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AS Dongfeng conitinutes to impress in the Volvo Ocean Race and Sir Russell Coutts hints at two Asian teams entering the 35th America's Cup, Chinese sailor Cheng Ying Kit has been announced as co-skipper, with Danish Olympic Champion Jonas Warrer,…
In another initiative aimed at bolstering the ISAF World Cup concept, €72,000 is to be distributed across the 12 events on show in Hyères when the medals are decided on Sunday 26 April. ISAF President Carlo Croce said, “We are…
Racing got underway at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères on Wednesday, 22 April in the ten Olympic and two Paralympic classes. After a light wind morning, the wind increased modestly throughout the day across all five race courses. In…
Bavaria Catamarans surprised visitors and the trade press at the international Multihull Boat Show in La Grande Motte with first drawings of the new Nautitiech Open 46. The 14 metre long catamaran has an open cockpit and lots of space…
A man’s body has been recovered on the state’s Central Coast after his yacht was reported missing in Broken Bay at the weekend. About 6.30am on Sunday (19 April 2015), the Marine Area Command were contacted after concerns were raised…
Oracle TeamUSA took its maiden sail on the waters of the Great Sound in Bermuda Wednesday with the team training on two foiling Phantom boats. Kyle Langford, Graeme Spence, Joey Newton and Andrew Campbell were the first sailors on the…
The Guardian. By Oliver Milman. The monetary value of the world’s oceans has been estimated at US$24tn in a new report that warns that overfishing, pollution and climate change are putting an unprecedented strain upon marine ecosystems. The report, commissioned…
The 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne will run from December 7-13, and will take place at its new home, the St Kilda Sailing Precinct, located on St Kilda’s foreshore. Hon. John Eren, Minister for Tourism and Major Events…
When the head-hunters called one of the aerospace industry's brightest talents and told him that they had an opportunity at a small engineering and racing organisation they probably weren't expecting a very positive response. After all, Martin Whitmarsh was a…
They’ve been back on the water for less than 48 hours since leaving Itajaí, Brazil – but the 5,010-nautical mile (nm) Leg 6 race to Newport, Rhode Island is already taking its toll on Dongfeng Race Team. The Chinese boat,…
In celebration of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s historic 1968 non-stop, world first, solo circumnavigation of the globe, in the Sunday Times Golden Globe yacht race, a new Golden Globe Race will be staged on it’s 50th Anniversary, in 2018. Entry is…
The clear, warm waters of the Sunshine Coast are the place to be for sailors this Winter, with the combination of the Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta (SCOR) and the Queensland IRC State Titles in July. After the success of the…
Bermuda meet Iain Murray, the regatta director for the 35th America’s Cup to be contested for on these shores in June 2017. Mr Murray is serving a second successive stint in the key role and has been tasked with collaborating…
Twelve months on and Foveaux Strait still isn't giving up any secrets about the fate of missing yacht Munetra. Skipper Andre Kinzler, 33, set sail for Preservation Inlet in Fiordland with two 19-year-old German tourists, Lea Tietz and Veronika Steudler…
Over 450 sailors experienced the best sailing of its kind at one of the largest sailing regattas in Australia in 2014 and Yachting New South Wales is pleased to announce that Sail Sydney will be back in 2015 and will…
When the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2015 starts on Saturday 25 July, it won’t just be a contest between individual yachts – a State of Origin battle is on the horizon. Of…
Australia’s national sail training ship STS Young Endeavour has crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in more than twenty years, arriving in Europe to participate in the Centenary of Anzac Commemorations and the International Tall Ship Races. 24…
The Ocean Cleanup, founded by the Dutchman Boyan Slat (1994) who invented a method aimed at cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, today announced its next major project: the Mega Expedition, in which up to 50 vessels will collect…
MAPFRE (Xabi Fernández/ESP) put a difficult week behind them to snatch the early lead on the 5,010-nautical mile (nm) Leg 6 from Itajaí to Newport, Rhode Island on Monday. The Spanish team had two points added to their score (low…
The Australian Sailing Team will compete in full force at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères, which gets underway in France on Wednesday, 22 April 2015 (22-26 April 2016). This Olympic and Paralympic class regatta is the first major event…
Premier Yachting, as newly appointed dealers for Azuree Yachts in southern Australia, are offering special introductory deals on this new European range. The first Azuree 46 arrives soon and the Rob Humphries designed yacht is generating interest within the industry….
Sir Russell Coutts is confident Team New Zealand will contest the 2017 America's Cup but has said if they don't front in Bermuda, another New Zealand syndicate would fill their place. The America's Cup official website announced yesterday that the…
One month on from its successful 10th anniversary Sydney Harbour Regatta in March, Middle Harbour Yacht Club is pleased to announce the dates have been set for 2016, with the regatta to take place over the weekend of 5-6 March….
Any sailor knows that when looking out for something at sea, whether it be a rounding mark, a navigation mark or a certain headland, the art of holding up binoculars long enough to get a steady image can be a…
Racing came to a conclusion today at the 28th edition of Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, sponsored by Panerai. The Windward Course was raced today by all classes and featured a glorious reaching start outside Falmouth Harbour to the deep water…
ITAJAí, Brazil, April 19 – The Volvo Ocean Race fleet bid a lingering farewell after a successful stopover in Itajaí with an almost total lack of wind ensuring a go-slow departure for Leg 6 to Newport, Rhode Island, USA, on…
Short and sharp. Not the usual chop on Port Phillip but the Quantum Sails Sydney 38 Victoria titles that were reduced from a weekend to a single day series after 25-35 knot wind squalls, driving rain and hail pushed up…
Hong Kong Fleet Captain Greg Farrell is leading the charge down under of the Hong Kong teams planning on using the June long-weekend Marinepool 19th Etchells Australasian Winter Championship as a warm-up to their World Championships later in the year….
Bermuda (20 April 2015) – Renaud Laplanche, co-skipper Ryan Breymaier and the crew of the 105’ trimaran Lending Club 2 have established a new world sailing speed record for the 635-nautical mile course from Castle Hill Lighthouse, in Newport, Rhode…
Something’s brewing at Port Stephens, and not just the crazy crew costume plans for tonight’s dress up ‘P party’ at Vues on the Bay on the eve of Sail Ports Stephens’ final day. Light winds and unseasonably warm temperatures belie…
Gillette World Sport visited Wangi, Lake Macquarie in March for the final 49er training camp ahead of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Hyères, France (22-26 April) and spoke to Australian Sailing Team’s Olympic gold medallists Nathan Outteridge (NSW) and Iain…
ITAJAí, Brazil, April 18 – Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) won an excruciatingly drawn-out Team Vestas Wind In-Port Race Itajaí in the Volvo Ocean Race on Saturday when a lack of breeze tested the sailors' patience and seamanship to the full….
The Mickey Ink Port Douglas Race Week and Clipper Cup is a low-budget but high-octane event reknowned for its hospitality and tropical fun attitude. The following update was emailed to us this week: We have 24 entries so far and…
Today's single race for each of 10 classes sailing at Les Voiles de St. Barth determined overall winners and marked the fourth and final day of the regatta. The event has been growing steadily since its inception in 2010 and…
Hobart’s new fleet of Elliott 7 sports boats today dominated results in Division 4 of the Derwent Sailing Squadron’s Autumn Short-Handed Series on the River Derwent, again filling first and second place on line and handicap. Versatile Tasmanian yachtsman Rod…
Nick Cassim, a 55-year member of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, has today taken out the Club’s 2015 Great Veterans Race, which along with Ladies Day, traditionally opens the Land Rover Winter Series sailed on Sydney Harbour. Cassim sailed…
A cold front moving up the NSW coast bringing strong winds, rain and thunderstorms stayed away long enough for race crews to enjoy a sixth and final day of easy-going conditions and a dry Sail Port Stephens, other than some…
Refreshed after yesterday’s layday or newly arrived to join the salty fray, around 50 yachts and crews fanned out on three different courses in light southerly winds averaging 10 knots when Sail Port Stephens restarted today, Friday April 17, 2015….
ITAJAí, Brazil, April 17 – The Spanish team MAPFRE were given a two-point penalty on Thursday by the ISAF-appointed independent jury for rules breaches during Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race. In separate decisions, the jury made key rulings…
As each year on the first weekend in May, Carnac Yacht Club will be organizing the Eurocat, one of Europe’s biggest gatherings of racing catamarans. This year, it will also be the first event for the Flying Phantom catamarans: The…
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