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The Guardian. By Ben Beaumont-Thomas: It’s a tale of ambition, adventure, madness and tragedy that seems tailor-made for the big screen: the true story of Donald Crowhurst, whose attempt to circumnavigate the world solo ended catastrophically. Now it’s set for…
Swissinfo.ch A Swiss-led, state-of-the-art trimaran yacht will set sail on March 15 as part of a research expedition to study the impact of plastic pollution on the global marine environment. It will focus on five trash ‘vortexes’ located in three…
The fully restored Rainbow II emerged from the Vos Shed in Hamer Street today and was taken straight to Pier 21 where the rig was stepped and final preparations are being made for the boat's launching at 10am on Monday…
Yachting Queensland President Ken Hurling has never forgotten what his mother-in-law said to him many years ago. “Make sure you give back to the community.” That piece of advice has been the fuel that has kept Hurling going since moving…
Danish skipper Joachim Aschenbrenner has taken over the top spot on the leader board after the second day of the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, the young skipper from the Royal Danish Yacht Club ends the day with a score…
Four weeks after the Barcelona World Race started on a warm, sunny afternoon off the Catalan capital, just hours before 2014 became 2015, and the fleet is now well spread over very nearly 3000 miles of ocean. Bernard Stamm and…
Bridgetown, Barbados (28 January, 2015): Following the success of the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series that concluded last week, the dates of next year’s event have been confirmed for 16-24 January 2016. With overseas competitors from 11 nations representing…
Ben Ainslie Racing were the first America's Cup team both on – and under – the race course waters of the 35th America's Cup last week, when the team conducted an initial training camp in Bermuda. “It's been great for…
Ioannis Mitakis (GRE), the 2012 Finn European Champion, ruled the roost in Miami today with two emphatic race wins on day three of the Sailing World Cup Miami and moves up to third overall. Giles Scott (GBR) sailed his worst…
A yacht abandoned in Bass Strait and not expected to be seen again has ‘done a Lazarus’ and become the first entry for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2015, which will be staged from August 15 to 22. In fact…
Australian Sailing Team Release from Cora Zillich: Australian Sailing’s youngsters are making waves at the first international regatta of 2015, with 19-year old Matt Wearn (WA) grabbing the lead in the Laser class on day three of the ISAF Sailing…
The first points earner for the Australian Farr 40 2014-15 season starts tomorrow, Friday 30 January, 2015 from Sandringham Yacht Club on Melbourne’s Port Phillip. The three-day Aberdeen Asset Management Farr 40 Victorian State Title is the class’ debut outing…
As the leaders of the Barcelona World Race race to the Crozet Islands, once again their paths have diverged – Neutrogena around 200 miles to the south-west of first-placed Cheminées Poujoulat on the water, and gaining around 40 miles in…
Perth based skipper Matt Jerwood made a strong opening on the first day of the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta today on the Swan River, winning his first six matches, before suffering two losses, but retains the overall lead. The…
The Chairman of the Australia Day Regatta Management Committee John Jeremy and Olympic yachting gold medallist David Forbes have been honoured in the 2015 Australia Day Honours List. John Jeremy has been made a Member of the Order of Australia…
Peter Burling from New Zealand sailed his Mach 2 moth to a convincing victory in the McDougall + McConaghy 2015 Moth Worlds held in Sorrento last week. Pete took nine first places in the regatta which was divided into two…
If the Chamber of Commerce had stayed up all night working at it, they could not have served up a better day for racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, presented by Sunbrella.The second day offered a steady diet of…
Matt Stechmann is the current OK Dinghy World Champion and today entered Oceanbridge Sail Auckland which is set to attract the top OK sailors from around the country. “I’m really looking forward to getting back out on the water at…
The first three racing yachts to enter next month’s Banjos Shoreline Crown Series Bellerive Regatta, Tas Paints, Madness and Host Plus Executive, are also lining up for the annual ‘world championship’ for the Mumm 36 class. The so-called ‘world championship’…
London, UK (26th Jan 2015): Monsoon Cup Malaysia, the final event of the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour, is to take place in its new home of Johor, the southernmost state of Malaysia, over 10th-14th February. In addition to…
They kept us waiting – you could say more for than six years – but victory surely tasted all the sweeter for that when Dongfeng Race Team nudged gently past the finish line in Sanya on Tuesday morning at just…
The Victorian Sydney 38 fleet is tuned up for the class’ upcoming national title having contested the Festival of Sails series across a full spectrum of conditions over the Australia Day long weekend. Brenton and Jen Carnell’s Phoenix from the…
Bavaria received good news during the Boot Düsseldorf 2015, its Cruiser 46 won 'European yacht of the year' award for sailing yachts. On the first Saturday of the boat show in Düsseldorf, the Cruider 46 won the award up against…
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) commenced its search and rescue (SAR) capability partnership program this week with counterpart agencies in Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Mauritius. This program is being delivered as part of the Department of Foreign Affairs…
It was sunny and bright. It was storming and raining sideways. It was sunny and bright. Numerous challenges were posed to the competitors in wet and windy day of action. Racing commenced shortly after 10:00 local time with a confirmed…
SANYA, China, January 25 – A thrilling finish looks to be in store for Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race after the chasing pack made big inroads into Dongfeng Race Team’s once huge lead early on Sunday with just…
The first of the iconic Great Capes has been passed in the Barcelona World Race with Cheminées Poujoulat rounding the Cape of Good Hope earlier this morning. Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam passed 20°E around 400 miles south of Cape Agulhas – the southernmost tip…
The Northern Advocate. By Imran Ali. An experienced boatie who was rescued off the Northland coast after his yacht struck rocks and sank has blamed poor navigation charts and lights that failed to identify hazards at sea. The historic yacht…
Geoff Waller from www.boatson.tv sat down with Roger Hickman the IRC winner of the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and he described his incident filled race to win the Tattersall Trophy. This is an important video as it tells the full…
Australia Day at the Festival of Sails in Geelong, an hour south west of Melbourne. Some wear funny hats, wave flags patriotically, paint their faces blue, red and white and enjoy the shoreside ambience. Others dress in matching battle gear…
The fourth different winner from four races sailed to date has the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship wide open going into next Sunday’s last race of the series on Sydney Harbour. The defending champion Gotta Love It 7 team came back…
The first of the Great Capes is fast-approaching, with the leading boats in the Barcelona World Race expected to pass the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of South Africa tomorrow. As they pass 20°E, the…
The enormous cruising fleet that makes up 65% of the total number of entries at the 173rd Festival of Sails made the most of the fluky winds and another stunning summer’s day at Geelong on their penultimate day of competition….
Super Saturday at the Festival of Sails took every race official and volunteer in charge of marks and mark boats out on Corio Bay and the outer harbour. The piecemeal afternoon breeze eventually settled in from the south east and freshened…
John ‘Woody’ Winning sailed Aberdare to a win today, clean sweeping the three-race Historical 18s Australian Championship he won last year. With his two main rivals Yendys (Harold Cudmore) and Australia IV (Terry McDell) retiring from yesterday’s race, it paved…
Three former Australian champions, two of them past Olympic sailors, are expected to contest the Tasmanian and National championships for the SB20 one-design sports boat class to be sailed on Hobart’s River Derwent in early March. Derwent Sailing Squadron expects…
The Telegraph. By James Quinn. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is considering backing Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup bid, in a move that would propel the fortunes of the Olympic gold medallist yet further. It is understood that Virgin is…
One of Australia’s oldest racing yachts, the gaff cutter Kelpie which was built 122 years ago, will contest the world’s oldest continuously conducted regatta, the 179th Australia Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour. Kelpie is among almost 150 sailing craft, ranging…
The cruising and multihull divisions provided the best action shots from the penultimate day of racing at the Festival of Sails presented by Rex Gorell Land Rover. Gusty WSW winds of 30 plus knots and a choppy sea-state provided plenty…
Conditions were hectic for the Festival of Sails fleet due to a howling west sou’west breeze gusting to 28 knots inshore and 33 offshore that whipped up Corio Bay and put the acid test on boat handling skills. Gear breakages,…
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