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The Taste of Tasmania and Sydney to Hobart race will have a ‘yacht’ more going on this year with a record 50 entries for the tenth anniversary of the 2016 National Pies Launceston to Hobart (L2H) Yacht Race run by…
Already known worldwide as one of the best harbours to visit, Sydney Harbour offers so much more than just climbing the bridge, swimming its beaches or catching a show and a drink at the Opera House. Whether you own your…
The Rating Series, or grand prix division, of the Festival of Sails tends to be where the best recognised Australian boats sign up, and the 2017 edition has drawn the usual well-known boats and faces, plus some new younger talent…
A total of 33 Beneteau owners and crew gathered at the CYCA for the 25th Beneteau Cup and were rewarded in many ways – from the crousants and champagne at the pre-regatta breakfast to the ideal conditions on Sydey Harbour….
The Dec/Jan 17 issue is packed full of Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race features. First we look at who is entered with the form guide and entry list. Then Fay Khoo talks to Adrienne Cahalan about becoming the first woman…
Beau Geste and JustADash have cleaned up Division 1 and 2 respectively at the 39th Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club, each winning all three races. Hong Kong businessman Kwok and his Team Beau…
The Smeg team of Lee Knapton, Mike McKensey and Ricky Bridge are the 2016-2017 NSW 18ft Skiff champions after finishing in second place in today’s final race of the series on Sydney Harbour. Going into the last race of the…
250+ boats turned up for the 26nm 2016 Around the Island Race. Race Officer Inge Strompf-Jepsen set two start lines off of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's Kellett Island Clubhouse with the line closest to Kellett Island used for starting…
A trio of TP52’s, headed by Hong Kong’s Karl Kwok with Team Beau Geste and Division 2 defending champ, JustADash, are the early leaders of Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s 39th Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), which started today with…
The 3rd edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race started without a hitch in ideal conditions outside Marina Lanzarote. With a gentle breeze and slight sea state, it was a comfortable start to the 2,865 nautical mile ocean race to Camper…
Tomorrow not only will the winner of the RC44 Valletta Cup be decided, but also 2016 RC44 Fleet Racing Champion. Three more races were held today and, with a further three scheduled tomorrow, the RC44 Valletta Cup is lining up…
At the 0800 UTC position update Le Cléac'h moved into first place for the first time since losing the lead to Thomson two weeks ago. The change in frontrunner came almost three weeks into the solo round the world race…
Local Western Australian rider Andy Hansen revelled in the relatively light conditions on his home track to convincingly claim the Australian title. Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club in Rockingham, the two day regatta was mainly sailed in 10 –…
After last season’s success of the World Match Racing Tour’s first event in the Australian sailing hot spot of Fremantle the WMRT is proud to announce that it is coming back for seconds. The first event of the 2017 WMRT…
The sole British skipper in the solo round the world race has made impressive speeds since breaking the appendage on November 19, not only holding off the attack from second-placed Armel Le Cléac'h but also setting a new race record…
Chris Bake seemed to light the touch paper on board his Team Aqua during the second day of fleet racing at the RC44 Valletta Cup. The longest serving team in the RC44 class' 10 year history was in a different…
On Friday afternoon, ORACLE TEAM USA donated a second batch of 15 Optimist dinghies to a Bermuda sailing club. The boats have been completely refurbished to ‘better than new’ condition by the ORACLE TEAM USA boat-builders after being rescued from…
Three big names of New Zealand yachting have signed up to join Ludde Ingvall’s super maxi CQS, and will be on the boat for its first competitive outing, the Round White Island Race, starting in Auckland on Friday (25th) morning. Chris…
Yesterday evening, at 21:00 GMT, the final ranking of the day reinforced Sébastien Josse in second place. At that time, the solo sailor was 96 miles behind leader Alex Thomson and had a few miles on third placed Armel Le…
Earlier this month, at Gorinchem the Netherlands, the Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands Brett Mason and Damen Shipyards Group CEO René Berkvens gave a celebratory send-off to the Dutch royal sailing yacht Oranje bound for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival….
Hanse is the German yacht brand that has rocketed the Hanse Group and Team Windcraft in Australia to success over the past couple of decades. The upward trend looks set to continue thanks to a recent 12 million Euro investment…
Queenslander Robbo Robertson enjoyed a race-long battle with two other Beneteaus to take out the Cabbage Tree Island Race, his Beneteau 40, Bravo staving off challenges from the Black Sheep and Ariel, to claim Race 4 of the Cruising Yacht…
Ramrod, built down the Huon of timber and fibreglass almost 20 years ago, yesterday was declared overall AMS winner of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s 180 nautical mile TasPorts Maria Island Yacht Race. Hobart chartered accountant and RYCT member…
A countback was needed to determine the winner of the Lipton Cup for 2016 when Bruce McCraken’s Beneteau First 45 and Rod Warren’s J111 both ended the series on nine points. McCraken’s Ikon won the countback and with it, the…
After weeks of strong winds and near-survival conditions, today’s Race 4 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship was sailed in a typically moderate summer North East wind on Sydney Harbour. The 2016 JJ Giltinan champion Smeg team of Lee Knapton,…
Following years and months of planning, two weeks of preparations and provisioning and final hours of farewells, the yachts taking part in ARC 2016 made their way out of Muelle Deportivo in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria this morning. There…
A shifty 10-15 knot southerly tested sailors on day three of the 2016 Harken International Youth Match Racing Championships with semi-finalists decided. Race Officer Ted Anderson pushed through to complete the Round Robin, Quarter Finals and 9th– 12th place sail…
The Royal Yacht Club of Victoria’s annual Lipton Cup Regatta kicked off today in light southerlies, but such was the intensity at the start of the combined division A and B fleets in the first race of the day, that…
Hobart yachtsman Peter Cretan missed being aboard his yacht Tilt when it took line honours in the 180 nautical mile TasPorts Maria Island Race today – because he was to sing with the TSO choir in the famous Wagner opera, …
Hakata Bay in Fukuoka was the scene for the historic first ever day of America’s Cup racing in Japan and it was Land Rover BAR who finished day one of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Fukuoka racing…
British sailor Alex Thomson was forced to slow his 60ft foiling yacht today after hit a submerged object in the South Atlantic. One of the boat's two foils, which help lift it out of the water to give it more…
The stage is set for the final weekend of racing in the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series. The ultimate event is taking place in Fukuoka, Japan this weekend, the first America's Cup racing in Asia, and showcase event for…
Averaging over 22kts of boat speed during the mid-afternoon hours, Vendée Globe leader Alex Thomson is revelling in his first contact with a low pressure system, 600 miles NE of Rio, which may provide record breaking conditions over the coming…
UPDATE: Following on from the collision that his boat experienced early in the race off Portugal, and after sailing to the island of Fernando de Noronha and diving twice to inspect what was happening under his hull, Bertrand de Broc,…
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Perth is pleased to be hosting another showcase of sailing on the Swan River. A selection of WA’s IRC Big Boats will be joined by a fleet of four M32’s for stadium style racing…
Alex Thomson was expected to lead the Vendée Globe across the Equator during the early evening UTC, the first British skipper ever to lead the solo non-stop around the world race into the Southern Hemisphere. The last British skipper to…
The experienced crew of Jack Macartney, Mark Kennedy and Dave Ewings gave a brilliant performance of heavy weather sailing when they combined to bring Coopers 62-Rag & Famish Hotel home as winner of Race 3 of the NSW Championship on…
The Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600 has just been named IRC Boat of the Year by the UNCL, “Union Nationale pour la Course au Large.” The UNCL judging panel is composed of journalists from a variety of marine media. This award…
The Royal Prince Alfred Yachts Club is pleased to announce the opening of their new offshore yacht race which will finish at Southport Yacht Club on Queensland’s Gold Coast for 2017. The new race to Southport presents a warm water…
December Cruising Helmsman means two things: lots of Christmas ideas plus a trailer sailer feature stories. Do not worry there is plenty for all those grouches or keelboat owners as well. Every December, editor Phil Ross presents those interesting items…
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