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A 60-year-old timber Sparkman and Stephens design that has never competed in a major bluewater race south of the equator is primed to join the 75th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet setting off from Sydney Harbour at 1pm on December…
New Zealand’s Josh Junior has maintained his lead at the Finn Gold Cup in Melbourne, Australia after three races on Thursday in a moderate sea breeze. He will take a 13-point lead into the final day of the opening series…
The reputation of the Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart (L2H) Yacht Race as a tactical race with lots of turning points, tides and currents to juggle is what has drawn Victorian team Vertigo to the start line for the first time….
The 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race marks the historic 75th Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – and fans from near and far will this year be able to take on the journey no matter where they are! Virtual Regatta and…
Yacht racing can intimidate the uninitiated, in particular the non-sailing partners of regular weekend racing sailors (who are predominantly men). Mariner Boating yacht rallies in the Mediterranean include a program of short races, which are usually less than 15 miles…
It might have thrown others for a loop, but the sale of their former boat, and the arrival of their new boat not expected until February, has not stopped Paul Glynn and Mattijs Willenborg from racing in the Cruising Yacht…
Following a successful first season that included the launch of the world’s fastest sail racing boat, the F50, SailGP will return to Sydney Harbour in 2020 for the Season 2 opener. Defending champions Australia, led by Tom Slingsby, prepare to…
During training for the 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart, master photographer Andrea Francolini went for a ride on supermaxi Comanche and took these images. Click on the dots above to see all 10 action shots.
Naval Group yacht crew members, Pierre Louiset and Steven Patriarca know only too well what the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race takes. With forceful winds, freezing waters, a lack of sleep and an incredible physical challenge, these crew members are…
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) forecasts the 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will start in clear and smoke haze-free conditions. Gabrielle Woodhouse, from the BOM, said the forecast on Boxing Day of north to north easterly winds should make for…
With much more interesting breeze conditions, the final day of the 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds saw a real shake up on the course. The battle for second place was on between Kyle Langford and Tom Burton after Tom Slingsby…
Talk of NSW entrants dominating the Australian 16ft Skiff Championships at Port Stephens from January 4 has a quietly confident Queensland contingent relishing the prospect of taking underdog status into the state-of-origin battle. Fresh from winning the recent Queensland State…
Put a top-notch crew with an equally as credentialed boat, and the result should impress. Of course, in a race like the Rolex Sydney Hobart, where a crew’s fate hangs in the balance of so many variables, ‘should’ is a…
The 12th edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's RORC Caribbean 600 will start on Monday 24th February 2020 from Antigua. Already the early entries are nudging towards an eclectic mix of 50 boats, with competition expected to be as…
The Daily Mail. By Paul Thompson. Richard Hendron was on a solo adventure in the 34ft Spirit of Daedalus when the seas around the Bay of Biscay took a dramatic turn for the worse. Speaking to Mailonline, Mr Hendron, 38,…
When the fleet of 157 yachts set sail in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) 75th Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on Boxing Day, Western Australia will be well-represented with seven entries; a handful have run the track before and…
After a near-perfect score card at the end of the penultimate day of racing, Tom Slingsby has clean swept another day of racing to clinch his maiden Moth World Championship with a day to spare. The win at the Chandler…
New Zealand’s Josh Junior has taken a 14-point lead at the top of the Finn Gold Cup in Melbourne, Australia, after another solid day on Port Philip with a fifth and a first. Nenad Bugarin, from Croatia, is up to…
LONDON – December 17, 2019 – SailGP today announced the addition of the Spain SailGP Team to the global championship’s Season 2 lineup. Replacing China, Spain will join Australia, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Japan and the United States in the…
Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart entrant, RAD, will be back on the start line of the 2019 race hoping for more than an ounce of luck on the journey south after an early exit in 2018. RAD, a Radford…
Emirates is pleased to announce its appointment as official ‘Presenting Partner’ of the Emirates America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) event in Portsmouth, taking place in June 2020. As Official Presenting Partner of the ACWS Portsmouth, Emirates has helped secure the…
The IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran skippered by Francis Joyon crossed the finish line for the new record between Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Shenzhen (China) last night at 2324hrs UTC. They sailed the 844 miles of the theoretical course in…
The 2021-22 edition of The Ocean Race will make one stop in Asia, with the city of Shenzhen serving as the host city for the fully-crewed, offshore race. Located directly north of Hong Kong, in an area known as the…
Royal Geelong Yacht Club life member Paul Buchholz will compete in the 75th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, before turning his attention closer home to home for the 177th MacGlide Festival of Sails. The owner and skipper of racing yacht…
The temperature in Melbourne is getting almost as hot as the competition at the Finn Gold Cup, but the lack of wind on the third day meant all racing was cancelled mid-afternoon on Wednesday. Three races are now scheduled for…
The first day of finals racing at the 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds had it all – with thrills, spills, and three pickets for the regatta leader Tom Slingsby. With racing slightly postponed today at the scheduled start time to…
After setting sail on Saturday morning from Ho Chi Minh City in the south of Vietnam, the IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran may reach the finish line of this new record attempt to Shenzhen (China) tomorrow morning at dawn European time. This…
The Vendée Globe Visual, designed by the Désigne and Pulp agencies, has been unveiled. A dreamlike identity in which the very essence of the race’s main themes are conserved, the planet’s oceans, the emblematic colours of the race, red and…
The World Sailing Trust has joined forces with SailGP Inspire to become the official charity of SailGP’s community and outreach program. The partnership will use sailing as a force for good, bringing access to the sport, education and sector career…
Hervey Bay Water Police are coordinating a recovery operation for a man missing in the Coral Sea near Cato Reef, approximately 260 nautical miles east of Yeppoon. The 71-year-old man was noticed missing from a 15m sailing yacht, which was…
There is an old generosity idiom: “he’d give you the shirt off his back”. In Lewisporte, Newfoundland, this truly happened. We were the receivers of, not only a shirt off Peter’s back, but lasting friendship, support and much, much more….
Designed for any weather conditions, the OS2 Offshore jacket and trousers are the perfect solution for the famously rugged conditions the Rolex Sydney-Hobart can present – or for any time you venture offshore. The OS2 is the leading two-layer fabric…
Entries for the Australian Yachting Championships, to be hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania from 3-5 January 2020, continue to build, with last year’s three division winners on the ready to take on old foes and a host…
The Herald, Ireland. By Tom Tuite. A yacht captain denied being drunk while erratically sailing a pleasure boat in a Dublin Port shipping lane and has told a court it was his “God-given right” to operate his vessel. Dublin Fire…
A broken mast is undoubtedly one of the worst fears of any sailor. Over the past three years Pantaenius Insurance has received multiple claims linked to failed rigging and masts. What is saddest about these stats is that the cause…
You wouldn't leave your vehicle in a car park with the windows down, the keys in the ignition, and full tank of fuel on board. Rain or vandals could damage it and it could easily be stolen, and then go…
In the coming days, an impressive fleet of over 170 boats will be tackling the unpredictable and often challenging conditions that will be thrown their way as they head south in this year’s Sydney to Hobart yacht race. This iconic…
The new version of the well-known nine-year-old NEX range is now available in Australia. Several innovations and technological features will bring an even better performance, safety and comfort when sailing. The main highlight is the new Furlassist feature, a patented…
Ronstan shot an excellent video on Port Phillip, showing the benefits of top-down furling. During the shoot a couple of dolphins tried to photo bomb – you'll see them in the background at about the 1.27 minute mark. Go to https://youtu.be/YgchRun3niI to…
Sails Ocean Sails (or SOS for short) is a self-funded charity that started in 2005 to redistribute used sails from Australia to fishing people in the Pacific. Many of the recipients have relied on the outboard motor since the Second…
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