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With one race to make up for the Open Fleet after yesterday’s light, variable and cloudy conditions, there were high hopes for a better day two of the Victorian Optimist Championships. But after the fleets were released from the beach…
Alive has today been crowned the champion at Southport Yacht Club’s XXXX Sail Paradise regatta for 2015. This is a back to back win for Alive after first competing in the regatta in 2014. 2014’s XXXX Sail Paradise Regatta was…
NZ Herald/AP: Marshals have been authorised to seize America's Cup champion Oracle Team USA's prototype boat in response to a lien filed by New Zealand sailor Joe Spooner, whose contract was terminated in January. The warrant was issued late Friday…
Tasmania’s Michael Cooper (Export Roo) and Queenslander Glenn Bourke helming Rob Jeffrey’s Red go into the last day of racing neck and neck. In stunning weather conditions on the River Derwent, Cooper and Bourke played seesaw at the top of the…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s 10th anniversary Sydney Harbour Regatta came to a close tonight with winners announced after what competitors described as “a perfect day’s sailing.” Tony Kirby and his Patrice crew dominated IRC Division 1 again. Two wins a…
Saturday night should see two IMOCA 60 crews of the Barcelona World Race reach Cape Horn ready enjoy the relase from the Pacific and start the climb up the Atlantic. Both of the Barcelona based duos of We Are Water…
Former Olympic sailor and three times Laser world champion Glenn Bourke is a hot favourite to win the Australian championships in the SB20 one-design sports boat class on Hobart’s River Derwent this weekend, following a strong victory in the Tasmanian…
Two favourites, Peter Harburg’s Volvo 70 Black Jack, and Duncan Hine’s Reichel/Pugh 66 Alive, battled it out today for first place, at the Southport Yacht Club’s XXXX Regatta. Alive took out day one with Black Jack close behind. Also racing in…
The recent theft of a cruising yacht in New Zealand, which was spotted and reclaimed in Australia, has increased interest in tracking devices for yachts. One such product is Spot Trace. The agents say that while most tracking devices have…
Saturday the 7th March at 4am will see a fleet of 14 yachts set sail from Queenscliff en route to Grassy Harbour, King Island. A favourite race of the Ocean Racing Club's annual calendar, this race often delivers poor weather conditions….
Scarlet Runner skippered by Robert Date crossed the line at 14:17:01 to take Line Honours in the 2015 Melbourne to King Island yacht race. With 20 – 25 knot westerlies staying in since the start at 4am they have enjoyed…
A gloomy rainy morning greeted competitors as they arrived at Middle Harbour Yacht Club this morning, but by 9.30am, the clouds had parted, the sun was out and the rain had stopped as crews prepared their various boats for the…
Superyacht News. By William Mathieson. The European Committee for Professional Yachting (ECPY) is petitioning the French government over what the industry association has identified as a ‘catastrophic’ legislative proposal. On 20 January the French Senate presented a bill to tax yachts…
New Zealand Herald. By Dana Jahanssen. Team New Zealand's bid to host the America's Cup qualifiers has hit a further snag, with crisis meetings held yesterday over problems with the proposed locations for the team bases. An announcement confirming Auckland…
Oman is the most successful nation in the nine-year history of the Extreme Sailing Series and with less than a week to go before Act 2 of the 2015 global tour in Muscat, 11 – 14 March, the spotlight is…
On Thursday, February 5 at 1730hrs (French time) at the CDK boatyard in Lorient, Safran, the new IMOCA 60 skippered by Morgan Lagravière was launched for the first time. After a year of construction in Port-La-Forêt and then Lorient, the…
After a spell last night and today during which almost all of the Barcelona World Race fleet were in light or moderate winds, in the Atlantic and the Pacific, it looks more like Transition Time is ringing for many. The…
The Melbourne event was hosted at Safety Beach on the Mornington Peninsula and Windcraft owners enjoyed boating in some of the most picturesque parts of Port Phillip. The weather was perfect. In the words of Team Windcraft's Nick Jones “I…
The 2015 Victorian Optimist Championships get underway tomorrow at Royal Brighton Yacht Club – 132 competitors have already registered for the regatta that is being held over the Labour Day long weekend, providing three days of racing. Eighteen entries from…
Entries are now open for the 2015 Auto Advantage Newcastle to Port Stephens Race which will be held on 12th April. Now a ‘usual suspect’ on the NSW keel boat racing calendar the Newcastle Port Stephens race is preceded by…
Without cutting edge design and engineering, no one wins the America's Cup. In pursuit of their goal, the British team has developed their own sophisticated 3D sailing simulator, modelled on those used by the world of motorsport. The virtual flying…
It can be the most frustrating stage of non-stop round the world racing. After completing the difficult, stressful four or five weeks in the big south, there is an almost inbuilt expectation that, by comparison, after rounding Cape Horn and…
There are many factors to maintaining shaft seals that can be used to ensure you don’t have to replace them too often. These tips can assist you in getting the most out of whatever you have to work with and…
Amid all the public outcry over the decision to drop sailing from the Tokyo Paralympics, one brave woman is quietly getting on with life. She has an ambitious goal, but based on past performance it's one she will achieve. Kylie…
In the spirit of progression, Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher have devised a new 6 meter catamaran that is redefining what’s possible on the open ocean. It’s a vessel that can reach eye-popping speeds of 36 knots while hardly…
Virgin Gorda (BVI), 5th March 2015. The 21 Swan yachts competing in the second edition of the Rolex Swan Cup Caribbean could not have asked for a more perfect start to the event's four scheduled days of racing in Virgin…
Four Mates4Mates Members will be on board Southport Yacht Club’s Alacrity tomorrow, Friday 6 March for the Southport Yacht Club’s XXXX Sail Paradise series, which will be contested off the Gold Coast from March 6 to 8. Mates4Mates organisation provides…
The Morning Bulletin. By Melanie Plane. LYING in the grass waiting for Cyclone Marcia to pass, Hugh Hunter prayed for survival. The 84-year-old had taken refuge on the banks of the Fitzroy River after his damaged boat the Mustang started…
News24: Johannesburg – The public can help search for a missing South African catamaran crew through an online tool, their families said on Wednesday. The families fear for the yachtsmen's safety, as they last made contact via satellite phone on…
All of the Eastern states will be represented in this year's QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race and there is a good chance the Courier Mail Cup may be going to one of these interstate challengers. Tasmania is represented by…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 5 – Damian Foxall (IRL), one of the biggest names in offshore sailing, is joining Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) for the forthcoming treacherous Leg 5. Caudrelier and Foxall were on the Groupama boat that won…
Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam passed under 5,000 miles to the Barcelona World Race finish line and today also crossed over their own outbound track. The leading duo are starting to feel like the worst of the course is…
You may have seen the images of the cold freeze that has been affecting most of the United States this northern winter. It has not only been much colder than previous it has also hung around for a longer period…
Middle Harbour Yacht announced today the cancellation of the Sydney to Mooloolaba Yacht Race 2015. MHYC Commodore John McCuaig advised the lack of entries in both the monohull and multihull divisions drove the decision not to continue planning for the…
Dean Barker has moved quickly to get back on a boat, signing up as tactician for a Russian team in the 2015 RC44 Championship Tour which starts in Malta at the end of the month. Barker was recently dumped as…
On the occasion of the 2015 International Women Day on May 8 2015, Australian Sailing is celebrating our female Australian Sailing Team and Squad athletes this week.
SUMMER’S finale was a spectacular but short-lived storm on Sunday that knocked a sailboat into the path of a ferry. Ferry passenger Troy Muenzer watched the collision along with other shocked onlookers on board the Queenscliff ferry. “The storm really…
On 28 February, at the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show, the count “up” began to Bart’s Bash 2015, the global sailing race being held on 20 September on behalf of the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation. Count “up” because registration for venues…
As Cheminées Poujoulat climbed north out of the latitudes of the Roaring 40s and into a regime change on the east side of the South Atlantic high pressure system, Barcelona World Race leaders Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam are…
The 2015 US GRAND SLAM Series will take place within the month of August, beginning a couple weeks earlier and in a different order than previous editions. The Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, Bayview Yacht Club, Chicago Match Race Center, and…
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