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On Nov.6 at 0200hrs, French solo yachtsman Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, the current Golden Globe Race leader, rang GGR organisers to advise that his yacht Matmut had sustained mast damage, that all was OK, and that he intended to sail…
Cheung Kong Sailing Team closed to just a point off the lead of the Beneteau 40.7 fleet after an up and down day of light winds at the China Cup International Regatta in Shenzhen – day two of the regatta…
After five days of tough racing in the 2018 Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo transatlantic race from Saint Malo to Pointe-à-Pitre in the French Caribbean, Britain’s Alex Thomson is in good spirits and looking to put the hammer down on…
On Friday, eleven IMOCAs are continuing to race towards Guadeloupe, but Yannick Bestaven has unfortunately been forced to retire, while Jérémie Beyou, Alexia Barrier, Fabrice Amedeo, Manuel Cousin and Romain Attanasio intend to set sail again after carrying out pit…
Next week the RC44 fleet will once again take to the waters of Cascais, Portugal, for the final showdown of the 2018 season, over the 14th– 18th November, and of the eight teams competing, five are in contention for the…
Jim Cooney and Samantha Grant’s 100-foot Comanche has surged to the finish line to capture line honours in the Cabbage Tree Island Race today. Comanche finished an hour and 20 minutes in front of Wild Oats XI, while Black Jack…
The fourth race of the CYCA Blue Water Pointscore series is set to be a thriller with 39 extremely competitive entrants taking the line for the 19:00 start this Friday evening on Sydney Harbour. With three super-maxis competing this year,…
Thursday 8 November 2018, Shenzhen, China: Former winner Vanhang Longcheer has become the early leader of the ultra-competitive Beneteau 40.7 fleet after winning the New Sports Passage Race on the opening day of the China Cup International Regatta in Shenzhen. Last…
Out of the twenty IMOCA skippers who set sail four days ago from Saint-Malo, twelve are continuing on their way towards Pointe-à-Pitre after Yannick Bestaven set off again today from Cascais. While only two competitors have officially retired (Louis Burton…
Dateline 15:00 UTC 08.11.2018 – Hobart, Tasmania: Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, the embattled race leader struggling with a damaged mast sustained during a storm 1,900 miles west of Cape Horn, has decided to continue in the race back to Les Sables…
Way down south, more than 1,800 nautical miles southwest of Saint Malo, in the warmer climes and flatter seas west of the Canaries, François Gabart continues to blaze a trail to Guadeloupe chased by Francis Joyon. But as the days…
With such a big fleet now spread over a large area of ocean, skippers in the solo transatlantic Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe are beginning to experience wide variations in weather conditions after three very challenging days at sea. While there…
The first three days of the Route du Rhum certainly sorted out the boats. After the tough conditions yesterday which inflicted damage on Samantha Davies (Initiatives Cœur), Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq) and Fabrice Amedeo (Newrest – Art & Fenêtres), on…
The 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 is set to be a spectacular edition of the fantastic 600 nautical mile race around 11 Caribbean islands. Of the early entries, the largest yacht competing will be the 203ft schooner Athos, returning to the…
As she faced very rough seas in the depression sweeping the Bay of Biscay yesterday, Sam Davies diagnosed a delamination of the bottom of the hull of her 60ft monohull, Initiatives-Cœur. Given the expected weather conditions off the Iberian Peninsula…
NEWPORT, RI (November 6, 2018) – With a little over eight months to go, Ida Lewis Yacht Club, the International Twelve Metre Association (ITMA) America’s Fleet and the 12 Metre Yacht Club are gearing up for the largest-ever gathering of…
A sailor with joint Australian and British citizenship has admitted killing his new wife who went missing from their catamaran off the coast of Cuba on their honeymoon. Lewis Bennett (41) has reached a deal with US prosecutors to plead…
At the end of the second day of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe an Atlantic storm that had been forecast at the start has been making itself felt across the whole fleet with one boat capsized, two dismasted and many…
After Isabelle Joschke’s boat was dismasted during the night, Romain Attanasio announced this lunchtime that he was turning back, as his sails have suffered a lot of damage. Still led by British stalwart, Alex Thomson, fourteen IMOCAs are continuing on…
Whilst facing a very rough seas in the depression sweeping the Bay of Biscay, Sam Davies informed her team on Tuesday, November 6 at 17:00 (French time) of troubling and persistent noises coming from the hull of her 60ft monohull…
They helped bring the America's Cup back to New Zealand and remain teammates but for a couple of weeks this month Glenn Ashby, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke will be rivals. The trio will be among more than 100 sailors…
More than 70 entries have already been received from international sailors for the 2019 O'pen Bic world championships to be sailed at Manly, north of Auckland, in the New Year period. As many as 127 sailors had already registered for…
The majority of the 123-strong Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo transatlantic fleet has enjoyed a brisk first 24 hours of racing as they head west into the Atlantic. But while most have settled into the race without major problems, there…
With Alex Thomson leading the way and Jérémie Beyou suffering from some worrying steering damage, Marc Guillemot offers us his look as a specialist and gives us his personal analysis of the first day of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe…
STOP PRESS: Race leader Jean-Luc Van Den Heede suffers knock-down and mast damage At 1500hrs UTC 5th NOV. Jean-Luc Van Den Heede called GGR Founder Don McIntyre to advise that his Rustler 36 Matmut had been knocked down badly to…
By Deborah Dalziel, 2 November 2018 On 22 October more than 430 yacht racing industry professionals gathered in Lorient, France to discuss the state and future of the global yacht racing industry. Over two jam-packed days the event covered everything…
ATL Composites is pleased to announce the launch of the new updated website specifically dedicated to DuFLEX Composite Panels www.duflex.com.au The site includes information on the panel options available in the range, basic applications techniques, down-loadable data sheets and projects….
British skipper Sam Goodchild has dismasted during the second night of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe whilst racing in third place in Class40 on Narcos Mexico. Goodchild, 28, was racing well in strong conditions, sailing in around 30 knots of…
The Smeg 18ft Skiff crew of Michael Coxon, Mike McKensey and Ricky Bridge were brilliant as they led the fleet from start-to-finish and dominated Race 4 of the Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour today. The team won the start…
The 11th edition and 40th anniversary staging of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo transatlantic race got underway in spectacular style today off the Brittany port of Saint Malo, as a record entry of 123 skippers set sail for Guadeloupe….
2018 Annual Conference – 3 November Recap World Sailing’s Council concluded their two day meeting on Saturday 3 November 2018 at the 2018 Annual Conference in Sarasota, Florida, USA. Numerous reports, recommendations not based on submissions, event updates and updates…
The International Finn Association (IFA) is extremely disappointed to see the decision taken today at the World Sailing AGM in Sarasota, USA, to exclude any event options for the Finn in favour of adopting the Mixed Two-Person Keelboat. Most of…
Between the 31st of October and the 3rd of November, the world’s best female match racers gathered in Ascona to compete in the Swiss International Women’s Match. Despite heavy rain and tricky wind conditions an impressive 66 matches were completed…
A Mixed Two Person Keelboat Offshore Event will feature at the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition, providing a new dynamic to the Olympic movement, following ratification at World Sailing’s Annual General Meeting. After a week of meetings, the AGM brought…
Happy memories of my boating days are as wide and varied as are the different craft I owned: varying from single rowing shells to a prawn trawler. In between exists a number of fine yachts which I cruised and raced….
It is February and you are anchored in a little bay in remote Arnhem Land. For some reason you have been unable to communicate with the outside world for a few days. However, you have been watching the barometer as…
The Great Australian Bight separates western from eastern Australia. Like the Nullarbor Desert on land, the coast is inhospitable and there are no coastal towns in the 600 miles from Ceduna to Esperance. Large chunks of the intervening coastal waters…
Our story will be familiar to many. My husband sailed as a youngster and always dreamed of owning his own boat; he would sail it up the Queensland coast and possibly further afield. However, I had rarely sailed and did…
Censorship in media has been around for a long time. We all like to think we live in a society where the rights of free speech are enshrined by law and by morality. Well think again, how many times have…
Some sailors will be lucky enough to continue to sail well into their 80s but, well before that age, most will find they need to progressively curtail their activities. Various infirmities in themselves, or partners, may make it increasingly difficult…
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