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Visitors to Geelong’s waterfront are in for a triple treat over the Australia Day long weekend, with a stellar line-up of artists set to entertain crowds at the 2019 Festival of Sails. Music legend Russell Morris, formidable vocal duo Vika…
Melbourne, Australia – Sailors of small dinghies such as the Tasar, or catamarans like the Hobie 16, will find the new Ronstan Series 19 C-Track to be a simple, lightweight and reliable system with a myriad of uses both on…
Having a deadline to get their new boat prepared in time for the PIC Coastal Classic was perfect motivation for Hanse 400 owner Tim Honeybone to also have the boat sorted for their first full summer cruising. The…
SYDNEY – Tom Slingsby – Olympic gold medalist, America’s Cup winner, eight-time world champion and member of the Order of Australia – was today tabbed to lead the Australia SailGP Team in the global racing league’s inaugural season. The full…
After an epic final battle, the Sharp Australian Youth Match Racing Championship came down to one race – a rematch of the Finals from 2017, with James Hodgson/Harry Hall/Ryan Wilmot/John Cooley/Charlie Gundy looking for revenge 12 months later. After taking…
Comanche, owned by Jim Cooney and Samantha Grant, has claimed a second race record in as many outings, taking line honours in the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore Series Newcastle Bass Island Yacht Race. After a fast trip to…
Jordan Girdis and Lachlan Doyle, two of last year’s Spring 18ft Skiff Championship-winning team, return today to defend their title when the Australian 18 Footers League conducts Race 1 of the 2018-2019 Championship on Sydney Harbour. Girdis (skipper) and Doyle…
There were a few challenging moments in the early stages of the first day at this year's Sail Sandy Regatta, but it was the Port Phillip Bay sea breeze that saved the day in the end. Sail Sandy, the Sandringham…
Cagliari, Italy: All it took was one last, wild ride on Saturday, the final day of competition at the 2018 Melges 20 World Championship hosted by Yacht Club Cagliari, to give class its second-ever, double, back-to-back world champion – Drew…
On the penultimate day of the GC32 TPM Med Cup, Franck Cammas’ Norauto powered by Team France fought back to second place overall after a disappointing Friday when the crew was crippled by a broken foil. Today was supposed to…
Ahead of Friday’s Medal Race, the battle to claim a spot on the podium amplified in the Windsurfing class at the Youth Olympic Sailing Competition at Club Nautico San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Shifting winds on the coldest day of…
When Yvette Heritage, Richard Heritage and Daniel McLachlan line up for Race 1 of the Australian 18 Footers League’s Spring Championship next Sunday (14 October), Yvette and Richard Heritage will create history in the 125-year-old 18ft skiff racing class. It…
Cagliari, Italy: After yesterday's opening race day postponement, the weather cooperated on Day 2, officially getting the 2018 Melges 20 World Championship underway. It was obvious that crews were feeling the pressure to do well. The high and choppy waves…
At 77, Lake Macquarie skipper Doug Coulter has no intention of slowing down over the Christmas-New Year break – if anything, his yachts are getting faster with advancing years, and he’s hoping to again vie for line-honours in the Pantaenius…
Winds had abated after yesterday’s storm off the Cote d’Azur, but sadly the sea state on the Rade de Toulon was considered too large for the nimble flying catamarans to race safely on day one of the GC32 TPM Med…
While the weather is difficult to predict with any certainty one week out from the race start, one thing that the organisers of the PIC Coastal Classic do know for sure, is that there is a fresh buzz about the…
Comanche led the fleet out of Sydney Heads on Friday evening after the start of the Newcastle Bass Island Race, the third event in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore series. Jim Cooney…
With 20 skippers at the start in St Malo on November 4, including 10 foiling boats, this edition of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe in the IMOCA class promises to be competitive and exciting. In the space of four years,…
Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex: The effect of Storm Callum currently sweeping across England has done little to affect proceedings at the opening day of the Endeavour Trophy weekend, from 12-14 October. Although gusts reached well over 25 knots, the on-water session of…
After the storms, torrential rain and general greyness of the last days, the Rade de Toulon was in an entirely different mood for day two of the GC32 TPM Med Cup, the final event of the GC32 Racing Tour, held…
Cagliari, Italy: Three additional races were completed at the 2018 Melges 20 World Championship, hosted by Yacht Club Cagliari, bringing the number of completed races to six, which also prompts a discard of each team's worst score. With the results…
Alexandros Kalpogiannakis (GRE) and Giorgia Speciale (ITA) became the first sailors to take the titles of 2018 Youth Olympic Champions at the Youth Olympic Sailing Competition, held at Club Nautico San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first Medal Races were…
Geneva, 10 October 2018 – The 2018 golden jubilee edition of Malta’s most famous yachting event promises to be the biggest ever. The Rolex Middle Sea Race, which this year marks the 50th anniversary of its founding, will again start…
The largest fleet in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe 2018 – the solo transatlantic race that starts from St Malo on November 4th – is the Class40 monohull division with 53 sailors taking part. This record entry, that makes up…
Two teams have been confirmed for the semi-finals of the 2018 Sharp Australian Youth Match Racing Championship with last year’s two finalists, defending champion, Tom Grimes (CYCA) and current regatta leader James Hodgson (CYCA), both securing enough points for the…
Twenty-nine yachts are set to line up for the start of the Blue Water Pointscore Newcastle Bass Island Race this weekend, representing the greatest number of competitors in the event’s short but successful five-year history. The 215-nautical-mile challenge marks Race…
A dazzling display on the water from Alina Kornelli (GER) ensured she remains top of the Girl’s Kiteboarding fleet at the Youth Olympic Sailing Competition at Club Nautico San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. With lighter windspeeds than the previous day,…
Two organisations who pride themselves on the wellbeing of New Zealanders at sea are due to square off as part of next week’s PIC Coastal Classic yacht race from Auckland to the Bay of Islands: it’s the New Zealand Defence…
More than 250 sailors are set to descend on Sandringham Yacht Club this weekend as the two-day Sail Sandy Regatta gets underway on Saturday. Entries have already surpassed last year's numbers of 160 boats with more than 170 entries…
2017 Australian Youth Match Racing Champion, Tom Grimes, representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has made an impressive finish to his double round robin stage, taking out the top spot with a 17-1 (win-loss) scorecard, to go through Round…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) have dominated the opening day of competition at the 2018 Sharp Australian Youth Match Racing Championship with James Hodgson & Finn Tapper both remaining undefeated after the first seven flights in the Championship….
Earlier in the year, we warned yachties who intended travelling between the Gold Coast and Brisbane of two “pinch points” in the Canaipa Passage where yachts with a draft of around 1.5m were running aground at low tide. The Gold…
At the Annapolis boat show in America, Spinlock launched their new VITO lifejacket which was derived from the custom Deckvest VOR 170N lifejacket worn by Volvo Ocean Race teams. The VITO is the first lifejacket harness to include a revolutionary…
Argentinean athletes are coming to the forefront on their home waters as the breeze came to town on the third day of competition at the Youth Olympic Sailing Competition. Held out of Club Nautico San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina, the…
CHICAGO, IL (October 9, 2018): The culmination of the 2018 Farr 40 World Championship served up nail-biting competition, coming down to the final race of the event as Wolfgang Schaefer's Struntje light edged out Alex Roeper's Plenty which finished a…
The Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe “Rhum” multihull division is made up of 21 catamarans and trimarans that range in size from 39-59ft and are sailed by skippers who are almost all amateurs. The fleet includes sisterships of the first winner…
The 5500 nautical mile Sundance Marine Melbourne Osaka Double-Handed Yacht Race and return journey left Annette Hesselmans still champing at the bit, so she solved the problem by forming a short-handed female crew to take part in the Melbourne to…
Titouan Petard and Kenza Coutard (FRA) struck the first win in the solitary Mixed Multihull (Nacra 15) race at the Youth Olympic Sailing Competition at Club Nautico San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. A frustrating day epitomised by light winds meant…
Four huge Laser regattas are coming to Sandringham in the summer of 2020. The Laser Class, representing the world’s largest one design Olympic boat the Laser single hander, has awarded Sandringham Yacht Club hosting rights for three ILCA Laser World…
Would you like to know more about sailing from Australia to Indonesia and SE Asia or destinations in the SW Pacific such as New Caledonia, Vanuatu & Fiji? Join the Down Under Rally Team for our “Sailing Asia and the…
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