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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…
Two iconic boating events will go back-to-back on the Gippsland Lakes in March next year, with the Paynesville Classic Boat Rally taking place from 3-4 March and the C.H Robinson 50th Marlay Point Overnight Race on Labour Day weekend. The…
Sail Noumea organiser, Cercle Nautique Calédonien Yacht Club, is excited to announce its role as finish partner and host for four independant ocean races leaving Sydney Harbour, Auckland, Melbourne and Brisbane between late May and early June 2018. CNC will…
Before thunderstorms abruptly ended the racing in Helsinki, there were some exciting matches in the Quarter-Finals of the 2017 Women’s Match Racing World Championship. The results went “according to form” as the top four from the round robin stage came…
First at the western Chaussee De Sein mark extending his lead Alexi Loison (Custopol) approaches the ‘Basse Royal’ cardinal buoy. Having been gifted an early lead, Loison extends away from play mate Charlie Dalin (Skipper Macif 2015) by over 3nm….
Day one of the 2017 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup Finals belonged to Land Rover BAR Academy who sit on top of the leaderboard heading into day two after two second places and a first place in the three…
After a long wait for the wind to settle in the bay of the Forest in Concarneau, France, the 43 competitors of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro crossed the start of the final stage of this the 48th edition. At…
America’s Cup Village (Bermuda) – The serene island paradise of Bermuda will be rocking this week when the world’s best young sailors fly across the Great Sound in the Finals of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. Amid the already-charged…
The battle for the final spots in the quarterfinals came down to the last flight at the 2017 Women’s Match Racing World Championship in Helsinki, Finland. Eight of the top teams in the world will move on to the second…
A moody Sydney winter’s day with sou’west breeze gusting close to 30 knots provided the first heavy weather hit out in a long time for the MC38 fleet contesting the second act of their Winter Series. Leslie Green’s Ginger sailed…
SB20 sports boat mid-winter champion Paul Burnell will contest this year’s one-design sports boat class world championship at Cowes, England, steering an English boat rather than an Australian entrant. Burnell, with his sons Toby and Ollie and young Optimist sailor…
Day two of the 35th America's Cup saw a slightly stronger breeze of around 10 knots and discussion prior to the race centred around the choice of daggerboard. The New Zealanders can carry their light air boards in a slightly…
Despite a long day on the water in blustery conditions, 2010 Women’s Match Racing World Champion Lucy Macgregor (GBR) was quite upbeat about her team’s performance and their placement on the top of the standing after two days of racing…
The depth of talent in Hobart’s SB20 sports boat fleet has been underlined on day one of the class mid-winter championships on the Derwent today. In the first three races of the weekend event, the 15-boat fleet produced three different…
Genoa: Patience, mental fortitude and an unrelenting desire to surmount the challenges posed by fickle conditions defined the racing at the 2017 Giraglia Rolex Cup. Nearly 250 yachts featured in the week’s sailing; 209 took part in the main event…
Helsinki: Someone forgot to make a deal with the Nordic wind god, Aeolius, as racing started in Finland for the 2017 Women’s Match Racing World Championship, with the race committee and teams facing challenges. All day light and shifty winds…
Geneva: The monohull regatta was as intense as that of the multihulls, if not more so – after leading most of the day, Hungary’s Libera Implantcentre Raffica handed the race to Syz & Co in the final kilometres after losing…
Geneva: The two Bertarelli family multis, handled by expert crews, dominated this 79th edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud, sailing side by side for most of the regatta. The pair created an impressive margin against their direct competition, finishing almost…
Emirates Team New Zealand had a perfect start to the America’s Cup match with two wins over Oracle Team USA, but they’re kicking themselves for a far from perfect performance overall. The most pleasing aspect for the Kiwis was the…
Day Two of the Pool A Qualifiers in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup once again belonged to Sweden’s Artemis Youth Racing as they topped the tables with two wins. Heading into the day the Swedish team once again grabbed…
Stage 3 of La Solitaire URGO le Figaro came to an end this morning, with the winner Nicolas Lunven, Generali, completing the course in less than 21 hours (10h54m55s). The fleet of 42 Figaros completing the 140-mile course ahead of…
Bright sunshine welcomed the 70 sailors participating in the 2017 Women’s Match Racing World Championship to Helsinki, Finland as the teams spent several hours training in the Nyländska Jaktklubben (NJK) fleet of well-prepared J/80s before the Opening Ceremonies. Well over…
RHADC Bermuda- June 15, 2017: ‘Selkie’, Chip Bradish’s 1988 Morris Ocean 32.5 footer from Jamaica Plain near Boston, was the overall corrected time winner of Class D and the entire 40th Anniversary Marion Bermuda Race. She was the smallest boat…
Artemis Youth Racing stole the early advantage in the Pool A Qualifiers of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, with the Swedish team finishing the pool’s first day of racing on top of the standings after scoring two first and…
This afternoon saw the start of stage 3 of La Solitaire URGO le Figaro race, the fleet departed the French port of Concarneau a little under 30 hours after arriving in the small hours of Wednesday morning on completion of…
The Barmouth to Fort William Three Peaks Yacht Race is one of the oldest and most demanding challenges in the sailing and adventure sports calendars. The race began in 1977 and this year celebrates its 40th anniversary event, but Pip…
Genoa – 15 June, 2017. The Maxi 72 Momo (GER) has claimed line honours at the 2017 Giraglia Rolex Cup. Arriving in Genoa at 21:39.04 local time on Thursday 15 June, Dieter Schön and his crew completed the 65th edition…
Australian Sailing and Yachting New Zealand have signed a joint commitment to attend major regattas on both sides of the Tasman for the next three years, strengthening existing events by generating international quality racing. The agreement with the working title…
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club’s first Sailing Institute Match Racing Regatta was held on Saturday 10 June in perfect conditions. The event was part of the youth winter training programme for the RFBYC Sailing Institute. Sailors from all three Winter…
While there is no denying the sailing pedigree of Emirates Team New Zealand’s Olympic-winning helmsman Peter Burling, there is still one major question that is yet to be answered – Does Pistol Pete have enough match racing experience to handle…
The words of a key character in the 35th America’s Cup who is more than happy to remain anonymous, but due to the close-quarter and dramatic nature of the racing in Bermuda, someone who has found himself thrust into spotlight….
McConaghy Boats Australia has announced that Jono Morris will be resigning as an employee of the Australian company, but will retain his long held role of Joint Managing Director and shareholder of MC2 Composites Limited and its subsidiaries. Morris, an accomplished…
RHADC Bermuda- June 14, 2017: ‘Jambi’, a new Hinckley Bermuda 50 skippered by John Levinson crossed the finish line off St. David’s Lighthouse at 12:47:00 ADT to take line honors in the 40th Anniversary Marion Bermuda Race. ‘Jambi’ had an unofficial…
The Volvo Ocean Race will switch from a 3-year to a 2-year cycle after the upcoming 2017-18 edition, a change that will provide more continuity and more commercial value for professional sailing teams, sponsors and host cities. Confirmation of the…
After three days, 9 hours 33 minutes and 46 seconds Adrien Hardy (Agir Recouvrement) crossed the finish line in Concarneau, France to take the leg 2 win of La Solitaire URGO le Figaro. Hardy crossed the line just 54 seconds…
While everyone who enters the Rolex Fastnet Race dreams of winning or doing well, the event's stature as the world's largest offshore yacht race, means this is often not the only reason for taking part. Around 400 boats will be…
Saint-Tropez – 14, June 2017. At 12:45 today an international fleet of 209 yachts commenced the 65th running of the Giraglia Rolex Cup. Departing from Saint-Tropez, France, their destination is the historic port city of Genoa, Italy with 241-nautical miles…
Lisa Blair has just left Cape Town, where she called in after losing her mast during her Antarctic circumnavigation attempt, heading for the point she was forced to abandon the “non-stop” portion of her journey. The first few days have…
In less than twelve month’s time a racing and cruising fleet will depart Auckland for the beautiful French Pacific Islands of New Caledonia. The Auckland Noumea Yacht Race is to be run by New Zealand’s premier offshore sailing club the…
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (June 13, 2017) – The US Sailing Safety at Sea Committee awarded the Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medals to a competing Lightning sailboat and two mark-set boats at the 2016 Ford Yacht Club Regatta for the rescue of…
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