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If you wanted a poster child for the potential glamour of a modern engineering career, you’d be hard pushed to come up with a better candidate than Richard Hopkirk. A graduate of Cambridge with a first class MEng degree, he…
If yacht design is the art and science of teasing out performance through testing and refinement, then Wild Oats XI (WOXI) is a great study in how the starting point inevitably affects the direction of development. In 2005 when Reichel/Pugh…
This is an edited version of an opinion piece in the December-January issue of Australian Sailing magazine. For the full article and responses from the CYCA and leading Sydney-Hobart sailors, buy an electronic copy of the magazine (see below) or…
We all know that instrument calibration is important for quality data on board. Many times however this task falls by the way side, in favour of rig tuning, crew mechanics training and boat maintenance. In this two-part guide we will…
Ross Wilson and his younger brother (by two hours) Kevin Wilson grew up in Mildura, it was here that these young twin boys learnt to sail on Lake Cullulleraine. From here their love of sailing and dedication to the sport…
The road-blocks to greater participation in club racing include the purchase price of the boat, the lack of availability (and annual cost) of a marina berth and the need for a large crew of dependable mates. The Far East 28R…
After over a decade of making top end dinghy gear, Australian brand Zhik has entered the offshore and street wear markets. Australian Sailing visited Zhik’s head office in Sydney where testing, design, R&D, photography and more is done. We had…
In summer, Perth people only need a 24 hour radar loop to assure them that there will be no rain. But we're sure it will be handy in winter – here's the BOM media release: The Bureau of Meteorology’s Perth…
After a favourable North Atlantic, the Southern Hemisphere is proving to be more complicated. That is however what Francis Joyon and his crew of five were expecting when they set out from Brest on this attempt to grab the outright…
Sydney, Australia, 30th November – Australian Seve Jarvin and Kiwi Adam Minoprio will be GAC Pindar’s co-skippers in the final leg of the Extreme Sailing Series in Sydney next month. They will be joined by James Wierzbowski (AUS), Tyson Lamond…
Only a week after foiling around Cape Horn, the skipper of Groupama Team France in the America's Cup has suffered a serious injury to his right foot after falling off the training boat at full speed. It's believed he was…
This year’s NSW O’pen Cup took to the waters of Pittwater and was held at the Royal Motor Yacht Club (www.royalmotor.com.au). The club’s facilities and organisation were outstanding, and staff extremely accommodating. A record 48 competitors entered the event, which…
Come-on guys admit it – we have all done a little bit of ploughing at some time. Maybe we cut a corner a little too aggressively, or relaxed a bit too much on a lazy twilight jolly – mostly it…
OneSails has announced they are opening a new loft in Brookvale, on the northern beaches of NSW. OneSails managing director Paul Eldrid said, “The move follows the resounding success of the OneSails brand and our innovative OneSails 4T Forte composite…
Vigilance and strict observance was required on the fourth day of racing at the Para World Sailing Championships being held out of the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria in Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia. With severe conditions forecast for the late afternoon,…
Two of the Finn classes longest serving officials were honoured during the prizegiving ceremony at the 2015 Finn Gold Cup in Takapuna, New Zealand, by being inducted into the prestigious Finn Class Hall of Fame. Richard Hart (GBR) and Juri…
Australian Sailing Team’s Paralympic sailors have kicked-off the 2015 Para World Sailing Championships with a bang. London 2012 gold medallists Dan Fitzgibbon (NSW) and Liesl Tesch (NSW) took the lead in the SKUD-18 after posting a second and first place…
Despite the wind gods repeatedly throwing curve balls at competitors in the RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup, today Torbjörn Törnqvist and his Artemis Racing crew firmly consolidated their lead in this regatta. The Swedish team led going into the day and…
Giles Scott (GBR) has secured his third Finn Gold Cup with two races to spare after the final fleet racing day in Takapuna, New Zealand. Going into the day with a 52 point margin, he picked up a third in…
Midnight Rambler and JustADash were the big winners on Day 1 of the Middle Harbour Yacht Club hosted Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), in a race from Sydney Harbour to Lion Island and return today. Midnight Rambler, the Ker…
Tasmania will be represented by more than 20 elite young sailors in the invited classes at the ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta on Melbourne’s Port Phillip early in December. Most of them showed their skills in a special lead-up regatta…
The second edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race got away as scheduled from Marina Lanzarote with the fleet enjoying a reaching start in Atlantic swell and a solid 15 knots of breeze from the north east. Close battles are expected…
Harry Price from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has topped off a superb year of match racing, winning the 2015 Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship today. Not since Seve Jarvin in 2005 has a Youth Sailing Academy Representative…
Australia's leading Paralympic sailors are ready for the challenge that awaits them when racing starts at the Para World Sailing Championships in Williamstown, Melbourne this Saturday (28 January). More than 140 sailors from 31 nations are in Melbourne, Australia's sporting…
It used to be so easy. Instruments were rudimentary, so most of what could be gained came from an experienced and knowledgeable eye. The 1980s era America’s Cup boat travelled almost everywhere at about seven or eight miles an hour,…
Spindrift 2 crossed the equator at 0131hrs UTC on Friday 27 November, just under five days after setting off! Yann Guichard and his crew are on world-record pace. Current Jules Verne Trophy holder Banque Populaire V crossed the equator in…
Giles Scott (GBR) continues to dominate the Finn Gold Cup in Takapuna, New Zealand. In spite of only winning one race so far this week he has amassed an impressive 52 point lead after eight races with just three to…
The two massive trimarans currently attempting to set a new Jules Verne record for the fastest sailboat around the world are approaching the equator. The fully-crewed Spindrift 2 is slightly ahead of IDEC SPORT but both have eyes only for…
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club will conduct the annual Rockingham Race Weekend on 28 and 29 November. Both power boats and yachts will take part in the event this year with great activities on the water and shore-side. Twenty-seven yachts…
Australia Sailing Squad’s Ashley Stoddart (QLD) has secured Australia a spot in the women’s one-person dinghy, the Laser Radial, for the 2016 Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the 2015 Laser Radial World Championship in Al Mussanah, Oman (20-26 November 2015)…
Competition could not have been closer for the opening salvos of the RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup. Following the conclusion of the 2015 Match Racing Championship yesterday, Thanksgiving Day holidaymakers got to witness the first four fleet races, held within the…
The sound of a spooling fishing reel caught our attention. Our joy at catching a fish was replaced by horror when we realised that an Albatross had managed to become entangled in our trailing lure. Not wishing to hurt such…
Sometimes it is the little things in life that make all the difference. It has been more than three and a half years since we left our native UK and set off to sail the world. Since then we have…
From the relative safety of the house we used to call home, we found ourselves to be little affected by the weather. Sure, if it was raining it might be inconvenient to get to and from the car on the…
JULES VERNE TROPHYNovember 27th 2015 IDEC SPORT crossed the Equator on Friday 27th November at 03:03:52 UTC. Francis Joyon and his crew of five took 5 days 01 hour 52 seconds to sail from Ushant to the line separating the…
The New Zealanders remain in control after another day of 15 knot match racing conditions on the Harbour for the 2015 MUSTO Youth Match Racing Championship. What started out as a low breeze day soon ramped up to provide competitors…
Competitors for the second edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race have arrived in Marina Lanzarote. The new Calero Marina is a hive of activity as sailors from 14 different nations ready themselves and their yachts for the 3,000 nautical mile…
ALICANTE, Spain, November 25 – Richard Mason, four-time Volvo Ocean Race sailor and the man who led the shore crew for Team SCA women’s team in the last edition, has been appointed the event's Head of Port Operations. Mason, 41,…
Gradually pulling away from the Cape Verde Islands, Spindrift 2 is about to face the famous Doldrums dreaded by sailors. This passage between the two hemispheres sees large weather instabilities due to the convergence of trade winds blowing from the…
Are you a club sailor or relatively new to sailing a Tasar and know you need to improve your sailing skills but not sure how? Then come along to one or more of the Tasar Association of Victoria’s (TAV) training…
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