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Its almost 30 years since Port Douglas Yacht Club conducted its first annual race regatta. This year’s 2024 Riddoch Insurance Port Douglas Race Week preparations are well and truly underway, with our dedicated race committee organising a great week of…
Whether your goals are confident cruising or optimised performance, the more you understand about your yacht, the more you can achieve. An intimate knowledge of your rig based on live load data allows you to truly excel–getting the most out…
All the highlights from the 51st edition of the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival. Competitors racing in the 51st edition of the BVI Spring Regatta experienced a week of mixed conditions which put the best to the test; light…
Just when it looked like the Sail Port Stephens Passage Series couldn’t grow any further, the iconic regatta has once again surpassed trends and expectations with a record fleet of 115 entries gathering ahead of the Monday April 15 start….
Superyacht Australia has retained the reigns of hosting the “Crew Party of the Year” on the Superyacht Australia calendar of events, with 87 captains and crew from thirty-one yachts currently residing in Sydney Harbour. The abrupt onset of stormy weather…
Day three of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Leucate began with a bright and early start for the riders, who awoke to nuking 40+ knot winds rattling through the Viglamo village. The judges decided to proceed straight ahead with the…
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor It comes after Australia sustained serious damage in a collision with a race mark in Christchurch after which Slingsby cast uncertainty on whether the team could race at SailGP’s next event in Bermuda. But Slingsby has…
The first running of the International Maxi Association’s Caribbean Maxi Multihull Series concluded on Sunday with the end of the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival held out of Nanny Cay, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. The new series…
Australian record-breaking solo sailor Lisa Blair has set two new World Sailing Speed Records (to be ratified by WSSRC) for the fastest time Sydney to Auckland and first woman, solo monohull record slicing an incredible more than 4 days off…
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeYesterday Louis Robein arrived safely in Ushuaia after his unfortunate ordeal, running aground in Bahia Aguirre, in the southeastern peninsula of Mitre in the Tierra del Fuego. He was very fatigued when the incident…
The number one catamaran manufacturer Lagoon is proud to announce the launch of its latest masterpiece, the Lagoon 43. Crafted in collaboration with world renowned architects and designers, the Lagoon 43 is a testament to the evolution of naval workmanship…
The world’s leading Big Air kiteboarding athletes are set to battle at Lords of Tram in Barcarès, France, as the Qatar Airways GKA Kite World Tour teams up with the renowned event for the second successive year. THE LINE UP…
Positive future looms for coveted world title The recent 18ft skiffs Winnings 2024 JJ Giltinan (world) Championship regatta had so many positive aspects that it has set up the future for the coveted 87-year-old championship to reach its greatest heights…
The science programme, initiated during racing periods, now includes major polar expeditions. The Ocean Race is providing critical data to international scientists studying the impact of climate change and plastic pollution on ocean health. Following the 2022-23 edition of the around…
Pen Duick VI set for LINE HONOURS LEG 4 McIntyre OGR Finish Line Friday.OGR 2027 Entries Open – NOTICE OF RACE surprises for next Round the World Adventure. As the end of the 2023 McIntyre Ocean Globe Race draws closer,…
Watch AC sailors battle out for the first AC sailing regatta. Live streamed on Twitch from Barcelona at 6:20 pm CET AC Sailing, the ultimate regatta simulator built on actual simulation technology used by America’s Cup teams, will be available…
Words: Liz RountreePhotos: Courtesy of Sandy Bay Sailing Club Sunday April 7th concluded the 2024 School Team Racing State Titles, run by Tasmanian sailing and hosted by the Sandy Bay Sailing Club. 13 teams from 6 schools competed in over…
Yes it is on again! The third running of the Keelboat Introduction to Sailing Savvy (KISS) program is now open for registrations. The KISS program initiated by Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club’s (QCYC) first female Commodore Lee Renfree, was launched in…
Australian sailing identity, Wendy Tuck and Queensland sailor, Lea Foster, were quick off the bat when Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron opened entries for the 2024 Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), which generates entries from around Australia and New Zealand. Tuck, one of the country’s…
BARCELONA, 5TH APRIL 2024 The magnificent Port Vell base of Alinghi Red Bull Racing was the hottest ticket in Barcelona for friends, family, sponsors and dignitaries from Spain and around the world for the ‘reveal’ and roll-out of the AC75…
The World Sailing Speed Record for Sydney to Auckland is set to be smashed by acclaimed Australian Solo Sailor Lisa Blair who is due to arrive across the finish line between North Head and Rangitoto Island between 3pm to 4pm…
After yesterday’s mark drama, today was far calmer on the offshore course as the 2024 Australian Yachting Championships and SailFest Newcastle Regatta completed two final windward-leeward races to decide the silverware. The light-air specialists seized their chance to move up…
Translated 9 ITL (09) has retired from the McIntyre Ocean Globe Race with hull damage. The current IRC leader of Leg four has been forced to divert to Portugal after a heavy broach in 50 knot gusts slammed them down,…
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeA Coruña – Thursday April 4th. At 11:09 am local time, after 158 days and 44 minutes at sea, François Gouin crossed the finish line of the Global Solo Challenge claiming 5th place with…
Australians seized two medals and the overall trophy at the 53rd Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofía Regatta on the shores of Spain after an immense performance from the team. Breiana Whitehead won the Women’s Formula Kite in dramatic fashion whilst Zoe Thomson…
The second act of the Pallas Capital Gold Cup wrapped Sunday as part of SailFest Newcastle and the IRC Yachting Championships. The eleven strong TP52 fleet completed two races off Nobby’s Beach in light breeze and a much more settled…
Racing on Day 1 of the SailFest Newcastle Regatta, incorporating the 2024 Australian Yachting Championships and Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup Act 2, was abandoned this morning ahead of predicted strong winds and hazardous sea conditions. Weather models indicated that…
By World Sailing Poland’s Lukasz Przybytek and Jacek Piasecki made a vital move to the top of the 49er Skiff leaderboard on a light-wind day four of the World Cup Series event at the 53 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca by…
The Stockholm Archipelago Raid 2024 will be a four day event from the 22nd to the 25th of August with registration, safety control and team breifing on the 21st. Sign up started on the 2nd of April and a cap of 30 teams will…
Charting a safer course off our coast By WA Department of Transport Skippers navigating the coast off Quinns Rocks are the first to benefit from the Department of Transport’s (DoT) digital transformation of its nautical chart series. DoT Maritime Executive…
Iwata, Japan / Wessling, Germany (3 April 2024) – Torqeedo, the global market leader in marine electric mobility, today announces the successful closing of the acquisition by Yamaha Motor. The closing of the share purchase agreement with German engine manufacturer DEUTZ…
Olympic selection pressure launches Aussie to the top. By World Sailing Australia’s Mara Stransky has responded to the pressure of a close Olympic selection battle by moving to the top of the ILCA 6 dinghy leaderboard after a sunny, sea…
Malcesine (Garda Lake) – Never stop flying over the water, never stop experiencing the 69F Class, that, for its fourth year of activity, is ready to rock in an exciting racing season, divided into three different series of regatta: the…
All Up For Grabs – Thanks To Weak Azores High In McIntyre Ocean Globe Race Continuing the theme of crazy, unusual weather all around the world during the 2023 McIntyre OCEAN GLOBE – a weak convoluted AZORES HIGH is handing…
Aussie 49er pairing Jack Ferguson and Max Paul lead after 3 bullets. Breiana Whitehead 2nd in Kite. Mara Stransky 2nd in ILCA 6. Matt Wearn 3rd in ILCA 7 By World Sailing Great Britain’s Olympic hopeful Micky Beckett took advantage…
An elite fleet of offshore racing thoroughbreds is assembling at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) this week ahead of the Australian Yachting Championships starting Friday, April 5, as part of the annual Newcastle SailFest Regatta. Included will be a dozen…
In the dynamic landscape of marine technology, Cyclops Marine has rapidly emerged as one of the foremost innovators. In five short years Cyclops has impacted every section of sailing. Wireless load sensing is fundamentally changing the way sailing is done….
By America’s Cup Media As the business end of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup nears, all the teams have spent the month of March getting ready for the arrival and final preparations of their new AC75 yachts. These yachts…
We have 3 of the 14 Aussie ILCA 7s in the top 6 after Day 1. With gusts to over 30kts at times and a big, untidy swell which has been built up by nearly two weeks of strong winds…
Defending champions Brett Hobson and Peter Nicholson (Geotherm), won the last race of the 12ft Skiff Australian Championship sponsored by Your Move Conveyancing, to clinch the title and the Norman Booth Trophy again, in an event that came down to…
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