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Six America’s Cup teams from France, Sweden, America, Great Britain, Japan and New Zealand hit the water this weekend in Muscat, all aiming to get their 2016 America’s Cup campaigns off to a flying start. …
Defending World Champions Mat Belcher (QLD) and Will Ryan (QLD) had a challenging start to the 2016 Men’s and Women’s 470 World Championships, which kicked-off in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina over night (Monday, 22 February local time). The three-time…
As the 18 Footers JJ Giltinan comes to an end for David Witt, it is on to bigger things for the skipper of Appliancesonline.com.au. As the rumours are swirling about the end of Ragamuffin, Witt told the Australian 18 Footers…
The Smeg team of Lee Knapton, Ricky Bridge and Mike McKensey are the world’s top 18ft Skiff team following their victory in the appliancesonline.com.au-sponsored 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Champions, which concluded on Sydney Harbour today. Smeg finished the championship…
A strong interstate contingent joins South Australia's best racing yachts this week to create some of the most competitive racing in recent history as a 39-boat fleet does battle in the state's premier keel boat regatta. Fresh off…
As an entrée to its adrenaline-charged IRC and Performance Handicap yachting action, the 2016 Sail Port Stephens regatta is set to host its biggest ever fleet of the world’s smallest racing ‘pram’. Better known as the Optimist, around 80 of…
Well-known Derwent Sailing Squadron Scott Brain, one of the first Hobart sailors to buy an SB20 one-design sports boat when the class was introduced four years ago, today won the 2016 Tasmanian championship on the River Derwent. A star-studded and…
The Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV) played host to Race Day 2 of the Port Philip Women’s Championship Series (PPWCS) yesterday, Sunday 21st February, 2016. Similar to the first race this race is named after an influential female member…
St Thomas Source. By John Baur. A sailing community website reported Wednesday that a Frenchman sailing through the Virgin Islands on his way to Guadeloupe in January was attacked and seriously injured at sea. According to reports, the sailor, 70-year-old…
An unprecedented fleet featuring the world's most spectacular yachts and crews are gathering in Antigua for the start of the 2016 RORC Caribbean 600 on February 22. Many Aussie and NZ sailors are competing in the race which is in…
After conquering the competitive V8 Supercars circuit, motor racing enthusiast and two-times Bathurst winner Tony Longhurst is transferring his attention to racing fast catamarans. And it could lead all the way to an Australian challenge for the America's Cup. Longhurst,…
A boat with no defence and one with a lot of attitude were the winners of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Sydney Pittwater and Pittwater Sydney races respectively, both of which are included in the Grant Thornton Short Haul…
A consistent southerly provided ideal record-breaking conditions in the Sydney Newcastle Race on Saturday, and the crew of Paul Clitheroe’s Rolex 2015 Sydney Hobart winner, Balance, took full advantage, smashing the 2006 race record, which translated to a unique clean…
The Icom IC-M25EURO is a slim, lightweight radio that features the Float’n Flash function. This feature allows the unit to float above water making, it easy to locate with the flashing red LED light. Icom says the radio also has…
In a phone interview with The Associated Press, Spanish RS:X Olympic Champion Marina Alabau described symptoms that her doctor said were in line with Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that is threatening to stop some athletes and spectators from attending the…
The entry list read like a bride’s wedding wear: something old (Wilson), something new (Napea), something borrowed (Plan B) and something blue (Bird on a Wire). The Club Marine Geographe Bay Race Week included the usual variety of craft in…
After more than half a day at sea, Adelaide-based 52-foot yacht Secret Men's Business fell short of a record pace to Port Lincoln by just a matter of minutes. Starting the Club Marine/Lexus Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race in…
New Zealand’s Yamaha became the fifth different winner from the six races sailed so far in the 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, when David McDiarmid, Matthew Steven and Bradley Collins scored a come from behind win on Sydney Harbour…
Jim Clark & Kristy Hinze Clark's American Maxi Comanche arrived in Falmouth Harbour, Antigua on Saturday afternoon, 20th February. Having taken line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, the 100ft Canting keel Maxi left Sydney by ship on 6th January…
Team AUS 11 are presently in Buenos Aires, and are on the eve of the 470 World Championships for 2016 to be held at the San Isidro Yacht Club. The event will run from Monday 22nd- Saturday 27th; and serves…
Plenty (Alex Roepers, USA) won the Rolex Farr 40 world championship on Sydney's Manly offshore course today with clever, conservative sailing for a third and a second in the last two races while his two closest opponents fell out of…
Yesterday marked an important milestone for Artemis Racing, launching their new Turbo boat in the waters of Bermuda, and beginning their two boat testing programme. Artemis Racing skipper, Nathan Outteridge, commented, “It was good to have our first two boat…
Stephen Quigley and Trevor Barnabas are two JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff champions who were not only successful on the water, but have been instrumental off the water with various improvements to the ongoing design and technology development of the 18s. …
With only the final day’s passage race remaining, leaders in both divisions 1 and 2 have established a three point buffer over their nearest rival, suggesting that David Walling’s The Next Factor, helmed this week by Peter Ahern, will take…
A fleet of 67 harbour racing yachts will open Tasmania’s largest multi-classes sailing event, the Banjo’s Shoreline Crown Series Bellerive Regatta, with a spectacular twilight race on the River Derwent this evening. The regatta is unique in Australia in that it…
A windy forecast for Friday night has brought an impressive race record in sight as sailors prepare for what is expected to be a fast voyage in this year's Club Marine/Lexus Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race, which starts at…
The exciting world of 18ft Skiff Racing has been alive and well on Sydney Harbour for 124 years, but even the strongest of modern day sport is heavily reliant on the sponsorship dollar to maintain the quality of the competition…
Offshore racing crews will get to experience one of the world’s most exceptional race courses when they take part in the Volcano Race 2016, off the west coast of Italy over 16-22 May. Organised by the International Maxi Association (IMA)…
Against a backdrop of smoke from bushfires to the north, day 3 of the Club Marine Geographe Bay Race Week 2016 started with a promising fresh south easterly, but as was the case on Monday, it petered out to zero…
PATTAYA, Thailand – The 12th Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina will showcase the Gulf of Thailand's world-class sailing credentials when sailors from around the world descend on Ocean Marina Yacht Club from 30th April to 4th…
Forty-three young female sailors, a full compliment of volunteers in support, blue skies, a perfect sea breeze and wonderful environment just west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This was the setting for the NSW International Optimist Dinghy Association’s “OptiChick” event,…
Racing at the 2016 Men’s and Women’s 470 World Championships will get underway at Club Nautico in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina from Monday, 22 February 2016 with Australian Sailing’s four-time World Champions Mat Belcher (QLD) and Will Ryan (QLD)…
The racing at the 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, sponsored by appliancesonline.com.au, just keeps getting better and closer with every race and the outcome won’t be decided until the last race of the championship on Sunday. A 5-12 knot…
Plenty (Alex Roepers, USA) extended her points lead from one to four in the Rolex Farr 40 worlds today after three races in difficult wind and sea conditions on the offshore course, set north-east of the entrance to Sydney Harbour…
Preparations for Gaastra PalmaVela are well underway, and 2016 is already looking set to enjoy great participation. With three months still to go before the Real Club Náutico de Palma event (4th-8th May), there are already 34 boats confirmed, none…
Competing in an event like the America’s Cup is a human adventure that is indissociable from technical and sporting commitment. For the past two years almost, with a ramping-up of activity back on 25 June 2015 thanks to the support…
ALICANTE, Spain, February 16 – The Volvo Ocean Race has appointed North Sails to be the exclusive Official Supplier of sails to the Volvo Ocean 65 one-design fleet in 2017-18. North Sails supplied the sail wardrobe for the last Volvo…
When Patricia Lucas emailed me to say she was sending me a copy of Alan Lucas' latest book, I was naturally excited. I have Alan's excellent cruising guides to the NSW and Queensland coasts and have obviously read every article…
Alan and Patricia are one of the first nominations for the inaugural 'Cruiser of the year' award. If you want to nominate someone you think worthy then read to the bottom of the story and click on the e-mail address…
The BALI 4.0 is now available in Australia. A major feature is the single cockpit/saloon area, entirely flush and unencumbered by bulkheads. It is accessible via an immense folding glass door on electric rams. So in the blink of an…
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