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Richard Bennett has been hanging out of windows of low-flying, small planes for over 42 years. But it’s not the adrenalin rush he’s after; in fact he’s probably concentrating too hard on light, angles, focus and composition to become white…
As dawn broke on the third day of the RORC Transatlantic Race, the northerly route across the Atlantic looks to be the favourite for many of the 23 teams taking part in the race. Jens Kellinghusen's German Ker 56 Varuna…
The international Classes Regatta (ICR) hosted by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Perth has established itself as one of the premier dinghy regattas in Western Australia with 217 dinghy and skiff sailors battling it out on the waters of…
OPTIMISM – By Roman Brunisholz, wins the Mirabaud Sailing Video Award! November 27, 2017 – The inaugural Mirabaud Sailing Video Award has been met with enthusiasm by the international sailing community and TV professionals from all over the world. Fifty-five TV…
Followers of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race might think they are seeing double when the 628 nautical mile classic starts on Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day. The reason for this is simple: on the starting line will be two…
Stuff.co.nz America's Cup great Dennis Conner believes a syndicate could require more than $200 million to finance a competitive challenge to take the Auld Mug away from Team New Zealand in the radical new boats to be used in 2021….
On Friday afternoon, the Spanish team, competing in the round-the-world race, claimed victory of the emblematic leg to Cape Town (South Africa) after racing 7000 miles (over 13,000 km) from Lisbon in 19 days and one hour. After two days…
Despite performing dances for the wind gods, the breeze failed to materialise for a second consecutive day at the RC44 Calero Marinas Cup in the normally windy Canary Islands. The wind occasionally built to 6-7 knots at around 135° but…
After the first night at sea in the RORC Transatlantic Race, the vast majority of the international fleet were north of the Canary Islands, negotiating the wind shadow of Gran Canaria and Tenerife created by the unusual southerly wind. …
In a first for a Japanese representative team, rising match racing talent Leonard Takahashi and his crew claimed the 25th anniversary 2017 Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship convincingly and in unique style on finals day, Sunday November 26, 2017….
A perfect 15-20 knot North East wind gave the fleet a brilliant start to the 2017-2018 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today and thrilled the spectator fleet with some spectacular racing action. Current JJ Giltinan champion came…
Hobart yachtsman Don Calvert gave himself an early 82nd birthday gift on Saturday with a convincing double win in his 33-year-old yacht Intrigue in the Combined Clubs pennant race on the River Derwent. Calvert skippered Intrigue to first place on corrected…
The New Zealand Herald reports that a search operation has begun for a missing 66-year-old man whose 25ft yacht was found abandoned on Lake Benmore in the country's South Island. Police say they are concerned for the safety of George…
Team AkzoNobel secured a fifth place finish on Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race on Saturday night, the crew holding their nerve as the wind died and swirled near the finish line, with the two boats behind sailing fast…
NZ Herald Team New Zealand's demand for a 'hosting fee' has the potential to take the America's Cup away from Auckland in 2021. Government minister David Parker told Newstalk ZB's Tony Veitch that Team NZ were asking for a 'significant'…
ABC News. By Michael Troy. If the world's most famous physicist Albert Einstein is any guide, modern-day scientists need to get out of the lab more and onto the water. Around 1900, a cheeky Swiss patent clerk wrote to a…
More than 100 people joined together last Wednesday night for the official opening of the Victorian State Sailing Centre at Albert Park Lake. Overlooking the lake and with the city skyline as a backdrop, the balmy evening allowed guests to…
Two hundred and seventeen dinghy and skiff sailors are together this weekend for the annual ICR at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Perth – often referred to as the windy city – it certainly lived up to its reputation…
After 25 days and almost 4,800 nautical miles of racing across the Southern Ocean, the finish positions for Race 3, of the Clipper Round the World, The Dell Latitude Rugged Race from Cape Town, South Africa, to Fremantle, Australia, will…
Earlier this week, Saturday was lining up to be the big wind day of the RC44 Calero Marinas Cup, so breezy in fact that racing looked likely to be blown off, but although the outcome was the same, it was…
Prior to the start of the 2017 RORC Transatlantic Race, you could feel the apprehension amongst the 200 competitors taking part – after months of planning and preparation, it was time for the record fleet of 23 yachts from nine…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) 40th Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) concluded today with a hybrid course of laid and virtual marks for the first time as the main event yachts undertook a short ocean race. Paul Clitheroe and…
It’s shaping up to be an incredibly close finish to Leg 3 Dell Latitude Rugged Race with less than 70 nautical miles separating the top seven teams in the Clipper Round the World race. PSP Logistics skipper Matt Mitchell, currently…
Following another day of perfect match racing conditions, the round robin has been completed and the top 8 quarter finalists for the 25th Harken International Youth Match Racing Regatta have been determined. Race Officer, Ted Anderson, has made the most…
Uncharacteristic south-easterly winds, combined with a confused and often sharp sea, made life tough for the nine crews on day two of the RC44 Calero Marinas Cup – and while there was no standout crew on day one, John Bassadone's…
Less than eight days after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, François Gabart rounded Cape Leeuwin of Australia, the second of the three capes of his single-handed round the world, on Friday at 0:15 (French time – UTC+1), after 19…
MAPFRE has won Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race into Cape Town, South Africa, and will take the overall lead on the points table. The Spanish flagged MAPFRE team has won Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race, a…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) 40th Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) got away to a wonderful start on a warm sunny day that produced a light 8-10 knot breeze on the various courses. Competitors sailed a Passage Race today….
Over the last two days of racing a high-pressure system has consumed the lead Sanya Serenity Coast held for the majority of Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race across the Southern Ocean. As a result, Visit Seattle is now…
Vestas 11th Hour Racing and Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag opted to deploy stealth mode on Thursday as the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race reaches its climax. With less than 500 nautical miles to go to the Cape Town…
Gerald Bibot will be competing in the 2017 RORC Transatlantic Race with his Belgian 42ft Catamaran Zed 6. Gerald is the founder of Great Circle which produces weather routing programme Squid. In 2015 Gerald was the winner of the MOCRA…
Day 1 of the HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championships has kicked off with blue skies and a building nor-easterly wind, perfect conditions for the 25th anniversary of the prestigious event. Head race officer Ted Anderson powered through today’s racing,…
The AC75 design for the next America's Cup, revealed by Team New Zealand on Monday, has met with initial approval from two men who sailed on the AC72 and AC50 catamarans. Tom Slingsby, who was strategist on the successful defence…
Auckland Council has approved two location options for hosting the America’s Cup to take into further negotiations after Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) advised it was flexible on the option of extending Halsey Wharf. The two options are: A cluster…
François Gabart, who left Ouessant on Saturday 4 November at 10:05 (UTC+1), continues to set the pace in this attempt at the single-handed round the world record. Sailing at an average of 30 knots since Tuesday night, ahead of a…
The Spanish crew of Leg 2 leaders MAPFRE were cautiously keeping one eye on their rivals and the other on Cape Town on Wednesday as they came within just over 800 miles of the finish line. Two days ago Xabi…
In the past 24 hours, HotelPlanner.com was the final boat to cross the finish line of the Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint and, after all boat times were calculated, was declared the winner taking three points after racing the course in…
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, has published an investigation report into the Nacra 17 incident involving Bora Gulari (USA). The report, produced by a working party/investigation team led by Equipment Committee Chair Dina Kowalyshyn, provides a…
After a little over 17 days at sea, François Gabart is still in the lead by about one-and-a-half days in relation to Thomas Coville’s time, the current holder of the single-handed round the world record. The MACIF skipper hopes to…
The second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race might be entering its final few days but the final positions are far from decided. MAPFRE continued to lead the seven-strong fleet on Tuesday, but their 35 nautical mile advantage yesterday had…
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