Massive fleet at Sail Paradise
Over 450 sailors competed on water between the shores of Main Beach and Currumbin on the second day of Bartercard Sail Paradise, which is sure to be a record number of sailors offshore the Gold Coast. With day two of…
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Fountaine Pajot Saona 47 wins prestigious Christofle Yacht Style Award
Fountaine Pajot’s stunning new Saona 47 sailing catamaran has won the category of “Best Multihull Sailing Yacht Under 15m” at the inaugural Christofle Yacht Style Awards. The awards, which recognise the very best of the yachting industry in Asia and…
Multihull Solutions announces free Multihull Boat Show and Open Day
Boating enthusiasts will be out in force on February 24 as Multihull Solutions hosts a Free Multihull Boat Show and Open Day from its Gold Coast Sales Centre. The event will showcase an expansive range of quality new and pre-owned…
Leading four Volvo boats within six miles approaching Solomon Islands
Four boats are within just six miles as the leaders approach the Solomon Islands, the easternmost point of which is a mark of the race course for Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race. Dongfeng continues to lead over team…
29er World Championship being blown away
It was another seriously brisk day for the second day of the final series of the 2018 Zhik 29er World Championship. Racing was cancelled yesterday with the breeze far above the 29er wind limit and the Race Officer even reporting…
Export Roo hops to the lead in SB20 Worlds
Hobart yachtsman Michael Cooper yesterday made an impressive start to winning the SB20 World championship on the River Derwent that he so narrowly missed at Cowes, England, last August. Steering Export Roo, with same crew of David Chapman and Gerry…
Age no barrier as Rob McMillan claims OK Dinghy National Title
Today, Sunday 7th January 2018 concludes the 56th International OK Dinghy Australian Championships, a six-day offshore regatta hosted by Southport Yacht Club’s Hollywell Sailing Squadron. With a remarkable 18 point lead, Rob McMillan has been crowned the Australian titles champion….
Matt Owen and Andrew Reed win Flying Fifteen Australian title
With adverse weather conditions on the final day of racing at the Flying Fifteen Australian Championships held out of Mornington YC on Port Philip Bay, the penultimate day's results stand handing the title to Matt Owen and Andrew Reed from…
Clipper fleet spreads out as the race heads into NSW waters
A mixed bag of conditions has kept the fleet very busy during the second day of racing in Race 6: The Wondrous Whitsundays race but the main focus for each of the eleven teams is the closely matched race to…
Beach Ball takes honours on first day of Sail Paradise
With the 2018 Queensland Yachting Championships up for grabs, BEACH BALL, skippered by Bradley Ginnivian from Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron currently leads the fleet today going into day two of the 2018 Bartercard Sail Paradise Series. Forty-two competitors took to…
It's down to the wire in the Peroni 16 and 13 foot Skiff Australian Titles
Races 5 & 6 proved pivotal in the make-up of the final show down for the battle for the Peroni 16 and 13 foot Skiff Australian Titles. Just like the old days when the milkman delivered your bottles to the…
Trailable yachts are in for a bumper year of events in 2018
Australian Sailing’s Victorian Trailable Yacht Division has an annual calendar of events making up the Trailable Yacht and Sports Boat Travellers Series. Two heats were sailed in 2017 and coming events include the following: Heat Date Club / Event …
Laser Radial “mates” to thrash it out at Australian Youth Championships
Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron’s 2016 Youth Sailor of the Year, Tom Needham, is treating the upcoming Australian Youth Championships at his home club as a chance to add to his rapidly growing sailing knowledge. But, with this being his last…
Clipper Race: tough upwind conditions test all
After a testing first 24 hours beating upwind in Leg 6: the Wondrous Whitsundays Race, the Clipper Race fleet remains close together with just over one nautical mile (nm) being the difference between the first four boats on the leaderboard…
Volvo Ocean Race: Approaching the Solomon Islands
The leaders on Leg 4 are still making good progress, but only have about 200 miles to go until the wind starts to ease significantly on approach to the Solomon Islands. As at 1300 UTC on Saturday, the wind was…
16 and 13 foot Skiff Australians: A day of fantastic racing
What a difference a day makes – the race committee’s decision to utilise the lay day proved to be a good one with back-to-back races sailed in a good 15 knot nor’/nor’ easter, although a big tide made for choppy…
Thirteen-year-old girl skipper at SB20 Worlds
As a six-year-old, Seisa Mair cruised the Pacific on her parents Duncan and Cheryl’s yacht and today, aged 13, she will be the youngest skipper when the SB20 World Championship starts on Hobart’s River Derwent. In the years between, Seisa…
Light airs cause surprises at Flying Fifteen Australians
A light day on Port Philip Bay on the penultimate day or racing at the Flying Fifteen Australian Championship shuffled up the pack a bit with some of the leaders suffering double digit scores, however Matt Owen/Andrew Reed (Canberra YC)…
Volvo Ocean Race: Game closes up
Four days into Leg 4, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet was starting to compress again – with overall race leaders MAPFRE rapidly rising through the rankings and closing in on leaders. Skipper Xabi Fernandez spoke on Thursday about plenty of…
Clipper Race: Fleet splits tactics in leg to Whitsundays
The Whitsundays leg may only be six hours into its journey but some divisive early navigational choices and tight racing means the leaderboard is already making for gripping viewing. In the past hour, PSP Logistics, which is the current race…
From tears of fear to tears of joy at OK Nationals
With the OK Dinghy fleet becoming the fasted growing dinghy division at Southport Yacht Club it was a no brainer for SYC member Emma Hutcheson to jump on board. “Only twelve months ago I began my OK Dinghy adventure, the…
Australia into Gold fleet at 29er Worlds
The final four races of the qualifying series for the 2018 Zhik 29er World Championship were held today off the Po Toi Islands in Hong Kong, where Australia has made it into the Gold Fleet. With consistent top five finishes,…
French sailor makes his mark at SB20 Pre-Worlds on Derwent
French youth sailor and former world champion, Robin Follin, has emerged as hot favourite for the SB20 World championship on Hobart’s River Derwent, starting on Sunday. Helming Give Me 5 – French Youth Team, Follin this afternoon won his third…
Offshore option pays dividends in Volvo Race
Dongfeng Race Team and team AkzoNobel claimed the first bragging rights of Leg 4 three days into the sprint to Hong Kong as their bid to punch further offshore paid dividends. Both teams, plus Turn the Tide on Plastic, opted…
Matt Owen and Andrew Reed extend their lead at Flying Fifteen Nationals
The Canberra YC team of Matt Owen and Andrew Reed have moved into a commanding position with two bullets on race day 3 of the Flying Fifteen Australian Championship held at Mornington YC on Port Philip Bay. Two more races…
High winds cancel racing at 29er Worlds in Hong Kong
The Zhik Hong Kong 29er World Championship got underway two nights ago with the Opening Ceremony at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's main Clubhouse on Kellett Island. A traditional lion dance enthralled the 58 teams from 11 countries including…
Frantic takes line honours in Pittwater to Paradise Race
Michael Martin’s TP 52, Frantic enjoyed sensational sailing up the NSW north coast to arrive at Southport Yacht Club under the light of a full moon and rising sun at 07:24 AEDT, taking line honours in the 2018 Club Marine…
Tough Derwent test for SB20 crews during pre-Worlds
Strong, gusty and unpredictable north-westerly winds gave international and interstate SB20 sportsboat crews (and the locals) exhilarating and testing sailing on Hobart’s River Derwent yesterday. Fleet positions on day two of the pre-Worlds changed dramatically on the surfing downwind spinnaker…
Volvo navigators play the currents up the east Australian coast
Less than 48 hours into Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race, tactics are already starting to show among the seven-strong fleet as it does battle along Australia’s eastern coast. A west to east split of 80 miles has…
Matt Owen and Andrew Reed off to a fflying start
A fleet of 35 Flying Fifteens have travelled to Mornington Yacht Club on Port Philip Bay in Victoria for the 2018 Flying Fifteen Australian Championship held from January 1st – 6th. Some competitors have made a long journey from Queensland,…
Jerwood and De Vries win 420 female Worlds
The final race of the 420 Worlds underlined the dominance of Spain’s team in the 420 World Championships at Fremantle, but with some twists and turns. Overnight leaders Carlos Balaguer and Antoni Massanet put themselves under pressure with a 13th…
French youth sailors lead SB20 Pre-Worlds
French youth sailors showed their sportsboat skills on the opening day of the SB20 Pre-Worlds regatta on Hobart’s River Derwent yesterday, with 2015 world champion Robin Follin heading the leader board and Hugo Feydit third in the standings. Between them…
Sabre Nationals get underway in Perth
Fifty-five Sabres swarmed the Swan as the 40th Sabre Nationals got underway on 30th December and run through to the 4th January 2018 at Perth Dinghy Sailing Club on Matilda Bay. After 4 races WA sailor David Meehan from Safety…
Smashing gusts conclude day two of the 56th International OK Dinghy National Championships
From a day of towing competitors to the start of the race course in light breezes, to 25.5knot records on Race QS. Day two of the 56th OK Dinghy National Championships made for a day of interesting racing. Currently holding…
13ft and 16ft Skiffs – age and treachery versus youth and skill
Day 2 of the Peroni 16 and 13 foot Australian Championships was a different game to the initial opener. The fleet was greeted with an immediate dilemma as the breeze teetered between a big or small rig. Crews lamented ……
Have you tried sailing a foiler yet?
From January 11th to 14th at Woollahra Sailing Club in Rose Bay, Sydney, a new year of foiling will be celebrated by the first Foiling Week of the 2018. It is the first down-under Foiling Week, in the homeland of…
Tight action as Vestas 11th Hour Racing leads fleet away from Melbourne
Overall Volvo Ocean Race leader MAPFRE was at the head of the fleet off the starting line as the boats raced up Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay immediately after the start for Leg 4 to Hong Kong. But it was a…
Sailing champions line up for SB20 Worlds on the Derwent
World and National champions, present and past, from many different international sailing classes, will be lining up on Hobart’s River Derwent tomorrow for the start of SB20 World Championship regatta for 2018. Run jointly by the Derwent Sailing Squadron and…
The Spanish Armada strikes at 420 Worlds
Much lighter conditions in this afternoon’s 420 World Championship at Fremantle might have produced some different results, but those who expected a break in the Spanish dominance of the event so far would have been disappointed when Spanish boats finished…
Perth turns out for Cockburn Sound Regatta
The Cockburn Sound Regatta is a four day event held between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve on the beautiful and protected waters of Mangles Bay off Rockingham. The Kwinana Industries Council Race to Rockingham is the feeder race for…
