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The light, unsettled breezes on Mallorca's famous Bay of Palma presented a really testing opening day at the 49th Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar. With a maximum eight race courses in operation it was often the case that one fleet was…
The Daily Mail. By Adam Mccleery For Daily Mail Australia An Australian family sailing around the globe were stalked for four hours by pirates before Japanese and Pakistani warships sailed in to save the day. Lachin Turner, wife Louise and their…
Following the Notice to Competitors yesterday regarding concerns over cyclone Iris there have been some decisions made by skippers overnight and courses in some cases altered accordingly. Some competitors such as Allegro have decided to head further east, keeping an…
The SailingKit.com.au TCAA 2017/18 Nationals Titles held at Mannering Park Amateur Sailing Club in NSW proved to be a huge success, with racing coming down to the final day in all three fleets. Thirty-eight boats made the trek to the…
Glenn Ashby has won nine A Class World Championships and is considered the benchmark sailor for the class. He is also a sailmaker by trade and used his extraordinary technical skills, along with ETNZ designers, to mastermind the trimming of…
The QantasLink 70th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, organised by the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club, was one to remember for many reasons other than just the historic landmark it reached. The race started in near perfect conditions in Moreton Bay…
With Bermuda firmly in the grasp of a high-pressure system racing was postponed today at the Bacardi Moth World Championship. Principal Race Officer David Campbell-James tried to get some racing when he sent the fleet on the water around 1400…
he final yachts arrived in Subic Bay this morning, wrapping up the 2018 Rolex China Sea Race. 29 boats took part in the 2018 edition with 265 competitors hailing from 22 territories. The 18 year-old multihull record was broken by…
The 2018 Monaco Swan One Design finished on a high – the final day delivering races of contrasting conditions, and roundly considered the best of the four days. Three races drew out the tension as the leading pairs in all…
Team Brunel has hung on to the Leg 7 lead following an attack on the top spot by Dongfeng Race Team as the leaders get within 1,000 nautical miles of the finish line in Itajaí, Brazil. Charles Caudrelier’s Dongfeng actually…
Conditions caused racing to be cancelled on the third and final day of the RORC Easter Challenge – at 0900 when the decision was announced, PRO Stuart Childerley explained: “Currently we have less than 5 knots on the Solent and…
The Mandatory Gate Haller lies between the Japanese islands of Hachijo and Aogashima and for the Clipper Race fleet it marks the edge of the open Pacific Ocean and as the teams converge again, on what is the last compulsory…
For the third year in a row Paul Goodison of the U.K. has won the world championship of the International Moth Class Association. Goodison, 40, achieved the feat today when the final day of racing at the Bacardi Moth World…
The Clipper Race fleet remains compressed as the teams attempt to position themselves ahead of another ridge of high-pressure. The challenging sea state has eased as the teams choose their routes to Virtual Mark 'Haller' ahead of the North Pacific…
The battle for victory in Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race took a new twist on Friday as Dongfeng Race Team moved to within striking distance of long-term stage leaders Team Brunel. Bouwe Bekking’s Brunel crew have seen their…
At yesterday's Easter Challenge post-race debrief at the Royal Ocean Racing Club's Cowes clubhouse, coaching legend Jim Saltonstall advised crews that he and the coaching team from North Sails would be examining rules. Today competitors duly obliged, assisted by one…
As much of the world prepared itself for the long Easter Weekend, the Monaco Swan One Design fleet got down to business once again and if variety is the spice of life, the crews’ taste-buds are being treated this week…
he Easter weekend is traditionally when flowers start blossoming, birds return to the trees, animals rouse from hibernation and the earth generally warms up, but on Day 1 of the RORC Easter Challenge, supported by North Sails, none of the…
Vestas 11th Hour Racing has dismasted while racing in Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The team is safe and reports there is no immediate danger to the crew. The team reported that the mast broke at 15:59 UTC…
It might have taken the entire first week of the race but the requests for reliable wind have finally been answered, resulting in teams recording their best 24 hour runs, and the North Pacific Ocean is now under 300nm ahead….
The overall race leader, MAPFRE, resumed racing on Friday morning (UTC) following a Cape Horn pit-stop to make repairs to a torn mainsail, as well as a damaged mast track and boom. The move, which cost MAPFRE nearly 13-hours when…
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Circolo della Vela Sicilia, together with their respective teams Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record – Luna Rossa, published the AC75 Class Rule for the 36th America’s Cup today. The…
MAPFRE, the overall leader in the Volvo Ocean Race, has suspended racing to attend to damage to their mast track. A section of the mast track came unglued from the mast five days ago, but until now the team has…
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Mar. 29, 2018) — Day 4 racing at the 2018 Bacardi Moth World Championship Bermuda has been postponed due to light winds. A high-pressure system has replaced the low that buffeted the island earlier in the week….
Taking into account the political and administrative situation in Catalonia, the organiser of the Barcelona World Race (the FNOB) has taken the decision to cancel the fourth edition of the double-handed round the world race on IMOCAs, which was due…
The following story has been issued on behalf of Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag: On Monday 26 March, Team Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag lost John Fisher overboard in the Southern Ocean, approximately 1,400 nautical miles west of Cape Horn. Despite conducting…
Team Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag is heading towards the coast of the Chile, as the team attempt to recover from the devastating loss overboard of John Fisher on Monday. At this point, the team has not confirmed its plans,…
Progress in the race to Seattle has continued to be hampered over the past 24 hours by the high-pressure system which has kept teams in very close proximity of each other. However, the light at the end of the windless…
The 2018 Finn Masters Magazine is published today, happily coinciding with the 300th entry to the 2018 Finn World Masters, which start in El Balís, near Barcelona, Spain, in seven weeks time. In terms of numbers this is the fifth…
SHANGHAI, China – In exciting news for the disabled sailing community worldwide, the SV14 organization are proud to announce that FAREAST YACHTS will produce the SV14 at their production base in China and in a remarkable offer, will supply the…
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Mar. 28, 2018) — Paul Goodison of the U.K., Francesco Bruni of Italy and Rome Kirby of the U.S. hold first, second and third, respectively, at the Bacardi Moth World Championship in Bermuda. Today’s conditions were far…
The main fleet started their run to Osaka in the Sundance Marine Melbourne Osaka Cup on Monday March 26th. Since then, quite a number of the fleet have been in touch. Not long after clearing the Heads on Monday, Grant…
The 2018 edition of the Rolex China Sea Race got underway at 1120hrs today with blue skies and an easterly breeze of 8kts. The start line, located in front of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s Kellett Island Clubhouse, was a…
The Australian Sailing Team and Squad will work on their “racecraft” in Europe over coming months, putting to the test a series of recent changes, including the addition of elite new coaches and an upgrade of the National Training Centre…
Nautilus Marine has released a dedicated boating smartphone app designed to assist in repairing and servicing your yacht. Finding the right marine trades can sometimes be a bit hit and miss, while many boaters often have a trusted supplier they…
PHUKET, Thailand – A lot can happen in 14 years. 493 boats and more than 2,500 sailors have taken part in Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek since its inception in 2004 and as the organisers look to the event's 15th year…
The Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club on the harbour at Wickham is very keen to offer greater opportunities to the youth sailors of the Hunter and north coast regions. As the only yacht club in the area with a fleet of…
Gas is arguably the most dangerous element on a boat. If you want to arrive safely and sleep soundly, make sure your gas system is up to standard. It might cost a few ‘bring out another thousand’ (BOAT) units, but…
An update on Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag crew member John Fisher, from Richard Brisius, the President of the Volvo Ocean Race: This morning I am extremely sad to inform you that one of our sailors, John Fisher, from Team…
Six crews in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet are facing challenging conditions as they race towards Cape Horn, still 900 miles and two days away. The seventh team, Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag, is working to recover from the tragic loss of…
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