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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…
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…
While different storms rage elsewhere in the sailing world, for the second day running, no racing was possible at the 2021 Finn Gold Cup after offshore Atlantic storms brought very unstable conditions to Porto. It wasn’t for lack of trying….
All Marine Spares (AMS) has been appointed the Master Distributor across Australia and the Asia Pacific region for the Rocna and Vulcan Anchor range. The well-known Rocna design has established itself as the preferred anchor within the Bluewater cruising community…
Racing was cancelled on the second day of the 2021 Finn Gold Cup in Porto, Portugal, with huge waves battering the harbour entrance in the afternoon, following a complete lack of wind in the morning, following overnight storms. While the…
Portugal: Two months out from the Olympics, the big winners of the 49er and 49erFX Championships 2021 in the Olympic class 49er were the North Americans Nevin Snow and Dane Wilson, while Germany’s Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke held their…
My mother and father owned a succession of sailing boats when my sister and I were growing up. They were all wooden and mostly old, rather like Maurice Griffith’s description about his early east coast years. Their first boat was…
New Zealand’s Andy Maloney has grabbed the early lead at the Finn Gold Cup in Porto, Portugal, after three races on Saturday, the first day of racing, and Australia’s Jake Lilley is well-placed in 10th. Joan Cardona, from Spain, won…
On the fifth and penultimate day of the 2021 Cascais 49er and 49erFX Championships, the 49ers sailed their three scheduled races, but the light wind on the bay of Cascais fizzled during the 49FX first race of the day, and…
France’s Kevin Peponnet/Jeremie Mion and Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz have produced outstanding performances, respectively taking out the Men’s and Women’s 470 European Championships in Portugal, with Israel ‘s Nitai Hasson/Saar Tamir winning the Mixed team title and New Zealand winning the…
The 2021 Finn Gold Cup opened on Friday in Porto, Portugal, but minus an opening ceremony due to COVID-19, but with a practice race with a small fleet taking part. Nearly 60 sailors from 33 nations are taking part in…
On the fourth day of the 2021 Cascais 49er & 49erFX Championship, the Cascais the Race Area once again did not disappoint, delivering epic conditions for the 49er and 49erFX fleets where Australians Tess Lloyd and Jaime Ryan are in…
The following statement is from the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Board: The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Board offers our apology and ongoing support to former Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) athletes treated inappropriately in the past. We know incidents and…
Australian sailor and Olympic silver medallist, Nina Curtis, has been selected to join the Australian SailGP Team for the duration of season 2 of the global league, following a development and training camp at the Bermuda Grand Prix event. The…
The April 2021 issue of fivepointfive, the International 5.5 Metre class magazine has been published. It comes at a time of limited 5.5 Metre racing because of COVID-19, but at time of great optimism and growth within the class with…
When Michael Walsh, Phil Barnett and Neil Paton teamed in the 18ft Skiff Prudential and won the 1989 JJ Giltinan world championship on Sydney Harbour, they equalled the 1981 record set by the legendary Color 7 team of Iain Murray,…
The launch of Relay4Nature marks the start of an exciting new collaborative program ahead of this year’s major global environmental and ocean summits and the initiative of The Ocean Race, Relay4Nature will involve a baton passing from team to team,…
On the third day of the 2021 Cascais 49er & 49er Fx Championship races, the two Olympic class 49er fleets returned to the Guia race area to fulfill, once again, the scheduled races of the day. Today was the time…
With six months to go to the start of the 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race on Saturday 23 October, the Mediterranean’s premier 600-mile offshore classic looks well set. Some 47 yachts from 17 countries have entered, currently ranging in size…
The Star World Championship returns to Kiel. And this September, two events are on the schedule at once. For the Junior Star World Championship (August 31 to September 3) 40 boats are expected and for the Star World Championship (September…
While the Vendée Globe grabbed headlines over the winter with a record fleet of 31 boats, France boasts a yet more extraordinary fleet of boats – the Ultimes. Developed over the last 30 years by teams attempting to break the…
Champagne sailing in Vilamoura, with an excellent breeze with 10/12 knots all along the day, D Flag going up at 13:00 for the 3 fleets. The French teams, Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz in the women’s fleet and Kevin Peponnet…
A sunny and warm day in Vilamoura (air temp. 27 C), with excellent breeze, allowed, again, to complete the 2 scheduled races. Sailors were back ashore just past 16:30, leaving plenty of time to enjoy the Portuguese spring. Paul Snow-Hansen…
1. Gravity Wave Gravity waves, not to be confused with gravitational waves, form when air is pushed up and gravity pulls the air back down. On its way down, air displaces ocean water, forming waves that look like vertical channels. There…
Talking about the 36^ America’s Cup presented by PRADA means talking about foils. Flying boats are the new frontier of sailing. In the America’s Cup, where innovation is the name of the game, developing and building a flying monohull has been the…
Experience life onboard the F50 with GoPro, SailGP’s adrenaline action content partner for Season 2. SailGP is sailing redefined. Established in 2018 and headquartered in London and New York, SailGP is an annual, global sports championship featuring bold, cutting-edge technology…
Day 3 of the 470 European Championship in Vilamoura. Two races sailed for the 3 fleets with the D Flag going up at 12:35 for the 3 fleets. “It’s really enjoyable to be back sailing with the 470 fleet, after…
On the first day of the 2021 Cascais 49er & 49er Fx Championship races, the Olympic fleet consisting of 28 boats, of the 49erFx class plus 10 boats, of the 49er class, fulfilled the day’s schedule when holding the three…
A trio of past Sydney Hobart winners in Geoff Boettcher, Darryl Hodgkinson and Phil Turner, along with yachting champion Marcus Blackmore, are among the heavy hitters heading north to race in the IRC Passage Division at the 33rd running of…
Published Tue 04 May 2021 Australia’s hopes for a medal in the 470 men’s division at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are pinned on class veteran Mat Belcher and crew Will Ryan and the pair found their rhythm on day two…
World’s Best Sailors Ready for Epic Finn Gold Cup in Porto The Finn Gold Cup has been part of the fabric of the sport of sailing for 65 years, an iconic trophy that is reputed to be more difficult to…
Organisers at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron are pleased to announce entries are now open for the 30th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), to be held over the Queen’s Birthday weekend, 12- 14 June 2021. Following the cancellation of last year’s…
With less than three months until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Australia’s two 470 representative teams have been given the opportunity to join the international fleet at the class’ 2021 European Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal. Eighty-one teams from 25 countries…
At the skippers briefing in the morning PRO Benoit Deutsch warned that the day looked difficult as the early sunshine was forecast to give way to storm surges and thunder. If there was going to be racing on the third…
The Purple Heart is well-known as a US military decoration, awarded to the unfortunates who are wounded in the pursuit of duty. Having been around for quite a while I believe maybe it is time this distinction was extended to…
World Sailing received 26 submissions for alternative event(s) to the Mixed Offshore Event for the Paris Games and narrowed it down to three submissions, which will not please all. On 23 April 2021 World Sailing’s Council unanimously approved the alternative…
Since the mid-1960s, the Australian 18 Footers League has existed on the generosity of numerous sponsors – and they have been rewarded. Whether it’s a high-performance sport or a small local sporting club, to be successful, the organisation needs the…
In the wake of too many boating rescues, skippers leaving New Zealand for overseas ports are now required to obtain a Cat 1 safety certificate, which is sure to provoke mixed reactions among yachties. Have your say. Yachting New Zealand…
Kiran Badloe and Lilian de Geus, both from the Netherlands, successfully defended their world titles at the ‘Gotas de Oro’ RS:X Windsurfing World Championships in Puerto Sherry, Cadiz, Spain. Both Badloe and de Geus won gold at the 2020 Worlds…
The stark surface of Redonda Island is turning green again. Hundreds of years ago, Europeans were sailing the globe and “discovering” new parcels of land—and rats came along with them as stowaways. As crews made landfall on many islands, rats…
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