Wooden it be nice: Parade of Sail
For those people turning up today to Hobart it would be a bit disconcerting to see the famous Constitution Dock empty of wooden yachts. On the day prior to the Wooden Boat Festival the idea is that all boats due…
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Torvar Mirsky faces quality field at Argo Gold Cup, Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Feb. 6, 2019) — A sterling collection of past champions that also includes the top three skippers in the World Match Race Rankings, the reigning Open, Women’s and Youth World champions and the America’s Cup Challenger of Record…
Batemans Bay entrance to be dredged this year
The NSW state government has confirmed that work on dredging the entrance to Batemans Bay will undertaken “in the coming months”, starting with a hydrographic survey which is expected to be completed in February, weather permitting, to help determine the…
Creating a “no go” zone for sharks off the back of your boat
Ocean Guardian, the company behind the development of the Shark Shield deterrent technology, has unveiled a prototype of a system designed for use with boats and jetties. To date, the technology, billed as the world’s only scientifically proven and independently…
Aussie Team announced for 2019 Youth World Championships
Australian Sailing has announced the 2019 Australian Youth Team after a successful conclusion of the final qualifying event, the Australian Youth Championships in Hobart earlier this month. The athletes selected in the team will go on to represent Australia at…
Ocean Cruising Club announces award winners for 2018
The Awards Sub-committee received an outstanding range of suggestions, resulting in very worthy winners in all categories. They are: THE BARTON CUP – Bill Hatfield, L'Eau CommotionFor his recently-completed westabout circumnavigation south of the three Great Capes, which included a…
Thousands of cases of whisky liberated from shipwreck – and they made a movie about it
The Scotsman. By Alison Campsie. The boat was en-route to Jamaica and New Orleans when it crashed off a tiny Scottish island, unleashing 28,000 cases of whisky, several barrels of bank notes – and a story that has endured to…
All to play for heading into final stages of Fireball Nationals in Geelong
With seven out of 10 races completed and a lay day today (Thursday), it's all to play for in the 2019 Fireball Nationals, hosted by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club. After kicking off the regatta with wins in the opening…
Kiwi doctor changing approach to offshore sailing
Crews practice sail changes and gybes often before competing in an offshore race but very rarely practice what to do in a medical emergency. It's something Dr Dave Austin is trying to change. The medical practitioner and keen sailor put…
Tables turned at NZ 18 Footer Championships
Up until last weekend, Honda Marine had dominated 18-foot skiff racing for some time but were knocked off their perch at the New Zealand championships by a crew who have designs on doing the same thing at March's JJ Giltinans. The…
Sir Peter Blake's first boat gets new home
BANDIT, the first boat built by Sir Peter Blake more than 50 years ago, has been restored to its former glory and is now permanently on display at the New Zealand Maritime Museum. Sir Peter, then 17, and his brother…
Slow Boat wins Australian 125 Nationals
The 42nd 125 Australian Championships were held by Humpybong Yacht Club, Queensland, between the 29th of December 2018 and the 4th of January 2019. Eighteen entries from Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Queensland contested the highly competitive regatta which…
Sydney Harbour awash with colour as six SailGP nations line up for the first time
SYDNEY – February 6, 2019 – Sydney Harbour was awash with colour today as the revolutionary SailGP F50s of Australia, China, Great Britain, France, Japan and the United States lined up on the water together for the first time just…
All quiet on the wooden front
It was the night before the start of Hobart's 2019 Wooden Boat festival and all, currently, appears quiet. The Parade of Sail will be held tomorrow (Friday) and the famed Constitution Dock and surrounding areas will be filled with a…
Kiwis lead Hardy Cup at mid-way point
At the mid-way point in the Hardy Cup match racing regatta, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s team skippered by Nick Egnot-Johnson leads the international field of 11 teams. The last time a New Zealand team left Aussie shores with…
British yachtsman, 67, found safe after six days missing in Channel
The Sun, by Jon Rogers A BRITISH sailor who was missing at sea for six days has been found “safe and well.” Robin Davie, 67, was due to return home to Falmouth, Cornwall on Tuesday after a 300 mile solo…
Shifty weather shakes things up on second day of Fireball Nationals
There were a few tricks thrown up on the second day of the Fireball Nationals at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club yesterday, however Heather Macfarlane and Chris Payne still hold a slender lead. With shifty and overcast conditions it made…
Zoe Dransfield and Pearl Twomey make history in Flying 11s
For the first time in the fifty year history of the class, an all girl crew has taken out the Open Australian Championship in the competitive Flying 11 class. Zoe Dransfield and Pearl Twomey, sailing ‘Nomad’, are the new Australian…
Stacey Jackson and Jade Cole guest speakers ahead of Women in Sailing Challenge
High profile Queensland sailor Stacey Jackson and Jade Cole, a Victorian sailor making a name for herself in the sport, are guest speakers this Wednesday evening, 6 February, ahead of the Women in Sailing Challenge, the second race of the…
Jan Kurfeld wins pre-worlds OK Dinghy Nationals in Auckland
Last year’s OK Dinghy world championship bronze medalist, Jan Kurfeld, from Germany, has opened his challenge for this year’s world title fight with a win at the 2019 New Zealand National Championship after two very different days on the Hauraki…
Jelmer van Beek’s Team Dutch Wave wins Warren Jones Match Racing
The semi-finals of the Warren Jones Regatta started in 8-10knots on a short race course with many spectator boats making for interesting obstacles. The semi finals were a first to two format with the winners racing each other in the…
Uku Randmaa running out of food with 3,100 miles to the finish of Golden Globe
As Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and Mark Slats struggle to come to terms with life ashore, a race is developing for the final podium position between Estonian Uku Randmaa and the US/Hungarian Istvan Kopar. While Randmaa and his Rustler 36…
Calling the shifts equals success at Hempel World Cup Series Miami
Correctly calling first shift is great. Plenty of sailing races have been won by the person or team who anticipates the first wobble in the breeze and positions correctly to best take advantage of it. But sometimes, it’s the last…
Hobart Wooden boat show is a definite show
Excitement is mounting on Hobart’s picturesque waterfront as the necessary infrastructure building commences and boats from as far away as the USA begin to arrive for the 2019 MyState Bank Australian Wooden Boat Festival which opens on Friday 8 February….
18ft skiffs Australians: eight points separates the top six after five races
The Smeg team of Michael Coxon, Ricky Bridge and Mike McKensey showed their class in the 17-20-knot North-East wind when they scored a spectacular win in Race 5 of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Smeg held…
Sydney Harbour set to light up with Sail GP boats in training
The Australia SailGP Team’s revolutionary new F50 set sail on Sydney Harbour for the first time on the weekend, as the two-week countdown to SailGP’s inaugural event begins. The practice session was the first opportunity for the Australia SailGP Team,…
Quick by name: Outlaw steals the NSW Farr 40s
Tom and Alan Quick’s Outlaw had a spectacular day on the water scoring 1-2-1-2 holding onto their lead from yesterday to win the 2019 Farr 40 NSW State title. Four races took place today and the course was set from…
Miami medal races determine dinghy and Nacra winners
49erFX The stage was set for an action packed first race of the day. Alex Maloney with Molly Meech (NZL) had a commanding but catchable lead ahead of two chasers, Martine Grael with Kahena Kunze (BRA) and Charlotte Dobson with…
Fireball Nationals start today highlighting a resurging 26 boat fleet
One of the strongest Fireball fleets in a number of years will do battle this week on Corio Bay, Geelong as racing for the 2019 National Championship kicks off today. Hosted by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, the 26-boat fleet…
Tawera crowned NZ Millennium Cup winner
The 11th edition of the NZ Millennium Cup has ended in the 28-metre ketch, Tawera, winning the world’s most southerly superyacht regatta. “There’s a special feel to this regatta,” race officer of the day, Harold Bennett, said. “The amazing sense…
Waterhouse and Darmanin claim Gold at Miami World Cup
Medal Races in a trio of classed decided the top three at the World Cup in Miami, as crews stare down the barrel of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games selection. Nacra 17 Gold to Waterhouse/Darmanin (AUS) The Nacra 17 Medal…
Hardy Cup starts on Sydney Harbour tomorrow
The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is ready to host the annual Hardy Cup Sydney International Match Racing Regatta, the next stop in the established Trans-Tasman youth match racing summertime series which starts in Australia’s west and travels east, all the…
Cavarlo wins Jennifer Goldsmith Trophy
Amanda ‘Marnie’ Irving and her all-female crew on Cavarlo have won the Jennifer Goldsmith Trophy, Race 2 of the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series (PPWCS), hosted by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) on Port Phillip today. Racing was delayed for…
Tassie crew for Hardy Cup
Tasmania will be represented for the first time in the prestigious Hardy Cup Under 23 youth match-racing event on Sydney Harbour next week. Will Sargent will skipper a talented team of five young Hobart sailors eager to capitalise on their…
Mack One dominates VX One Australian Championship
Geelong, Victoria: Mack One, skippered by Ben Franklin, dominated to win her second Australian Championship with a race to spare at the Festival of Sails this month. With another “Boat of the Day” flag in their grasp, Franklin and his…
Wizard and Sin Duda! take respective line honors in Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race
Jamaica: Lindsay Duda's Santa Cruz 52, Sin Duda!, crossed the finish line in Montego Bay at 12:03:39 ET this afternoon to capture line honors in the PHRF fleet of the 34th Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race. Two hours 20…
18ft Skiff Australian Championship wide open
Sunday's Race 5 of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour marks the halfway point of the series, but the extreme wind conditions, which have dominated the first two days racing, have left the likely outcome up in the…
Farr 40 Championship crown on the line
Following five regattas in Newcastle, Pittwater and Sydney, crews from the strong Farr 40 Australian fleet are ready to make it count at the NSW Championship to be hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club over two days offshore and inside…
Golden Globe Race: Mark Slats finishes second
France: Dutch sailor Mark Slats and his Rustler 36 Ophen Maverick took second place in the Golden Globe Race last night, and despite the late hour, received a rousing welcome from Dutch, French and British supporters there to applaud his…
Kealoha and Open Season join Superyacht Cup Palma
This year’s Superyacht Cup Palma is shaping up as one of the most competitive in recent years, with early interest in June’s celebration of sail already exceeding expectations. With four months to go to the start of Europe’s largest and…
