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Sydney Morning Herald. By Andrew Hornery. Picture the scene: 150 of the most glamorous and wealthiest women in Sydney converging on Rose Bay's Catalina for the ultimate “ladies' lunch”. The drama started during the charity auction after MC Karl Stefanovic…
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club has announced Rex Gorell Land Rover Geelong as the major xponsor of the 2015 Festival of Sails, to be held between 17 – 26 January 2015. Dealer Principal Jason Gorell said, “Rex Gorell Land Rover…
Doyle Sails New Zealand will once again be exhibiting in the Superyacht Pavilion at the upcoming Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS), running from 19-20 November in Amsterdam. Their stand will be in its usual spot in the main hall –…
New Zealand's 3 News: A Nelson skipper who died when he was swept off his yacht in rough seas was drunk, not wearing a life jacket and told his companion not to get help. Charles Gerard Gallagher, 52, had been…
His swansong race on the IMOCA60 Safran sees Marc Guillemot finish in third place in the IMOCA 60 Class just as he did four years ago on the same boat. Jeremy Beyou finished last night in second place on Maitre…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 15 – Ian Walker (GBR) and his Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing crew became the confirmed kings of Cape Town on Saturday, clinching the in-port race less than a week after arriving here as Leg 1…
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race hopeful, St George Midnight Rambler, had a quick downwind ride to the finish in the Port Hacking Race this afternoon, to claim first place in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Ocean Point Score’s (OPS)…
Tony Lyall’s powerful yacht Cougar II today underlined her competitiveness for this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with a record-breaking line honours win in the 67th TasPorts Maria Island Race. The TP52 will be Tasmania’s number one prospect for…
Just subscribe to the mysailing e-newsletter and you and a friend could win a Guest Sailor spot on board one of the Extreme 40s on Sydney Harbour in December. Your skipper could be Australian Olympic champion Nathan Wilmot, or super-Pom…
Winds gusting to 40-knots forced Australian 18 Footers League officials to abandon today’s Chris Webb Memorial Trophy 18ft Skiff race on Sydney Harbour. Despite the conditions, the Smeg team of David Witt, Tom Clout and Matt Wark decided to show…
With six weeks remaining until the first race is run, 120 boats have entered the Geographe Bay Tasar World Championship to be held in January 2015. There are entries from Australia, Japan, U.S.A., Great Britain and Ireland. Current World Champions…
Sydney Hobart Yacht Race entrant Whistler is provisional winner of all three handicap categories of the TasPorts Maria Island Race. The MBD36 achieved the hat-trick of wins under AMS, IRC and PHS scoring, despite losing an estimated 45 minutes in…
Rolex Sydney Hobart Race contender Cougar II is setting a cracking pace tonight in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s 67th annual Maria Island Race off the south-east coast of Tasmania. Just two hours after the 7.00pm start from Hobart,…
When he crossed the finish line off Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe this Friday afternoon to win the IMOCA 60 Class in La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, François Gabart completed a vey rare back-to-back solo ocean double, adding the Route du Rhum solo…
When he crossed the finish line at 18:13:55 TU/19:13:55 CET / 14:13:55 hrs local this Thursday 13th November Erwan Le Roux (FenetreA-Cardinal) won the Multi50 class of the 10th edition of La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. The solo skipper completed…
ABC. By Gina McKeon What is believed to be the world's oldest discovered message in a bottle has been presented to the sender's granddaughter, 101 years after it was first tossed into the sea in Germany. People have been putting…
A 22 year old, well-mannered Auckland accountant is charged with redeeming New Zealand’s record against Jimmy Spithill – recently dubbed the King of the Waves as World Sailor of the Year. In an extraordinary race, Sam Finnigan will duel with…
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At the recent Biograd Boat Show, Elan gave European customers their first look at the latest in the Impression range of performance cruising yachts, the Impression 40. Elan says the new model is “an impressively fast cruiser” with well thought-out…
The 2015 International Moth World Championships are coming to Sorrento, Australia. Another year of record breaking entry numbers, with over 140 boats from around the world. Sponsored by McDougall + McConaghy, the 2015 Worlds are shaping up to be one…
The Optimist fleet at this year’s ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne has rocketed to major international status with the inclusion of representative squads attending from China and New Zealand, to challenge the estimated 100 Australian entries. For four days…
British sailor Robert Greenhalgh will be one of the watch captains on board “MAPFRE”. The Spanish team has confirmed it today in Cape Town (South Africa), where the In Port race will be held next Saturday the 15th. Greenhalgh is a…
Organisers of the Monsoon Cup Malaysia – the final event of the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour – have confirmed today the event will be hosted from 10-14 February 2015 replacing the earlier published dates of 26-31 November 2014….
A little over 10% of the fleet has now safely arrived at the finish of La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. The Ultime boats have had their moment of glory and are now neatly moored up in the marina in Pointe…
Past and future Clipper Round the World Yacht Race crew from six different countries will once again compete in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR) on Clipper 68 CV10. In 2014, Australian, New Zealand, British, South Korean, Russian and Italian crew will race…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 13 – Volvo Ocean Race’s seven-strong fleet are to sail all the way from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi for Leg 2 after the event’s security experts gave the all-clear this week following a big…
Cape Town, South Africa, November 13, 2014 – As the young crew of Team Alvimedica races around the world in the Volvo Ocean Race, the sailors are providing an ocean laboratory for a landmark medical study assessing how continued stressful…
The Suffolk Ties. By Paul Squires: A Maine insurance company has filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of the sailing ship Bounty, claiming they misrepresented the “unseaworthy” condition of the vessel and recklessly chose to sail it into the…
The Border Mail: A WANGARATTA grandfather lost at sea had been helping his half-brother sail his yacht from Sydney to Melbourne when tragedy struck. Grave fears are held for Alan Beresford-Beardow, 44, who has been missing since Monday afternoon when…
After the neatly spaced finishes of Loick Peyron, Yann Guichard and Sébastien Josse – each having time to ensure their own new race landmarks are understood and digested – through today in Guadeloupe the last of La Route du Rhum-Destination…
Graham Mansfield’s Black Magic will be much harder to pick amongst the cruising with spinnaker fleet at next January’s Festival of Sails. A bingle with a fishing boat at Easter brought the Ed Dubois design out of the water for…
CAPE TOWN, November 10 – Jean-Luc Nélias, the man who helped mastermind Groupama’s win in the last Volvo Ocean Race, will take over as navigator for Spanish boat MAPFRE for the second leg of this edition, starting on November 19….
When he crossed the finish line off Pointe-a-Pitre Guadeloupe at 18:18:46 hrs UTC/19:18:46 CET/14:18:46 hrs local time this Monday 10th November, Yann Guichard, solo skipper of the world’s biggest racing trimaran Spindrift 2, finished in second place in the 10th edition…
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has accepted an invitation to send a team to compete in the 2015 Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea. It will be the first time an Australian Team has taken part in the Games, which…
Trygve Halvorsen, who died in Sydney last Friday, aged 94, leaves a fine legacy in offshore racing and quality boatbuilding. With his brother Magnus, he designed and built six successful ocean racers including Freya, a 39ft double ender that won…
The Fold it Cart can carry up to 150kgs and is constructed from sturdy marine grade aluminium that is rust and corrosion free. The cart is designed so loads are dispersed evenly over the axle and two 20-inch wheels that…
The 2015 Sydney to Mooloolaba Yacht Race Notice of Race has been released today by the event organisers Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) and the race partner club, Mooloolaba Yacht Club (MYC). Boat owners of both monohulls and multihulls that…
Due to be available in Australia from Q2 next year, this is a preview of some of Garmin’s 2015 marine product range. echoMAP dv/sv: available in 10.2cm (4”), 12.7cm (5”), 17.8cm (7”) and 22.9cm (9”) sizes, these sonar/chartplotter units feature…
After nine editions over 32 years, Pointe-a-Pitre – the finish city for La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe – has shown it knows how to throw a welcome party to the heroic finishers of the classic, four yearly 3542 miles solo…
The second edition ARC+ Cape Verde set sail from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria today, Sunday 9 November, bound for Mindelo in the Cape Verde Islands. A brisk northerly wind provided near perfect sailing, with just a one metre swell…
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