Vendée Globe – Race over for Bestaven
On the 50th day of the tenth edition of the Vendée Globe Yannick Bestaven, the winner of the 2020-2021 race is trying to get used to the harsh reality that his race is over. He was this morning heading into…
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Sydney Hobart – Third generation of Kurts brings in Love & War
Three generations of the Kurts family have now skippered the almost legendary Love & War (NSW) in the Sydney Hobart, after Phil Kurts completed the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race yesterday. Kurts brought the 51-year-old S&S 47 into Hobart…
Tasmania’s Magellan takes double-handed victory in Westcoaster
Magellan, the Knoop 39 skippered by father/daughter combination Richard and Megan Grant from the Bellerive Yacht Club, are provisional winners of the double-handed division on performance handicap in the 52nd Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race. The passionate sailors, who are…
Scarlet Runner and Rushour dominate 52nd Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race
Scarlet Runner, the Carkeek 43 skippered by Rob Date from the Sandringham Yacht Club, has dominated the 52nd Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, winning line honours for monohulls and is the provisional handicap winner of the 52nd Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race. …
Vendée Globe – Regatta mode for yesterday’s Cape Horners
After rounding Cape Horn in quick succession yesterday the second group in the Vendée Globe, the peloton, have broken up slightly as they negotiate an upwind phase in light winds caused by a cell of high pressure. From deep ocean…
13ft & 16ft Skiff Australian Championships PREVIEW
Keep an eye out for the hammerheads and turtles and embrace everything Hervey Bay throws at you – on and off the water. That’s the advice from eight-time Australian 16ft champion – and Hervey Bay specialist – Lee Knapton as…
Petersville Regatta – Day 3
Competition heats up after penultimate day of 2024 Petersville Regatta Competition is heating up at the 2024 Petersville Regatta, hosted by Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron, after some glamour racing on the penultimate day of the regatta. The Day 3 format saw…
Sydney Hobart – Mistral first double handed entry to finish
Rupert Henry and his French co-skipper, Corentin Douguet, sailed Henry’s Lombard 34, Mistral (NSW), across the Rolex Sydney Hobart finish line at 19:16:04 Sunday evening, the first double-handed entry to finish. The pair looked in remarkably good shape after sailing…
Sydney Hobart – Sam Haynes holds Tattersall Cup for a second time
Sam Haynes, announced the provisional Overall winner of the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart, never dreamed he would hold the Tattersall Cup in his hands again, after selling his TP52 Celestial late this year. But a mid-December charter of Willow, a…
Vendée Globe – Damage for Yannick Bestaven mars a day of Cape Horn celebrations
They might have been upwards of 60 miles off the actual lighthouse, but for the skipper who passed Cape Horn today the moment of release is the same nonetheless. The realisation that the Pacific is done, the Southern Oceans are…
Petersville Regatta – Day 2
Cruising division enjoys 23-mile race down Mornington Peninsula on Day 2 of the Petersville Regatta The cruising division made its way down to Mt Martha on the second day of the Petersville Regatta, ticking off their long course race, while…
Sydney Hobart – Whisper and Caro
New South Wales boat Whisper staged a neck-and-neck race down the coast with rival No Limit before closing out fourth place on line in the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on Saturday. Owner/skipper, David Griffith, a director of race organiser,…
Rushour clears race traffic in 2024 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race
Rushour, the Drew 15 catamaran designed, built and skippered by Queenslander Drew Carruthers, has set a cracking pace down the West Coast of Tasmania and currently lead’s last year’s multihull winner, Peccadillo, by over 35 nautical miles. In his first…
Sydney Hobart – Focus turns to overall contenders
With line honours in the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race decided, attention now turns to contenders for the Tattersall Cup, awarded to the Overall winner of the race every year. Sam Haynes, Commodore of race organiser, the Cruising Yacht Club…
2024 Petersville Regatta – Day 1
More than 450 sailors were welcomed by the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron on Friday afternoon for a twilight race to kick off the 2024 Petersville Regatta. Competing in the opening race of the regatta in pristine conditions off Mornington Peninsula, all…
Challenging conditions for the start of the 2024 Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race
The 2024 Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race began with a measured approach as the Race Committee navigated challenging weather conditions, delaying the scheduled 11 am start. After closely reviewing the forecast and timing for the crucial Banks Strait transit, the…
Scarlet Runner and Peccadillo set pace in 2024 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race
The 52nd Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race started at 10am off Portsea Pier on Friday under sunny skies in a 20 knot south westerly breeze, with the flat water of Port Phillip making for smooth sailing and an easy start…
Sydney Hobart – Organisers have not considered cancelling the race
Organisers of the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race were adamant the race would continue, despite the deaths of two sailors overnight. Vice Commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia David Jacobs said they had been asked the question…
Sydney Hobart – LawConnect takes Line Honours
A strong team performance by the crew was the foundation for LawConnect’s 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Line Honours, according to their Kiwi sailing master Tony Mutter. He said there was only one change in Christian Beck’s crew from…
Over 50 boats set to take on Blairgowrie waters today at the 2024 Petersville Regatta
Over 50 boats are ready to take on the 2024 Petersville Regatta, kicking off today December 27. A staple in the Blairgowrie calendar, over 450 sailors are excited to kick off the summer with the iconic event. Sailors hit the…
PP1 flies into Cock of the Bay Record Book
The power of the mighty Melges 40 yacht was on full display when PP1 flew down the Port Phillip coastline to Mornington to smash the Ronstan Cock of the Bay Race Record today. Skipper Damian Thomas, from the Sandringham Yacht Club…
Vendée Globe – Hey elastic!
Expansion and compression. Stretching and rebounding. The elastic effect is seen all the way through the Vendée Globe fleet. Mostly it is driven by the evolution and timing of weather systems, especially in the train of low pressures in the…
Sydney Hobart – Dismastings and Tragic Deaths
LawConnect led the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet through Sydney Heads yesterday afternoon, before drama struck when her furling line refused to play ball. As the fleet headed south in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) annual…
COBLI Expands to Rose Bay Marina
The high-end boat syndication company, COBLI, is proud to announce its expansion into Rose Bay Marina, marking an exciting new chapter for luxury boating in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. With a focus on accessible, stress-free boat ownership, COBLI is introducing two…
GWA 2025 Calendar is Here!
Just in from the team at the GWA Wingfoil World Tour…. The 2024 GWA Wingfoil World Tour delivered an incredible season of action, with athletes showcasing their skills across Wave, Big Air, Surf-Freestyle, and FreeFly-Slalom disciplines. From breathtaking performances to…
Vendée Globe – Christmas done right for Seb Simon, at Cape Horn
Like an over excited youngster on Christmas morning, Seb Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) had to wait until after breakfast time before he could pass Cape Horn for his first time. But for all that some patience was required of the skipper…
Vendée Globe – Leader sets two new records
When he crossed Cape Horn as the narrowest of narrow leaders at the head of the 36 strong Vendée Globe fleet at 23:27:20hrs UTC on Monday night Yoann Richomme set two new records for the solo round the world course….
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race
This time next year, everyday people from all over the globe will be taking part in the Australian Coast to Coast leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. The fourth leg of the biennial 40,000nm sailing event is…
Transpac 2025
Entries are stacking up for Transpac 2025, with 34 boats committed to what’s considered one of the most enduring long distance sailing contests in the world. Once again, the challenge of racing 2,225 nautical miles from Los Angeles to Hawaii…
Scarlet Runner to threaten Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race Record
Scarlet Runner is shaping up as the glamour boat for the 52nd Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race with the Carkeek 43 tipped to smash the race record set by the TP52, Shortwave (Matthew Short) in 2008. Current modelling predicts a…
WASZP & SailGP Announce New Competition Structure
23rd December 2024 – Sydney, Australia | WASZP, the innovative one-design foiling class, and SailGP, the global racing championship, have announced a strategic restructuring of their original partnership to introduce a WASZP Grand Final Event and Global Qualification Series, beginning…
Sydney Hobart – Long sail to take part was just a warm-up
Sailing some 17,000 nautical miles to take part in the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race may not seem like the perfect preparation for a race that is a mere 628 nautical miles (1,170km) long. Cocody But Damien Fleury of…
The Sailing Grand Slam announces event dates for 2025
The new Sailing Slam (SGS) continues to take shape, with a new website launched and the initial Notice of Race published for 2025, the first year of the series. As athletes and teams gear themselves up for the next Olympic…
Sydney Hobart – Overall contenders ready to race
Ronald Epstein, owner/skipper of the new JPK 11.80, Bacchanal, found himself a little bit star-struck as he sat in the middle of the heavyweight panel for the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Overall Contenders press conference at the Cruising…
18ft Skiffs – NSW Championship – Final
The Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price/Josh Porebski, Max Paul and Finn Rodowicz became the 2024-25 NSW 18ft skiff champions after an exciting day of action-packed racing in the final two races of the championship on Sydney Harbour…
Vendée Globe – Cape Horn records set to tumble
At six weeks into the Vendée Globe, with the leading duo Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) and Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) set to round Cape Horn late tomorrow, fatigue is the constant, gnawing, universal presence. By now the underlying tiredness…
Another Sydney Hobart – another family affair
Sailing isn’t as easy as it might look to some – and add the complexities of family dynamics and the whole adventure has the capacity to go pear-shaped. But every year, sailors related by blood, who share a passion for…
Vendée Globe – Christmas box-office blockbuster at Cape Horn
As the leaders approach Cape Horn, the tactical battle at the front of the Vendée Globe is every bit as engaging as any Christmas TV thriller except in this instance there is no bad guy, no evil villain to hiss…
Sail Brisbane rounds out 2024 and launches to 2032
Sail Brisbane concluded on Saturday after a week of challenging yet rewarding racing on Moreton Bay. Hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron for the past 20 years, the event tested both organisers and competitors with squalls, strong winds, and…
Boxing Day Bonanza on Port Phillip Bay
Over 500 yachties will take to the water for the 2024 Ronstan Cock of the Bay Race and if the early weather forecast holds true, a new race record could be on the cards. Port Phillip Bay will be a…
