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A breeze in excess of 20 knots came through in the morning with many wondering if there would even be any racing at all. Thunder, lightning, torrential rain and huge winds ensured the Olympic sailors were pushed to their limits….
It remains a valid question some 24 hours before the start of The Transat bakerly. The weather appears to be somewhat clearer now, but the latest forecasts, analysed this morning, are complicating matters. The fleet is due to set sail…
Act 2 of the Extreme Sailing Series is gearing up for a thrilling showdown with just 12 points separating the top three teams heading into the last day. Swiss crew Alinghi put on another display of consistency in Qingdao’s light…
PATTAYA, Thailand – Yesterday's storm didn't reappear today and steady winds of 10-12 knots delivered some close racing across the fleet. Today was the first day for the keelboat and multihull classes and with the series being just four days…
The Kiwis made it a trio of Nations’ Cup wins today with Mills 41 Ambush, skippered by Drew Taylor, pulling a win out on corrected time from German line honours winner das Busch, helmed by Ambush co-owner Joachim Isler. A…
Race 10, the PSP Logistics Panama Cup, has had a highly competitive first full day of racing in good downwind conditions from north westerly winds following yesterday’s Le Mans start. The ‘green monster’ of seasickness is also subsiding as crew…
30 Apr 2016 – The 2016 Laser Radial Masters World Championship has concluded, with winners from New Zealand, Brazil, Australia, and the United States of America claiming top spots in the five age-grouped divisions. Masters sailors are all at least…
There is many a fine lady who won’t reveal their age under any circumstances, but for SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week entry Fair Winds, she outwardly wears her age with pride. Fair Wind celebrates her 60th birthday this year as…
It looked likely that rain and gloom would be part and parcel of Sunday’s opening pointscore race in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) Land Rover Winter Series, but it was to the contrary when light rain ceased and…
At 14.30pm on Monday 2nd May, the late Eric Tabarly’s wife, Jacqueline Tabarly, will fire the start gun from aboard Navy frigate HMS Kent and send 25 of the world’s best and bravest ocean racers on their solo passage, 3050nm…
“Lighter, faster, stronger” are the words Musto uses to introduce the new range of sailing gear. “After 50 years of learning and development, our design experts have produced the most technically advanced range yet,” they claim. “MUSTO have been working…
PORTLAND, MAINE – A novelist who was twice rescued from storm-battered sailboats hopes his next adventure lacks in such drama. South Carolina author Michael Hurley plans to sail around the world after using the experience of scuttling his sailboat on…
The smallest Sun Odyssey in the range but one of the most popular, the SO349 is already a best seller in Australia with over 20 owners ‘down-under’. Designed by Marc Lombard, the SO349 has proven to have the combination…
Day 3 of Race 10 and the PSP Logistics Panama Cup has seen a continuation of great downwind racing although conditions are starting to become lighter this morning (UTC) produced by an approaching weak front. The fleet has made good…
The 2016 Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series ended on a high yesterday, 1st May, not because racing was cancelled due to high winds but because 2016 marked the most successful year for this series to date. The 33 registered teams waited…
It's game over in the 49er at Sailing World Cup Hyères with Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL) taking their 26th consecutive victory ahead of Sunday's televised Medal Races. The Kiwis look unstoppable in the 49er and even though they…
At the Sailing World Cup Hyères a duck was broken as Australia's Matthew Bugg got his maiden international event win in the 2.4 Norlin OD. In the Sonar class, Norway took the gold away from an up and down regatta…
The public was out in force today as Plymouth locals and visitors soaked up the sun and entertainment programme laid on as part of The Transat bakerly festivities. All along Plymouth waterfront to the end of the Barbican, the crowds…
Extreme Sailing Series™ stalwarts Alinghi returned to winning ways today as they shot to the top of the Act 2 leaderboard. Co-skipper Arnaud Psarofaghis and his Swiss crew put on a second-day masterclass in tricky, light winds after two days…
The PSP Logistics Panama Cup got underway in the early hours of this morning, with the teams reinvigorated after a successful stopover in Seattle and filled with renewed enthusiasm for this tenth race of the global series. At 0320 UTC…
Sailing World Cup Hyères served up a light dose of wind for the third day of racing but big breeze is expected to follow on Saturday. Sailors had a short wait for breeze in the morning but a 7-8 knot…
Qingdao today lived up to its reputation as one of the trickiest venues on the Extreme Sailing Series™ as light winds limited action to just one race on the opening day of Act 2. The Chinese city, hosting the Extreme…
Australia's sporting capital, Melbourne, is to host the 2016 Sailing World Cup Final from 4-11 December out of the St Kilda Sailing Precinct. The Sailing World Cup Final will bring together the world's best sailors in the aftermath of the…
Over the long weekend, 14 18 foot skiffs were racing in Auckland for the Maersk Line 18’ Skiff ANZAC Championship. New Zealand team Yamaha; Dave McDiarmid, Matt Stevens and Brad Collins, lead from start to finish to take out round…
As the closing date for the early entry discount fast approaches, new Evans Long Etchells Australasian Championship 2016 entries are appearing from all quarters. The championship is being conducted by Mooloolaba Yacht Club from June 9 to 12. The early…
Sailing World Cup Hyères has served sailors a completely different set of conditions on day two, with racing postponed early in the day due to a lack of wind. A light 5-10 knot breeze filled in during the early afternoon,…
Cruising skipper, racer, mentor, sailing instructor and instigator of a huge relief effort for the victims of Tropical Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu, Heather Sutton is one of the nominations for the inaugural Cruiser of the year award. Ideas locker editor…
As boat building capabilities overcome more and more engineering roadblocks, does there come a point when the design of such large yachts begins to hit the ridiculous (“totes ridic”, as my hipster son says)? Make your own mind up and…
Local residents of NSW town Brunswick Heads have expressed concerns that development plans for the boat harbour do not fit in with ethos of the area. Providing facilities for sailing, and maintaining a profitable business, are quite often constantly at…
How does circumnavigating Australia in a Top Hat sound? How about doing it singlehanded? Robert Lovelace was nominated by a reader and, after contacting Lovelace to congratulate him he sent CH the following story of that remarkable cruise. Well it…
An Olympic gold medal is the end result of a lifetime of work but to get there, Sailing World Cup Hyères will play a key part as bragging rights, World Cup honours and national selections are on the line. As…
The AMS Sydney 38 Victorian State Titles were held over the weekend, April 23-24, at Sandringham Yacht Club on Port Phillip’s eastern shore where Andrew Mollison and his Sierra Chainsaw crew scored their first grade one win. Going into the…
The latest in technology and classic yachts are among early entries for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, which starts at 1300 hours on Saturday 30 July. Love & War, one of…
BORDER Force and NSW Water Police will inspect a barnacle-encrusted yacht hull washed up on Wooli Beach in the past 24 hours. The Northern Rivers Marine Rescue regional controller Steve Reading said the yacht, which was abandoned after it set…
Close finishes to marathon ocean yachts races are becoming standard fare these days and the Transat AG2R La Mondiale proved it was no exception with an incredibly dramatic finish at the Caribbean island of St Barts today. After completing a…
A fleet of 20 racing yachts and their skippers, plus guest crew, set sail from the French Brittany port of Saint-Malo this evening bound for Plymouth and the official start village for The Transat bakerly 2016. This non-timed Warm-Up is…
BlackWater Team, lead by owners Alexander Zaytsev, Andreas Savvidis and Maxim Merzlikin with tactician Konstantin Besputin, will join the line-up for the 2016 RC44 World Championship in Sotogrande next month. The team's first taste of RC44 racing came in 2015…
In the words of French Olympic medallist Jonathan Lobert, “you never know what will happen in Hyères.” Never has a saying been more relevant to the 2016 edition of Sailing World Cup Hyères with a mixed forecast and an aroma…
The bitter rivalry between Ian Williams and Taylor Canfield has been the defining story of the World Match Racing Tour in recent years. Even with the switch from keelboats to M32 catamarans, the rivalry looks as strong and closely matched…
\How the Extreme Sailing Series is raising its game The birth of the Extreme Sailing Series nine years ago marked a big change in the sport as high speed, short burst racing went on tour in front of an audience….
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