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Stuff.co.nz. By Stephen Wade. The former CEO of World Sailing says he was fired for pushing to get rid of polluted Guanabara Bay as the sailing venue for this year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Peter Sowrey tried to change…
Wherever they are in the world, Australian sailors take a bit of their country with them – spiritually if not actually. Heavily modelled on the television interviews of Western Force rugby player, Nick Cummins “The Honey Badger”, Haylee Outteridge and…
As humidity levels approached one hundred percent in Northland this morning, so too did levels of excitement ahead of the first day of racing in the Bay of Islands Sailing Week regatta. A hot and muggy start did little to…
Beginning in 1948, the first race started in Fremantle and finished in Bunbury. “To the small band of competitors it was a daring new enterprise. Most had never sailed that far let alone raced”. This year, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht…
Australian champions in the VX One and Sydney 38 classes step up to the podium this evening after completing valiantly fought battles in both series which were conducted as part of the Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s Festival of Sails presented…
“When I set foot on dry land, I'm always surprised by the silence around me…” For Morgan Lagravière, to sail on a new generation IMOCA 60 is to be willing to endure an incessant din from which he needs…
If yesterday was super Sunday, today was manic Monday with the full starting list of 276 Festival of Sails entries and every race management resource deployed on-water to see the series out for most divisions. From 1100hrs until dusk when…
Aberdare, with John ‘Woody’ Winning at the helm, won their third Historical 18 Foot Skiff 2016 Australian Championship in as many years on Sydney Harbour late today, despite being pipped to the post by the Harold Cudmore skippered Yendys by…
As the fleet passes New Ireland in Papua New Guinea, the leading four boats are within 80 nautical miles of the Scoring Gate and the chance to win the first points on offer in the Da Nang New Discovery of…
Johore Bahru, Malaysia (25th January 2016): “This week, all eyes of the sailing world are on Malaysia to see what happens at the Monsoon Cup.” So spoke Tucker Thompson, voice of the America’s Cup, at the opening ceremony of the…
The Phuket News. By Eakkapop Thongtub: PHUKET: Police are attempting to identify a foreign man whose body was found on a New Zealand-registered yacht anchored off Phuket’s Nai Harn Beach this morning (Jan 23). A local hotel worker passing…
Durban's Highway Mail. FAMILIES of the three missing yachtsmen are anxiously waiting to find out more about the overturned hull spotted by a Brazilian navy vessel last week. It is believed that it is being towed back to port today….
The first big hit out of Olympic and Paralympic sailing in 2016, Sailing World Cup Miami presented by Sunbrella, opened up with the 711 sailors being tried and tested in a light Miami breeze. It was a 'head out…
Coopers 62-Rag & Famish Hotel showed her real potential leading into the JJ Giltinan Championship next month with a great return to form to win Race 4 of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Jack Macartney, Peter…
The Smeg team, of Lee Knapton, Ricky Bridge and Mike McKensey, has strengthened its grip on the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship after coming from behind to win Race 3 in a nail-biting finish on Sydney Harbour today. After a disappointing…
One only has to visit Hobart’s Australian Wooden Festival to realise how many fine craft, many built in Tasmanian by great craftsmen from the State’s famed boat-building timbers, there are still in existence. The majority at the Wooden Boat Festival are…
The solo seal ducking traffic in the Hopetoun Channel as 276 boats of all sizes cut through the waters of Geelong’s inner and outer Corio Bay could not be blamed for wondering about the illogicality of humans – it was…
The penultimate day of competition for the two fleets contesting their Australian championships, being held in conjunction with the Festival of Sails presented by Rex Gorell Land Rover, was all about the top boats maintaining focus and consistency. Today’s conditions…
A significant wind-shift from south to north, bringing with it decent breeze, has helped get the fleet moving again on a beat after progress came to a standstill yesterday for some teams. The fleet is now well into the ITCZ…
Johore Bahru, Malaysia (24th January 2016): Twelve of the world’s top match racing teams are getting ready for action at the Monsoon Cup in Malaysia, the season finale of the World Match Racing Tour. Now in its eleventh year, the…
Key West, FL, USA – Lightning, thunder and torrential rain opened the final day today at Quantum Key West 2016, with organizers debating if the conditions were safe to proceed with two races to finish the J/70's, Melges 24's and…
Sailors from 64 nations are gearing up for the first big showdown of Olympic and Paralympic sailing in 2016, with the Sailing World Cup Miami starting in Miami, Florida/USA on Monday, 25 January local time/EST (AEST minus 16hrs). Nearly 800…
The world’s oldest continuously conducted sailing regatta, the Australia Day Regatta, will again be held on Sydney Harbour and offshore tomorrow, January 26, 2016 – for a remarkable 180th year. More than 160 sailing craft, including modern and classic harbour…
Living up to its name, a thunderstorm rolled over Blackwall Reach a few minutes before start time last Saturday. The sea breeze kicked in with 15 to 18 knot gusty conditions which caught out many of the sports boats competing…
The Festival of Sails’ Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race fleet arrived into sunny Geelong throughout Saturday afternoon, slightly weather-beaten and thankful to reach Corio Bay’s calm water having punched into morning rain squalls then 15 knot average headwinds for most…
A number of factors are conspiring to make this year’s Monsoon Cup in Malaysia perhaps the most dramatic and unpredictable finale in the long, illustrious history of the World Match Racing Tour. First is the fact that the top three…
Defending Historical 18 Foot Skiff 2016 Australian champion, John Winning and his crew on Aberdare took out the first race of the 2016 Championship on Sydney Harbour in a runaway victory this afternoon. Even before the Sydney Flying Squadron hosted…
A 50-foot sailing yacht reported missing yesterday morning was discovered run aground off an island between Phuket and Phi Phi. Somboon Chooseng, the owner of Anemone, reported that the yacht had gone missing from Phi Phi Don on Wednesday night, confirmed…
The teams are trying everything to keep their boats moving as they negotiate the light, shifty winds of the Doldrums and its associated rain squalls in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race. Westerly team Derry~Londonderry~Doire is now in…
Ian Williams and his GAC Pindar team are the favourites to return the season finale of the 2015 World Match Racing Tour's Monsoon Cup as ISAF Match Racing World Champions. No one is more aware than the British skipper that…
No wind, rain and the hint of a thunderstorm to come brought the opening day of the Historical 18 Foot Skiff 2016 Australian Championship to a halt on Sydney Harbour this afternoon. Hosted by the Sydney Flying Squadron at Kirribilli,…
Having just returned from the Jules Verne Trophy record attempt, the Spindrift team will be back at sea from the end of January, with Yann Guichard, Dona Bertarelli and their teammates tackling a schedule that will include three different circuits….
GREAT Britain has taken the lead, making up ground on familiar rival Garmin in second position* after it had to carry out a repair to its spinnaker and peel to its medium-weight kite. The wind has lightened further in the…
The British America's Cup Challenger and Land Rover, the team's Title and Exclusive Innovation Partner, have deepened their commitment to creating a sustainable talent programme in sailing with the launch of the Land Rover BAR Academy. This new initiative will…
The teams have been contending with tropical squalls and patchy wind as they close in on the Doldrums in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race. And the next crucial tactical decision soon awaits, with the teams needing to decide…
Bridgetown, Barbados (21 January, 2016): Big winds, big speeds and the fastest ever times ever recorded made the 80th anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Race, one of the most spectacular in history with a total of five records broken, and…
Key West, FL, USA: It's coming down to the wire at Quantum Key West 2016 with several classes to be determined on the final day of racing, Industry Partner Day. Organizers with the Storm Trysail Club held three more races…
The first 24 hours of the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race 7 has seen the teams split as they navigate the tactics of the Lihou Reef, with the option of going to seaward of it, or between two…
To be awarded at the Cruising Club of America's Annual Dinner March 4 in New York, we've announced five major awards for 2015: Blue Water Medal “Without Date” Awarded to Jon Sanders: Recognizing a lifetime of sailing achievements including eight circumnavigations….
Bridgetown, Barbados (20 January, 2016):The 60-mile sprint clock-wise round Barbados has sparked a lot of interest with many of the world’s top speed sailors here on the island including Paul Larsen, Wouter Verbraak, Rob Greenhalgh, Brian Thompson, Lloyd Thornburg, Helena Darvelid, Ned Collier…
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