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Cougar II, Tony Lyall’s powerful ocean racing yacht, this evening will begin her campaign for the 71st Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, competing in the opening night race of the Derwent Sailing Squadron’s Pipe Opener Series. The TP52 class yacht is…
Independent.ie. By online editors. A yacht owner's hopes of being reunited with his abandoned boat were dashed when the Irish Naval Service sank it. German sailor Thomas Mallanut was forced to desert his 25ft boat after his wife became ill…
It’s been another day of unsettled tropical weather as the front-runners enter the Doldrums Corridor, and the chasing pack rounds the Cape Verde Islands. In the front half of the fleet, GREAT Britain, Derry~Londonderry~Doire and Qingdao are all currently motor-sailing…
Few events can rival the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup: the racing is fiercely competitive and technical; demanding split-second precision and teamwork. These attributes align with the values of Rolex, which has partnered with New York Yacht Club…
An international fleet of 17 yachts is set to take part in the 18th edition of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship, hosted from 24-27 September by the Long Beach Yacht Club. The event is the pinnacle of the Farr…
At the start of most offshore races, sailors often take mascots, amulets and objects for good luck that will remind them of their ties with land, their family and friends. The Min Transat îles de Guadeloupe is no different. At…
A promising weather forecast for next Saturday should give Western Australian offshore crews a good workout for the start of the 2015/16 season in the George Law Memorial Foundation Race, a 42 miler that will take yachts beyond Rottnest Island…
One of the earliest entries for the Festival of Sails 2016 is the brand new Bordeaux 60 that made its debut at Hamilton Island Race Week last month. Chris Barlow, a member of Sandringham Yacht Club located across Port Phillip’s…
Jim Swartz’s Vesper crew instantly made their long odyssey from the USA for their one and only 52 SUPER SERIES of the season worthwhile when they won the first race, while Steve Benjamin’s US team on Spookie followed up their…
The NSW Government has made last minute changes to its legislation controlling parking of trailers on public streets that imposes rules that are much tougher than those originally flagged. The NSW Boat Owners Association report that while a compromise had…
On her comeback to the match racing scene, Renée Groeneveld of the Netherlands surprised with six wins and just one loss on the first day of the Buddy Melges Challenge, the penultimate event of the 2015 WIM Series. World #2…
The Notice of Race for the Musto International Youth Match Racing Regatta has been released by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. In its 14th year this highly competitive match racing regatta is an internationally recognised regatta that will feature some…
A group of Australian Sailing Youth sailors departed to Wakayama, Japan today (Thursday, 17 September) following an invitation from the Japan Sailing Federation (JSAF) to participate in the AUS/JPN Youth Exchange Program (17-23 September). The Laser Radial and 420 sailors…
The A Class Catamaran is one of the successful classes in world sailing, continuing to attract large numbers of sailors including America's Cup crew like Glenn Ashby, Nathan Outteridge and Peter Burling. Recently the class has been in turmoil. The…
A quality fleet of 23 yachts will line up on Sydney Harbour for Race 2 of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Blue Water Pointscore on Saturday morning for a 10am start off Point Piper. The yachts will contest the…
The 673nm race from Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour to Nha Trang in Vietnam, which starts on October 15, constitutes one of Asia’s most exhilarating Category 1 offshore races, offering competitors a predominantly downwind race at the height of the north…
Chicago made maritime history today with Lake Michigan chosen as the first freshwater venue to host America’s Cup racing in the event’s 164-year history. The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Chicago, a qualifying event for the 2017 America’s Cup…
NEWPORT, R.I. (September 15, 2015) – Jimmy Buffet’s famous lifestyle, delightfully infused with copious amounts of “island escapism,” pairs perfectly with the personality of the Surfari 44 that Friendship Yacht Company is presenting in a scaled-back version of its Surfari…
On Lake Michigan, in the mid-US town Sheboygan, the world’s top ranked women match racing skippers are now gathered for the penultimate 2015 WIM Series event. Named after the legendary sailor, the Buddy Melges Challenge will be raced for the…
An unsettled, breezy start to the Cascais Cup, the finale of the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES seems to be on the cards. There was something of a foretaste today when the fleet warmed up in sizeable waves and a moderately…
All eyes are on the skies as the teams monitor the clouds for squall activity, gusts, strong winds and thunder and lightning in the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Meticulous trimming and helming is key as conditions become more unsteady and…
Have you seen the footage of the new Gitana flying (see below)? Six new IMOCA 60s have been launched, including Gitana, and we have a report by Simon McGoldrick on how the new semi-foiling boats were designed. Six new boats…
The first two days of the LITTLECUP qualifying races were characterised by fickle winds, with threatening gusts yesterday and dead calm today. Two rounds were raced on Monday before a strong sou’westerly picked up on Petit Lac, increasing, with top…
The Mini sailors face living in a tiny space for at least three weeks. The cockpit, often drenched by sea spray, becomes the simplest form of home and space to provide shelter in bad weather. Knowing how to be comfortable…
Chicago, IL – The M32's delivered close racing and a spectacular view as they ripped across Chicago Harbor at 15-25 knots for the first time. Dave Doucett of M32 North America praised Chicago as a “real eye-opener for the M32…
With their warship-style camouflage and the skipper’s constant aggression on the race course, American/US Virgin Islander Taylor Canfield was never going to be happy with anything but a win in the 2015 M32 Scandinavian Series, so last winter, he trained…
For 5th consecutive year, unbeatable team Redbul of Dany Paschalidis and Konstantinos Trigonis are the 2015 Tornado Open World Champions. Undoubtedly they were the fastest boat in every condition! They dominated in nine out of the 10 races of the…
ABC News. By Ainslie Drewitt-Smith. A man has been rescued, and his yacht towed ashore off the New South Wales South Coast. The 44-year-old called triple zero and activated a distress beacon, after the yacht's rudder broke on Monday morning….
Four sailors will represent Australian Sailing at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao, China with racing starting on Wednesday, 16 September 2015. More than 240 sailors from 37 nations will race in Qingdao, China from 16 – 20 September 2015…
A new report published today in the United Kingdom shows that foreign illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Somali waters by foreign fleets is reducing fish stocks. Once again it is causing widespread resentment among Somali coastal communities, threatening…
mysailing.com.au and Cruising Helmsman received a wonderful letter from renowned pioneering multihull sailor and designer James Wharram: This year on May 15th I was 87 years old. 60 years ago, on the 27th September 1955, I set sail from a…
Following the successful launch at the Southampton Boat Show on 13th September, World Cruising Club are pleased to announce that entries are now open for ARC Channel Islands 2016. More than 50 people gathered at the RYA lounge to…
The frigate HMNZS TE KAHA went to the aid of a yacht in the north Tasman Sea. The yacht MAHI was on a voyage out of Brisbane when it got into trouble on Wednesday night with a leak around its…
Conch Republic Cup LLC is proud to announce the reconstitution of our traditional “Conch Republic Cup Key West Cuba Race Week”. This had been an annual cultural exchange sporting event since 1997 until efforts were thwarted by the US government…
The starting list for the annual Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race is typically NSW heavy, making Frantic’s entry for Brisbane based owner Graham Furtado a very welcome interstate addition. Frantic’s skipper Brian Pozzey says the entry is the…
The conditions at the front of the fleet have become more tropical with lots of squall activity as the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), known as the Doldrums amongst sailors, approaches, with the monsoon trough having widened dramatically all the…
GME has released the new GR300BT Marine AM/FM Stereo which it describes as “a powerful, yet compact AM/FM radio with Bluetooth audio streaming that can be paired with any smart phone, tablet or compatible device.” The radio has been designed…
This week Lagoon Catamarans welcomed the new Australian distributor, The Multihull Group, to their impressive facilities located both in Bordeaux for vessels over 50ft and in the Vendee region where vessels under 50ft are produced. TMG Managing Director John Cowpe…
You often see “reluctant vendor” in advertising for second-hand goods, but in this case it is true. Owing to the fact that I just don't have time to use her, and I will be living in an area of very…
We spotted the tall ship Peacemaker for sale via Craigslist. Here's what the owners have written about her: The Peacemaker was built on a riverbank in southern Brazil using traditional methods and the finest tropical hardwoods. The ship was first…
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