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The Borneo Post. By Alan Rogers. THE old adage, ‘out of sight, out of mind’, can be applied to coral reefs. We often shout loudly about the damage done to our terrestrial environments by deforestation, urbanisation and pollution, but we…
After 42 hours of sailing, less than 11 minutes separated line honours winner, Smith 72’ Custom Antipodes, from TP52, OneSails Racing however Ray Roberts can take consolation from his position at the head of the IRC Overall standings with OneSails…
ALICANTE, Spain, April 3 – The enthralling Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race will come to a climax on Sunday when any one of four boats could claim victory in Itajaí after three weeks and 6,776 nautical miles (nm)…
The weather God’s were smiling on the start of QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race this morning. After a night of almost constant rain, the race started in bright sunshine and a good breeze. A highly competitive start saw a…
After Mike Holt and Carl Smit won the SAP 505 World Championships with a day to spare, the final day in South Africa was all about who could secure 2nd place overall. Heading out on to Algoa Bay from Port…
Five Australian Sailing crews have qualified for tonight’s medal races at Trofeo Princesa Sofia Regatta in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It was a very shifty last day of finals racing at Trofeo Princesa Sofia Regatta with Australian Sailing Squad’s 49erFX…
One News: A man whose family reported him missing at sea more than two months ago has been found floating on the overturned hull of his sailboat 300 kilometres off the North Carolina coast. Coast Guard officials in Portsmouth, Virginia,…
Peter Harburg’s mighty Black Jack, took line honours in the QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race today with an elapsed time of 24 hours 09 minutes 27 seconds. Whilst they were unable to break the 11-year-old record held by Skandia,…
Mike Holt and Carl Smit have won the SAP 505 World Championships with a day to spare, after another dominant day on Algoa Bay in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The breeze built throughout the day and gave the fleet some…
Luna Rossa has followed through with its threat to pull out of the 35th America's Cup after the chellengers voted by a majority to drop the AC62 in favour of a smaller class for the 2017 event. The Italians issued…
Small boats, huge show! This weekend, the new, 7.5 metre Diam 24 trimarans will hit the headlines as they compete in the Spi Ouest-France for the first time. The event promises well, not only because of the number of entries,…
ALICANTE, Spain, April 2 – Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR) were savouring a rare, poignant moment on Thursday after they had rounded Cape Horn in the brutal Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race to make a special tribute to their…
Jonas Høgh-Christensen, the Danish silver medalist in the Finn class from the London 2012 Olympics is back for his fourth Olympic campaign. The Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Iberostar regatta in Palma marks his return to Olympic campaigning. He made…
After 24 hours of racing, Geoff Hill’s Smith 72’ Antipodes is leading the fleet, around 20nm shy of virtual mark three of the revised San Fernando Course, having covered just under 200nm. While the Yellowbrick ‘Leaderboard’ predicts Hill taking line…
Charlie Stannard, 19 from London and Heather Thomas, 18, from West Yorkshire are celebrating today after winning a life changing opportunity to race across the Pacific Ocean in Leg 6 of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race. Having…
In Hong Kong today, even though the original Philippine destination of San Fernando was ruled off limits because of the activity of super typhoon Maysak, 17 boats from the original entry list of 25 elected to go offshore racing over…
BANGKOK, Thailand – Organisers of Asia's largest multi-class regatta, Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina, held 30th April to 4th May 2015 at Ocean Marina Yacht Club, Jomtien, Pattaya, are expecting another successful regatta and multi-million baht…
ALICANTE, Spain, April 1 – Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) continued to power towards Itajaí at the head of the fleet on Wednesday with the possibility of extending their overall Volvo Ocean Race lead tantalisingly within their reach. Walker…
Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday 01/04/15: Catalan co-skippers Anna Corbella and Gerard Marin set out on 31st December 2014 at the start of the third edition of the Barcelona World Race with a defined game plan. If it worked out for them a…
With a westerly breeze gusting across Algoa Bay at up to 45 knots, race 6 of the SAP 505 World Championships was unable to go ahead today. Port Elizabeth lived up to its reputation as South Africa’s ‘Windy City’, and…
For over 50 years, Henri Lloyd have been developing gear specifically for sailors to go further than ever before. Now for the first time, the entire Henri Lloyd Australia marine collection is available to touch, try and purchase at the…
The month of April takes a detailed look at anchors and chain. Starting with a review of the major anchor suppliers in Australia and what they have to offer, we then take a detailed look at how to select the…
Topsail Insurance have announced the opening of its first Australian insurance office based in Perth, Western Australia. The office will house Topsail’s existing Australian clients and also any potential new ones. The Australian branch has been jointly set up with…
The Australian Youth Match Racing Championship has been added to the program for the annual Sail Mooloolaba Match Racing Championships to be held from May 22 to 24 2015. Club teams of youth who are no older than 23 years…
Following the publication of a story about a yacht that sank in Moreton Bay (see Related Content) a mysailing reader, Martin Woolnough (owner/sailor of Océanis 48 'GUMNUTS'), has sent this pic. Martin writes: 7:30 am 2nd April. Sad to see…
The tricksy Mediterranean could yet play a final April Fool on the Barcelona World Race fleet. Third placed Anna Corbella and Gerard Marín hope to arrive back in the port of Barcelona, from which they have run their GAES Centros Auditivos campaign, tomorrow. However, Anna Corbella cautiously warned…
I took this photograph of a sunken cruising yacht from the car ferry while crossing between Russell Island and Redlands in southern Moreton Bay, Queensland. According to the ferry's engineer, the yacht sank about three months ago. It ran aground…
Dongfeng Race Team, the joint leaders of the Volvo Ocean Race (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) who broke their mast a day ago, eased their stricken boat to dry land and safety on Tuesday. The breakage could hardly have happened at a worse…
This afternoon in Hong Kong, San Fernando Race Chairman Gerry Daughton announced that, having monitored the development of Typhoon Maysak and taken advice from Hong Kong Observatory, the Race Committee had made the decision to amend the destination of the…
Three months from now, the world’s largest fleet of matched ocean racers will make its debut on the start line of the 84th JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race (RTI) against 1,600 competitors. It will be the eleventh time…
Josh Junior (NZL) takes the lead at the Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofia Iberostar in Palma after being one of the few sailors to achieve any sort of consistency on the second day’s racing. Jonathan Lobert (FRA) drops to second on…
Winners of the Performance Division in last year’s SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, Mates4Mates’ Spirit of Mateship, want more of the same in 2015. The team have confirmed they will return in 2015 for race week, which is being held from…
Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) announced late on Tuesday that they plan to retire from Leg 5 after breaking their mast in the Southern Ocean. Caudrelier had considered attempting to re-join the 6,776-nautical mile stage from Auckland to Itajaí after…
With a stunning and eye-catching livery, the new TP52 Quantum Racing (USA) was recently launched in Spain and is now undergoing sea trials before the start of an intense racing season. As 2014 and 2013 Champion of the 52 Super…
People of all ages are being sought to help map uncharted areas of the sea floor currently being explored by underwater robots. A team of roboticists, scientists and underwater robots is currently at Scott Reef, 400 kilometres north of Broome in the…
The America’s Cup teams have agreed to make changes aimed at significantly reducing costs for the 2017 America’s Cup. Central to these changes is the introduction of an exciting new America’s Cup Class – a wing-sailed, foiling catamaran between 45…
By the deadline of the 31st March the America’s Cup teams voted by a majority in favour of changes to the 35thAmerica’s Cup Protocol, which included a reduction in boat size to between a 45 and 50 foot foiling catamaran and…
The final leg of the WA Sabre State Championships was held at Perth Dinghy Sailing Club on 21st March. 4 races were sailed in medium to strong winds throughout the day. It was a hard fought series for the Sabre…
The captain of a Nova Scotia tall ship that was crippled off Massachusetts says a series of frustrating equipment failures eventually forced the crew to leap to the safety of a rescue boat. Two motorized lifeboats operated by the U.S….
One year after an MOB in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, during the Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Yacht Race, in which a crew member was successfully rescued after 100 minutes in the water, organisers have revealed the development…
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