Three State Champions crowned at Sail Paradise
The pressure heats up on the final day at Bartercard Sail Paradise. It may be the final day of racing but by no means has there been any easing off on the race course by competitors, the start line had…
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Export Roo slides down SB20 leader board
Export Roo, Tasmania’s major hope to win the SB20 World Championship 2018 on Hobart’s River Derwent today slid down the leader board from first to sixth place overall. Export Roo, skippered by prominent local yachtsman Michael Cooper, began day three…
Mixed conditions off the Australian coast split the Clipper fleet
Sanya Serenity Coast retains its lead during the fourth day of Race 6: The Wondrous Whitsundays Race as mixed conditions splits the fleet into two, as it progresses up the coast of Australia. Racing remains close though with 32 nautical…
Perfect Fremantle conditions for opening day of Etchells Nationals
Day 1 of the 2018 Etchells Australian Championships was a blast, a typical warm summer cloudless day on the waters off Fremantle with three back to back, 2 lap windward/leeward races. The breeze begun in the East at 6 –…
Hard, hot, and slow work for Volvo fleet in the Doldrums
As Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race neared its halfway point on Tuesday, any memories of the freezing cold Southern Ocean had long been banished. With every mile that the fleet climbs further north through the South Pacific, so…
Jules Verne attempt: Spindrift returns to port as weather window deteriorates
Yann Guichard has made the decision to return to Brest following analysis of this evening's weather files. The weather window, which mobilised Guichard and his eleven crew to leave Brest at 1800h did not materialise as expected. “The weather window…
New year brings new adventures for World ARC rally circumnavigators
Saturday 6th January marked a special day for close to two-hundred intrepid cruising sailors chasing new adventures with annual editions of World Cruising Club's round-the-world cruising rally World ARC. In the rally's Caribbean home port of Saint Lucia, the World…
Ted Albert Trophy – warm up event for the Prince Philip Cup
Metung Yacht Club is located in the picturesque Gippsland Lakes on the South East coast of Victoria and is the venue for the Prince Philip Cup, the 2018 Australian Dragon National Championship. The event is set to be a great…
VOR: Competition intensifies as the doldrums take hold
The new week started with a reshuffle of the Leg 4 leaderboard as the seven-strong Volvo Ocean Race fleet eased into the Doldrums for the second time so far this race. After six days at sea, racing is so tight…
New Zealand takes top places in 29er Worlds
New Zealand’s Francesco KAYROUZ and Jackson KEON (NZL12) took the title of the 2018 Zhik 29er World Champions today with top four results in all races and a nine point cushion separating them from their closest competition. New Zealand got…
Anticipation building on the dockside for Etchells 2018 Australian Championships
Tension is high as the Etchells fleet cranes in to moor up on the pontoons in Fremantle ahead of an incredibly competitive Etchells Australian Championship. The reason why this event is so significant is the fact that the Etchells fleet…
SB20 Worlds leader Michael Cooper cops UFD on Day Two
British yachtsman Richard Powell snatched victory on the final spinnaker run of race five of the SB20 Worlds today, ending a boat-for-boat duel between Tasmanians Brett Cooper and Michael Cooper. As they crossed the finish line it was Powell at…
Wendy Tuck continues to pick up points in the Clipper Race
A gripping race to the Scoring Gate unfolded during the third day of Race 6: The Wondrous Whitsundays Race which ultimately saw Sanya Serenity Coast come out on top followed closely by Visit Seattle in second and Qingdao, which has…
It came down to the wire despite the 'heat' – 16 and 13 foot Skiff Nationals
The temperature hit 35 plus degrees in the sun and that was agony as the crews waited to get a final start for almost three hours. With the breeze literally switching thru 180 degrees of the compass, to their credit…
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…
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…
