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Caracole (SUI 214 Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stampfli) has won the International 5.5 Metre Swiss Open at the Société Nautique de Genève, Switzerland, after winning both races on the final day, Saturday. Marie-Françoise XIX (SUI 228 Jürg Menzi, Rasmus…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia will accept two-handed entrants into its key events including the 2020 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, it announced today. The CYCA’s Board unanimously passed a proposal from the club’s Sailing Committee to include two-handed…
As nimble as they are on the water, small boats are awkward to move over dry land. By oneself or on a windy day, attempting it can be outright dangerous. Davis Instruments Wheel-a-Weigh is a set of removable launching wheels…
On the “tough-out” meter the Fastnet is right up there considering the 608nm course down the channel and across the Irish Sea, the navigation hazards including the tides and, this year, the other 340 competitors out there to claim a…
Inmarsat’s Fleet One satellite connectivity solution for the leisure and fishing markets has surpassed the 5,000-installation landmark as the rate of service uptake continues to increase. Reflecting a growing demand from leisure boat owners for Fleet One’s flexible and reliable…
A dramatic turn of events on the Nacra 17 race course has seen local sailors Paul Kohlhoff and Alica Stuhlemmer hold on to their yellow jerseys for the second day running at Kiel Week. It was a breezy, shifty and…
Right from the beginning, ARC Portugal 2019 was going to be an extraordinary sail south; as well as being the 25th edition of World Cruising Club's multi-stage sailing rally, this year marks 25 years since the Marina de Lagos, sponsor…
Photography buffs, this is a rare chance to capture the finish of the 75th running of the world-renowned Sydney Hobart Yacht Race close-up and in comfort and style with an experienced local sailing photographer, Andrew Wilson. Your boat will be…
Five more races in warm sunshine, flat water and a shifty 12-16 knot north-westerly off Lagos on day two of competition, and the leaderboard is starting to be defined at the GC32 World Championship, with the support of the City…
Caracole (SUI 214 Bernard Haissly, Berthoud Nicolas, Daniel Stampfli) leads the International 5.5 Metre Swiss Open at the Société Nautique de Genève, Switzerland, after winning two of the four races that were sailed on Friday in light winds. Defending champion,…
The first day of racing at the International 5.5 Metre Swiss Open at the Société Nautique de Genève, Switzerland, was marred by the extreme high temperatures of the sudden heatwave hitting Europe, resulting in a lack of wind across Lake…
For the ten international teams competing off Lagos, Portugal at this second World Championship for the GC32 flying one design catamaran class, a day of two halves plus a mix of conditions and starting formats provided a worthy test that…
Strong shifty winds put the mixed teams to a test in Midsummer Match Cup when the Round Robin was finished today. Berntsson Sailing Team is the only Swedish team to advance to the quarterfinals. The conditions on the Race Arena…
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the International 5.5 Metre Class and the 100th Scandinavian Gold Cup later this year, the International 5.5 Metre Association has published a commemorative yearbook. Edited and compiled by Robert Deaves, it is packed full…
A reader of Cruising Helmsman, and well-known contributor of excellent cruising stories, Cherylle Stone recently received the latest Notice to Mariners regarding military exercises in the popular Shoalwater Bay area. Due to live firing occurring the Army were to close…
Published 27 June 2019. From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch Summary At approximately 1220 on 12 June 2019, a RS Venture Connect sailing boat fully inverted, its crew comprised an assistant instructor and an experienced disabled crewman. The boat was knocked down…
Following the changes that happened at the turn of the year concerning BIC Sport/Tahe Outdoors France, the O’pen BIC is changing name too and will henceforth be known as O’pen Skiff. This change is also being effected by the class,…
Crossing the finish line of the final Stage of the 50th anniversary La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro this afternoon in fourth place, after 500 miles from Roscoff to Dieppe via Wolf Rock and Owers, Yoann Richomme completed an impressive overall…
Stronger winds brought a lot of action two the racecourse on day two of the inaugural edition of Midsummer Match Cup in Skärhamn, Sweden. Nicolai Sehested and his Danish/Brazilian Gringo Sailing Team had an impressive run and are now on…
The Moreton Bay Marine Park zoning plan has been in force since 2009 and is now due for a 10-year review. In preparing for this the Queensland Government is undertaking a technical exercise to remake the current zoning plan which…
The Maritime Executive The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its report on the man overboard that occurred on the racing yacht CV30 on November 18, 2017. Simon Speirs fell overboard from the foredeck of the yacht when approximately…
On the two year anniversary that they won the America’s Cup in Bermuda, Emirates Team New Zealand have announced their sailing team lineup that will power their AC75 when it hits the water later this winter. It is a mix…
The 42nd Three Peaks Yacht Race had some fast and challenging sailing conditions on the west coast of the UK, and the event rolled the clock back, including a multi-hull category for the first time in 20 years. The winners…
With an accumulated overall lead time of one hour and 11 minutes, and just 85 miles left to sail to the finish of the final leg on Stage 4 of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro, overall leader Yoann Richomme (HelloWork/Groupe…
The Atlantic Ocean hurricane season is almost upon us. Typically starting in June and ending at the end of November, the season usually encounters a sharp peak of activity in late August through September and affects the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean…
The inaugural edition of Midsummer Match Cup kicked off today with light winds on the Race Arena in Skärhamn. Eric Monnin (SUI) and his Albert Riele Swiss Team got the best start with 5-0 after day one. Light and shifty…
Fredrik Lööf, from Sweden, has secured his second successive OK Dinghy European title in Kiel with a race to spare after winning the first race of the day on the final day on Tuesday. Valerian Lebrun, from France took silver,…
The world’s best Olympic sailors will be heading down under at the end of the year to contest the 2019 Finn Gold Cup, the World Championship for the Olympic Finn Class. The 64th Finn Gold Cup will run from 13…
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 24, 2019) – As an important lead up to the 12 Metre World Championship in July, the Newport Trophy Regatta will take place off Newport, R.I. over the weekend of June 29-30. Hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht…
Maritime Safety Queensland has released updates to its Beacon to Beacon Guides for Pumicestone Passage and the Brisbane and Bremer Rivers. There have been significant changes to channels and banks in the northern part of the Passage and Caloundra Bar. So,…
Entries are now open for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2020 Ponant Sydney Noumea Yacht Race, the club’s longest ocean race spanning 1064 nautical miles. Following the reintroduction of the race after a 20-year hiatus, the 2018 Sydney Noumea…
While crew lists for August's Rolex Fastnet Race are far from finalised, currently just over 10% of those competing in the Royal Ocean Racing Club's biennial voyage from Cowes to Plymouth via the Fastnet Rock will be women. While this…
With 40 nautical miles still to sail to the Owers turning mark off Portsmouth at 1500hrs BST this afternoon, racing within a gradually fading southwesterly breeze, it has been a long, laborious day fighting in the main pack on Stage…
World Sailing is inviting the sailing community, sports fan and the public to nominate individuals, teams and organisations for the 2019 World Sailing Awards. The nomination period for the Rolex World Sailor of the Year, the ultimate recognition of excellence,…
After three more races at the OK Dinghy European Championship at Kieler Woche, Fredrik Lööf, from Sweden, is now one race away from defending the title he first won last year. He didn’t have it all his own way though,…
Stuff.co.nz Italian challenger of record Luna Rossa have labelled the new America's Cup boats “too difficult, too extreme”. The criticism comes as the wealthy syndicate have launched a smaller test version of the 75-foot foiling monohull to continue their development….
A significant advance in the world's ability to forecast and monitor weather and climate is about to be launched into space and Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has booked its seat. COSMIC-2, a mission of six satellites designed to improve weather…
Give your sailing skills a workout at the Palm Beach Sailing Club’s annual Bullets regatta held this year on the weekend of November 16 and 17 2019. Running now for more than 50 years, the ‘Beware the Bullets’ regatta is…
James Cook University scientists are recruiting people to train to log sightings of misplaced sea creatures after receiving new funding. JCU’s Associate Professor Jan Strugnell runs the Queensland arm of the Range Extension Database and Mapping project (REDMAP). “What it…
One of our most common beach crabs eats just like a picky two-year-old, according to new research from Edith Cowan University. Researchers examined the diet of golden ghost crabs (Ocypode convexa) living on sandy beaches in WA’s Mid West. One…
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