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The march of the multihulls into mainstream racing is gathering pace with more summer events than ever before set to cater for the NSW fleet. Last month’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week enjoyed bumper numbers thanks to a rise in…
Jeanneau has announced a special offer on select models within the Sun Odyssey range with special prices under its 'Black Label' promotion. The Sun Odyssey 409 won the European Yacht of the Year Award upon its launch. Now available in…
After arguing their case until 1am this morning, the International Jury has found in favour of the Australian 470 mens pairing of Mat Belcher and Will Ryan. The Australians sought redress for a yellow flag handed to them for a…
The six America’s Cup teams have agreed to a project that will see the existing fleet of AC45 catamarans modified into fully foiling catamarans for racing in the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS). Importantly, the teams have also committed to…
As I have written extensively, the ISAF World Championships in Santander have been exceedingly difficult for race committees and sailors. Winds have fluctuated in strength and direction which makes setting a fair course almost impossible. Like most of the big…
It is just as well that Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen are the most laid-back sailors in the world. Almost anyone else would have been bashing their boat in frustration at the conditions they endured at the Santander ISAF World…
The Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation is delighted to announce that the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships will participate in the fundraising event Bart’s Bash, a Guinness World Record attempt for the Largest Sailing Race in the World. The race…
Townsville Sailing Club announced today they have been awarded the hosting rights for the 2015 Tasar Australian Championship. The championships will be held from 26th September to 3rd October as part of the annual Sail Townsville event. Event manager John…
The inaugural Bart’s Bash, the Guinness World Record attempt for the Largest Sailing Race in the World, and fundraising event organised by the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation, will take place globally with races scheduled to be held between 0.00 and…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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