AkzoNobel pushes the pace towards Cape Reinga
The race is on to slip around Cape Reinga and North Point, the northern tip of New Zealand, ahead of the dash down the east coast of the North Island and into the finish of Leg 6 of the Volvo…
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Lightspeed clinches 2018 MC38 Australian Champion in the final race
The consistency of Lightspeed over nine races then victory in the decider bagged Steve Barlow his first class Australian Championship against the more seasoned in the nine-boat MC38 fleet. Day 3 highlights thanks to Tilly Lock Media https://www.facebook.com/MC38Class/videos/1640547039325570/ Seconds and…
SMEG takes out Australian 18 Footer Championship
Lee Knapton, Mike McKensey and Ricky Bridge were superb in the strong Southerly winds on Sydney Harbour today when they steered Smeg to become the Australian 18ft Skiff champion team for 2017-2018 Season. The champion team scored six wins…
Local family celebrates 50-year history in Marlay Point Race
The Marlay Point Overnight Race is a Dyer family ritual, with Glenn Dyer competing in the very first race in 1968 and at least one member of the family has been involved in the iconic race every year since. In…
Win one of five double passes to see The Mercy – the true story of solo sailor Donald Crowhurst
To celebrate the release of The Mercy, the story of Donald Crowhurst's ill-fated entry in the first Golden Globe solo around the world race, Mysailing is giving away five free double passes to the movie, valued at $44 each. The…
Cruising Club of America names Jessica Watson among 2017 Award Recipients
NEW YORK, N.Y., USA (February 25, 2018) – Webb Chiles (Hilton Head, S.C.), Rich Wilson (Boston, Mass.) and Jessica Watson (Buderim, Queensland, Australia)are among Cruising Club of America’s (CCA) 2017 award recipients selected for outstanding contributions to the sport of…
MC38 mash-up on day two of 2018 Australian Championship
Day two of the 2018 MC38 Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour served up decent sea breezes with a side dish of feistiness as the top crews fought for every place across four exhausting races. North-east to north/north-easterly winds 16 gusting…
Two dead after yacht capsizes off Mandurah
The sailing community in Western Australia is in mourning after the loss of the Davidson 50 Finistere, which capsized during the Bunbury and Return Ocean Race on Friday night. Two of the six people on board are confirmed as dead….
Volvo Ocean Race: Scallywag leads – Brunel makes a bold move
Team Brunel emerged from Stealth Mode overnight as the furthest east in the fleet, and by the 1300 UTC position report on Saturday; Bouwe Bekking’s team was in second place as measured on distance to finish, despite being the northernmost…
New route announced for ARC Channel Islands 2018
Following two successful editions ARC Channel Islands, entries are now open for this summer's rally which features a new route for 2018 with Dartmouth as the start port. Run in association with RYA Active Marina, the Rally is popular with…
Volvo Ocean Race: Drag race south begins
Skipper Simeon Tienpont’s team made the most of slightly better wind and angle as they sailed round the outside of previous frontrunners Turn the Tide on Plastic along with Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag. A little bit of luck then came…
Sydney launch on Monday for Ron Holland memoir
Celebrated yacht designer Ron Holland drew his first yacht at 19 years of age and rapidly made a name for himself as one of the most successful and sought-after designers in the highly competitive world of international ocean racing, before…
Higgins wins Melges 24 Nationals – Deussen nails final heats
South Australia’s former America’s Cup yachtsman Robbie Deussen, sailing Red Mist, today won the final two heats of the Musto Melges 24 Nationals, but it was too little too late as he secured second place overall behind six-time 505 Australian…
Nick Jerwood adds Viper Worlds to family trophy collection
The Jerwood/de Vries family combination is well known at Australian Sailing headquarters, where Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries are Australian representatives in the 470 class before jumping back to 420’s in January to claim the World Women’s title in…
Hat-trick for Rambler 88 in 2018 RORC Caribbean 600
George David's American Maxi Rambler 88 has won the 2018 RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy, scoring the best IRC corrected time, after revelling in the heavy airs race, setting a new monohull race record and winning IRC Zero, completed a hat-trick…
Maserati breaks Hong Kong-London record
They have done it – at 13hours 20minutes 26seconds UTC, Maserati Multi 70 and her crew crossed the Tea Route, Hong Kong to London finish line, passing under the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge. Giovanni Soldini and his crew of Guido…
Winners crowned on final day of Lincoln Week Regatta
A delightful breeze developed on Boston Bay today for the final day of racing for the Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta. The final day saw Geoff Boettcher's Secret Men's Business claim the overall IRC victory in dominant fashion with a…
Higgins takes out Melges 24 title with a day to spare
It seems that all our headlines include the word 'Higgins', however with two heats yet to be sailed in the Musto Melges 24 Nationals at Port Lincoln, Sandy Higgins and his team on Scorpius is now certain to take the…
Clipper Race: Nerves tested in final run to Sanya
Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to Sanya, China, will finally conclude today after more than three weeks racing but light winds are causing a feeling of insecurity across the fleet as teams push hard in a slow drag…
Nick Jerwood leads Viper Worlds with a day to go
In perfect conditions on Perth’s picturesque Swan River in Western Australia, another four races of the program were completed, leaving just two to go on tomorrow’s final day. Today’s breezes remained relatively steady between 250 and 260 degrees, ranging in…
Volvo fleet splitting the reefs looking for an advantage
British yachtswoman Dee Caffari was preparing to lead her Volvo Ocean Race team through the middle of the world’s second-largest barrier reef on Thursday in a bid to defend first place in Leg 6 as the finish line draws nearer….
RORC Caribbean 600: Vive la France!
French skipper Catherine Pourre, racing Eärendil, has won the Class40 division for the RORC Caribbean 600, setting a new record for the 600-mile race around 11 Caribbean islands. Philippe Frantz French NM43 Albator has finished the race and is the…
B&G launch new Zeus3 Glass Helm series with 24” touchscreen
B&G, official supplier of sailing instruments and navigation electronics for the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race, is pleased to introduce the new Zeus3 Glass Helm series. Designed specifically for blue water sailing, multihulls and superyachts, this fast, large-screen, multifunction display sits…
RORC Caribbean 600: She'll be right! Hero's welcome for smallest yacht – Morticia from Australia
Shaun Carroll's Australian modified Sea Cart 30 Morticia is the smallest yacht to finish the tough 2018 RORC Caribbean 600. The team of four Aussies from North Queensland and New South Wales came a long way to Antigua, with one…
Bunbury and Return Ocean Race lining up to be the quickest race in 70 years
Current weather routing is predicting that this year’s Bunbury and Return Ocean Race will be a record breaking one. The 170 nautical mile blue water event is run by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and will take the fleet from…
Protest hearing mixes results in Megga's BBQ race at Lincoln Race Week
Keel boats participating in the Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta set out today on what was a short two-hour passage race across Boston Bay, finishing in the beautiful Spalding Cove. Competitors stretched their legs with a northward tight reach in…
Higgins and crew on top at the halfway mark of Melges 24 Nationals
South Australia’s Sandy Higgins, sailing on Scorpius, took a stranglehold on the Australian Melges 24 Championship, taking out the fifth heat of the series on the second day today in tricky and light breezes off Port Lincoln. It was the…
Pressure mounts on leader in Clipper Race
The finish line is tantalisingly close for the leading teams but, with the wind filling in for the boats at the back of the fleet before it reaches those at the front, it’s going to be a nail-biting end to…
Turn the Tide on Plastic turns the tables on Volvo Ocean Race fleet
Turn the Tide on Plastic became the new leaders of Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race on Wednesday as the sprint from Hong Kong to Auckland moved inside 1,500 miles. Dee Caffari’s talented young sailors ghosted past Team Sun…
RORC Caribbean 600: Paradox and Rambler 88 celebrate in Antigua
In the early hours on the third day of the 2018 RORC Caribbean 600, Paradox, Peter Aschenbrenner's American 63' Trimaran crossed the finish line in Antigua completing the 600-mile race in an elapsed time of 1 day, 13 hours 5…
Hopes fading for man missing off yacht in northern NSW
Bad weather has hampered the search for Keith Jones, a 65-year-old solo sailor who is believed to have left Hervey Bay in Queensland a week ago. Mr Jones was reported missing on Monday after he failed to notify anyone of…
Guts and a glimmer of glory in RORC Caribbean 600
The strong conditions experienced at the start of the RORC Caribbean 600 continued through the first night. At 06:00 AST on 20 February 12 yachts have officially retired from the race. Reports of wind speed in the region of 30…
No pain, no gain, as Doldrums take their toll on VOR fleet
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is facing another 48 hours of excruciating sailing as the teams plugged deeper into a massive expanse of windless ocean on Tuesday. Lying ahead of them is a 400-mile gulf that stretches as far south…
Tense finish in Sanya anticipated as wind hole strikes Clipper fleet
Less than 30 nautical miles separates the top two teams, and they are nervously looking over their shoulders at the chasing pack, as a wind hole has once again appeared on Day 21 of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise…
Prosecutors: Missing Delray woman’s husband ‘intentionally’ sank boat
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…
Dean Barker's links to New York Yacht Club's America's Cup challenge strengthen
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…
Customs clearance facility on the Gold Coast increases vessel numbers
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…
Second day of Viper Worlds in Perth and consitions change completely
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…
Champions decided in Crown Series Bellerive Regatta
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…
Crown Series underlines depth of youth sailing in Tasmania
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…
