Far East 23R: A sporty club racer
I was impressed with the Far East 28R when we tested it for the 2015 December/January issue of this magazine, so I had high hopes for her little sister, the new 23R. I was not disappointed. Far East Yachts aim…
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Tricky conditions pays off for Italians at Melges 24 Worlds
The trickier conditions of today, with a light breeze from 040° that filled in only in the afternoon, forced the Race Committee to raise AP flag until 2.50pm, moment when the fleet was eventually given the preparatory signal and allowed…
Phaedo3 takes victory in RORC Transatlantic
Lloyd Thornburg's American MOD70 Phaedo3 has taken Multihull Line Honours in the RORC Transatlantic Race for the second year running. The American MOD70 completed the course in 6 days 13 hours 39 minutes and 55 seconds. Although the team was…
Double header in WA adds to World Match Racing Tour calendar
Following the announcement of the WMRT Match Cup Australia in Perth last week, the World Match Racing Tour has revealed two more events in Australia in the first two months of 2017. The WMRT Swan River Match Cup and the…
Phaedo3 closes in on arrival in RORC Transatlantic Race
Lloyd Thornburg's American MOD70 Phaedo3 is flying towards Grenada's Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina and expected to touch down in about 24 hours. Mike Slade's Maxi 100 Leopard 3 is racing against the clock in an assault on the…
L2H will be Tasmania's biggest coastal race for a decade
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…
The magnificent Seven: Sydney's top spots for sailing – in partnership with expedia.com.au
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…
Tassie youth to shake up Festival of Sails; early bird entry closes today
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…
Fun in the sun at 25th Beneteau Cup on Sydney Harbour
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….
All things Rolex Sydney Hobart in Dec/Jan Australian Sailing
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…
Kwok and Dash clean up IRC at Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship
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…
Smeg wins NSW 18 Footers Championship with second placing in Race 5
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…
Teenager Calum Gregor wins Hong Kong's Round the Island Race for third year in a row
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…
TP52s clean-sweep at Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship
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…
Ideal conditions for start of the RORC Transatlantic Race Lanzarote to Grenada
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…
RC44 podiums wide open going into final day
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…
Thomson still the Boss as Le Cléac'h threatens top spot
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…
Andy Hansen takes out Australian Hydrofoil Formula Kite Nationals
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 –…
World Match Racing Tour to kick off in Perth
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…
Hugo Boss takes off after entering Southern Ocean
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…
Perfect day on the water for Team Aqua at Valletta Cup
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…
Oracle Team USA delivers Optimist fleet to Sandys Boat Club
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 Kiwi heavyweights join Ingvall's CQS for Sydney Hobart
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…
Rudder damage resolved aboard Edmond de Rothschild
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…
The Dutch are coming: Royal yacht to be at Hobart's Wooden Boat Fest
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 invests 12 million Euro in new manufacturing technology
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…
Bravo, ‘Robbo’ wins Cabbage Tree Island Race
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, Tilt take Maria Island Race handicap honours
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…
Ikon retains Lipton Cup after countback
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…
Smeg takes another comfortable win in 18 Footers League NSW Championship
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,…
The 31st Atlantic Rally for Cruisers sets sail from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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…
Close racing as finals kick off at Harken Youth Match Racing Championship
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…
Ikon takes an early lead at Lipton Cup Regatta
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…
Opera take precedence over Maria Island win
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, …
Super Sunday will be the decider in Fukuoka
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…
Alex Thomson suffers damage on train ride south in Vendee Globe
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…
Stage set for final races of America's Cup World Series
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…
Alex Thomson hits record breaking conditions in Vendee Globe
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…
Bertrand de Broc forced to retire from Vendee Globe
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,…
M32 and IRC big boat arena racing at RFBYC
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…
