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Forecast 20-25 knot southerly winds on local waters, the aftermath of a front that hit Sydney overnight, is going to sort out the MC38 crews on day one of their Australian championship which starts tomorrow, Friday February 5, 2016, on…
Early bird entries to Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Sydney Harbour Regatta close this Friday, 5 February 2016 at midnight, and many boats have already entered to take advantage of the reduced entry fee. The 11th running of the regatta is…
Forbes Magazine. By Arthur L. Caplan & Lee H. Igel. It is beginning to look like the time has come to call off the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The reason is simple: young women cannot travel there…
Michael Coxon is a two times winner of the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, a former Australian champion and current NSW champion, and is the skipper of Thurlow Fisher Lawyers in the 2016 JJ Giltinan Championship, sponsored by appliancesonline.com.au, on…
Local skipper, Matt Jerwood, is top of the scoreboard after the first day of the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, he and his Redline Racing Team are the only undefeated crew. He was lucky to miss the very light and…
ALICANTE, Spain, February 2 – A spectacular photographic exhibition, ‘Zoom In’, depicting the contrast between aerial and onboard images shot by the professional photographers working on the last Volvo Ocean Race was launched today at the event’s museum. Some of…
For the first time since escaping the Solomon Sea Doldrums, the Clipper Race fleet is experiencing much drier conditions and smoother sailing, as it continues to head north-west towards the next waypoint off the south coast of Taiwan. The battle…
Emirates Team New Zealand has been awarded a research and development growth grant by Callaghan Innovation having met the eligibility criteria for the fund. “It is fantastic Callaghan Innovation has recognised both the importance and the potential Emirates Team New…
The 382 is designed to be a smaller version of the Dufour 410 – all the luxury and performance in a smaller package. Space is obviously a priority in this boat and that is obvious when down below. The deck…
The 310 we were testing had a small, sporty feel to her. She is set up for short-handed sailing and would be a comfortable boat for any club race. When you first see the 310, she looks like a comfortable…
For many Aussies exercise/sport and physical activity are closely linked with alcohol consumption. Sport teams celebrate wins and losses with a few drinks, most weekend recreational sports often finish with a beer and a recap of the competition, especially in…
Where Else But Queensland is the call out to Etchells sailors to come north to enjoy the excitement of great winter racing right through from April to October 2016. The season starts on April 30 with the first of…
Burke Marine was started back in 1971 by Martin Burke on the shores of Sydney Harbour. He combined his boating experience with a knowledge of textile manufacturing to create the family-run company. Now over 40 years old, the company is…
Daily Express (Malaysia): Kota Kinabalu: A young family from China can now add another chapter to their adventures at sea when choppy seas and a faulty engine inadvertently landed them at the Sepanggar Naval Base here, on Sunday. The family…
The Notice of Race and Online Entry are now available via the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron website for the 2016 Four Winds Marine Victorian Trailable Yacht and Sports Boat Championships Regatta held from the 27th to the 28th February, 2016….
What do you get when a shoe salesman, a book and chart salesman and a sunglass salesman get together over a couple of beers? Scott Birdsall, Christian Brook and Kevin Barr of Barz Optics have founded a company called BZ…
Kiwi skipper Chris Steele is returning to Perth’s Swan River this week to defend the Warren Jones Youth Trophy that he won last year. He will face the toughest field in the history of the event, with four of the…
The Trade Winds ride continues to provide great mileage for the Clipper Race fleet as constant wind angles and speeds result in 10 to 12 knots boat speed under heavyweight spinnakers. The race lead remains unchanged with Derry~Londonderry~Doire maintaining its…
Last year, on April 1, an email circulated announcing the retirement of well-known sailing identity Alistair Murray from his long-held role as Managing Director of Ronstan. It turned out to be an April Fool's Day prank initiated by Scot West,…
Cape Times. By Francesca Villette. The Irish embassy and British High Commission have confirmed they are liaising with local authorities to give support to the families of two people who died when the yacht they were sailing in ran aground near Melkbosstrand…
News 24. By Tammy Petersen. Cape Town – Families who anticipated closure following the sighting of a hull believed to belong to the catamaran which went missing last year with three of their family members on board say their hopes have…
Ocean Currents. By Joanna Gyory, Lisa M. Beal, Barbie Bischof, Arthur J. Mariano, Edward H. Ryan. European navigators in the 15th Century, not knowing about the Gulf Stream, were afraid to risk trans-Atlantic crossings to reach the Far East. Although the…
The 38th Nacra nationals were held at the Adelaide sailing club over the new year. Thirteen races were held ranging from 5 knots to 25 knots with large seas. The race committee did a magnificent job to get 13 races…
Multihull Solutions has made buying a Fountaine Pajot catamaran more appealing with a free shipping offer. To celebrate the upcoming Open Day at their Gold Coast Sales Centre on Saturday 27 February, Multihull Solutions has announced it will waiver shipping…
The new Oyster 545 is making her debut next month at the Pittwater Sail Expo on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Oyster's Australian representative Michael Bell says he is “very excited to showcase this beautiful yacht at the Expo” and invites you…
Last issue we considered the basic calibration needed to get good, valid numbers out of our instrument systems. Now the basics are correct in this article I consider possible measurement refinements to produce the most meaningful data for the tactician….
In the 1980s every major tourist beach in the world had a cat hire operation. For many people, a Club Med or a Gold Coast holiday included hours spent broad reaching along the shoreline or trying to right the beast…
Yacht racing in or to Queensland waters is far from new, the popular Brisbane to Gladstone event being nearly as old as our world famous Sydney Hobart Race, which began late 1945. Since then, many yachting events have accrued along…
This month’s Crown Series Bellerive Regatta will give Hobart a taste of what’s to come from the booming popularity of the International SB20 one-design sports boat class on the River Derwent. Nick Rogers, a champion SB20 sailor in this high-performance, three-to-four…
Day 12 has provided “stupendously stonking spinnaker runs” of up to 305 nautical miles covered in 24 hours, as the fleet powers on in the North Pacific Trade Winds. However, it is not all champagne and roses as large gusty…
The Rolex Sydney Hobart threw everything at competitors this year and a large percentage of the fleet suffered damage – including the top three on line honours who limped home with damaged daggerboards. We have a look at the race…
Lachy Gilmour was at his innovative best in finals series of the Little Wheel Youth Match Racing Regatta conducted by the South of Perth Yacht Club on the Canning River. The warning signs were there in the last race of…
Two races into the Farr 40’s Australian Championship the fleet was ordered ashore for safety reasons as an afternoon storm approached Sydney Harbour from the North West, bringing impressive lightning and heavy rain. The one design fleet of 10, the…
Great Britain's 2.4mR sailor Helena Lucas and the Canadian Sonar team led by Paul Tingley snapped up gold in their respective fleets as Paralympic racing concluded at Sailing World Cup Miami presented by Sunbrella. Tingley and his team of Logan…
The America’s Cup Endeavour community sailing initiative, along with its partners, has today gifted the use of five of 15 Optimist dinghies, to local sailors. The boats were donated several months ago in significant disrepair but have been brought back…
Breakfast wasn't the only thing on the minds of the 1,000 or so sailors taking to the water today for the final day of racing in the Bay of Islands Sailing Week regatta. Today was the decider, with everything still…
The penultimate day of the Monsoon Cup showed just how far the world’s best professional match racing teams are prepared to go in their quest to win the World Match Racing Tour, both on and off the water. There’s money…
As a low pressure front continues to develop over the fleet, the circulatory winds are increasing with gusts of up to 50 knots, as the front runners approach the halfway mark in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race….
The sun shone for the penultimate day of racing at Sailing World Cup Miami presented by Sunbrella as the scene set itself for Saturday's live Medal Races. Following a week of grey skies, the sun finally made an appearance as…
During the lunch break on Day 2 of the Schweppes Little Wheel Youth Match Racing Regatta, a couple of officials observed that Matthew Lingard had been desperately unlucky not to have won some of his races. He stayed out of…
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