Glorious conditions as Hong Kong to Vietnam Race starts
A beautiful day in Hong Kong harbour with blue skies and a north easterly breeze of 10kts for the start of IRC Racer 0 and 1 in the Volvo Hong Kong to Vietnam Race. 10 boats were on the start…
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Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image voting now open
October 18, 2017 – The Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image international Jury has selected the top 80 yacht racing images taken this year throughout the world and the public is now invited to vote: Click here to see the images and…
Volvo Ocean Race Ocean Summit brings ‘Clean Seas’ campaign pledge from Spain
The Volvo Ocean Race has used the first of seven Ocean Summits it is hosting around the world in 2017-18 to launch a unique programme that will gather data from parts of the oceans that are otherwise inaccessible to scientists…
Lucas Chapman's insights into preparation for the Volvo Ocean Race
Lucas Chapman is a Newcastle boy who is about to fulfill his lifetime ambition – to become a Volvo Ocean Race sailor. With five Sydney Hobarts under his belt, he's no stranger to offshore sailing. As he embarks on his…
Still seriously competitive, Amer Sports One enters Legends Race
Gothenburg – 17 October 2018: Amer Sports One, the last boat in the Volvo Ocean Race to be skippered by New Zealand’s Grant Dalton, nowadays chief executive of the America’s Cup-winning Emirates Team New Zealand, is the fifth boat to…
Australian Olympic medallists confirmed for Sail Melbourne
The Australian Sailing Team, including its Olympic medallists, will head to Melbourne at the end of November for the 2017 edition of the Sail Melbourne International Regatta. This year, the event will be hosted out of the newly renovated…
Greenings claims narrow win in second leg of Clipper Race
The Greenings team claimed victory this evening in a thrilling finale to the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms, which saw the top two teams finish approximately two miles apart after 14 days racing through the South Atlantic in…
International match racing stars set to compete in 11th edition of China Cup
The 11th edition of the China Cup International Regatta is becoming more international than ever with the World Championship of the World Match Racing Tour set to join the 10 other racing divisions. Reigning World Champion Phil Robertson will be…
Mini Transat first leg – only three retirements with the rest now in port
With the arrival of Julien Mizrachi (UNAPEI), 78 racers have now made it safely into the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Of the 81 competitors at the start, just three solo sailors are no longer officially racing: Matteo…
Light airs hinder the Clipper fleet's progress to Cape Town
With less than two days before the fleet is scheduled to start descending upon the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, light wind conditions are bringing last minute frustrations for the majority of the fleet, with leader board positions still very…
Sir Ben Ainslie to bolster Land Rover BAR Academy in Extreme Sailing Series Act 7, San Diego
Sir Ben Ainslie, the four-time Olympic gold-medallist and America's Cup sailor, is to return to the Extreme Sailing Series as helm of Land Rover BAR Academy for the penultimate Act of the season in San Diego, from 19 – 22…
Admiral's Cup Regatta keeps growing
The Admiral’s Cup Anniversary Regatta has already outgrown expectations, as David Salter reports. When an informal committee of offshore veterans first met six months ago to put flesh on the bones of a Classic Yacht Association of Australia idea to…
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race: A mighty challenge
The Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race is undoubtedly one of the toughest of all yacht races. First organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) in 1995, the 1,805nm course is reputedly tougher than a transatlantic race as it…
Missing sailor, last heard from in Fiji, found in yacht off Saipan
NPR News. By Scott Neuman. One thing you can say about Rimas Meleshyus: He's definitely persistent. “I'm a very determined person,” he told the Whidbey News-Times in 2015. “I'm very strong.” Meleshyus, who is in his mid-60s, departed Hilo, Hawaii,…
Sailors battle on opening day of World Cup in Japan
Olympic medallists, World Champions and Continental titleholders were all battling at the front of the packs on a wet and light wind opening day of Sailing's 2017-18 World Cup Series in Gamagori, Japan. Tom Burton (AUS), Rio 2016 Olympic…
Piracy declines in first nine months of 2017
The Maritime Executive In its third quarter report, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reported a total of 121 recorded incidents of maritime piracy and armed robbery for the year to date, an improvement over last year's numbers and a significant…
Beautiful start forecast for big race to Russell
Aucklanders will be in for a treat on Friday morning when more than 150 yachts entered in the PIC Coastal Classic gather off North Head for a colourful mass spinnaker start. For lovers of yachting the forecast south-westerly breezes will mean a show…
Brad Jackson to lead team AkzoNobel in the Volvo Ocean Race
Monday, October 16, 2017: Three-time Volvo Ocean Race winner Brad Jackson has been announced as skipper of the Dutch Volvo Ocean Race entry team AkzoNobel for the 2017-18 edition of the 83,000-kilometer around the world race. The forty-nine-year-old from Auckland,…
Greenings and Dare To Lead set the pace in Clipper Race
Despite having raced close to 3,000 nautical miles across the South Atlantic Ocean, most positions remain up for grabs in the final days of Race 2: Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms, with little separating the bulk of the…
Debut win for Ichi Ban in CYCA’s Blue Water Pointscore Race 3
SYDNEY. On only its fourth outing to sea and its first in competition, Matt Allen’s new Botin 52, Ichi Ban, ruled supreme in Race 3 of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Blue Water Pointscore, the 200nm Newcastle Bass Island…
Tall ship loses power, hits other boats in Newport Harbour
BOSTON — Coast Guard Station Castle Hill is providing a safety zone in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, Sunday night after a tall ship lost power and hit multiple other boats before grounding near Perrotti Park. The SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, an educational…
Tropical cyclone season outlook – typical season expected
The 2017–18 tropical cyclone season is likely to see a typical number of tropical cyclones form in the Australian region. The season, which runs from November to April, typically sees between 10 and 13 cyclones in Australian waters, with around…
New Ichi Ban benchmark for Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
SYDNEY. A double win in her opening race has Matt Allen’s brand new Ichi Ban firming up as a favourite for the upcoming Rolex Sydney Hobart when the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 628 nautical mile race starts on Boxing…
Tasmanian Combined Clubs – excellent fleet for first Summer Pennant river race
Doctor Who, one of Tasmania’s most successful racing yachts of the past three decades, yesterday made a winning comeback in the opening race of the Combined Clubs Summer Pennant, a river race on the Derwent. Skippered by Rod Jackman, the…
Triple M dominates 18 Footer Spring Championship Race Two
The Triple M 18ft Skiff team of James Ward, Adam Gillson and Huon Oliver totally dominated Race 2 of the Australian 18 Footers League Spring Championship, which was sailed in a light Easterly breeze on Sydney Harbour today. Ward…
First non-Victorian Australian Couta Boat champion – Tenacity
The name says it all. Don Telford’s Tenacity became the first non-Victorian crew to claim an Australian title in the historic Couta Boat class when the Sydney team wrapped up the four race series on a tricky Pittwater on Sunday…
MC38s Ginger-fied in Summer Series act one
The rolling dominance of Leslie Green’s Ginger team extended to the opening act of the Summer Series for the 2017-18 season, the usual players stretching their day one lead to 10 points over three more races on Sydney Harbour. Video…
Unbeaten Guichard victorious at Alicante Match Cup
Alicante, Spain (October 15, 2017) – On a day when you couldn't have asked for better sailing conditions, Yann Guichard's Spindrift Racing rounded off a flawless display with victory at the Alicante Match Cup. Guichard defeated Dutch two-time Olympian Pieter-Jan…
Singapore fling: using AIS to cross the Strait
The ‘Wonderful sail 2 Indonesia’ rally was over and we were being checked out of Indonesia at Tanjung Pinang. Once the checkout formalities were finalised and we had the port clearance papers in our hot little hands we had a…
MC38s draw record fleet and a bevy of superstars
The MC38 class enjoyed a major boost for the opening act of the class’ 2017-18 Summer Series; drawing a record nine boats on Sydney Harbour for act one, and a bevy of superstars among the teams. America’s Cup sailors and…
Nations Trophy – Spanish conquistadors
The Spanish team has secured the inaugural Nations Trophy, which ended in Palma de Mallorca today, contested by three classes of Swan one-design yachts, the best two results of each of the 11 competing countries counting towards the national prize….
MAPFRE draws first blood in Volvo Ocean Race
The local heroes on Xabi Fernández's MAPFRE were a popular winner in the first point scoring race of the Volvo Ocean Race. Fernández and his team made a bold call at the start to duck behind the entire fleet in…
Guichard Books first semis spot at Alicante Match Cup
The second day of the Alicante Match Cup served up some classic match racing action as the fleet switched modes from fleet racing to one-on-one knockouts. Yann Guichard taught fellow Frenchman Quentin Delapierre a lesson in light-wind mastery today to…
Premature end to Volvo China Coast Race Week
Day 2 turned into the final day of the Volvo China Coast Regatta due to Tropical Storm Khanun approaching Hong Kong, so racing carried on as planned for the day, but as the last boats crossed the line, it was…
Clipper Round the World – Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint commences
After another exhilarating day of surfing down South Atlantic waves for the Clipper Race fleet, focus on board has very much turned to the Race 2 Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint. Just before it was due to become the first Clipper…
Nations Trophy – Germany ups the gears
A delay to the scheduled race time on Day 3 of The Nations Trophy only served to build anticipation. Once unleashed the 28 boat, 11-nation fleet did not disappoint. The already close racing in all three Swan One Design classes…
Clipper Round the World Race: Shaking out the reefs
Following fast and furious conditions over the last 24 hours, which served up dramatic downpours and wind speeds gusting 60 knots, the Clipper Race fleet is busy shaking out the reefs in order to make the most of more settled…
Zannekin heads China Coast Regatta standings
After kicking off the 2017 Volvo China Coast Regatta with a welcome party at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s main clubhouse on Kellett Island last night, racers this morning descended on the Club’s Middle Island Clubhouse this morning before…
Now it counts: Volvo Ocean Race teams to face first test in Saturday’s In-Port Race
The first official racing of the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race will take place on Saturday afternoon with the MAPFRE In-Port Race Alicante, marking the first point-scoring competition of the event. The starting gun will fire at 14:00 local time (12:00…
Fast and furious for Clipper fleet in the South Atlantic
Many of the teams in the Clipper Race fleet have been setting their own boat speed records during some fast and furious sailing on Day 8 of the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms. Leader of Race 2, Greenings,…
