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Five days of frenetic foiling will begin on Monday 4th January as the McDougall McConaghy 2016 International Moth Australian Championship gets underway under the burgee of the South of Perth Yacht Club on the Swan River in Perth, WA. Up…
While some one hundred or so yachts came sweeping up the River Derwent at the finish of the Sydney Hobart and Launceston to Hobart races in late December, a swarm of smaller sailing boats were often seen dashing back and…
Bellerive yachtsman Tony Williams’ decision to give the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race a miss this summer paid handsome dividends yesterday when his IMX 38 ocean racing yacht Martela won the King of the Derwent race on Hobart’s River Derwent. Martela…
Tasmanian Matt Bugg is overall leader in the Australian National Championship for the International 2.4mR class after day one of racing today on Hobart's RIver Derwent. The fleet of 29 yachts sailed in a fresh but chilly southerly breeze with…
The sixth stage of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race got underway today following the fleet's successful Sydney-Hobart campaign. The Henri Lloyd Hobart to Whitsundays Race is the sixth of 14 races which make up the 11-month global…
Maxi yacht Beau Geste was 33 miles from the finish line at 0600hrs this morning, day two of the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race, with a calculated ETA of 0800hrs, just half an hour outside the longstanding race…
There were early gold's cemented on day five of the 45th Youth Sailing World Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia as some moved to an insurmountable lead ahead of the final day. As the sailors returned to shore, there were a couple…
The 2016 SPLASH Festival, encompassing the 2016 Australian 420, Zhik Australian 9er, Australian I14 and the Australian Youth Championships began today on a gloomy Sydney Harbour. Over 220 Sailors hit the water for their last hit out and preparations ahead…
One team is determined to dominate at the 45th Youth Sailing World Championships as the SL16 fleet brought in 2016 with a bang. As the majority of the record 425 sailors enjoyed New Year's day in Langkawi, Malaysia, the SL16…
In a break from the norm, winds and storms dropped in and out on day three of the 45th Youth Sailing World Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia. On a day when the winds were predicted to drop below the 20 knots…
Paul Einoder’s Beneteau Oceanis 34 Off-Piste has dominated handicap results in the 2015 National Pies Launceston to Hobart Yacht, today being named Overall winner, including taking first place on corrected time in both the AMS and IRC handicap divisions. The…
The 2016 SPLASH Festival, encompassing the 2016 Australian 420, Zhik Australian 9er, Australian I14 and the Australian Youth Championships will begin tomorrow on Sydney Harbour. Woollahra Sailing Club is a hive of activity as preparations reach their final stages. Competing…
Corrected time results for handicap honours in the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race seem certain to favour smaller boats after the slowest elapsed time in the nine editions of the race since 2007. For the first time, the line honours…
Day two of the 45th Youth Sailing World Championships saw some perfect sailing for a chosen few as the big breeze was back in Langkawi, Malaysia. The record numbers of 425 sailors from 76 nations had winds to mimic…
With the Equator still 24 hours on the horizon, Spindrift 2 is more than a day behind the Jules Verne Trophy holder. But if the last five days have been particularly difficult on board and unproductive in terms of their…
After a long wait of almost exactly a day and a half, Paul Clitheroe and his crew on the TP52 Balance could finally celebrate. When it became obvious that the S&S34 Quickpoint Azzurro had fallen victim to the calm that…
Last year the FAREAST 28R was launched and it sold over 120 boats during the first 12 months. Just recently, the FAREAST 28R received ISAF OD Class status (OneDesign) and the boat was chosen for the Monsoon Cup Regatta, the…
The Clipper Race fleet has arrived into Hobart after finishing famous Australian offshore classic the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR). Wendy ‘Wendo’ Tuck, the first female Australian skipper in the history of the Clipper Race, clinched first place in…
The reward for getting your entry to the Cockburn Sound Regatta in on time is a ticket in a draw for a Dhu West rigid inflatable tender. Veteran yachtsman Ole Otness, who has campaigned his Adams designed The Longboat since…
Shane Kearns was in the front seat to win the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race all throughout yesterday and late in the evening, sailing the smallest and second oldest boat in the fleet. But Mother Nature intervened and Quikpoint Azzurro…
Handy Shipping Guide: ATLANTIC OCEAN – Early on 27 December 2015, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' ship Braemar came to the aid of a sailing yacht marooned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, with the dramatic rescue of the 14-metre…
A snap decision made two months prior to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has resulted in a brilliant second place overall and Division 4 win for Gery Trentesaux and his crew, four months after the Frenchman won the Rolex…
Day one of the 45th Youth Sailing World Championships was full on with big breeze and plenty of waves greeting the sailors for the first races. Langkawi, Malaysia offered the record numbers of 425 sailors from 76 nations up to…
Former Olympic sailor Gary Smith yesterday skilfully steered The Fork in the Road to a fourth consecutive and fifth total line honours in the ninth Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, describing it as ‘a real boat race.’ The Fork in…
This year, as in every year before, the mainstream media has concentrated totally on the front of the fleet during the Rolex Sydney Hobart. As soon as the big boats have finished and the line honours trophy has been won,…
While the Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet slowly trickled in to Constitution Dock the Hobart Race Village became a saviour for the friends and family patiently waiting for their boat to arrive. The coffee car was giving people their fix for the morning…
The Indian team from Western Australia arrived at Constitution Dock just before 11am this morning to a roaring crowd of fans. It was a tough race for the Carkeek 47, who today became the 12th boat to finish the race….
How tough yachts and crews are is often tested in the Wyndham Harbour Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster, arguably Australia’s most challenging ocean yacht race down Tassie’s rugged West Coast. This year crews are again digging deep for a different level…
The final fight to the finish line of Race 5, the 71st Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR), is going to be tight and tactical for the Clipper 70s as they battle for the podium and points in forecast light…
Paul Clitheroe is one of just a dozen yachts to have finished the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, and since doing so, has been in the box seat to claim overall honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s…
French sailor Eric de Turckheim dominated racing in Cowes Week off the English coast this year in his 40ft Archambault, Teasing Machine. Although De Turckheim welcomed the success, he still wished to fulfil a dream he held since he was…
Hobart currently has South Easterly winds of 15 – 20 knots so the fleet will pop spinnakers as soon as they round Bruny Island for a fast run up Storm Bay and the River Derwent to the finish line off…
Wendy ‘Wendo’ Tuck, the first female Australian skipper in the history of the Clipper Race, has clinched first place in the Clipper 70 class of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Wendy, the Sydney skipper of Da Nang – Viet Nam, managed…
For 27 hours, Paul Clitheroe and his Balance crew have been the clubhouse leaders in the race for the Tattersall's Cup, the prized trophy for first on handicap in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. One by one they have…
Two Rolex Sydney Hobart retirees are the latest Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race additions bringing the fleet to 42 boats as close to 450 sailors set up for the favourable forecast suggesting a quick trip north after the 1pm start…
Based on current standings, both major trophies for the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart will be going offshore. The French-owned Archambault 13 Teasing Machine held a commanding nine hour lead in the IRC handicap stakes his morning at 6am AEDT. She…
“This is a hard race. I have sailed around the world two and a half times and I thought I had seen it all but this is one hard body of water” was how Comanche’s skipper Ken Read summed it…
For Ragamuffin and Rambler it has been a frustrating night – they should have arrived in Hobart in darkness – instead they wallowed under the black gloom of Tasman Island, waiting for the sun to rise. The golden rule of…
Syd Fisher’s Ragamuffin 100 crossed the finish line in Hobart at 8:47:30 this morning to take second on line honours. It was then that we learnt about the challenges that the Australian team faced during their almost three days at…
A fleet of six M32’s will kick off the 2016 M32 Series Bermuda from 8-10 January sailing on Bermuda’s ‘Great Sound’, the same race area chosen for the 35th America’s Cup in 2017. The inaugural M32 Series Bermuda will run…
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