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Palm Beach Post. By Eliot Kleinberg – Staff Writer Lewis Bennett murdered his wife, Isabella Hellmann, on the high seas in May, then deliberately sank his catamaran in an ultimately failed attempt to stage an accident, prosecutors allege in a federal complaint…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. Dean Barker has strengthened his links to the New York Yacht Club's America's Cup challenge with confirmation he will be at the helm of their Congressional Cup and TP52 Super Series campaigns this year. Barker will…
The Gold Coast’s customs clearance port, which is now in operation, has paved the way to drive growth in the superyacht and tourism industries. The new port, which opened mid last year at Southport, means foreign superyachts and other international…
After the second day of the Schweppes Viper Worlds in Perth, Western Australia, a total of eight races have been completed and scores recalculated to include a single drop. A second drop will be allowed if thirteen or more races…
Tasmania’s champion sailors in the one-design SB20 and International Dragon classes were decided on the River Derwent as part of the weekend’s Crown Series Bellerive Regatta. Tasmania’s largest regatta saw close to 150 boats, involving more than 600 sailors, young…
This year’s Banjo’s Shoreline Crown Series Bellerive Regatta on Hobart’s River Derwent has again underlined the depth of sailing talent in Tasmania’s most popular junior and youth off-the-beach classes. Just two points separated the top two boats in the high-performance…
Strong breezes greeted sailors on the first day of the Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta as the fleet headed out into Boston Bay for two races around the cans. Geoff Boettcher's team on Secret Men's Business was once again…
The finish line for Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to Sanya is just days away and some last-minute tactics are being deployed to keep Race Viewers sweating on who is going to win. Race leader Qingdao, which is…
Britain’s Lawrence Crispin heads the points table after four races in the Schweppes Viper Worlds 2018, being sailed on Perth’s Swan River in Western Australia. As forecast, the weather turned brutal. The first race, started in a southerly of about…
It will have been a massively stressful 24 hours for the leading pair on Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race to Auckland, New Zealand. As team AkzoNobel and Scallywag bumped up against an area of calm, those chasing were…
Ludde Ingvall’s CQS starts the Caribbean 600 ocean race today with a top crew and a new DSS foil, in what is expected to be a very fast race. Watch leader Chris Dickson commented, “The forecast is for about 25…
World Sailing announced today that it has put up for review the events represented by the 470 M/W, Finn, and RSX M/W. By choosing not to review the other 5 events; Laser/Radial, 49er/49erFX, and Nacra 17, these events and the…
A record 84 yachts started the 2018 RORC Caribbean 600 in Antigua today; the largest fleet assembled in the ten-year history of the race. The impressive armada set off in unstable conditions with squalls producing a wind range of over…
There are fears for the safety of a man in his 60s, missing for almost a week after sailing out of Hervey Bay Marina on a 10-metre yacht. The man left the marina on February 14 but had not been…
Ludde Ingvall and his CQS team have taken the very difficult decision to retire from the RORC Caribbean 600 race, this was due to an undiagnosed problem with the engine that runs the hydraulic systems on the boat. Explaining the…
Greg Slyngstad's American Bieker 53 multihull Fujin has capsized during the RORC Caribbean 600. All eight crew are safe. Stephen Cucchiaro's Gunboat 60 Flow stood by until Dutch/ French authorities organised a rescue vessel. Preparations are now underway to transfer…
The traditional Taylors Island long race had some twists and turns for the Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta fleet as light airs and sloppy seas put skippers and crews to the test. With a light forecast, division one sailors were…
Despite being a relative newcomer to the class, six-time Australian 505 champion Sandy Higgins has charged to a solid lead after the first day’s sailing in the Melges 24 Australian Championships at Port Lincoln today. Three heats were sailed on…
Out of control spinnaker broaches, capsizes, a collision between two high profile yachts and a subsequent disqualification and a man overboard (briefly) situation have marked the opening races of the Crown Series Bellerive Regatta on Hobart’s River Derwent. All this…
Just three points separate the top three 29er skiffs after four races today in the Banjo’s Shoreline Bellerive Regatta, with similar close competition in other off-the-beach classes contesting the regatta. William Wallis and Fyn Sprott, sailing Westwind, have so far…
News 24/City Press. By Derrick Spies. Cape Town – A woman is thought to have broken her shoulder and had lacerations to her leg after falling from the mast of a yacht moored at the V&A Waterfront on Friday. Ian Gross,…
The Smeg team of Lee Knapton, Ricky Bridge, Mike McKensey scored a double victory in the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today, and go into next Sunday's final day with a 14 points lead over their nearest rival….
For the sixth day in a row Qingdao maintains its lead over the rest of its competitors, at the front of the Clipper Race fleet as the leading pack turns to the west for the final 700 nautical miles to…
On what was a rainy day down at the Port Lincoln Yacht Club, the champions in the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race were crowned at the annual race presentation day. Geoff Boettcher's Secret Men's Business continued…
Juan Yacht Design has been selected to design the next IMOCA 60 ‘Arkea Paprec' which will be skippered by Sébastien Simon in the next Vendée Globe, a sailor with huge potential who will be supported by Vincent Riou in the…
Justin Scott, one of the many international skippers who travelled to the South of Perth Yacht Club to compete in the Schweppes Viper Worlds 2018 on the picturesque Swan River, stamped his authority on the fleet today with two wins,…
While SHK/Scallywag has made good on its westerly route to grab an impressive lead over the past 24 hours, the fleet is compressing, and as of Sunday afternoon, it’s the chasing pack enjoying stronger winds. The Scallywags have to be…
The 10th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 is likely to be the fastest and possibly toughest race in the ten year history of the Caribbean 600-mile classic. Over 20 knots is predicted for the first three days, with gusts in…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Sydney Harbour Regatta has already attracted a wide variety of boats across its many classes and divisions, but the Club has extended its entry deadline to midnight on Monday 26 February, allowing those who are still…
The 2018 Banjo’s Shoreline Crown Series Bellerive Regatta got off to a windy start on the River Derwent last evening, with a fleet of 55 keelboats sailing in a blustery nor’wester gusting to 30 knots. Several yachts retired, including X&Y…
Geoff Boettcher’s Secret Mens Business has again taken out line honours in the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race, finishing well ahead of the rest of the 38-strong fleet. Boettcher and crew sailed strongly to lead all the…
Team AkzoNobel and SHK/Scallywag are the big winners over the past 24 hours as both have had a relatively fast transition through the doldrums, allowing them to gain about 100 miles on the chasing pack, which have suffered through some…
The first teams have crossed the end gate of the Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint on Day 18 of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to Sanya and have taken very different approaches to getting there, after a wind hole…
Flying Fifteen supremo and former world champion Nick Jerwood, sailing with his match racing champion son Matthew, and boat owner Brian de Vries, set the pace on the first practice day on Perth’s Swan River with two bullets – the…
In May Port Douglas Yacht Club will host the 2018 Quicksilver Port Douglas Race Week. The regatta is to be staged over five days starting on Tuesday May 22nd and concluding on Saturday May 26th. The concept of Race Week…
Over the past few years the Finn Class has collected an extensive set of morphological and physiological data on its sailors and perhaps the main talking point is always the weight of sailors. So it might be interesting to consider…
Team AkzoNobel is looking to get an early start on the weekend, making a serious bid to be first out of the doldrums on Friday afternoon. The team is now furthest south in the fleet and is beginning to pick…
he 2018 New Caledonia Groupama Race around the South Pacific’s island gem will see the return of Sean Langman’s multiple speed record-setter Team Australia, the giant ORMA 60 trimaran. Team Australia is the holder of the World Sailing Speed Record…
Half of the Clipper Race fleet has begun its Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint but a fickle breeze and upcoming wind holes could result in changes in the standings on Day 17 of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to…
Sailors were pleasantly surprised ahead of the start of the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race today when a 15-knot afternoon sea breeze came up at just the right time. Coming from the southwest, the fleet started in…
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