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Picture this: a stunning sunny day, anchored in a sheltered bay, glass of wine in one hand, Cruising Helmsman magazine in the other, kids and their friends fishing off the back of the boat. I am just about to fall…
Crossing one of the roughest pieces of water in the world without any sailing experience? What would you call it: naive, risky, brave? Would this be another crewing horror story? German adventurer, Gesine and her skipper, John Allen share the…
Breakfast for the kids in my life could and would be easy. Just about any kind of commercial breakfast cereal with an obscene amount of sugar would appease them and torture us. Not on my boat! In past columns, I…
There are a number of bureaucratic issues that complicate life for non-EU citizens planning to enjoy extended cruising in the Mediterranean. There is even more so if you are wanting to live-aboard in the winter off-season, rather than go to…
A bimini for a cruising yacht today is so much more than just a sun screen. It can be a base for an electrical power station, dinghy davit, part of a cockpit long sunshade or a very serious asset to…
Californian film-maker Bill Babington and I were intrigued to cruise the 850 kilometre stretch of the Straits of Malacca (Selat Melaka), a passage connecting the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. Our six week journey up the coast of Malaysia…
It was calm and peaceful as we weaved our way through an array of flotilla and mooring lines. “Thar she lies; that’s her,” the old man exclaimed with a measure of impartial authority, as if she were the only vessel…
Despite winds gusting up to 30 knots, racing continued today, 5 November 2016, for Day 2 of the Club Marine Series on Port Phillip Bay. After the Race Committee received notice from the Bureau of Meteorology that the gale warning…
After the arrival of Scallywag at 12:51:52 yesterday and their record breaking sail and Line Honours win of 23h 31m 52s, the next boat to arrive was Sam Chan’s TP52 FreeFire. She sailed across the line at 20:19:54 cementing her…
Snow on the mountain, cold showers on a chilly 12º morning, plus a rather dire forecast for very strong winds, failed to dampen the enthusiasm of more than 150 youth and adult sailors who went out on the Derwent today…
Sailing is a dynamic and unique mix of sport, technology and nature. The recently announced focus for the sport – 'harnessing the power of nature' – brings with it enormous opportunities for building commercial partnerships and new revenue streams. The…
The month long spell of unseasonable benevolent, summer-like weather is set to hold through Sunday, giving the 29 solo skippers who will start the Vendée Globe solo non stop race around the world the most favourable starting conditions for many…
The public vote for the 2016 Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards, the most prestigious award of recognition in sailing, has opened for a period of 72 hours. Those wishing to cast their vote for who they believe is…
As the clock counts down ever closer to Sunday's start of the eighth edition of the Vendée Globe, the solo non stop around the world race, the question which still prevails among the inevitable massive media frenzy gathered in Les…
Multihull Solutions is an innovative company with sales centres and agents conveniently located throughout Australia, Asia, the Pacific Islands and New Zealand who can assist you with all of your multihull needs. The company imports and sells a range of…
Flagstaff Marine Beneteau is celebrating the 25th year of its annual Beneteau Regatta. The Beneteau Cup Regatta has been a key event on Sydney Harbour since 1991 and attracts many local and interstate participants as we kick off summer sailing…
Around the sun drenched hunting grounds that the Vendée Globe race dock represents to the huge crowds enjoying a slow promenade round the 29 IMOCA round the world race boats, Armel Le Cléac'h and Alex Thomson are the ‘big beasts',…
Coopers 62-Rag & Famish Hotel won a dramatic Race 1 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour after a brilliant performance by her crew in the fresh North East wind conditions. The win was completely unusual as the…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) takes great pleasure in announcing that at the close of entries, 100 yachts are signed up to take part in the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the 72nd running of the 628…
Yachts and dreams are synonymous, but yacht ownership is sometimes likened to standing under a shower tearing up $100 dollar bills; unless you share the capital and running costs with others. Fractional ownership of yachts is common on Australia's weekend…
Philosopher, Shaun Tiedemann’s modified Sydney 36cr, turned in an outstanding sailing performance on the Derwent yesterday, winning five of the six handicap categories in two windward/leeward races. Perfect sailing conditions, warm and sunny with a light to moderate breezes forecast,…
French and international race skippers are returning to sun drenched Les Sables d'Olonne after taking a their final rest at home before what is always a frenetic, highly charged last week before the Vendée Globe solo non stop around the…
Tiffany Koo tore up the track on day three of the China Cup International Regatta as the Malaysian skipper steered Hero Racing to a commanding lead in the battle of the big boats. Koo ruled the waves last year…
Julian Farren-Price and his Cookson 12, About Time, are back in their comfort zone of the winner’s circle after taking the double in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Botany Bay Race today, with victories in both IRC and ORCi….
Olympic medallists Tom Burton and Lisa Darmanin have taken top honours at the 2016 Australian Sailing Awards, held in Sydney on Saturday night, along with the entire record-breaking Australian Paralympic Sailing Team. Tom Burton was named Male Sailor of the…
As one of the most experienced match racing skippers in the world, Australian Katie Spithill has been to every Busan Cup Women’s International Match Race since the inaugural event in 2008, except for the single year she had her daughter….
A lack of breeze meant no racing on day two of the China Cup International Regatta on Friday. The 138 entries, from 38 regions and nations across the world, were hoping to get started on the inshore, round-the-cans racing on…
It was cold, rainy, wet and not very windy, but yet an eventful and really exciting Friday on the waters just outside Haeundae Beach in Busan, Korea. Claire Leroy (FRA), Lucy Macgregor (GBR), Anna Östling (SWE) and Katie Spithill (AUS)…
Established in 2002, Performance Boating Sales is an award winning yacht and motor boat brokerage based on Pittwater, Sydney. A founding member of the Australian Marine Network (AMN), PBS is also the NSW importer for Jeanneau yachts, as well as an…
Entries are now open for the first edition of the Sail Maldives yacht rally – set to be one of the most exotic and spectacular events of its kind. The Indian Ocean archipelago is gearing up to welcome participants from…
Day two of the Farr 40 One Design Trophy brought a secondary surge of high winds associated with a cold front and low pressure system to the south and the cancellation of all remaining races leaving Kokomo the victor based…
Strong Southerly winds, gusting to more than 30-knots, made 18ft Skiff officials think long and hard before making a decision on whether to conduct the Alf Beashel Memorial Trophy race on Sydney Harbour today. Following the abandonment of last Sunday’s…
More than two decades after she won the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on IMS corrected time, the Bellerive Yacht Club syndicate-owned Filepro yesterday showed she is still competitive and, in fact, a fine winner. Filepro, skippered by Darren Clark, won…
Their match racing skills and achievements over the years are unrivalled. Now they’re back in Korea for the Busan Cup Women's International Match Race, the 4th event of the 2016 WIM Series. But are double World Champion Claire Leroy of…
The second ever Around Australia Yacht Race is set to depart Sydney Harbour on August 5th 2017. With three early entries all dreaming of competing and completing this amazing race, the event is ‘Full Steam Ahead’. A lot of people are worried that…
When the new De’Longhi 18ft Skiff was christened at Double Bay last Sunday, it continued a wonderful corporate support of an iconic 125-year-old Australian sport. Gregg Lawrance, Channel Manager Specialist & Independants, poured the traditional champagne over the bow of…
The Volvo China Coast Regatta got underway on Saturday in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Haima which brought Hong Kong to a standstill just 24 hours before; including the forced cancellation of the Regatta’s Welcome Drinks and Skipper Briefing. It…
A guest helmsman and rock star team have finally broken Kokomo’s shackles and at the half way point of the season opening One Design Trophy they are in control of the Farr 40 fleet. Lang Walker’s Kokomo has competed sporadically…
A fleet of 141 boats started this morning's PIC Coastal Classic Auckland to Russell yacht race, in conditions that can only be described as any sailor's dream, with the wind coming from the South-West, and with just the right amount…
The handicapper is doing something right when the top four Couta Boats finish the Wattle Cup pointscore tied on equal points as they did on Sunday October 16 after a smoky passage race to Mackerel Beach at on Pittwater’s western…
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