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World Champions and World #1 in the Men’s 470 class, Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan, have taken home their third consecutive National Title at the 2015 Australian 470 Nationals (11-15 February 2015), which concluded at Southport Yacht Club on the…
In 2014 the Sydney 38 Australian championship trophy was held high above the Victorian Challenge team, one of the final career highlights for the class doyen, the late Lou Abrahams. This year NSW holds the entry majority at the looming…
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued the following tropical cyclone warning for Far North Queensland: Australian Government Bureau of MeteorologyNorthern Territory Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with this warning. PRIORITY TROPICAL…
Boats boats everywhere. Saturday afternoon on Pittwater and weaving through the MC38 Spring Pittwater Regatta race track to the north of Scotland Island are classic Couta boats, Etchells, and a fleet of keelboats contesting a Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club…
After a pit-stop in Bluff, in the very south of New Zealand, which according to skipper Guillermo Altadill would have done an F1 motor racing team proud, Neutrogena is back on the Barcelona World Race course this Saturday afternoon but…
The defending champion Gotta Love It 7 team has done it again, and certainly set up the chance to make it a sixth consecutive JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship. Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage raced to an early…
The Barcelona World Race and the competing skippers are playing an important role in one aspect of the monitoring of climate change. Ice is now seen more frequently and more accurately when it breaks away from the Antarctic ice cap…
Johor Bahru, Malaysia (13th Feb 2015): Ian Williams (GBR) has one hand on the ISAF World Championship trophy tonight after moving to match point in his Monsoon Cup Malaysia Semi-Final against Eric Monnin (SUI). What should have the GAC Pindar…
Tony Lyall’s TP52 needed just 34 minutes and 43 seconds to sail the course in tonight’s opening twilight race for the 2015 Banjos Shoreline Crown Series Bellerive Regatta on Hobarts’ River Derwent, winning the Racing Group IRC category on corrected…
The defending champion Gotta Love It 7 team of Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage gave a brilliant performance to come from behind and score a brilliant win in Race 1 of the 2015 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship…
14 February 2015 – Ian Williams has today secured his place in the history books, becoming the first skipper ever to win sailing’s World Match Racing Tour title five times. Williams, who had previously won the title in 2007, 2008,…
War Games may the last Farr 40 still racing regularly on the Derwent, but prominent owner Wayne Banks-Smith is obviously keeping her competitive, today scoring a double win in Racing Group 1 on a wet and largely windless second day…
The majesty of the J Class era will return to the America’s Cup eighty years after the class last raced for the oldest trophy in international sport. The J Class Association (JCA) and the America’s Cup Event Authority have agreed…
Johor Bahru, Malaysia (12th Feb 2015): Wild Card entry Eric Monnin turned on the afterburners on day 3 of the Monsoon Cup Malaysia to be sitting on match point against Phil Robertson for a place in the Semi-Finals. The Swiss…
ALICANTE, Spain, February 12 – A brave strategy to strike out north from the rest of the fleet looked like it was paying big dividends for Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR) and Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) on Thursday as Leg 4…
It is one of those crazy moments that round the world ocean racers cherish, or at least amuses them, the antimeridian. When East becomes West. Sailing eastwards, at one hundred and eighty degrees east, it is not so much Live…
The German boat builder Bavaria Yachts announced investment into the Chinese market effective to start in 2015. Bavaria's boat range for sailing and power ranges from 30 to 56 feet and recently added a catamaran range following the purchase of…
Men’s 470 Olympic champion, dual Olympian and five time World Champion Nathan Wilmot (NSW) is back on board the Australian Sailing Team after being appointed Australian Sailing 470 Coach for Women and Australian Sailing Squad Men last month. In this…
Hobart’s leading SB20 sports boat skippers and their crews will sail a virtual dress rehearsal of their upcoming state and national championships when they contest this weekend’s Crown Series Bellerive Regatta on the River Derwent. The big regatta began this…
A news item on the Indonesian Antara news site is stating that Indonesia will ease entry permits for foreign yachts. This is welcome news for the myriad of yachts that visit those cruising waters not far north of Australia. My…
The 2015 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship got under way today when the 24-boat fleet lined up on Sydney Harbour for the traditional Invitation Race to welcome the visiting competitors. The defending champion Gotta Love It 7 team of Seve…
With their long time rivals Neutrogena (Guillermo Alatadill and José Munoz), now heading to make a short pit stop in the south of New Zealand to repair their engine starter motor, Barcelona World Race leaders, Cheminées Poujoulat are left on…
SANYA, China, February 11 – Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR) and Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) have taken their courage in their hands with a push north for more wind in Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race as the fleet entered…
Johor Bahru, Malaysia (11th Feb 2015): Keith Swinton (AUS) struggled through sickness to notch up two wins and zero losses on day two of the Monsoon Cup Malaysia. The skipper of Team Alpari FX, along with bowman Ricky McGarvie, were…
It is not particularly well known that C-T SnuffAir spinnaker retrieval system is part of the C-Tech product range. This inflatable spinnaker snuffer system is an alternative to the conventional solid bucket and has many advantages with safety and space…
Day one of the 470 class National Championships commenced on Wednesday 11th February, with the six time World Champion and Olympic Gold Medallist, Mathew Belcher and crew Will Ryan taking out the number one place in both races. “Being the…
Wynyard Yacht Club, located on the north-west coast of Tasmania, has been rewarded for their contribution and work in their local area, winning the Community Club Award at the inaugural AIS Sport Performance Awards (ASPAs) in Melbourne last night. The…
Syndicated ownership of Beneteau yachts in the Mediterranean Australian based Yacht Share Mediterranean and Vicsail Beneteau from Rushcutters Bay Sydney have combined to offer the syndicated ownership of Beneteau yachts in the Mediterranean. Yacht Share Mediterranean is a sister company to…
More than 80 keelboats have entered for this weekend’s Crown Series Bellerive Regatta 2015, headed by Sydney Hobart racing yacht Cougar II, with off-the-beach entries expected to exceed 50 boats. Racing for the keelboats, both in the racing and cruising…
Artemis Racing team manager Iain Percy says he’s very excited about the prospect of racing in Bermuda, which he is calling a tricky venue that will demand the best from the sailors. “I’m really excited about Bermuda,” he says. “You’ve…
Pierre-Antoine Morvan’s Vannes Agglo Sailing Team are making the most of their Wild Card entry to the Monsoon Cup Malaysia, winning all three of their matches on day one of the concluding event of the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing…
Today, Ben Ainslie Racing announced a new project with City College Southampton to build two specialised docking ribs. The boats will be built by apprentices trained by the college under the supervision of Darren Patten at the College's Marine Skills…
They don’t call it life at the extreme for nothing. And the first 48 hours of Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race have certainly lived up to that billing, pushing these sailors to their limits – and beyond. It’s…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club is pleased to announce a new major sponsor for the Sydney Harbour Regatta to coincide with the 10th anniversary of NSW’s largest sailing event. To be held on the weekend of 7-8 March, organisers urge prospective…
Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam lead the Barcelona World Race from the Indian Ocean into the Pacific Ocean at 2130hrs UTC Monday night with a lead of over 240 miles ahead of Guillermo Altadill and Jose Munoz on Neutrogena….
The Tasmanian designed and built yacht Silicon Ship has won the Royal Hobart Regatta’s centenary race for the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, repeating the performance of the inaugural winner 100 years ago, the Tasmanian One Design class boat Weene on…
One of the great strengths of 18 Footer Racing over its 120-plus history has been the family involvement on a competitive level and the support of family members from the unique spectator ferry provided by the Australian 18 Footers League….
After suffering an engine problem which affects their ability to generate electrical power, Guillermo Altadill (ESP) and Jose Munoz (CHI), who are racing in second place in the Barcelona World Race around the world, have taken the decision to reroute…
Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam set the fastest 24 hours run of this edition of the Barcelona World Race so far making 478 miles to 1400hrs this Monday afternoon on Cheminées Poujoulat. The Swiss-French duo should enter into the…
Overall victory in the Alpari World Match Racing Tour may be beyond their grasp, but there are a few hot teams with a serious prospect of winning the Monsoon Cup in Malaysia this week. Top of this list is Phil…
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