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Olympic class skiff sailors, including seven Australian pairings, will be on the grid for the 49er and 49erFX European Championships at Barcelona, Spain, April 11 -16, 2016. It will be the final class regatta for Australia’s Olympic gold medallists (London)…
A collision that led to Peter Hawker’s sudden departure from Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2015 was nothing less than a “bloody disappointing finish” and the second year running the South Australian yachtsman was forced out of the annual Whitsunday…
The Katadyn Group – headquartered in Kemptthal Switzerland – has acquired the assets of Spectra watermakers in San Rafael, California/US, manufacturer of desalination systems based on proprietary energy recovery pumps. The line of Katadyn desalinators (Power Survivors and hand operated Survivors)…
The frontal weather system currently passing over the fleet has not been as strong as the last, but has provided another day of excellent mileage in the final push to Seattle. Following seas, good kite runs, and winds gusting 40…
Day one of the Commodore’s Cup at Sail Port Stephens proved an idyllic shakedown for the record fleet of 52 yachts varying in size and design, 13 – 16 knots of SSE breeze and loads of warm autumn sunshine to…
Perfect 12-14 knots racing conditions under a blue sky on race day 3 at the 470 Europeans were a complete contrast to yesterday’s weather pattern of driving rain and storms Sailors had to pay intense attention to the shifts on…
Six-time Match Racing World Champion Ian Williams, GAC Pindar crashed out of the 2016 Congressional Cup, Stage Two of the World Match Racing Tour after finishing 12th and last in Qualifying. Exiting the regatta alongside Williams were Johnie Berntsson (SWE),…
The Clipper Race fleet is experiencing the ‘North Pacific Railway’ right now, according to race Meteorologist Simon Rowell, with a regular timetable of low/ridge/low coming through. A ridge of high pressure is whipping through the fleet from west to east…
In late 2013, the members of Gitana Team embark on an adventure that is as thrilling as it is complex: overhauling the Multi70 Edmond de Rothschild, a 70-footer initially built to race in crewed configuration on a one-design circuit, in…
Various storm systems rolled across the race course on Friday, forcing postponement on the water, as the breeze swung to the west, rain filled in, visibility dropped and the breeze kicked up. Challenging conditions by anyone’s standards. A cold, damp…
Damp and gusty downwind conditions, with up to 50 knot peaks, are continuing to push the teams forward in the race to Seattle. With boat speeds in the high teens, and surfs well into the 20 knot range, impressive 24…
Long Beach, California, USA (6th April 2016): On the opening day of the 52nd Congressional Cup, Stage Two of the World Match Racing Tour, one-dozen of the world’s top ranked skippers scrapped on the waters off the Belmont Veterans Memorial…
It’s been a long wait, but there is finally a new name at the top of the OK Dinghy World Ranking list as the 2016 season gets underway in a few weeks time, with the combined Europeans and Spring Cup…
Derry~Londonderry~Doire continues to lead the way in the Seattle Pacific Challenge, with an 87 nautical mile lead over second placed Unicef. However the chasing pack hasn’t given up the fight, with approximately 1700nM remaining to the Race 9 finish line,…
The renowned Bay of Palma delivered shifty racing conditions, proving to be nirvana for some and a challenge for others. The sea conditions started flat and then got a bit choppy, with the marginal trapezing conditions making the day particularly…
While the wind was light it was by all accounts a glorious weekend for the sixth Rottnest Festival of Sail. The annual event is held to support the Rottnest Foundation and its work in conserving the essence of the island….
One of Australia’s most famed ocean racing events will be staged from 7 to 13 of August off Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast. A fixture of the sailing calendar for 20 years in succession from the 1970s to the 1990s,…
The big anticipated front expected yesterday failed to materialise, but the next storm is now moving over the Clipper 70 fleet in the Seattle Pacific Challenge. Today’s front should have gusting winds of around 40 knots, increasing to 50-60 knots…
Newport RI- April 6, 2016: As of April 5, 195 boats have been sanctioned by the Newport Bermuda Race Organizing committee as qualified entries in the 50th Bermuda Race. Since another 14 boats are expected to be sanctioned soon, this…
Keeping dry and warm while sailing appears to be an impossibility given the factors stacked up against that happening. So it stands to reason that companies attempting to provide us with clothing face an uphill battle. It is easy to…
Sail Port Stephens begins in less than a week and many bright sparks have entered one or both of the feeder races to cruise in company for the social aspect, or as their last chance to be regatta-ready before the…
The teams have been crossing the International Date Line and travelling back in time a day in the North Pacific Ocean. The Skippers have written about the significant milestone in their blogs today as they head east at just over…
The 2016 470 European Championship marks the largest event for teams in the final countdown to Rio. For some it will prove to be the most significant. An assault on the leaderboard is always the goal, but equally testing, training…
During testing in Bermuda, SoftBank Team Japan athlete Winston MacFarlane (using Derek Sawards life vest) took an unplanned swim during a gybe. All are safe and accounted for! https://youtu.be/NKxHEbPOz0Q
The Largs Bay Sailing Club was the host for the 51st Hartley TS16 Australian Championship held between the 28th December 2015 and the 6th January 2016. Largs Bay Sailing Club, situated towards the northern end of the Adelaide metropolitan coast…
With Luke Payne as crew, Mike Quirk won his 5th Australian Championship in convincing style without having to race the last two races in the nine race series. Using the World Championship scoring format, the “Quirk / Payne” team had…
The 2015/2016 Compass Global Markets MG14 Australian Championship were held at Illawarra Yacht Club in early January 2016. The fleet of 34 boats from 12 different clubs enjoyed a range conditions with some close and interesting racing. Tempest sailed by…
The 2015-16 Australian 16ft (and 13ft) Skiff Championships were sailed at Hervey Bay (Queensland) between 28th December 2015 and 3rd January 2016. The 2015/16 16ft Skiff National Championships were a close fought battle between Brydens Lawyers and Fire Stopping. With one point separating…
Sydney’s Middle Harbour Yacht Club were the worthy hosts of the 54th National Championship Regatta for the Cadet Class over the traditional Christmas-New Year period. The regatta experienced the full range of Sydney weather from gusty southerlies to torrential rain…
The 2016 Australian Championships has now come and gone. The record shows that Steve Brewin dominated the regatta, and won his third Australian Championship in the A Class Catamaran. Steven has been at the top of the class for many…
The 2015 World O’pen Cup, held at Safety Beach Sailing Club in Melbourne from 27th December – 3rd January, saw some of the best sailors in the world confronted with testing wind and sea conditions. With 130 sailors competing (including…
Strong squalls have kept the teams busy in the cold temperatures as they change sail plans often to deal with the range of wind speeds. The wind has ranged between 10 and 30 knots, with powerful squalls delivering 40 knot…
From April 11 to 16, St. Barths will host the seventh edition of Les Voiles de St. Barth, an event that has become an essential part of the Caribbean racing schedule. And for good reason, because on the water the…
Online entry into the 31st running of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, to start on Sydney Harbour on Saturday 30 July, is open. The 384 nautical mile race also signifies the start…
“The International 18 Foot Skiff Class was born in the 1890s in Australia to satisfy a need for a boat within the means of the ‘average man’ to provide good, competitive racing to attract public interest.” So state the class…
Stuff.co.nz. By Tom Hunt An elderly yachtie thought he was sailing through Wellington Harbour heads before his yacht crashed into rocks at Moa Point. What was a rescue operation on Monday night off the south end of the Wellington Airport…
FATHER and son synergy sat on both sides of the deal when Bruce and Michael Ritchie commissioned Noakes Boatyard in Sydney to build their “fast gentleman’s day sailer”. Bruce, who is 84, looks back to early successes as a helmsman…
Screaming downwind under an enormous logo emblazoned spinnaker on an Australian 35 foot sport yacht on an empty Sydney Harbour is a rare privilege. This has got to be the marine equivalent of driving a Porsche 911 GT3 on the…
It was five years ago, back in 2010, we first looked at the new information coming from research at Cape Town University published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. This started to confirm that the widely accepted views and…
Bringing the navigator on deck and into inshore fleet racing was once the domain of the America’s Cup until the advent of deck screens. Deck screens have been common for some years now in professional racing such as the TP52…
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