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4 December 2014 – The McGrath Foundation has been appointed the official charity partner of the Extreme Sailing Series in Australia. The partnership will help raise funds to place McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities across Australia and increase breast…
The upcoming Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has spawned a glut of entries for the Bird Island Race, among them Anthony Bell’s 100ft Perpetual Loyal, which along with the remaining 37 entries, will take advantage of a last opportunity to…
As you sit down to your Christmas turkey this year, one fleet of yachts will be hoping Santa got the temporary change of address email, as they head for sunnier climes on a 3000nm adventure across the Atlantic. The 2014…
Greg Wilcox (NZL) will head into this month's World Championship in Melbourne, Australia as the OK Dinghy World No. 1 for the fourth consecutive release. Another great season from the 2002 World Champion has seen him lead the rankings for…
France is historically the world’s leading nation when it comes to multihull racing, so it is appropriate it is represented on the GC32 Racing Tour. In 2015, the state of the art GC32 foiling catamarans will compete in a five…
OPINION: According to reports on the New Zealand website Stuff and in the Fairfax media, Iain Murray is again in line to be regatta director for the America's Cup World Series and the 35th Match in Bermuda. Stuff's Duncan Johnstone…
Lost Coast Outpost. By Andrew Goff. “I'd like to save that mast! Get those turnbuckles off of it!” Mariner Leroy Zerlang barked orders to his crew as they readied the ship for demolition at the dry dock in Fields Landing….
America’s Cup stars, Olympic medallists and world champions are among the record 150 plus sailors who will converge on Port Phillip in the New Year when the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club (SSCBC) in Victoria hosts the McDougall + McConaghy…
Sail Sydney’s first half competition block has finished and the top results at the ISAF graded series mirror pre-regatta expectations. Competitors enjoyed a quiet mid-week Sydney Harbour. The regular Manly Ferry service slipped quietly past and sea planes flew out…
The next America’s Cup will be raced in Bermuda in June of 2017. The host venue was confirmed at a press conference in New York on Tuesday by Harvey Schiller, the Commercial Commissioner for the America’s Cup. “In Bermuda we…
Chris Nicholson’s stranded Team Vestas Wind crew are finally on their way back to civilisation after two days sitting on a remote ‘sand pit’ in the Indian Ocean, where there was a risk of shark encounters. The Volvo Ocean Race…
It is that time of year again. Yachts from around the world head south for the great race. This year there will be five maxis on the Sydney to Hobart start line including Jim Clark's new weapon, Comanche. We have…
Sitting side by side at Woolwich Docks in Sydney Australia it is easy to see the changes in yacht design thinking over the past few years. Wild Oats XI the older Super-Maxi will this year fight for line honours against…
Today Saint Lucia welcomed the first arrival from the 2014 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers to its shores. Sailing within the ARC+ fleet, Alubat Cignale 18 Eleonora 2 crossed the finish line at 07:38:46 local time after a fast 2100NM passage…
Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies will work with ORACLE TEAM USA, the defending champion of the America’s Cup, to design and implement hydraulic control systems on its America’s Cup racing yachts. As Official hydraulic…
Comanche, one of five eye-catching 100-foot super maxis competing in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race, has now arrived in Sydney to begin final preparations to take the start line on December 26th. Arriving on a container ship from the…
The Paris boat show Salon Nautique International opens its doors from 6th to 14th December. In the sailing yacht range, Bavaria will be displaying its Vision 42, Cruiser 41 and Cruiser 37, as well as the new Easy 9.7. The…
Olympic Gold medallist and World Champion Mathew Belcher has been awarded the 2014 Courier-Mail/Channel 7 Queensland Sport Star of the Year at the Queensland Sport Awards in Brisbane last night. It is the first time a sailor has received this prestigious…
Hey Chris, Mark Covell here calling from Race Control. Hey Mark, how are ya? Yeah good, and how are you? (laughs) Mate, I’m ah, I’m sitting here on a, on a, I guess a ship-wrecked island, it’s beautiful, and I’m here…
NZ Herald. By Dana Johanssen, Chief Sports Reporter. Although we've been well-prepared for the news, the likely confirmation this week that Bermuda will host the next America's Cup is still going to make jaws drop. And not in a good…
As family, friends and well-wishers looked on Syd Fischer OBE launched what he has dubbed “my giant surfboard”, his newly-hulled Ragamuffin 100, at Sydney City Marine in Rozelle, Sydney, today. Before having its keel locked into place and being lowered…
Phuket, 1st December 2014 – Asia’s yacht race under Royal Patronage, the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, set sail on the opening day with a grand fleet of 93 keelboats and catamarans from 16 countries, jousting in close-quarters competition in honor…
The opening day of Sail Sydney 2014 exploded with a bevy of sailing’s A-Listers rolling into Rose Bay to tackle gusty 20 knot summer nor’easters and a choppy Sydney Harbour. Finn champion Jake Lilley slept on the plane from Abu…
The Sunshine Coast Yacht Club (SCYC) will once again be hosting the Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta on Friday 31st July to Wednesday 5th August 2015. The popular event will be held in the sparkling coastal waters off the Sunshine Coast between…
Australian Sailing Team’s Laser and Men’s 470 World #1 crews Tom Burton (NSW) and Mat Belcher (QLD) with Will Ryan (QLD) have become the first ISAF Sailing World Cup Champions by winning Gold at the inaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup…
November 30, 2014 – Team Alvimedica has resumed racing today toward Abu Dhabi, after diverting yesterday afternoon to stand by until early morning today to assist in the rescue of fellow Volvo Ocean Race competitor Team Vestas Wind after they…
Emergency beacon manufacturer GME has released the MT600G in a special promotional bonus pack in time for Christmas. Coupled with the MT600G GPS equipped EPIRB is the versatile ET80 waterproof, twist-to-charge torch. The MT600G features a GPS functionality for faster…
ALICANTE, Spain, November 30 – Australian skipper, Chris Nicholson, spoke on Sunday night of his immense pride at the way his Team Vestas Wind crew came through the ordeal of being grounded and being forced to abandon their boat in…
A new catamaran brand has arrived in Australia and New Zealand. “A yacht designed to create a perfect blend of style and function,” is how Isara Yachts describes its Isara 45, 50 and 55 luxury catamarans. The 50 was the…
Woollahra Sailing Club is ready to host more than 320 entries and 400 competitors for the 2014 Sail Sydney regatta split across two sessions, Tuesday December 2 to Thursday 4 for Olympic classes and Friday through to Sunday December 7…
After two delays to the start due to horrendous weather conditions, the RORC Transatlantic Race in association with the International Maxi Association started from Puerto Calero Marina at 1000 UTC, Sunday 30th November. It was third time lucky as the…
NZ Herald. By Audrey Young. With just two days to go before the next America's Cup venue is announced, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has confirmed it would be harder to justify government funding if the venue were Bermuda in…
Statement from Team Vestas Wind and Volvo Ocean Race: At 1510 UTC, Saturday, November 29, Team Vestas Wind informed Race Control that their boat was grounded on the Cargados Carajos Shoals, Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. Fortunately, no one has…
World Champions Mat Belcher (NSW) and Will Ryan (NSW) will lead the 470 Men ten-boat medal race line up on Sunday (30 November) after a solid 2, 2 scoreline from Saturday’s two races at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final…
Darryl Hodgkinson sailed his Cookson 50 to first place on Day 1 of Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s 37th Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), in the race from Sydney Harbour to Lion Island and return today. Hodgkinson, representing the CYCA, is…
The local MC38 Dark Star took the early series lead on the opening day of the Blackmores MC38 Open regatta, a result of tidy crew work rather than local knowledge assures owner John Bacon. Four races into the seven race…
Australian MC38 class President John Bacon and his Dark Star crew proved consistency is the key to winning a high performance one design series when they clinched the Blackmores MC38 Open regatta that wrapped up on Pittwater today, Sunday November…
Strong wind specialists David Witt, Tom Clout and Matt Wark thrived on the conditions today to bring home their 18ft Skiff, Smeg, winner of the 18ft Skiffs W.C. ‘Trappy’ Duncan Memorial Trophy on Sydney Harbour. The Smeg boys revelled in…
In big gusty winds, Bob Cox (Nine Dragons) and Phil Dash (JustaDash) came from behind to claim the Division 1 and 2 premier trophies respectively in Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s 37th Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) this afternoon. Cox’s…
ALICANTE, Spain, November 30 – Team Vestas Wind crew were rescued in the small hours of Sunday morning after the Danish team's Volvo Ocean Race boat was grounded on a reef in the Indian Ocean, forcing them to abandon it….
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