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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 12 – Volvo Ocean Race’s six-strong fleet will be more than simply racing on Leg 5 from Auckland to Itajaí after setting off next week – they will be assisting in an important environmental project to…
With the current World Champions out of action (Chris Dance overseas, and Peter Hackett recovering from appendicitis) we were lucky to have Navy Sailors and World Champion Rick Longbottom and Darryl Bentley to take on our other World Champions, Paul…
In the past few months three offshore races in Australia have been cancelled – the Gosford-Lord Howe, Sydney-Mooloolaba and Three Peaks races have all bitten the dust. So it is encouraging that the CYCA is considering reinstating the Sydney-Noumea Race….
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 13 – Cyclone Pam caused another postponement for the Leg 5 departure of the Volvo Ocean Race as organisers announced on Friday that the fleet would not now leave Auckland for Itajaí, Brazil, until Tuesday at…
On Day 70 of the Barcelona World Race, Jörg Riechers and Sébastien Audigane revealed that they encountered 70-knot gusts after rounding Cape Horn yesterday. Speaking in video conference today the Renault Captur skippers spoke of their relief at surviving what Audigane, who has now…
The opening day of the Extreme Sailing Series, Act 2 Muscat, delivered an afternoon of perfect racing conditions, as the eight-strong Extreme 40 fleet flew around the coastal racecourse in Muscat, Oman, relishing the North-Easterly breeze that filled in from…
Multihull Solutions will be unveiling its Saba 50 sailing catamaran as well as the Cumberland 47 Long Range power catamaran at the show. The Saba 50 has gained acclaim for its expansive living space, offshore performance and design. Available in…
The QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race will set sail for the 67th time on Good Friday. A fleet of between thirty to fifty yachts from across Australia and overseas will converge at the Shorncliffe shoreline where His Excellency the…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 12 – This weekend’s Volvo Ocean Race Leg 5 start, from Auckland, New Zealand to Itajaí, Brazil, has been delayed due to the development of a potential supercyclone. The six-strong fleet was originally set to depart…
Harbour Country News (New Buffalo, USA): NEW BUFFALO — A fire that broke out early Monday evening, March 9, on a sailboat docked in New Buffalo's harbor destroyed and sank that vessel while damaging another. According to a New Buffalo Police…
Associated Press. By Bernie Wilson. SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dirk de Ridder will sail the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race with Team Brunel, his first major competition since serving an 18-month suspension stemming from one of the biggest…
In the wake of category 5 Cyclone Marcia (and with another (Nathan) bearing down), Aileen and Don White have sent in some sad photos of the damage done to the famed Percy Hilton. Aileen writes: “Just thought you may…
Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) today announced that Martin Whitmarsh, former CEO of the McLaren Group and Team Principal of the McLaren F1 team, will be joining the British challenger for the 35th America's Cup. Whitmarsh will take the position of…
It has been a day of landmarks – both tangible and invisible – for the Barcelona World Race fleet. For Jörg Riechers and Sébastien Audigane the landmark was very much a physical one, as Cape Horn presented the Renault Captur…
By the end of the most recent standard entry deadline a week ago, the Transpacific YC has received entries from 60 boats from five countries around the Pacific region, including 57 monohulls and three multihulls, for its 48th edition of…
A DESPERATE search for the crew of a missing yacht is focused on an area 2200 nautical miles west of Perth. Thousands of internet users across the world have joined an online “crowd sourcing” search effort by scouring satellite images….
Three French sports personalities participating in a reality TV show were among 10 people killed on Monday when their helicopters collided in mid-air while filming in northwestern Argentina. Champion sailor Florence Arthaud, Olympic gold medallist swimmer Camille Muffat, Olympic boxer…
Departing skipper challenges Team NZ’s version of break-up and says he won’t rule out joining a rival team Dean Barker says Team New Zealand is trying to “rewrite history” with their version of his split from the team. And the…
There is always a measure of relief in completing the passage of Cape Horn, escaping from the hostile Pacific into the Atlantic. But, come early Tuesday morning, it should be a especially pleased Jorg Reichers and Sébastien Audigane who bring…
Australian Sailing Team’s Paralympian Matt Bugg (TAS) has won the 2015 Australian 2.4mR Championship – his fifth nationals’ title in a row. The regatta, held at the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, finished today, Monday, 9 March 2015m with Matt…
An independent report into the grounding of Team Vestas Wind on Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race was released today. It included a set of recommendations aimed at improving safety at sea for the entire offshore racing community. In…
Glenn Bourke and his crew of Rob Jeffreys and Australian Sailing Squad member Jake Lilley have capped off an incredible week of sailing in Tasmania to be crowned the SB20 2015 Australian Champions. Following on from their impressive win in…
Speaking on behalf of Emirates Team New Zealand, Chairman Keith Turner today confirmed that Dean Barker has decided not to accept the position of Performance Manager/Coach and Executive Team Member offered to him following a four month period of restructure…
On Friday 6 March ISAF President Carlo Croce and ISAF Vice-President Scott Perry visited the International Olympic Committee (IOC) where they met with IOC President Thomas Bach and members of the IOC staff to discuss the shared concern about pollution…
A nervous start to the final day program left points leader Michael Manford seemingly vulnerable in his quest for another State title in the Etchells class. In breeze which has just turned from east to west and was still settling,…
Auckland, New Zealand, March 9, 2015 – Team Alvimedica will add some Southern Ocean experience to the crew for Leg 5 with the addition of Volvo Ocean Race veteran Stu Bannatyne. The New Zealander will start preparing with the crew…
Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club is holding a Boatshed Sale this Saturday with plenty of bargains available. There will be Blazer 23 sails, Sabots, Lasers, an Open Bic dinghy, a Walker Bay 8 with sail kit, a 29er, outboard motors,…
It could be said that the challenge to be fully race ready for the new 52 SUPER SERIES season stepped up a gear when Germany’s Harm Müller Spreer launched his new Vrolijk-designed Platoon in Dubai. In Auckland sea trials are…
Tony Kirby and his Patrice crew dominated IRC and ORCi Division 1. Four wins and two second places resulted in an eight and a half point victory over second placed Nine Dragons, Ichi Ban finished third a further two points…
The first day of the 2015 Victorian Optimist Championships was an overcast day with a south-westerly of about ten knots that softened, backed and became more variable as the afternoon progressed. At the same time Port Phillip was quite choppy,…
Virgin Gorda (BVI), 7th March 2015. The second edition of the Rolex Swan Cup Caribbean drew to a close today with a fourth day of picture perfect sailing for the 21 participating yachts. Overall winners of the event, organized by…
At the end of the first day of racing in the Etchells WA Championship, Michael Manford has a solid lead over Peter Chapell with Martin Webster holding down third place. Crew recruitment is interesting. Former world flying fifteen champion Dean…
World champion and former Olympic sailor Glenn Bourke (Red) and his crew of Rob Jeffreys and Jake Lilley have carried their 2015 Tasmanian State Title form into the first day of sailing in the 2015 SB20 Australian Championships, blitzing the…
Light weather ensured that most started a little late at Middle Harbour Yacht Club for the beginning of the 10th anniversary Sydney Harbour Regatta being held this weekend, but once underway, all 180 boat crews had a wonderful autumn sail…
We Are Water, sailed by Bruno and Willy Garcia, crossed the longitude of Cape Horn (67º 17' 35 W) at 22:06 UTC (23:06 in Barcelona, 19:06 in Chile). Their elapsed time since the start in Barcelona on 31st december 2014…
The Thurlow Fisher Lawyers crew of Michael Coxon, Dave O’Connor and Trent Barnabas capitalised on a brilliant start to lead all the way for a convincing victory in Race 10 of the Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship on Sydney…
With one race to make up for the Open Fleet after yesterday’s light, variable and cloudy conditions, there were high hopes for a better day two of the Victorian Optimist Championships. But after the fleets were released from the beach…
Alive has today been crowned the champion at Southport Yacht Club’s XXXX Sail Paradise regatta for 2015. This is a back to back win for Alive after first competing in the regatta in 2014. 2014’s XXXX Sail Paradise Regatta was…
NZ Herald/AP: Marshals have been authorised to seize America's Cup champion Oracle Team USA's prototype boat in response to a lien filed by New Zealand sailor Joe Spooner, whose contract was terminated in January. The warrant was issued late Friday…
Tasmania’s Michael Cooper (Export Roo) and Queenslander Glenn Bourke helming Rob Jeffrey’s Red go into the last day of racing neck and neck. In stunning weather conditions on the River Derwent, Cooper and Bourke played seesaw at the top of the…
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