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Ash Rooklyn replaced Jonathan Whitty on Lumix and scored his first 18ft Skiff win as a skipper when he teamed with Aron Everett and Daniel Nixon to win the Syd. Barnett Memorial Trophy race on Sydney Harbour today. Lumix grabbed…
Initially expected to arrive at the finish line of leg 2 in bu Dhabi yesterday, the three leading boats in the Volvo Ocean Race have sailed into a zone of extremely light winds and have been limping along at less…
The world is about to became a safer place for blue-water cruisers and offshore racers throughout the world. Clipper Ventures and its Global Medical Emergency Support Partner, PRAXES Medical Group, are launching a new joint venture which arose from their…
Morgan Larsen and his Alinghi crew all but wrapped up the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series today in Sydney. The American skipper on the Swiss boat had two wins but more significantly was never below the middle of the pack, effectively…
The Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Squad finished a successful first Medal Race day at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Melbourne with a gold and silver in the 49er, a silver in the women’s RS:X and a bronze in…
Victorian yachtsman Rob Hanna made some hasty repairs to Shogun V’s bowsprit and bobstay after an incident in Tuesday’s SOLAS Big Boat Challenge to win Division 1 on Day 1 of the CYCA Trophy–Passage Series today, while Bob Cox is…
Heading out on Port Phillip this week are 106 young, enthusiastic, noisy, International Optimist sailors drawn from around the globe. There are nine New Zealanders, three Chinese, two Japanese, three Brazilians and 89 Australians from all states and territories. Sail…
With an elapsed time of 23 days 16 hours 25 minutes and 20 seconds, Team Brunel has won the second leg of the 2014/15 Volvo Ocean Race from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi. Brunel beat the Chinese entry Dongfeng by just…
ALICANTE, Spain, December 11 – An enthralling Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race will reach its climax over the next 48 hours with Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED), Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR)…
Barcelona (ESP), December 11, 2014 – 120 professional photographers spanning twenty-five nations submitted a picture for the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image 2014 and generated an exceptional selection of images that summarize the 2014 yacht racing season better than words. Spanish…
Clipper Ventures has started to sell its former race fleet of Clipper 68 Ed Dubois designed yachts. The 68 foot ocean racing yachts were the backbone of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet for four races from 2005-2012…
For sailors on the ARC+ route of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, last night's prize-giving ceremony in Saint Lucia marked the end of their Atlantic adventure that began in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on the eastern side of the…
Barcelona, Spain, December 11, 2014 – If we can simplify the sport and make it easier to understand, then sailing has a great opportunity to attract more top-tier sponsors. That was one of the key messages from Dr. Cem Bozkurt,…
The addition this week of Karl Kwok’s 80 foot maxi Beau Geste to the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race starting line-up is the event’s first big boat entry for a number of years, and a very real threat…
The owner and skipper of the biggest Tasmanian-owned yacht in this year’s Sydney Hobart Race, the powerful 66-footer Alive, is not only aiming to win the blue water classic but also two of Tasmania’s iconic races, the King of the…
Wales Online. By Gareth Griffiths. London 2012 sailing silver medallist Hannah Mills has been mugged at knife point in Rio less than two years before the Olympics in Brazil. Mills, from Dinas Powys, and sailing partner Saskia Clark, who both…
At the heart of the new M32 Series is a simple philosophical approach – to enable talented sailors to compete in the fastest, most dynamic and competitive sailing events in the world, but at an affordable cost and thus on…
The Atlantic CityLab. By John Metcalfe. We know the oceans are home to tons of plastic garbage, from discarded nylon fishing nets that ensnare sea turtles to packing straps that strangle the life out of marine mammals. But because all…
Echonet Daily. by Chris Dobney A merchant vessel has saved the lives of four crew from a 50-foot private yacht who got into trouble 19 kilometres off Evans Head overnight. The yacht, Red Sky, began taking on water in heavy swells…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced sailor Dirk de Ridder's suspension from sanctioned events from three years to 18 months. The Dutch wing trimmer was suspended on the eve of the 34th America's Cup, won by his team…
Local knowledge was no match for Extreme Sailing experience as the final Act of the year got underway in Sydney this afternoon. After 10 races, Australia's two Olympic gold medal winning helmsmen Nathan Wilmot and Tom Slingsby sit at the…
Day five at the ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne saw the final day of qualifying races for the Men’s and Women’s 49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17 and Men’s and Women’s RS:X ahead of tomorrow’s (Saturday, 13 December) medal races for…
The Property Industry Foundation’s (PIF) Annual Charity Yachting Regatta will return on 13 March, 2015 to help raise much needed funds for homeless young people living on the streets. Sponsored by Colliers International the event will be hosted at the Middle Harbour Yacht Club…
J.J. Giltinan champion (2002 and 2003) Howie Hamlin and U.S. 100ft Maxi Yacht Comanche were on Sydney Harbour last Sunday despite the horrendous storms which battered most sailing classes. The ever-professional attitude of Howie Hamlin brought him to Sydney where…
The Prime Minister hosted a dinner at Downing Street for the first GREAT ambassadors from sport, business, fashion and the arts at which he recognised the importance of their contribution to the GREAT Britain campaign and encouraged them to continue…
First session competitors at ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne spent much of day three tweaking boats, on their phones and chatting around the boat park at Sandringham Yacht Club. The late session arrived to rig up when the bulk…
Australian Sailing + Yachting journalist/editor Bob Ross snapped this photo of Ragamuffin 100. On her training sail in Sydney Harbour, after a fast turnaround of commissioning by Sydney City Marine, Ragamuffin 100 crew and skipper/owner Syd Fischer have just over…
Taylor Canfield (ISV) and Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) will start 2015 as World #1 in the Open and Women’s ISAF Match Race Rankings following exceptional performances throughout 2014. Keith Swinton and Milly Bennett both rank in the top ten also, with…
For the final time in 2014, after more than 100 hours of racing across seven different countries, Leigh McMillan’s team, The Wave, Muscat will go head to head with Swiss rivals Alinghi in front of the iconic Sydney Opera House…
When the Extreme Sailing Series gets underway on Sydney Harbour tomorrow, there will be happy memories for three of the high-profile competitors. Roman Hagara and Hans Pieter Steinacher (Red Bull) won Olympic gold medals in the Tornado class at Sydney…
In the closest of shaves, Nick Press/Andrew Stevenson (Sydney Sailmakers) won the NSW 12ft Skiff Championship defeating Brett Hobson/Brad Phillips (Garde) by one point to take the title ahead of the 12ft skiff Interdominion to be sailed on Sydney Harbour…
Wet, wild and windy conditions forced race management to cancel the first day of racing on Sydney Harbour at the Extreme Sailing Series presented by Land Rover, with the city’s famous 'Southerly Buster' playing havoc on the racecourse before the…
A classy rating series fleet is taking shape for Victoria’s longest running annual sporting event, the Festival of Sails regatta January 17-26, 2015. The fabric of IRC racing in Australia has altered in the last couple of years, particularly at…
SOLAS Big Boat Challenge (SBBC) winner, Wild Oats XI, will take to the water for her final Rolex Sydney Hobart limber up, joining 30 others in the two-day CYCA Trophy–Passage, starting Saturday near Shark Island at 11.00am. Wild Oats XI…
A new range of interactive cruising guide apps for iPad has just been launched by the Island Cruising Association (ICA). The Sail Fiji cruising guides are the first of their kind – a new breed of up-to-date digital navigational aids…
Hear what Nathan Wilmot, Tom Slingsby, Sir Ben Ainslie and the other skippers had to say about racing in Australia. Does Tom Slingsby really keep an eye on Ben Ainslie to “see which way to go”?
The penultimate day of the qualification series at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne saw extreme sailing come to Port Phillip with high wind speeds of around 22 knots and gusts up to 30 making for some exciting racing, but…
Roger Hickman has been named the ocean racer of the year by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, at a gala cocktail party hosted at the club this evening. The CYCA Ocean Racer of the Year Awards recognises yachting excellence…
A large spectator fleet watched Bob Oatley’s 100 foot maxi Wild Oats XI declare that Sydney Harbour is still her back yard, the brand new, revolutionary American upstart, Comanche notwithstanding. Wild Oats XI sliced across the finish line beside Fort…
Sir Ben Ainslie, the most successful sailor in Olympic history, exchanged his deck shoes for football trainers today as he took part in a Laureus-supported project to help young people in Sydney. Ainslie, who won medals at five consecutive Olympics…
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