Over 40 entries registered for 2021 Transpac
November 2, 2020 – Los Angeles, CA – As of today, 8 months and 10 days in advance of the first start on July 13, 2021, there are 42 confirmed entries in the 51st edition of the Transpacific Yacht Club’s…
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World's first digital sextant provides GPS back-up
The Korean-designed Digital Sextant is claimed to be the first electronic sextant in the world and gives you quick and rapid identification of your location plus reliable back-up in case of GPS malfunction or failure. The developers say that current…
Taylor Canfield wins World Match Racing Championship and Bermuda Gold Cup
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Oct. 31, 2020) — Skipper Taylor Canfield and Team Stars+Stripes – Mike Buckley, Victor Diaz de Leon, Mike Menninger and Eric Shampain – won the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship with a penalty-marred…
ETNZ to go back to Arbitration Panel after suggested race course proposal rejected by Luna Rossa
Auckland, New Zealand – 31st October 2020 As contemplated by the America’s Cup Arbitration Panel when they made their Order on the 21st October with regard to the usage of the inner Harbour race Courses (Courses B and C), the…
Two Australians successful in World Sailing elections
Australia has firmed its place as one of the key contributors to the world of sailing overnight, with the election of Sarah Kenny as a Vice President of World Sailing and Daniel Belcher who will represent Oceania on the World…
Only three 18 Footers make the start line in stormy Sydney Harbour conditions
The Australian champion tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake gave a masterclass of power sailing with a brilliant victory in Race 4 of the Australian 18 Footers League's Spring 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. …
Globe Mini 5.80 – a boat in a box
The compact offshore racing boat, known as the Globe Mini 5.80, is the brainchild of adventurer and sailing legend, Don McIntyre. Interest in the boat in a box is taking off all over the world, using a DIY kit constructed…
Double-handers angry at CYCA's decision
OPINION When the CYCA finally decided to enter the 21st century and allow double-handed entries in the 2020 Rolex Sydney Hobart, fans of short-handed sailing applauded. However, that applause has turned to anger with the announcement that double-handers won't be…
Cooloola: the wind to make a swan soar
Nautor opened in Finland 1966 and quickly gained the reputation of an excellent solid built yacht under the Swan label, which would comfortably and safely take you anywhere in the world. They even won the first Whitbread round the world…
Two new events from the Australian Wooden Boat Festival
Despite the Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF) not being able to proceed with its usual biennial event in February 2021, festival organisers are pleased to announce two new local events for 2021. A Parade of Sail, always a highlight of…
Cape Horners launch register of solo circumnavigations
DATELINE: 29 October 2020 – Portsmouth UK. As 33 potential Cape Horners prepare for the start of the 9th Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race from Les Sables d’Olonne on November 8, The International Association of Cape Horners (IACH)…
No public allowed in the race village prior to Vendee Globe start
Following the national lockdown measures announced by the President of the French Republic last night as part of the fight against Covid-19, the Vendée Globe Race Village will be closed to the public from Friday October 30th. The start of…
Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image of the Century: Top 20 disclosed
October 29, 2020 – We are pleased to unveil the Top 20 photos selected by the international jury of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image photo competition, consisting of Jen Edney, Chris Museler, Justin Chisholm, Loris von Siebenthal, Luca Rizzotti and Nicolas…
Williams, Canfield progress at Match Racing Worlds
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Oct. 29, 2020) — If today’s late-afternoon form holds through to tomorrow morning, Ian Williams’s Team GAC Pindar will square off against Taylor Canfield’s Team Stars+Stripes for the championships of the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open…
Port Stephens Council appoints Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club as new operator of Port Stephens Sailing and Aquatic Club
Port Stephens Examiner Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club has been appointed the new licensee and operator of the Port Stephens Sailing and Aquatic Club. Following its shock at Port Stephens Council calling for expressions of interest to take over the licence…
Newport to Ensenada Race 2021 confirmed
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., October 27, 2020 – Despite ongoing uncertainties on the path to normal following COVID-19 restrictions, the Newport Ocean Sailing Association has announced one certainty – the 73rd Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race will start off the…
Brazilian designer claims patent for AC75 canting foils
Stuff.co.nz. By Todd Niall. A Brazilian naval architect and boat builder claims to hold patents covering the canting foil system used in the America’s Cup AC75 boats. Manoel Chaves has engaged representatives in New Zealand who have given Team New Zealand until…
'Dismay amongst Kiwis': Crisis meeting called over America's Cup stand-off
Newstalkzb Crisis talks will be held in Auckland tomorrow morning in an attempt to resolve the latest stand-off engulfing the America's Cup. The NZ Herald understands Auckland mayor Phil Goff has requested an urgent meeting with key stakeholders of the…
Scandinavians advance to quarter finals of Bermuda Gold Cup
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Oct. 28, 2020) — A pair of Scandinavian crews, Jeppe Borch’s Borch Racing Team from Denmark and Johnie Berntsson’s Berntsson Racing Team from Sweden, advanced to the Quarterfinal Round of the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open…
2020 Sail Sydney – Notice of Race and online entry now open
Held annually on the waters of Sydney Harbour, this year’s Sail Sydney will take place from 10 – 13 December. Woollahra Sailing Club is proud to once again be the host club and official organisers of the event. The regatta began its life as…
Preparing for The Volvo Ocean Race 2022 with 11th Hour Racing Crew | Dispatches
After the start of The Ocean Race was delayed until 2021, due to Covid-19, the 11th Hour Racing Team decided to relocate their new IMOCA 60 sailing vessel from France back to the team’s home base in Newport, RI. Outside…
Big guns fire at Bermuda Gold Cup
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Oct. 27, 2020) — If the conditions on Day 1 of the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship were spectacular, today they were nearly perfect. What’s the difference? A steadier, stronger breeze more…
Dramatic footage reveals American Magic's near-miss
Stuff.co.nz Onboard cameras have captured American Magic’s dramatic nose-dive in their new America’s Cup yacht. The syndicate released video footage of the near-miss on their debut sail in the AC75 they hope will win back the Auld Mug for the New York…
Mirsky and Robertson come out swinging at Bermuda Gold Cup
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Oct. 26, 2020) — As Phil Robertson’s China One Ningbo and Torvar Mirsky’s Mirsky Racing Team streaked out to 4-0 leads in their respective groups at the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship,…
Norfolk enchants
The year is 1962, with fine sunny weather favouring the yacht marina at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney. My crewmate Ricky and I were working on our new home, the thirty-two feet yacht Isis, tied up in her usual berth. I…
2020 Australian Sailing Hall of Fame inductees announced
The Australian Sailing Hall of Fame acknowledges exceptional performance and contribution at the highest level by an individual or a team, both past and present, and covers all disciplines of sailing, including those in supporting roles such as coaches and…
Lazy Dog wins and InfoTrack debuts at MC38s
Sydney returned to deep winter for the MC38 class’ penultimate act of their 2020 season, temperatures in the low to mid-teens with rain and southerly gusts up to 30 knots on Sydney Harbour blowing up Ginger’s kite and sending hundreds…
18ft Skiffs: tech2 wins Race 1 of Club Championship
The Australian champion tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake mastered the 25-knot Southerly wind, which battered the 18ft Skiff fleet, to score a brilliant victory in Race 1 of the Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship on…
The Ocean Cleanup sells sunnies made from Great Pacific Garbage Patch plastic
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, October 24, 2020: The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, today presented their plan to go full circle in their mission: creating a product from the…
Situation: almost normal. Fifteen days to the start of the Vendée Globe.
Les Sables-d'Olonne, 24th October 2020: At one week since the Vendée Globe Start Village officially opened and with 15 days to go before the start, the expansive site at Port Olona, Les Sables d’Olonne has enjoyed great weather for the passionate crowds…
Lincoln Week Regatta set to bounce back as entries open for 2021
Entries have opened for the 2021 Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race and Lincoln Week Regatta, which is shaping up to be a huge return to offshore yachting in South Australia as the sport bounces back from the…
Team New Zealand vows to 'move heaven and earth' to restore lost America's Cup courses
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. Team New Zealand executives say they will “move heaven and earth” to try to get the two axed America’s Cup courses back into play. That will take some delicate mediating with relations strained between the defenders…
NZ Ocean Racing wins New Zealand's Coastal Classic
RUSSELL, 24 October 2020 – At 3:58am this morning, Bianca Cook and Darryl Wislang with their all-kiwi NZ Ocean Racing crew became the first monohull to win the PIC Coastal Classic yacht race since 2009. After 18 hours racing through…
Mirabaud Sailing Video of the Century – vote for the best videos produced since 2000
22 October 2020 – Forty videos were submitted for the Mirabaud Sailing Video of the Century. The 2020 edition of the Mirabaud Sailing Video Award rewards the best videos produced between 2000 and 2020, allowing directors, editors, cameramen and producers…
Rolex Middle Sea Race: Elusive 2 wins overall honours
It is the year that just keeps on giving. By midnight on Wednesday, 15 of the 50-boat fleet had completed the course. Ten of those were competing under IRC for the overall Rolex Middle Sea Race trophy and the French…
Royal Geelong Yacht Club named Australian Yacht Club of the Year
Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) was today announced as 2020 Yacht Club of the Year at the Australian Sailing Awards, following the biggest sailing season in the club’s 161-year history. The announcement follows the club’s success in winning the Victorian…
Slingsby and Darmanin reprise top honours at Australian Sailing Awards
Tom Slingsby and Lisa Darmanin have taken out top honours at the 2020 Australian Sailing Awards, with the Olympic-medal winning athletes being crowned Male Sailor of the Year for the fourth time and Female Sailor of the Year for the…
Rolex Middle Sea Race: everyone loves Poland
What a day! No one following this year’s Rolex Middle Sea Race had foreseen that two 70-foot ocean-racing maxis would match race the final 10 nm to the finish line to decide the monohull line honours title of the 41st…
Video: Coast Guard assists deer swimming in Clarence Strait, Alaska
KETCHIKAN, Alaska A 29-foot foot Response Boat-Small crew from U.S. Coast Guard Station Ketchikan encountered the animal while conducting a patrol in the area. The crew spotted the animal and reduced their speed. The deer swam to the boat and…
Emirates Team New Zealand outraged over arbitration decision
Auckland, New Zealand – 22nd October 2020 Emirates Team New Zealand is outraged that after three years of planning a land-based stadium event, the Challenger of Record Luna Rossa has led a campaign through the Arbitration Panel which has destroyed one…
