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Following the positioning of the Antarctic Exclusion Zone, Race Direction of the Vendée Globe have confirmed the course distance for the imminent ninth edition of the race at 24,296 nautical miles, 44,996kms. The theoretical course distance in 2016-17 was 24,394…
Auckland, New Zealand – 4th November 2020 Ports of Auckland has today announced that it will facilitate the use of the inner harbour races courses (B and C) for all racing for the 36th America’s Cup event. CEO Tony Gibson…
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued two boaters from their 52-foot sailing vessel approximately 172 miles east of Cape Hatteras, Monday afternoon. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard's 5th District Command Center received a relayed notification from the International Emergency…
Created by sailors, for sailors, Offshore Doubles' mission is to strengthen the community of sailors, events and boat classes who are already making Double Handed offshore sailing the fastest growing segment of the sport. Click here to join now for…
The starting cannon will be fired again on Boxing Day for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) 2020 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The world-renowned 628-nautical-mile blue water classic will go ahead after a lengthy period of consultation with…
Short of space flight, a 40,000km non-stop singlehanded yacht race around the world represents one of the toughest human-mechanical challenges that can be undertaken. Sadly this often comes with a high attrition rate. Over the last eight editions of the…
I received this book in the midday post, immediately began reading, and did not stop until I had turned the last page. It is a book that will make you realise how small your perceived problems really are. And it…
November 2, 2020 – Los Angeles, CA – As of today, 8 months and 10 days in advance of the first start on July 13, 2021, there are 42 confirmed entries in the 51st edition of the Transpacific Yacht Club’s…
The Korean-designed Digital Sextant is claimed to be the first electronic sextant in the world and gives you quick and rapid identification of your location plus reliable back-up in case of GPS malfunction or failure. The developers say that current…
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Oct. 31, 2020) — Skipper Taylor Canfield and Team Stars+Stripes – Mike Buckley, Victor Diaz de Leon, Mike Menninger and Eric Shampain – won the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship with a penalty-marred…
Auckland, New Zealand – 31st October 2020 As contemplated by the America’s Cup Arbitration Panel when they made their Order on the 21st October with regard to the usage of the inner Harbour race Courses (Courses B and C), the…
Australia has firmed its place as one of the key contributors to the world of sailing overnight, with the election of Sarah Kenny as a Vice President of World Sailing and Daniel Belcher who will represent Oceania on the World…
The Australian champion tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake gave a masterclass of power sailing with a brilliant victory in Race 4 of the Australian 18 Footers League's Spring 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. …
The compact offshore racing boat, known as the Globe Mini 5.80, is the brainchild of adventurer and sailing legend, Don McIntyre. Interest in the boat in a box is taking off all over the world, using a DIY kit constructed…
OPINION When the CYCA finally decided to enter the 21st century and allow double-handed entries in the 2020 Rolex Sydney Hobart, fans of short-handed sailing applauded. However, that applause has turned to anger with the announcement that double-handers won't be…
Nautor opened in Finland 1966 and quickly gained the reputation of an excellent solid built yacht under the Swan label, which would comfortably and safely take you anywhere in the world. They even won the first Whitbread round the world…
Despite the Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF) not being able to proceed with its usual biennial event in February 2021, festival organisers are pleased to announce two new local events for 2021. A Parade of Sail, always a highlight of…
DATELINE: 29 October 2020 – Portsmouth UK. As 33 potential Cape Horners prepare for the start of the 9th Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race from Les Sables d’Olonne on November 8, The International Association of Cape Horners (IACH)…
Following the national lockdown measures announced by the President of the French Republic last night as part of the fight against Covid-19, the Vendée Globe Race Village will be closed to the public from Friday October 30th. The start of…
October 29, 2020 – We are pleased to unveil the Top 20 photos selected by the international jury of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image photo competition, consisting of Jen Edney, Chris Museler, Justin Chisholm, Loris von Siebenthal, Luca Rizzotti and Nicolas…
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Oct. 29, 2020) — If today’s late-afternoon form holds through to tomorrow morning, Ian Williams’s Team GAC Pindar will square off against Taylor Canfield’s Team Stars+Stripes for the championships of the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open…
Port Stephens Examiner Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club has been appointed the new licensee and operator of the Port Stephens Sailing and Aquatic Club. Following its shock at Port Stephens Council calling for expressions of interest to take over the licence…
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., October 27, 2020 – Despite ongoing uncertainties on the path to normal following COVID-19 restrictions, the Newport Ocean Sailing Association has announced one certainty – the 73rd Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race will start off the…
Stuff.co.nz. By Todd Niall. A Brazilian naval architect and boat builder claims to hold patents covering the canting foil system used in the America’s Cup AC75 boats. Manoel Chaves has engaged representatives in New Zealand who have given Team New Zealand until…
Newstalkzb Crisis talks will be held in Auckland tomorrow morning in an attempt to resolve the latest stand-off engulfing the America's Cup. The NZ Herald understands Auckland mayor Phil Goff has requested an urgent meeting with key stakeholders of the…
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Oct. 28, 2020) — A pair of Scandinavian crews, Jeppe Borch’s Borch Racing Team from Denmark and Johnie Berntsson’s Berntsson Racing Team from Sweden, advanced to the Quarterfinal Round of the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open…
Held annually on the waters of Sydney Harbour, this year’s Sail Sydney will take place from 10 – 13 December. Woollahra Sailing Club is proud to once again be the host club and official organisers of the event. The regatta began its life as…
After the start of The Ocean Race was delayed until 2021, due to Covid-19, the 11th Hour Racing Team decided to relocate their new IMOCA 60 sailing vessel from France back to the team’s home base in Newport, RI. Outside…
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Oct. 27, 2020) — If the conditions on Day 1 of the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship were spectacular, today they were nearly perfect. What’s the difference? A steadier, stronger breeze more…
Stuff.co.nz Onboard cameras have captured American Magic’s dramatic nose-dive in their new America’s Cup yacht. The syndicate released video footage of the near-miss on their debut sail in the AC75 they hope will win back the Auld Mug for the New York…
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Oct. 26, 2020) — As Phil Robertson’s China One Ningbo and Torvar Mirsky’s Mirsky Racing Team streaked out to 4-0 leads in their respective groups at the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship,…
The year is 1962, with fine sunny weather favouring the yacht marina at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney. My crewmate Ricky and I were working on our new home, the thirty-two feet yacht Isis, tied up in her usual berth. I…
The Australian Sailing Hall of Fame acknowledges exceptional performance and contribution at the highest level by an individual or a team, both past and present, and covers all disciplines of sailing, including those in supporting roles such as coaches and…
Sydney returned to deep winter for the MC38 class’ penultimate act of their 2020 season, temperatures in the low to mid-teens with rain and southerly gusts up to 30 knots on Sydney Harbour blowing up Ginger’s kite and sending hundreds…
The Australian champion tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake mastered the 25-knot Southerly wind, which battered the 18ft Skiff fleet, to score a brilliant victory in Race 1 of the Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship on…
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, October 24, 2020: The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, today presented their plan to go full circle in their mission: creating a product from the…
Les Sables-d'Olonne, 24th October 2020: At one week since the Vendée Globe Start Village officially opened and with 15 days to go before the start, the expansive site at Port Olona, Les Sables d’Olonne has enjoyed great weather for the passionate crowds…
Entries have opened for the 2021 Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race and Lincoln Week Regatta, which is shaping up to be a huge return to offshore yachting in South Australia as the sport bounces back from the…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. Team New Zealand executives say they will “move heaven and earth” to try to get the two axed America’s Cup courses back into play. That will take some delicate mediating with relations strained between the defenders…
RUSSELL, 24 October 2020 – At 3:58am this morning, Bianca Cook and Darryl Wislang with their all-kiwi NZ Ocean Racing crew became the first monohull to win the PIC Coastal Classic yacht race since 2009. After 18 hours racing through…
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