Shooting the breeze: Lord Howe Island
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…
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Downwind medium sail controls – Dinghy Sailing Techniques – Tips for sailing in 8 to 15 knots
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
Alex Thomson plots August return with Hugo Boss
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,…
iQFOiL International Games back on Lake Garda
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…
ORC European Championship – Day 1
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…
UK man rescued after sailing sinking yacht into Australian waters
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 makes 20 entries for Global Solo Challenge
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…
2021 Beneteau Pittwater Cup – One for yourself, and the team!
24 boats and over 140 sailors had eagerly waited for the 2021 Beneteau Pittwater Cup. Its arrival brought welcome sun, and much lighter breezes, raising the hopes for yet another brilliant event. There have been 20 of them, in fact,…
Steering the Course – Global Women’s Sailing Festival
From FRIDAY 21st MAY to SUNDAY 30th MAYHeld over a 10-day period across two separate events – one in the Northern and the other in the Southern Hemisphere – the festival will bring together sailing communities from all backgrounds, with…
We are Hiring – Writer – Sailing News
We are seeking a talented journalist and sailor for Mysailing.com.au. You will be expected to publish a large volume of news and feature content received by the site daily. You will work closely with a wide range of sources to…
Entries flow in for 2021 Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta
Entries are now flowing in for both the Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta and its feeder race Brisbane to Sunshine Coast. SCYC Members and their families are excited about welcoming this year’s fleet of competing yachts on the Sunshine Coast. The…
Fifty plus teams for RORC Vice Admiral’s Cup
High performance racing with the Royal Ocean Racing Club is back with the Vice Admiral’s Cup taking place in the Solent from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd May and over 50 teams have taken up the challenge for 2021. The…
New Zealand opens to yachts from Australia
The newly implemented air travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand, combined with an existing sea border exemption for vessels, means New Zealand is now open to business for cruising yachts and superyachts coming from Australia. The yachts can visit…
What you need to know about the new IMOCA rule
The new IMOCA rule, which will be applicable from 2022 to 2025, was voted on at the class association’s general assembly on April 15. To understand the main developments, Tip & Shaft interviewed the class president, Antoine Mermod. Also interviewed…
Wave attenuator construction great news for Eden
The Port of Eden is set to become a safe small boat harbour, with construction of a wave wall to begin this year. Member for Bega, Andrew Constance, confirmed Austral Construction has been awarded the tender for the project, which…
Realteam sailing wins TF35 Nyon
With just two points separating the leader, Realteam and second-placed Alinghi, there was the potential for an exciting showdown at the TF35 Nyon in Switzerland, but the weather decided otherwise, and racing cancelled, Realteam prevailed. Looking at the forecast overnight,…
Vendee Globe 2024: New Medallia for Pip Hare
British skipper Pip Hare and her sponsors, Medallia, have confirmed they are the new owners of the IMOCA Bureau Vallée 2, which Louis Burton sailed to third place on the last Vendée Globe, and which Armel Le Cléac’h sailed to…
I gots da fever: one man's journey to sailing
I had not been in control of a boat since I was 16 years old. Sure, that is not exactly true. We hired a tinny on the Sunshine Coast with the view to catching a fish. Fortunately, no fish were…
Realteam sailing hits the gas on Day 2 in Nyon
While on day one there was no stand-out team, today Esteban Garcia’s Realteam Sailing, co-skippered by Jérôme Clerc, had the bit between her teeth, posting an almost perfect 1 1 2 1 scoreline. Race 1 got underway in a steady…
InfoTrack’s quick rise to the top in MC38 class
Every new MC38 team knows it takes a season or two to get a handle on the nuances of the slippery one design keelboat, and usually much longer to climb past the class stalwarts – a couple of them with…
500-Year-old chandlers Arthur Beale sunk by lockdowns
London landmark, run aground by lost revenue and a big repair bill, supplied Shackleton and Everest climbers. Next month, Arthur Beale Ltd., a nearly 500-year-old business that sells maritime supplies from central London, is set to close a store famed…
Upwind medium wind sail controls – Dinghy Sailing Techniques – Tips for sailing in 8 to 15 knots
In this video, Shaun Priestley demonstrates some of the key settings for your sail controls when sailing upwind in medium winds. For this example, we are looking at wind speeds between 8 to 15 knots. RYA – http://www.rya.org.uk
New SailGP racing speed record
As well as beating Australia to win the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by Hamilton Princess, Great Britain also dealt a further blow to the Aussies by breaking their SailGP racing speed record. Tom Slingsby’s team had held the F50…
GC32 Racing tour 2021 preview
After a break the 2021 GC32 Racing Tour will once again see top foiling catamaran competition between some of the world’s top professional teams as well as owner drivers kicking off in Lagos, Portugal at the end of June.
Alternative events for Paris 2024 approved by World Sailing’s Council
World Sailing’s Council have approved the Men’s and Women’s Kiteboarding (Formula Kite) and Men’s and Women’s Two Person Dinghy (470) as the first and second alternative event proposals to Mixed Offshore at Paris 2024 following their meeting at the 2021…
Spindrift leads day one of T35 Nyon
The opening day of the TF35 Nyon was an unusually high scoring for all but Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard’s Spindrift. The French team, helmed this weekend by Xavier Revil, claimed the second race of the day after splitting from…
Fra Diavolo victorious in Stage 1 of Rolex Capri Sailing Week
In light airs, with things not looking good early on, Vincenzo Addessi’s Fra Diavolo came through with two bullets to win Stage 1 of Rolex Capri Sailing Week, while Alberto Leghissa’s Anywave was first over the finish line. Following last…
Back after 18 months – 44Cup ready to set sail in Slovenia
Following a huge effort on the part of the local organisers in Slovenia, the owners and teams arriving from the four corners of the globe are ready for the 44Cup season to fire up again next week at the 44Cup…
SailGP makes an impact with purpose-driven projects in Bermuda
With the high-speed pace being set by the annual, global championship’s Season 2 opening event in Bermuda, SailGP’s purpose-driven mantle to Race for the Future as an international leader in sustainable sport and entertainment wasted no time making its mark…
Discover and explore the Whitsundays this winter…
With Australian’s making the most of domestic travel, the cruising yachts are making their way up the Queensland coast to enjoy a winter cruising season in the tropical north. With high volumes of boat owners making plans to visit the…
Australian Sailing launches Athlete Wellbeing & Engagement Framework
Australian Sailing today launched its Athlete Wellbeing & Engagement Framework (AWEF), which is designed to ensure Australia’s elite and developing sailors are supported in their development both on and off the water. A key element of the new http://Australian Sailing…
Sunfish sighting reported in the ORCV Carnival of Short-Handed sailing race
Sunfish sighting reported in the ORCV Carnival of Short-Handed sailing race The passion for short-handed sailing is well alive in Melbourne sailing scene with James Russell on his Adams 10 yacht, Surprise (SM63) being crowned overall winner in the Ocean…
Andy Maloney sweeps to victory at 2021 Finn Gold Cup
It took more than 60 years for a New Zealand sailor to win the Finn Gold Cup, and now two have come along in a row, with Andy Maloney sweeping to victory and defending champion, Josh Junior, finishing third. Maloney…
The Ocean Race and TIME join forces in race to protect the ocean
The Ocean Race, the world’s toughest test of a team in sport, and the global media brand TIME, are launching a new partnership to help inspire change for the ocean. Combining The Ocean Race’s unrivalled experience of the seas and…
Small boat on a big sea
“So where have you sailed from?” “France.” “On this boat?!” Our new neighbours look surprised, we are invited for sundowners. Indeed, a 25 footer is not the size of a sailing boat one would expect to sail to Australia from…
Try a Trade demonstrates bright future for students
A Try a Trade Careers Expo in Victoria has shown more than 3,000 secondary school students the range of career possibilities in the marine industry. Mercury Marine worked in collaboration with the Boating Industry Association of Victoria (BIAV) and other…
Maxi racing resumes in Capri after a year-long break
Following a very sparse season in 2020, inshore maxi yacht racing fired up in anger again today in Capri, Italy, with the start of the Maxi Yacht Capri Trophy, part of Rolex Capri Sailing Week, running from today to May…
New Zealanders run the show on penultimate day of Porto Finn Gold Cup
New Zealand’s Andy Maloney has extended his lead at the 2021 Finn Gold Cup in Porto, Portugal, to take a five-point lead into the final day on Wednesday, with three races possible. Zsombor Berecz, the 2018 champion, from Hungary, moves…
AIS welcomes extended funding certainty for sports
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) has welcomed the Australian Government’s extension of high performance sport funding through to the 2024 Paris Games, that will enable sports to plan further ahead with greater certainty. Australian Sports Commission Chair Josephine Sukkar…
Bringing the sisters and soul together at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week
Townsville sailor Donna Dewhurst is happily heading to her 10th SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) where she will arrive with the usual all-female crew and her Hunter 310, Soul Sister, for Townsville Yacht Club’s annual event, which opens spring…
