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In these modern times the dream of sailing the world has never been more accessible and I would add that it probably never will be again. It is an enticing and appealing dream to just sail away over the horizon…
Renowned sailing coach, Victor ‘the medal maker’ Kovalenko OAM, will be inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame this week at a ceremony in Sydney. “Victor Kovalenko has altered the course of Australia’s achievement at the Olympic Games since…
Stuff.co.nz Team France have lost their major sponsor as they fight to stay in the America's Cup game. Groupama, the French insurance giants, who have backed Team France boss Franck Cammas since 1997, confirmed they wouldn't be involved in any challenge…
The 40th edition of Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) will be conducted on the weekend of 25-26 November and the club is introducing innovations for the final day of racing. Instead of the usual…
It reads like the plot of a sailing novel but this one is real – and follows a theme that is unfortunately too familiar to followers of the cruising lifestyle. Did a man's partner kill him out of greed, or…
When I first saw this one, a few things didn't ring true. Tiger sharks that big? Attacking a boat? And a broken spreader that couldn't be jury rigged? The mast was still up. They managed to contact a fishing boat…
Shenzhen, China (October 29, 2017) – Torvar Mirsky has become the Match Racing World Champion after beating defending champion Phil Robertson 3-1 in the 2017 finals in Shenzhen, China. The skipper from Western Australia tore up the script, defied the…
Sunday 29 October 2017, Shenzhen, China: Yiihua Pocket Emirates Team New Zealand has won the China Cup after sailing a strong final day in the Beneteau 40.7 one-design division. The breeze blew in at around 10 knots this morning, setting…
Australian sailors have made a statement at the site of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic regatta, with Jake Lilley and Matthew Wearn each claiming a silver medal amid powerful fleets and tricky conditions at Enoshima Olympic Week, which concluded on Sunday….
Octogenarian yachtsman Don Calvert obviously has lost none of his tactical sailing skills on the River Derwent and Storm Bay with his 33-year-old Castro 40 Intrigue. Calvert steered Intrigue to a double handicap victory in Group 1 of Saturday’s Combined…
After three weeks of light, flukey conditions, the 18ft Skiff fleet was blessed with a perfect 15-knot Nor'Easter wind for Race 4 of the Australian 18 Footers League Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour today. The breeze brought with it…
Last year’s overall winner and the record-breaking line honours victor are among the quality 110 entries, including a record 31 internationals, received by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) for the 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race which starts…
One of Australia’s most iconic sporting moments, the victory of Australia II in the 1983 America’s Cup, will be honoured in the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame this week. The team of Australia II, including the sailing team and the…
Vanhang Longcheer extended her lead in the Beneteau 40.7 division of the China Cup International Regatta after winning Saturday’s round the island race. The defending champion, skippered by Australia’s Joseph Dennis O’Keeffe, is proving hard to beat this year, and…
The celebrations were low-key on Charles Caudrelier’s Dongfeng as the Chinese red and white Volvo Ocean 65 crept across the finish line to claim a valuable third place in Leg 1 of the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race today. Third place…
Kay Cottee AO, the first woman to perform a single-handed, non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world is to be inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame (ASHOF) in its inaugural year. ASHOF will induct seven of Australia’s greatest…
Vestas 11th Hour Racing has won Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race, crossing the finish line in the River Tagus in Lisbon, Portugal, to complete the 1,870 nautical mile leg in light winds on Saturday afternoon. The win was…
Shenzhen, China: After a day of very little wind at the 2017 Match Racing World Championship, the breeze kicked in for the final hour before sunset and the drama unfolded. Defending world champion, Phil Robertson, was on the ropes against…
Vanhang Longcheer made sense of a difficult day to move into the lead of the Beneteau 40.7 fleet at the China Cup International Regatta – the defending champion skippered by Joseph Dennis O’Keeffe, was the most consistent on a day…
Shenzhen, China: Harry Price might have broken through to the Quarter Finals after winning two crucial battles today in Match Cup China 2017, the young Australian was up against Markus Edegran from the USA, but Price was penalised for a…
After 14 races in great conditions, the Suisse Nacra 15 team Max Wallenberg/Amanda Bjork-Anastassov and the Tunisia Nacra 15 team of Chaima Chamari/Sami Arjoun have qualified their countries to participate in the Youth Olympics 2018 in Argentina. With 28 Nacra…
Line honours was decided late on Monday evening when George David’s Rambler 88 crossed the finish line at the Royal Malta Yacht Club at 21:48:09 CEST in an elapsed time of 2 days, 9 hours, 48 minutes and 9 seconds. It…
The winner of the Vendée Globe has had a double success taking the title of IMOCA world champion for the second time, for the period 2015-2016, which ended with the Vendée Globe. This is the second time Armel Le Cléac'h…
Speeds are up as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet left the island of Porto Santo to starboard early this morning and turned north, aiming towards the final mark of the course before the finishing line off Lisbon, Portugal. Vestas 11th…
Spindrift’s skipper, Yann Guichard (FRA), has carefully selected a crew of eleven sailors who bring with them a depth of sailing experience from the worlds of Figaro, Olympics and racing multihulls. His crew include seven who formed part of the…
Shenzhen, China (October 26, 2017) – Joachim Aschenbrenner defied the odds today to battle his way out of the Sail Off and into the Super 16 stage at the 2017 WMRT Match Racing World Championship. The final of the World…
Thursday 16 October 2017, Shenzhen, China : The 11th edition of the China Cup International Regatta opened with the passage race from Hong Kong to Shenzhen today. With around 1,500 sailors from 40 different nations and regions, this event is more…
So excited is Rob Date about his newest Scarlet Runner that he’s entered the J111 in the one design division of the 175th anniversary Festival of Sails 2018 before it’s arrived in Australia. In doing so Date was badged the…
Following a report on ABC News, which was posted to this website and included in our twice-weekly newsletter on October 24, it appears that the historic pilot cutter Wyuna will be saved. The ABC provided the following update: Australia's last…
Stuff.co.nz Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill has given an insight into his wealth, putting his Bermuda mansion on the market for a staggering NZ$12.4m. The 9,863 square-foot house known as Coral Harbour is listed with Rego Sotheby's International Realty….
After 24 hours of tricky sailing through light, fickle breeze the Volvo Ocean Race fleet were today locked in an all-out drag race towards Porto Santo, the first major turning mark in Leg 1. Leaders Vestas 11th Hour Racing are…
Shenzhen, China (October 25, 2017) – There are no fools among the 18 teams battling for supremacy at the 2017 Match Racing World Championship, but after two days of fleet race Qualifying three skippers are battling for survival through to the Super…
World Sailing will launch a bold ambition for sailing's contribution to global sustainability at its Sustainability Forum in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Tuesday 7 November 2017. At the Forum, World Sailing will launch its Sustainability Agenda 2030 which sets…
The outcomes from Enoshima Olympic Week will have a significant impact on the way Australian Sailing approaches the rest of the Olympiad, Finn sailor Jake Lilley believes. Many of the world’s top Olympic class sailors will compete at the Tokyo…
Jeanneau is the largest production boat builder in the world and has been designing and building yachts for 60 years. The range extends right up to the flagship of the fleet, the Jeanneau 64, which is the largest in their…
After weeks of speculation about whether Larry Ellison would use the now obsolete America's Cup Class catamarans (that raced in Bermuda) for a new World Series, Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill has revealed in an interview with sponsor Red Bull that…
It’s shaping up as a feast of sporting highlights as the Festival of Sails gets set to share the 2018 Australia Day weekend in Geelong with the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, but there is still plenty of accommodation…
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet was punching into the Atlantic on Tuesday after surviving their first test from the weather gods through the Gibraltar Strait overnight. Vestas 11th Hour Racing still occupy the top spot after a challenging first 50…
Shenzhen, China (October 24, 2017) – Chris Steele showed his mettle on day one of the WMRT Match Racing World Championship. The skipper of the young Kiwi team, 36 Below Racing, put on a dominant display in his fleet racing group. The first…
After four days of racing in the Rolex Middle Sea Race, seven yachts have completed the race, 47 are still racing, and 50 yachts have now officially retired. The brutal conditions in the latter part of the race have abated…
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