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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…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced sailor Dirk de Ridder's suspension from sanctioned events from three years to 18 months. The Dutch wing trimmer was suspended on the eve of the 34th America's Cup, won by his team…
Local knowledge was no match for Extreme Sailing experience as the final Act of the year got underway in Sydney this afternoon. After 10 races, Australia's two Olympic gold medal winning helmsmen Nathan Wilmot and Tom Slingsby sit at the…
Day five at the ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne saw the final day of qualifying races for the Men’s and Women’s 49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17 and Men’s and Women’s RS:X ahead of tomorrow’s (Saturday, 13 December) medal races for…
The Property Industry Foundation’s (PIF) Annual Charity Yachting Regatta will return on 13 March, 2015 to help raise much needed funds for homeless young people living on the streets. Sponsored by Colliers International the event will be hosted at the Middle Harbour Yacht Club…
J.J. Giltinan champion (2002 and 2003) Howie Hamlin and U.S. 100ft Maxi Yacht Comanche were on Sydney Harbour last Sunday despite the horrendous storms which battered most sailing classes. The ever-professional attitude of Howie Hamlin brought him to Sydney where…
The Prime Minister hosted a dinner at Downing Street for the first GREAT ambassadors from sport, business, fashion and the arts at which he recognised the importance of their contribution to the GREAT Britain campaign and encouraged them to continue…
First session competitors at ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne spent much of day three tweaking boats, on their phones and chatting around the boat park at Sandringham Yacht Club. The late session arrived to rig up when the bulk…
Australian Sailing + Yachting journalist/editor Bob Ross snapped this photo of Ragamuffin 100. On her training sail in Sydney Harbour, after a fast turnaround of commissioning by Sydney City Marine, Ragamuffin 100 crew and skipper/owner Syd Fischer have just over…
Taylor Canfield (ISV) and Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) will start 2015 as World #1 in the Open and Women’s ISAF Match Race Rankings following exceptional performances throughout 2014. Keith Swinton and Milly Bennett both rank in the top ten also, with…
For the final time in 2014, after more than 100 hours of racing across seven different countries, Leigh McMillan’s team, The Wave, Muscat will go head to head with Swiss rivals Alinghi in front of the iconic Sydney Opera House…
When the Extreme Sailing Series gets underway on Sydney Harbour tomorrow, there will be happy memories for three of the high-profile competitors. Roman Hagara and Hans Pieter Steinacher (Red Bull) won Olympic gold medals in the Tornado class at Sydney…
In the closest of shaves, Nick Press/Andrew Stevenson (Sydney Sailmakers) won the NSW 12ft Skiff Championship defeating Brett Hobson/Brad Phillips (Garde) by one point to take the title ahead of the 12ft skiff Interdominion to be sailed on Sydney Harbour…
Wet, wild and windy conditions forced race management to cancel the first day of racing on Sydney Harbour at the Extreme Sailing Series presented by Land Rover, with the city’s famous 'Southerly Buster' playing havoc on the racecourse before the…
A classy rating series fleet is taking shape for Victoria’s longest running annual sporting event, the Festival of Sails regatta January 17-26, 2015. The fabric of IRC racing in Australia has altered in the last couple of years, particularly at…
SOLAS Big Boat Challenge (SBBC) winner, Wild Oats XI, will take to the water for her final Rolex Sydney Hobart limber up, joining 30 others in the two-day CYCA Trophy–Passage, starting Saturday near Shark Island at 11.00am. Wild Oats XI…
A new range of interactive cruising guide apps for iPad has just been launched by the Island Cruising Association (ICA). The Sail Fiji cruising guides are the first of their kind – a new breed of up-to-date digital navigational aids…
Hear what Nathan Wilmot, Tom Slingsby, Sir Ben Ainslie and the other skippers had to say about racing in Australia. Does Tom Slingsby really keep an eye on Ben Ainslie to “see which way to go”?
The penultimate day of the qualification series at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne saw extreme sailing come to Port Phillip with high wind speeds of around 22 knots and gusts up to 30 making for some exciting racing, but…
Roger Hickman has been named the ocean racer of the year by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, at a gala cocktail party hosted at the club this evening. The CYCA Ocean Racer of the Year Awards recognises yachting excellence…
A large spectator fleet watched Bob Oatley’s 100 foot maxi Wild Oats XI declare that Sydney Harbour is still her back yard, the brand new, revolutionary American upstart, Comanche notwithstanding. Wild Oats XI sliced across the finish line beside Fort…
Sir Ben Ainslie, the most successful sailor in Olympic history, exchanged his deck shoes for football trainers today as he took part in a Laureus-supported project to help young people in Sydney. Ainslie, who won medals at five consecutive Olympics…
Exeter shipyard Exeter Maritime Services (EMS) located at Gabriel’s Wharf on the Exeter Canal is breathing new life into a damaged steel Challenge 72’ sailing yacht, formerly part of Chay Blyth’s legendary fleet built to sail around the world against…
Team Brunel are just ahead in the race to win Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race and join Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing at the top of the leaderboard – but the sprint into Abu Dhabi still looks too close…
WindRider revolutionised hydrofoil sailing in 1998 with the original RAVE hydrofoil trimaran. Based on feedback from RAVE owners, WindRider has created the RAVE V, an innovative design which addresses requested improvements through updated technology with these key objectives: Easy to…
The Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 departure stopover in Alicante generated a boost for the Community of Valenciana valued at €66.3 million and €89.3 for Spain as a whole, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers economic impact study released on Tuesday. The study,…
With less than two years to the start of the Vendée Globe, Bruno Retailleau, President of the Saem Vendée, gave a complete rundown of the situation concerning the eighth Vendée Globe at the Paris Boat Show this afternoon (Tuesday). As…
With summer holidays and the festive season approaching, Abell Point Marina marina promises to keep your vessel safe and save money this summer season. Abell Point Marina is rated to safe Australian Standards and has a history of safe cyclone…
Emirates Team New Zealand have made the decision to not participate in Act 8 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Sydney this week. Their decision was made immediately after the choice of the host venue for the 35th America’s Cup…
ABU DHABI, December 8 – Team Vestas Wind is ‘exploring the opportunity’ of re-entering the Volvo Ocean Race with a new boat just over a week after their Volvo Ocean 65 ran into a reef in the Indian Ocean.. With…
Premier Ship Models is a London-based retailer of model ships and kits. Initially trading from stalls at boat shows across the UK, this company is now an example of how local businesses can achieve international trade through developing an online…
Despite all the pe-race hype about the new 100ft super-maxi Comanche, it was the 10-year-old defending champion Wild Oats XI which won bragging rights in the SOLAS Big Boat Race on Sydney Harbour. Abandoning his usual position at the pin…
The Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club’s Youthsail program recently rewarded each of the primary schools in the region a Yachting Australia Tackers Sailing Course to be used as an award for a student aged 6yrs to 12yrs for their efforts…
The McConaghy built Kaiko designed Merlin owned and skippered by Olympian David Forbes finished last weekends Bird Island race in 1st place in division 1 and third overall in IRC. David and…
Skipper Nathan Wilmot and his GAC Pindar team, sailing under the Team Australia flag, will return home for the final leg of the Extreme Sailing Series looking to finish with a flourish in front of the home crowds of Sydney…
Every Volvo Ocean 65 in the Volvo Ocean Race is equipped with a Cape Horn Xtreme 330. Watch the video to get an inside look at the MAPFRE team’s watermaker.
Shifty conditions and a cool and crystal clear Melbourne day greeted all the Olympic events racing off Sandringham Yacht Club on day two of the ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne. Southerly winds 8-10 knots built late in the day…
The 16th Annual Seawind Pittwater Regatta, hosted by Multihull Central on the 28th & 29th of November 2014, was a huge success once again, with a fleet of Seawind catamarans parading down Pittwater just north of Sydney harbour in perfect…
Yachting Australia, in partnership with the Member Yachting Associations, has moved closer to providing a “best practice” governance framework and delivering a cohesive whole of sport approach to optimise the future success of Australian sailing and boating. At a Special…
The nation will get their first look at Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze-Clark’s new super maxi Comanche in race mode tomorrow, when the 21st SOLAS Big Challenge starts on Sydney on Sydney Harbour at 12.30pm, in a prelude to the…
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