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Brisbane, Australia – The stage is set for a thrilling weekend of competition sailing on Waterloo Bay, Manly, when The Australian 18 Footers League return to Brisbane for the first time in 20 years to contest the Australian Championships. Racing…
The 2015 San Fernando Race, which will start in Hong Kong on Wednesday 1 April, marking the 20th edition of this 480nm Category 1 offshore race, albeit with the 2003 edition falling victim to the 2003 SARS epidemic. With the…
Cruising Helmsman contributor Robert Latimer recently returned from Vanuatu. He was touring the islands for his not-for-profit charity Medical Sailing Ministries when Cyclone Pam hit. Here is his story of the storm and its aftermath. — Like many sailors, as…
The Yachting NSW Youth Sailing Team (YST), is one of the most successful youths sailing teams in the country. The team is well known as a training ground for some of Australia’s best sailors with members winning State, National and World…
Airlie Beach Race Week 2015’s onshore program is to receive a makeover, while the racing program will remain as sound as ever, according to Whitsunday Sailing Club Commodore, Bernie van’t Hof. Van’t Hof says he is well aware the ‘Tropical…
The Farr 40 fleet is preparing for this weekend’s Aberdeen Asset Management NSW Farr 40 title as the precursor to next week’s season finale, the John Calvert-Jones Trophy national title fight when a new Australian one design champion will be…
Cheminées Poujoulat, Barcelona World Race leaders, are expected to make their tack towards the Mediterannean this evening, albeit still with about 1100 miles to sail to Gibraltar. Current routing has them into the Med on Sunday 22nd March. The final…
Talented teenage sailor Sam King yesterday retained the Laser 4.7 State championship on Hobart’s River Derwent, winning six of the eight races conducted over the weekend by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. King and 28 other young Laser sailors…
Volvo Ocean Race’s six-strong fleet finally headed out of Auckland on Wednesday morning after the Leg 5 departure was delayed 67 hours to avoid the worst of Cyclone Pam. However, the crews, led out of the ‘City of Sails’ by…
Crusader, the Greg Elliott designed 35ft E35 Super Sport has won the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (RPNYC) Central Triangle fully crewed Race 2015. The yacht took overall line honours and the series win on both PHRF and IRC. This…
New Zealand’s uncrowded waters are fast becoming a home away from home for some of the world’s most exquisite superyachts. Marine Tourism boost in New Zealand continues with a record 57 superyachts visited New Zealand during the superyacht season (April…
As the entry list for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2015 continues to grow at an inspiring rate, the organisers have already excelled when it comes to the party scene, and the launch of the regatta. They have engaged an…
Following latest information on the development of Cyclone Pam, Race organisers have announced that Leg 5 from Auckland, New Zealand to Itajaí, Brazil, will now start on Wednesday, 18 March at 09:00 NZDT “We see a significant change between leaving…
With race leader Cheminées Poujoulat now at less than 2000 miles to the finish line in Barcelona and Spirit of Hungary now safely passing Cape Horn early this morning, the Barcelona World Race fleet is all safely in the Atlantic….
Underneath the principal Sail Port Stephens label a number of subsidiary competitions will play out, the perfect symbiosis of classes utilising the framework of an established event while the event attracts entries and reaps the kudos of hosting major titles….
Their Barcelona World Race has proven a challenge above and beyond that of some of their rivals. Seasoned Hungarian veteran Nandor Fa and hard driving, young Kiwi Conrad Colman formed their partnership just weeks before the start, setting off round…
Abell Point Marina has added an additional service to its concierge offering with the introduction of heli-transfers from the airport to the marina. Responding to feedback from guests, the marina has added the services to transit customers to their vessel…
Abell Point Marina have installed a 24 hour payment system on the fuel wharf which makes refuelling as easy as 'swipe 'n go'. Features include payment facilities for Eftpos, Visa, Mastercard and American Express as well as company cards for…
A full scale dredging program has commenced at Abell Point with significant progress already achieved in the first month. By the start of the cruising season in May, the program will have addressed tide access areas in various locations in…
Adrian Van Bellen's winning streak with his fittingly-named Jackpot continued today when the J/122 yacht took out the Lion Island Race, the penultimate race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Ocean Point Score (OPS) which started on Sydney Harbour…
Michael Selby and crew have sailed Cyrene 3 to overall honours in the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore following the final race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia hosted series today. Cyrene 3, an X-412 design, trailed the Beneteau…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 14 – Team SCA became the only crew in the Volvo Ocean Race to claim two in-port victories on Saturday after a thrilling start-to-finish win in Auckland – “by keeping it simple”. It was a fight…
After a down-to-the-wire final double points race at the Extreme Sailing Series Act 2, Muscat, pre-event favourites The Wave, Muscat clinched victory on their home waters for the third consecutive year, narrowly denying the Danish SAP Extreme Sailing Team their…
Strong southerly winds gusting to more than 30-knots on Sydney Harbour, brought a premature end to the Australian 18 Footers League 2014-2015 Season when today’s Race 11 of the Club Championship had to be abandoned. The Coopers 62-Rag & Famish…
Second place on corrected time in yesterday’s final race of the summer season gave Derwent Sailing Squadron member David Brett and his Hanse 40 Illusion a one point winning margin in the PHS summer pennant for Group A in the…
The Wave, Muscat gave their home fans something to cheer about on the penultimate day of the Extreme Sailing Series in Oman, finishing on the podium in seven out of eight races, to reclaim their place at the top of…
13 March 2015 – Miami, Florida, US – The venue for the 2016 Melges 24 World Championship was confirmed by the Executive Committee of the International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA) on March 12. Among four bids submitted to IM24CA by…
Superstitions run deep among competitive sailors, especially French ocean racers. But on a round the world race which has now spanned two Friday 13ths, it is not bad luck but good luck today which is running with Bernard Stamm and…
China's premiere offshore racing event has been recording a constant growth since its inception, six years ago, with more and more international crews looking forward to take part. The 2015 edition is no different. The week long event, scheduled for…
Following the experience of the inaugural event, the Foiling Weektm is pleased to announce an improved programme concentrating all events in one location, held over five consecutive days. It starts Wednesday, July 1st and ends on Sunday, 5 The format…
SAP Extreme Sailing Team showcased a winning formula on day two at the Extreme Sailing Series in Muscat, Oman, taking four bullets out of eight races in the shifty 15 knot north-easterly breeze and lumpy two-metre swell, that put a…
Fremantle Sailing Club has confirmed the official start date for the 2015 Wonderful Indonesia Fremantle to Bali as Saturday May 16 when both race and rally entries will start at 10.00 am off North Mole. Event chairman, Bob Kucera said…
Cheminées Poujoulat's lead at the head of the Barcelona World Race is being eroded the rate of over 100 miles a day by the ever tenacious duo of Guillermo Altadill and José Munoz on Neutrogena. Spirit of Hungary are less…
The boating community can now explore the Whitsundays from the transformed Abell Point Marina. The marina is promising all smooth sailing from the moment you arrive. The service starts with a dockhand concierge guiding you into your berth. Modern facilities…
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…
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