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Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. Oracle's desperation to make the struggling America's Cup more competitive now extends to handing their design secrets to cash-strapped newcomer Team France. Team France boss Franck Cammas made the revelation in an interview with French radio…
At the end of the first period of the pre-registration, more than 100 boats have been registered to participate at the worldwide gathering Melges 24 World Championship 2015 in Middelfart, Denmark. From 30th June to 5th July, Match Racing Denmark…
Battered, bruised, but defiant to the last, Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR) finally completed a gruelling Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race on Tuesday and arrived to a well-deserved Brazilian welcome fit for heroines. Itajaí reserved its very best weather…
An all-Aussie line up for this weekend’s third ever MC38 Australian Championship ensures the trophy remains with a home-grown crew. For the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) hosted three day nationals, April 10-12, 2015 the two past championship winning…
The new America’s Cup wing sail foiling catamaran will be “more manoeuvrable” and “better suited” to Bermuda’s racecourse. That’s the opinion of Sir Ben Ainslie, team principal and skipper of British challenger Ben Ainslie Racing, who firmly backs the amendment…
Mordialloc Motor Yacht Club Commodore Des Fullarton said baffles, which help reduce the impact of waves in rough weather, needed to be replaced after 75-year-old couta boat Marlay’s hull was punctured while moored in the creek during wild weather on…
Below are some more images of the next stage in trying to refloat Innisfail off Kata Beach, Phuket. Contributor on the ground, Martin Woolnough, reports in that an erroneous article was published in the Phuket Gazette and the link is…
There are fewer than 500 miles to the finish for One Planet One Ocean & Pharmaton, but the challenges of the Barcelona World Race are not quite over yet. Aleix Gelabert and Didac Costa crossed into the Mediterranean Sea last…
Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR) were still doggedly battling the elements on Monday to reach their destination in Itajaí, south-east Brazil, more than 12 hours after the leaders had finished Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race. Rarely in the 41-year…
Following on from the April 2 story (Reader sends photo of yacht aground in Phuket) our man on the ground, Martin Woolnough, has sent more images and video. On the day of the beaching there was no action until 3pm,…
The 9th Annual Pittwater Owners' Rally held under blue skies was a great day with 35 Hanse, Moody, Dehler and Solaris yachts forming the fleet. Windcraft owners were quick to praise the event: “thanks to the whole of the Windcraft…
Ambush is the first boat from the Mills 41 moulds for repeat customers Andrew Taylor and Joachim Isler. McConaghy Boats' ability to semi customise their production boats enabled them to deliver a boat that responds specifically to the owners requests….
A major search was mounted on Lough Derg on Saturday night after a distress call was heard on the marine emergency radio channel. The alarm was raised at around 8.15pm when staff at the Irish Coast Guard marine rescue coordination…
There were joyous celebrations this afternoon from Yann Guichard and his team under the clear blue skies of La Trinité-sur-Mer, and rightly so. The hard work throughout this winter on the Diam 24s, followed by four days of intense racing…
The Great Veterans and Ladies Day races signal the onset of colder weather and the start of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s increasingly popular Land Rover Winter Series on Sunday 19 April. On 26 April, ready and warmed up,…
There are just hours left for One Planet One Ocean & Pharmaton in the Atlantic. Aleix Gelabert and Didac Costa are predicted to cross into their home Mediterranean Sea early this Easter Sunday evening, becoming the fourth team in the…
Trans World Sport travelled to the ISAF World Cup event in Miami to meet up with Australian Sailing Team’s Men’s 470 duo of Mat Belcher and Will Ryan and coach Victor Kovalenko on their road to the 2016 Rio Olympic…
ITAJAí, Brazil, April 5 – Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) buried the miserable memories of three years ago to win an epic Southern Ocean/south Atlantic crossing in Leg 5 and claim their second stage victory in the Volvo Ocean…
Black Jack was officially confirmed as the QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race 2015 line honours winner and winner on corrected time today. The team has previously won the line honours trophy on three occasions as well as the Courier…
Olympic silver medallist Olivia Price (NSW) and crew Eliza Solly (VIC) have won the bronze medal in the Women’s Skiff 49er-FX at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Regatta last night (Saturday, 4 April). The pair finished the event with a bang…
With three boats left on the water, Ray Roberts OneSails Racing is confirmed as the IRC Overall winner of the rerouted San Fernando Race 2015 after a 330nm challenge which Roberts described as “pleasant conditions but tactically very difficult because…
As dawn breaks on day three of the QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race the bulk of the fleet remain on the course in a tussle with an uncooperative wind pattern. The early finishers, Black Jack and Alive, have been…
The Borneo Post. By Alan Rogers. THE old adage, ‘out of sight, out of mind’, can be applied to coral reefs. We often shout loudly about the damage done to our terrestrial environments by deforestation, urbanisation and pollution, but we…
After 42 hours of sailing, less than 11 minutes separated line honours winner, Smith 72’ Custom Antipodes, from TP52, OneSails Racing however Ray Roberts can take consolation from his position at the head of the IRC Overall standings with OneSails…
ALICANTE, Spain, April 3 – The enthralling Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race will come to a climax on Sunday when any one of four boats could claim victory in Itajaí after three weeks and 6,776 nautical miles (nm)…
The weather God’s were smiling on the start of QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race this morning. After a night of almost constant rain, the race started in bright sunshine and a good breeze. A highly competitive start saw a…
After Mike Holt and Carl Smit won the SAP 505 World Championships with a day to spare, the final day in South Africa was all about who could secure 2nd place overall. Heading out on to Algoa Bay from Port…
Five Australian Sailing crews have qualified for tonight’s medal races at Trofeo Princesa Sofia Regatta in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It was a very shifty last day of finals racing at Trofeo Princesa Sofia Regatta with Australian Sailing Squad’s 49erFX…
One News: A man whose family reported him missing at sea more than two months ago has been found floating on the overturned hull of his sailboat 300 kilometres off the North Carolina coast. Coast Guard officials in Portsmouth, Virginia,…
Peter Harburg’s mighty Black Jack, took line honours in the QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race today with an elapsed time of 24 hours 09 minutes 27 seconds. Whilst they were unable to break the 11-year-old record held by Skandia,…
Mike Holt and Carl Smit have won the SAP 505 World Championships with a day to spare, after another dominant day on Algoa Bay in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The breeze built throughout the day and gave the fleet some…
Luna Rossa has followed through with its threat to pull out of the 35th America's Cup after the chellengers voted by a majority to drop the AC62 in favour of a smaller class for the 2017 event. The Italians issued…
Small boats, huge show! This weekend, the new, 7.5 metre Diam 24 trimarans will hit the headlines as they compete in the Spi Ouest-France for the first time. The event promises well, not only because of the number of entries,…
ALICANTE, Spain, April 2 – Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR) were savouring a rare, poignant moment on Thursday after they had rounded Cape Horn in the brutal Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race to make a special tribute to their…
Jonas Høgh-Christensen, the Danish silver medalist in the Finn class from the London 2012 Olympics is back for his fourth Olympic campaign. The Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Iberostar regatta in Palma marks his return to Olympic campaigning. He made…
After 24 hours of racing, Geoff Hill’s Smith 72’ Antipodes is leading the fleet, around 20nm shy of virtual mark three of the revised San Fernando Course, having covered just under 200nm. While the Yellowbrick ‘Leaderboard’ predicts Hill taking line…
Charlie Stannard, 19 from London and Heather Thomas, 18, from West Yorkshire are celebrating today after winning a life changing opportunity to race across the Pacific Ocean in Leg 6 of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race. Having…
In Hong Kong today, even though the original Philippine destination of San Fernando was ruled off limits because of the activity of super typhoon Maysak, 17 boats from the original entry list of 25 elected to go offshore racing over…
BANGKOK, Thailand – Organisers of Asia's largest multi-class regatta, Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina, held 30th April to 4th May 2015 at Ocean Marina Yacht Club, Jomtien, Pattaya, are expecting another successful regatta and multi-million baht…
ALICANTE, Spain, April 1 – Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) continued to power towards Itajaí at the head of the fleet on Wednesday with the possibility of extending their overall Volvo Ocean Race lead tantalisingly within their reach. Walker…
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