After 12 rescues in 48 hours, Coast Guard warns of unprepared boating
10 News Florida. By Sarah Rosario. It was a busy weekend for the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast in waters of the Tampa Bay area. The temperature drop and high wind came as…
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10% discount off Advanced Skipper course thanks to Mysailing
Mysailing is offering readers a 10% discount off any Advanced Skipper course booked before April 30, 2018 Advanced Skipper comprises a number of learning modules which test boaters' knowledge of typical on-water situations. If they pass, members hold the Advanced…
Current tactics – how to take advantage and avoid disadvantage
By Andrw York In 1984 I wrote some articles in Australian Sailing that blew the lid off the misconceptions that were held about sailing in current. Up until that time everything that had been written about how current affected your…
Aussies fight back at JJ Giltinan 18 Footers World Championship
The Australians fought back after a previous domination by the New Zealand teams when Finport Trade Finance took out Race 3 of the Winning Group JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Finport Trade Finance (Keagan York,…
Breeze and vigilance pick up for Clipper skippers
Skippers are reporting relief today as winds and boat speeds have picked up, though with the high level of fishing fleets around, teams are on high alert in this opening stage of Race 8: The Sailing City Qingdao Cup. PSP…
Great Barrier Reef shines in collaboration focus at Australian Superyacht Rendezvous
Delivering a unified Great Barrier Reef destination message is the key focus of four collaborating superyacht marinas at this year’s Australian Superyacht Rendezvous. Taking a collective marketing approach to target international superyachts, Abell Point Marina, Cairns Marlin Marina, Crystalbrook Superyacht…
Portsmouth entrepreneur takes helm at Lively Lady charity
A local entrepreneur and philanthropist has taken the helm of Around and Around, the charity that looks after Sir Alec Rose’s Lively Lady. Mark Smith, from Old Portsmouth, has become the new Chairman of the Charity, which looks after the…
Medemblik Regatta organisers take aim at World Sailing
Monday March 4, 2018 – The Medemblik Regatta, formerly known as the Delta Lloyd Regatta, is being held from the 22nd to the 26th of May. The regatta celebrates it’s 34th edition this year. For all those years, sailors have praised the…
Light wind lottery for Clipper boats in their China Sea race
The light wind lottery that got Race 8: The Sailing City Qingdao Cup, underway yesterday from Sanya, has continued overnight, with the teams out east taking the early jackpot as they do their best to escape north, knowing that tougher,…
Balance heading for her first SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week encounter
A two-time Sydney Hobart winner is on her way to SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week for the first time, her owner ahead of the game when online entry into the Townsville Yacht Club hosted event opened. Paul Clitheroe is bringing…
Kiwi domination of JJ Giltinan continues on second day
New Zealand's domination of the 2018 Winning Group 2018 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship continued on Sydney Harbour today when Honda Marine proved too good for the 25-boat fleet of the world's best 18 Footer teams. David McDiarmid, Matt…
Locals light up SuperFoiler Busselton leg to ignite challenge
Two West Australian skippers have steered their teams to the podium in their home regatta with Perth’s Luke Parkinson (tech2) and Steve Thomas (Pavement) climbing onto the Busselton dais alongside Kleenmaid. Tech2 secured a third victory of the regatta to claim…
Charisma secures victory as RC44 racing goes to the wire in Lanzarote
Nico Poons' Charisma clung on to her lead from yesterday to win the RC44 Calero Marinas Cup, opening event of the 2018 RC44 championship. But it all came down to the last run of the last race when a last…
Carnarvon's landlocked yacht club stops tourists and damages local economy
ABC Online. By Joanna Prendergast. Business owners in a remote town on the West Australian coast say the community's landlocked yacht club is damaging their already struggling local economy. Since April last year, the Carnarvon Yacht Club has been cut off…
Storm Emma sinks and damages up to 80 boats in Welsh port
Wales Online. By Kelly Williams and Sarah Hodgson. Boats have sunk and a marina has been damaged because of severe gale force winds caused by Storm Emma. The winds have caused huge waves at Holyhead Marina damaging many boats. p:nth-of-type(2)”,”sizes”:[[8,8]],”hideOnSensitiveArticle”:true,”relativePos”:”after”,”additionalClass”:”in-article”,”name”:”div-gpt-ad-vip-slot”,”type”:”VIP”}”…
Good Samaritan replaces sunk cruising boat for $1
ABC (America). By Josiah Bates. Tanner Broadwell and Nikki Walsh had been living on a boat in Florida for about a year, with plans to sail to the Keys, but those plans ended abruptly three weeks ago when their boat…
Peter Burling excited with progress on new America's Cup boat
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. Peter Burling predicts the radical new America's Cup boat will be difficult to sail but he's inspired by the challenge of helping develop the systems to master that. The round the world rookie will use the…
Euroflex repaired and back on the water for final day of SuperFoiler Busselton
(Busselton) In an amazing feat of engineering SuperFoiler’s series leader Euroflex will make a remarkable return to racing in the Supercharged Sunday session on Geograph Bay. The front-runner, who suffered serious structural damage in a training session on Friday are astonished at the…
RC44 Calero Marinas Cup: Too close to call at halfway mark
Lanzarote laid on superb conditions for day two of the RC44 Calero Marinas Cup under brilliant sunshine and winds that started in the sub-10 range before building solidly into the 20s, making for a spectacular action-packed third and final race….
Young Kiwis bring home the bacon in JJ Giltinan opener
he young New Zealand Maersk Line team of Josh Porebski, Jack Simpson and Dave Hazard was a shock, but well-deserved winner of Race 1 of The Winning Group JJ Giltinan International 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Maersk Line…
Tech2 triumphs twice on testy Geograph Bay
Busselton, WA: tech2 was the chief beneficiary of tricky conditions on the second day of racing, where three different winners were crowned during the SuperFoiler Grand Prix in Busselton. tech2 twice tasted victory on Geograph Bay with Luke Parkinson, Ayden…
Wild winds and wild rides in Sydney Harbour Regatta finale
The final day of the Sydney Harbour Regatta was more than it was cracked up to be as the forecast strong southerly, contrasting with yesterday’s ideal nor’ easter, meant abandoning racing on some courses, while the remainder were tested to…
Jensen jettisons leading series after Busselton
Busselton: Olympic gold medallist Iain Jensen won’t be able to journey to Sydney with his series leading crew for the SuperFoiler Grand Final so instead he is looking to toast a near perfect season on Euroflex by shooting the lights…
The Kitchen Make takes JJ Giltinan Championship Invitation Race
The NSW champion – The Kitchen Maker team of Scott Babbage, Tom Quigley and Sam Ellis – have won the Winning Group Invitation Race of the JJ Giltinan International 18ft Skiff Championship in a controversial finish on Sydney Harbour today….
Volvo Ocean Race initiates independent report following collision
Following the collision between Vestas 11th Hour Racing and a non-racing vessel in the final stages of the racing leg into Hong Kong, the organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race have commissioned an independent report into ocean racing at night…
Vestas 11th Hour Racing ready to re-join Volvo Ocean Race
When Vestas 11th Hour Racing re-joins the Volvo Ocean Race for the gruelling Leg 7—from New Zealand, across the Southern Ocean, past Cape Horn and into Brazil—the crew will do so with a mixture of heavy hearts and anxiousness. The…
Vale Thorry Gunnersen AM
Yachtsman Thorold (Thorry) Gunnersen AM passed away on 4 February 2018 at his home at Davey’s Bay, Port Phillip, Victoria. He was 77. Thorry came from a family of maritime heritage, with his great grandfather Gunner Gunnersen a merchant sea…
SuperFoiler series leader sidelined after Busselton blow-up
The series front running SuperFoiler Euroflex and her America’s Cup powerhouse crew will surrender precious points after being forced to sit out the action on Friday and are in serious doubt for the entire weekend after she suffered a structural…
Busso breakthrough as speed records and sailors tumble
Record Point has made the most of Euroflex’s absence – seizing the upper hand in dominant fashion – on a day where testing conditions resulted in twilight flight-time for the SuperFoilers and her sailors in Western Australia. Phil Robertson became…
Sydney Harbour Regatta – does it get any better?
You would be hard put to find a more beautiful day on Sydney Harbour, although most competitors in Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Sydney Harbour Regatta would no doubt say the breeze was a bit light on early, but the nor’…
Countdown is on to the Sydney Harbour Regatta
Abell Point Marina located in the Whitsundays, becomes major sponsor of New South Wales’ largest keelboat regatta for the second consecutive year. Hosted by the Middle Harbour Yacht Club the Sydney Harbour Regatta takes place 3rd and 4th March. After…
SuperFoiler juggernaut reaches Busselton
After a mammoth four and a half thousand-kilometre odyssey the SuperFoiler juggernaut has rolled into Busselton in Western Australia ready for the penultimate round of the SuperFoiler Grand Prix. The massive logistical exercise witnessed the safe transport of the six SuperFoilers and their…
Three races and three winners fire up 2018 RC44 season
The opening day of the 2018 RC44 Calero Marinas Cup indicated firstly how close the season for the Russell Coutts-inspired one designs is set to be and how to win, it will be vital to make zero mistakes. Vladimir Prosikhin,…
Four months to the start of the Golden Globe Race.
With 4 months to the start of the 2018 Golden Globe Race from Les Sables d’Olonne, France on July 1, the number of entrants now stands at 20, representing 13 countries. These skippers have a remarkable range of backgrounds. Professional…
RC44s forever upping the ante
Identifying potential winners and losers in this year's RC44 Championship, which sets sail from Marina Lanzarote in the Canary Islands tomorrow with the RC44 Calero Marinas Cup, is all but impossible. The top teams are all back, notably defending season…
Karl Kwok returns to the Rolex China Sea Race with a MOD 70
One month until the start of the 2018 Rolex China Sea Race and two-time Rolex China Sea Race Overall and Line Honours winner Karl Kwok is set to return to the event on his newest edition of Beau Geste, a…
Hillarys inaugural Sail Easter coaching regatta gathers momentum
Preparations for Hillarys Yacht Club’s inaugural Sail Easter coaching regatta are well advanced with sponsorship signings, recognition by the Optimist Association of the event as a ranking regatta and discussions now well under way with former Olympic and national dinghy…
Close win for Skagerak at 2018 International 5.5m Australian Championship
Skagerak, a Luders designed 5.5 Metre built by Lars Halvorsen in Sydney in 1974, took out the Int. 5.5m Class Australian Championship 2018, which was hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) in Pittwater from 25-27 February. Skippered…
Team AkzoNobel holds off late charge to win epic Leg 6 into Auckland
Team AkzoNobel has won Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race, racing 6,344 miles from Hong Kong to Auckland in 20 days, 9 hours and 17 minutes and 26 seconds. It was a tremendous win, and came after an epic…
World's oldest Olympic champion dies aged 100
Inside the Games, By Duncan Mackay. Sir Durward Knowles, who had been the world's oldest living Olympic gold medallist, has died at the age of 100, it has been announced. The Bahamian, a former sailor who won an Olympic gold medal…
