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An unhurried start gave way to a magic opening race around the Molle Islands group for most of the 233 yacht crews contesting Hamilton Island Race Week 2018. On the water, day one began quietly with all but IRC, Hamilton…
Phil Sharp's Imerys Clean Energy is under 200 miles from the finish, Tony Lawson's Concise 8, skippered by Jack Trigger is stalking the leader. The battle for line honours is expected to conclude today (AUS time) with both teams well…
“Becoming the first Australian yachtsman to sail up the Danube and cross central Europe by river wasn’t part of my original plan,” stated David Haigh who will sail into Townsville on board his 12 metre (40 foot) steel Van De…
Not much information coming through but no need, the Australians revelled in the brisker wind conditions of San Francisco Bay and stormed up the leader board after an earlier showing by the British. It was day four and race three…
In very tricky conditions, Lucy Macgregor and her British Team Mac with teammates Annie Lush, Nicky Walsh, and Kate Macgregor were declared 2018 Women’s Match Racing world champions in Ekaterinburg, Russia, defeating the French Match in Pink by Normandy Elite…
Seven days into the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race and the majority of the fleet still racing is experiencing full-on conditions around Out Stack at Muckle Flugga. The most northerly point of the course is at the same latitude…
After yesterday's Practice Race, the main course began at Richmond Yacht Club, USA and the British contingency is on a high after winning the Team Racing regatta which was the starter for the intrepid skiff sailors enjoying the San Francisco…
Hamilton Island Race Week’s second largest fleet since inauguration has 233 boat crews itching to get off the dock and into forecast trade winds; at least for the first three days of the annual Whitsunday series, August 18 – 25….
Middle Harbour Yacht Club is gearing up for another busy season of youth sailing with a number of programs put in place. Discover Sailing Centre The Club is delighted to welcome back Andrew Phillips who is leading the MHYC Discover…
Ekaterinburg’s famous Verkh-Isetsky pond keeps presenting the sailors with great challenges and the penultimate day of the 2018 Women’s Match Racing World Championship saw the trend continue as the field was reduced to four teams in a strong north-westerly wind….
Six days into the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, the two leading Class40s have rounded Out Stack off Muckle Flugga, the most northerly part of the 1,805 nautical mile course. Phil Sharp's Class40 Imerys Clean Energy leads the charge…
The top four teams after the round robin earned the rights to play tourist for the day and explore the historic city of Ekaterinburg while the remaining teams fought for the chance to join the top four in the quarter…
Tough conditions have continued for the fleet racing in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, with competitors reporting 30 knots of wind gusting to 35, with 3-4 metre waves in a confused sea state. As the front runners reach…
Australia’s squad for the first official Tokyo 2020 Olympic test event next month will be headlined by six of the seven sailors who won medals at the 2016 Rio Games, Australian Sailing announced today. The strong squad of 19 also…
Whitsunday Sailing Club’s 30th Anniversary Airlie Beach Race Week surpassed expectations – anyone would be hard put to remember better weather at a regatta, accentuated by the variety of winds, courses and the sunny days. At the top end, winds…
The weekly satellite phone calls are quite revealing. For me as the person usually answering, I must manage a safety call that is not part of the GGR philosophy. It is a satellite phone. The entrants crave the very real…
John Eren, Victorian Minister for Tourism, Sport & Major events, announced that Royal Geelong Yacht Club will host the following world championships during February and March 2020. 2020 49er world championship 2020 49er FX world championship 2020 Nacra world championship…
The second day of round robin sailing in Ekaterinburg, Russia, at the 2018 Women’s Match Racing World Championship saw a change of conditions as the first four teams punched their tickets for the Quarter Finals and will wait for the…
Big breeze has returned to the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race; the leading teams are blasting downwind along the wild west coast of Ireland as the chasing pack round the famous Fastnet Lighthouse, cracking sheets for Mizen Head. Phil…
Whitsunday Sailing Club’s 30th Airlie Beach Race Week comes to a close this afternoon and the final day of racing is likely to be superb, according to Race Director Dennis Thompson, who says competitors will sail in the remnants of…
The nomination period for individuals to submit who they believe should be crowned Rolex World Sailor of the Year is now open. Anyone can nominate male and female sailors in any discipline of the sport. Click here to nominate a…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. Fancy owning an America's Cup catamaran? Got a spare $200,000? Then Sir Ben Ainslie is looking for you. The boat is a proven winner and has even been sailed by British royalty. Ainslie is selling the…
Peter Lowe is retiring after more than 55 years in the Australian marine industry, beginning with the start of a five-year shipwright apprenticeship in 1963 at Venables Boatshed in Rose Bay building “Stella” class yachts and moving on to a…
The racing for the 2018 Women’s Match Racing World Championship got underway under cloudy skies with a light rain falling most of the day. But the dark skies did not dim the enthusiasm as the sailors and race officials hit…
The cold front that brought tough conditions to the start of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race has now passed, with the fleet enjoying bright sunshine yesterday and a relatively calm second night at sea. However, the intensity on…
Our recent on board experience adds new meaning to the term ‘chargrilled’. There is nothing better than the smell of something sizzling away on your barbecue in the cockpit. But when someone asks casually “what’s that funny smell?” You know…
Day 5 of Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing and conditions during the morning were above and beyond the forecast 15 knots, the wind whipping seas up quickly and crews had to stay on their toes, then winds eased…
Doyle Sails announced a significant update today with the news that legendary Australian sailor, Chris Nicholson, will be buying into the Doyle Sails business and becoming part of this rapidly developing brand and team. Chris Nicholson is a world-renowned Australian…
CHICAGO – Leif Sigmond called it a “great precursor” to the Farr 40 World Championship, and that assessment seemed spot on. A strong fleet of 10 Farr 40s gathered at the Chicago Yacht Club for the Verve Cup and four…
DAY 44: Dateline 13th August 2018 – Les Sables d’Olonne, France Over the weekend, French yachtsman Philippe Péché has fashioned a repair to the aluminium tiller on his Rustler 36 PRB, but without self steering, has decided to head to…
The international fleet are licking their wounds after a tough first night in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. The leading Class40s and IRC rated yachts have broken away from the rest of the fleet and are expected to…
The Australian. By Cameron Stewart. For more than two centuries the waters of Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, have hidden the ghostly remains of Australia’s most historic ship. Now a team of Australian divers is preparing to launch the most important…
Another day, at the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s 30th Anniversary Airlie Beach Race Week and the wind gods pulling out all stops with a 22-23 knot south-easterly breeze on order – different again to the previous three days of racing. “They…
Renowned navigator and marine biologist, Will Oxley, is to attend opening night at 2018 SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week to impart his weather knowledge – and it is anticipated the Townsville sailor will recount a story or two on his…
Queenslander Dennis Lehany’s Jim Brown 6 metre trimaran, Billy the Kid, flipped while racing in shifty and gusty 25 knot winds at Whitsunday Sailing Club’s Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing today. Three fellow racing yachts went to their…
A sports boat limped home under motor after breaking its rudder, while other boats broached in up to 25 knots wind with gusts, their crews finding it difficult to control their rides – all part and parcel of the forecast…
It is with great sadness and shock we learned of the sudden death of Matt Day on 5th August, a great mate, sailor and father – Matt was only 42 and died of natural causes at home. Matt lived in…
Twenty eight teams with crew from 18 different countries started the 2018 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, when the cannon fire from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line signalled the start of one…
Three days of racing at the 30th Anniversary Airlie Beach Race Week, three different types of conditions and today’s was champagne sailing, with light 7-9 knots around the course on Pioneer Bay for the entire fleet. IRC Passage was won…
Fifty seven year old Philippe Peche made an emergency call to the Golden Globe Race HQ at 18:10 UTC yesterday to report that the tiller on his Rustler 36 yacht PRB had broken in 45-50 knot winds and he had…
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