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Yesterday we checked Lisa Blair's tracker to see how her attempted circumnavigation of Antarctica was faring. We were surprised and alarmed to see her sailing 355deg – almost due north. Below she explains why, but first her thoughts on sleep…
Battle lines will be drawn when a variety of classes hold their championships at NSW’s largest keelboat event, the Sydney Harbour Regatta, to be hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club over the weekend of 4-5 March. The 11th anniversary regatta…
The weather turned from gutbusters to doldrums overnight. The 20 knot easterlies of the past two days were replaced by a ghoster at barely 3 knots by midday but worse was to come as a heavy fog drifted over the…
After nearly two months away from the race track the Club Marine Series was continued yesterday 11 February, 2017, with 119 registrants and hosted by the Royal Brighton Yacht Club. This decent break gave local yachts the opportunity to participate…
Martin Hill’s Estate Master narrowly beat the runner up on the final day of the Farr 40 NSW State Title 2017 that wrapped up on Sydney Harbour in strong sou’east winds. The days when Estate Master and what used to…
Chris Higham’s Archambault 40 Argo showed the way in Royal Perth Yacht Club’s Iberia Race, the feeder race for Geographe Bay Race Week. In unseasonal conditions, the race was run in freezing conditions, with heavy rain at times, but offset…
Tasmania’s fastest ocean racing yacht, the Reichel/Pugh 66, Alive, early last evening fell just short of breaking the record the 89 nautical mile Bruny Island Race, Australia’s oldest inshore/offshore yacht race. First held by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania…
It was a day of thrills and spills for the 18 Footers as they battled across Sydney Harbour in a 22-28 knot Southerly today. The conditions tested even the best of sailors as they completed three windward/leewards for the President’s…
Though David Gilmour still leads the Geographe Bay Cup, he is no longer undefeated and is under pressure with three other skippers just one point behind him. Fellow Western Australian Torvar Mirsky knocked Gilmour off his pedestal, and is one…
The Bay of Biscay is not giving up Eric Bellion easily as the French skipper battles upwind with no mainsail, trying to get to the finish line of the Vendée Globe. Bellion on CommeUnSeulHomme has had four tempestuous days fighting…
The America’s Cup Superyacht Regatta will be one of the greatest highlights of the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda in 2017. Some of the world’s most beautiful yachts will be given the perfect stage on which to perform on Bermuda’s…
Easterly winds at 15- 20 knots gave sailors a wonderful introduction to this year’s Geographe Bay Regatta. The big boats sailed a 19 mile course around the bay, while the Viper sports boats sailed a series of windward and return…
Rio Silver Medallists, Mat Belcher and Will Ryan have won the 470 Australian National Championships held at Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club on Lake Macquarie from 10-12 February. While the Women’s title was won by 2016 Olympian Carrie Smith and…
At sea for 20 days, 13 hours, 4 minutes and 39 seconds, sailor and adventurer Lisa Blair, 32 reached a key milestone in her attempt to circumnavigate Antarctica solo and unassisted crossing the International Dateline at 16:25:39 UTC (05:25:39 local…
In temperatures 30 degrees plus, Sydney’s beaches were packed on Saturday February 11 and a little out to sea off Manly’s famous surf beach on the first day of the Farr 40 NSW State Title the good guys sizzled. Three…
David Gilmour and his team are top of the leaderboard at the Geographe Bay Cup on the World Match Racing Tour, after what was a short but action packed session on the water. He won all three races contested, but…
The final miles of the Vendée Globe non stop around the world race have dealt a brutal blow to New Zealand solo skipper Conrad Colman when his Foresight Natural Energy was dismasted last night (Friday) around 2200hrs UTC. After 97…
Between this Sunday coming and next Sunday five of the ten skippers who are still racing in the Vendée Globe solo round the world race should finish. But the huge variations in weather conditions is not only making it difficult…
The America’s Cup Online Store is live right now at shop.americascup.com and is the one-stop-shop online for the very best, 100% official, America’s Cup merchandise. Whether you are a fan of ORACLE TEAM USA, the Defenders of the America’s Cup, or any…
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, has opened the bidding process for its titled Youth and Women's Match Racing World Championships for 2018-2020 as well as the 2018 Nations Cup. Click here for bid documents and bid guidelines…
Eric Bellion, who stands to finish as the first rookie in this eighth edition of the Vendée Globe faces one fierce final Friday, as he fights with the big, active Atlantic low pressure system during his last 800 miles to…
A Port Stephens volunteer has today been honoured for his outstanding courage in saving the lives of two of his Marine Rescue NSW crew mates during a rescue operation in fatal conditions last January. Marine Rescue Port Stephens member Mr Laurie Nolan is the…
Lisa Blair's Blog, February 7, 2017 Afternoon All. Yesterday afternoon after I just finishing my blog I was slammed out of nowhere with 40 knots of wind. I'd spent the day “umming” and “arring” about shaking out to reef 2…
The RORC Caribbean 600 attracts the world's fastest racing yachts, magnificent superyachts and corinthian production cruisers. Gathered in Antigua for the start of the 600-mile blast around 11 Caribbean islands, the fleet is a phenomenal sight. Among the spectacular entries…
Perth, Australia (February 7th, 2017) – The M32 catamaran is at the forefront of the worldwide move towards “thrill seeker sailing”, in anything from 10 knots of breeze upwards they are fast and furious, and definitely more than a bit edgy. It…
A familiar skipper is making his Farr 40 return with an unfamiliar boat name at this weekend’s NSW State Title hosted by the Middle Harbour Yacht Club at The Spit, Sydney. Guido Belgiorno-Nettis is bringing what was Transfusion, now Angophora,…
The ambitions of Land Rover BAR to win the 35th America's Cup – and finally bring the trophy back home to Britain after 166 years – took solid form today, with the launch and christening of their America's Cup Class…
Kevin Curran, an experienced American cruiser, writes blogs on his experiences to help other cruisers. He asked us if we'd like to share his recent experience where he looked at the pros and cons of varnish v Cetol: There comes…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod rescued an Austrian boater Sunday from a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 120 nautical miles northeast of San Juan,…
FEBRUARY 6, 2017 – Montego Bay, Jamaica – Peter and David Askew’s Wizard crossed the finish line in Montego Bay at 9:00:15 ET this morning to capture line honors in the 33rd Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race. One hour…
In February 2016, Fiji suffered the devastating effects of Tropical Cyclone Winston. The cyclone caused significant damage to the infrastructure of Fiji, including to a number of maritime aids to navigation and lighthouse sites. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has…
The stability of a catamaran design has found its way into a new very practical application in the form of a yacht tender with an innovative lightweight design from New Zealand now being represented by Multihull Central. The Takacat dinghies…
Michael Coxon, Dave O’Conner and Trent Barnabas of Thurlow Fisher Lawyers were crowned 18ft Skiff Australian Champions today after sailing a faultless race on Sydney Harbour. The trio led the final heat of the championship from the start line and…
It was another spectacular day on Waitemata Harbour for the final day of racing for the 2017 18’ Skiff New Zealand Championship. Racing from Royal Akarana Yacht Club, home to the Auckland Skiff League, all boats bar C-Tech opted for…
Whenever the MyState Wooden Boat Festival is on in Hobart, the Cruising Yacht Club in Sydney organise a cruise to Tasmania to get its members down there in style. This year a group of twelve boats departed Sydney at various…
An extended series of practice racing has concluded in Bermuda with skipper Jimmy Spithill saying the team has added to its knowledge base through competition against the other Bermuda based teams. “Anytime you get to simulate real race conditions, with…
Ronstan was founded in 1953 by Ron Allatt and Stan Lenepveu as a manufacturing facility for wooden-hulled boats and the deck fittings they required. They built their first factory in Victoria and on December 21 the name Ronstan Marine Equipment…
Musto is known to be one of the biggest brands in the world for offshore racing gear. They are one of just two sailing brands that use Gore-Tex and are extremely competitive around the world. David Oliver, CEO Musto Australasia…
Multihull Solutions is celebrating all things multihull at its upcoming free Gold Coast Open Day on Saturday 18 March. Scheduled to coincide with the Gold Coast International Boat Show & Marine Expo, the Multihull Solutions Open Day will feature an…
Sailing in big breeze can be many things, fun, exciting, maybe even stressful and sometimes expensive when things go south. Last year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race saw many teams face retirement when they suffered sail damage on the first…
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