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Most sailors love a good breeze, but it has been as rare as hens’ teeth in the Land Rover Winter Series, and Sunday’s Race 4 was no different, when 130 yachts filled a warm and sunny Sydney Harbour but found…
Titles and Paralympic national selection are up for grabs when the 2016 Para World Sailing Championships begins at the International Sailing Centre Medemblik, Netherlands from 24 May to 28 May. The 2.4 Norlin OD, SKUD18 and Sonar fleets sail in…
The Derwent Sailing Squadron today officially opened Tasmania’s largest and most technically advanced floating marina, built on the western shores of the River Derwent at Sandy Bay. The Governor of Tasmania, Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AM, named…
For some of the big multihull skippers The Transat bakerly was a most unusual race. Far from being a boat-breaking uphill test against storm force headwinds in the north Atlantic, they enjoyed a downwind romp more typical of races from…
Today, Sir Ben Ainslie's British America's Cup challenger Land Rover BAR hosted a visit at their Portsmouth home from Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cambridge – the Royal Patron of the team's official charity, the 1851 Trust. The Duchess…
The 2016 Para World Sailing Championships will see sailors from over 20 nations competing in the three Paralympic classes out of the International Sailing Centre Medemblik, Netherlands from 24 May to 28 May. In the last big hit out before…
Whatever the outcome of the final races at the Finn World Masters in Torbole, everyone was a winner with a spectacular final day of sailing. Rafael Trujillo (ESP) won his first Masters title after a great comeback in the medal…
For the first time ever, all ten sailors entering the medal race at the Finn World Masters in Torbole have a chance of walking away with the title. With all racing cancelled on Thursday, the points difference from first to…
French skipper Pierre Antoine crossed The Transat bakerly finish line at Sandy Hook off New York in the early hours of this morning, taking third place and completing the Multi50 podium aboard his trimaran Olmix. Passing under the Verrazano Bridge…
Celebrations are underway in Wicklow today with the news that the Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race has set a new race record, which is expected to attract tens of thousands of spectators to Wicklow Town this June. A record 62…
Nothing can separate the top two sailors at the Finn World Masters in Torbole. Rafa Trujillo (ESP) and Vladimir Krukskikh (RUS) continue to collect race wins and now have six apiece with two races to go. Mike Maier (CZE) stays in…
ALICANTE, Spain, May 18 – Ten years ago today, the Volvo Ocean Race family lost one of its own. It was May 18, 2006, that 32-year-old ABN AMRO TWO, sailor Hans Horrevoets, was swept overboard. The Dutch boat nose-dived into…
The Multi50 fight to The Transat bakerly finish nears its conclusion today, as skippers Pierre Antoine aboard Olmix and Erik Nigon aboard Vers un Monde Sans Sida, battle it out over the final 100nm for the final podium position. Since…
SAMUI, Thailand – Samui is ready to host a week of top sailing competition and tropical fun in the sun as hundreds of sailors from across Asia and beyond converge on Samui Island for the 15th Samui Regatta. To be…
Newcastle Herald. By Matt Carr. A SEARCH for a missing sailor off Port Stephens has officially moved from rescue to recovery, police say. Authorities on Wednesday night called off a search that combed the water from Nelson Bay to Stockton…
Two Australians have finished in the top 10 at this year’s Laser Worlds Championships in Mexico. West Australian Matt Wearn has taken fourth place; while NSW’s Tom Burton has finished the event in sixth place overall. The event was won…
Although the design is forty years old this year, the annual Waitangi Challenge teams race between Adams 10 crews from Victoria and New South Wales, is still hotly contested. It is a testament to the best of one-design class rules…
Going topless refers to one writer's cautionary tale explaining why he bans brassieres on his yacht. It is actually quite serious! Other serious practical articles this month include an update from a 2012 article on how to get the crazing…
One thing is now certain: within a few years every monohull in the Vendée Globe will be fitted with foils, as the advantages of the new appendages are undeniable. However, all the skippers entered on the latest generation boats…
Having reluctantly decided to end his attempt to sail to New York on board Pen Duick II, Loïck Peyron today spoke of his disappointment at not being able to complete his tribute voyage to Eric Tabarly and Mike Birch. After…
Risk management was the deciding factor on the second day of the Finn World Masters in Torbole as local knowledge and Garda geometry meant that there were many changes in position through the four groups as the 355 Finns battled…
During the delivery of the 60ft monohull, Safran, to New York, Morgan Lagravière is participating in a literary project organised by les éditions Gallimard and the Grand Prix Guyader. This innovative project enables an IMOCA skipper and author, who has…
Montego Bay, Jamaica (May 16, 2016) – The Montego Bay Yacht Club, the Storm Trysail Club and the Hemingway Yacht Club announced today the 2017 Western Caribbean Series. The Western Caribbean Series will include the 33rd edition of the Pineapple…
The GC32’s first ever match racing event, the GC32 Alps Challenge Traunsee concluded on Austria’s breathtaking Lake Traunsee on Sunday with a clear victory for the French team, NORAUTO, helmed by New Zealand’s Adam Minoprio. Four teams competed in the…
Another day of champagne sailing in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico saw defending champion, Nick Thompson of Great Britain, extend his lead in the Laser Standard Men’s World Championship. Thompson not only posted the best result of the day by 8 points,…
gCaptain. By Mike Schuler. A solo sailor attempting to break a transatlantic record with his 21-foot sailboat had to be rescued by the Coast Guard just hours into his journey on Sunday. French sailor Olivier Jehl was attempting to sail…
Fort Erie Post. By James Culic. FORT ERIE – Port Colborne Marine Auxiliary Rescue (POCOMAR) members faced two metre waves and 15 knot winds on Lake Erie as they headed to assist a sailboat off of Point Abino Monday morning….
Knowledge of Lake Garda's winds proved an essential ingredient on the first day of racing at the Finn World World Masters as the best sailors rose to the top. Defending champion Vladimir Krutskikh (RUS), 2004 Olympic silver medalist Rafa Trujillo (ESP)…
Following a five-year hiatus, Geoff Lavis is returning to contest the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race with UBS Wild Thing, and he is cocked and ready to fire with a new rig, new sails, a new IRC rating…
SAILING: Finn sailor Jake Lilley will make his Olympic debut in Rio, after being named in the 2016 Australian Olympic Team, joining 10 sailors already selected. In what was Australia’s most successful sport at London 2012, Lilley hopes to add…
Australia’s Matt Wearn and Tom Burton continued their good run at the Laser World Championships in Mexico overnight, with both the Aussies moving up the Gold Fleet leaderboard during day five of racing. Wearn is currently lying fourth overall and…
The arrival of IMOCA 60 skipper Paul Meilhat (SMA) and Multi50 runner-up Lalou Roucayrol (Arkema) in New York today, brings the total number of competitors to have successfully crossed the Atlantic in The Transat bakerly to nine. Crossing the finish…
Sydney businessman, philanthropist and sailor Anthony Bell has been appointed Chief Patron of the Australian Sailing Team’s Patrons Program, supporting Australian athletes pursuing their Olympic sailing dreams. He also joins Yachting Australia’s High Performance Advisory Group and will mentor Australian…
The RC44 World Championship Marina de Sotogrande had a worthy winner today in Igor Lah and his Team CEEREF crew, the second occasion the Slovenian team has claimed this prize (after Puerto Calero, Lanzarote in 2013). But this was only…
Circolo Vela Torbole tonight welcomed more than 355 Finn sailors from 32 countries for the opening ceremony of the 2016 Finn World Masters. There are Finns and Finn sailors everywhere you look, spread along the shore all the way between…
Today Loïck Peyron, skipper of Pen Duick II, informed The Transat bakerly Race Management that his nostalgic voyage from Plymouth to New York had come to an end following damage to his staysail which has torn off the bridge of…
At the end of another tricky warm day on Sydney Harbour, Neville Crichton’s Maserati took the checkered flag at the boat’s first regatta back with the MC38 one design class, narrowly beating the polished teamwork of Leslie Green’s Ginger on…
Breakfast cooked by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Breakfast Club was the liveliest part to the day for participants in the Land Rover Series on Sunday, as the pace of the race was slow and the mood mellow for…
(Riviera Nayarit, Mexico) Nick Thompson of Great Britain had another good day at the races to close out the qualifying series in first place overall in the Laser Standard Men’s World Championship in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico. Thompson’s 2nd and 4th…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) has been appointed by Australian Match Racing Limited as the host club of the Australian Youth Match Racing Championship for 2016, 2017 and 2018. The club’s race management expertise and the Youth Sailing…
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