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Intense, exhilarating, scary and really fun are some of the words being thrown around Russell today, where crews of more than 150 sailboats are swapping stories of the gruelling 119 nautical mile yacht race they started yesterday. The 37th PIC…
Since last Saturday, Francis Joyon has been tackling the Mauritius Route record between Port Louis (Brittany) and Port Louis (Mauritius) and crossed the first virtual mark in this record at 1159hrs UTC on Saturday, setting a new reference time of…
The 606nm Rolex Middle Sea Race is one of the world’s most compelling and challenging offshore races and Maltese yacht Elusive 2, and the American Maxi Rambler, owned by George David, took the plaudits. This edition of the race required…
The 47th RL24 National Championship will be held at Illawarra Yacht Club in Warrawong, NSW from 5-9 January 2020, when excellence at the top end of the fleet, boat development, crew work and family fun on and off the water…
Often unfortunate when passing through the Doldrums, such as when the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone forced IDEC Sport to abandon its attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy two years ago, Francis is currently enjoying clear skies and a decent rate of…
French woman, Alexia Barrier and Irish sailor, Joan Mulloy are the only all-female pairing in this Transat Jacques Vabre, and intend to get 120 percent out of their venerable old IMOCA. Seven women are competing in the 2019 race in…
Competitors coming ashore after today's 119 nautical mile race may be wet, cold and tired, but most were smiling ear to ear and laughing as they told stories about their fast slide up the coast. At 11pm Friday, 40 boats…
The 40th Rolex Middle Sea Race is almost done and dusted – just two boats remain on the course, including the only surviving multihull – and both should finish by the race cut-off time of 08:00 CEST, Saturday, 26 October….
With four AC75s now successfully launched and actively foiling, what have we learned about the outcomes of the various design strategies chosen by each of the teams for their first-generation boats? One thing seems clear – that there is more…
Evening Standard. By Matt Majendie. The America’s Cup has cost Ben Ainslie good friends and left him, in his own words, a laughing stock. It was on the paradise islands of Bermuda that the most celebrated sailor in Olympic history…
From 26 October to 3 November, Bermuda will welcome 418 delegates from 68 nations for World Sailing’s 2019 Annual Conference. The Conference is the annual meeting point for the world governing body of the sport where delegates review and discuss…
The 40th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race has continued to provide plenty of twists and turns. For many yachts the race is over; they are tied up to the dock, enjoying the hospitality of the Royal Malta Yacht…
Australian Sailing has welcomed a new President, Vice President and Board members after their election at the 2019 Annual General Meeting held at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Daniel Belcher (President) and Alistair Murray AM (Vice President) will lead…
The historic Lipton Cup trophy will be contested in teams for the first time, after a new format was decided by the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV) this week. Taking place on 16-17 November this year, the Lipton Cup…
At 3pm this afternoon, Beau Geste set a new record for the PIC Coastal Classic yacht race, having sailed the 119 nautical mile course in a time of just 5hrs, 37sec. The conditions were slightly windier than they expected, averaging…
Jack Sprague was a Laser class sailor, who had a stint on a 16ft skiff out of Manly, but once he had tasted sailing a skiff, all he wanted to do was to sail an ‘18’ on Sydney Harbour. In…
It is one of the magical things about modern multihulls. They make the distances covered seem so banal. After four days of racing in his attempt against his own Mauritius Route record, Francis Joyon sped past the Canaries, and is…
Huge numbers of words have been written about the arguments for putting the Finn back into the Olympic Games. Next week, the Finn class will be making its case once again at the 2019 World Sailing Conference in Bermuda to…
London, UK (October 22, 2019) – Beginning today, members of the public are invited to vote for who they think should be crowned the 2019 Rolex World Sailor of the Year. The public vote will contribute to 50% of the…
The fifth day of the 40th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race has been a bountiful one on the docks of the Royal Malta Yacht Club, as yachts start to finish in numbers and tales of the race are…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. OPINION: Strap on your headgear folks, this could be a long week where you are threatened by verbal concussion. It's shaping to be a bit like New Zealand's longest sporting week of all, back in San Francisco…
Entries are flowing in for the ILCA Laser Radial Men's World Championship to be conducted out of Sandringham Yacht Club from February 21 to 28, 2020. Already sailors from nine countries have committed to the Worlds, which are part of…
175 boats are due to take part in the iconic PIC Coastal Classic yacht race from Auckland to Russell in the Bay of Islands tomorrow morning, for the running of the 37th edition of this Labour Weekend tradition. Engrained as…
After a hard fought and challenging 5,200 nautical miles across the Atlantic, the Clipper Race fleet faced one more hurdle in the last 48 hours as they started to get closer to Punta del Este, Uruguay. Video: https://youtu.be/COhWaTVe3i8 Commentary: First Mate…
The best yacht racing photos taken this year are now available online. The public is invited to vote for their favourite image. Click here to discover our international jurys’ selection. The winning images, as well as the best yacht racing…
The conventional wisdom says the sailing season in the Northeastern United States ends with the Labor Day holiday, celebrated the first Monday in September. But the locals will tell you that September and October are the best months of the…
As the 40th Rolex Middle Sea Race entered its fourth day, the south-easterly breeze that has filled the western half of the course has started to play a part in determining the outcome of the 606nm offshore classic. This morning…
Friday’s PIC Coastal Classic yacht race is expected to be a quick one. With moderate south-westerly winds forecast for the 119 nautical mile race from Auckland to Russell in the Bay of Islands, experts say that they haven’t seen a…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has announced that JPK Pacific have signed as naming-rights partners for the 2019/2020 JPK Pacific Two-Handed Pointscore Series. The partnership between the club and the Australian arm of the French boat manufacturer further consolidates the CYCA’s…
Francis Joyon and his maxi trimaran IDEC-SPORT have got off to the finest of starts in their latest challenge, the Mauritius Route, an attempt to beat the record set by IDEC SPORT ten years ago between Port Louis (Morbihan) and…
Heading out into open ocean on another person’s boat can be a great way to get experience and sea miles. The downside is you will not have all the comforts of home at your fingertips. Being prepared and bringing the…
We love to snorkel but quickly discovered that if we were not swimming off the back of the boat, getting back into the tender from the water was not easy for any of us. The kids did not have as…
The final four races of the One Design Trophy were held between Obelisk and Watsons Bay on a sensational day on Sydney Harbour where Rob Pitts and the Double Black crew won their first Farr 40 regatta. Today was a…
The Noakesailing 18ft Skiff team of Sean Langman, Ed Powys and Nathan Edwards produced another brilliant exhibition to score their second consecutive win in Race 2 of the Australian 18 Footers League's Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour today. In similar…
The sixth edition of the Venice Hospitality Challenge took place today, endorsed by the International Maxi Association. In this Gašper Vinčec and the maxi Way of Life enjoyed their second consecutive victorious Saturday, following on from their having led the…
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued five adults aboard a disabled sailing vessel Wednesday 20-miles west of Yaquina Bay, Oregon. At approximately 5:15am watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend received a distress call from a 50-foot sailing vessel that…
British clothing company Gill says it built its reputation for quality and reliability with the OS2 offshore jacket and trousers, it’s most popular product over the last few decades. With its new collection launched in December 2018, the British brand…
With just one point separating the top four boats, Farr 40 sailing has never been closer, but it is Tom Quick’s Outlaw that is regatta leader at the end of day one of the first point score regatta of the…
Francis Joyon set off this morning on his attempt at the Mauritius Route record between Port Louis (Brittany) and Port Louis (Mauritius). At 0911hrs UTC on Saturday 19th October, the skipper of IDEC SPORT crossed the start line off the…
Between now and the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, which will set sail from Le Havre on Sunday 27th October, the IMOCA class has decided to share portraits of some of the more unusual duos to have formed for…
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