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A charitable trust has announced plans to build a replica of the 19th century racing yacht Britannia. The K1 Britannia Trust says that construction is due to begin next year and the finished yacht will be unveiled at the 2021…
Prospective entrants for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) 2018 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race have just one week before entries close, when they can join the 80 already submitted, inclusive of a record five super maxis and 12…
Sailing in Australia is celebrating the rich history of the sport with the announcement of the 2018 Australian Sailing Hall of Fame inductees. The latest group of inductees will join the likes of the America’s Cup Team of Australia II…
Crew from all over the world will be competing in the 2018 RORC Transatlantic Race which sets off from Marina Lanzarote, Arrecife on Saturday November 24th. The 3,000 nautical mile-long race to Grenada is the final challenge in the Royal…
It was a forlorn Anthony “Captain” Kirke who arrived at Geographe Bay Race Week in February 2017. The plan had been for his Farr 40 “Enterprise” to sail in IRC Racing Division. The entry was paid up, the crew was…
Pedestrian TV. By Josephine Rozenberg-Clarke. Exactly 30 years ago today, on October 16 1988, a 19-metre schooner called the Patanela set off on a month-long voyage from Fremantle, WA‘s busy port city, with an end destination of Airlie Beach, part…
Geelong’s Festival of Sails is on track for another spectacular event. Today marks 100 days until the 2019 Festival of Sails kicks off on Australia Day, January 26, 2019. In a positive sign for the event, entries for the 2019…
The Birkenhead Point Marina has been awarded the highest possible accreditation under the Global Gold Anchor Scheme with 5-gold anchor platinum status. This is the first marina in Sydney Harbour to achieve this status. With only seven marinas across the…
CAGLIARI, Italy (October 16, 2018) – For a third and final week in a row, Melges mania will storm the shores of Cagliari, Italy for the 2018 Melges 32 World Championship hosted by Yacht Club Cagliari. After last weekend's crowning…
There may not be many of them but the quality is certainly not lacking in the Multi50 class that will start the 2018 Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo transatlantic race from Saint Malo on November 4th. Sailing their 15-metre foiling…
Competitors at a ‘winning strategy’ information session to prepare for the Friday morning start of the PIC Coastal Classic yacht race have learned one key thing from the experts: It won’t be easy, and it never is. With a wind…
Ian Kiernan, a man who was inspired to co-found Clean Up Australia after competing in the BOC solo around-the-world race in 1986/87, has died of cancer, aged 78. He also competed in 13 Sydney Hobart Races and represented Australia at…
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, and Rolex, the leading name in prestige watches that includes watches engineered specifically for sailing, are now inviting the public to vote for one male and one female who they think…
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede continues to extend his lead over the seven remaining Golden Globe Race yachts, now stretched across 4,800 miles of the Southern Ocean. This last weekend saw the 73 year old Frenchman follow in the wake of…
On Saturday, October 20, yachtswoman Lisa Blair will embark on her latest adventure, in an attempt to become the first woman to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around Australia. The Australian is no stranger to such a challenge and holds…
The Australian 18 Footers League's 2018-2019 Season got off to a great start on Sydney Harbout today when the Sean Langman led Noakesailing team took out Race 1 of the Spring Championship, which was sailed in a 14-17 knot North…
Optimist sailor Matty Goss has been crowned the champion boat across all classes for this year's Sail Sandy regatta after consistent sailing on both days of the event. Based on a customised points system, Goss was the champion of the…
Dante Cittadini and Teresa Romairone (ARG) won gold in the Mixed Nacra 15 fleet in front of a packed Club Nautico San Isidro at the Youth Olympic Sailing Competition, Buenos Aires, Argentina. On home waters, and in a variety of…
The Time Lord of Hobart yachting, Roger Jackman’s Doctor Who, on Saturday sailed to a double handicap victory in the opening race of the Combined Clubs Summer Pennant on the River Derwent. Flying her new masthead spinnaker, the Davidson 52…
Large seas rolling into the Rade de Toulon’s open southeasterly side prevented racing on the final day of the 2018 GC32 TPM Med Cup, last event of the GC32 Racing Tour. The eight foiling catamarans ventured out on to the…
This one is going to take some sorting out! According to a report by Stuff.co.nz, the man who ran a yacht aground on New Brighton beach near Christchurch in NZ has sold it and claims the new owner will have…
Matt Allen’s Botin-designed TP52 Ichi Ban has again proven its current dominance in the ocean racing circuit with another IRC and ORCi Division win in the Blue Water Pointscore series, this time in the Newcastle Bass Island Race. The current…
Royal Huisman has released photographs and details of a stunning new 184ft ketch. Their media release describes her as “a stunning yacht of rare beauty, combining classic hull lines with a powerful modern rig and a clean, contemporary chic above and…
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…
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