ETNZ is setting up in Sweden
It has only been a month since Emirates Team New Zealand finished second at the first Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Portsmouth, but a month long enough for the sailing team to be chomping at the bit to…
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Bullitt GC32 Racing Tour moves on to Rome
Foiling one design catamaran racing comes to Mediterranean Italy for the first time tomorrow with the fourth event of the Bullitt GC32 Racing Tour, Trofeo di Roma, being held out Civitavecchia, some 50km northwest of the Italian capital. Here at…
Marine safety Tasmania launches useful cruising guide
Billed as one of the best cruising destinations in Australia, the Tasmanian Government's Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) organisation has launched an online resource for visiting cruisers. Cruising Tasmania is chock full of checklists and resources to get you safely…
Light winds forecast for Magnetic Island Race Week opener
Regatta Director Denis Thompson has opened the ninth edition of the SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week welcoming 60 boats and almost 600 crew and supporters to the annual regatta. Setting the racing scene for the coming five days was…
Mariquita’s great classic 2015 summer: Her heritage lives on
Mariquita, arguably one of the world’s most beautiful classic yachts, and the only 19 Metre left in existence, has just finished a third summer season with her current owners, counting podium finishes from three major regattas during 2015 alone. She…
Yacht Club Costa Smeralda announces new Caribbean Maxi regatta
Porto Cervo, Italy. August 25th 2015. The first Maxi Yacht World Championship was organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) in Porto Cervo, Sardinia in 1980. Since then the event has grown into the quintessential annual competition for Maxi…
The America's Cup machine rumbles into Sweden for second World Series event
America’s Cup action continues this week, as the fleet descends upon Gothenburg, Sweden for…
Extreme Series to go straight to foiling GC32s for 2016 season
Extreme Sailing Series owners and organisers OC Sport, who recently announced a switch of racing platform to a foiling yacht, can now confirm that the Series will fast track to the GC32 catamaran to replace the existing Extreme 40 fleet…
Conor Nicholas wins Laser Radial Youth World Championship
Day 6 of the Laser Radial Youth Worlds presented high winds, and racing was cancelled for the day. The prize giving and closing ceremonies were held at 1400 at the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour Restaurant. In the female division Mária érdi,…
The Wave, Muscat takes Extreme Sailing Series St Petersburg
The Wave, Muscat have been crowned victors at the Extreme Sailing Series Act 6, Saint Petersburg presented by SAP, mastering the complex conditions of the River Neva in front of huge crowds, to win the Act with a race to…
Winter win for octogenarian sailor on the Derwent
Octogenarian Hobart yachtsman Tom Kirkland today celebrated his 60th year of racing on Hobart’s River Derwent by winning the final race of the Derwent Sailing Squadron/Cascade Winter Series and taking out the overall series with his little sloop Ragtime. The…
Helmut Jahn crowned the 2015 Rolex Farr 40 North American Champion
Santa Barbara, Calif. (22 August 2015) – As if on cue, the scenic backdrop of the Santa Ynez Mountains was revealed for the final day of racing at the Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship. While the clouds cleared off…
Two Aussies to go head-to-head in Chicago Match Quarter Final
Chicago, IL — It was another perfect summer day on Lake Michigan for the 12 teams assembled here for the Chicago Match Cup Grand Slam, with the southerly breeze remaining steady enough to complete the remaining matches needed to finish…
Rain didn't dampen the final day at Hamilton Island Race Week
After five days of sunshine and varied sailing breezes at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week it would have been churlish to complain about the soggy start to the final race of the regatta yesterday – August 22, 2015. The entire…
Video wrap from the Rio test event where Australia won two gold and a bronze
Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) as well as Mathew Belcher (QLD) and Will Ryan (QLD) have won a Gold Medal for Australia in the Nacra 17 and Men’s 470 class respectively at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing…
Storrs beats young guns to win Chicago Match Race
Chicago, IL — Connecticut-based David Storrs and his Pequot Racing team of Taylor Canfield, Andy Escourt, and Hayden Goodrick have won the ISAF Grade 2 Chicago Match Cup Grand Slam. Storrs and team were undefeated today, beating Chris Steele and…
Mara Stransky, 16, on living a teenager’s life at sea
News.com.au FOR 16-year-old Mara Stransky traffic lights are a fascinating concept. After all, when you’ve lived most of your short life on a boat, including the last five sailing the world on a 50-foot catamaran, there’s not much need for…
Gold for Australians at Olympic Sailing test event in Rio
Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) as well as Mathew Belcher (QLD) and Will Ryan (QLD) have won a Gold Medal for Australia in the Nacra 17 and Men’s 470 class respectively at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing…
The Wave, Muscat extends lead on penultimate day in Saint Petersburg
The Wave, Muscat sailed a text book penultimate day at the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Saint Petersburg presented by SAP, adding an impressive 65 points to their score line over eight races. Helm Leigh McMillan now holds a 20-point…
Slow start to racing at Farr 40 North Americans
Like the history behind the Rolex timepiece that will be presented to the winner of 17th edition of the Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship, event host Santa Barbara Yacht Club has a long and celebrated history. As the second…
Steele takes a narrow lead after day one of Chicago Match Cup
A southerly breeze that started light and shifty built to a perfect 10 knots today, making for perfect match racing conditions and close results at the Chicago Match Cup Grand Slam. Top-ranked Chris Steele and his 36 Below Racing team…
Winners declared at 2015 IRC National Championships
Four champions have been declared at the end of the pinnacle Australian IRC series at Hamilton Island; two existing titleholders continue to reign in their class and two new champions join the small band of winners dating back to the…
Three Aussies on Artemis Racing for ACWS in Gothenburg
Artemis Racing has announced a squad of six sailors for the second event of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Gothenburg; with the final five man line-up to be announced next week. Skipper, Nathan Outteridge, will be joined by…
IRC Australian Championship Geste about wrapped up
It’s the business end of the IRC Australian Championship at Hamilton Island and it appears two current national champions are on target to keep their titles. All Audi Hamilton Island Race Week crews enjoyed cool 15-20 knot SSE winds, brilliant…
All to play for on final day of Hamilton Island Race Week
With one more day of racing the jockeying for the podium spots at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week was in full swing today, August 21, 2015. In one or two of the divisions the leaders still have some wriggle room…
Courrier du Leon crowned winner of Fastnet Race
Géry Trentesaux’s JPK 10.80 Courrier du Leon from France has been confirmed as the overall winner of the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race joining a long list of great names to have won this legendary 603-nautical mile offshore race. It is a particularly…
The Wave, Muscat takes the lead in St Petersburg after three bullets
Day two of the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Saint Petersburg presented by SAP delivered a mixed bag of results for all eight international teams, as the hidden currents of the River Neva delivered a race track riddled with passing…
Bronze for Tom Burton at Olympic Sailing test event in Rio
Australian Sailing Team’s Tom Burton (NSW) has won the bronze medal at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday, 21 August 2015 local time. Australian Sailing Team’s leading Nacra17 crew of Jason…
Handicap honours list taking shape as more Fastnet boats finish
With the latest deluge of arrivals in the Rolex Fastnet Race, overall victory is currently looking like it might be claimed, in this 90th anniversary running of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's flagship offshore race, by a fast boat in…
Breezy and bumpy IRC Australian Championship day four
Swell and a breezy day four at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in the Queensland Whitsunday islands tested crew work and produced exciting downwind rides, but also contributed to a couple of nasty collisions among the multihull fleet. The IRC…
Red Bull leads after glittering first day of Extremes in Saint Petersburg
Russia delivered a glittering opening to the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Saint Petersburg presented by SAP, with Red Bull Sailing Team staking an early claim, winning the day against the golden backdrop of the Peter and Paul Fortress. Back…
Waterhouse and Darmanin still in yellow ahead of medal races at Rio
Australian Sailing Team’s Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) have defended their lead in the Nacra17 at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2015 in Rio on Thursday, 20 August 2015 and will carry their yellow leader’s jersey…
Team NZ get Luna Rossa boat as sidelined Italians help Kiwi America's Cup campaign
Stuff.co.nz Team New Zealand have had their America's Cup campaign boosted with sidelined Italian syndicate Luna Rossa lending them a testing boat. The Italians pulled out of the cup in protest to late changes made in design rules. But they…
Ups and downs at Hamilton Island Race Week 2015
A day is a long time in politics, but at Hamilton Island Race Week a mere few hours is all that’s required to turn from hero to zero – or vice versa. Day four’s testing conditions yesterday, Thursday August 20,…
Multihull Solutions Sail2Indonesia Rally arrives in Debut
Participants in this year’s Multihull Solutions Wonderful Sail2Indonesia Rally have arrived in Indonesia after clearing out of Australia at Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, and experiencing a dream run across the Arafura Sea. The 48 participants will spend the…
Aussies and Kiwis in field for Match Race Chicago
Chicago, IL — Twelve teams from five nations will be competing starting tomorrow on the third stop of the US GRAND SLAM series at the Chicago Match Cup Grand Slam. With nine of twelve teams ranked in the top 50,…
Flash Gordon takes the lead at Farr 40 North American Championship
Santa Barbara, Calif. (20 August 2015) -The second day of racing at the 2015 Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship saw a duplication of the conditions that faced competitors on day one and which, according to the locals, are “normal……
Light winds forgotten – big grins and tight finishes for Fastnet Race
Battling for line honours in the Royal Ocean Racing Club's Rolex Fastnet Race continued all the way to the Plymouth finish line last night in both the maxi-multihull and monohull divisions. Among the multihulls, Yann Guichard and Dona Bertarelli's…
Things you would like to know about the Mini Transat Îles de Guadeloupe but have never dared to ask
The 74 sailors competing on the Mini Transat îles de Guadeloupe will set off next September 19th from the Bay of Douarnenez in France for the first leg to Lanzarote in the Canaries. Ready for the adventure, the competitors do…
ACR adds AIS Class A and Class B transceivers to their range
ACR Electronics has broadened its range of maritime devices with the introduction of its new Class A and Class B Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) transceivers. ACR says its new AIS product offering, combined with the recent acquisition of UK-based safety…
