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With the Alicante in-port race kicking off this weekend and the start of Leg 1 fast approaching, the Volvo Ocean Race’s Boatyard Sail Loft manager Nathan Quirk and Neil Cox, head of the Boatyard, explain how North Sails 3Di technology…
SYDNEY. A strong southerly, forecast for Saturday morning, is set to be a major feature of Race 3 of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Blue Water Pointscore, the Newcastle Bass Island Race. The 200nm challenge, used by some competitors…
Australian Sailing Head Coach Victor Kovalenko has indicated on the eve of the first round of the 2017-18 World Cup Series in Japan that Australia’s proximity to the 2020 Olympics host nation should provide our elite sailors respite from the…
Ultimately there was very little separating the top two sailors with their radically different temperaments and track records at the end of this first leg. The former had the status of defender in this race and was constantly calling himself…
The Spanish MAPFRE team won the Volvo Ocean Race Prologue Leg on Wednesday, holding off a late charge from Team Brunel after Race Management shortened the course, converting the compulsory gate at Cabo de Gata into the finishing line. For…
Gothenburg – 11 October 2017: Record-holder Silk Cut is the fourth boat entered in the Legends Race next year. She was originally skippered by Britain’s Lawrie Smith. Silk Cut started the 1997-98 Whitbread Round the World Race as the pre-race…
Jeanneau's latest sailboat model, the Sun Odyssey 490, has been recognized by the European Robb Report magazine. Each year, Robb Report Spain recognizes the “Best of the Best” in 24 categories, including wine, jewellery, real estate and aeronautics. …
Ludde Ingvall’s super maxi CQS is to cross the Atlantic Ocean, instead of returning to Sydney for this year’s Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race. A change to shipping schedule meant that the boat could not get back to Australia in…
Skipper Xabi Fernández's MAPFRE crew is leading the charge into the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday afternoon. The Spanish team made a jump on the rest of the fleet by heading further inshore in search of favourable sea breezes following Sunday's…
I confirmed the information below through a number of sources in Langkawi over the last weeks. Please add this for Langkawi check in and anchoring in Langkawi. 1: It is a requirement for yachts checking into Langkawi that they…
All eyes have been firmly fixed on the Race Viewer during the sixth day of racing as the twelve Clipper Race teams battled it out to reach the Scoring Gate. Following a fierce battle with Liverpool 2018 and Visit Seattle,…
To you, to me… It’s hard to know who’s got the ball in their court in the extremely variable conditions currently dominating play in the Atlantic. The wind seems to have picked up again to the south-east pretty generally. The…
NSW Couta Boats are among the placegetters in individual races, but it’s the Sorrento crews at the top of the tree in the Sydney Harbour Couta Boat Series combined results from the Thistle Cup, Muriel Trophy and Sunday’s spectacular 95-strong…
The 2017 Volvo China Coast Race Week (CCRW) comprises the Volvo China Coast Regatta 2017, sailed over three days in the waters south and east of Hong Kong Island, and the Volvo Hong Kong to Vietnam Race 2017, an Offshore…
As the sea takes on the look of a millpond, the skippers competing in the Mini-Transat La Boulangère are getting increasingly worried. Between the latitude of Madeira and that of the Canaries, the wind is dying and the average speeds…
After an intense and action-packed few days since leaving Punta del Este, Uruguay, a high-pressure system has affected many of the teams in the fleet, frustrating their progress in the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms. Dare To Lead…
Artemis Racing, the Swedish-based syndicate helmed at the last Cup by Australian Olympic champion Nathan Outteridge, appears to be luke-warm on the prospect of monohulls for the 36th Match to be held in Auckland in 2021. They have released the…
NEWPORT, R.I. (October 7, 2017) – After eight races, eight varied race winners and a wide range of racing conditions, Drew Friedes' PACIFIC YANKEE with tactician Morgan Reeser and crew member Charlie Smythe have captured their very first major international…
The 18ft Skiffs were back on Sydney Harbour today when the Australian 18 Footers League conducted Race 1 of the 7-race Spring Championship to open the 2017-2018 Season. Conditions were steady from the North East for the 14-boat fleet…
The Prologue Leg of the Volvo Ocean Race began on Sunday afternoon, after the start was delayed by just over 2 hours and moved nearly 20 miles south in order to find better racing conditions. The Prologue is a non-scoring…
The light airs are making the sailors’ nerves jangle. They’re all very much aware that it’s not far to the Canaries now and that today’s lucrative placement on the Atlantic roulette wheel may well set them up for big losses…
The 10th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 will start as scheduled in Antigua on 19th February 2018. Bolstered by a record entry for the RORC Transatlantic Race, a strong Racing Division for the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, and determined…
Gilbert (Tig) Thomas, a Middle Harbour Yacht Club Life Member and past Commodore, passed away on Wednesday 30 August, 2017, aged 91 years and a memorial Service is planned at Middle Harbour Yacht Club on Monday 16th October at 12.00pm….
PSP Logistics safely arrived into Piriapolis, Uruguay, yesterday afternoon, local time, to repair rudder damage, as the rest of the fleet continued in a closely-fought contest towards Cape Town. Less than 10 nautical miles separate the top five teams, but…
On Sunday at 14:00hrs local time (13:00h UTC), the start of the Prologue Leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 will start from Lisbon when the fleet will sail from the Portuguese capital to the start port of the round-the-world…
In both prototype and production boat categories, the situation is becoming clearer at the head of the Mini Transat race, with Ian Lipinski (Griffon.fr) and Arthur Léopold-Léger (Antal XPO) going it alone at the front of the leading pack, whilst…
One hundred and thirty two entries from 16 countries battled it out over five days of racing this week in Hong Kong at the 2017 Optimist Asian and Oceanian Championship. Six qualifying races for the Yellow and Blue fleets were…
In cruising terms, conditions could best be described as relaxing – sunny climes, seas becoming increasingly calm, light to moderate breeze, perfect conditions for idling about, however, the distinctive feature of offshore racers is that they always want to go…
On Sunday afternoon at 1400 local time in Lisbon (1300 UTC), the seven Volvo Ocean Race skippers will lead their teams off the start line of the Prologue Leg, a non-scoring race to the host city and start port of…
It’s been an action-packed second day of Leg 2: The Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms – and in the past 24 hours one team was forced to suspend racing while the rest of the fleet continued its fast…
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Emirates Team New Zealand welcome the announcement that the New York Yacht Club will challenge for the 36th America’s Cup. To have the most famous yacht club in America’s Cup history back after…
Whilst making the most of the last puffs of downwind breeze and continuing to make headway towards the goal without losing sight of the potential options to come, the solo sailors will now have to switch from intuitive to cerebral…
Turn the Tide on Plastic have added British offshore legend Brian Thompson and the renowned French solo sailor Nicolas Lunven to their roster ahead of the Prologue Leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, which starts on Sunday. Skipper Dee Caffari…
With most of the Caribbean islands caught in the wrath of hurricane Irma and then Maria – two category five hurricanes that hit land and made history – the message from the organisers of the BVI Spring Regatta is strong…
There were ideal conditions today; sunny skies and 12 to 20kts across the racetrack. Coming into Day 4 of the Optimist Asian & Oceanian Championship, Thailand’s Jedtavee Yongyuennarn, Turkey’s Demir Dirk and Thailand’s Panwa Boonnak were the top three contenders…
The Clipper Race fleet has enjoyed its first night of sailing in Race 2: The Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms, though the teams remain tightly bunched on the leader board after a windy and wild start to the…
The Business Daily. By Brian Ngugu. The plan to develop a special agency to protect Kenya’s coastline has been hailed as a positive step towards tapping the country’s marine resources, maritime experts have said. Andrew Mwangura of the Mombasa-based East…
Victoria hosting the 2018 Australian Yachting Championship is expected to draw a sizeable Rating fleet to Port Phillip for the national title, January 19-21, immediately followed by the 175th anniversary Festival of Sails. The Rating division caters for boats with…
Dateline: Les Sables d'Olonne, 4th October 2017. The 2018 Golden Globe Race, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the original event back in 1968/9 which led to the first solo non-stop circumnavigation, will now start from Les Sables d’Olonne France on Sunday…
The expected north-easterly wind is now packing a punch. As a result, the Minis are once again making speeds that are more in line with their true potential as they plunge southwards. Though the majority of the fleet has opted…
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