Team NZ silence wastes PR gold
We have all done things in our past we don't like to be reminded of, but surely winning the America's Cup is not one of them. Last week we all basked in the memories of one of the country's greatest…
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Team New Zealand start America's Cup catch-up game on the water
Team New Zealand are upping their sailing programme as they play a game of catch-up on the way to the next America's Cup in Bermuda in 2017. With most of their rivals already well under way in working out on…
Team Oz has been accepted for the Tour de France Voile
The newly rebadged Tour de France/Voile fleet will begin from Dunkirk France on July 1st. For the first time the event is being held in the exciting and new DM24 trimaran and will comprise both coastal distance courses and spectacular…
Indian and Walk on the Wild Side fight for lead in Fremantle – Bali race
At 9:00am WST this morning 19 May, almost 24 hrs since the 1440 nm race commenced, the fleet leader Indian owned by Craig Carter was 130nm off the Western Australian coast sailing a NW course at approximately 16.5 knots. In…
Entries open for QLD IRC States and Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta
The Queensland IRC State Titles and Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta 2015 (SCOR) is fast approaching. Sunshine Coast Yacht Club has been selected to host the Queensland IRC State titles in July. This championship regatta will be run on 4th &…
Silver for Lilley in Junior Finn Europeans
Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) has secured his third Finn European title and his second in Split after a medal race that was filled with drama and tension. Josh Junior (NZL) took the silver while Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) took bronze. Arkadiy…
Mapfre leads Volvo fleet into the Atlantic for final crossing
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, USA, May 17 – Spanish boat MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP), winners of the in-port race a day earlier, were again the class act as they led the six-boat Volvo Ocean Race fleet out of Newport at the start…
Boettcher's new boat for Hamilton Island and IRC Championship
Most owners left last year’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week tired, tanned and happy after a week of winter Whitsunday racing, appreciating their boats would be safely delivered or trucked home. Most owners aren’t South Australian yachtsman Geoff Boettcher and…
Countbacks decide Autumn Short-Handed winners on the Derwent
Countbacks were needed to decide the overall winners in three of the six divisions after Sunday’s fifth and final race in the Derwent Sailing Squadron/Quantum Autumn Short-Handed Series. Instead of the forecast 10 knot breeze on the River Derwent, the…
Wild Oats XI heads to Los Angeles for the Transpac 2015 race to Hawaii
Australia’s most successful supermaxi ocean racing yacht, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI, entered the first stage of a new challenge today when she was shipped out to America’s west coast. The sleek, silver-hulled yacht is bound for Los Angeles to…
Fremantle to Bali Race and Rally gets underway 48 hours later
Finally the 2015 Wonderful Indonesia Fremantle to Bali Race and Rally got underway after two days of postponement with boats setting off to Bali, Indonesia at 10am this morning. Indian, owned by Craig Carter and helmed by Paul Eldrid for…
Canfield defends Congressional Cup title in California
Long Beach, California, USA (17th May): Taylor Canfield successfully defended his Congressional Cup title in a thrilling five-day series off the California coastline, completing the opening stage of the 2015/16 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) season. Twelve skippers from nine…
Frostad sets target of eight to ten boats for next Volvo Ocean Race
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, May 16 – Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad unveiled an exciting, high-tech future for the event to stakeholders in a presentation on Saturday and set an ambition of eight to 10 boats for the next edition…
Mapfre wins Newport version of the VOR in-port race
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, USA, May 16 – Spanish boat MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP) dominated from start to finish to claim their first victory in the Volvo Ocean Race in-port series here on Saturday, watched by a packed dock of thousands of…
Jake Lilley into medal race at Finn Europeans
For the first time this week, Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) has taken the lead at the Finn European Championships in Split, Croatia. Josh Junior (CRO) has dropped to second while Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) remains in third but has considerably closed…
Severe weather warning causes Fremantle – Bali Race and Rally delay
Following postponement of the 2015 Fremantle to Bali Race & Rally due to severe weather conditions including gale force winds, Fremantle Sailing Club’s event chairman Bob Kucera has announced that the event will now commence on Monday 18th May at…
Williams gives Swinton a lesson in match racing at Congressional Cup
Long Beach, California, USA (16th May): A ‘repechage’ is defined as a trial heat that gives first-round losers a last-ditch opportunity to qualify. The word comes from the French term for ‘second chance’ – and a second chance is just…
Calm conditions on the harbour for CYCA Winter Series
The Sydney Harbour was a picture of Winter perfection for race four of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Land Rover Winter Series. Glassy waters on the harbours meant little action for sailors who have been battling windy, wet and…
Artemis takes its AC45 Turbo flying in Bermuda
BERMUDA, 15 May 2015 – Artemis Racing became the first America’s Cup challenger to launch its AC45 development catamaran in Bermuda this week. The Swedish team’s wing-sail foiling AC45 Turbo began sea trials in the Great Sound on Tuesday after…
Josh Junior back in charge at Finn Europeans
Josh Junior (NZL) has reclaimed the lead at the Finn European Championship in Split, Croatia after three tough races in winds from 18-24 knots. Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) had the best day to climb up to second, while Vasilij Zbogar…
Volvo Race leaders call for action on ocean rubbish
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, USA – Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad and Team Alvimedica skipper Charlie Enright have been invited to address a United Nations (UN) convention later this year focusing on the growing problem of rubbish in the oceans. The…
Inaugural Race to Alaska likened to 'Iditarod with chance of drowning'
Boise State Public Radio. By Tom Banse. A souped-up paddle board, custom rowing craft and high performance, carbon fiber sailboats are just some of the eye-catching entries in the inaugural Race to Alaska. An unexpectedly large group of adventure seekers…
Williams and Swinton forced to do it the hard way at Congressional Cup
Long Beach, California, USA (15th May): It was worth the wait! Congressional Cup racing was postponed this morning as an unseasonable storm buffeted Southern California. But behind the tempest came clear skies and a steady breeze that climbed from 10…
Lilley drops to 10th as lack of wind bedevils Finn Europeans
Once again only one race was sailed at the Finn European Championship in Split, Croatia. While Deniss Karpak (EST) led at every mark to win the race, Arkadiy Kistanov (RUS) extended his lead at the top to 11 points. Josh…
Tough, difficult and dangerous is outlook for second VOR Atlantic crossing
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, USA, May 14 – The six Volvo Ocean Race skippers facing their second and final Atlantic crossing spoke on Thursday of how dangerous and challenging Leg 7 to Lisbon is likely to be. The sailors rarely voice…
Opportunity to invest in Solar Light Project ending soon
Anyone who has sailed to the Louisiades at the whip end of the PNG 'tail' knows the struggle these villagers have day-by-day. Many people pay respect to these islands by providing goods, food, medicines and services when they can and…
Turbulent Day Two for California’s Congressional Cup
Long Beach, California, USA (14th May 2015): “It never rains in Southern California … it pours, man it pours,“ goes the 1972 hit song (when the Congressional Cup was already seven years old). And today in Long Beach, it poured….
Forty classic yachts expected at QCYC regatta
It is one of the best events on the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club calendar and not just for those who are sailing. With a live jazz band and a roaring fire, Saturday evening will be a great night for visitors…
Arkadiy Kistanov leads Junior and Senior fleets at Finn Europeans in Split
Arkadiy Kistanov (RUS) has taken the lead on the second day at the Finn European Championship in Split, Croatia, after only one late race was sailed in light winds. Andrew Murdoch (NZL) took the race win from Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic…
ISAF issues updates on Rio, Tokyo and equipment from mid-year meeting
ISAF has held its mid-year meeting where issues of importance to the sport are discussed and decisions made. Here are a series of reports fromthe meetings: Events Committee Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition An update was given on the Rio…
Brunel loses bowman to arm infection before Newport re-start
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, USA, May 13 – An arm infection has forced Team Brunel’s bowman, Gerd-Jan Poortman, out of Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Newport to Lisbon starting on Sunday. The 39-year-old Poortman's (NED) place will be…
Ocean adventures: ARC Europe and ARC USA set sail
Yachts sailing under the flags of 20 different nations and crews from many more, set sail from Nanny Cay, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands on Saturday 9 May for their offshore adventures as part of two World Cruising Club…
Interesting sales idea for Rave V – tell your mates and get one free
Riding on the back of the thirst to foil generated by the 34th America's Cup, a US company has come up with an innovative way to sell their new foiler – offering the first five buyers a chance to get…
Quality fleet assembling for Sydney-Gold Coast Race
Among the recent entries received for the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race are a trio of yachts representing as many states, their owners looking forward to helping celebrate the 30th edition of the Cruising Yacht Club of…
Threats shouted as yacht drifts off anchor at 1am
According to a report by William Axford of the website keysnet.com, there was an argument between yachties when a sailboat drifted off its anchor near Fleming Key (Florida) in the middle of the night. The report states: Friday, a 35-foot…
Sir Russell Coutts says Peter Burling is “a more complete sailor”
Writing to celebrate 20 years since New Zealand won the America's Cup, the NZ Herald's Dana Johannsen reports an extreme compliment for Team New Zealand's young helmsman, Peter Burling, from the skipper who won the Cup: Sir Russell Coutts, the…
Malcolm Page faces his biggest challenge – putting a positive face on ISAF
Malcolm Page is Australia’s most successful Olympian, with two gold medals from three attempts. Add in his six world championship victories and he is the most successful 470 sailor in the history of the class. But those eight victories may…
Kiwis poised but Swinton has work to do at Congressional Cup
Long Beach, USA (13th May): If anyone thought this year’s Congressional Cup racing might be predictable: guess again! Today’s opener – Qualifying Session One of the 51st annual Congressional Cup, and the start of the 2015/16 World Match Racing Tour…
Josh Junior gets perfect start to Finn Europeans in Split
Josh Junior (NZL) has got off to a perfect start at the Finn European Championships in Split, Croatia after two race wins on the opening day. Egor Terpigorev (RUS) is in second while Arkadiy Kistanov (RUS) is third, as well…
Sidney Gavignet joins Dongfeng for Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race
Leading French offshore sailor Sidney Gavignet, fresh from breaking a record last week, has been called up by Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) for Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Newport to Lisbon. The 46-year-old is also skipper…
