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Black beauty’s New Year dash to Coffs
Australia’s most well-travelled multihull, Shaun Carroll’s black beauty called Morticia, is one of the starters for January’s Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race. Off the back of a busy 18 month Australian circuit the trimaran has just completed New…
The Tenth Route du Rhum is Off and Running
As the tenth edition of the legendary Route du Rhum solo Transatlantic race to Guadeloupe started off Saint Malo, France this Sunday afternoon under grey skies and a moderate SSW’ly breeze. The perennial question of just how hard to push…
Cockburn Sound Regatta gearing up for record entries
Perth’s biggest mixed fleet regatta, the 57th Cockburn Sound Regatta is set to be not just the biggest, but the best yet. Sponsored by the Kwinana Industries Council and the City of Rockingham, the regatta also enjoys solid support from…
Beneteau owners line up for annual Beneteau Cup on Sydney Harbour
On Friday November 21, 2014, Beneteau owners on both sides of Sydney Harbour Bridge, from Woolwich and Gladesville across to Middle Harbour and then up to Pittwater on the northern beaches will gather for another Beneteau Cup. For the past…
Sydney-Hobart fleet numbers 119 at close of entry
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to announce that 119 entries have been received for the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht race and the 70th edition is bringing new, old, large and small together for the start on…
Frustration builds as leads chop and change during VOR
“We made a really good play, worked hard to get a good lead, and then to realise that’s just going to disappear is quite hard to take,” admits Ian Walker. The Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing skipper is sheltering in the…
Carnage in Route du Rhum with collision and capsize
Ill fortune was in no way selective as it struck a wide cross section of the La Route du Rhum-Destination fleet over the first 24 hours of the 3,542 miles Transatlantic race which started from Saint-Malo, France on Sunday afternoon,…
Top 10 reasons ISAF should approve Theatre Style in November
Since 2010, the 49er class has been investigating, testing and exploring exciting ways to conclude regattas. The Theatre Style concept is now up for a final vote this week at the ISAF Annual Conference on inclusion at the 2016 Rio…
Another non-announcement from the America's Cup
My mother always said, “If you haven't got aything good to say, don't say anything.” I wish the America's Cup organisers would listen to that advice, as they have come out with another “non-announcement” – stuff we already knew. The…
Four Australians with entries in Yacht Racing Image of the Year
1 November 2014 – No less than one-hundred-and-twenty of the world’s best yacht racing photographers, representing twenty-five nations, submitted their best picture in a competition that will be voted on by the public. The international jury then selected the top…
Cougar II on the prowl in Hobart Combined Clubs Long Race
Cougar II, Tony Lyall’s entry for this year’s 70th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, gave a glimpse of her sail power in today’s Combined Club’s Long Race, covering the 30 nautical mile course in just less than two hours and…
Wild westerly winds send sailors ashore during Audi Showdown
North-west to westerly winds, gusting sharply up to 40 knots at times, forced the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania to bring sailors ashore after less than an hour and a half of racing on the opening day of the Audi…
Ultreya is named provisional Gascoigne Cup winner
Rod Pearse’s Dehler 41 cruiser/racer Ultreya upset the regular offshore racing fleet today in winning the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s historic Gascoigne Cup sailed in strong north-westerly winds between Sydney Harbour and Botany Bay. However, Ultreya’s victory is provisional as…
Tough start but then fast conditions forecast for Route du Rhum
The weather forecast for the first few days of La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe seems to suggest that the 3,542 miles from Saint-Malo to Pointe-à-Pitre will be quick. But first up there will be an active frontal system to cross…
Winning too good in Mick Scully Memorial Trophy
After a wild storm with winds gusting to 106 klms per hour hit Sydney Harbour yesterday, conditions on the harbour returned to a brilliant 12-15 knot South-East wind for today’s Mick Scully Memorial Trophy race. Rig choice was split between…
Sailors compete despite wind, hail and snow in Hobart
Heavy snow on Mount Wellington, stinging hail as the temperature dropped degrees mid-morning, and south-westerly winds gusting between 30 and 40 knots on the River Derwent. Despite these wintery conditions, more than 100 of Tasmania’s off-the-beach sailors today contested day…
Massive fleet of solo sailors for Route du Rhum
The tenth edition of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe starts on Sunday 2nd November 2014 at 1400hrs CET (1300hrs UTC) off the Pointe Grouin. There are 91 solo skippers racing in five classes. There are 24 trimarans, 1 catamaran and…
Cold as ice as Volvo boats head south into berg territory
They lurk in the dark, depths of the ocean, sometimes revealed only by a sharp apex standing proud above the surface. No, not sharks – but they’re just as scary, and they can be just as deadly. “You know they’re…
Aussies and Kiwis fall short again at Optimist Worlds
Final day report from IODA: After the storm of yesterday, today there was sunshine but little wind. The fleet waited ashore all morning and finally their patience was rewarded with 7-8 knots of wind and one race was completed. Going…
Size of Team New Zealand's request for government cash is kept secret
The New Zealand Herald. By Steve Deane: The Government will not say how much taxpayer cash Team New Zealand have requested to help bankroll their next tilt at the America's Cup. Documents about public funding of the yachting syndicate sought…
Tasmanians prepare for Audi Showdown 2014
Many of Tasmania’s most talented sailors in junior, youth and adult classes will provide a colourful racing spectacle in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s 2014 Audi Showdown one-design regatta on Hobart’s River Derwent this weekend. More than 120 entries…
Rolex Sydney Hobart entrants in historic Gascoigne Cup
The winner of Saturday’s Gascoigne Cup will have its name engraved on the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s historic yachting trophy but it’s doubtful if it will receive the same accolade as the first winner of the Cup, Magic. Launched in…
Who will win the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
Line honours will go to one of the eight giant Ultimes but there are also victories to be gained in each of the four other classes. Here is a quick evaluation of the favourites at three days before La Route…
Leighs smashes New Caledonia Groupama record – second victory for Regimbeau
Anthony Leighs named his year-old canting Elliott 35 ‘Crusader’ because he wanted to set off on a crusade of fast offshore racing – and the dream came true in the New Caledonia Groupama Race, when he smashed the record, beating…
Daughter's worry over Caribbean couple missing in yacht
A search has been launched in the Caribbean for a couple who went missing on their yacht on Saturday. Their daughter Tao Alleyne, from Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf, said Arthur Alleyne and Sharon Went-Alleyne, who is originally from Telford, Shropshire,…
Abu Dhabi steals a narrow lead in leg one of the VOR
It’s been 19 days and well over 3,500 nautical miles (nm) since the Volvo Ocean Race fleet set sail for Cape Town from Alicante, but the three leading boats are still within sight of each other with the fourth chasing…
Governor's Cup Yacht Race helps yachts safely travel from South America to Caribbean
For the yachts travelling round the world, and heading from east to west to catch the Caribbean season, one of the biggest hurdles is choosing a safe route to get across the Atlantic. Sailing alone, and with the worries of…
French team wanted for Clipper Round the World Race
Sailing legend Sir Robin Knox-Johnston hopes to inspire greater French participation in ocean racing through his entry in the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe. Speaking at a press briefing on his Open 60 yacht Grey Power today, ahead of this weekend’s…
Eight nations represented in Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
As might be expected for a country for which solo ocean racing is a national passion – witness the huge crowds on the Saint Malo docksides today enjoying warm Indian summer sunshine – the vast majority of the entries for…
Body of missing boater recovered by rescue team
The body of a man missing after a sailboat capsized in the waters of Budd Inlet has been found, Thurston County officials said Sunday. Police got a 911 call just after 4:30 p.m. Saturday stating three people were in the…
Luff loading batten-end receptacles from C-Tech
C-Tech have added a CT22 carbon luff receptacle with a side loading option to its range. This completes the product variations to work for all batten loading and adjustment needs. They will be on display at METS 2014. This addition…
Festival of Sails wins renewed government funding for further three years
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club has welcomed the state government’s decision to renew its funding support of the Festival of Sails regatta for a further three years, cementing its position as a permanent fixture on the Victorian Major Events calendar….
Pieces come together for 2015 GC32 Racing Tour
Racing for the GC32 foiling catamarans will be taken to a new level in 2015, when at least seven boats will compete on a five event European circuit, managed by a new organisation with racing run by world class officials….
Olympic Gold medalist Paul Goodison joins Artemis Racing
Artemis Racing is pleased to announce its 7th Olympic gold medalist with 2008 Laser Olympic Champion Paul Goodison joining the sailing team. Paul brings a wealth of Olympic experience to Artemis Racing, having competed at the 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing…
ISAF grants Sail Sydney 100 point status
The 2000 Sydney Olympics are almost a generation past, but the legacy for both dinghy sailors too young to be part of those Games and those on track for the Rio Olympics in two years’ time carries on. Race days…
Team Brunel takes the lead in Volvo Ocean Race – for now
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing have finally given ground to Team Brunel after almost exactly a week at the head of the fleet but the new leaders’ thin advantage may well be very short-lived as the Volvo Ocean Race Leg 1…
Pelican Products introduces three safety approved headlights
Based on its established models from the Pelican ProGear consumer line, each headlight is IECex approved for hazardous environments, available in either black or safety yellow and equipped with a wide range of features, allowing for multiple applications. All three…
Winds and camaraderie high at this year's Spirit Marine Queensland Beneteau Cup
The 9th edition of the Spirit Marine Queensland Beneteau Cup was held over the weekend on Moreton Bay. The mood and the waves were high. 28 boats took to the water on Saturday for the annual regatta, starting with the…
Moth Worlds return to the Mornington Peninsula
The delightful Mornington Peninsula in the Australian State of Victoria is renowned for many items in the natural and culinary worlds. One thing not referred to all that often are the sand or march flies that occupy the area during…
