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“In water” construction at the new Margate Marina at Barretta south of Hobart has now started with the installation of the first piers and floating pontoons. This redevelopment of Margate Marina represents one of Tasmania’s biggest recreational boating investments, creating…
It was success in Spain for three-time Extreme Sailing Series champions Alinghi, as they took their second Act win of the 2018 season today in Barcelona. The four-day event saw the Swiss shine on the water under the Spanish sun,…
The sixth New Caledonia Groupama Race for a fleet of 23 boats started in a balmy paradise, the procession of multihulls and monohulls setting off to complete an inshore triangle along the spectator zone before Brian Peterson’s Elliott 50 Ran…
A great day of racing for MAPFRE in Gothenburg. The penultimate In-Port Race of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18, establishes Xabi Fernández and his team the mathematical champions of the In-Port Race Series, with their tenth podium position out of…
A large scale search and rescue operation launched by HM Coastguard this morning has found the missing yacht ‘Cariberia’ safe and well off the coast of Shetland. Mid Yell, Lerwick and Hillswick Coastguard Rescue Teams, Lerwick RNLI All Weather Lifeboat…
New Zealand’s red-hulled Miss Scarlet is charging north along the eastern side of the South Pacific territory of New Caledonia and holding a 10 nautical mile gap over their fellow Kiwis on Ran Tan in the 654 nautical mile Groupama…
Noumea’s Port Moselle is bustling on the eve of the sixth New Caledonia Groupama Race for a strong fleet of 23 boats, half of those from Australia and New Zealand thanks to two feeder races. The New Caledonia course takes…
The combination of a light south-east wind and more than a knot of current flowing out of Narragansett Bay pushed the fleet of boats starting the 51st Newport Bermuda Race on their way towards Bermuda on Friday afternoon, with few…
The penultimate day of Act 3, Barcelona, had fans glued to the racing as two of the event’s main contenders made contact on the course. Speeding towards the windward mark on opposing tacks, the Omani team and Red Bull Sailing…
The final Clipper Race teams – Qingdao, Visit Seattle, Dare To Lead and Liverpool 2018 – have arrived into New York to wrap up the US Coast-to-Coast Leg 7, the penultimate stage of the Clipper 2017-18 Race. And it was…
With the Volvo Ocean Race making its fourth visit to Gothenburg, race fans will be treated to spectacular racing on a course at the mouth of the Gota alv, the river that bisects the city. As the home of Volvo,…
Sailing Team coach Karyn Gojnich believes the athletes named to compete at the Youth Olympic Games in Argentina later this year will gain a range of valuable lessons for the future, while doing their utmost to make their mark against…
The annual Barmouth to Fort William 3 Peaks Yacht Race is always a great test of endurance, in both sailing and running, and this year the weather conditions for the race pushed teams to the limits to cope with the…
There's cause for celebration today in Barcelona, as home team Spanish Impulse finished day two of Act 3 on a high, clocking podium finishes in both the first and last races of the day. As the crowds on the coastline…
Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula is set to host the most exciting school sailing event in the country when more than 24 teams, including some of Australia’s best youth sailors, compete in the Australian Schools Team Sailing Championship…
After ten days and 1,900 nautical miles, PSP Logistics has powered home to take victory in Race 11: Nasdaq Race from Panama to New York. The PSP Logistics team, skippered by Matt Mitchell, crossed the finish line off the east…
In little under a month François Gabart will be back at the helm of his MACIF trimaran, after a substantial optimization refit which will be complete at the end of July. “I’m impatient to see the result of all this…
Fifty years to the day after Sir Robin Knox-Johnston set out from Falmouth UK in his rugged 32ft yacht Suhaili to become the first man to sail solo non-stop around the Globe, the British master mariner returned to lead a…
Genoa, 14 June 2018 – Crossing the finish line today at 13:19.55 CEST, the Wallycento Tango won an epic contest for line honours at the 2018 Rolex Giraglia. Tango finished the 241-nm race a little over nine minutes ahead of…
Thirty-two of the thirty-four yachts that departed from Southport on the Gold Coast, Australia with the Down Under ‘Go East’ Rally on May 15th 2018 have arrived in New Caledonia. Two vessels returned to Southport soon after departing with autopilot failure….
The first day of the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series Act 3, Barcelona did not disappoint, with big breeze propelling the high-speed GC32 catamarans around the course from the word go. Incredible wind and boat speed throughout the day saw the…
Skipper Bouwe Bekking led his team to a win in Leg 10 of the Volvo Ocean Race over Xabi Fernández's MAPFRE squad, who claimed second place, less than two-minutes behind. The results mean MAPFRE and Team Brunel sit equal at…
Maritime Safety Queensland issues a regular newsletter which often contains good articles that are of interest to the sailing community. Here's one from their latest about coping with silting at the entrance to the Mooloolah River at Mooloolaba, north of Brisbane….
The Clipper Race fleet leading pack has entered what should be the final 24 hours of Race 11: Nasdaq Race from Panama to New York, but finishing positions are still very much up for grabs. Just like the majority of…
Spanish team MAPFRE shot into the lead of the penultimate Volvo Ocean Race leg as the fleet rocketed round the coast of Scotland on Wednesday. The painfully light and fickle winds that dogged the seven teams on Tuesday as they…
June 11th, Juan Kouyoumdjian and his team, in collaboration with Nautor Swan and its Chairman Leonardo Ferragamo, presented the new ClubSwan36: a sailing yacht they claim is at the forefront of innovation “featuring the classic racing styles of the brand”. The…
Saint-Tropez, 13 June 2018 – Saint-Tropez bid farewell to the Rolex Giraglia for another year when an international fleet of 212 yachts commenced today’s 66th running of the 241-nm offshore race to Genoa, Italy. Following four start sequences played out…
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) has appointed a new Chairman to the helm of the 2019 Festival of Sails. Stuart Dickson, who has been chairman of the Wooden Boat Festival since its inauguration in 2005, takes over the role…
Brian Petersen described it as “horrible” at times as his team battled terrible weather and sea conditions but Ran Tan II did enough to take out line honours in this year's Auckland Noumea Yacht Race. The Elliott 50 completed the 998 nautical mile…
David Dellenbaugh, America's Cup winning tactician and world champion strategist and helmsman, publishes a regular bulletin that gives excellent advice on every aspect of yacht racing. His latest 15 page bulletin covers the subject of a startline plan. Here is…
Owen Sound Sun Times, Ontario, Canada. Three people were rescued after their sailboat overturned in Lake Huron north of Bayfield on June 10, 2018. Huron OPP Marine Unit said it's urging boaters to ensure safety is their number one priority…
“The Foiling Week is the place where the foiling community meets to discuss, sail and have fun,” says the Foiling Week’s mission statement, and in each location where the event was kept, this was proved. Fun time for everyone involved…
The Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint for Race 11: Nasdaq Race to New York is far from over, but already there have been some incredible duels between the Clipper Race teams. Whilst the entire fleet is yet to complete the sprint,…
The Volvo Ocean Race teams were pointing in completely the opposite direction to the Leg 10 finish line on Tuesday as they attempted to cross a windless ridge of high-pressure that could hold the key to overall victory. In a…
Australian Sailing wishes to congratulate members of the sailing community who have been recognised for outstanding service and achievements in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Anthony Francis Bell of NSW, Marion Jean Cooper of Tasmania and John Bruce Cuneo of…
In the early hours of Saturday morning (9 June), a fire broke out in Lorient, Brittany, in Groupama Team France's former base utilised during the 35th America's Cup.The team said it was “extremely fortunate that there were no victims to…
PHUKET: More than 20 yachts and around 80 sailors are expected to compete in the 2018 Multihull Solutions Regatta, to be held on Chalong Bay on Phuket’s east coast from July 12-15, reports Phuket Yacht Club Commodore Scott Duncanson. …
It’s 8am and down on Nutgrove Beach, in front of the Sandy Bay Sailing Club, the temperature is 4 degrees, with the brisk wind chill factor bringing it down to near zero. However, today’s frosty morning did not deter near…
The 80th edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud 2018 was run with evasive winds, testing the nerves of participants. Patience and tactical finesse were key in a race that occurred on glass-like waters. Here’s a summary of the key moments…
Following decisions taken at the Finn Class AGM in Càdiz in March, several important changes to the Finn Class Rules become effective from June 11, 2018. The timing of these changes was planned so that they come into force after…
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