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At the 2014 ISAF Annual Conference in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, the Equipment Committee recommended the new Nacra 15 for the Open Multihull event at the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship. Nacra Sailing's Gunnar Larsson gave an update on the…
The sun is shining and life at sea has been brighter and steadier, however a powerful incoming front, likely the strongest experienced so far in this race with gusts forecast to reach 80 knots, will soon put drastic change to…
Christmas holiday season is one of happiness and generosity and while Cruising Helmsman December issue wants to make sure it remains so, it also wants to marinise it. The editor has compiled his favourite items gathered during the year that…
Laser, an Australian electronics company, is a major supporter of Big Ws 'Win big' promotion leading up to Christmas. During the promotion anyone purchasing more than $100 worth of home entertainment products (including Laser Smart Sleeves perfect for yachties) can…
It was a tricky first day for Australian Sailing crews at the 2015 49er/FX World Championships, which kicked off at Club Nautico in San Isidro Buenos Aires, Argentina on Monday, 16 November 2015 local time (16 – 21 November 2015)….
Kiwi brilliance overcame six Australian MC38 crews at the closing event of the class’ inaugural five part championship series that began last February. Howard Spencer’s Menace, sailing for Royal Akarana Yacht Club, scored game, set and match when the crew…
Tasmanian vigneron and yachtsman Neil Snare has had a vintage year, producing fine Tasmanian Pinot Noirs from his Southern Midlands vineyard and today skippering his yacht Winstead Wines to a double handicap victory in the Maria Island ocean race. Winstead…
Hobson’s Bay skipper Bruce McCraken won his second Lipton Cup in succession this weekend after winning all four races on IRC in the First 45, Ikon. Robert Date sailed a fine series in the TP52 Scarlet Runner to record line…
It is only after having crossed the finish line that Ian Lipinski (Entreprises Innovantes) could savour his victory after the duel with Julien Pulvé (Novintiss). But it was difficult! The last three race days have been hell for those…
Starting at 0830hrs this morning at Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club in Causeway Bay, 232 boats gathered on two start lines in 8 to 10kts of easterly breeze hoping to be able to race the full 26nm circumnavigation to starboard….
With one week to go before the ARC 2015 fleet leave Las Palmas for Rodney Bay in Saint Lucia, crews from the 179 yachts already berthed in the marina took part in the official ARC 2015 Opening Ceremony. The final…
The 2015 Finn Gold Cup starts in Takapuna, New Zealand in just over a week. There are nearly 90 pre-entries from 29 nations. It is the biggest event of the year for the senior fleet and for many a crucial…
Five Australian Sailing crews, including Olympic gold medallists Nathan Outteridge (NSW) and Iain Jensen (NSW) will contest the 2015 49er/FX World Championships with racing starting today, Monday, 16 November 2015 local time (AEDT = +14hrs). The 2015 49er/FX World Championships…
Multihull Solutions in conjunction with Yachtshare has announced a new syndicate opportunity of a new NEEL 45 cruising trimaran based in Queensland. The syndicate gives cruising enthusiasts the chance to own a share of “one of the world’s most acclaimed…
Merlin, the Kaiko 52 owned by Olympic gold medallist Dave Forbes and skippered by Joe Earl, has won the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Port Hacking Race today, after a race-long battle with second placed Swish, Frantic and The Goat….
Tasmania’s fastest ocean racing yacht, Cougar II, has wound up her local preparation for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race with a decisive line honours victory in the Royal Yacht of Tasmania’s 180 nautical mile Maria Island Race. Skippered by Beaconsfield…
A steady consolidation and playing the numbers game for the season’s second half has seen Robin and Clare Crawford’s MC38 Assassin climb into bed with the top ranked crews and today on Sydney Harbour they took out ‘boat of the…
Bruce McCraken, Ikon, flew straight to the top of the Division A IRC leaderboard with three wins from three starts. Robert Date’s Scarlet Runner was next with Reverie (Alan Woodward) third at the end of the first day. As racing…
Defending champion Thurlow Fisher Lawyers team of Michael Coxon, Dave O’Connor and Trent Barnabas sailed a near faultless race in a 20-knot Southerly wind to win a dramatic Race 3 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today….
Arriving in the small hours of the Guadeloupean night, the Nautipark skipper finishes as the unchallenged winner of the Mini Transat îles de Guadeloupe. Despite an unscheduled stop on the outskirts of St. Francis, following a chance encounter with a…
ALICANTE, Spain, November 13 – The careers and contributions of two Volvo Ocean Race legends have been celebrated at the ISAF Annual Conference in Sanya, China today. Sailing’s governing body has announced that it is inducting the late Sir Peter…
Yachting Australia will conduct a review into the safety practices of sailboat racing in Australia and also develop a Safety Management System Guide for clubs, utilising grants received from the CYCA SOLAS Trusts. The grants were announced at the recent…
In 2007 the International Sailing Federation celebrated its centenary and to mark the occasion, introduced a Hall of Fame. Olin Stephens, Dame Ellen Macarthur, Paul Elvström, Barbara Kendall, Eric Tabarly and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston were all inducted in the first…
The careers and contributions of two Volvo Ocean Race legends have been celebrated at the ISAF Annual Conference in Sanya, China today. Sailing’s governing body has announced that it is inducting the late Sir Peter Blake (NZL) and Torben Grael…
Frédéric Denis, from La Trinité in Brittany, France, has won the Mini Transat after crossing the finish line off the Iles de Guadeloupe first, at 09:12:30 GMT (05:12:30 local time in Point-à-Pitre) on Friday November 13. After his 3rd place…
For the leaders of the Mini Transat Iles De Guadeloupe, something has changed. The best part of the race lies in their wake and the land is getting imperceptibly closer. The horizon and the sky are filling with colour, while…
London, UK (12th November 2015): In a ground breaking step, each and every crewman competing on the 2016 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), including World Championship Events and World Tour Events, will be required to obtain an official M32 Match…
The fleet has had another day of exciting downwind sailing, with a front also starting to move over it providing more exhilarating conditions. The prelude to the front will see gusting winds of 50 knots from the north west and…
Paul Meilhat, skipper of the IMOCA 60, SMA, has today confirmed his participation in The Transat 2016. SMA is the first of the IMOCA class to enter the solo classic from Plymouth to New York that sets sail on 2nd…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club is broadening the appeal of the 38th Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), which is sure to boost even more interest in the annual two day event to be held over the weekend of 28 and…
When the leaders touch land in Guadeloupe, some will still have half of the Atlantic to cross before tasting a restorative ti punch, and meeting their friends and family. To top their misfortune, the trade winds which have blown vigorously…
Lighter winds slowed progress for some yesterday, but depending on their position in the spread out fleet, winds have now built again and the blustery sleigh ride is back on track for the front half of the fleet. The leading…
In both the prototypes and series, the race leaders have opened up the lead. However, behind them, the gaps are closing. That applies to those at the leading edge, as well as most of the peloton. Each one still manages…
Sir Ben Ainslie's Land Rover BAR America's Cup team has released an economic impact report for the first year of it's operation in the British city of Portsmouth. The report reads: Ben Ainslie's decision to base the team in the…
In the Wardan Whip’s first bonus opportunity, LMAX Exchange secured the maximum three points for being first across the Scoring Gate at 1425 UTC yesterday. Derry~Londonderry~Doire picked up two points crossing almost seven hours later, and Qingdao, third, claimed the…
A night under the stars in Sanya, China set the scene for the 2015 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards. Determination, persistence and the pursuit of excellence were clearly shared among the impressive list of nominees for this…
Comanche, the super maxi deemed the most likely to dethrone Wild Oats XI in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, arrives in Sydney at the start of December with a surprise up its sleeve. Both Comanche and the other…
At Geelong’s 2016 Festival of Sails, two national titles will be settled in the midst of the multiple divisions competing at the historic Australia Day long weekend regatta. One of titles belongs to a newish class to Australia, the VX…
Yachting Australia today announced a new name for what was known as the IRC Australian Championship and confirmed the locations of this premier yachting regatta for the next four years. The Australian Yachting Championship provides the opportunity to secure the…
Final points from this weekend’s MC38 Open Regatta on Sydney Harbour will decide the first-ever MC38 Australian Season Championship victor, and the one point gap between first and second forebodes a fiery showdown. Howard Spencer’s Menace, sailing for Auckland’s Royal…
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