Day of the Franks concludes GC32 Lagos Cup
With one race lost yesterday, six were held on the final day of the GC32 Lagos Cup, event two of the 2018 GC32 Racing Tour. This saw the full schedule of 20 races completed, but two races short of this…
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Hooligan repeats MC38 winning form
After three years in the development phase, Marcus Blackmore’s Hooligan racing team are hitting regular sixes in the MC38 class in 2018, the combination of tactician Tom Slingsby and mainsail trimmer Paul Westlake key to the winning blueprint the chuffed…
Heavy fog descends on Clipper fleet in North Atlantic
Heavy fog is making visibility tough for the Clipper Race teams in the middle of the North Atlantic, but the racing remains close as the majority of the teams continue to hug the Northerly Ice Limit on Day 5 of…
Two arrested in Yamba and charged for operating an unseaworthy and substandard vessel
AMSA inspectors boarded the Australian-flagged MV Tomin in the Port of Yamba, New South Wales, on Monday and detained the vessel because AMSA suspected the vessel to be unseaworthy, substandard and a threat to the marine environment. AMSA considered the…
Port Macquarie Marine Rescue search near Nobbys Beach for a potential sinking boat
A public tip-off had three boats searching for a potentially sunken vessel off a Port Macquarie beach, Laura Telford of Port Macquarie News reported. As a result of the call, just after 1.30pm, Port Macquarie Marine Rescue began an emergency…
Report released into grounding of Clipper yacht off South Africa
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has released its report into the grounding of the Clipper yacht CV24 on Cape Peninsula in South Africa on October 31, 2017. The full report is available here. Summary On the first night of…
Busy final call out for retiring Bembridge RNLI coxswain
Isle of Wight County Press. By James Woolven. BEMBRIDGE RNLI Lifeboat had a busy call out last night (Saturday) for what was the final shout for the lifeboat's retiring coxswain. With less than six hours before Steve Simmonds retired after…
Crocodile dreaming part 2: dream becomes real
You have both been at the helm for 14 hours. You’ve both got your hands covered in grease, up to the elbow deep inside the guts of your sick engine. Two exacting hours later and you’ve finally got her purring…
Make an investment in life: go Caribbean cruising
The stunning islands of the Caribbean sweep across the Atlantic in a shower of emerald pearls from the throat of Southern USA to the cleavage of South America. The tranquil Caribbean Sea on the leeward side licks at her white…
History repeats: the saving of a special memory
How can I tell the story of Clair de Lune? How can one old timber sailboat cause so much emotion? This story is a rescue mission, an impractical, expensive adventure that we simply felt compelled to do. The restoration of…
The art of snubbing, in the nicest possible way
If you anchor often enough a time will occur when your yacht is brought up abruptly against the hold of your chain and anchor. Initially it might be a gentle bump but, as the wind increases, it can become quite…
Paper tiger, hidden reef: taking care in the world of digital navigation
Last year Jasna and I were hired to deliver a 3 million dollar yacht 2000 miles from Tahiti to Fiji. When I met the owner, I asked whether he had paper charts on board. His rather condescending reply was “no….
Moving through the lulls: get yourself a nylon mainsail
Our boat, Blue Pelican, is a Pearson 424 ketch. My wife Jody and I have been continuously cruising her for seven years, mainly east coast USA and Caribbean. In 2015 we transitted the Panama Canal and sailed Blue Pelican across…
First aid when attacked by a boat hook
“Breathe through your mouth,” I said as I tilted Captain Hunk’s head forward and pinched the soft part of his nose. I kicked the scallop bucket under his dripping blood. Three of the seven scallops we had caught snapped shut….
Entries remain open while initial 36th America's Cup entry period passes
The 30th of June 2018 marks the end of the initial challenging period for the 36th America’s Cup presented by Prada, which commenced on the 1st of January 2018. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron confirms three Challenges have been…
Artemis displaces Ceeref for narrow lead in Sweden
Marstrand, Sweden: Torbjorn Tornqvist and his crew on Artemis Racing continued their progressive form on a closely-fought third day at the RC44 Marstrand Cup off Sweden's west coast, moving from second place to first overall after nine races. The dark…
Norauto extends lead at GC32 Lagos Cup
Franck Cammas’ Norauto powered by Team France continues to hold a comfortable lead at the end of the penultimate day of racing off Portugal’s Algarve coast at the GC32 Lagos Cup, second event of the 2018 GC32 Racing Tour. It…
Turn the Tide on Plastic win sixth place overall with final In-Port Race comeback
It took until the final In-Port Race, but Dee Caffari’s Turn the Tide on Plastic moved off the bottom of the race leaderboard on Saturday, after securing sixth place in the Volvo Ocean Race. The day started with SHK/Scallywag and…
Golden Globe – 17 sailors from 12 countries to set sail on Sunday
The Golden Globe led to Britain’s Sir Robin Knox-Johnston becoming the first man to sail solo nonstop around the globe – and had French sailing icon Bernard Moitessier continue east after rounding Cape Horn to make a second loop around…
Clipper Race: Another day on the Gulf Stream roller coaster
It’s been a bumpy time for many of the Clipper Race teams as they braced themselves for a second day on the ‘roller coaster’ Gulf Stream. The competition remains tight on day four of Race 12: The LegenDerry Race with…
Liverpool 2018 diverting to Canada for medevac
Liverpool 2018 is diverting to St. Johns in Newfoundland in order to medevac crew member Dominic Littlewood. He is a type 1 diabetic who has been suffering with sea sickness, which has affected his management of blood glucose levels. After…
Cape Panwa 15th anniversary Hotel Phuket Raceweek ready to set sail
Phuket, Thailand – With less than one month to go, the 15th Anniversary Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek is shaping up nicely, say the organisers, with a healthy entry list and crews from more than 20 countries already signed up…
A Danish win at Helsinki Women’s Match
On an exciting final day, the Danish Team Kattnakken defeated Swedish Team Bergqvist Match Racing in a very blustery final series in Helsinki. A big change in the weather brought a strong breeze from the north for the final day…
Artemis Racing jumps up the leaderboard on impressive second day
Torbjorn Tornqvist’s dark blue RC44, Artemis Racing, with American Star sailor Andy Horton on tactics, was the top boat on the second day of the class’s Marstrand Cup. In sparkling conditions on Marstrand Fjord, the high-performance Russell Coutts-inspired all-carbon monohulls…
Norauto fires up its afterburners
Lagos laid on a tricky second day of racing for the eight foiling catamaran teams and race officials alike. The wind started further left than forecast, but as the afternoon wore on it veered by 90°, back into the prevailing…
Clipper Race: Gulf Stream gamble
With three days and hundreds of nautical miles already under their belts in Race 12: The LegenDerry Race, conditions out on the North Atlantic have picked up, bringing the gentle introduction to Leg 8 to an end as teams begin…
Tough conditions for historic Legends Race
The Hague – 28 June 2018 – Twelve former Whitbread Round the World Race and Volvo Ocean Race yachts gathered to compete in the Legends Race from Gothenburg to The Hague. It was the first time that legendary yachts from the…
Racing remains tight for Clipper crews
There's been plenty of movement on the leaderboard, but none of the Clipper Race teams are yet to break away amid the tight racing conditions on Day 2 of Race 12 from New York to Derry-Londonderry. The split that appeared…
ARC Portugal 2018 comes to an end at Marina de Lagos
Marking an end to a month's port-hopping in company, World Cruising Club's annual ARC Portugal sailing rally concluded at Marina de Lagos on Wednesday 27th June with a celebratory dinner. Over one hundred crew have sailed with the multi-leg rally…
CEEREF dominates the first day at the RC44 Marstrand Cup
The super-competitive RC44 monohull class enjoyed a cracking day of light-airs racing in the sunshine as its 2018 Marstrand Cup got underway, with Igor Lah's Team CEEREF emerging as top boat. With tricky and unstable wind conditions to contend with,…
Scandinavian trio and France in the semi-finals of Helsinki Women's Match
The day began with the final spots in the quarter final still up for grabs and ended with the field reduced to four teams from four countries moving on to the semi finals. Often times the round robin is…
France rules the waves at GC32 in Lagos
If regatta success comes down to posting consistently good results, the two French teams held a masterclass on day one of the GC32 Lagos Cup, the second event of the 2018 GC32 Racing Tour. Lagos, making its debut on the…
Bigger fleet tipped for Pantaenius Newport Coffs race
Organisers of the reborn Newport Coffs Coast Yacht Race are looking to double their fleet size this year, with the event now tagged “the right race, to the right place, at the right time”. At its official launch today in…
Volvo Penta unveils hybrid marine propulsion concept
Designed to enable zero emission running for marine vessels, Volvo Penta has unveiled a hybrid concept for its IPS propulsion system. The electric-only mode allows entry into environmentally sensitive zones, as well as offering enhanced onboard comfort and boat handling…
Significant growth, unparalleled interest, successful events – the OK Dinghy goes from strength to strength
After several years of growth the OK Dinghy continues to go from strength to strength. A number of highly successful early season events has created further interest in the class, with the fleet now attracting more top sailors looking for traditional…
Light winds winter regatta on Albert Park Lake
Albert Sailing Club's annual winter regatta for monohull dinghy classes was sailed on Melbourne's Albert Park Lake over the 23th and 24th June weekend. The fleet of adult and junior classes provided a colourful spectacle on the lake with the…
Whale obstacle course complicates Clipper Race Start
The Clipper Race fleet has officially begun the penultimate race of the 40,000 nautical mile, eleven month circumnavigation – a two week race across the North Atlantic to Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The Le Mans style start for Race 12 began…
Majority of samples taken during Volvo Ocean Race contain microplastics, new data reveals
The Volvo Ocean Race Science Programme reached a significant milestone when the race completed a global circumnavigation following its arrival into Cardiff, Wales in May 2018, eight months after departing from Alicante, Spain. Out of a total of 68 samples…
Laaksonen continues winning streak at WIM Series in Helsinki
Helsinki continued to sparkle today as the wind picked up and the sun continued to shine for the second day of the Helsinki Women’s Match. Finnish skipper Marinella Laaksonen and her L2 Match Racing Team continued their winning ways today,…
Team New Zealand finally gets the whole America's Cup
Stuff.co.nz by Duncan Johnstone They are like classic pieces of silver right out of a sailor's treasure tale and they're finally back in the hands of Team New Zealand. The two chunks of buckled silver are leftovers from the three-month repair work…
