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Clearwater, FL. Day three of the 2016 World Championships in Clearwater, FL kicked off with a sunny, 4-8 knot variance giving everyone a sigh of relief and readiness. 49er The fleet rigged up and got after it early launching to…
Times were a lot different when Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron veteran David Henshall raced in the Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race for the first time. There was no GPS technology, with sailors using dead-reckoning navigation techniques to calculate their…
Mono-hulls and multi-hulls are signing-up for the 5th Groupama Race. From out-and-out racers to cruising mono- or multi-hulls, everyone will have a chance. With less than nine months to go, the first expression of interest are in. Courrier Léon renamed…
North Devon Journal. A Seal managed to bring down a fishing boat last week, an eyewitness has reported. Thor Gustafsson watched the unbelievable scene take place at Coverack in Cornwall, saying he first thought a man had fallen overboard and…
A brain tumour battle may have knocked the wind from his sails but Sydney yachtsman Roger Hickman vows that hell and high water won’t stop him from competing in the 2016 Sail Port Stephens regatta come April. The owner/skipper of…
SYDNEY – Australia has been very supportive of the Farr 40 Class Association since its inception in 1997. Victoria native John Calvert-Jones was one of the original owners and the past class president would skipper Southern Star to victory at…
Crews of young sailors from Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia will do battle on Sydney Harbour tomorrow (Thursday, 11 February) in the finals of the prestigious Hardy Cup Under 25 ISAF Grade 3 international match racing regatta. Organised by…
The Foiling Week is the first and only series of global events dedicated to the fast foiling boats, their sailors, designers and builders. After two successful editions in 2014 and 2015 held at Fraglia Vela Malcesine on Lake Garda in Italy,…
The 2016 Extreme Sailing Series was officially launched at the Dubai International Marine Club today (10 February) with a full line-up of eight world-class teams, from eight nations confirmed. As the Series heads into its tenth year, some of the…
Leader of the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race Derry~Londonderry~Doire was the first through the Ocean Sprint course, setting a time of 14 hours 18 minutes, which has consequently proved impossible for the remaining eleven boats to match. Upon Visit Seattle’s completion of…
February 10h, 2016 – Miami, U.S.A. – Amazing interest being shown already for the 2016 Melges 24 World Championship in Miami boasting a beautiful three-digit number – 111 – on the entry list with more than nine months left before the…
The Courier. By Ben Hansen. BEYOND SAVING: The $600,000 yacht that sunk off King Island early Thursday morning. Photo The Courier. A $600,000 yacht sank off the south-east coast of King Island on Thursday morning. Tasmania Police said the…
Allan Norregaard and Anette Viborg Andreasen rocketed up to second place overall in the Nacra 17 World Championships, the Danish duo showing a rare mastery of the demanding conditions on the turbulent waters of Clearwater Beach, Florida. After failing…
The 2016 JJ Giltinan Championship sponsored by appliancesonline.com.au will be a closely fought battle with 30 boats on the start line and a number of them in the hot seat to take the title. Racing kicks off on February 12…
Clearwater, FL. Day two of the 2016 World Championships appeared sunny, with a chance of another windy day. The FX girls were proposed to go out at 11 am, but were held for a bit on shore due to that…
The 2016 Sydney Sailboat Expo will be held on the 9-10th April 2016 (10am to 4pm) at the International College of Management, Sydney (ICMS) in Manly. The 2016 Expo has something for everyone and MySailing.com.au is pleased to be a…
The Australian 18 Footers League 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship sponsored by appliancesonline.com.au, runs from February 12-21, 2016. The championship, which has been the world’s major 18 Footer championship since it was first sailed on Sydney Harbour in 1938,…
One of the most respected men in 18 Footer Racing is the 1996 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff champion Stephen Quigley, who will line up as skipper of Alcatel One Touch in the 2016 regatta, sponsored by appliancesonline.com.au, which starts on…
Strong winds in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race have led to some thrilling racing conditions for the Clipper Race fleet, with teams recording speeds of over 32 knots near the virtual mark at the most southern point…
UPDATE: The 2016 Nacra 17, 49er, and 49erFX World Championships kicked-off at Clearwater, Florida, USA overnight (Tuesday, 9 February 2016 EST local time) but only one race was completed in the 49er and Nacra 17 fleets. Racing had to be…
Sean Langman, Managing Director of the Noakes Group, is one of Australia’s best known sailors/yachtsmen with a record of high achievement in numerous classes of sailing boats. Aside from his wonderful record of achievement on the water, Sean has always…
Hobart yachtsman Nat Morgan and his crew of Hot August Night should be celebrating their Royal Hobart Regatta Combined Clubs Harbour Race today with a good old cuppa. The reason? This evening Hot August Night was declared the 2016 winner…
The New Moon signifies a new beginning and for many cultures, today represents a New Year. For some teams, turning the most southerly waypoint in the extended route of the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race will be symbolic…
For some sailors the Kingdom of Tonga is just a stop on the coconut milk run; another country to check off the list and a spot to provision in the rush across the great Pacific Ocean in one frenzied season….
In Aden, Yemen, the local navy commander told us we would have nothing stolen from our sailing boat because the local pirates had told him we were their friends. But, he warned, we could have our throats cut if we…
Bathed in the soft light of a new day, Playa Zipolite some 80 kilometres east of Puerto Escondido on Mexico’s southwest coast, looked like a poster child version of today’s modern Corona beer billboards. But unfortunately, the beer commercial comparison…
Newport, RI (February 8, 2016) – In an exciting development for the future of One Design multihull sails, Glenn Ashby, world class sailor and multiple multihull world champion, has teamed up with North Sails to develop and market the Glenn Ashby…
The Boat Owners Association of the United States have released a reminder and useful instructions on how to check a lifejacket. The instructions concentrate on the popular yoke-style inflatable life jackets that keep you cool on a hot day and…
For those in the south anticipating a cold, wet winter, perhaps a trip to Port Douglas for the Mickey Ink Port Douglas Race Week would be the solution. Held in the beautiful tourist town north of Cairns every year, with…
When Coffs Harbour handyman and avid surfer Andrew Witton left Australia in 2006 it was supposed to be the trip of the lifetime. His plan was to sail across the South Pacific, visit friends in South America and then make…
Today’s Australian 18 Footer League’s President’s Trophy race was the final hit out for all teams prior to the start next Saturday of the 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour and it also solved a problem for…
Senior Hobart yachtsman Don Calvert has achieved another outstanding result with his Castro 40, Intrigue, this morning outsailing bigger yachts to take line honours in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s 90th Bruny Island Race. Calvert, who turned 80 last…
The Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race has continued at a fast pace. Derry~Londonderry~Doire maintains the fastest time across the Ocean Sprint, with eight teams now having completed the time trial, and it continues to lead this race by…
The comeback king and kid climbed back from an almost insurmountable five point deficit yesterday to deliver Ginger a trifecta of Australian Championship titles, decided on the finish order in the last race. Leslie Green, Ginger’s owner/driver, is this evening…
Almost from the moment Rio was confirmed as the venue for the 2016 Olympics, there has been criticism of the sailing venue. Chronic pollution has been recorded, including pathogens in the water that would close beaches in most other parts…
The 2016 Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series kicked off on Sunday February 7, with the Women in Sailing Challenge (WISC). Hosted by the Sandringham Yacht Club, this first stop of the series saw 18 boats and nearly 100 women hit…
One of the big surprises of the 2015-2016 Sydney 18ft Skiff Season has been the impressive form of a totally rookie Mojo Wine crew, who performed so well at the recent Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour. Skipper James…
It is World Championship time again for the Australian Sailing Team with the 2016 World Championships for the Nacra 17, 49er, and 49erFX (9-14 February 2016) kicking-off at Clearwater, Florida, USA on Tuesday, 9 February 2016 EST local time. Six months…
Not so long ago my life was very different from how it is today. Not so long ago I would not have believed if someone had told me it was about to change the way it has changed. My life…
Many Australian 16ft Skiff champions have become highly successful 18ft Skiff sailors over the century plus history of 18 Footer Racing on Sydney Harbour, but until now no skipper has ever become both Australian 16ft Skiff champion and JJ Giltinan…
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