SailGP touches down on UK waters
With just over one week to the European debut of SailGP in Cowes, the Great Britain SailGP Team was the first of the six national teams to take to the water, and sailed down to the famous Needles, the Isle…
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Fastnet Race remains wide open
Whether to go inshore or offshore, how long will it take, will it be a big boat or small boat race, how to handle the powerful tides and will I need an anchor and an umbrella – the answers for…
Twenty IMOCAs to start Fastnet Race
The 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race will bring together no fewer than 20 IMOCA monohulls on Saturday (including eleven foilers), at the start from Cowes in the UK with the finish in Plymouth after sailing via the Fastnet Rock in Ireland….
Peter Morton talks 5.5 Metres as racing abandoned on Day 4 of Worlds in Helsinki
No racing was possible on the fourth day of the 5.5 Metre World Championship in Helsinki, Finland, with no wind on the race course, despite a healthy breeze back at the sailing base at Nyländska Jaktklubben in the centre of…
New scoring system at Copa del Rey MAPFRE starts to have an effect
The new scoring system being employed at the 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE started to take effect today. As the 132 boat 11 division regatta moves from its Preliminary Series to two days of Finals racing, scores are allocated by…
Vale Geoff Ruggles – one of two surviving men from first Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Geoff Ruggles, one of two surviving crew members from the inaugural Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 1945, died peacefully last evening aged 94. At 21, Geoff was the youngest of an otherwise older experienced crew on Wayfarer when they headed…
Trade wind forecast sets up idyllic Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race
Eighteen crews are set to tackle the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron’s latest offshore initiative, a 530 nautical mile race starting in Moreton Bay at 1100hrs this Friday, August 2, and finishing at Hamilton Island in the picturesque Whitsunday island group….
Gun Runner closes up fleet as Noakes Sydney Gold Coast wraps
The 2019 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast has officially drawn to a close, with the final boat in the fleet making her way to Main Beach this morning. The Army Sailing Club’s Gun Runner was the final boat to finish, at…
Maritime Museum to open groundbreaking new Bligh exhibition – Hero or Villain?
The Australian National Maritime Museum will open their latest exhibition Bligh – Hero or Villain? this week – the first major exhibition the Museum has created after undergoing a dramatic and stunning brand refresh. The exhibition is a radical new…
Winners return to the Rolex Fastnet Race
While the toughest competition in the Rolex Fastnet Race will be within the individual classes, the ultimate kudos comes from winning the Fastnet Challenge Cup, the outright prize for IRC corrected time for the world's largest offshore yacht race. The…
Alinghi and Oman Air neck and neck after five GC32 races
After a faltering start to day one of the 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE, Alinghi turned on the afterburners to take the final two races of a full-on, five-heat afternoon in the latest round of the 2019 GC32 Racing Tour…
Wins for Australia and The Bahamas as points remain tight at 5.5 Metre Worlds in Helsinki
Artemis XIV (NOR 57 Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Trond Solli-Sæther) has moved to the top on Day 3 of the 5.5 Metre World Championship in Helsinki, Finland after two more races on Wednesday. John B (BAH 22 Gavin McKinney, Mathias…
Pirates of the Caribbean, a Disney fantasy or a real threat?
The Maritime Executive. By Alejandro Guzmán Woodroffe. Contrary to the version portrayed by Disney in its franchise Pirates of the Caribbean, piracy does not take place in a universe full of adventures and adrenaline. The…
Boettcher back as Festival of Sails first entrant
South Australian yachtsman Geoff Boettcher had planned to show off a new 52-footer from overseas and defend his 2019 Rating Division 1 win at the Festival of Sails in Geelong in January 2020. Instead, he will return to the popular…
Double bullet for Artemis XIV on Day 2 of 5.5 Worlds
Winners of last week’s Scandinavian Gold Cup, Artemis XIV (NOR 57 Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Trond Solli-Sæther), had it all their own way on the second day of the 2019 5.5 Metre World Championship in Helsinki, Finland, winning both races…
Copa del Rey MAPFRE: Putting the squeeze on
Jean Jacques Chaubard’s French crew which is racing Team Vision Future in BMW ORC Class Zero have competed at Copa del Rey MAPFRE seven times and, after finishing on the podium five times in two different divisions, are no strangers…
ORCV launches new series aimed at transitioning crews into ocean racing
In the midst of launching its new Category 3 event, the Coastal Sprint Series, aimed specifically at helping crews make the move into ocean racing, the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) is pleased to announce online entry is open…
The Roo is set for European debut at SailGP Cowes, UK
SYDNEY – August 2, 2019 – The Australia SailGP Team, led by skipper Tom Slingsby, will be gunning for victory as they make their debut on European waters at the fourth SailGP event in Cowes in just over one weeks…
Shifts are key as 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE opens on the Bay of Palma
General classification leaders of the Mallorca Sotheby’s IRC division, better known as the Maxi72s, the BMW ORC Class 0 which is primarily TP52s or 52 foot derivatives and the 14 strong ClubSwan 50s all reported that they had used the…
Defending champions New Moon open 2019 5.5 Metre Worlds in Helsinki with race win
Defending World Champions, New Moon (BAH 21 Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Peter Vlasov), laid down a marker in the opening race of the 2019 5.5 Metre World Championship in Helsinki, Finland after an emphatic victory in some quite testing conditions….
Fleet flocks to Gold Coast as leaderboard takes shape
What was a jog for the first day and a half has turned into a stroll for the majority of the fleet still at sea in the 2019 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. On day three of the ocean…
Unique circumnavigation attempt postponed until 2020
Knocked in the Irish Sea down shortly after starting a circumnavigation that was to take in all major oceans including the Arctic and Antarctic, Norbert Sedlacek has decided to postpone his record attempt. This is the second time the Polish sailor…
Nine days to start of Airlie Beach Race Week
Fast forward nine days to 8 August, and it will be on for young and old at Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing, Whitsunday Sailing Club’s (WSC) signature event, which continues to bring more tourists to the region than…
Sail Sandy’s returning champion the first entry in 2019 event
Entries are now open for the 2019 Sail Sandy Regatta, which will kick off a massive season ahead for the Sandringham Yacht Club. Sandy will play host to a plethora of major events this summer including the ILCA Laser World…
Cuneo's crew the Envy of Sydney Gold Coast Race
A Queensland TP52 crew, who all compete in other classes and typically train the day prior to the start of each major ocean race, has earned the pinnacle of the Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race silverware. Barry Cuneo’s TP52…
Rolex Fastnet Race – offshore racing's most successful class
In the 15 years since the Class40 box rule was unveiled, an unprecedented 169 examples from early racer cruisers, to fully wicked-up grand prix race boats have been built, making it the most successful 40 foot racing yacht of all…
Fast Facts: Why ships use “port” and “starboard”
The Maritime Executive Unlike left and right, “port” and “starboard” refer to fixed locations on a vessel. Since port and starboard never change, they are unambiguous references that are independent of a mariner’s orientation, and, thus, mariners use these nautical…
Trial of new marine digital speed indicator sign at Swansea Channel
Transport for NSW will carry out a trial of new electronic speed signage at Swansea Channel in Lake Macquarie starting next week. NSW Maritime Executive Director, Mark Hutchings said the trial will continue until the end of September and provide…
Wild Oats X claims line-honours title in Sydney Gold Coast Race
Late on Sunday July 28, 2019, Wild Oats X, the Oatley family’s Reichel Pugh 66 skippered by Mark Richards, took line honours in the Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race for the third time – and on ‘Ricko’s’ birthday. Wild Oats…
Eleven Tasmanian yachts enter 75th Sydney Hobart
Champion Hobart yacht Philosopher this week became the eleventh Tasmanian entrant for this year’s 75th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. It is the biggest contingent from the state since the 50th edition of the bluewater classic in 1995, with the…
Researchers uncover intact Renaissance-era shipwreck
The Maritime Executive An international team of scientists has discovered the remains of a pristine Renaissance-era shipwreck in the Baltic Sea. The researchers believe that it is an unusually important discovery, as it is quite rare to find wooden vessels…
Superyacht strikes pier, destroys sailboat in Port of Leuca
The Maritime Executive On Tuesday evening, the superyacht Blue Magic lost control and struck a pier at the port of Santa Maria di Leuca, a popular tourist destination in southern Italy. A sailing yacht was crushed between the dock and…
A mango tree hull, some bamboo and a bed sheet – are you up for the Kraken Cup?
Modern yachts with all their fancy technology leave little room for the unknown. For a proper ocean vessel, you need to go back a few centuries. Dig a hull from a mango tree, strap on a bamboo yard, a sail and…
Team New Zealand 'in the dark' over America's Cup designs, says Glenn Ashby
NZ Herald Team New Zealand will face an information overload when they put their new boat on the water in the next few weeks. TNZ's first AC75 boat will hit the Waitemata Harbour in August or September, a big moment…
Pacific Boating giving away $5,000 voucher at Sydney International Boat Show to all ticket-holders
SYDNEY [29thJULY 2019] – Pacific Boating will be showcasing its fleet at the Sydney International Boat Show this week (1-5 August 2019) at the International Convention Centre, Sydney & Cockle Bay Marina Darling Harbour. To draw attention to it's boating membership scheme, the company…
Spectacular start to Sydney Gold Coast Race
The 76 boats raced out of Sydney Harbour in a 10 knot south-easterly wind that arrived just in time for the start with the Mark Richards skippered Wild Oats X leading David Gotze’s No Limit and Rupert Henry’s Chinese Whisper…
Notice of Race out for Sydney to Auckland Yacht Race 2021
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club and Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are excited to announce that the Notice of Race for the 1250nm Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2021 is now available. The race will start on Sydney Harbour…
Ku-ring-gai and Tara claim 5.5 Metre Cups
Australia’s Ku-ring-gai (John Bacon, Terry Wetton, James Mayjor) has won the Hankø Evolution Cup and Tara (Roope Juhonen, Janne Heikkilä, Pekka Honkavaara, FIN) the Royal Kaag Classic Cup after all racing was abandoned at the 5.5 Metre Championship on Saturday,…
Artemis XIV wins 100th Scandinavian Gold Cup
Norway’s Artemis XIV (Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Trond Solli-Sæther) has successfully defended the Scandinavian Gold Cup in 5.5 Metres after a one-race final at the Nyländska Jaktklubben in Helsinki, Finland, against Britain’s Girls on Film (Peter Morton, Ben Cornish, Sam…
World Sailing implements new processes to improve quality of Olympic equipment
As part of the process of finalising the equipment for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, World Sailing is introducing new quality control processes for all Olympic Classes to ensure the technical integrity of the sport can be assured. Based upon…
