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The West Australian. By Sue Yeap. “From high-flying businessman and America’s Cup hero to one of Australia’s biggest fraudsters, Alan Bond’s life was one of extreme highs and lows.” So read the caption on a photo of the Perth-raised business…
Well after my dismasting and very special welcome to Cape Town I have been very busy getting quotes, cleaning the boat and trying to figure out how to get a new mast with very little money. I also took a…
There will be one home nation favourite gracing the waters of Hyères, France from 23 – 30 April for round two of the 2017 World Cup Series when multiple World Champion Billy Besson steps back onboard the Nacra 17. Besson,…
Champion America's Cup skipper Jimmy Spithill has fallen overboard in the latest training drama in Bermuda. The Australian yachtsman, looking to win a third consecutive cup with Oracle, found himself a victim of the G-forces involved on the foiling 50-foot…
A light air day one of the final act of the MC38’s 2016-17 season pointscore went to Leslie Green’s Ginger by the slimmest margin. Green’s consistent 2,3,2,2 scores on The Sound, the stretch of water between South Head and Manly’s…
The 2018 Golden Globe Race will start from Plymouth on Saturday June 30, 2018. The Race marks the 50th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s victory in the Sunday Times Golden Globe solo non-stop round the world Race back in 1968/9,…
The countdown is on as the teams prepare to take to the water for the second Act of the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series™ in China's Olympic Sailing City, Qingdao, for the “Mazarin Cup”, run in conjunction with Mazarin Qingdao Shipyard…
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA (April 20, 2017) — Over the past 86 years, the iconic Sparkman & Stephens classic yacht Dorade has sailed hundreds of thousands of nautical miles across open water and won more ocean races than any other yacht in…
The UK Government’s most ambitious marketing initiative, the GREAT Britain campaign, has announced it will be entering a team in the Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race, the world’s largest ocean race, which starts this August. The partnership…
The America's Cup is never short on rumour and inuendo. This report on Stuff.co.nz suggests that Oracle's spies have reported that Team New Zealand are quicker through their manoeuvres, possibly as a result of using peddle power instead of upper…
The RC44 Championship Tour enters its 11th season next week in Sotogrande, Spain 27 – 30 April, when eight teams representing five nations, and 64 of the world's finest sailors take to the water to compete in the opening regatta…
Dongfeng Race Team have confirmed four more crew members for their 2017-18 campaign, including the returning Chinese trio of Black, Wolf and Horace. The Chinese sailors are Jiru Yang, aged 26, who uses the English name Wolf; Liu Xue, 24,…
We all know the healing power of sailing. There is something deeply therapeutic about focusing on the core issues of getting your yacht sailing followed by the serene relaxation of having done a good job and nothing else to do…
Garmin’s new Panoptix Forward PS51-TH thru-hull transducer is designed to give boaters more confidence and peace of mind when navigating unfamiliar water. The new phased-array, multi-beam transducer incorporates Panoptix FrontVü™ forward-looking sonar, which displays the bottom up to 300ft (90m)…
Opting for luxury over performance has long been a hindrance to many a sailor's dream of taking out the twilight title week to week. Beneteau's development may be indicative of the mindset of the modern sailor; the application of their…
Nick Press and Andrew ‘Noddy’ Hay (Sydney Sailmakers) have capped off an extraordinary season after successfully defending the 12ft skiff Australian Championship title they won last year when The Kitchen Maker 12ft Sailing Skiff Australian Championship was sailed over Easter….
It was the boat that powered one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history and soon you can visit it at America’s National Maritime Museum, The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia. “USA 17” was ORACLE TEAM USA’s…
ksl.com. By Nicole Vowell. PROVO — A couple of adventure seekers set sail on Utah Lake last weekend but quickly realized they were literally in over their heads when their hand-crafted pirate ship sank. Adventure enthusiasts Levi Harris and Landon…
Lisbon (Portugal), 18th April 2017: Just two days after getting back on the water following the breakage of their mast (on 30th March), the VO65 MAPFRE begins their second offshore training session from Lisbon, heading out to the Atlantic Ocean…
Jon Sanders is undertaking his 11th circumnavigation of the globe and is entertaining all and sundry with his unique blogs along the eay. This one comes from the British Virgin Islands. I am on the yacht. Back on air with…
Western Australian siblings, Shannon and Jayden Dalton, have won the Australian Sailing Youth Nacra 15 Championship, hosted by Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club over the Easter long weekend. Former Optimist and 420 sailors, Shannon and Jayden relished in the conditions…
Miami, USA (April 16th, 2017) – In a day filled with leaderboard upsets, the event winner was decided rounding the final mark in the final race of the regatta. Australia’s Evan Walker and his Team KA Match struck lucky on…
The Gill Combined Hansa Class Asia Pacific Championships has concluded at Royal Geelong Yacht Club after three days of sailing. The regatta saw sailors aged from 11 to 92 taking part and combined the Victorian and Australian Hansa Class Championships….
The mix of a fast finishing race combined with the revived Yachties Party resulted in a full yacht club when the winner of the 69th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race was announced as President of Australian Sailing Matt Allen and…
The final boats raced in to San Fernando, Philippines on Saturday night and early this morning including Emocean2, Christopher Allan’s Swan 55 the sole double handed entry, which arrived at 18:42:12hrs. Christopher Allan was accompanied on board by long time…
Sailors at the RORC Easter Challenge left Cowes this Easter Sunday sunburned, full of chocolate and brimming with freshly acquired wisdom about their sport. Across the 50 boat fleet competing at the RORC's three day long domestic season opener,…
It has been a busy night in Gladstone with much of the fleet capitalising on the 15-20 knot winds throughout the evening and early morning hours and an incoming tide. Mr Kite and Kerumba had been jockeying for position and…
Black Jack has claimed their fourth consecutive Line Honours trophy today crossing the finish line of the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race at 09.56.43am. In the process, skipper Mark Bradford sailed himself into the history books, no skipper has ever…
At times today the young Australian looked to be struggling. After leading the qualifying session during the first two regatta days, today Price had a series of losses at the end of the qualifying series, but kept his calm when…
It is now confirmed that Hong Kong’s 100’ super maxi Scallywag owned by Seng Huang Lee has won across the board and raced her way to win three titles in the 40th Anniversary of the San Fernando Race. Titles include…
The Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race started for the sixty ninth time this morning from Shorncliffe and wrote itself into the record books in the process. The Queensland Cruising Yacht Club, with the assistance of Gladstone Regional Council, livesteamed the…
16 boats came out for the 40th Anniversary of the San Fernando Race, a 480nm race across the South China Sea from Hong Kong to San Fernando, Philippines. Racing started today slightly east of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s Kellett…
Guillaume Verdier is working on plans for the next generation Volvo Ocean Race One Design – and the final decision on monohull vs. multihull is now just weeks away… Verdier and his team of designers will be working alongside a…
The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has today – Thursday 13 April 2017 – published its final report into two fatal accidents in the 2015-16 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, the first in the event’s…
Sorry everybody. This idiot somehow mucked up the Wi-Fi on this yacht. I am now on a restaurant ashore. You get that. 32 days back I departed the British Island of Saint Helena. Clearing port, customs, immigration simple. Easy for…
A clean-up campaign is underway in Airlie Beach in the wake of Cyclone Debbie, as Whitsunday Sailing Club officials announce Airlie Beach Race Week 2017 is definitely on, “so keep the entries coming in,” is the clear message from event…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) has opened entries and the Notice of Race for the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, which starts at 1300 hours on Saturday 29 July, 2017. Last year’s fleet of 75 was…
A magic final day at the 10th anniversary Sail Port Stephens in gentle east to nor’east winds belies the approaching cold front and low pressure system soon to deliver rain and strong winds to the New South Wales Hunter coastline….
Senior Hobart yachtsman Don Calvert, now in his early 80s, yesterday added another pennant to a long and successful local and international career with his Castro 40, Intrigue. Intrigue won the IRC rating category of the 30 nautical mile Betsey…
The Oatley family, owners of Australia’s internationally acclaimed tropical destination, Hamilton Island, have confirmed that despite the Whitsunday Islands region being devastated by Cyclone Debbie two weeks ago, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2017 will proceed in August as scheduled….
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