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The support crew for the Jules Verne attempt by Spindrift 2 received the following message from Dona Bertarelli, illustrating one of the lesser-known irritations of a high-speed race around the world: “Don’t ask me what time it is….
Champion Hobart yachtsman Nick Rogers has made a striking return to racing in the classic International Dragon class, winning the Tasmanian championship sailed on the River Derwent over the weekend. Steering Karabos IX, Rogers won six of the eight races, and…
The Sun Odyssey range from Jeanneau has been one of the most successful in terms of sales and customer satisfaction. Already the recently released Sun Odyssey 349 is an Australian bestseller with more than twenty yachts on the water…
Last day of sailing and Phillip Ross, editor of Cruising Helmsman and part of the Yaffa Sailing Team, was given the opportunity to experience the VIP treatment at the last ‘Act’ of the Extreme Series in Sydney. In the end,…
Today is the first time that Rambler 88 will go up against the 100ft super-maxis Wild Oats XI, Ragamuffin and Perpetual LOYAL, along with other big boats who will be handicap contenders in the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart such as…
The new Wild Oats XI is fast. Very fast. Rambler 88 is genuine threat for handicap honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, but apart from that, there is nothing from today's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge to help predict Hobart form….
British multihull racer Leigh McMillan was officially crowned the most successful skipper in the nine-year history of the Extreme Sailing Series in Sydney today when he clinched an unprecedented third championship title. McMillan and and his crew on The Wave,…
The nine invited classes that made up this year’s Sailing World Cup enjoyed excellent racing across the eight courses laid off the St Kilda sailing precinct on Port Phillip, Melbourne. Over four days the sailors encountered a range of conditions…
St Kilda’s usual foreshore and beach buzz on a warm summer Sunday grew louder when the Sailing World Cup Melbourne reached its peak. Eight Olympic classes peeled off their Medal Race one by one straight off the main beach, St…
Matt Allen (Ichi Ban) and Howard Piggott (Flying Cloud) came into the final day of the CYCA Trophy–Passage Series as the leaders of Division 1 and 2 respectively, following their wins yesterday, and repeated their performances in Race 2 to…
The Appliancesonline.com.au 18ft Skiff crew gave an outstanding performance in the 20-knot North East wind to score an all the way win in the Syd. Barnett Jr. Memorial Trophy race on Sydney Harbour today. David Witt (skipper), Tom Clout (sheet)…
After 2,088 nautical miles from Albany to Sydney, and long periods of slamming seas due to strong Southern Ocean headwinds, line honours in Race 4: The Elliot Brown Timekeeper Cup went to LMAX Exchange. GREAT Britain took second place and…
When the initial version of the SailTimer Wind Instrument was announced a year ago, it was the first masthead anemometer with a digital compass in the wind direction arrow. It is wireless and solar-powered, with the electronics encapsulated in the…
Having been in existence for over five years, we thought it was time to take the next step, and what a step it is going to be. Never before have we been able to focus our entire lives to the…
Last year the Australians had their first taste of watching Wild Oats XI, Perpetual Loyal and new American yacht Comanche go head-to-head in the SOLAS Big Challenge – and the 22nd edition tomorrow will be just as suspenseful when George…
The dramatically modified supermaxi yacht, Wild Oats XI, was a “totally different animal” according to skipper, Mark Richards, after the yacht had completed the 24-hour qualifying run for this month’s Rolex Sydney Hobart race. “She just lifts her bow and…
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LMAX Exchange has crossed the finish line in Sydney Harbour, taking line honours in Race 4 after racing 2,088 nautical miles from Albany through the Southern Ocean on the Elliot Brown Timekeeper Cup. It crossed the line at 1901 AEDT/0801 UTC….
Last night in Gothenburg Sweden, Aston Harald Sports the new owners of the World Match Racing Tour announced that Bathers Beach Fremantle will be the first venue to host the opening of the 2016 season of the World Match Racing…
Matt Allen steered his TP52 Ichi Ban to a Division 1 win the CYCA Trophy Passage Series today, posting a near six minute win over Paul Clitheroe’s Balance, with a further two minutes to Tasmanian entry Cougar II, owned by…
Paralympic gold medallists Daniel Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch have won the Sailing World Cup Melbourne in the SKUD18 continuing their unbeaten run since the 2012 London Paralympic Games. The World Cup win comes after the pair successfully defended their title…
By crossing the longitude of South East Cape, the southernmost tip Tasmania, at 08:39 GMT this Saturday, December 12, 2015, Spindrift 2 set a new record time for crossing the Indian Ocean (Cape Agulhas-Tasmania in 8 days 4 hours and…
After two physical, full-on days of racing on Sydney Harbour, the penultimate day was all about the points at the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 8, Sydney presented by Land Rover – the final stop on the 2015 global tour. With…
Whilst out training on the Solent today, the team's test boat T2 capsized off of Ryde, Isle of Wight. The boat was righted quickly and no team members were injured. Damage was sustained to a section of the wing, which…
Following the announcement during the Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda in October that the World Match Racing Tour will transition to catamaran racing in the M32, the team have worked hard on creating a strong season that will be…
A cold front moving across southern Victoria brought chilly temperatures and stronger winds to day three of the Sailing World Cup Melbourne (9-13 December 2015). Racing was attempted in a couple of classes in the 15-20 knot winds blowing across…
With an ominous wind forecast at the morning race briefing, day two of the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 8, Sydney presented by Land Rover didn’t disappoint. Battling punishing gusts of 30-knots that belted through the skyscrapers lining Farm Cove, Lino…
Rob Greenhalgh today stamped his dominance on the inaugural Amlin International Moth Regatta hosted by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. Lying in second overall entering the day, Greenhalgh won all three races to win the championship and the winner’s share…
The heat is on as the Clipper Race fleet closes in on Sydney and the Elliot Brown Timekeeper Cup lives up to its name with the smallest of margins allowing gains and costing positions. All the teams have rounded the…
St Kilda Beach hosted a world first this morning – the Opti Olympic Challenge – when five Australian sailing Olympic gold medallists and two Rio 2016 Olympic Games hopefuls plus event ambassadors took on a bunch of angry lightweight Optimist…
Melbourne put the whitest cloth and the best silverware on the table for the 900 plus Victorian, interstate and international sailors on day two of the Sailing World Cup Melbourne, the first stop of the six stage series. The morning…
With everything to play for, the Extreme 40s came out all-guns-blazing on Sydney Harbour today, for the final Act of the 2015 Extreme Sailing Series championship. On a day of costly penalties for some crews, and race-ending collisions that reduced…
Emirates Team New Zealand ticked off another major milestone of their 35th America’s Cup today, launching the first test boat in Auckland today. The silver and red boat is formerly Luna Rossa’s AC45 test boat, which has been loaned to the…
A fleet representing all six Australian states will thrash it out over the weekend in CYCA Trophy – Passage Series, as boats from Queensland, Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania prepare to take on the locals in the Cruising…
For sailors on the ARC+ route of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, last night's prize-giving ceremony in Saint Lucia marked the end of their Atlantic adventure that began in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on the eastern side of…
HAMILTON, Bermuda — The inaugural Amlin International Moth Regatta is primed for a showdown between Chris Rashley and Rob Greenhalgh. At stake is $5,000. Three races are on tap tomorrow and it’s anyone’s guess as to who’ll come out on…
Geneva, December 10, 2015 – The overwhelming feeling as people came away from the Yacht Racing Forum in Geneva earlier this week is that such a gathering is vital for driving the sport of sailing forwards. One of the most…
The Bureau of Meteorology will upgrade the West Takone radar in 2016, with the radar offline when work commences early February. The new radar will provide higher resolution rain and Doppler wind images on the Bureau's website from early…
Two weeks ago Ed Psaltis, co-owner of Ker 40 Midnight Rambler, climbed the ladder to the loft of his garage. “I climbed this ladder 1000 times, thought I had taken enough precaution, but apparently not on the 1001st time. “I…
Finally, the book of seafaring tales we’ve all been waiting years for. Charles Blundell, AKA the legendary Chas from Tas, will be in the Rolex Village at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia on Monday, 21 December at 6pm, for…
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