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Another 109 berths added to Prince of Wales Marina in Hobart
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Red hot Ichi Ban wins Flinders Islet Race
Matt Allen’s TP52 Ichi Ban has claimed IRC and ORCi Division victories in this year’s Flinders Islet Race, the second event in the Blue Water Pointscore (ACSBWPS) series. This year’s race became a 90-nautical-mile maritime drag race, and with the…
Arsonist blamed for Lane Cove Skiff Club fire that destroyed youth fleet
A fire that ripped through a Lane Cove Skiff Club boat storage shed on Sydney's North Shore in the early hours of Sunday morning has been blamed on an arsonist, with social media posts suggesting “view enhancement” may have been…
Comanche breaks record in Flinders Islet Race
Jim Cooney and Samantha Grant's 100-footer Comanche has broken the race record and claimed line honours in the Flinders Islet Race, competing in the race for the first time. Crossing the Sydney Harbour finish line just 6 hours, 28 minutes…
French rule at GC32 Villasimius Cup
Stand-out teams on the third and penultimate day of the GC32 Villasimius Cup were Realteam and Erik Maris’ Zoulou – the pair ascended the leaderboard to claim the second and third spots, still in contact with Franck Cammas’ overall leader,…
Waterhouse and Darmanin win Nacra 17 Gold at Test Event in Enoshima
Five of 10 podiums were completed on Saturday after the first day of Medal Races at the World Cup Series event in Enoshima, Japan and Australia’s Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin coming from second all week to take Gold. Enoshima and Sagami…
Brett Beyer outstanding winner at Laser Masters Worlds
Dublin, Ireland: After a touch and go battle with light winds on Dublin Bay, both course areas delivered a final race to round off the Laser Masters World Championships sponsored by DLR on Saturday afternoon local time. The 11th race…
Fantome Island – a step back in time
Stepping off our tender into the warm tropical waters and walking up the picturesque white, sandy beach through the trees I was not expecting what I saw next. An expansive field of white sand and concrete slabs are all that…
Things that go bump in the night – and clank and creak and rattle and …
Regardless of where you cruise or the size of your boat, there will be nights when it will roll. Sometimes you make a bad anchorage judgement call. Sometimes the forecast is wrong: yes, it does happen. Sometimes you have no…
Knotty issues – don't be half-hitched
“Look here busters, I am looking for a good place to land,” I explained to three seagulls screeching over a cockle. “If this salty washing machine lets me,” I clarified, as much to myself as to the seagulls who were…
Never straightforward – cruising the northwest passage
After finishing her 2016/17 summer contract with the Australian Antarctic Division, former multihull ocean racing sailor and cofounder of Tasmania’s Australian Wooden Boat Festival, Cathy Hawkins, sailed a monohull, Abel Tasman, 4,427 nautical miles from Australia to Kushiro, Japan. Since…
Record on the line in Flinders Islet Race
Expected to sail well in forecast favourable conditions, Comanche, Jim Cooney and Samantha Grant’s super maxi, could smash the record in Race 2 of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Audi Centre Blue Water Pointscore series, which starts Saturday at…
Tina Symmans to chair America’s Cup Events Ltd
Emirates Team New Zealand has formed a separate company to run the America’s Cup in Auckland in 2021. Tina Symmans, who has been a director of Emirates Team New Zealand, is to be Chair of Americas Cup Event Ltd (ACE)….
Sailing not included in Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
World Sailing is shocked and disappointed to learn that sailing has not been included by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The decision came (13 September 2018) following an IPC Board meeting earlier this week…
Light wind and rain frustrates in Enoshima
Light wind and rainfall meant that just one race out of 28 scheduled could be completed at Sailing’s World Cup Series Round in Enoshima, Japan. The Laser, Laser Radial and 470 fleets hit the water mid-afternoon as a 5-6 knot…
Cammas and Ainslie tied at top of GC32 Villasimius Cup
Tough conditions for day two of the GC32 Villasimius Cup resulted in a long wait before the wind filled in and built to 10 plus knots albeit from an easterly/south-easterly direction that was not forecast. Against expectations, this breeze held,…
Light forecast threatens standings at Laser Masters World Championships
With just two races remaining in a testing Laser Masters World Championships, sponsored by DLR, light breeze relief after six days of fresh winds could yet up-end many of the overall leads in the various classes competing on Dublin Bay….
Waterhouse and Darmanin close gap on Nacra leaders at Tokyo test event
Enoshima, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition, threw a new challenge at the 466 sailors from 44 nations racing at the 2018 World Cup Series Japan Round on Thursday as a light, testing breeze danced across Sagami Bay. Global sailing…
Volvo Ocean Race sustainability programme wins awards
At the prestigious international Beyond Sport Awards, in New York, the programme won in ‘The Best Corporate Campaign or Initiative in Sport for Good’ category. The judges commended the programme for its ‘fantastic use of a global platform to spread…
Denis Van Weynbergh aiming for the 2020 Vendée Globe
The new owner of Nandor Fa’s IMOCA, the Belgian skipper, Denis Van Weynbergh hopes to be able to compete in the Globe Series and reach a climax by taking part in the 2020 Vendée Globe. While for a long time,…
French and Swiss bullets on 25 knot opening day of GC32 Villasimius Cup
A dramatic opening day at the GC32 Villasimius Cup saw two races held before black clouds descended on the race course, causing the wind suddenly to build to 25+ knots from the southwest, kicking up a rough sea state. Deeming…
Endgame approaches for Laser Masters World Championships on breezy Dublin Bay
Following a well-earned rest day, the 301-boat Laser Masters World Championships fleet returned to breezy Dublin Bay today (Thursday 13th September 2018) where class leaders for the most part held their leads with just four races remaining in the event….
Entries open up for massive Sharpie Nationals
Entries are now open as the South Australian Sharpie fleet gets set to host the 76th Australian Sharpie Nationals at the Adelaide Sailing Club. The regatta is taking place from 28 December 2018 through to 6 January 2019 and will…
Blue Water Pointscore Series continues with Flinders Island Race this weekend
With the Summer season of sailing now open, here’s what to expect from the Blue Water Pointscore series in 2018. Through the major expansion of tracking technology previously reserved for ocean races such as the Rolex Sydney Hobart, across all…
Relaunched MACIF trimaran described as “awesome”
It would be an understatement to say that everything has gone well on board the MACIF trimaran since she was relaunched on 31 July 2018. After a six-month long refit, with a considerable makeover, “MACIF is no longer the same…
Belcher and Ryan move into second place at Enoshima test event
With 35 Olympic medallists and numerous World Champions racing at World Cup Series Enoshima, familiar rivalries have resumed in Japan on the waters of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. Conditions across the opening two days of competition have been…
World Champions bring form to opening day in Enoshima
As the dust just about settles on the Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018, many of the newly-crowned World Champions continue their form at the World Cup Series event in Enoshima, Japan. The 2018 World Cup Series Enoshima is the…
Clear leaders in most divisions at halfway stage of Laser Masters World Championships
As the 302-strong fleet prepares for a well-earned rest day on Wednesday (12th September 2018) at the Laser Masters World Championships at Dun Laoghaire, nine of the Standard and Radial rig divisions have comfortable overall leaders. The third day of…
Oldest solo sailor to circumnavigate the World arrives at Southport Yacht Club
Bill Hatfield entered the Gold Coast Seaway yesterday morning at 01:04:28, after spending a tremendous 414 days at sea. Aged 79, Bill arrived at Southport Yacht Club on Monday 10th September 2018 becoming the oldest solo sailor to circumnavigate the…
Early bird entry offer for Sail Paradise
Celebrating the Gold Coast’s 10th Anniversary Sail Paradise Series, host Club, Southport Yacht Club have opened an early bird race entry fee. There is a count down of 20 days to go to be able to be able to take…
Strong Queensland support for the Pittwater to Paradise Regatta
Encouragingly for this year’s Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise Regatta is the level of interest from Queensland boat owners planning to cruise to Sydney then race back north as part of a competitive field. Drew Carruthers’ Rushour is the first…
Tasmania's Pipe Opener Series turns 50
Derwent Sailing Squadron and Huon Yacht Club’s opening event of the yachting season, the Pipe Opener Series, is celebrating its 50th on Friday week, 21 September, with an added status. Hobart’s Combined Clubs have included the popular Friday night race…
Golden Globe Race: Jean-Luc Van Den Heede extends lead
Day 71: Dateline 10.9.2018 – Les Sables d’Olonne, France As Jean-Luc Van Den Heede continues to set the pace across the South Indian Ocean, fellow Frenchman Loïc Lepage docked his Nicholson 32 Laaland in Cape Town, and Finland’s Tapio Lehtinen…
$10,000 USD prize to be awarded to World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award winner
World Sailing and 11th Hour Racing are pleased to announce that a prize of $10,000 USD will be awarded to each winner of the World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award over the next three years to fund their sustainability…
Hobart's winter racing ends in a breeze
Winter racing on Hobart’s River Derwent for 2018 has ended with a day of exhilarating sailing in a 20 knot west-nor’-wester, gusting to 34 knots. Each of Hobart’s three major club runs a five-race series although the Derwent Sailing Squadron…
Australia’s Beyer commands early lead at DLR Laser Masters World Championships on Dublin Bay
Adding two further race wins to his tally, Australia’s Brett Beyer continued to dominate the Standard rig Master class at the Laser Masters World Championships sponsored by DLR on Dublin Bay on Monday (10th September 2018). Despite a shifting breeze…
Frenchman rescued from broken boat off East Yorkshire coast
A French sailor has been rescued from off the East Yorkshire coast after getting into trouble while sailing across the North Sea, reports Dan Kemp for Hull Live. The solo yachtsman was heading down the east coast when the RNLI…
Italian team Columbus 2021 signal America's Cup challenge
Stuff.co.nz A second Italian challenge for the America's Cup has emerged with Columbus 2021 promising a different approach for the Auckland regatta. Italian media outlets report that the latest challenge will come from the Yacht Club Imperia on the country's north-western coast. It…
Straight bullets at Laser Masters World Championships in Dun Laoghaire
Dublin Bay served up a robust opening day to the Laser Masters World Championships sponsored by DLR for the 302 entries from 25 countries that nevertheless enjoyed the planned race programme of two races. Defying winds gusting from 20…
