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Winning today’s opening race at Townsville Yacht Club’s SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week was a bigger deal than usual for Sydney yachtsman, Colin Wilson, who until recently was recovering from a minor heart attack in Townsville Hospital. Wilson and his…
With the imminent arrival of Typhoon No. 15 in 2 days, the advance weather conditions kicked up the breeze and sea on race day 4 at the 2017 470 Junior World Championships in Japan. Approaching from south of Japan, Typhoon…
With two wins and a second, Tasmania’s Export Roo has moved further ahead on the overall rankings after day three of the SB20 world championship on The Solent in England. Michael Cooper has steered his boat to a net 5…
Porto, Portugal (31 August 2017) — For four years, three teams have worked together as training partners for the benefit of them all, even as they battled at every event for gold and glory in the 49er FX, the women’s…
Turn the Tide on Plastic have added another four young sailors to their crusading campaign in the Volvo Ocean Race – with Welsh America’s Cup sailor Bleddyn Mon, fellow Briton Henry Bomby and Portuguese pair Bernardo Freitas and Frederico Pinheiro…
The battle for positions in Leg One of the Clipper Race continues with Qingdao holding on to its narrow lead. GREAT Britain is hot on its stern however, with Sanya Serenity Coast moving back up into third place and the…
Race day 2 at the 2017 470 Junior Worlds in Enoshima was forecast to be breezy and Sagima Bay kept to its promise delivering between 15-25 knots of breeze and waves. Neck and neck racing in three back to back…
Porto, Portugal (29 August 2017) – They’re some of the fastest sailors ever to pull on a sheet, and while many of the 80 men’s and 57 women’s Olympic skiff sailing teams arrived here weeks ago to practice for the…
August 29, 2017 (Newport, RI) – Following the success of the first ever J Class overall season championship, the inaugural 2017 Kohler Cup, the J Class Association and North Sails are proud to announce the 2018 Kohler Cup schedule. The…
Multihull racing will be viewed by a large potential new audience following the decision to incorporate the Australian Multihull National Championships into the 2018 Australian Yachting Championships next January. Sandringham Yacht Club in Victoria has agreed to stage both events…
Tasmanian yachtsman Michael Cooper and his crew of David Chapman and Gerry Mitchell have sailed Export Roo to an overall lead after two days of frustrating competition at the SB20 world championship in England. So far racing has been limited…
There has been a major change to the Clipper Race leaderboard in the last 24 hours as Qingdao has stormed through to take pole position after wind shifts favoured the westerly positioned teams. Sanya Serenity Coast and Visit Seattle, placed…
Shenzhen, China (August 28, 2017) – As the China Cup moves to its second decade the World Match Racing Tour, with it’s high performance M32 catamarans at its core, will aid in propelling this highlight on the Asian sailing calendar…
Reading the breeze was definitely a challenge for teams today, as the wind fluctuated in pressure and direction as light winds greeted teams for the opening day of the 2017 470 Junior World Championship in Enoshima, Japan. Conditions were anything…
It went down to the wire between SAP Extreme Sailing Team and Alinghi in the finale of Extreme Sailing Series Act 6, Cardiff, but the Danes pipped the Swiss to the post in the final throes of battle. The Danish…
Jon Sanders arrived in Bundaberg yesterday (August 28, 2017) and now just needs to sail to the other side of Australia to complete his 10th circumnavigation of the world. Here is his latest blog, sent while in transit from Noumea:…
Do you own a trailable yacht and want a great weekend away? Why not join the trailable yacht season opening weekend at Melbourne City Marina, Docklands on October 21 and 22. If you have not had the trailable yacht…
By Ehan Forman of The Salem News. MARBLEHEAD — Swampscott boater Neal Kaiser happened to be motoring from Swampscott to Marblehead with his son Jasper when they saw a sailboat tilting back and forth in the vicinity of Tom Moore…
The Australian National Maritime Museum, on behalf of the Australian Government, is pleased to announce that it has awarded over $125,000 to support projects to promote Australia’s maritime heritage. The successful recipients of the Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support…
OPINION Performance Director Peter Conde will leave the Australian Sailing organisation to take up a role as Director of the Australian Institute of Sport. Conde joined Yachting Australia as a consultant following the Athens Olympic Games, at which Australia failed…
The NSW Government has advised the Port of Eden Community Liaison Group (23 August 2017) that it will be calling for expressions of interest for a wave attenuator in Snug Cove in October this year, according to Robert Bain, secretary…
The cruising classes had a tightly fought Hamilton Island Race Week with nervous placeholders in all divisions looking over their shoulders going into the last day. In some divisions the leaders held on by their fingertips to keep top spot…
The 2017 U23 Finn World Championship for the Finn Silver Cup in Balatonfüred draws to a close after another windless day and with Finn, Oskari Muhonen, as the new World Champion. Facundo Olezza, from Argentina, wins the silver and Fionn…
Winter showed that she was not finished today for the hardy sailors that ventured out into the River Derwent for the final race of the 2017 BYC Hobart Jaguar Land Rover Winter Series. “Snow to low levels and a cold…
On the same Newport, Rhode Island waters where the legendary Ranger cleaned up 4-0 in 1937, the last time ever that the mighty J Class raced for the America's Cup, the first J Class World Champions are Lionheart, the owner…
Katie Williams of the Dorset Echo reports on another beautiful yacht saved by caring new owners: A derelict ship which was transformed into a luxury superyacht sailed into town for a fleeting visit. Malcolm Miller, a historical schooner which was…
Looking for a safe anchorage while sailing the New South Wales coast? After a quick stopover on your rapid journey north or south? Or are you looking for a quiet out-of-the-way place for memorable beach barbecues, with swimming beaches, fishing,…
By Chris Yandell of the Southern Daily Echo. SHE IS the legendary yacht in which Sir Francis Chichester became the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe. Now Gipsy Moth IV is returning to Buckler’s Hard to mark the 50th…
AUGUST 27, 2017 – Newport, Rhode Island –The 38th Annual Panerai Newport Classic Yacht Regatta presented by IYRS concluded in Newport today with R-Class Ruweida V, restored by IYRS students, as the overall winner. In addition, the winners of the…
The ‘A’ Class Catamaran Worlds ended with a day on the beach for the sailors. 50deg windshifts, coupled with 28kt gusts from the SW finished the 2017 championships. With a similar power to weight ratio as a Moth, these 75kg…
This weekend the Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club will host their annual rendezvous in Gloucester Passage, Whitsundays, Queensland. With over 1000 boaties, all Vice Commodores of their own special part of the world, joined together for a weekend of festivities…
Close to 2,000 sailors racing in 15 different divisions at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2017 finished the series on a massive high regardless of whether they picked up a trophy in the Non-Spinnaker or IRC Racing division or any…
Four podium finishes, including two bullets, were enough for SAP Extreme Sailing Team to take the overnight lead on day two of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Cardiff, but Alinghi is in hot pursuit. The crowds packing the shores of…
Medemblik, Netherlands: No races were sailed today, due to lack of wind, so yesterday’s results stand and new Laser Radial World Championship titles were decided with ten races completed in six days. The morning brought postponement on shore until about…
A hot, hot day in Balatonfüred at the U23 Finn World Championship and despite being sent out in a light breeze mid-afternoon, wind evaporated very quickly in 35 degree heat and race officials sent the fleet home less than 30…
Rhode Island: The long, five and a half hour wait for the Newport sea breeze to arrive proved to be well worth it as the six J Class World Championship teams were rewarded with their closest race yet. Ranger scored…
The winter tradewinds returned to the Whitsundays and Audi Hamilton Island Race Week on the penultimate day of competition, allowing for an expanded schedule to make up for some races missed due to light winds mid-week. Trailables, Multihull Cruising, Non-Spinnaker…
Another long day of waiting for wind was rewarded with two late races on Day 4 of the U23 Finn World Championship in Balatonfüred, Hungary where Finland’s Oskari Muhonen won the day to lead the fleet by five points –…
Medemblik, Netherlands: Today brought the first round of the Final Series at the Laser Radial World Championships and the fleets were divided into Gold and Silver in the Women’s based on results from the last four days of qualifying races….
The sizeable spectator fleet on the waters off Newport, Rhode Island were treated to another pair of engaging, exciting races at the inaugural J Class World Championship, witnessing the return of one of the pre-regatta title favourites, Lionheart. Already counting…
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