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Team AkzoNobel and SHK/Scallywag are the big winners over the past 24 hours as both have had a relatively fast transition through the doldrums, allowing them to gain about 100 miles on the chasing pack, which have suffered through some…
The first teams have crossed the end gate of the Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint on Day 18 of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to Sanya and have taken very different approaches to getting there, after a wind hole…
Flying Fifteen supremo and former world champion Nick Jerwood, sailing with his match racing champion son Matthew, and boat owner Brian de Vries, set the pace on the first practice day on Perth’s Swan River with two bullets – the…
In May Port Douglas Yacht Club will host the 2018 Quicksilver Port Douglas Race Week. The regatta is to be staged over five days starting on Tuesday May 22nd and concluding on Saturday May 26th. The concept of Race Week…
Over the past few years the Finn Class has collected an extensive set of morphological and physiological data on its sailors and perhaps the main talking point is always the weight of sailors. So it might be interesting to consider…
Team AkzoNobel is looking to get an early start on the weekend, making a serious bid to be first out of the doldrums on Friday afternoon. The team is now furthest south in the fleet and is beginning to pick…
he 2018 New Caledonia Groupama Race around the South Pacific’s island gem will see the return of Sean Langman’s multiple speed record-setter Team Australia, the giant ORMA 60 trimaran. Team Australia is the holder of the World Sailing Speed Record…
Half of the Clipper Race fleet has begun its Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint but a fickle breeze and upcoming wind holes could result in changes in the standings on Day 17 of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to…
Sailors were pleasantly surprised ahead of the start of the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race today when a 15-knot afternoon sea breeze came up at just the right time. Coming from the southwest, the fleet started in…
Strong entries for the Racing Division of this weekend’s Crown Series Bellerive Regatta underline a notable boost in competition on the Derwent this summer. The Banjo’s Shoreline Crown Series, Tasmania’s biggest sailing regatta, has attracted more than 20 of Hobart’s…
The Yorkshire Post. By David Behrens. A bag of fish and chips on the harbour wall at Whitby – if the seagulls don’t get it first – is a holiday tradition that goes back generations. But this summer’s menu will…
With the Volvo Ocean Race fleet racing south in trade wind conditions, team AkzoNobel is leading the charge towards the doldrums, still some 600 miles away. The fleet is becoming more aligned from north to south, with less east/west leverage…
The two Chinese teams continue to lead the race to their home country on Day 15 of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to Sanya. Shifting winds have meant that many in the Clipper Race fleet have had to…
In October 2017, two sailors from Hawaii and a dog were rescued by the US Navy from their cruising sail boat, 'Sea Nymph', 1000 miles off the coast of Japan after drifting at sea for nearly five months in their…
Dartmouth, Devon, UK 14 February 2018 – At least 36 vessels have signed up to sail to Horta on the island of Faial in the Azores this coming June to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Peter Café Sport. The Ocean…
Kevin Bissett , THE CANADIAN PRESS LUNENBURG, N.S. – A Nova Scotia distillery is sending its spirits on an around-the-world trip on a tall ship, promising it will taste better for the journey. Four barrels of rum from Lunenburg's Ironworks…
Every boat in the fleet in Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race is back up to speed and enjoying trade wind sailing conditions as they push south towards the doldrums some 1000 miles away. The boats are on a…
Following another successful day under spinnakers, the Clipper Race fleet continues to eat away at the miles and make good progress towards Sanya. Thanks to the stable north easterly wind, the fleet has sustained consistently high boat speeds and competition…
To coincide with the start of the 2018 European sailing season, the Finn Class is pleased to announce the beginnings of an environmental and sustainability agenda that could impact on its events and sailors, and guide the class’s own event…
The CH Robinson Marlay Point Overnight Race will celebrate its 50th race on 10 March and entries are rolling in. With more than three times as many entries already received as the same time in recent years, organisers are confident…
Parkdale Yacht Club on Port Phillip Bay hosted the 41st Windsurfer One Design nationals with competition in four disciplines across the Australia Day long weekend. The regatta attracted 49 competitors from New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland taking…
It has been four years since Dufour orchestrated a management buyout and set out on a path of reinvention. A successful ride in that short time has lead to the launch of the ‘Exclusive’ range last year. The idea behind…
I doubt that there is anything more uncomfortable for a middle-aged cruising bloke than the canvas bosun's chair. Getting into it at deck level can be a circus act. With one hand you are holding the halyard and the other…
Stuff.co.nz. By Lorna Thornber. When Kiwi couple Abby Sanford and Rohan Honson-Morris took their yacht out for the first time ahead of their planned Atlantic crossing, they didn't even know how to turn on the engines. The pair had been…
Australia is infamous for its dangerous animals. It has sharks, crocodiles, spiders, and more deadly snakes than any other country worldwide. As if this isn’t enough, next week there will be more Vipers sliding into Perth from around the world…
There has been little change in weather conditions over the last 24 hours and the consistency has enabled teams to continue accelerating towards Sanya after yesterday’s gear shift and nearly a fortnight of racing in Race 7: The Forever Tropical…
Bellerive Yacht Club member Chris Sheehan today sailed his Young 88 Saga to victory in the Royal Hobart Regatta’s historic sailing trophy, the Lipton Cup. The Cup is decided on the best corrected time under PHS scoring by yachts in…
On Leg 4, racing into their home port of Hong Kong, SHK/Scallywag made a radical choice exiting the doldrums, cutting the corner and taking the inside track towards the finish line. As a result, they sailed less miles and passed…
The 2018 Extreme Sailing Series is ready to fly for the 12th consecutive year, with the announcement today by Series organisers OC Sport of a global tour that will visit eight major cities on three continents. The Middle East, Europe…
Entries and the Notice of Race for the 2018 Sail Port Stephens race week have now gone online as another ripper regatta is predicted for April 9-15. The success of last year’s 10th anniversary regatta is projected to provide a…
In the pitch darkness of the early hours of Sunday morning, Paul Einoder’s small yacht Off-Piste swept across the River Derwent finish line of the 89-nautical mile Bruny Island Yacht Race, 14th and last in fleet. Some hours later, the…
(Geelong) Glenn Ashby has praised his Euroflex team-mates NathanOutteridge and Iain Jensen for vaulting him to victory and a clean sweep ofhis home regatta in Victoria. “Hats off to the boys today. I don’t know how many kilometres of rope…
A 22-knot SSE wind provided fantastic conditions for the flying 18ft Skiffs today when the Australian 18 Footers League conducted Races 5 and 6 of the Auustralian Championship on Sydney Harbour. Once again, the two races produced two different winners…
The South Gippsland Yacht Club held its Inverloch Classic Wooden Dinghy Regatta over the Australia Day weekend 26 to 28 January. This is the fifth year in a row for the regatta which is restricted to wooden dinghies. Each year…
Relief is the overriding emotion amongst the Clipper Race fleet on Day 12 of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race as the Trade Winds which continue to boost progress at the front have now also kicked in for the…
Conditions are fast, wet and wild for the Volvo Ocean Race fleet on Sunday as they charge to the southeast, finally heading in a direction where miles sailed translate into miles towards the finish in New Zealand, still more than…
Metro.co.uk. By Georgia Diebelius A couple who sold all of their worldly possessions to sail around the world have lost everything after their boat sank two days in. Tanner Broadwell and Nikki Walsh set off on the Monday on the once-in-a-lifetime adventure….
While it is only their first season sailing together in the 18 Footers, the rookie team of Kirk Mitchell, Tim Westwood and Daniel Barnett has shown they have what it takes to challenge the front runners. All began their sailing…
Following the recent equator crossing ceremonies, the north easterly trade winds that the teams have been wishing for have finally kicked in for the fleet leaders on Day 11 of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race. The top three…
Geelong: Euroflex’s Geelong regatta margin is under threat after the second day of racing in Victoria was cancelled after hailstones and dangerous winds blanketed Corio Bay. With double points on the line for Sunday’s racing Pavement, iD Intranet and this…
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