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Gothenburg – 12 April 2018: Neptune, a 59’ sloop who first raced in the WRTWR 1977-78, will compete in the Legends Race this summer, along other historic boats such as Flyer from 1981-82 and Copernicus from the first race in…
Very few professional sailors can say they have sailed in hurricane force winds and a phenomenal sea state with waves greater than 14 metres, but at 1800 yesterday this was the official situation facing the Clipper Race fleet in the…
Some 120 yachts are tugging at their mooring lines like thoroughbreds, and a race track commonly described as Australia’s best is perfectly groomed just in time for tomorrow’s start of Sail Port Stephens Part 2. With the cruisy Commodores Cup…
Olympic representative Carrie Smith has been appointed as Head of State Coaching in Victoria, Australian Sailing Performance Director Iain Murray announced last night. Smith, who competed in the 470 class at the Rio Games in 2016, retired from competition early…
The Whitsunday Times. By Peter Carruthers. ONE year ago last week a frail and confused tabby was found at Shute Harbour after its floating home slipped its moorings and was forced ashore by the cyclonic winds of Cyclone Debbie. A…
While not strictly a yacht cruising story, we thought this piece from the Maritime Professional would be of interest to our readers: A surge in armed attacks against ships around West Africa is pushing up global levels of piracy and…
On the third day, the wind gods summoned a cracking breeze for the Sail Port Stephens fleet contesting the Commodores Cup – a 6-knot northerly at the start, building to around 18 knots mid-race as a remnant and reminder of…
Sailing’s World Cup Series, the annual circuit for Olympic sailing and Para World Sailing, will touch down in Genoa, Italy in 2019 and 2020 for the European stopover. Organised by World Sailing in collaboration with the Federazione Italiana Vela and…
The forecast big weather arrived right on schedule with the Clipper Race fleet hit by powerful winds and waves on Day 19 of the race across the Mighty Pacific Ocean to Seattle. Whilst the south-easterly low-pressure system moved through the…
The Clipper Race fleet ticked off another significant race milestone during Day 18 when it crossed the International Date Line, teams are now sailing west of the prime meridian and crew had the rare opportunity to live the same day…
It was island time for day two of the Commodores Cup, as a 10-knot sou-easter allowed crews to get a taste of the blue waters and surfing beaches off Port Stephens. Starting off Nelson Bay breakwall, the popular Three Islands…
Gothenburg – 10 April 2018: Polish yacht Copernicus, the smallest yacht to complete the very first Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973-74, will compete in the Legends Race starting on 21 June from Gothenburg and finishing in The Hague….
The Clipper Race fleet has reached the approximate halfway point of the 5,600 nautical mile race across the North Pacific Ocean to Seattle, and in a sign of how competitive things are, the gap between the top ranked teams continues…
Belying a tropical 30-degree heatwave, Sail Port Stephens 2018 got off to a chilled start today in light and fickle westerly winds that preceded a late afternoon glass-out. A record 78 boats – spread across three divisions for the first…
In an increasing world of same-same, every now and then something pops up that takes the best of yesteryear and enhances it with modern technology. The trailer sailer Cygnet 20, from Bluewater Cruising Yachts, is one neat package. First glance…
The Spanish team MAPFRE crossed the finish line for Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race in Itajaí, Brazil on Sunday morning, securing a fifth place finish and collecting six points. The result hands the overall lead in the race…
Port Stephens wore its Sunday-best weather today, with summer-like temperatures and gentle autumn breezes, however it made for some leisurely progress in the annual Sail Port Stephens feeder race from Newcastle. The Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club sent its largest ever…
After the forecast textbook North Pacific weather delivered some of Race 9's fastest, most furious and thrilling conditions, with reports of gusts heading well into the 50 knot range overnight, the sun has come out and the Clipper Race fleet…
Dee Caffari’s Turn the Tide on Plastic ghosted across the finish line for Leg 7 at Itajaí, Brazil in light winds taking fourth place, collecting 8 points. It was the hardest leg of the race, and Turn the Tide on…
For most competitors in the Clipper Race fleet, it's the relative calm before the storm, with teams bracing themselves for a period of text-book North Pacific Ocean weather on day 15 of the 5,600 nautical mile race to Seattle. In…
With the passing of the April 1 entry deadline, 195 boats have submitted entries before the 2018 Newport Bermuda Race ‘application for entry’ deadline, anchored by the usual excellent turnout of nearly 150 cruiser- and cruiser/racer-style boats sailing in the…
Australia's world champions Mat Belcher and Will Ryan, outstanding winners of a strong, competitive 470 class, were awarded the Princesa Sofia Trophy, the top overall award at the biggest ever edition, as the 49th Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar. Concluded in…
When the Volvo fleet was in Auckland, Mysailing spoke with Australian Olympic silver medallist Nina Curtis about her up-coming leg deep into the Southern Ocean. Although she had competed in the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, this would be her first experience…
This week was a busy and useful one for the IMOCA class, and after the safety course organised in La Trinite-sur-Mer in Brittany on Wednesday 4th April, those involved in the class got together again on the following day in…
The final days of Leg 7 for Turn the Tide on Plastic and MAPFRE are proving long, slow and painful. But the reality is, nothing can be done. A high-pressure ridge over the south Atlantic means the wind is very…
Yachts competing in the Sundance Marine Melbourne Osaka Cup ocean race that were forced to shelter in Queensland ports from Cyclone Iris early this week re-started their 5,500 nautical mile voyage to Japan today. They headed out to sea from…
Overall victories in five of the ten Olympic classes at the 49th Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar have been decided before Saturday's double points Medal Race is sailed. The strength and depth of competition at the biggest ever edition of Mallorca's…
With only two Volvo boats still racing towards the finish in Itajai, Dee Caffari’s Turn the Tide on Plastic opened up a lead of more than 270 miles on rivals MAPFRE on Thursday as they continue to post better speeds….
With just 3 months to the June 1st start from Les Sables d’Olonne, it is now a race against time for some of the 19 sailors left in the Golden Globe fleet to complete their boats, jury rig tests, and…
Speed records for Race 9 tumbled for a second successive day as the Clipper Race fleet made fantastic progress over the last 24 hours in the Race to the Emerald City. With the next course target being the Scoring Gate,…
Gothenburg – 5 April 2018: L4, formerly known as Ericsson 4, the winner of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 will enter the Legends Race, which will start from Gothenburg on June 21 this year. Ericsson 4, now named…
Nominations have opened today for the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. In only its second year, the Hall of Fame initiative was established by Australian Sailing in collaboration with the Australian National Maritime Museum to recognise the greats of our…
The Galway Advertiser. By Linley MacKenzie. Well-known Galway sailor, Enda O’Coineen has completed his solo circumnavigation of the world some 17 months after starting. O’Coineen arrived on Sunday afternoon off the west coast of France, crossing the finishing line of…
After careful review of the weather situation, and conditions relating to safe exit from refuges, the Race Director Simon Dryden is pleased to announce plans for competitors who suspended racing due to Cyclone Iris. All options were considered including suggestions…
The crew of Scallywag, the yacht that lost a crew member, John Fisher, overboard during the Southern Ocean leg from Auckland to Itajai, has announced that they will continue in the race. In a Facebook announcement, they said that a…
The Northern Star reports that a sailor is lucky to be alive after his 25ft yacht capsized while he was attempting to cross the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales at 3.30pm on April 5. NSW Surf Life Saving duty…
Australia’s world No.4-ranked Laser sailor Matt Wearn has produced another supremely consistent performance to rocket into the lead on day four of the Trofeo Princesa Sofia at Palma in Spain. Wearn and 470 pair Mat Belcher and Will Ryan are…
Team AkzoNobel have nearly closed to within 100 miles of Itajaí, Brazil, and the Leg 7 finish line on Wednesday, on course for a third place podium finish behind winners Team Brunel and second-placed Dongfeng Race Team. Simeon Tienpont’s AkzoNobel…
St Thomas, 4 April 2018 – Just six months after the devastation caused by Irma and Maria, two category 5 hurricanes that swept through Caribbean last year, life in some areas, including on the US Virgin Island of St Thomas,…
Bang on cue Mallorca's Bay of Palma fired up the best breeze yet of the 49 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar as the Finals phase started for most of the ten Olympic classes. In warm spring sunshine the breeze puffed to…
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