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The Sun. By Karl Stroud. A HAPLESS granddad spent five years and thousands of pounds renovating a 40-foot yacht in his back garden – only to watch it sink within minutes of being lowered into the water. Richard Ogilvy, 75,…
Big wind and big waves put paid to any hope of holding racing on day one at the GC32 Villasimius Cup in Southern Sardinia today. The second stage of the 2017 GC32 Racing Tour is a very different venue to…
On the third day at sea, the MACIF trimaran is leading The Bridge fleet, followed by IDEC Sport, who clocked in just twenty miles behind. There is still a long way to go for François Gabart and his crew. They…
Bangkok, 27 June, 2017 – Thailand has been selected to host the Optimist World Championship 2017, and the event has now confirmed the participation of a total of 62 sailing nations with 280 sailors, a record-breaking landmark for this world…
LOS ANGELES, CA – The first wave of three starts to the 49th edition of the 2017 biennial Transpac Race starts next Monday, July 3rd, when 17 yachts in three monohull divisions will cross the line at Point Fermin in…
Cumberland Charter Yachts today announced that they have received the 2017 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. Now in its seventh year, the award celebrates tourism businesses that have consistently achieved great traveller reviews on Trip Advisor over the past year. Heather Leisman,…
The Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay, in association with the Coffs Harbour Yacht Club, has announced that the Pantaenius Newport to Coffs Coast Yacht Race will start in Pittwater on 27th December 2017. The race, previously run by Royal…
Sydney, Australia, June 28, 2017 – New South Wales Sports Minister Stuart Ayres today launched the SuperFoiler Grand Prix. It features the World's fastest foiling sail-racer on a new national circuit of racing commencing in December this year, to be televised on the…
For the second time in history, the America's Cup is headed to New Zealand after a comprehensive victory over Oracle Team USA in the 35th Match. The old adage says that the faster boat always wins the Auld Mug. Team…
Lisa Blair has resumed her attempt to become the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica, but her broken mast and subsequent repairs in Cape Town have meant she is now in the Southern Ocean in the depths of winter, with consequent…
During the 34th America's Cup in San Francisco, the Italian Luna Rossa syndicate worked closely with Emirates Team New Zealand, benefitting from the Kiwi design expertise while based at Auckland's Viaduct, near the ETNZ headquarters. This “design collaboration” was also…
As the new holder of the America's Cup, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Emirates Team New Zealand and the Italian Challenger of Record now have the right to decide when, where and in what craft the 36th America's Cup…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) today released the Notice of Race for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017, inviting eligible yacht owners to enter what is widely regarded to be one of the world’s toughest offshore racing…
It was another light wind day in Bermuda as the 35th America's Cup charged head-first towards its climax. Team New Zealand started the day leading Oracle Team USA 4-1 in the first to seven series and it was business as…
The 1977 Finn Gold Cup never happened. The winner of the renamed Finn World Week was never officially acknowledged as World Champion. Now, 40 years later, Spaniard, Joaquín Blanco has been acknowledged by the class and his peers as the…
On a windy final day at Kiel Week, Francesco Marrai charged past his rivals to clinch Laser gold by the smallest of margins on the final day of Kiel Week. Marrai’s fourth place in the Medal Race was sufficient to…
From one of the most dramatic last day 52 SUPER SERIES finales, Niklas and Catherine Zennström’s Rán Racing won the Porto Cervo 52 SUPER SERIES Audi Sailing Week title on the last downwind. While there was elation for the ice…
The Festival of Sails 2018 will run over the event’s traditional Australia Day long weekend timeslot and coincide with the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, offering an unprecedented amount of activity, entertainment and celebration of sport on the Geelong…
Oracle Team USA obviously made good use of the five day break in racing during the 35th America's Cup. Down 4-0 going into Saturday's two races, they came out with a lighter boat and a steely resolve. The cycling station…
It is game on at the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda with Emirates Team New Zealand out to a 4-1 lead over Team USA in the first to seven match – but with the Americans getting their first point on…
Porto Cervo: It was the second last day of competition and the four days of racing at the Audi Sailing Week -52 Super Series have been suspenseful so far with several TP52 teams alternating in the leading positions. After today,…
After a week of festivities in Nantes, France, MACIF arrived in St. Nazaire on Thursday evening, with François Gabart and his crew now concentrating on the start of The Bridge, at 7pm on Sunday local time in St.Nazaire. Joining three…
The 40th Barmouth to Fort William Three Peaks Yacht Race in the United Kingdom was full of drama, adventure, close racing, elation and disappointment – and that is the nature of this iconic race which was described by competitors as,…
This morning at 8:16 local time Nicolas Lunven on board his Bénéteau Figaro 2 Generali crossed the Stage 4 finish line completing the gruelling 505-mile course from Concarneau to Dieppe in fourth place, securing the top of the General Standings…
Wednesday’s transgression may be two days behind them, but Quantum Racing’s hard driving tactician Terry Hutchinson has in no way put the opening day mistake behind him, despite climbing to the top of the Porto Cervo 52 Super Series Audi…
The only thing decided about the outcome of the 48th edition of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro is that the leaders should cross the finish line in Dieppe tomorrow morning between 7 and 9am. But in what order remains to…
(Thursday 22nd June, Porto Cervo) – For two of the 2017 season’s top 52 Super Series teams the familiar waters of Porto Cervo, Sardinia have been something of an emotional rollercoaster. The oft heard cliché that so competitive is the…
Jon Sanders is crossing the Pacific from east to west on his 10th circumnavigation of the globe. His amusing blogs contain gems of wisdom as well as plenty of entertainment value. When Magellan entered the Pacific from the Straight that…
Britain's youth America's Cup sailors from the Land Rover BAR Academy have been crowned the 2017 Red Bull Youth America's Cup Champions in Bermuda. The British entry completed 12 races against 12 other nations on Bermuda's Great Sound to take…
Porto Cervo, June 21st, 2017. The Audi Sailing Week, an event that is organised by the Yacht Club Costa, officially started today. The fourth event in the most competitive circuit of keelboat racing will end on Sunday, June 25th and…
For a second day, the thunderstorms rushed the sailors off of the water, but not before Lucy Macgregor (GBR) and her Team Mac with teammates Silja Lehtinen Frost, Rosie Watkins, Imogen Stanley, and Charlotte Lawrence were declared 2017 Women’s Match…
Finally, in open water and a breath of air for La Solitaire URGO le Figaro fleet. After negotiating their escape from the complex and grueling Breton coast between strong currents, rocks and zones with no wind, the 43 skippers of…
A 2nd EDITION IN 2018 Although, initially, the 2nd edition of the Rallye des Iles du Soleil was announced for 2019, Grand Pavois Organisation (GPO), with the support of its partners, the Guadeloupe Region, the Tourism Committee of the Islands…
As the Australian Sailing team turns its focus towards preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, our sailors will be competing at the Kiel Week regatta in Germany this week. Aussies will take to the water overnight in the 49er,…
The America's Cup is serious business – and big bucks. But Bangin the Corners brings it all down to earth as Randy Cunningham summarises the event so far: https://www.facebook.com/455330334500677/videos/1564947306872302/
Navy Daily Published on 19 June 2017 LCDR Scott Carter (author), ABML-S Hannah Walton (photographer) HMAS Melbourne has rescued sailors in distress off the Queensland coast, towing their stricken yacht to safety. Transiting from Sydney to Cairns, the ship was coincidentally conducting a…
WILSONVILLE, OR (June 21, 2017) – During a recent sea trial for Axiom Multifunction Displays, Raymarine’s UK-based test boat Raymariner came upon an interesting underwater target. The M/V Margaret Smith was a coal dredger that capsized and sank near Yarmouth,…
June 21, 2017– Navionics has released significant chart updates for waters in and around Bermuda. The new cartography provides numerous navigational objects, improved contour detail, and more, such as America’s Cup event-related content. The Bermuda enhancements are part of Navionics…
Doyle Sails announced today their next bold move to drive the Doyle business forward. The leadership team headed by Mike Sanderson and supported by David Duff and Richard Bouzaid from Doyle Sails New Zealand formally announced their ownership of Doyle…
Lisa Blair is attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica single-handed. Following her dismasting and subsequent repairs, she has left Cape Town and is heading for the point where her journey was interrupted, but this means sailing in…
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