Reality hits the Volvo Ocean Race fleet
What a difference a day makes. Just yesterday, this race was all about searching for the big breeze – today, it’s all about surviving in it. If the boats had been tempted to say a little prayer to the weather…
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Kiwis get chance to take on Spithill
The man who crushed Kiwi hearts after staging one of the greatest ever sporting comebacks in the America's Cup is challenging New Zealanders to take him on for a shot at redemption. One lucky Kiwi will have the chance to…
Calculated Thinking Sees Top Racers Rise At ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao
It was a day for calculated thinking and well measured approaches for the 171 sailors from 21 nations across six classes as racing commenced at ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao.Whilst the wind was a steady 8-9 knots it was the…
Navigator takes a punt and women lead the men into the Atlantic
ALICANTE, Spain, Oct 13 – Libby Greenhalgh took her courage in her hands and split with the rest of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet approaching the Straits of Gibraltar – and it briefly left the women of Team SCA in…
Duchess of Cambridge to be Patron of Ben Ainlsie's new youth sailing initiative
Today, 13th October 2014, Sir Keith Mills and four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie launched the 1851 Trust, which aims to inspire and engage a new generation through sailing and the marine industry, providing young people with the education,…
Exposure Marine launch new MOB search light at METS 2014
Exposure Marine claim that its man overboard (MOB) strobe and search light, will ensure you can be found fast. The light, designed to save lives at sea, does not need to be switched on. Its motion activated technology means it…
'Crabzilla' spotted off the coast of Britain
News.com.au: THIS seaside town might be famed for its oysters, but this incredible image could soon have visitors flocking to Whistable in the hope of catching Britain’s biggest crab. The photograph, which has been shared online, appears to show a…
Quick pit stop in Trieste for four Extreme 40s bound for Sydney
12 October 2014, Whitley: Straight off the back of the penultimate Act of the Extreme Sailing Series in Nice, four Extreme 40s took a quick pit-stop en route to Sydney, to the Adriatic City of Trieste for one of the largest…
Monnin beats Gilmour at Match Race Geneva
Geneva, 12 October 2014 – The top ranked match racers lived up to their reputation this week-end in Geneva with Eric Monnin (11th in the ISAF ranking) beating David Gilmour (12th) and Arthur Herremann, (21st). The final took place…
Chris Nicholson's Team Vestas Wind leads Volvo fleet as they approach Gibralter
Team Vestas Wind emerged as narrow leaders when daylight broke on the Mediterranean after the first night of Leg 1 but the fleet was closeley bunched after a night of rain and wind shifts as a weather front passed over…
Practical boat tips: Freshwater, seawater and the galley sink
The galley sink on Banyandah is a good size measuring 380 x 340 x 150mm deep with a centre drain. Into this I use a 310mm round basin for washing up. This small basin minimizes freshwater use, and yet removing…
Wild Thing saga gets nasty as owner pays out on “Wharo” in court
Daily Telegraph. By Brenden Hills: IT WAS the high-profile sailing partnership that promised a return to the glory days of its maiden win in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht race. But the team behind the drama-plagued 100-footer Wild Thing has…
Katie Spithill in second place after first day of Women's Match Racing Busan
The Busan Cup Women’s International Match Race, the last event on the 2014 WIM Series, couldn’t have kicked off with more challenging conditions. Sunday’s racing offered waves of up to three metres height, gusts around 30 knots and as many…
Alvimedica goes overboard fro children's cardiac health
When Dr Cem Bozkurt jumped overboard off the back of Team Alvimedica´s Volvo Ocean 65, it wasn’t just for the thrill of it. It was to jump start a new initiative to raise funds for charities devoted to children’s cardiac…
Brunel wins Volvo Ocean Race start, Abu Dhabi leads fleet
ALICANTE, Spain, October 11 – The seven-strong fleet of the 12th Volvo Ocean Race raced out of Alicante on Saturday for the punishing first leg to Cape Town with rains and strong winds forecast to greet them in the opening…
About Time for a win in the Lion Island Race
In last year’s opening Ocean Point Score race to Lion Island and return, Shane Guanaria skippered Julian Farren-Price’s About Time to a line and overall win, only having to retire after sailing the wrong course – but her owner made…
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers takes out first event of 18 Footers League
18ft Skiff Racing was back on Sydney Harbour today when the Australian 18 Footers League staged the R. Watt Memorial Trophy 3-Buoys race as the opening event of its 2014-2015 Season. A perfect 18-knot North-East sea breeze prevailed, giving competitors…
Volvo skippers in relaxed mood with 24 hours to go
ALICANTE, Spain, Oct 10 – For six guys and one women about to take on the world’s toughest offshore challenge in just over 24 hours, the skippers of the 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race were in amazingly relaxed…
First set of steel goes up at Sir Ben Ainslie's new base in Portsmouth
The Portsmouth News. By Miles O'Leary. STANDING tall, this is the first set of steel structures to go up at the future site of Sir Ben Ainslie’s race base. Building work is well under way on the Olympic sailing hero’s…
Just 48 hours to the start of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014/15
ALICANTE, Spain, Oct 9 – While tens of thousands of race village visitors to the Volvo Ocean Race enjoyed the unseasonably hot weather without a care in the world on Thursday, 66 sailors were left to contemplate nearly 39,000 miles…
Australians in prime position at Laser Masters Worlds in Hyeres
Laser Masters World Championship 2014 started five days ago in Hyères (France). 500 sailors litterally invaded the port of Hyères since the beginning of October. 12 World Champion titles will be presented this saturday. First races were very difficults for…
Olympic sailors head to Qingdao for ISAF Sailing World Cup
As the dust settles on the ISAF Sailing World Championships many of the racers are heading east to compete at the second edition of ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao. Racing across the Men's and Women's 470, Laser, Laser Radial and…
Volvo Ocean Race gamers raise funds to save the albatross
Volvo Ocean Race’s new official game has not even started yet but 28,000 players of it have already chalked up a big win by raising more than €15,000 to help a creature close to every sailor’s heart, the albatross. The…
Clipper Race audience exceeds 3 billion worldwide
Record numbers of people have followed the exploits of the latest Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, with a cumulative audience of more than 3.3 billion people in over 200 countries seeing news coverage in the press, radio, TV and…
MC38 Spring Regatta won by Dark Star
New Australian champion Leslie Green and his Ginger crew may have fired off the first two bullets at the MC38 Spring Regatta at Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron over the three days of the long weekend, but it was payback time…
Tom Slingsby at the World Match Racing Tour
Olympic Gold medalist and member of ORACLE Team USA Tom Slingsby talks about competing at his first Alpari Word Match Racing Tour event at the Chicago Match Cup, and how he has had to adapt to the style of racing…
IRC Regatta to follow 70th Sydney Hobart
The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania is planning an IRC Regatta on Hobart’s River Derwent immediately after the 70th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race as a follow-up to this significant milestone in Australian offshore yachting history. The club is seeking…
America's Cup World Series to kick off in Portsmouth
THOUSANDS of people will line the seafront to watch teams from across the globe battle in the very first America’s Cup regattas of the series. It comes as it has been revealed the four-day World Series events in Portsmouth are…
Team Gilmour to take on locals at Geneva Match Race
Recent third placegetter at the Dutch Match Cup in Lelystad, the 5th stage of the Alpari World Match RacingTour, Team Gilmour will face Lake Geneva's local heroes and tricky wind conditions in the Grade 2 TeamWork Geneva Match Race. Eight…
Extreme multihulls prepare for Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
Ultimate is defined as extreme or supreme and in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe the Ultimate class represents the battle of the giants, the extreme multihulls fight for supremacy. The Ultime class was created back in 2010 the giants return…
Team Vestas Wind explains “A Race We Must Win”
It’s been the question every follower of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 has been asking when they see the Team Vestas Wind slogan on their boat’s mainsail: What is ‘A Race We Must Win”? Today Vestas, the world’s biggest wind…
Boat and 400 litres of fuel sinks at Pilot Bay
The vessel is one of five vessels to come to grief in Tauranga Harbour due to wild weather yesterday A mast remains sticking out of the water in Pilot Bay this morning, marking where the yacht has sunk. Bay of…
International 14 World Championships lining up to be a family affair
As the entry list for the 2015 International 14 World Championships grows, there are number of Australian skippers who are turning to their family members, encouraging them to race in the worlds, either for the first time or for a…
Wilparina 80th entry for Rolex Sydney Hobart
A traditional yacht and one of the smallest in the fleet, it is fitting that Nick Cannar’s S&S 34 Wilparina is the 80th entry to be received in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the 70th edition of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s famous…
The Oyster Palma Regatta ends on a high note
Last Saturday was the final race and party day of the Oyster Regatta Palma 2014, and with the five-race series already in the bag hopes for a bonus pursuit race hung on a… zephyr. Those lucky, early gradient winds of…
Young sailors aiming for top need dedication and persistence
A 38 strong squad from NSW’s Youth Sailing Team (YST) took a fair slice of the podium places at the Yachting NSW Youth Championships that wrapped up on Monday October 6, 2014, on Botany Bay south of Sydney’s CBD. The…
The Excellent Adventures of Island Girl: Port Andrax
I have just realised how long it is since I have updates our blog. My only excuse is way too much happening and too much to see to sit at the computer. And even though we have lots of stretches…
Perfect conditions for last day of NSW Youth Championships
Botany Bay saved its best for the finale. A glorious spring day and perfect breeze capped off the deciding three races of the annual Yachting NSW Youth Championships, a mass gathering of sailing’s next generation run over the October long…
Five award nominations for Bavaria in Europe
Bavaria have been nominated for five awards in Europe, the Cruiser 46 in the new sailing yacht range and Sport 360 and 400 in the Bavaria Sport range. The Cruiser 46 has a good chance to be European Yacht of…
Practical boat tips – non-slip mats
Life aboard Banyandah would be difficult without non-slip mats lining the shelves, drawers, and bench tops. Rolls 30 cm wide can be bought cheaply from discount stores in a good range of colours and wider material is available at ship…
