections surge – fresh calls to postpone or cancel
Tokyo’s Olympics chief said on Friday that Japan was committed to holding a safe Games this summer, as a surge in COVID-19 cases prompted an expansion of contagion controls and with fresh calls for the Games to again be postponed…
Full sail ahead for huge Sail Port Stephens fleet
A year after its COVID-enforced cancellation, Sail Port Stephens regatta has rebounded in record style, filling marina berths, moorings and motels while boasting the largest number of individual entries across the various yacht, sports boat, dinghy and windsurfer categories. From…
Aussies pitchpole USA’s SailGP boat in Bermuda
The USA’s SailGP boat endured its first capsize today during s second day of training in Bermuda’s Great Sound – but it was at the hands of the Australian team, headed by Tom Slingsby. Slingsby and his Australia teammates took…
Berecz and Cardona retain Finn European titles in Portugal
Zsombor Berecz has successfully retained the Finn European Championship after a consistent, confident and conclusive display on the waters of Vilamoura, Portugal over the past week. The Hungarian never put a foot wrong and achieved a level of consistency unmatched…
Jake Lilley on track for Tokyo Games after placing eighth at Finn Europeans
Ninety-eight days out from the Tokyo Olympic Games, Australian Sailing Team Finn sailor and Rio Olympian Jake Lilley (QLD) has wrapped up the 2021 Open Finn European Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal with a top ten finish in a world-class fleet….
SailGP Launches Second Season with Oracle Cloud Technologies that elevate race performance, captivate fans
Powerful, enhanced analytics bring teams and fans deeper race insights and put them aboard a virtual F50 catamaran Oracle and SailGP, sailing’s premier racing league, have expanded their successful data analytics platform leading into the second season. SailGP taps Oracle Cloud…
Alicante, Spain is confirmed as final host city for The Ocean Race Europe
The Ocean Race Europe will visit in Alicante, with the Spanish city confirmed as the fourth host city to be announced for the May/June event. Alicante joins the start port of Lorient, France; Cascais, Portugal; and the host of the…
IOC asks World Sailing to review decision on double-handed offshore keelboat
World Sailing’s controversial decision to replace the Finn heavyweight men’s dinghy with a mixed-gender, double-handed, offshore keelboat race for Paris 2024 will be revisited after the IOC wrote to the world body citing concerns with the new event. The letter,…
Sailor Peter Warner, who rescued shipwrecked Tongan teens, dead at 90
The 90-year-old adventurer died when his yacht capsized while attempting to cross the Richmond River bar on April 14, 2021. ABC North Coast / By staff writers The sailing community is mourning the loss of legendary seafarer Peter Warner. The 90-year-old died…
The Coral Sea is calling! Down Under Rally spots available
With the arrival of 2021 and the ongoing uncertainly in regard to when Australia`s Borders might reopen for international travel the Down Under Rally announced the Go East Yacht Rally from Australia to New Caledonia and beyond would not be…
RORC Crew Match website goes live
Looking for a boat to race or looking for crew to join your team? The Royal Ocean Racing Club have launched an updated Crew Match portal that aims to simplify the process of matching boat owners and crew wherever they…
Double win for Berecz as leaders extend on day 4 at Finn Europeans
After a week of incredibly consistent racing, the defending European Champion from Hungary, Zsombor Berecz, broke free of the fleet for the first time on Thursday with two quite impressive race wins that leaves him with an 11 point lead…
World on Water – SailGP will it float, Champs League, Waszp, SODEBO, Sam Davies more
Highlights of the Global Sport of Sailing in the last 7 days The SailGP is in limbo as the pandemic breaks out in Bermuda. They are in 7 day lockdown. Will they get to race next weekend April 24-25? The…
Bermuda Sail Grand Prix gets exemptions to continue racing
SailGP and the Bermuda Tourism Authority have been working closely following the Bermuda Government’s tightening of COVID-19 protocols to ensure that the forthcoming Bermuda Sail Grand Prix, and the essential operations and on-water safety trials, can take place. SailGP applied…
Youth Match Racing World Champs announced for California in August 2021
The 2021 Youth Match Racing World Championship will be held at the Balboa Yacht Club in Corona del Mar, California, from August 9-14, 2021 in Gov Cup 22’s. To compete, sailors must be under the age of 23 in 2021….
Antigua Sailing Week goes virtual
Antigua Sailing Week has announced Sailing Week Sunday – a virtual event with stories, interviews and entertainment, transmitting from Antigua on April 25, 2021. Annually the international coverage of Antigua Sailing Week places Antigua & Barbuda as an unparalleled destination…
How the control systems on board the Luna Rossa AC75 work
Handling a boat like the AC75 requires the use of sophisticated management and control systems actioning a compact network of valves and pistons. The AC75 is an extremely complex boat both from an engineering and a sailing point of view….
Fortune favours the consistent on day 3 at Finn Europeans in Vilamoura
Fortunes changed for many on the third day of 2021 Open and U23 Finn European Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal, after two more races in great conditions, yet as tricky as ever. Hungary’s ever consistent Zsombor Berecz is back on top,…
GC32 Racing Tour revises its 2021 schedule to include new Spanish venue
With COVID-related travel restrictions continuing in many countries around the world, the GC32 Tour has delayed the start of its 2021 season. The decision improves the chances of GC32 crew from Australia, New Zealand, the west and east coasts of…
The last Caribbean island to be unspoiled
The beauty of sailing the Caribbean as an Australian is that I would have otherwise not visited this part of the globe. Flights to the Caribbean are arduously long and prices are eye-wateringly expensive. However, Grenada is where I found…
CYCA Wednesday Twilight Series – 2020-21 finale
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2020-21 Wednesday Twilight Series ended with a spectacular evening of racing on Sydney Harbour. Front Page – Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (cyca.com.au)
SailGP: Racing on the Edge // Episode 3: $1 Million Race
The penultimate episode of ‘SailGP: Racing on the Edge’ in partnership with Rolex delves into the relationship between rivals and longtime friends Nathan Outteridge and Tom Slingsby, and the events leading up to the two going head to head in…
A new American crew for the start of the GLOBE40
A real buzz about the GLOBE40 concept in the USA: the union of informedamateurs and professionals Following on from Joe Harris – GRYPHON SOLO 2 – whose track record includes a firstcircumnavigation of the globe in 2016, another top-flight American…
“2024 Vendée Globe projects have already been launched” – Antoine Mermod, IMOCA President
The president of the IMOCA Class was a passionate fan of the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe. And so now looking forwards to 2024 projects are emerging fast as are new ideas and solutions which will make it possible…
SailGP’s racing facility on Cross Island have been suspended
All operations at SailGP’s racing facility on Cross Island have been suspended in compliance with the Bermuda Government’s latest Covid-19 restrictions, which came into effect this morning. Sir Russell Coutts, the SailGP chief executive, confirmed last night that the facility…
2021 Rolex Capri Sailing Week confirmed, from 13th to 20th May
The first major event of the sailing season will take place as scheduled between Naples and Capri, from 13th to 20th May, with an unprecedented desire to race and on a completely Covid-free island – as confirmed by the administration. ProgramMeasurement…
