Early split as Clipper fleet races to New York
Although the Clipper Race fleet spent the majority of the race to Panama in close quarters, it only took minutes for a split to emerge in Race 11: Nasdaq Race to New York – the second stage of the USA…
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Class40s lining up for Round Great Britain and Ireland Race
A record 10 Class40s have entered the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race and more are expected to take up the tough 1,800 nautical mile non-stop race. Starting and finishing from Cowes Isle of Wight, the course takes the fleet…
Atlantic Cup teams blasting to Portland
Portland, ME (June 4, 2018) – The 2018 Atlantic Cup fleet is steaming ahead for Portland, Maine after pounding upwind the past 48-hours. After suffering damage both #37 First Light and #81 Esprit Scout made the decision last night to retire from Leg 2 and seek refuge in Newport, Rhode Island in…
2018 Melges 24 World Championship – Pre-Worlds go to Monsoon, Full Circle and Zingara
June 4, 2018 – Victoria, BC, Canada – A second day of racing yielded three more races in light and tricky conditions to conclude the five race series at the Melges 24 Canadian Championship 2018, organized by the Royal Victoria Yacht…
Competitors ready to set sail in Australian Women's Keelboat Regatta
In four days’ time, just shy of 30 crews from around Australia and New Zealand will set sail in the 28th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta, hosted by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, speaking volumes for the growth of serious female sailing…
Barranjoey pin program launched to recognise Australia's greatest sailors
Australian sailing great Iain Murray believes the establishment of the Barranjoey Pin alumni program brings sailing into line with other iconically Australian sports and lays a foundation from which subsequent generations can launch. Murray – a 2008 Olympian, America’s…
Sydney Noumea Yacht Race underway
Sydney Noumea Yacht Race crews left Sydney Harbour at 10am on Sunday June 3, 2018 against a backdrop of dark clouds, windy rain squalls, bursts of sunlight and a spectacular rainbow that bridged Sydney Harbour. Most of the 22 crews…
Atlantic Cup – brutal 24 hours for start of leg 2
NEW YORK, N.Y. (June 3, 2018) – Following a light downwind start to the second leg of the 2018 Atlantic Cup, the conditions have deteriorated making for a brutal first 24-hours for the teams. The crews are currently battling 30 knots of breeze…
The new IMOCA World Championship is launched
The Monaco Globe Series will start on Sunday (3rd June). This event is the first in the new IMOCA GLOBE SERIES world championship, which is the result of a shared desire and a lot of work done over the past…
Sydney Noumea Yacht Race frontrunners on record pace
The frontrunners in the Sydney Noumea Yacht Race are on record pace and the toughest conditions behind them with reports this morning from the fleet of manageable and warm 15 knot SSE winds and settling seas. Four hours after the…
Boaters warned after 83 containers fall off ship on NSW coast
More debris is expected to wash onto beaches along the New South Wales coastline after a cargo ship lost 83 containers. Nappies, sanitary products and surgical masks have already washed ashore after the Liberian ship lost its cargo in extreme…
Two race finale wraps up successful 2018 Samui Regatta
The sun teased and the wind held steady on the final day of the 2018 Samui Regatta. Race Officer Ross Chisholm set two windward/leewards for the keelboat and multihulls classes off Mae Nam Beach. It's been a week of dominance…
Circolo Della Vela Bari takes lead in Audi SAILING Champions League
Porto Cervo, Italy: On the third day of the Audi Sailing Champions League, the team representing Circolo della Vela Bari moved to the top of the classification, followed by the Austrians of the Yacht Club Bregenz. Just four flights remain,…
Clipper Race: Upwind battle predicted for penultimate leg
After completing the 48 nautical mile (nm) passage of the Panama Canal, one of the most famous and impressive engineering feats in the world, watching out for basking American and Caiman Crocodiles in Gatun Lake along the way, the fleet…
Volvo Ocean Race: The Hague hoists all sails
The seven competing teams in the Volvo Ocean Race are on a fast track towards the finish in The Hague and in less than four weeks’ time, this legendary race will finish in The Netherlands for the very first time…
Sailing Champions League: Austria new leaders
Porto Cervo, Italy: Competitors and the Race Committee of the Audi Sailing Champions League today had a long and productive day at sea, with no less than five flights concluded and a total of 15 races run, shaking up the…
151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar race record goes in photo finish
Generally match races last around 20 minutes and there is a clear winner, but in the 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar 2018, there was a 10 hour long heavyweight maxi bout for line honours between Nicola Paoleschi's Laurie Davidson 69 Pendragon VI…
Breezy Day 4 sets up final day showdown at 2018 Samui Regatta
Samui, Thailand: What a difference a Lay Day makes – sometimes the windiest day of the regatta, yesterday's day off for the keelboats and multihulls was greeted with glorious sunshine, zero breeze and finished in the afternoon with a refreshing…
Next edition of the Volvo race planned for 2021 under new ownership
As the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 builds towards an exciting finish in June in The Hague, organisers can confirm the next edition of the race will start in 2021, under new ownership. Atlant Ocean Racing Spain, led by Richard Brisius,…
Maxis threaten 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar record
The Mediterranean’s largest medium distance offshore race set sail from Livorno, Italy this afternoon with a record-sized fleet. This year, the ninth edition of the 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar has attracted almost 200 boats, of which 20 are maxi boats of…
Champions League: Danish team first leader of semifinals
Porto Cervo, Italy. 31 May 2018. Perfect weather conditions welcomed the sailors competing on the first day of the Audi SAILING Champions League to the waters off Porto Cervo today. The event for teams representing their respective yacht clubs is…
Team New Zealand are building their own boats for the first time
Newsroom.co.nz. By Suzanne McFadden. For the first time in the syndicate's history, Emirates Team New Zealand will build their own America's Cup yachts. The Cup defenders have decided to build the hulls of their two AC75 foiling monohulls in-house for…
Officials reveal name of boat after wooden debris washed ashore in Pacifica
ABC News, San Francisco US Coast Guard investigators now have a name to go with debris of a wooden boat that washed ashore in Pacifica on Wednesday, but not much more. For a while, their investigation may have felt more…
Sailboat sinks after exploding and catching fire west of Selkirk Trestle Bridge in Victoria, Canada
CHEK News Canada A sailboat that exploded and caught fire west of the Selkirk Trestle Bridge early Thursday morning has sunk, according to the Victoria Fire Department. Fire crews responded at around 1:18 a.m. after reports of an explosion and…
All Atlantic Cup boats now in New York after a light airs first leg
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (May 30, 2018) – With first (#145 Eärendil) and second (#127 Amhas) place of Leg One of the 2018 Atlantic Cup decided yesterday (May 29, 2018) afternoon it was the turn of the remaining competitors to cross the Angola Cables…
Seconds in it on Day 3 of 2018 Samui Regatta
SAMUI, Thailand – Day 3 of the 2018 Samui Regatta started off with a whimper. The storms of yesterday had gone and the sun was out in force, hopes were high for a return to the tropical sailing conditions which…
Auckland Noumea Race returns after a six year absence
The Auckland Noumea Yacht Race makes a welcome return this week after a six-year absence but it's hoped this year's edition isn't as dramatic as the last. The monohull Beau Geste sent out a distress call when it suffered major hull damage and…
Big American contingent heading south for Australian Wooden Boat Festival
Preparations are well underway for Australia’s premiere maritime event, the MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival, which will again grace Hobart’s magnificent waterfront from 8 to 11 February next year. “Dozens of wooden boat enthusiasts from the festival’s next featured nation,…
Family affair in Sydney Noumea Yacht Race
The Sydney Noumea Yacht Race, Australia’s longest fully-crewed yacht race, begins at 1pm on Saturday June 2, 2018 on Sydney Harbour, and across the fleet several rare father-and-son bonding sessions will also commence. Marcus McKay and his son Jai, 18, Marcus’ brother…
Man escapes serious injury after falling 12m from boat mast back on to boat near Southport
A man has escaped serious injury after falling 12m on to his boat while out on the Broadwater near Southport. Emergency services were called at about 11am on Tuesday to assist the man who had fallen from the mast of…
Team Brunel on a charge with Leg 9 win
The top three teams in the Volvo Ocean Race are within three points after Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel won Leg 9 into Cardiff, Wales to vault into contention for the overall race win. The Leg 9 results also mean a…
Variable conditions test sailors on Day 2 of 2018 Samui Regatta
SAMUI, Thailand – Early morning thunder and lightning made way for a wet and breezy start to Day 2 of the 2018 Samui Regatta. The four classes lined-up in 10 knots of wind topping out at 15, and it was…
Green Dragon is third Volvo Open 70 to join Legends Race
Gothenburg – 29 May 2018: Green Dragon, the first Chinese-backed entry in the Volvo Ocean Race, will join Volvo Open 70s Telefónica Blue and race winner Ericsson 4, plus a host of other historic boats from previous races on the…
2018 Atlantic Cup: It's tight at the front as 40 miles remain for the leading boat
May 29 2018 – Jersey City, NJ – A little under 40 nautical miles remain for the leading boats in the 2018 Atlantic Cup! #145 Eärendil, leads #127 Amhas by some six miles as they race north along the New Jersey coastline…
Eärendil Wins Leg 1 Of The Atlantic Cup
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (May 29, 2018) – With a fleet of 11 Class40s competing in the Atlantic Cup, the French team #145 Eärendil skippered by Catherine Pourre and Pietro Luciani, crossed the Angola Cables finish line first at 17:02:46, with an…
SHK/Scallywag completes Volvo arrivals into Cardiff
The full fleet of seven Volvo Ocean Race boats has now arrived in Cardiff, Wales, with David Witt’s Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag the final team to cross the finish line in Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The team finished…
Bodstedt bound – Aussie Cadet sailors prepare for World Champs
Preparations are underway for the Australian International Cadet team as training ramps up ahead of the upcoming World Championships in Germany later this year. The team of eight boats and 16 sailors was selected following the qualifying stage during the…
A testing Day 1 for sailors at the 2018 Samui Regatta
SAMUI, Thailand – The big guns of Asia's racing scene have descended on the Thai tropical island of Samui for the 17th Samui Regatta and the final race in the 2017/18 AsianYachting Grand Prix. Despite an unfortunate cancellation from Frank…
2018 Atlantic Cup – light air compresses fleet
May 27 2018 – Charleston, SC – In the last 24-hours of the Atlantic Cup there's been a significant consolidation in the fleet. Yesterday afternoon the boats were sailing north fast and furiously and were divided into three strategic camps –…
Volvo fleet setting up for an epic finish in Cardiff
Less than a mile separated Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 frontrunners Team Brunel and team Akzonobel on Monday as the teams prepared to enter the final 100 miles. After almost eight days of intense racing across the Atlantic from Newport,…
