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With 117 starters ready for the 40th anniversary Rolex Middle Sea Race this Saturday, October19, all the usual suspects of IRC grand prix yachting will be on the line to test their skills in the often demanding conditions. The Grand…
Early response to the 2023 Ocean Globe Race, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Whitbread Round the World Race, has been enthusiastic. Hundreds of sailors and many yacht clubs have become excited at the prospect of becoming involved, and…
Between now and the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, which begins in Le Havre on Sunday 27th October, the IMOCA class has decided to share with you some portraits of the unusual, unlikely and surprising pairs that have come…
After the morning briefing where the top four teams from the round robin stage earned the right to choose their opponent for the quarter-finals, racing took off in conditions that were very similar to yesterday with a solid breeze of…
Emergency services in New Zealand were notified following reports a yacht sank about 37 kilometres off the coast of Cape Brett. A mayday call was received about 12.30pm on October 14 after the 47 foot yacht got into trouble in…
Jon Sanders, local Perth sailing legend, is preparing to depart Fremantle Sailing Club on his 11th Solo Circumnavigation at age 80 later in October. His voyage will take him between 9-12 months, sailing over 27000 nautical miles and stopping at…
Crossing the finish line in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria at 04:30 UTC, Ambrogio Beccaria took the win in the first leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère, after 8 days, 19 hours, 52 minutes and 07 seconds of racing. Event…
The morning of the third day of racing at China International Women’s Match Race decided the teams that would make it straight to the quarter-finals and which teams would have to fight for the four spots in the repechage round….
The finish of the first leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère is imminent in the prototype category. At 15:00 UTC this Sunday, François Jambou was just 30 miles from the finish in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Tanguy Bouroullec and…
The Noakesailing team of Sean Langman, Ed Powys and Nathan Edwards had to come from behind over the final lap of the course to grab a narrow victory in Race 1 of the Australian 18 Footers League's Spring Championship on Sydney…
The second day of racing at the 2019 China International Women’s Match Race on Dishui Lake in Shanghai showed light breeze and shifty conditions. The race committee, led by French International Race Officer Anne Malledant set up a course close…
October 12, 2019 – Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy – The history of the Melges 24 Class has repeated itself. After a successful World Championship in Helsinki in 2017, the Italian crews onboard Maidollis and Taki 4 (Corinthian) are again the Melges 24…
Bluewater Cruising Yachts, the boat building company located in Cardiff, New South Wales, has taken its 16th order for the Cygnet 20 trailer sailer. The order, from a Northern Territory couple, now means Cygnet 20 orders are booked to Sept/Oct…
Sydney Morning Herald. By Angus Thompson. The boat builder behind some of the Sydney to Hobart's most memorable finishes has been rocked by accusations of sabotaged relationships and shoddy craftsmanship in a director feud that spilled into the Federal Court….
AkzoNobel’s Awlgrip brand will be the official coatings supplier for New York Yacht Club’s American Magic team, which will challenge for the 36th America’s Cup. The American Magic entry will use Awlgrip’s HDT Flag Blue as the hull color for…
Royal Geelong Yacht Club has today announced its 2020 Festival of Sails early bird prize of a bareboat yacht charter in Phuket, Thailand on a Sunsail charter yacht worth $5000. All entries received before midnight 30th November will be eligible for…
The finish of the first leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère unfolded with incredible suspense in the prototype category overnight in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. In very light airs, the three main movers and shakers of this 1,350-mile course…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Youth Sailing Academy (YSA) team of India Howard, Jess Tavener, Emma Byrne and Chelsea Williams have been crowned national champions following their success on the weekend at Mooloolaba Yacht Club (MYC) in Queensland at…
From 11-16 October, the inaugural 2019 China International Women’s Match Race, the final event of the 2019 WIM Series, will be held in Shanghai on the Dishui Lake. The Women’s International Match Racing Association (WIMRA), Chinese Yachting Association (CYA), Shanghai…
The Dragon 90th Anniversary Regatta concluded in spectacular style, with two glorious final races in an 8-10 knot sea breeze, and a prize giving party that matched both the Dragon and the Yacht Club Sanremo’s renowned reputations for warm hospitality…
We are about to witness the conclusion of this first leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère; and it is a tense finale, as the breeze is very light and fades away to nothing at times on the outskirts of the…
Dave Griffith and Rupert Henry’s Chinese Whisper has taken line honours in the slow-going Newcastle Bass Island Race, while Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban, a nominee for the 2019 World Sailing Boat of the Year (to be announced on 29 October),…
Palma de Mallorca: The final day of The Nations Trophy 2019 brought more drama as a building breeze compressed the action into a solitary race for all classes and while the individual race winners have enjoyed their moment, it was…
The leaders in the Mini-Transat La Boulangère have passed the latitude of Madeira this evening and though they can almost glimpse the finish of this first leg to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the end of the course promises to…
A run down Sydney Harbour in 8-12 knot sou’ easter for the 36 yachts taking part in the 215 nautical mile Newcastle Bass Island Race on Friday night, and it was on from the start as the bigger boats fought…
After 18 months of heavy secrecy shrouding anything to do with the AC75s, the 75 foot foiling monohull is quickly becoming an open affair with two new boats unveiled last week, less than 48 hours apart. This brings the total…
The competitors in the Mini-Transat La Boulangère have now been at sea for over five days and they’ve already seen it in a vast array of colours. After a long run in meaty conditions, the wind has eased slight this…
While the Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge this year was into its fourth season, its inshore brother was introduced anew for 2019 by the International Maxi Association, the World Sailing-recognised body that administers and promotes maxi boat racing globally. The IMA…
Out on the racetrack this evening, the Mini-Transat La Boulangère fleet stretches from the latitude of Lisbon to Cape Finisterre. It’s been a very fast and exhilarating day, especially for the sailors further South. The leaders are setting a hellish…
There is a new player in the yacht rally market, one who has set out to create the ultimate cruising experience for those seeking to pursue their dream of sailing around the planet. The World Yacht Rally starts November 2020 and finishes…
South-easterly winds and a number of fierce battles are predicted for the 215-nautical-mile Newcastle Bass Island Race, the third race of the CYCA's Blue Water Pointscore Series, commencing this Friday evening on Sydney Harbour. A total of 37 yachts are finalising their preparations…
NEW YORK – October 10, 2019 – As SailGP celebrates its first anniversary, the overall impact of the new global championship has been revealed, highlighted by a total global event audience of 1.8 billion across broadcast, social, press and in-venue…
For the 2019 World Sailing annual conference in Bermuda the Finn Class has made eight submissions to try to ‘rebalance the slate’ and reinstate the Finn as Olympic equipment for 2024 and beyond. In July the class announced its ’rebalancing’…
The skippers competing in the Mini-Transat La Boulangère are just about done with the demanding passage across the Bay of Biscay. They’re now entering the second major phase of this course, which is just as exhilarating since the coming days…
Randall Reeves departed from San Francisco just over one year ago on what he called the Figure 8 Voyage. This solo journey would take him around the Antarctic through the Southern Ocean, then up the coast of the Americas and…
Three diverse boats, all with unique characteristics that highlight the diversity of equipment and design in sailing, have been nominated for World Sailing’s 2019 Goslings Boat of the Year Award. The F50, a high-performance one design multihull, Ichi Ban, a…
Multihulls have competed in every edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 and for the first time in the history of the race, the 2020 edition is set to feature three equally matched 70ft carbon flyers. Argo, Maserati and PowerPlay have…
On the third day of racing, the 87 sailors in the Mini-Transat La Boulangère are all still at sea, led this evening by Axel Tréhin (prototype) and Ambrogio Beccaria (production). However, it’s not great news for the Briton Joe Lacey,…
By The Maritime Executive 2019-10-06 19:14:02 Hurricanes form over the ocean, often beginning as a tropical wave – a low pressure area that moves through the moisture-rich tropics, possibly enhancing shower and thunderstorm activity. Hurricanes are powerhouse weather events that…
This year marks the 42nd running of the first major keelboat regatta for the season, the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club over the weekend of 23 and 24 November. Entry is open and…
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