Craziest 18ft skiff crashes ever caught on video
This video was released in 2012 and posted on Facebook recently by Darren Mckavanagh. It's a compliation of the best wipe-outs – who says sailing is boring! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-x8Em-HsG4
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Australian yachties dodge 10,000 baht fine east of Phuket
Thanks to Bob Mott of Charter Catamarans in Phuket for sending this link to PHUKET GAZETTE: PHUKET: A 10,000 baht fine lodged against an Australian-owned yacht was dropped after officials confirmed that the vessel was registered with the Phuket Marine…
Light winds and poor race management make life miserable for sailors at ISAF Worlds
It was another frustrating day at the ISAF World Championships in Santander. Laser, RS:X and 470 fleets were due to go out on the water at 1pm, but instead there were a lot of bored-looking sailors lounging around the various…
ETNZ bounce back from last to first in Extreme Series Istanbul
In some of the best conditions the fleet have raced in all year, you couldn’t have scripted a better final to the Extreme Sailing Series Act 6 in Istanbul, and the fans on shore and following around the world were…
Armin Strom blitzes final day of GC32 Great Cup
Flavio Marazzi and his Armin Strom Sailing Team crew came out all guns blazing today to claim first place in the GC32 foiling catamaran class at the inaugural edition of Marseille One Design. A light forecast didn’t look promising for the…
Voodoo Chile wins Farr 40 Corinthian division at San Francisco Big Boats
Tasmania’s Voodoo Chile, with a crew of mainly amateur sailors, has won the Corinthian Trophy in the Farr 40 class at the St Francis Yacht Club’s 50th Big Boat Series which ended yesterday on a windy San Francisco Bay. However,…
Luna Rossa gets two AC45s foiling in Italy
After Luna Rossa Piranha, which has been sailing since July 1st, today Luna Rossa Swordfish – the second AC45 with which the team is developing its design and training for the 35th America’s Cup – also started sailing again in…
Williams and GAC Pindar look to extend match racing lead in Chicago
Ian Williams and his GAC Pindar crew will take to the water again in the Chicago Match Cup (17 -21 September), looking to consolidate their commanding lead at the top of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT) leader board….
Practical boat tips: Getting your head around the head
Bathrooms on boats should be light, easy to keep clean and well ventilated. Before Banyandah’s refit there was a cupboard below the sink and if a sudden wind gust put us on our ear before we had a chance to…
Time to change our thinking on startline procedures
Yesterday was a bad day for the sport of sailing at the ISAF World Championships in Santander. A huge crowd of locals watched boats bobbing around for four hours, to get a single one-hour race finished in the Laser Gold…
NOR released for 2015 Youth Championships in Fremantle
The Australian Youth Championship returns to Western Australia for the first time in six years with Fremantle Sailing Club hosting the event from 6 to 10 January 2015. The event is open to competitors who will be under 19 years…
Belcher and Ryan are 'just too cool for school'
At a major regatta like the Santander ISAF Worlds where there are more than 1250 sailors, it's sometimes hard to find a particular crew in the crowded boat parks. But looking for 470 world champions Mat Belcher and Will Ryan…
Five Australians in Gold Fleet at Laser World Championships
It was a frustrating start to the second day of Laser racing at the Santander Worlds, for sailors and officials alike. Constant wind shifts, glass-outs and some ill-discipline caused general recalls and black flags. I asked Irishman James Espey if…
Collision brings premature end to GAC Pindar's climb up the Extreme ladder
Nathan Wilmot’s GAC Pindar crew started the third day of the Extreme Sailing Series in Istanbul, Turkey, in fourth position, but the day ended prematurely for the crew following a collision with Gazprom Team Russia. GAC Pindar got off to…
Plenty tightens lead at San Francisco Farr 40s with a couple of bullets
SAN FRANCISCO – Day 3 of the Rolex Big Boat Series began on a somber note for the Farr 40 class, which paid tribute to a fallen family member prior to racing. All 15 boats in the fleet flew a…
Watch footage of the Extreme Series stadium racing in Istanbul
Taking on the Bosphorus Strait: Traffic shut down on one of the world’s busiest shipping channels for an incredible Extreme 40 showdown, as Realteam take line honours. Watch the video here. Replay today’s full on, adrenaline-fuelled Stadium Racing, with Hannah…
Has Failte Ireland been lost at sea in recent years?
Afloat Magazine Ireland – By WM Nixon: #marinetourism – Yet another Failte Ireland Marine Research initiative is taking shape to examine the coastal infrastructure for leisure sailors of all kinds, and how facilities might be developed to attract visitors from…
Clampdown on cruising yachts in Phuket clarified
PHUKET: The director of the Phuket Marine Office (PMO), Phuripat Theerakulpisut, yesterday (September 10) gave more details of two shock announcements that have reverberated through the marine leisure industry and among yacht owners in the past few days. One announcement…
Future of Top of the Gulf Regatta assured
PATTAYA, Thailand – Following the successful 10th Anniversary Top of the Gulf Regatta, the dates have been set for next year – 30th April to 4th May 2015 – and organisers are planning for a strong fleet of boats ranging…
Man and sail overboard as Leg 0 of VOR serves up drama galore
ALICANTE, Spain: Leg 0 of the Volvo Ocean Race served up drama galore including a man – and sail – overboard plus a surprise winner today in Team Vestas Wind to give a mouth-watering taste of things to come when the…
Chris Nicholson's Team Vespas Wind wins Volvo shakedown by 10 seconds
Ten seconds. It’s less than the amount of time that it will take you to read this sentence – and it’s also the whisker-thin difference between the first two Volvo Ocean Race teams to return to Alicante at dawn this…
Good start for Australia's Laser men at ISAF Worlds in Santander
It was perhaps just as well that only the Laser classes raced on the first day of the Santander World Championships. Fickle winds and, believe it or not, a one hour break in early afternoon while the officials had a…
GAC Pindar storm up the leaderboard on Day Two of Extreme Series Istanbul
Day two at the Extreme Sailing Series Act 6 in Istanbul without doubt went to the two Oman Sail teams, with Oman Air clocking up more points then any other boat on the water to climb a massive four places…
Australian crews climbing Farr 40 ladder on San Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISO – Australia’s two Farr 40 yachts contesting the hotly-contested Farr 40 one-design class at St Francis Yacht Club’s 50th Rolex Big Boat Series have each moved up one place overall, Voodoo Chile to fourth and Estate Master to…
Markus Wieser wins Dragon Gold Cup again
Defending champion Markus Wieser has won the Dragon Gold Cup again. The professional sailor, competing for the United Arab Emirates, was in the lead of the 70th Dragon Gold Cup all week, but didn't take it for granted. Lawrie Smith…
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completes solo qualifier at age 75
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, at 75-years-old will be the oldest competitor in this year’s French single-handed classic transatlantic race the Route de Rhum, having completed the necessary qualification voyage. Sir Robin sailed the 500-mile qualifier solo down the English Channel and…
Dramas in store as seven Volvo 65s set off on Leg Zero
ALICANTE, Spain: Seven Volvo Ocean Race boats set off together for the two-day Leg Zero on Friday knowing that a series of “crises” loom for all of them – and they have all been planned by the organisers. The fleet will…
Magnificent classic yachts will take part in Regates Royales
Take a famous bay with varied and unpredictable weather conditions. Take an army of genius designers who created the most stunning sailing yachts of the last two centuries. Sprinkle over some sportsmanship, a dose of fighting spirit, add a pinch…
Two dismastings at Extreme Series as Wilmot and Team Australia get results
In an unprecedented opening day at the Extreme Sailing Series Act 6 in Istanbul, the public and national media witnessed some extraordinary adrenaline-fueled racing, with every team pushing hard. At times too hard, with two boats dismasting; first Groupama sailing…
New Lewmar custom swing retracting bow thrusters for boats 9m to 20m
Suitable for boats from 9m to 20m, the Lewmar range of swing thrusters are designed to provide a completely fair hull with minimal drag when raised, offering an advantage for higher performance sailing yachts and fast planning or semi-displacement hulls….
Plenty to cheer for on first day of Farr 40s in Big Boat Series
SAN FRANCISCO – A day that began with a heavy fog layer and fickle breeze transformed in an instant and closed with the type of howling winds for which San Francisco Bay is known. All in all, it was a wild…
Video interview with Australian Sailing Team medal contenders
From 8-21 September 2014 more than 1,250 sailors in over 900 boats from 84 nations will compete at the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships. Racing will kick-off today, Friday, 12 September from 13:00 local time (21:00 AEST). The 2014…
Foiling GC32s fly at more than 30 knots in Marseilles
Racing for the foiling GC32s resumed in dramatic style at the opening day of Marseille One Design, run by Sirius Evènements with backing from the city of Marseille. Throughout the day the northeasterly Mistral wind built and for this afternoon’s…
No Australians yet entered in Groupama Race, the world's longest windward/leeward
The Groupama Race, the 4th sailing tour of New Caledonia, will start on 19th of october. This race is the longest leeward-winward race around the biggest lagoon in the world: 600 milles in paradise. Last day to register is in 8…
Citizen science model proposed to fill ocean data gap
Despite new technologies, satellite imagery and modern research methods the work of collecting routine, fundamental data about the Earth's oceans' physical, biological and chemical characteristics remains an unforgiving and impossible task that has challenged scientists for centuries. A pioneering approach…
Team Spain announces crew for Volvo Ocean Race
Michel Desjoyeaux is France’s best-known sailor and has won many of the sport’s biggest prizes but the lure of joining Team España in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 has brought him back to compete for a fourth time aged…
Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image announces jury
Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image announces a world class lineup of personalities for its international jury 2014. Carlo Croce (ISAF President, ITA), Ken Read (North Sails Group President, USA), Karin Bäcklund (Volvo Ocean Race Commercial Director / Volvo Cars Sponsorship Director,…
Bavaria and Nautitech step into the future as one company
Since 2012 it has been on Bavaria's agenda to enter the market for catamarans over 35 feet. They have been investigating various strategies and negotiating with several potential partners. “The first contact with Nautitech Catamarans and its founder Bruno Voisard…
Dates set for 2015 Airlie Beach Race Week
Whitsunday Sailing Club has announced the 26th annual Airlie Beach Race Week will be held from 7-14 August 2015. Following the success of the 25th anniversary event in August which saw a record number of entries, the club says there…
Markus Wieser extends lead at Dragon Gold Cup
The leading pack is beginning to show after four races at the Dragon Gold Cup in the Dutch city Medemblik. With two more races to go it already is a valid championship, with defending champion Markus Wieser leading so far….
