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Bridgetown, Barbados (5 January 2017): With just 10 days to go before the start of the 2017 Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series (16-24 January), the festival atmosphere in Barbados is starting to rumble. Overseas entries, including Tony Lawson’s record-breaking MOD70…
Without doubt my favourite flavour profile comes from South East Asia. Colonisation and trade have evolved the foods of the region to a spectacular cacaphony of aromas and tastes. From a typical spice rack, you could not really have done…
I was recently contacted by an acquaintance for advice on having his yacht delivered from North Queensland to Brisbane. This got me thinking that there are probably owners out there who do not know how to choose a good skipper….
Our second visit to Indonesia took Steve and I to a very different and remote part of this vast island nation. We were participating in the Sail Malaysia “Passage to the East” 2015 yacht rally, which, for the first time…
Eventually all yachties have to tackle problems with the layup material of their freedom machines, whether it be rot, rust or osmosis. It is just the nature of boats, the bottomless hole in the ocean that we so willingly fill….
Where to next? Jim and I had sailed across the South Pacific, spent two seasons in New Zealand and Vanuatu and were in Australia. From this point, most crews head north to Darwin, join a rally to sail through the…
It is reasonable to assume that the small crew of a private pleasure vessel travelling through remote areas of Australia or an overseas country may at some time encounter a stranger wanting to board their boat with nefarious intentions. Most…
After spending six weeks of day sailing and island-hopping our way through the spectacular cruising grounds of the Krabi Coast, Phang Nga Bay and the western side of Phuket, we were making way for the almost deserted Surin Island group…
For the Vendée Globe leaders, this eighth edition of the solo round the world race is increasingly feeling like a game of two very distinct, contrasting halves. From the start on Sunday 6th November in Les Sables d'Olonne the pace…
America's Cup syndicates have had a 28-day sailing ban imposed on their new boats in an apparent concession to Team New Zealand. The protocol for the Cup has been amended under agreement by all six teams involved in the 35th…
The Idec Sport maxi-trimaran has completed the first half of the round the world voyage. It will be around 1800hrs UTC that they will have sailed the 11,160 theoretical miles representing half of the total distance between Ushant and Ushant…
Just another day in sailing paradise as 40 Flying Fifteens took part in day 3 of the Gemmill Homes Flying Fifteen Australian Championship in Esperance. Clear blue skies, warm temperatures and a superb day of steady breezes ranging from 15…
We finally had a bit more wind and for the most part the Australians looked more comfortable for it. It was a relatively warm fluffy onshore wind of 15 knots without a lot of pressure, nothing like an Aussie sea…
Doug Coulter’s Shakti from the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club steamed their way up the New South Wales coast to set the record for the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s first ever Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Yacht Race with an…
The IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran is continuing to extend her lead over the Jules Verne Trophy title-holder. At the end of the eighteenth day of racing, Francis Joyon, Alex Pella, Clément Surtel, Gwénolé Gahinet, Bernard Stamm and Sébastien Audigane now have…
The ability to repair at sea is absolutely fundamental to completing the Vendée Globe solo round the world race. Michel Desjoyeaux, the only skipper to twice win the legendary singlehanded race, which forbids any kind of outside assistance, often speaks…
True to the forecast, a 15 knot southerly breeze had built to 20 knots by the time the Club Marine Pittwater to Southport fleet set off at 1pm on Monday January 2, 2017 from a long start line to the…
Shaun Tiedemann’s Philosopher yesterday proved herself to be this summer’s champion yacht of Hobart’s River Derwent, outsailing a crack fleet to become King of the Derwent for 2016. With Shaun’s son Sam on the helm, Philosopher was named King of…
A stunning opening days racing at the 2017 Gemmill Homes Flying Fifteen Australian Championship in Esperance. Clear blue skies and a building E/SE breeze starting from 12 – 16 knots climbing to 22 – 28 knots later in the afternoon…
Emotional Rescue (Michael Hutchinson) and Mr Burger (Wings Three) have been declared joint overall winners of the National Pies 10th Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race. In a decision that must reflect the Wisdom of Solomon, the racing rules jury have…
Coaches Blog #7 Second days racing done and dusted. Well let me first say our team is a very resilient bunch. After a disappointing first day they bounced back very well. Most improved their position in a much more positive…
Like the Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet’s quick push south in record time, the Club Marine Pittwater to Southport line-up is set to also enjoy tailwinds after taking a left hand turn out of Broken Bay tomorrow. The Royal Prince Alfred…
Esperance delivered ideal conditions for a genteel introduction to the Gemmill Homes 55th Flying Fifteen Australian National Championship. A mostly sunny day with a moderate breeze of 12 – 15 knots and relatively flat seas (according to locals, they are…
As Sean Langman arrived in Hobart in his beautiful Cliff Gale designed Maluka of Kermandie it was all smiles as he beat his own record by half a day. And beat Roger ‘Clouds’ Badhams prediction of four and a half…
Dismasted in the Southern Ocean, French solo sailor Stéphane Le Diraison has made it to Port Phillip under jury rig. Using his boom as a mast, he has managed to make the journey to a safe port under his own…
Adrienne Cahalan made history this week as the first woman to compete in 25 Sydney Hobart Yacht Races and it was all smiles as Ragamuffin was tied up to the dock. Her goal for the race was just to finish…
For the first time in 50 years Syd Fischer watched from the dock as Ragamuffin left to start the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. While he had a very important role for the start – firing the cannon – it is…
As the fleet continues to trickle into Hobart it is pretty much the same story, great reaching to Tasman Light and from there it has been a drfit fest. The lucky boats follow a group in and see what not…
Jim Delegat's Volvo 70 Giacomo was confirmed the winner of the Tattersall's Trophy this afternoon. While the trophy was almost guaranteed by Wednesday evening, the wait for theofficial announcement was a long one for Delegat and his team as they…
The 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has provided Tony Cable with two line honours, an overall victory, lifetime membership of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia – and a wife. It’s not bad for a short, fat, bald bloke…
Team ORCV has been very busy putting the Cock of the Bay to bed and preparing for today's Wyndham Harbour Melbourne to Hobart and Devonport races. We had a lack of wind for the start, just off Portsea Pier…
Being second across the finish line has its advantages. You have your handicap time posted and the boats behind have to beat you. However it usually means up to two days of nervousness, ticking off the smaller boats when it…
As we reach the two day mark of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race it is slow and steady in Hobart. Perpetual Loyal, Giacomo and Scallywag were able to sneak into Hobart in the dying breeze but since then it…
Beau Geste’s sprint south in the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race finished with a slow crawl up Hobart’s sometimes-cruel Derwent River in an early morning breeze too trifling to combat an outgoing tide and help them fight off a…
On paper it was the perfect race for Matt Allens JV52 Ichi Ban and in practice it was until they turned the corner at Tasman Light. Until the early hours of Dec 28, they were leading both their division and…
For Rupert Henry’s JV62 Chinese Whisper it was always going to be a race against Matt Allens JV52 Ichi Ban. The two have been neck and neck during the CYCA’s Blue Water Pointscore Series and when the forecast came through,…
As dawn broke on the second day of the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, eight-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI had stolen a march on the rest of the fleet. Crossing ahead of nearest rival Pepetual Loyal during…
After a night of high speed sailing in the 72nd Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Karl Kwok’s Botin 80 Beau Geste was sitting fourth ahead of Scallywag and Black Jack and 10th overall on corrected time, the handicap rating that…
When Jim Cooney bought Maserati for the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart, it became a family project with his daughter Julia, 19, and son James, 18, joining the crew for the great race south. After a quick turn around, they were…
Just after 2:30am on December 28, Anthony Bell's 100ft super maxi Perpetual Loyal was first across the finish line of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, smashing Wild Oats XI's race record by nearly five hours. It was the second…
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