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We had been four months cruising the Queensland coast and, being October, were making our way south. Northerlies are usually expected in the last three months of the year, which allows visiting cruisers to escape the cyclone belt and the…
Currently in build, ready to be launched at the next International Multihull Show at La Grande Motte in 20121, Multihull Central's director Brent Vaughan takes us on a digital look around the latest design. Outremer (Oo-TRE-mer) is French for 'over…
Sydney Harbour Regatta’s opening day brought together a multi-club effort spanning the Harbour and offshore for the 185-strong fleet from around NSW and Victoria. Conditions offshore made it harder for the Open Class and Sydney 38 fleet to sail cleanly…
The MyState Bank Australian Wooden Boat Festival took out Gold for Major Festivals and Events at the national Qantas Australian Tourism Awards in Canberra on Friday night. Festival General Manager, Paul Stephanus, said the Festival had taken on ‘titans’ of…
The 19-22 knot of mostly consistent south easterly winds, causing big seas on Spring Bay, have proved no difficulty for experienced SB20 sailor Nick Rogers (Karabos) in the Spring Bay Mill SB20 Australian Championship in Tasmania. Brett Cooper, the 2017…
The current monohull record holders for the Groupama Race around New Caledonia will return in 2020 with the Hong Kong team hungry to also claim the multihull record for the biennial South Pacific race starting June 21. “This time the…
With a project presented in Monaco in 2018, the new era of maxi Swan starts with Swan 98, with her 30 metres of volume, elegance and seaworthiness. Coming from the pencil of maestro Germán Frers, with the interiors designed by…
The clock is counting down to 4pm on 6 March 2021- the start of Race 1 of the 36th America’s Cup presented by Prada. It marks the first official race of the ‘Defence’ of the Auld Mug for the holder…
With no racing possible on the final day of the Odzala Discovery Camps 52 Super Series V&A Waterfront Cape Town regatta, the 2019 circuit champions, Azzurra, lift the first series title of the 2020 season. Racing in South Africa for…
This night at last he slept serene, his long tired mind at rest, when on the east the sheer bright star arose that tells of coming dawn, the ship made landfall and came up islandward in the dim of night….
NZ Herald www.nzherald.co.nz American Magic skipper Dean Barker has labelled the upcoming America's Cup World Series event in Cagliari a “risky proposition”, following the realities of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. Barker is hopeful a decision will be made on…
From United States Coast Guard HONOLULU— Personnel from the Coast Guard 14th District, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and The Marine Mammal Center partnered to transport a rehabilitated monk seal, Pōhaku, from Oahu to Kona aboard an HC-130 Hercules…
The Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong, presented by Wooden Boatshop and Yanmar, is set to rock the Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) this weekend, as the biennial event running from Friday 6th to Monday 9th March, 2020. The Wooden Boat…
World-renowned sailor, Ken Read, reflects on his experience racing offshore aboard the Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300 in the double-handed division of the 2020 Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race.
Multihull Central’s Director Brent Vaughan will present a special information seminar about cruising syndicates currently being formed with new Seawind catamarans and based in Pittwater and the Whitsundays. The seminar will be held at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club…
by Duncan Johnstone www.stuff.co.nz Team New Zealand will start their defence of the America's Cup in a year's time but mystery continues to shroud yachting's pinnacle event. The America's Cup match starts on March 6, 2021 and the next…
The Boating Industry Asociation Ltd (BIA) advises that there are no plans to cancel any of its boat shows. This applies to its portfolio of Rosehill, Adelaide, Sydney & Brisbane. The BIA considers the situation in relation to the Coronavirus…
The Federal Government this week announced plans to support recycling programs and infrastructure in Australia. Whilst much of the talk from the Federal Government is about dealing with food and packaging plastic, the Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA) is advocating…
Nacra 17 sailors Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin have been announced as the latest selections to Australia’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic sailing team. “I’m excited but also relieved we get the opportunity to fight for a gold medal,” 28-year-old Darmanin said….
Entry for the Whitsunday Airlie Beach Festival of Sailing opened on 1 March, 2020 and can be found online, along with Notice of Race, easily found on the Home page of the official Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) race website. The…
The 12th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 attracted 73 boats from 22 nations and competitors from 37 different countries The fleet was made up of professional sailors and boats, as well as corinthian amateurs who love their offshore racing….
The annual Multihull Solutions multihull boat show and open day will be held on Saturday 28 March at The Boat Works in Coomera. There will be multihulls on display to suit all budgets from AUD$200,000 to $2.1million, including the new…
18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Race 5 (resail) & Race 9 Sunday, 1 March, 2020 Sydney Harbour The Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Trent Barnabas became the 2019-2020 Australian 18ft Skiff champion following two more impressive performances in…
Ben Ainslie and the British team wasted no time establishing themselves as the ones to beat this season as they put on impressive performances throughout Sydney SailGP to claim their first event title. In the first match race of SailGP…
The overall winner of the 12th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 was Tilmar Hansen's TP52 Outsider (GER), skippered by Bo Teichmann; the first German boat to lift the RORC Caribbean Trophy, breaking a seven-year winning streak of winners from…
Sir Ben Ainslie had a debut to remember as he skippered the Great Britain team to victory in all three races on Day 1 of the season-opening Sydney SailGP leg, but homegrown fans need not despair, with Tom Slingsby's Australia…
GKSS Match Cup Marstrand was today announced as the new name of the Swedish world championship event of the 2020 World Match Racing Tour, this year hosting its 26th edition from 1-5 July. The event will be sailed in M32…
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,…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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