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Elan launches the new Impression 40 performance yacht
At the recent Biograd Boat Show, Elan gave European customers their first look at the latest in the Impression range of performance cruising yachts, the Impression 40. Elan says the new model is “an impressively fast cruiser” with well thought-out…
2015 Moth Worlds to be most competitive yet
The 2015 International Moth World Championships are coming to Sorrento, Australia. Another year of record breaking entry numbers, with over 140 boats from around the world. Sponsored by McDougall + McConaghy, the 2015 Worlds are shaping up to be one…
Extended Optimist family heading to Sail Melbourne
The Optimist fleet at this year’s ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne has rocketed to major international status with the inclusion of representative squads attending from China and New Zealand, to challenge the estimated 100 Australian entries. For four days…
Rob Greenhalgh joins Mapfre for Volvo Ocean Race
British sailor Robert Greenhalgh will be one of the watch captains on board “MAPFRE”. The Spanish team has confirmed it today in Cape Town (South Africa), where the In Port race will be held next Saturday the 15th. Greenhalgh is a…
Monsoon Cup delayed to February 2015
Organisers of the Monsoon Cup Malaysia – the final event of the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour – have confirmed today the event will be hosted from 10-14 February 2015 replacing the earlier published dates of 26-31 November 2014….
Multi 50s close in on finish line in Route du Rhum
A little over 10% of the fleet has now safely arrived at the finish of La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. The Ultime boats have had their moment of glory and are now neatly moored up in the marina in Pointe…
Clipper sailors to compete in Sydney to Hobart
Past and future Clipper Round the World Yacht Race crew from six different countries will once again compete in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR) on Clipper 68 CV10. In 2014, Australian, New Zealand, British, South Korean, Russian and Italian crew will race…
Volvo fleet gets all clear from piracy threat
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 13 – Volvo Ocean Race’s seven-strong fleet are to sail all the way from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi for Leg 2 after the event’s security experts gave the all-clear this week following a big…
Team Alvimedica provides ocean lab to test human stresses of offshore sailing
Cape Town, South Africa, November 13, 2014 – As the young crew of Team Alvimedica races around the world in the Volvo Ocean Race, the sailors are providing an ocean laboratory for a landmark medical study assessing how continued stressful…
Insurance company sues owners of the tall ship Bounty
The Suffolk Ties. By Paul Squires: A Maine insurance company has filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of the sailing ship Bounty, claiming they misrepresented the “unseaworthy” condition of the vessel and recklessly chose to sail it into the…
Hopes fade for Wangaratta grandfather missing after being thrown from yacht
The Border Mail: A WANGARATTA grandfather lost at sea had been helping his half-brother sail his yacht from Sydney to Melbourne when tragedy struck. Grave fears are held for Alan Beresford-Beardow, 44, who has been missing since Monday afternoon when…
Last Ultimes finish Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
After the neatly spaced finishes of Loick Peyron, Yann Guichard and Sébastien Josse – each having time to ensure their own new race landmarks are understood and digested – through today in Guadeloupe the last of La Route du Rhum-Destination…
Southern Black Magic heading to Festival of Sails
Graham Mansfield’s Black Magic will be much harder to pick amongst the cruising with spinnaker fleet at next January’s Festival of Sails. A bingle with a fishing boat at Easter brought the Ed Dubois design out of the water for…
First navigator casualty of Volvo Ocean Race
CAPE TOWN, November 10 – Jean-Luc Nélias, the man who helped mastermind Groupama’s win in the last Volvo Ocean Race, will take over as navigator for Spanish boat MAPFRE for the second leg of this edition, starting on November 19….
Jann Guichard second across the line in Route du Rhum
When he crossed the finish line off Pointe-a-Pitre Guadeloupe at 18:18:46 hrs UTC/19:18:46 CET/14:18:46 hrs local time this Monday 10th November, Yann Guichard, solo skipper of the world’s biggest racing trimaran Spindrift 2, finished in second place in the 10th edition…
Australian sailors to compete at Pacific Games 2015 in Port Moresby
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has accepted an invitation to send a team to compete in the 2015 Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea. It will be the first time an Australian Team has taken part in the Games, which…
Vale Trygve Halvorsen, offshore racer and skilled designer
Trygve Halvorsen, who died in Sydney last Friday, aged 94, leaves a fine legacy in offshore racing and quality boatbuilding. With his brother Magnus, he designed and built six successful ocean racers including Freya, a 39ft double ender that won…
The Fold it Cart is big on haulage but small on storage
The Fold it Cart can carry up to 150kgs and is constructed from sturdy marine grade aluminium that is rust and corrosion free. The cart is designed so loads are dispersed evenly over the axle and two 20-inch wheels that…
NOR released for Sydney to Mooloolaba Race
The 2015 Sydney to Mooloolaba Yacht Race Notice of Race has been released today by the event organisers Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) and the race partner club, Mooloolaba Yacht Club (MYC). Boat owners of both monohulls and multihulls that…
Garmin releases details of latest marine product line up
Due to be available in Australia from Q2 next year, this is a preview of some of Garmin’s 2015 marine product range. echoMAP dv/sv: available in 10.2cm (4”), 12.7cm (5”), 17.8cm (7”) and 22.9cm (9”) sizes, these sonar/chartplotter units feature…
Peyron closes on Route du Rhum finish line and record
After nine editions over 32 years, Pointe-a-Pitre – the finish city for La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe – has shown it knows how to throw a welcome party to the heroic finishers of the classic, four yearly 3542 miles solo…
ARC+ Cape Verde sets sail from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The second edition ARC+ Cape Verde set sail from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria today, Sunday 9 November, bound for Mindelo in the Cape Verde Islands. A brisk northerly wind provided near perfect sailing, with just a one metre swell…
The ultimate antifoul test full report in November Cruising Helmsman
After eighteen months when Jonathan Neeves first systematically painted the hulls of his catamaran, the results are in. All the major brands of antifoul paints available in Australia submitted to the test, The idea consisted of having its product painted…
Summer safety features in December Cruising Helmsman
It's summer safety time. Summer is in full swing and while the urge to take advantage of the nice weather and get out sailing grows we remind you to preplan and check first. Ten essential safety items every boat should…
Loick Peyron wins La Route Du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe in record time
Thirty two years after the first of his seven attempts, French ocean racing star Loick Peyron won the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe this Monday morning (TU) when he crossed the finish line of the solo race from Saint-Malo…
Kiwi design student comes up with new stackable Optimist
Industrial design student Tim Arbuckle wants more young people to get into the sport of sailing and he believes he may have the design to get nine to 15 year-olds messing about in boats. The Auckland man has taken The…
David Kellett first Australian to be awarded International World Sailing Federation’s Beppe Croce Trophy
David Kellett has been awarded the ISAF Beppe Croce Trophy, which honours an individual for their outstanding voluntary contribution to the sport of sailing. The trophy, which was first awarded in 1988 in memory of Beppe Croce, ISAF President…
X & Y gives a positive answer on the River Derwent
Any doubts about the ability of X & Y, the newest racing yacht on the Derwent, to handle strong winds and lumpy seas were dispelled in today’s Combined Club Harbour Series race. Steered with great skill by her builder/owner/skipper Toby…
Dismasted Route du Rhum yacht motoring towards Cascais
After being dismasted yesterday late afternoon while lying in 12th place in La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race from Saint-Malo to Guadeloupe, English skipper Conrad Humphreys is reported to be heading towards Lisbon under engine and is making fair…
Drawn out Cabbage Tree Island victory goes to Balance
‘Money Man’ Paul Clitheroe has sailed his TP52 Balance to its first major win in the drawn out Cabbage Tree Island Yacht Race this weekend, beating St George Midnight Rambler to the punch by close to five minutes, the two…
It's Hobart then Honolulu for Wild Oats XI
Line honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 180 nautical mile Cabbage Tree Island Race at the weekend was the first step towards two targets for Bob Oatley’s celebrated supermaxi, Wild Oats XI, over the next nine months. On…
Gotta Love It 7 crew back on form in race 2 of the Club Championship
The champion Gotta Love It 7 crew of Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage again showed the class which has seen the team sweep all before them in recent seasons of 18ft Skiff Racing on Sydney Harbour when they…
Three of the five classes in Route du Rhum “too close to call”
Racing remains too close to call at the head of IMOCA 60 class, Class 40 and the Multi50 Class in La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe while the margins in the Ultime and Rhum classes are more established. The IMOCA 60…
Team SCA pips MAPFRE and all VOR boats are now in Cape Town
ALICANTE, Spain, Nov 7 – Team SCA, for so long left to play catch-up at the back of the fleet, pulled off a stunning coup on Friday to snatch sixth place from MAPFRE in Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean…
Peyron leads Route du Rhum as halfway mark flies by
Early this afternoon (Thursday) about thirty miles off La Coruña, Bob Escoffier, the 65 year-old skipper from Saint Malo, was airlifted to safety by the Spanish Navy from his modified Sydney 60ft monohull Guisnel Grouo which was racing in the…
Big job cuts as Kiwi superyacht builder hits troubled waters
New Zealand Herald. By Holly Ryan: The superyacht manufacturer Alloy Yachts has announced it is cutting up to 130 jobs after lower demand and a high exchange rate put pressure on the business. The Henderson-based company is one of four…
Practical boat tips: A few last pearls of wisdom
Summer is coming and I’ll soon be sailing so here are a few last tips from the heaps found in my handy book, Practical Boat Bits and Tips. The Dinghy Painter The dinghy painter should not be just any old…
Match Racing report to ISAF shows WMRT in good shape
The Match Racing Committee met at the annual ISAF conference to review the ISAF titled events and the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. James Pleasance, Executive Director, and Craig Mitchell, Tour Director, from the Alpari World Match Racing Tour were present…
Three Peaks competitors warned to get their preparation right
Australia's Three Peaks Race, a unique three-day sailing and running endurance event conducted around Tasmania's scenic east coast, will start in Devonport on Friday, March 6th 2015. Potential competitors are being advised by the Mersey Yacht Club organising committee to take…
