How to use your polars
Polars in their simplest form are nothing more than “How fast I will go at a certain wind speed and at a certain angle.” However, the wealth of information contained within them is actually much more than that once you…
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Multihull Solutions announces calendar of cruising rallies
In response to the success of previous events, Multihull Solutions has announced details of its three exciting cruising rallies in Australia and Asia in late 2017. Relaxed cruising is the primary focus of these events, which are increasing in popularity…
Antigua Bermuda Race welcomes schooner Eleonora
The Antigua to Bermuda Race starting on Friday 12th May is proving highly popular with a huge variety of competitors eager to take on the challenge of a true ocean race to Bermuda; the home of the 35th America's Cup….
Picturesque conditions for Day Six of Club Marine Series
Club Marine Series racing continued yesterday, 19 March, when Sandringham Yacht Club hosted Race Day Six. Completely juxtaposed to the last race day, yesterday’s conditions on Port Phillip Bay were picturesque with clear blue skies and the silhouette of Melbourne…
SMEG are the 2017 18 Footers Club Champions
The Smeg team of Lee Knapton, Ricky Bridge and Mike McKensey successfully retained the title of Australian 18 Footers League club champions when the 12-race series concluded on Sydney Harbour today. Smeg had the championship won prior to today’s race when…
Match Racing giants arrive in Perth
Perth, Australia (March 19th, 2017) – The who’s who of the match racing sailing world are rocking into Perth for the Match Cup Australia, the first Championship level event on the 2017 World Match Racing Tour, there are Olympic medallists,…
Marion – Bermuda – navigating by the stars
Marion MA- March 19, 2017: The Marion Bermuda Race is the only US East coast offshore race which features a Celestial Navigation Classification with appropriate time credits. It is the only one that offers prizes for yachts that sail by…
South African nationals rescued from stricken yacht in Indian Ocean
Three South African nationals have been rescued from their stricken yacht in the southern Indian Ocean by Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Parramatta yesterday evening, 18 March 2017, in a search and rescue operation coordinated by the Australian Maritime Safety…
Tall ship named sailor of the year
Northern Advocate. It isn't often that a ship is named Sailor of the Year – but then the R Tucker Thompson is no ordinary ship. The Bay of Islands-based tall ship, or rather the charitable trust that operates it as…
Young Endeavour completes circumnavigation of Australia
Navy Daily by Natalie Staples The Royal Australian Navy-operated Sail Training Ship Young Endeavour returned to Sydney recently after a 10-month circumnavigation of Australia. Since departing Sydney in May 2016, more than 500 young people have developed important leadership and life skills as…
Balance wins double in Lion Island Race – About Time takes Series
Paul Clitheroe’s TP52 Balance took line honours and won the Lion Island Race by nearly 13 minutes, but lost the series on countback to perpetual Ocean Pointscore winner, About Time (Julian Farren-Price) – the two crews celebrating back at the…
Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club calling for Rendezvous entries and new members
The Annual Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club Rendezvous is being held in Gloucester Passage over the weekend 24 – 27 August. If you are a person who does NOT enjoy socialising, swapping stories, being prone to mild exaggeration, helping out…
Cherubs being lured to 12ft Skiff Nationals with prizes and a packed social program
The 12ft Skiff Association has announced that a prize of a new jib from Chapman High Performance Sailing as the prize for the first Cherub in the Handicap pointscore at the upcoming 12ft Skiff Nationals. The series which will be…
Thomas makes clean sweep at Perth Match Cup
Local skipper Steve Thomas and his RPM Racing team have made a clean sweep of the Perth Match Cup, winning every race and confirming his qualification for next week’s Match Cup Australia, the first championship level event of the 2017…
First entries in for Rolex China Sea Race
Two Mainland Chinese boats have raced to enter the Rolex China Sea Race; and Race organisers hope more will follow. UBOX, a relative newcomer to international yacht racing returns for her second Rolex China Sea Race and Owner, Wang Bin,…
Neal McDonald joins MAPFRE as Sports and Performance Director
After participating six times in the Volvo Ocean Race when it came to the 2014-15’ most recent race, Neal McDonald stayed ashore for a cornerstone role as Performance Manager for Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, the team which won. His incredible resume…
Carolijn Brouwer and Marie Riou join Dongfeng Race Team for Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18
Dongfeng Race Team have selected Carolijn Brouwer and Marie Riou for their Volvo Ocean Race campaign in 2017-18 – a move that confirms the impact of a rule change introduced by the race to encourage mixed male-female crews. The two…
Lisa Blair – north or south of South Georgia?
Lisa Blair is attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica. She has rounded Cape Horn and is now heading across the south Atlantic towards the Cape of Good Hope. March 16, 2017 – North or south of South…
Olympic hero Santi Lange signs to Molokai Group
16 March 2017: Molokai Group, a specialist water sport athlete management company, today announced that they will be representing Santiago Lange’s commercial management interests in support of his future sporting and personal endeavors. Nick Moloney, founder and director of Molokai Group says, “I…
Burnell family’s Honey Badger bites in SB20 fleet
The Burnell boys from Sandy Bay Sailing Club chose the name of their father’s SB20 one-design sports boat – Honey Badger – a little animal that fights ferociously above its weight. Honey Badger, the SB20 one-design sport boat, has proven…
Jerwood reigns supreme in M32s in Perth
For local Perth skipper Matt Jerwood and his Redline Racing Team, the M32 Australian Series event was always about getting time in the boat, and learning, they did this supremely well, winning 14 of 16 races sailed. The team of…
Rolex Fastnet Race set to attract another monster fleet
Some offshore yacht races struggle for entries, but the Royal Ocean Racing Club's biennial flagship event is not one of them. When the entry list opened on 9 January, spaces sold out faster than a Rolling Stones farewell concert; the…
Foiling Week GARDA is the first TFW event in 2017
The Foiling Week, now reaching the 4th year, is expanding again offering more events and richer programs. The first and only series of global events dedicated to the amazingly fast foiling boats, their sailors and designers is heading to destinations…
Derelicts: making the best of a rotten deal in Queensland
Derelicts: making the best of a rotten deal It’s dirty work – but someone’s got to do it! Following our article titled “Forward Thinking Can Stop The Rot” in the December 2016 issue we’ve regrettably been busy ridding some of our…
HMAS Tobruk – a new dive site for Bundaberg
Queensland, and particularly Bundaberg, scored a major coup late last year when Bundaberg was chosen as the location for the the ex-HMAS Tobruk to be prepared for scuttling. Withstanding challenges from other southeast Queensland cities, Bundaberg won the right to prepare the…
Young woman dies after fall on charter yacht
A female crew member of the charter yacht SV Germania Nova is reported to be dead after a fall, presumably from the rigging, while the yacht was docked at the Errol Flynn Marina in Portland, Jamaica. Eighteen-year-old Briton, Bethany Smith,…
First female Clipper skipper returns for a second circumnavigation
Wendy Tuck, 52, from Sydney, is set to become the first Australian skipper to complete two circumnavigations with the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Wendy, who was also selected as the inaugural Australian female Skipper in the 2015-16 edition,…
Factory rebates of up to $15,000 on Bavaria yachts
Bavaria Sail has announced that the Bavaria factory is offering cash-back incentives of from $5000 to $15,000 on their range of monohulls and powerboats. The rebates are not available on multihulls. The rebates are available to buyers who confirm their…
MAPFRE snap up Greenhalgh for Volvo Ocean Race bid
Spanish team MAPFRE have signed Britain’s Rob Greenhalgh as a watch captain for their 2017-18 campaign. Greenhalgh, who returns for his fifth Volvo Ocean Race and second with MAPFRE, is the campaign's fourth confirmed sailor, following skipper Xabi Fernández, fellow…
Matt Jerwood dominates M32s in Perth
Local skipper Matt Jerwood showed he is more than a match racer on Perth’s Swan River today, winning four out of five fleet races in the M32 Australian Series inaugural event. With his regular Redline Racing crew, he dominated the…
Finn Class to test new format at Trofeo Princesa Sofia
The Finn Class will be testing a new format at the 48th Trofeo Princesa Sofía IBEROSTAR, which begins in just two weeks time. This is in response to discussions that the winner of events should be decided on the final…
Lisa Blair – around the Horn and almost at the halfway point
Lisa Blair is attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica. Last night she passed her first major milestone – Cape Horn – and is currently 49% of the way through her journey. After passing the Horn she sailed…
Magnetic Island Race Week – 40th and 80th birthdays for first entrants
Online entry to Townsville Yacht Club’s 2017 Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week is open, with the first entry coming from Akarana as she celebrates her 40th birthday while her owner, Ian Hamilton, is to celebrate his 80th during the September…
Nicole Johnson is 2017 Queen of Sydney Harbour
Nicole Johnson became the 2017 Queen of Sydney Harbour when she crewed on Smeg to win the annual Queen of the Harbour, sponsored by Hunt, which was sailed in 17-knots North East wind today. Smeg (Lee Knapton, Ricky Bridge, Mike…
Hartbreaker takes Line honours at King Island
We knew it would be a late night and we weren’t wrong. The wind gods played silly buggers with the King Island fleet and the line honours were taken at 01.37 am, with the last yacht coming in at an…
Azzurra are Royal Cup Kings of Miami
(Saturday 11th March, Miami) – In winning the 52 SUPER SERIES second regatta of the 2017 season, the 52 SUPER SERIES Miami Royal Cup, Azzurra proved once again that a team on the bounceback from a modest preceding event is…
SAP Extreme Sailing Team clinch opening win of 2017 Extreme Sailing Series in wet and wild Act 1 finale
Muscat delivered classic conditions in an electrifying finale to the opening Act of the Extreme Sailing Series that saw SAP Extreme Sailing Team become the first winners of 2017. Clear blue skies combined with a blustery north-easterly breeze gusting 25…
Sébastien Destremau takes 18th place to bring the Vendée Globe to a close
Sébastien Destremau (TechnoFirst–faceOcean) crossed the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne in eighteenth place at 00hrs 40min et 18 sec UTC on saturday 11th March 2017 after 124 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes and 18 seconds of racing…
Estate Master crowned Farr 40 Australian Champion; a decade for Hill to reach the peak
A practiced team with many seasons behind them mixed with fierce ambition, and a quick recovery from what could have cost them the main trophy, delivered Martin Hill’s Estate Master the Farr 40 John Calvert-Jones National Championship on Sydney Harbour…
Big fleet for Australian Sports Boat Championship at Sail Port Stephens
They’re usually harder to herd than cats, but as many as 20 crews will contest the Australian Sport Boat Association’s (ASBA) national titles from April 7-9 as part of the 2017 Sail Port Stephens race week. At the same time,…
