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Do you think lifejackets should be compulsory at all times? Following the recent tragedy during the Flinders Islet yacht race when two well-known sailing identities, Andrew Short and Sally Gordon, lost their lives, the NSW Government is reviewing its lifejacket…
Now here's a surprise! Representatives of Societe Nautique de Genevre (Alinghi) and the Golden Gate Yacht Club (BMW Oracle) met over the weekend to discuss issues still confounding the next America's Cup Match… and didn't resolve anything! According to GGYC:…
Half of the opening day's scheduled matches at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d'Azur were completed in conditions that challenged race officials and tended to favour the leading yachts. Emirates Team New Zealand and TeamOrigin share the top spot…
The hot topic amongst the fleet is Hull & Humber's dramatic rescue of 51-year-old crew member, Arthur Bowers, yesterday. “Everyone had a reality check yesterday,” says Pete Rollason, skipper of California. “We hope Arthur and the crew are ok and…
In a north-northeasterly breeze of around twenty knots, Groupama 3 is able to hurtle along with all her sail aloft at an average speed of nearly thirty knots. With the wind set to continue to shift round this Saturday evening,…
Stephen Ainsworth and his Loki crew smashed the Cabbage Tree Island Race record today, finishing the 180 nautical mile race at 12 :32 :47pm, slicing more than one hour off the time set by Bob Oatley's super maxi Wild Oats…
Hull & Humber has been involved in a dramatic rescue of one of their crew members following a man overboard incident in the South Atlantic, 1,400 miles from the team's destination of Cape Town, South Africa. Arthur Bowers, 51, was…
Groupama 3 had reached Cape Finisterre this Friday lunchtime. As such Franck Cammas and his nine crew were set to rack up over 500 miles in 24 hours midway through the afternoon, which remains a good average speed for this…
Faced with the prospect of being forced to race at Valencia under “normal” rules, the America's Cup defender, Alinghi, is showing signs of negotiation. Although nothing major will be decided until Monday New York time (16 hours behind Eastern Australian…
Ahead of today's hearing at the New York Supreme Court, the Swiss Defender has proposed to stage the 33rd America's Cup on the east coast of Australia. Alinghi says, “This is a venue that should be acceptable to both teams…
It may be Bonfire Night in the UK but it's unlikely we'll see anyfireworks out on the race track today. The fantastic high speed sailingall of the teams have been enjoying over the last 24 to 48 hours arelikely to…
The new 42DS is based on the same hull incorporating a completely new deck and cockpit and for the first time, an option of a 3-cabin layout. The coach roof windows extend further aft and the hull now boasts six…
Gold Coast's Ensign Yachts announce their appointment as the Beneteau Yacht dealers for Queensland. “This is a very exciting time for Ensign – the business is going from strength to strength and with our new alliance with Beneteau we know…
A fleet of 34 yachts will set off on tonight's 180 nautical mile Cabbage Tree Island Race, a qualifier for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, both of which are hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. With a…
A granulated sky, gusts, intermittent showers, setting sun, big Atlantic swell, squalls, breaking waves: here we have the setting for this latest departure to gain a new reference time in the Jules Verne Trophy, the round the world record held…
Although the 2009 European sailing calendar is drawing to a close, the action on the Mediterranean Sea will be heated over the coming weeks during the inaugural Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d'Azur, slated to begin Saturday, 7 November. The…
The Ronstan Indian Ocean Classic hosted by Fremantle Sailing Club is the biggest Open class regatta that is held annually in Western Australia. Last weekend, saw over 150 boats representing 15 different classes compete off Fremantle. At 51 entries across…
All the teams are reporting good speeds as the latest South Atlanticdepression sweeps across the fleet. This latest weather system shouldkeep all the boats flying at top speed towards Cape Town for the next 18to 24 hours. In these conditions…
Less than a day after Groupama's announcement that it is renewing its partnership with the French sailor Franck Cammas until 2015, the skipper is announcing the switch to code green. This colour means that Groupama 3, on stand-by in Brest since…
A local Sydney crew are competing in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race to help Livewire support young people living with a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability. The crew, who have renamed their 37 foot sailing boat Livewire.org.au,…
Starting today, sailing goes under the spotlight in Busan, Korea as the ISAF Annual Conference takes place from 5-15 November. Every November, the Annual Conference of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) brings together the Committees and Sub-committees of ISAF to…
Perseverance has paid off for the crew of Hull & Humber. The teamcrossed the scoring gate this morning at 0648GMT to take the first threepoints in the South Atlantic race to Cape Town. But it wasn't astraightforward victory for the…
Clean Up Australia founder and round-the-world yachtsman Ian Kiernan has cleaned up again in the Hempel Paints 36th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, steering his classic yawl Sanyo Maris to its second successive IRC handicap victory in the…
Committed to sailing since 1997 alongside Franck Cammas, the Groupama Group has decided to renew its trust in its skipper. Major protagonists in oceanic sailing aboard the Groupama trimarans, Groupama 2 and Groupama 3, and as a follow-up to the…
The growth of competitive sailing in the Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean has today taken a further step forward as the sailing events company, OC Events (Asia), launches two new premier racing circuits. The entire region is steeped in maritime…
For the second year running Zhik's continued sponsorship made it possible for South Lake Macquarie Amateur Sailing Club at Sunshine to conduct their yardstick regatta over the three days of the October long week-end. Despite the inclement weather with strong…
The contending parties in the 33rd America's Cup Match have nominated their expert witnesses for the New York Supreme Court hearing on Wednesday 4 November, as requested by Justice Kornreich on Friday. Both men have exemplary records with the America's…
In a 3,300-mile race how can you get excited about two miles?questions Uniquely Singapore's skipper, Jim Dobie. “Well that's thedistance we made on Hull & Humber in the last six hours as we race forthe gate. Every mile counts now…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and naming rights sponsor Rolex are delighted to announce an impressive fleet of 116 has been nominated for the impending Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, one of the world's most highly regarded ocean classics….
Ten boats have either finished or are nearing the finish line in the Hempel Paints 36th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, completing what most crew have described as a ‘very pleasant sea voyage' across the northern Tasman Sea….
Destinations: East Coast Chris Dicker and wife Gilli enjoy some of the east coast's most popular stopovers when they head north in the classic Jock Muir sloop West Wind. The sun went down in a benevolent glow over the high…
Destinations: Panama An unexpected health crisis adds angst to the task of preparing K-Sera II for the long passage from Panama to the Marquesas Islands, writes Elaine Kleiss. Brilliant sunshine sparkled across the waters of La Playita, our first anchorage…
Practical: Finances Budgeting effectively is even more essential in tough times, writes financial expert Bruce Vass. A Charles Dicken's character, Mr Micawber, said: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty…
By Alan Lucas When the sun is hiding wind generators complement solar panels beautifully, presuming the wind continues to blow, of course. In adding them to our checklist the various types cannot be reviewed, but a common failing can certainly…
Boat Review: Brenta B42 Italian daysailer is big on style as well as function, by Vanessa Dudley AFTER living abroad for years, returning to Australia to a new home on Sydney's waterfront has been made all the sweeter for the…
Following the return of the six skiffs which competed recently in the US, a fleet of 22 teams lined up in 20+ knot north easterly conditions to contest Race 1 of the Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship on Sydney…
The fifty-one international teams, who had travelled from across North America and Europe to compete in the Sheehy Lexus of Annapolis 2009 Melges 24 World Championships, finally got the welcome opportunity to race in double-digit breezes on the final day…
It's one of the mantras of the Clipper Race that is drummed into crew and skippers from the outset: look after your boat and your boat will look after you. The teams that do best are those that look after…
At the fine old age of 51, the wooden yawl Sanyo Maris is on track for a second successive IRC win in the Hempel Paints 36th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race. Skippered by Clean Up Australia founder and round-the-world…
At last, some common sense has been applied to the on-going spat between two of the world's richest men over the 33rd America's Cup Match. Justice Shirley Kornreich of the New York State Supreme Court has recognised that the Court…
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