Life on the hard: not as hard as you might think
There are times in the life of a boat where she needs a little TLC. Yes it can be done at anchor, but more often it means being lifted out of the water and placed on the hard where anything…
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Cape Town, here they come!
After just over 15 days of racing, Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, the leader of the Brest Atlantiques fleet since Rio, will reach the second and final race marker of the course, Robben Island. MACIF and Actual Leader are hot on…
RORC Transatlantic Race: Young guns on Pata Negra
The 2019 RORC Transatlantic Race will start from Marina Lanzarote on Saturday 23 November, bound for Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada. Race crews are busy getting themselves and their boats ready for the 3,000nm race across the Atlantic…
Next generation inspired by SailGP Champions
A fantastic welcome ceremony got underway for the 2019 Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. The star-studded line-up of 10 youth (under 23) teams from both local and international clubs came together…
Brest Atlantiques: The Maxi Edmond de Rothschild leading at Robben Island
And that makes two! At 19:16 UTC, this Wednesday 20 November, the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild was first around Robben Island, the second course mark in the Brest Atlantiques. In this way, Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier consolidate their lead…
Francis Joyon has set sail: IDEC SPORT is heading for Vietnam
After the Mauritius Route record between Port Louis (Brittany in NW France) and Mauritius that was smashed on 8th November with a time of 18 hours, 14 minutes and 45 seconds, today, Francis Joyon and his crew are tackling the…
The gaps are closing in as the Brest Atlantique fleet approaches Cape Town
After two weeks at sea, it’s now becoming extremely close on the Brest Atlantiques, as the fleet race towards Cape Town. The trimarans bringing up the rear of the fleet have been able to take advantage of favourable conditions, now…
Act 2: Francis Joyon in Terra Incognita
Twelve days after completing the first act in his IDEC SPORT ASIAN TOUR, when he smashed the Mauritius Route record by more than six days, Francis Joyon is about to tackle the second leg of the voyage taking him to…
2020 Antigua Bermuda Race: A true blue ocean adventure
The fourth edition of the Antigua Bermuda Race will start from Antigua May 6th 2020. The 935nm oceanic race is managed by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club in association with Antigua Sailing Week, and supported by the Bermuda Tourism Authority…
Shark attack: New wetsuit could reduce blood loss
By The Maritime Executive 2019-11-18 17:04:24 A new wetsuit material could help reduce the wearer's blood loss if they are bitten by a shark, according to research conducted at Flinders University in Australia. Blood loss is the leading cause of…
SP80 : the Swiss challenge to smash the current world sailing speed record in 2022
Lausanne, 19 November 2019 – SP80 was born from the encounter of three engineering students passionate about sailing, kitesurfing and speed. Their goal? To break the world sailing speed record in 2022 and bring it back to Europe. This record…
Ocean Safety presents updated Ocean ISO liferaft container
Ocean Safety has developed a new container for its Ocean ISO Liferaft, reducing weight and making the raft easier to handle, a critical factor when launching it over the side of a vessel. The Ocean ISO is one of the…
Hobsons Bay Yacht Club claims Lipton Cup victory
Three Hobsons Bay Yacht Club boats have collectively taken out an emphatic Lipton Cup victory over their cross-town rivals and event hosts the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV), after the new teams format was introduced for the first time….
70ft yacht sinks off St Ives in Cornwall
Falmouth coastguard received a radio mayday broadcast at 5.18am from the two people on board the 70ft yacht, reporting that the vessel was 21 nautical miles north of the Isles of Scilly and the on-board electrics and pump had failed…
The Road to Tokyo goes via Melbourne
The Sail Melbourne – Summer of Sailing 2020 count-down is on with only three weeks to go to the start of an exciting series of world-class sailing in Australia this summer. Seven months out from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games,…
Maritime Museum launches 2020 Program
The Australian National Maritime Museum will launch their 2020 programming of blockbuster exhibitions, events and experiences, at a gala event at their Darling Harbour waterfront location on Wednesday evening, 20th November 2019. The year begins deep in prehistoric waters, with…
Zig zagging along the Ice Exclusion Zone and Sodebo Ultim 3 slows down
Maxi Edmond de Rothschild continues to lead on the Brest Atlantiques race, passing Gough Island at 12.45 am and is now progressing with a series of gybes between the high pressure system and the Ice Exclusion Zone. MACIF just behind…
Countdown on and special guests for Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship
An international cast will take to the race course on Pittwater for the 27th Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship, to be hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) from 20-24 November, 2019. An even split of Australian…
18ft Skiffs: Final of 2019-2020 Spring Championship
The Appliancesonline.com.au team (Brett Van Munster, Phil Marshall and Kurt Fatouris) became the 2019-2020 Australian 18 Footers League Spring champions, but it was The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines team of Jack Macartney, Courtney Mahar, Charlie Gundy which took honours on…
Farr 40: Edake wins Newcastle One Design Trophy
It was such a stunning day racing off Newcastle Beach even the dolphins came out to play, surfing on the bow wake of Edake leading them all the way to victory. Farr 40 racing doesn’t get any closer than today…
Clipper Race embarks on Southern Ocean leg
The 4,750 nautical mile Southern Ocean stage of Clipper 2019-20 Race started in Cape Town today as the only global sailing race for non-professionals passes its quarter-way mark. Race 4: The Marlow Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride got underway on Sunday…
Brest Atlantiques: Gough Island next
Maxi Edmond de Rothschild slowed down marginally overnight Saturday and has regained speed on Sunday further increasing their lead on the trimaran MACIF, Sodebo Ultim 3 and Actual Leader. The leader of the Brest Atlantiques is expected tomorrow night at…
Mirpuri returns to The Ocean Race with Racing for the Planet
The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team officially unveiled its Racing For The Planet campaign on Friday at a packed event in Cascais, Lisbon. The team – which will race in a VO65 in the 2021-22 edition – has placed “climate change”…
ARC 2019 officially opens with lively national flag parade
With the majority of boats now docked in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and crews busy making preparations for their 2,700 nm Atlantic ahead of start of the ARC next Sunday – 24th November – it was time to mark…
Incredible come from far behind victory decides 2019 44Cup
It was supposed to be a heavyweight bout between Chris Bake's Team Aqua and Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika. These two, among the oldest, most successful teams in the high performance one design monohull class, started the 44Cup Palma, the final…
NOAA plans to stop producing paper charts
By The Maritime Executive 2019-11-15 21:16:56 On Friday, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Coast Survey announced plans to phase out the production of all traditional paper nautical charts. Over the next five years, NOAA says that it…
Solo sailor calls for help three times during Pacific crossing
By The Maritime Executive 2019-11-15 14:49:38 The U.S. Coast Guard and two AMVER vessels helped a 78-year-old man aboard a homemade sailing vessel at multiple points during a five-month journey across the Pacific Ocean. On October 29, the brother of…
Sailboat frozen in St Croix River may stay out all winter
Twincities.com. By Mary Divine. Mike Olson wasn’t optimistic Friday morning when he arrived at the Boom Site Landing north of Stillwater. “I don’t think I can move it now,” he said. Olson, 45, of Chicago City, was referring to his…
Top entries and still time to come on board Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship
A healthy fleet of IRC/ORCi yachts is set to line up in the Premier division at the 42nd running of the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) over the weekend of 23 and…
Farr 40 One Design Trophy: Edake claims boat of the day
Reigning World Corinthian champion Jeff Carter and team Edake proved their offshore experience, and with consistent scores of 2.2.2.2, motored back into the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club proudly flying boat of the day and regatta leader battle flags. The first…
Dragon Grand Prix European Cup: Cutthroat competition on Day 1
On the opening day of the Dragon Grand Prix European Cup Finals 2019, Ukrainian Olympic 470 gold medallist, Evgeniy Braslavets, crewed by Sergey Pugachev, Sergey Timokhov and Oleksandr Myrchuk, claimed the golden ticket which allows them to leapfrog past the…
Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta sets sail for the 30th time
Port Klang: The Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta (RMSIR) celebrates another milestone with its 30th anniversary this year, and participating boats pushed off from Port Klang earlier today with HH Raja Muda Selangor, Tengku Amir Shah, sailing on Fujin. The…
Brest Atlantiques: Upwind and more upwind
Having emerged unscathed from the past 24 hours of very strong winds and particularly rough head-on seas, the four Ultim 32/23 class trimarans continue their descent of the South Atlantic in upwind conditions averaging around 30 knots for the fastest,…
Brest Atlantiques: Competitors keep heads down and buckle up
Ten days into racing in the Brest Atlantiques is like a re-start from Rio, with MACIF doing a pit-top, Sodebo Ultim 3 rerouting to avoid bad weather and all keeping the breaks to avoid exposing their boats from being pummelled…
Transat Jacques Vabre: Huusela first Scandinavian IMOCA home
On Friday, Ari Huusela became the first Finnish and Scandinavian IMOCA sailor to finish the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre, as he and Irish co-skipper, Michael Ferguson, forced Ariel II across the finish line in the Bay of All…
Two bullets for Charisma – Aleph leads 44Cup Palma
Racing in Palma in November was always going to be challenging, not just for crews, but especially for race officials more used to racing here in summer in a sea breeze you can set your watch by. Yesterday racing was…
Mini Transat: Ambrogio Beccaria pushes hard to take win
At 16:31 UTC on Friday in Le Marin in Martinique, Ambrogio Beccaria took the win (prior to the decisions of the jury) in the production boat category on the second leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère after 13 days, 01…
Brest Atlantiques – the race is back on
What a day of twists and turns for Brest Atlantiques! Maxi Edmond de Rothschild was the first to pass through the Cagarras Islands today at 12:16, followed by Actual Leader in second. Sodebo Ultim 3's crew, which at one point…
SailGP to head back to UK for first European event in Season 2
LONDON – November 14, 2019 – Following its European debut event last year that resulted in some of the most dramatic moments of Season 1, SailGP is returning to the UK in Season 2. On August 14-15, the world’s fastest…
Sam Goodchild and Fabien Delahaye finish second in Class40
Sam Goodchild and Fabien Delahaye, on their 40ft monohull, Leyton, have finished second in the Class40 of the 14th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre after crossing the finish line in the Bay of All Saints in Salvador de Bahia,…
