RORC Caribbean 600: Fight to the Finish
In the early hours of the fifth day of the RORC Caribbean 600, a fantastic battle came to a dramatic conclusion – in the 18-strong IRC 1 fleet, two yachts rose above the rest to fight for the class win,…
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2020, the IMOCA skippers in the spotlight
2020 promises to be a busy and exciting year for the teams in the IMOCA class with two solo transatlantic races: The Transat CIC in May and the New York-Vendée-Les Sables d’Olonne in June, followed by the legendary Vendée Globe…
RORC Caribbean 600: To Wizard the gun – class winners to come
For the second year in a row, David and Peter Askew's Volvo 70 Wizard (USA) has taken Monohull Line Honours in the RORC Caribbean 600. Adrian Keller's Nigel Irens-designed catamaran Allegra (SUI) is the provisional winner of the MOCRA Class….
County sinks proposed boat tax after community backlash
The message to politicians is clear – keep your grubby hands off our boats! A proposed boat tax by a County in Virginia in the USA has failed after a strong backlash. Let's hope politicians around the world – who…
Marit Bouwmeester wins fourth Laser Radial World Championship as winds die in Melbourne
Melbourne Australia. February 28, 2020. It may have been a case of “saved by the wind” for Rio Olympic champion, Marit Bouwmeester. The three-time world champion led by 24 points over night but saw her margin trimmed to just two…
RORC Caribbean 600: Powerplay wins with last throw of the dice
Day 3, 26 February 2020, Antigua. Peter Cunningham's MOD70 PowerPlay (CAY), skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield has taken Multihull Line Honours in the 2020 RORC Caribbean 600 just four minutes ahead of Jason Carroll's MOD70 Argo (USA). Giovanni Soldini's Maserati…
Megga's barbecue day race a real hit with Lincoln Week yachties
Matt Allen's Ichi Ban continued its winning ways with another division one IRC win today, solidifying their position on the top of the tables going into the final day of racing. Geoff Boettcher's Secret Men's Business finds itself still in…
SailGP announces robust broadcast coverage, spanning 146 territories to start Season 2
LONDON – February 26, 2020 – With all eyes on Sydney as SailGP returns this week, the global championship today announced comprehensive broadcast coverage for the start of Season 2, which will feature the most immersive, multi-platform experience the sport has…
Four more named to compete for Australia at Tokyo Games
At Double Bay Sailing Club this morning, Ian Chesterton, Chef de Mission for the Australian Olympic Team, announced four more sailing athletes are bound for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, to be held from 24 July to 9 August. Tess…
When sailors fail our oceans
Ocean Crusaders spend our entire working life removing debris from waterways across Australia. In an 11 day clean up recently of the Cooks River in Sydney, we removed an astounding 13.8 tonnes of debris. The fact we probably missed 95%…
Bouwmeester puts stranglehold on Laser Radial World Championship
Melbourne Australia, February 27, 2020. Rio Olympic Champion, Marit Bouwmeester (NED), is putting on a sailing masterclass at the ILCA Laser Radial World Championship in Melbourne. She had a hiccup in Race 8 when a massive wind shift caught her…
Ichi Ban finishes number one at Lincoln Week again
Matt Allen's Ichi Ban has held off a fast finishing Secret Men's Business to clinch its second Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta in a row. Geoff Boettcher and the Secret Men's Business team won the first of two races on…
Ichi Ban gains the edge after Lincoln Week passage race
Matt Allen's Ichi Ban has added another picket to its Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta score, giving them the edge over rivals Secret Men's Business as we head into the second half of the event. The traditional Teakle Classic Lincoln…
French sailing legend Lalou Roucayrol aims for The Race Around
London, Tuesday 24th February: The Race Around has today confirmed the first competitor campaigning to be on the start line of Class40s new around the world race. Having spend a decade on the Multi50 “Arkema”, Lalou Roucayrol embarks on a new adventure…
Great Britain SailGP Team ready to race in Sydney
February 25, 2020 – Three days out from the eagerly anticipated first event of SailGP Season 2 in Sydney and the Great Britain SailGP Team, presented by INEOS, are ready to race. Helmed by the world’s most successful Olympic…
RORC Caribbean 600 – tropical snakes and ladders
After a sublime start and a reach up to Barbuda in beautiful conditions, the majority of the fleet experienced the first trap of the course. Just before sunset on the first day, the wind shadow of Barbuda enveloped the armada….
Australian Women's Keelboat Regatta heading to the record books – again!
The Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), hosted by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) each year, has deservedly earnt the reputation of being the largest all-women keelboat regatta in the world, with numbers in this 30th edition having the potential to…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2020 – first in best dressed
Townsville Yacht Club is set to open entry for SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) on 1 March, and rather than risk missing out as some did last year, many fingers are poised, ready to click the online entry button. …
Olympics have a $900 million reserve fund for cancelled games
Bloomberg. By Eben Novy-Williams As the International Olympic Committee looks ahead to the Summer Games with trepidation, it does have something that could cushion the blow in case of cancellation: a $897 million ($AUD 1.33 billion) reserve fund to help…
18ft Skiffs: Queensland comeback?
Will the three-boat Queensland team of young sailors coming to the 2020 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour next month (14-22 March), lead to a stronger challenge by the northern Australian State’s once mighty record of development and…
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club enters Youth America's Cup
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has had significant interest from yacht clubs all over the globe, entering teams into the revamped 2021 Youth America’s Cup. With the initial entry period closing Saturday 29th February, the RNZYS can confirm that…
Olympic Champion hits the front at Laser Radial World Championship
Melbourne Australia. February 25, 2020 With all six qualifying races completed, the three pre-event favourites have established a clear lead at the 2020 ILCA Laser Radial World Championships being sailed at Sandringham in Melbourne. Rio Olympic champion, silver medallist at…
Bit of everything on opening day of Lincoln Week Regatta
Close and competitive sailing was on the menu for the first day of the Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta, with a mix of results across the four divisions. The day greeted sailors with a fickle outlook early on as the…
Light air combat: Start of the 2020 RORC Caribbean 600
Antigua 24 February: Sparkling conditions prevailed for the start of the 12th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. The impressive 73-boat fleet gathered outside Antigua's English Harbour, relishing the prospect of racing 600nm…
Doin' the Suez: what a way to escape the Med
Having spent the last five years living onboard Leventeia, a Beneteau Oceanis 43, having a great time sailing from Gibraltar to Turkey, we decided to join five other boats to cruise in company through the Red Sea and out into…
Get your hands on the famous Pan Am Clipper Cup at Port Douglas Race Week
In May Port Douglas Yacht Club will host 2020 Quicksilver Port Douglas Race Week “Racing the winds of paradise for the Clipper Cup”. The regatta is to be staged over five days starting on Tuesday May 19 and concluding Saturday…
Rindom overcomes thunderstorms and lightning to lead Laser Radial World Championship
Melbourne Australia. February 25, 2020: The weather played havoc again at the ILCA Laser Radial World Championships in Melbourne today. Two attempts were made to get Yellow Fleet started shortly after 2pm but a series of rolling thunderstorms, accompanied by…
Race winner explains the tough conditions experienced on Day One of the Laser Radial Worlds
Conditions on Day One of the ILCA Laser Radial World Championships were difficult for sailors and race committee alike. Winds that were shifting between 30 and 50 degrees at times caused Blue Fleet's first race to be abandoned at the…
Bill Hatfield completes circumnavigation at age 81
When 81-year-old Bill Hatfield sailed through the Southport Channel into the Gold Coast waterway, he had finally achieved his dream of sailing solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. It had taken him 295 days and was all the more…
Above and Beyond Boating Firefighter Day has received tremendous support from the Australian boating community and industry
On the 15th March, RFS Firefighters and their families will be arriving at the following hubs around Australia, beginning with a welcome BBQ, and then a great time on the water. Middle Harbour Yacht Club, Sydney HarbourCruising Yacht Club of…
Ghost ships that drifted the oceans
Winnipeg Free Press. By: Doug Speirs It may not rival the legendary Flying Dutchman, but the MV Alta is a ghost ship all the same. The 77-metre “ghost” cargo ship made headlines around the world when it ran aground on rocks…
Another frustrating day for Olympic hopefuls at Laser Radial Worlds
Melbourne, Australia. February 24, 2020 Light and variable winds again caused havoc at the 2020 ILCA Laser Radial World Championship being sailed out of Sandringham Yacht Club in Melbourne. For the second day in a row, only one race was…
Chinese Whisper breaks nine year-old Adelaide Port Lincoln record
David Griffith’s JV62, Chinese Whisper, has set a new record in the 2020 Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race on Saturday morning, finishing at 1:34:17 hours in the time of 10 hours, 34 minutes, 17 seconds. Chinese Whisper…
Zero breeze for first day of Farr 40 NSW Championship
It was a no-start first day of the NSW Championship, with PRO Phil Yeomans giving skippers options at the morning briefing to either bob around waiting for breeze offshore or bob around waiting for breeze inside Sydney Harbour – and…
Rindom starts defence of Laser Radial World crown with a bullet in tricky conditions
Melbourne, Australia. February 23, 2020. After a day of light and fluky conditions in which only one race could be sailed at the ILCA Laser Radial Women’s World Championship, defending titleholder Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) took first place in Yellow Fleet…
Shaw & Partners wins race 8 of Australian 18 Footers Championship
The defending champion Shaw & Partners Financial Services team of James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite and Steve Thomas (replacing Tim Westwood on the day) led all the way against a strong fleet to score a clear victory in Race 8 of…
SailGP sets target to win race to zero carbon by 2025
London: Just ahead of the start of its second season, SailGP today launched Winning the Race, an ambitious plan to reach zero carbon by 2025, and the bold target puts the global league at the forefront of the industry in…
Giovanni Soldini revved and ready for RORC Caribbean 600
Giovanni Soldini and the Maserati Multi 70 arrived in Antigua, in the Caribbean, ready for the 12th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, which will start on 24 February at 11.30am local time from Fort Charlotte. For this edition the…
Queensland commits $2 million to superyacht berth at The Spit
Business News Australia As part of its commitment to developing The Spit on the Gold Coast the Queensland Government has announced it will provide $2 million to help deliver a new superyacht berth. The funding is a part of the…
Star-studded field with Olympic ambitions on show at Laser Radial Worlds in Melbourne
Melbourne Australia. February 21, 2020. All three medallists from the Rio Olympics will take to the water off Sandringham Yacht Club to compete in the ILCA Laser Radial Women’s Championship which starts on Sunday. They head a star-studded field of…
