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Marstrand, Sweden: Light winds on Sweden’s Marstrand Arena demonstrated how versatile the one design M32 catamaran can be, providing good close racing in the lightest winds, with the Quarter Finals all decided and the giant spectator turn-out not left disappointed….
LOS ANGELES, CA – The second wave of three starts to the 49th edition of the 2017 biennial Transpac Race left Pt Fermin today in a pleasant 8-10 knot Southern California seabreeze, en route to a finish line awaiting them…
As ocean racing enjoys rising entry lists around the world, the classic Fastnet Race is expecting more than 400 boats from over 20 countries on the startline on August 6, 2017. Among them are four strong Australian entries. CQS, Maxi,…
Marstrand, Sweden (6th July, 2017) – The three remaining Quarter Finalists were decided at GKSS Match Cup Sweden in front of a substantial crowd of spectators around Marstrand Arena today. The puffy, shifty offshore southerly breeze of 6-14 knots, made…
Lisa Blair is making good progress on the final leg of her circumnavigation of Antarctica. Having put in to Cape Town after breaking her mast, she is now halfway across the Indian Ocean and heading back to the starting point…
The Independent (Ireland). Dolphins helped rescuers guide a stricken yacht to safety off Co Antrim, the RNLI said. A Larne crew rescued two men on Wednesday afternoon after their vessel became tangled in fishing nets. As it was towing them…
It’s high summer in Europe and racing starts at the 2017 470 World Championship in Thessaloniki Greece, 300 km north of Athens on Monday next, 10th July. There is a strong Australian presence, six crews in all and the media…
LOS ANGELES, CA – Another perfect Southern California summer day yielded perfect conditions for the final wave of 17 fast monohulls and five fast multihulls to set off on their 2225-mile odyssey to the finish in Honolulu of the 2017…
Imperiet II is the overall winner of ÅF Offshore Race – round Gotland 2017. Early Wednesday morning it was clear that none of the boats behind would be able to catch up. The boat from Stockholm with skipper Paul Nord…
Marstrand, Sweden (5th July, 2017) – GKSS Match Cup Sweden is renowned for drawing out exceptional performances from local sailors, fired up by crowds cheering them on from the perimeter of Marstrand Arena and with assistance from the Nordic wind…
Halifax Chronicle Herald. I’ll have a tall ship to go, please. Not quite as ridiculous an order as it might sound to tall ships broker Peter Milley. His website, Privateer Yacht Sales, lists half-a-dozen tall ships taking part in the…
Jon Sanders is on his way back to Australia on his 10th circumnavigation of the globe. As always, his insights into the places he visits are priceless. Now Tahiti. A lot of years back France resumed underground nuclear testing at…
Marstrand, Sweden (4th July, 2017) – Qualifying at GKSS Match Cup Sweden concluded in magnificent conditions on Marstrand Arena today with northwesterly winds gradually building to 15 knots by mid-afternoon. With the teams divided into three groups of six teams,…
Eleven 12mR yachts took part in their “Robbe & Berking 12mR European Championship” on the Flensburg Fjord until last Sunday. The oldest participant was “Heti” from Hamburg, built in 1912, the youngest participant was “Kiwi Magic” that belongs to a…
It is one month to the day since crews of the 2017 edition of ARC Portugal gathered together at Mayflower Marina in Plymouth, eagerly awaiting the latest weather forecast which would dictate their departure across the Bay of Biscay to…
LOS ANGELES, CA – Seventeen yachts in three divisions set off yesterday in the first wave of three starts to the 49th edition of the 2017 biennial Transpac Race. Under sunny skies and light winds the fleet left the start…
Sydney based John Bacon and one of his core MC38 and Melges crewmates David Sampson have linked up for their first Melbourne to Osaka Double-Handed Race in 2018, an epic 5,500 nautical mile ocean adventure aboard Bacon’s Class 40. Designed…
Hamilton, Bermuda: July 3, 2017: The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club announces that the second edition of the Antigua Bermuda Race will start on the May 9, 2018. The 935-mile offshore race is organized in association with Antigua Sailing Week and is…
Marstrand, Sweden (3rd July, 2017) – With breaking waves and gales blowing today on the Marstrand Arena, competition at the World Match Racing Tour’s GKSS Match Cup Sweden will get underway tomorrow. “This morning we had 30 knots average and…
The MACIF trimaran should cross the finishing line of The Bridge in New York, on Monday night (UTC+1), after 8 days at sea. Just under 100 miles from the Big Apple on Monday Morning, the crew led by François Gabart…
Lisa Blair has resumed her solo circumnavigation of Antarctica after breaking her mast suth of Cape Town. Despite sailing deep in the Southern Ocean in mid-winter, yesterday she had no wind at all! Evening All, After my nice hot dinner…
Ludde Ingvall with crew on the 100-footer CQS set a new speed record in ÅR Offshore Race – round Gotland, when entering the port at Sandhamn Monday evening. Twenty years since he last broke the record he did it again….
Stuff.co.nz. By Stacey Kirk. The Government has put an early $5 million envelope on the table so Team New Zealand can retain its talent. The early funding boost is similar to what the Government provided in the immediate aftermath of the disastrous…
According to a report by Janene Pieters of NL Times, Dutch designer Frans Maas (79) and sailor Freddy Franssens (70) from Breskens were killed when the yacht Capella capsized on Saturday off the Belgian coast. As of 9:30 p.m. on Sunday,…
François Gabart and his crew were clearly in a hurry to see New York! In fact, it was a little ahead of schedule that the six “MACIF boys” took victory in The Bridge 2017 beneath Verrazzano Bridge on Monday at…
“What a great idea!” That was the reaction of Australian Sailing president, Matt Allen, when first told about the planned regatta to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Australia’s first victory in the Admiral’s Cup. That positive response has now been…
ÅF Offshore Race 2017 has started. Tacking starts in light winds on the sunny Stockholm waters meant that the crews on the 241 boats had to make difficult decisions between taking time consuming manoeuvres or sail on in inferior winds…
Porto Cervo, 2nd July 2017. Two years of dedication to the RC44 class paid off today for Russian Alexander Novoselov, his American tactician Andy Horton and the crew of Katusha, winning their first ever event on the RC44 Championship. Sardinia's…
It all came down to the final nail-biting double-points race of Extreme Sailing Series Act 3, Madeira Islands, which went the way of Danish-flagged SAP Extreme Sailing Team. Alinghi fought back to take second from Oman Air, but was not…
Bellingham, WA, USA, 30 June 2017 — Bellingham Marine, worldwide marina design-build construction company, announced today that they are accepting entries for their 10th annual photo calendar contest. The calendar features striking images from professional and amateur photographers alike, highlighting the beauty of Bellingham…
It was not really in the schedule to visit the Antarctic we were just planning to see Patagonia, a major milestone in itself and then continue around South America. But when you meet people on boats that have sailed to…
During the past two years of sailing around Australia aboard our catamaran we have both asked and been asked many times about how much it costs to live on a boat. The anecdotal evidence I have gathered, usually during sundowners,…
The camaraderie of the sea has many dimensions and this can be increased with membership to one of the clubs in which cruisers congregate. The distinctive yellow pennant with a black cruising yacht under the press of a brisk wind…
The move by Bavaria into the multihull market could be seen to be a smart one. The multihull charter market is growing world wide and the opportunity to buy straight into multihulls through a known and respected designer and builder…
When you make the decision to live onboard a boat you will be changing your whole way of life. In your new community people focus on caring and giving rather than jealousy and greed. You will find everyone looks out…
Four seasons in one day, a game of two halves, a bit of everything; you can pick your cliche, but the 2017 Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay has certainly delivered on all levels. Ultimately, it will…
Ask sailors about their adventures in the South Pacific and they will rave about the whales in Tonga, the surf in Fiji and the volcanoes in Vanuatu but not many people mention New Caledonia. In fact, before we sailed through…
Photography in the digital age is an open and virtually endless topic, or series of topics. In this piece I will not attempt to cover the enormous breadth of the subject matter but rather stick to aspects of travel photography,…
Having bid our kind benefactor goodbye following his trip from Yarrawonga to Mildura, we left Mildura in his boat, a 22 foot Beneto River Rat with 0.4 metre draft. Went through Lock 11 tying up alongside the paddle steamer Melbourne….
Stockholm, Sweden: Ludde Ingvall and his CQS team created a spectacle today as they trained close to the Stockholm waterfront, in preparation for tomorrow’s start of the Gotland Runt race, now known as the AF Offshore Race. The team, some…
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