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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…
They will probably finish in first and second in the 1380 nautical mile race in what is a small fleet of only six boats. But it will be only one small achievement for the pair in what has been a…
Fiji Sun Online by NACANIELI TUILEVUKA A recent study undertaken by Port Denarau marina revealed that the yacht industry contributed over $42 million to the Fiji economy, last year. In 2017, Port Denarau recorded 554 cruising yachts and 65 super yachts,…
Entry for the 30th anniversary Airlie Beach Race Week has opened, and Matt Allen is the first of three high profile owners announcing their intention to take part – he is entering his newest Ichi Ban, winner of the 2017…
Entries for the New Caledonia Groupama Race close April 17 and a cross-section of monohulls and multihull owners have signed-up for a very different kind of South Pacific adventure. Most visitors to the French territory travel for the water sports, beaches, ethnic fusion…
It was easily the most difficult stage of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18, and the sailors will almost certainly rank it as one of the hardest in the history of the race. But Bouwe Bekking used his veteran nous to…
3 April, 2018: The Women’s International Match Racing Series today announced the 2018 series schedule with events in Finland, Sweden, Russia and the US Virgin Islands. This year marks the sixth consecutive season of the WIM Series, the world’s first…
Almost half the fleet in the 5,500 nautical mile yacht race from Melbourne to Osaka in Japan tonight have sought shelter in ports along the south Queensland coast as reformed Cyclone Iris moves south. Iris has become a Category 3,…
At the 49 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar Olympic classes regatta on the Bay of Palma Australians Mat Belcher and Will Ryan return to the 470 after a six month break and today climbed to the top of the 470 Men's…
Aqualine is a Chinese company that manufactures only outboards. Its models are based on Tohatsu and Yamaha designs but with subtle changes, in line with the Chinese policy of value-adding to products. The F2.5 is Aqualine’s smallest four stroke outboard…
Getting there by land you may think it is tucked away in the backblocks of Balmain. Truth is this location provides Sydney Harbour Boat Storage two advantages: security and close access to Sydney Harbour. Down the end of James Craig…
A tall aboriginal man ambled down the Wyndham wharf with a little girl in tow, an exquisite flower of a child in her frilly dress and long black curls. She balanced above the swirling muddy waters of the Cambridge Gulf,…
Before my wife Frances and I started full-time cruising we wondered if sailing around the world was enough to satisfy us. On the face of it this may seem like an odd thing to say but, in fact, after nine…
If you are reading this magazine chances are you own a cruising yacht and spend as much time as possible on board your vessel of pride. While out on the water you will probably experience the best and worst of…
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