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The race is putting sustainability at its heart and focusing on taking action to help ‘Turn the Tide on Plastic’ – the rapidly growing and critical problem of plastic polluting the ocean, highlighted by the United Nations Environment’s Clean Seas…
The Volvo Ocean Race claims to have solved the question of whether its future should be monohull or multihull – by opting for both. They claim the introduction of a foil-assisted 60-foot (18.29 metre) monohull for the ocean legs plus…
(Thursday 18th May, Scarlino) – With Quantum Racing comfortably winning the 26 mile coastal race and Platoon taking second place, Harm Müller-Spreer’s German-flagged crew still top the standings at the Rolex TP52 World Championship Scarlino 2017 but their lead is…
Bermuda, May 18: The magnificent 162ft schooner Eleonora, an exact replica of the 1910 Herreshoff-designed Westward, took Line Honours for the Classic Class, finishing the Antigua Bermuda Race just before sunset yesterday, Wednesday 17th May. Eleonora is one of the…
Bermuda, May 18: Esprit de Corps IV, skippered by Gilles Barbot finished the Antigua Bermuda Race on Thursday May, 18 after seven days at sea. For the last day and a half of the race, the French Canadian Volvo 60 had…
Port Douglas Race Week has reached the halfway mark and the Division 1 Performance Handicap is being contested robustly. After a first day of good sailing on a magnificent Port Douglas race track, the second day dawned with grey skies…
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) has announced the Festival of Sails regatta is moving back to its traditional place on the Australia Day weekend in January, as it celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2018. According to Festival of Sails…
The Antigua Bermuda Race Committee has been informed by RCC Bermuda Radio on Wednesday 17 May that Les Crane's Farr PH 56, Monterey (Bermuda) had been abandoned after taking on water; the cause of which is unknown. The crew…
The fifth entry to the 2017-18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race will sail under the name Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag and will represent Hong Kong, it was announced today. The campaign will be backed by Seng Huang Lee and…
(Wednesday 17th May, Scarlino) – Maintaining a superlative level of consistency through a tough, three-race day, Harm Müller-Spreer’s German-flagged team on Platoon have taken over the lead of the Rolex TP52 World Championship, earning themselves a cushion of three points…
The Esperance Bay Yacht Club's 2016/2017 Harold Browning Memorial Remark Island Race, at 38nm, is the longest event on the club's calendar and involves a picturesque sail through the Recherche Archipelago. The start was recorded by Wells Photography and highlights…
B&G has released a fully integrated, Class-B Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponder – the B&G NAIS 500. They say the NAIS 500 — which includes a dedicated GPS-500 receiver — is compact in size, lightweight and fully waterproof. It offers…
Stephen Murray Jr.'s Volvo 70, Warrior finished the 2017 Antigua Bermuda Race on Tuesday 16 May 2017 just after 08 hrs 30 mins ADT, taking Monohull Line Honours and setting the new race record for the Antigua Bermuda Race. Exact…
Land Rover BAR set a goal to be a global leader in professional sports teams, showcasing that it is possible to win on the field of play with sustainability at the core of operations. The publication of the team's third…
(Tuesday 16th May, Scarlino ) – After a long and challenging day on the waters off Scarlino, Tuscany, Quantum Racing – the defending champions – lead the Rolex TP52 World Championship by virtue of winning the one and only race…
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The second practice race day today in Bermuda, ended in a heavy pre-start collision when Land Rover BAR collided with Emirates Team New Zealand after they had been comprehensively shut out in last stages of the pre-start sequence. Peter Burling,…
The cat is out of the bag, Townsville sailors are going to work some early pre-event training into their schedules in an effort to outsail their interstate counterparts when Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week gets underway on the last day…
Last Saturday, the Flagstaff Marine Beneteau Team organised their yearly Regatta on Pittwater in collaboration with The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. It was a full day starting at 10 am with a glass of champagne, then racing in the…
The Daily Record (UK). By Peter McGlone. Harbour dog and karaoke king Jake really takes the biscuit. We told how he works hard to keep Arbroath harbour safe by scaring off seagulls and unwinds by howling along to his favourite…
Jon Sanders is half-way through his 10th circumnavigation of the world. Still at Shelter Bay Marina Colon. Atlantic end of the Panama Canal. But not for long. Shelter Bay is the natural meeting place of lots cruising yachts. Their tall…
(Monday 15th May, Scarlino) – The current overall leaders of the 52 SUPER SERIES, the Roemmers family’s Italian-flagged Azzurra, laid down a marker for the Rolex TP52 World Championship when they led all the way around the course for today’s…
Line honours winners for multihull and monohull are expected to finish the Antigua Bermuda Race tomorrow, Tuesday 16 May 2017. At 1000 ADT on the fourth day of the race, the US Merchant Marine Academy's Volvo 70, Warrior, skippered by…
Amsterdam, May 15 2017: Team AkzoNobel, the professional ocean racing team representing the Netherlands in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race, has announced Australian Luke Molloy as part of its sailing line-up for the 83,000 kilometer (45,000 mile) around-the-world race. Molloy…
Written by Roger Vaughan ‘The Medal Maker’, a biographical story of Victor Kovalenko Australia’s most celebrated Olympic sailing coach, will be launched at a function at Middle Harbour Yacht Club on Thursday evening, 18 May. David Kellett will host the…
Many people choosing to set off and sail full-time do so with a big dream in mind, a goal that captured the imagination to the extent that it urged them to cut the docklines. Countless of us out cruising share…
One could say, I have reasonable experience, skills and knowledge to complete an offshore passage. Preparation is the key to a successful passage or voyage. We all know that too well. There are no cursed passages, there is bad preparation…
So we have done “the season” up north and it is time to ponder and look back at what worked and what did not. We are nearly back home in Port Lincoln and did not make it to the Louisiades…
We wanted to go sailing for ten days or so as a tester for longer-term cruising ambitions. I have a fiancé in my life who has done virtually no sailing. We share an Oceanis 45 in Sydney Harbour, which we…
“What I had seen so far only in postcards is real, appearing in front of my eyes. This really is a paradise!” These were my first thoughts as the Air Vanuatu plane lowered towards the crystal clear waters of Port…
Thinking you have enough shade? You may or may not have a great bimini, but when the sun is not directly overhead, it will be inadequate. It will only shade one side of the cockpit. Consider a shade cloth that…
Despite an impressive late charge from their compatriots on Team Tilt, the Jérôme Clerc-steered Realteam hung on to its lead to win the GC32 Riva Cup by four points after another three race day held in perfect 10-16 knot conditions…
After three days into the Antigua Bermuda Race, strategic decisions have been few, but that is about to change. The fleet will soon feel the effects of a low pressure system to the east and whilst there should be no…
Gothenburg, Sweden (May 14th, 2017) – This local Gothenburg team has consistently improved over three days to pull themselves to the top of the final standings at Gothenburg Match Cup and secure their second Championship level event qualification spot this…
At 2am on May 13, 2017, the volunteer crew of the Mumbles All Weather lifeboat were paged to aid a dis-masted yacht. The RNLI media release reported that the yacht had become dis-masted with four crew on board midway between Ilfracombe…
NZ Herald. Team New Zealand had a man overboard drama while training in Bermuda today. The incident, which was captured by local cameraman Jason Smith, occurred as the crew began to set up for a manoeuvre, in the transition between…
The Royal Papua Yacht Club (RPYC) is pleased to announce that DHL has just signed on as the Platinum Sponsor of the DHL 2017 Coral Sea Rally. Organised in conjunction with the Cairns Yacht Club and Cairns Cruising Yacht Squadron,…
After another tricky day on Sydney Harbour for Race 3 of CYCA’s Winter Series, Tony Kirby showed just how fast his Ker 46 Patrice is, taking the win for the second week in a row. Kirby now leads Division A1…
The fleet enjoyed the first day and night of the Antigua Bermuda Race when a light easterly breeze of about 8 knots and a gentle sea state provided glorious reaching conditions. By morning on the second day, all of the…
Scarlino, Italy – The TP52 World Championship roll of honour paints quite a picture; only three different crews have won the world title since its inauguration in 2008 as an officially recognised world championship. Past victors are Quantum Racing, winners…
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