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Comment by the editor: The ISAF rankings system continues to throw up anomalies and downright farcical results. In two classes where Australia is ranked #1, the Laser and Mens 470, there can be no arguments. However the 49er continues to…
After 33 races to Hobart, Ed Psaltis is going to call it quits after just one more; this 70th anniversary race will be his last. One of the most respected, uber-competitive sailors at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, one…
Bob Oatley’s Rolex Sydney Hobart race record holder, Wild Oats XI, is out of the water for a final modification after a high speed and rough weather training run off Sydney. The 30-metre long supermaxi was taken offshore in a…
Tom Slingsby is obviously one of the best sailors in the world. He is one of only nine men to have won an Olympic gold medal and the America's Cup and he has seven world championship golds in Laser and…
The Guardian/AAP: Australian scientists are hoping to recreate the smell of an oversized sea snail after discovering its scent strikes terror into the hearts of crown-of-thorns starfish. If researchers can synthesise the smell of the giant triton it could one…
In another set-back for the reputation of the Rio Olympics, a 'super bacteria' has been found in the river that flows into the Atlantic ocean near the sailing venue. Jenny Barchfield of Associated Press filed this report from Rio, where…
When Tasmania’s newest yacht, a Marten 49 design, reaches the start line for next week’s 285 nautical mile Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, she will have already sailed at least 1800 nautical miles from Fremantle to Beauty Point. Hobart yachtsman…
Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 14, 2014 – After a head-to-head battle in the final stretch of a dramatic Leg 2 to Abu Dhabi, tricky conditions in the Gulf of Oman and Straits of Hormuz saw the narrow lead over Spanish…
Whitley, 14 December 2014: TENACIOUS, brave, intelligent and highly skilled: these were the four words used to describe the winner of the Land Rover Above and Beyond Award in Sydney, Australia, after three days of thrilling racing in the heart…
Another early start for the 17 boat Dragon fleet competing for the Western Australian Dragon State Championships at Royal Freshwater Bay YC in Perth. PRO John Taylor (JT) had the fleet out for three back to back windward/leeward races on…
Overtaking to windward, Nathan Wilmot and the GAC Pindar crew crossed the bows of Realteam, who clipped their port rudder, leaving the Australian boat with no control. In 15 knot winds and in front of a crowd of thousands, the…
Replacing the Sanya 57, the Ipanema 58 is designed to combine construction innovation and design. The catamaran’s flybridge incorporates spacious and separate zones for relaxation and navigation. Flanked by access stairwells at port and starboard, the flybridge features a sunbathing…
This website gave away a race on an Extreme 40 to two readers of our twice-weekly e-newsletter. Originally scheduled to race on Friday, they had to wait until Saturday as wind gusts were too high for guest sailors on the…
Beau Outteridge was in Melbourne for the ISAF Sailing World Cup and shot some great footage of the Olympic and Paralympic classes in action, as well as conducting interviews with leading sailors. You can review the action in this five…
After a comprehensive review, Gosford Sailing Club has regrettably announced that it will not be the organiser of a Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race in future. This brings to a close the forty year history of the only…
ABU DHABI, December 13 – Bouwe Bekking (NED) and Team Brunel found a very timely change of gear to sweep past Dongfeng Race Team and edge to a 16-minute victory in an incident-packed Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race…
A highly competitive fleet of 17 Dragons assembled at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Perth for the WA Dragon State Championship sailed over three days from 12 – 14 December. On Friday afternoon the legendary ‘Freo Doctor’ oiled up…
What the teams are saying about the announcement of Bermuda as the venue for the 2017 America’s Cup. Jimmy Spithill, ORACLE TEAM USA: “It’s fantastic. I’ve spent a bit of time there and really enjoyed the racing, the people. We…
Sydney Harbour saved her best until last for the 50 Extreme Series sailors. Sunday dawned with clear skies and a steady 15 knot north-easterly made exciting viewing for the spectators who crammed the foreshore. High-flying hulls were commonplace and there…
It was another successful medal haul for the Australian Sailing Team (AST) on day two of medal racing at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Melbourne with four gold, three silver and two bronze added to the Australian Sailing Team…
Ray Roberts (OneSails Racing) turned the tables on Victorian yachtsman Rob Hanna (Shogun V) today to claim Division 1 honours in the CYCA Trophy-Passage Series, while Khaleesi did the same to her sistership Nine Dragons in Division 2, Andrew and…
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…
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