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A new plywood Class Mini 5.80 Yacht was officially launched today (despite the sudden closure of the HISWA Boat Show in Amsterdam yesterday) and is attracting serious interest from sailors around the world. Hundreds are now waiting for the release…
Tortola, British Virgin Islands: In light of the statement made by the Government of the Virgin Islands on 13 March, 2020 regarding measures being taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BVI Spring Regatta Board has been instructed to…
Now two-time Melges 24 Australian Champion Robin Deussen capped off his second title in dominant fashion yesterday, closing out the event with three wins on the final day in big breeze off Adelaide Sailing Club. A stark contrast to the…
When the 2020 Laser Masters World Championships were postponed indefinitely owing to the Coronavirus, it wasn’t just the sailors who were affected. The Victorian Laser Association, which has won praise for its staging of a massive summer of Laser sailing…
Two races were sailed on the first day of the Oceania and Australian Laser Masters Championships on Corio Bay, with stand-out performances in some divisions and mixed results in others. Standard Thirteen times World Masters Champion, Brett Beyer (NSW) had…
The traditional Invitation Race for the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship was sailed on Sydney Harbour on Friday in a 12-15-knot north-east wind, a chance for the fleet to warm up ahead of the major event starting today, Saturday. Tech2…
Cagliari: Due to ‘force majeure’ – following the declaration of the Pandemic CoViD19 by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the restrictions imposed by the different governments – COR 36 has declared the impossibility of organising the ACWS Sardinia –…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Francisco SailGP event scheduled for May 2-3 has been cancelled. SailGP CEO, Sir Russell Coutts, said: “We are of course disappointed to cancel our event in San Francisco. “This decision has been made…
World Sailing’s Board of Directors will not call a 2020 Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The EGM was due to be held in London, UK on 2 May 2020. In a letter addressed and distributed to…
ILCA Media Release Based on safety and public health factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ILCA World Council and our local event host have decided NOT to proceed with the 2020 ILCA Laser Masters World Championships as scheduled on…
After taking into account all available guidance from the Australian and Victorian governments, the organisers of the 2020 Oceania and Australian Laser Masters Championships have announced that the event will go ahead with format changes. The announcement comes after the…
Due to ongoing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and following recommendations from Oman’s Ministry of Health, the opening event of the 2020 GC32 Racing Tour in Muscat has been cancelled. On 7 March 2020, Oman’s Ministry of…
The next edition of The Ocean Race, scheduled to start from Alicante, Spain in October 2021, will visit 10 international cities, including the start port and the Grand Finale finish in Genoa, Italy in the summer of 2022. For the…
Newport Beach, CA – The recent upswing in interest in double-handed offshore racing may be driven by this new medal format appearing in the next 2024 Olympic cycle, but its been prevalent for a few years now in the Newport…
“Nice boat!” is a comment we often hear and it makes us smile. “Of course!” we reply, because every boatowner thinks that his or her boat is the prettiest in the anchorage. “Fibreglass?” “What design?” are usually the next questions….
Australian Sailing would like to advise that we are closely monitoring the progression of COVID-19 and any potential impacts on our sailing community. Australian Sailing’s foremost concern is with the health of all those involved in our sport, and as…
UPDATE: Due to the obvious concerns around running any form of event or mass gathering at the moment, Ronstan and Metung Yacht Club have decided to postpone the Sailing to Recovery Regatta indefinitely. Further information regarding a future date for the event will be released in due…
The Firefighter Family Day on the Water set for 15 March at multiple sites across Australia has received tremendous support from the boating community and industry. Firefighters and their families will be arriving at the following Hub's around Australia, beginning…
Melbourne, Australia – Ronstan releases versatile new soft-attachment snatch blocks in three sizes for keelboats. Ronstan has just released a new range of soft attachment blocks which have the highest ratio of dynamic load to sheave diameter of any block…
World Sailing has cancelled the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Genoa event that was due to be held in the Italian city from 11 – 19 April 2020 due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy,…
On the official closing date for registering, the list of entrants for the final solo transatlantic race before the round the world race is certainly very attractive. 27 sailors make up the list of competitors for the second edition of…
The Sunshine Coast Yacht Club, based at the Mooloolaba Marina Precinct, is proud to again host the Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta (SCOR). This year SCOR will be run over the weekend of 18th and 19th July. SCOR was run from…
When the world’s top twenty-four 18ft Skiffs line up to contest the 2020 JJ Giltinan Championship on Sydney Harbour, from 14-22 March, the AeroMedia Live Broadcast team will be alongside and above the fleet sending vision of the action to…
Entries are soon to close for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2020 PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race, the club’s longest ocean race spanning 1,064 nautical miles. This year will mark the second running of the race run since being reintroduced…
Following a meeting held on Monday, 9th March with owners and skippers who had registered to participate in the planned 2020 Race & Rally to Bali, it was agreed to postpone the race for this year based on the information…
One of South Australia's most well-known sailing rivalries has been revived once more as Robin Deussen and Sandy Higgins finish the opening day of the Australian Melges 24 Nationals just one point apart. Fresh off a win in last weekend's…
Sail Newport and The Ocean Race announced today that for the third consecutive edition of the competition, The Ocean Race will make its only North American stopover in Newport, Rhode Island, in the spring of 2022. The Rhode Island stopover…
In response to the rapid growth of the OK Dinghy class in recent years, and calls for a coordinated European circuit, the International OK Dinghy Association has launched the 2020 OK Euro League. In this inaugural year five events have been…
We are delighted to announce that there are no cases of Coronavirus in Antigua at this time. We are therefore continuing with our preparations for the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, starting on 1 April which is shaping up nicely great…
Sailing Maverick double-handed, Rod Smallman and Tom Vaughan have cleaned up in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s 48th Melbourne to King Island Yacht Race, taking out IRC, PHS and Double-Handed divisions and capping off with a second in AMS…
By The Maritime Executive 03-07-2020 07:55:52 IBM and marine research organization Promare have announced that a new artificial intelligence captain (AI Captain) will enable the Mayflower autonomous ship to self-navigate across the Atlantic later this year. With the three hulls…
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) is pleased to announce the famous ‘Auld Mug’, the America’s Cup, is headed across the Tasman Sea to the club in March for a special weekend of events, marking the first time it…
Express & Star A double Olympic gold medallist is skippering a bid to make the UK a world leader in zero-emissions passenger ferries. Sailing champion Iain Percy is combining his own know-how from designing America’s Cup racing yachts with expertise…
Purpose This safety alert aims to raise awareness on the risks posed by dangerous marine fauna. Australian waters contain a range of dangerous fauna that secrete toxins, inject venom, release or contain poison, harbour dangerous bacteria, give electric shocks or…
Auckland, New Zealand – Propspeed, a manufacturer of underwater coatings, has announced it will be represented by two well-known distributors in Australia – Sam Allen Wholesale and All Marine Spares. These strategic partnerships will increase accessibility for Propspeed’s award-winning product line…
Wooden Boat Builder and Owner Steve Adler is enjoying his third Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong in 2020, launching his boat ‘Larrikin of Lyme’ at the 2016 festival. Steve embarked on a boat building course in 2015 in the United…
When the 24 boats contesting the 2020 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour from March 14-22, defending champion David McDiarmid could become the first New Zealand skipper to win three titles in the 82-year history of the world’s…
An investigation into the death of a 44-year-old man, Rickie Makin, has commenced following a fatal marine incident in Moreton Bay, east of Redcliffe, on Saturday afternoon. Around 5pm, emergency services were called to two men who were thrown overboard…
By The Strategist 03-06-2020 09:58:00 [By Elizabeth White] When you stop and think about it for any length of time, it seems a miracle that the global economy spins on as well as it does. As the spread of the…
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