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Marinas around the Solent are already bristling with activity in the build-up to this Sunday's start of the world's largest offshore yacht race, the Royal Ocean Racing Club's Rolex Fastnet Race. A record-sized fleet, at present standing at 372…
Sports Boat fanatic Graham Sherring is the owner/skipper of a Leech 650 he named ‘Stay Tuned’, and that was the message he sent rivals at Airlie Beach Race Week yesterday, when he won Race 5 of the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s…
Information coming out of the 29er Worlds at Pwllheli in Wales is hard to come by, but the news for Australia is good after three races in testing conditions. Kyle O'Connell and Tom Siganto have opened up a solid seven…
A 30 knot gust of breeze out of nowhere resulted in the 10.9 metre multihull, Cool Change, capsizing during Race 6 at Airlie Beach Race Week today, but her owner and all crew members were safe and back on land…
NZ Herald. By Dylan Cleaver. It is a miserable day on the Solent, a grey strip of water that separates the southern coast of England from the Isle of Wight. The teeming rain, tidal currents and fluky winds will make…
Australian teenage sailor Zoe Thomson has won her second race in the girls’ division of the International Laser 4.7 world youth championships being sailed off Medemblik in The Netherlands and is in eighth overall in standings. With a 11th place…
Peter Wilcox well and truly has his mojo back, leading the Multihull Racing class with his Schionninggforce1500 design, ‘Mojo’ at Whitsunday Sailing Club’s Airlie Beach Race Week, heading into the last day of racing tomorrow. Second place today means a…
Stockholm, 13 August 2015 – Artemis Racing has strengthened its sailing team with two new Swedish team members, Anders Gustafsson and Kalle Torlén; both Olympians, but from very different backgrounds. The pair join up with fellow Swedish Olympian, and London 2012 Champion, Fredrik…
Matt Allen pulled off his fourth straight win at Airlie Beach Race Week today to consolidate his lead in in IRC Racing Division 1, after a long day on the water, with racing starting at 9.30am this morning in 20-25…
A growing El Nino in equatorial Pacific tends to suppress hurricane activity in the Atlantic but enhance it in the Pacific. This is certainly the case so far for the season. Ocean Navigator discusses the likelihood of the season for…
The Mercury. By Nokuthula Ntuli. Durban – Families whose loved ones were on the catamaran Sunsail that went missing in the Indian Ocean in January, are now considering having the three men declared dead. While they have not given up…
The Chagos community are seeking the help of all yachties who have been to Chagos or may go sometime in the future (or who just want to share an opinion). The residents of this remote island chain in the middle…
The Optimist Class is a junior sailing phenomenon worldwide. With more than 150,000 competitors in 110 countries and highly organised class associations with the networking and publicity nous to match, it’s no wonder international regatta organisers want to join hands….
West Australian teenager Caelin Winchcombe has scored his second win of the Interntional Laser 4.7 youth world championship at Medimblik, The Netherlands, jumping from 10th to fifth overall in the massive fleet of 257 of boys from around the world….
Australia has won the International Cadet World championship for the second consecutive year, with the Tasmanian crew of Sam Abel and Hugo Allison becoming 2015 champions off Riva on Italy’s Lake Garda overnight. Abel (15) and Allison (10) finished third…
Multihull favourite, Shaun Carroll’s Morticia is holding onto her lead at Airlie Beach Race Week and has firmed as odds on favourite to take the title at Whitsunday Sailing Club’s annual regatta. Skippered by noted sports boat sailor and ocean…
In a thriller to the finish of two windward/leeward races at Airlie Beach Race Week today, Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban has taken the lead in IRC Racing Division 1, while Jason Close scored two more bullets with More Noise in…
World #1 Camilla Ulrikkeholm Klinkby today secured her fifth consecutive victory in Lysekil Women’s Match, the 2nd stage of the 2015 Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series). In the final the Dane defeated Stephanie Roble of the USA with…
Quantum Racing may have won the premier class at the 34th Copa del Rey MAPFRE, TP52s for the third time in a row when they won the final race but tactician Terry Hutchinson considers today’s victory in the fourth regatta…
A rush of late entries for Hamilton Island Race Week, which starts next Saturday, has seen the fleet number surge beyond the magical figure of 200. Early today there were 202 entries, making this year’s fleet the second largest Race…
The weekend of Oct 24/25 sees this year’s Spirit Marine French Yacht Challenge and Queensland Beneteau Cup, hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. Now in its 9th year, the event is organised by the Qld Beneteau Owners Group and…
With snow-capped Mount Wellington as a backdrop, the fleet in the Bellerive Yacht Club/Tilford Auto Group Winter Series today enjoyed the closest racing of the winter, both in boat-for-boat racing and in handicap results. The outcome, with just one race…
(August 9, 2015) – The Safety at Sea Committee of the Cruising Club of America has just published an updated version of its highly regarded Suddenly Alone workbook, now titled Safety for Cruising Couples – Including “Suddenly Alone.” The workbook…
Torquay sailors Brenton and Jen Carnell wasted no time registering for the Festival of Sails 2016 when online entry for the annual Australia Day regatta opened this morning, Monday August 10, 2015. Their current Sydney 38 national champion, Phoenix, is…
On a long and hard light air day for competitors at Airlie Beach Race Week, with a lot of waiting around for breeze, Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban ticked off another win to continue to lead IRC Racing Division 1, while…
A little over a week remains before the eagerly anticipated start of the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race. A veritable international armada will contest the 46th edition of the race, commencing from Cowes on Sunday 16 August. Around 390 yachts from…
From Superyachts to family cruisers, hundreds of boats are expected to come to Bermuda to enjoy the 35th America’s Cup in May/June of 2017. “We expect visiting yachts to make up a significant component of the visitors who will be…
Anna östling lost just one match in her quarterfinal, while all the other semi finalists went with a clean sweep through theirs. The Swedish World #2 will in her semi final face either fellow club member Caroline Sylvan of the…
After a dramatic Friday which saw Quantum Racing as boat of the day posting a second and first, with owner-driver Doug DeVos on the helm, getting their Copa del Rey MAPFRE title defence back on track, Harm Müller-Spreer’s German Platoon…
A golden day at the 34th Copa del Rey MAPFRE for Germany’s Harm Müller-Spreer, two back to back wins on the Bay of Palma during which no boat crossed the bows of the distinictive ‘armour clad’ Vrolijk designed TP52, takes…
World #4 Stephanie Roble of the USA didn’t only win the round-robin stage of the Lysekil Women’s Match, but she and her Epic Racing Team also made it in a very stylish way. 11 wins and no losses is certainly…
Coaches blog #8 by Tony Bull Buongiorno Well what a day! More twists and turns than an Agatha Christie novel. But the simple upshot was a very good day in general for the Aussies. We were the beneficiaries of an…
American Stephanie Roble is on fire at Lysekil Women’s Match, the 2nd stage of the 2015 WIM Series. An intense Wednesday with eight matches and as many victories, puts her at the very top of the leader board. “Including…
Cowes, UK, August 5, 2015 – An action-packed finish in the final race determined the overall result of the Etchells Invitational Regatta for the Gertrude Cup. On the final approach to the pin end of the line, five boats were…
While Vladimir Liubomirov’s Bronenosec ran away with the 30 miles coastal race today, extending their polished record on the coastal tracks of the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES to three wins and a second place, fifth place for Azzurra to Quantum…
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has modernised its brand in a bold move designed to give fans more access to the athletes wearing green and gold at the Rio Games. The new brand reflects Australia’s Olympic heritage but is designed…
In Britain more than 500 International Cadet dinghies are raced regularly in fleets around the UK. In Australia the number is probably between 50 and 60; in Hobart the regular racing fleet is around 12-15 boats, all sailing out of…
Coaches blog #7 by Tony Bull. Buongiorno Well lay day here today in the beautiful Riva Del Garda. We have finished 8 out of the 12 scheduled races. It is a time to assess what lies ahead. Whilst we are…
Local hope Caroline Sylvan is undefeated and alone at the top of Lysekil Women’s Match, the second stage of the 2015 WIM Series, after a first day severely shortened when the wind died just before lunch. Although French Anne-Claire Le…
Cowes, UK, August 4, 2015 – The penultimate day of the Etchells Invitational Regatta for the Gertrude Cup dawned bright and sunny, with a brisk south-westerly breeze averaging 18-22 knots, with stronger gusts and a forecast for the wind to…
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