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Fresh breezes at Walpole Yacht Club’s “Regatta in the Trees” last weekend made for a great weekend of sailing. Competitors arrived at the little south coast town from Perth, Denmark, Albany, Bunbury and Busselton and kept rescue crews on their…
With less than a month to go, eleven teams are eagerly anticipating the 2015 RC44 Championship Tour season-opener set to take place in Malta's renowned capital of Valletta, the historic 'City of Knights', from 25-29 March. The crew line up…
Eight young South Africans, some of which have never seen the ocean before, have been selected to compete in the world’s longest ocean challenge; at 40,000 nautical miles the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is unique and will be…
As entries breach the 180 mark, organisers at Middle Harbour Yacht Club are busily preparing and counting down the days to the 10th anniversary of their Sydney Harbour Regatta, to be held this weekend, March 7 and 8. All classes…
A South African catamaran crew on a voyage to Thailand have not been heard from in a month and a half, concerned family members said on Monday. The families of Anthony Murray, Reg Robertson and Jaryd Payne believe there is…
The Farr 40 Pacific Sundance (Bernard Hyde) again took line honours in race 2 of the One Ton Revisited regatta – a 20-mile Olympic course off Auckland's East Coast Bays. But, the winner on corrected time was the S&S 36…
The Volvo Ocean Race has launched a new award for young sailors in a major competition in the Gulf, aimed at attracting a fresh generation of sailors into offshore sailing to follow champions like Damien Foxall. The Race has introduced…
John Harrison AM, section manager of the Australian sailing teams at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics, died last Friday in Brisbane after a long illness, aged 80. Yachting Australia, in recognising his contribution to the sport with its Volunteer…
We get all dark and stormy in the March Cruising Helmsman, with a feature front cover from Andrea Francolini. We learn how to rig a riding sail to steady your boat when at anchor in a blow. One author discusses…
Lake Macquarie once again proved why it’s a favourite location for sailing the Melges 32 class over the weekend for the 2015 Pusser’s Rum Melges 32 Australian Championships, the fifth National Titles held in Australia. Lake Macquarie Yacht Club…
At the end of a short and intense Farr 40 One Design Trophy regatta on Sydney Harbour, the fleet beat the southerly burst moving up the NSW coast at 35 knots and Lloyd Clark’s Voodoo Chile beat the fleet by…
On this 60th day of racing since leaving Barcelona on a warm, sunny winter's afternoon, 1300hrs local time Wednesday 31st December, each of the top three are dealing with their own different options. Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam are…
Auckland – 27 February 2015 – The Volvo Ocean Race fleet has arrived in Auckland, New Zealand following a gruelling 5,264 nautical mile race from Sanya, China. However, this is not the only race that has been taking place, GAC…
GMEs GX400 features both 27MHz marine band and 27MHz citizen band transceivers in one unit. Built to withstand some of the harshest environments in the world, the GX400 is equally at home at sea or on land. Water ingress protected…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, February 27 – MAPFRE (Xabi Fernández/ESP) emerged victorious despite a pair of major setbacks in Leg 4, following one of the tightest-fought finishes in Volvo Ocean Race history on Saturday night. The victory gives the 2014-15 edition…
On the opening day of the 2014/15 Farr 40 season’s stage two Aberdeen Asset Management One Design Trophy and stunning final day of summer in Sydney, four different crew combinations pulled off a win from five races. Voodoo Chile’s skipper…
The climb back up the Atlantic is long and can be brutally hard, but usually every mile feels like it is taking you closer to the Barcelona World Race finish. Race leaders Cheminées Poujoulat might be forgiven for feeling that…
The annual Queen of the Harbour 18ft Skiff race took place on Sydney Harbour today and resulted in Gayle Beck being crowned the Queen of Sydney Harbour for 2015. Gayle, with the help of her crew mates John Winning, Jim…
On board with the Alvimedica, Dongfeng and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing teams we gain insight into technology at play within their teams, the advantages and drawbacks of it's use and the off-shore navigation risks they tackle everyday. Features discussion with…
Milan, 27th February 2015. With the start of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda's sailing season just a few short days away, the Club's busy 2015 calendar was presented to journalists and sponsors at a press conference in Milan's Four Seasons…
The New Zealand Herald. By Susan Strongman. Team New Zealand's newest co-helmsman Peter Burling says he hopes dumped skipper Dean Barker will stick with Team New Zealand. In an exclusive interview with the Weekend Herald last night, the young sailor…
With the postponement flag raised again, the Oceanbridge Sail Auckland fleet have again been kept ashore as the race committee wait for an opportunity to commence. The sailors are on shore, including 49er World Champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke who…
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. A solo yachtsman had a lucky escape on Saturday morning after his vessel ran aground near to Ardrossan Harbour. The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was alerted to the incident shortly after 11.30pm when they were paged…
Racing in second place in the Barcelona World Race, the Barcelona sailor Guillermo Altadill and Chilean José Muñoz passed Cape Horn (67° 17' 35 W) this morning at 2h12 UTC (3h12 am in Barcelona, 11h12 pm of the 27th of…
“A 24 foot sailboat – innovative, reasonably priced, sexy“. With these words a group of Germans started their project in spring 2014 to build a reasonably priced, innovative and modern 24 foot sailboat. So finally here it is, the Bente…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, February 26 – Birthday boys Charles Caudrelier and Ian Walker were planning to dampen each other’s celebrations as Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race continued to go down to the wire on Friday. Abu Dhabi Ocean…
Day 2 of Sail Auckland started with the postponement flag hanging from the official regatta flagpole but at 1100 hours it was lowered, as there was a faint breath of air filling in on the Oceanbridge Sail Auckland race courses. A…
With Cheminées Poujoulat making good progress up the Atlantic, making close to 18kts, 120 miles SW of the Falklands, Cape Horn marks the frontier between the two different worlds inhabited by skippers on the Barcelona World Race. All but two…
Lloyd Thornburg's MOD 70, Phaedo3 crossed the finish line of the 7th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 at 20:35:30 AST on 24th February 2015 in an elapsed time of 1 day, 9 hours, 35 minutes and 30 seconds. …
A week before the launch of its new monohull, Safran is unveiling the colours of its latest generation IMOCA. The grey and turquoise Safran will be launched on March 4 and christened on Saturday, March 7 in Lorient. The new…
Doyle Sails is pleased to announce that effective immediately, Peter Boyd will be acting as their representative in the Bay of Islands. The Bay of Islands is a key location for Doyle, particularly with a high percentage of Doyle’s cruising…
Stage two of the Australian Farr 40 2014/15 season is set to play out this weekend on Sydney Harbour, Saturday February 28 to Sunday March 1. In lieu of the cancelled Tasmanian state title, a One Design Trophy regatta has…
The Royal Gazette. By Jonathan Bell. Special America’s Cup provisions allowing open-air drinking on Front Street will not limit festivities to that area alone, according to Junior National Security Minister Jeff Baron. Senator Baron faced some Opposition queries earlier today,…
Emirates Team New Zealand announced today that the Halsey Street, Auckland, base will be fully operational from Monday, March 2. Work will start immediately on modifying an AC45 catamaran to foil. With the first America’s Cup World Series regatta scheduled…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, February 26 – Victory in the fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race was so close that Dongfeng Race Team skipper Charles Caudrelier (FRA) could almost taste it on Thursday, but with just over 500 nautical miles…
Day one of Oceanbridge Sail Auckland got off to a slow start due to a lack of wind – with all fleets forced to wait two hours with the postponement flag hoisted up the official flagpole. Hosted by Royal Akarana…
Instead of celebrating a major milestone in his sailing career, ETNZ’s newly-appointed co-helmsman Peter Burling was left to answer awkward questions about the way the team’s management had handled the sacking of Dean Barker. Burling did well in a very…
Mythical, revered, renowned, legendary…..but above all Cape Horn is a time for extra care and caution. While observers and race fans may be poised to share and enjoy the passage of the Barcelona World Race leaders Cheminées Poujoulat this Tuesday…
66 yachts started the 7th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, with hundreds of race fans watching the impressive fleet from Fort Charlotte and Shirley Heights. Thousands more are now glued to the tracker and social media feeds. After a…
With the majority of OK Dinghy World Championship winners over the past two decades being production GRP boats, you could be forgiven for thinking that the home building roots of the class have long been forgotten. However this couldn’t be…
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