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ALICANTE, Spain, January 8 – Dongfeng Race Team were battling on Thursday towards the opportunity to make Volvo Ocean Race history as Charles Caudrelier's (FRA) crew continued to defy the odds at the head of the fleet. The experienced French skipper’s…
Jon Newman has confirmed his ownership of the World Championship for another year. But it’s not over yet, with second to seventh place open for the taking. In a south easterly that made it interesting for the mark laying team,…
Lining up to pass between the Cape Verde Islands, sprinting south between Sal Island and Sao Nicolau and then Santiago and Fogo, Anna Corbella and Gérard Marin on GAES Centros Auditivos are expected to lead the Barcelona World Race when…
The brand new 100ft maxi Comanche led the Rolex Sydney Hobart for the first 24 hours. Here is footage from on-board the yacht, edited by Geoff Waller of Boats on TV.
The America's Cup Event Authority is starting to crank up its activities, advertising a variety of positions. ACEA CEO Iain Murray is still in Australia but leaves the country on January 20 to continue his AC activities. Jobs listing: Graphic…
The second day of racing of the 2015 International 14 World Championship is shaping up to be a great day of competition on Geelong's, Corio Bay. The second race of the series is scheduled to start at about 2pm in…
Nature World News. By Jenna Iacurci. You might think twice before tossing a piece of plastic into the garbage rather than a recycling bin when you hear how deadly marine debris, such as floating plastic, is to whales, dolphins and other…
Hungary's Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos have claimed their 11th Flying Dutchman World title following a dominant display in Sydney, Australia. With a day to spare and one further race scheduled the Hungarians have an unassailable lead with their worst…
The motorway south to the Equator was opening up for the Barcelona World Race leaders this morning and British skipper Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss was back enjoying life in the fast lane. Speaking on the live video call today,…
The sailors were talking at the breakfast table of a forecast of 25 knots or better with big whitecaps on the water and a fair number of capsizes to deal with. Down on the lawn, they were working on how…
The first day of the Australian Youth Championships started with a southerly breeze which shifted considerably, forcing race officers to hold the start until the breeze settled. By the second race, the breeze had settled into a typical south westerly…
It was a slow start to the official practice race day prior to the first day of the fleet racing in International 14s World Championship being hosted by Royal Geelong Yacht Club. As the breeze swung and changed pressure and…
Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) is leading the sporting world in sustainability in its bid to bring the 35th America's Cup to the UK. The sailing team, formed by Olympic multi-gold medallist Ben Ainslie, is announcing a long-term partnership with renewables…
Most sunglasses that are claimed to float only float in the bathtub. Once they break surface tension (or if there is any movement on top of the water) down…they…go… But Barz Optics say their models really do float. Why is this…
Meade will be at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart February 6th through 9th 2015. The modern wooden boatbuilder is no longer limited to traditional wooden boatbuilding methods based on durability of wood species and construction details based on…
A bumper fleet of 20 S80s will contest the Victorian championship on Port Phillip this weekend, starting tomorrow (Friday, 9 January) and racing off Royal Brighton Yacht Club. The fleet includes a West Australian crew and two female crews. Despite…
With no racing on day one of the regatta due to a strong westerly, both competitors and race officials were eager to get on the water and an early start was called. Unfortunately, due to the light conditions in the…
The second day of the Australian Youth Championships saw the completion of three races across the fleets bringing the total numbers of races to five. Another five races are scheduled for the final two days on Friday and Saturday (9-10…
Kevin Webb, Sarel van der Merwe, and Brad Stemmett sailing Banjo, a Farrier F9AX trimaran, have broken the 1,750-mile Governor’s Cup Race record from Simon’s Town to St Helena with a time of 9 days 13 hours and 36 seconds….
Gordon Ingate’s “Whimsical” from Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron has taken the lead on day two of the Prince Philip Cup – the 2015 Australasian Championship for the International Dragon class. Fellow RSYS sailor Wolf Breit in “Shapes” trails Ingate by…
The Sydney Sailmakers crew of Nick Press/Andrew Stevenson continues to make light work of the 12ft Skiff Interdominion with a win and a second place on Sydney Harbour today, but the top Kiwi crews of Little Bus (Chris Reid/Andrew Clarke…
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is starting the New Year by announcing sponsorship extensions with long-term partners Marlow Ropes, ChartCo and Ocean Safety ahead of the 2015-16 series, the tenth edition of the unique biennial global challenge. Clipper…
Predict Wind said one thing and the BOM site said another. Both of them were right. Three races were held on Melville Water West with a variation of wind strengths in the first two races ranging from 20 + knots…
Twenty four hours ago when he and his Spanish co-skipper Pepe Ribes were slowed by light breezes, Alex Thomson joked that patience is one virtue he lacks. The Hugo Boss duo, leaders of the Barcelona World Race by 25 miles…
The Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club (SSCBC) has received a record 165 entries for the McDougall + McConaghy 2015 International Moth World Championship due to be sailed in the popular seaside town of Sorrento from 9-16 January, 2015, on Port…
A sailing vessel operated by Youth With A Mission (YWAM), the Hawai'i Aloha, has capsized four miles from the Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. A crew member is missing and the captain has been hospitalised with injuries…
Multihull Solutions has experienced increase in multihull enthusiasts looking to Thailand’s thriving yacht charter industry as an investment and lifestyle opportunity. Thailand’s cruising grounds have created a solid yacht charter industry in recent years and more people are recognising the…
It was an epic battle right from the starter’s gun with Comanche, the new US built 100-foot supermaxi, leading the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet out of the heads in record making speed. History-maker Wild Oats XI, rebranded…
The 2015 Australian Youth Championships (7-10 January 2015) start in Fremantle today with the Nation’s top youth sailors in a variety of classes facing four days of fresh sea breezes, known locally as the “Fremantle Doctor”. 175 U19 sailors from…
The Sydney Sailmakers crew of Nick Press/Andrew Stevenson was pushed hard today by New Zealand’s Chris Reid/Andrew Clarke aboard Little Bus, who are hoping to nudge the Aussies from atop the podium in the 12ft Skiff Interdominion being held on…
A light north westerly “sea breeze” started to fade late in Monday’s first race of the Tasar 2015 World Championships, which had a re-start due to a lot of boats being a bit too keen to get going. Although it…
Saturdays first race saw a mixture of fluky winds with big holes across the race course. This proved tricky for some of the sailors who took the wrong side of the course on the first upwind putting them right at…
For the Barcelona World Race leaders the descent south towards the Canary Islands and the lifeblood Trade Winds has proven relatively slow over the last 24 hours. The fight for supremacy, such as it is, has been between stable-mates Hugo…
Wolf Breit from Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron has sailed “Shapes” into the lead after one day of racing in the Prince Philip Cup – the 2015 Australasian Championship for the International Dragon class. A steady south-westerly gradually freshened from 15…
The traditional International 14 Teams Racing World Championship, has acted as a warm-up event, that saw 24 of the 67 teams entered in the Fleet Racing Worlds, out on Corio Bay over the last two days. It gave these competitors…
Charming, polite, every bit the sailor-cum-businessman, the clothes are perfectly pressed with not a hair out of place. But it's the look in his brown eyes, the glare that offers a glimpse of the other side of sailing's Jekyll and…
Giving back is the new year resolution. The January issue of Cruising Helmsman highlights stories from readers who have combined their love of travelling to distant destinations along with finding ways to repay the privilege. One lucky sailor uses his…
Following is a good primer on predicting wave heights after reading weather forecasts. It was published by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) way back in 2006 but it is still a useful guide today. It includes some useful charts…
Hobart’s Sandy Bay Sailing Club team has won the prestigious Tillett Trophy at the International Cadet Australian championships which ended at Port Lincoln in South Australia yesterday, with the national title going to Victorians Julian Sasson and Mischa Suda in…
Thirty eight boats came to Perth to compete for the Nationals and World Championships and they were entranced by the laid back atmosphere offered by their host club, the Mounts Bay Sailing Club. Internationally recognised Race Officer Andy Curnow assembled…
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