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Team Finland has taken line honours in Race 2 from La Rochelle to Rio de Janeiro. Crossing the line at 16:00:36 local time (18:00:36 GMT) their latest victory makes it two out of two for the Scandinavian entry. In a…
Fast tips for steering any boat faster around the course in a range of conditions, by David Dellenbaugh. Steering is the technique of guiding a boat from one point to another through windshifts and waves. It's a subtle art that…
Australian adventurers Geoff Wilson and Garth Freeman, and New Zealanders Craig Hansen and world multi-sport champion, Steve Gurney, have just achieved two new World Records: The MadWaySouth team completed the first trans-Saharan crossing by wind-power alone, and the longest kite…
Insights into SE Asia Hidden treasures, corruption and garbage – you'll find them all in SE Asia, says Bob Morgan, who argues that it is all the more rewarding if you look beyond the superficial to the underlying culture. One…
One of the most common emergencies on a sailing yacht is engine failure so keeping the donk in good condition when cruising is important. Cleanliness of the engine room is often a good indication of the general condition of things….
The Huon Yacht Club in Tasmania is calling for entries from its own club members, members of neighbouring Kettering, Port Cygnet and Port Esperance Yacht Clubs and any other interested sailors to enter the Kermandie Hotel Sail-a-Way on November 7th…
The 30th Rolex Middle Sea Race is proving to be one of the most fascinating in recent years and we are only thirty hours or so into the race. The pressure is on for Mike Slade and the crew of…
The area off the coast of Brazil has turned into a parking lot for theleading pack today. As the teams try to eek out every bit of power fromthe rapidly diminishing wind, frustration is palpable amongst theskippers. “So near and…
Sometimes it takes losing battles to win a war, and that's precisely what Filippo Faruffini's Roma 2 (ITA) did to today to win the 2009 GP42 Global Cup. Coming into the final day of racing, Roma enjoyed a nine-point margin…
John Harris, Scott Babbage and Peter Harris mastered the light easterly breeze to record an all the way victory with Rag & Famish Hotel in the Life Members Trophy race on Sydney Harbour. Rag & Famish Hotel crossed the finish…
In July 2009, Dan Jaspers joined the ISAF Secretariat from RS Sailing to head up the Training and Development Department. The Department supports the Development and Youth Committee and Training Commission of ISAF, and also has responsibility for ISAF's Connect…
The Alinghi camp obviously believe (or want us to believe) that Ras Al Khaimah will be confirmed as the venue for the 33rd America's Cup when court proceedings brought by the challenger, Golden Gate Yacht Club, are hopefully concluded in…
Articulate Airlie Beach Doyle Loft sail maker, Charles Wallis, and his sailing mate, Seddon Cripps, will fly the Whitsunday Sailing Club burgee at the prestigious international China Cup regatta later this month.Both sailors first started their careers in distant countries….
While the invitation is informal and the weekend just a series of club races, there will be nothing casual about November's Etchells weekend regatta at Lake Macquarie. Following on from the success of the Lake Macquarie fleet's October Spring Regatta,…
As Qingdao emerges from Stealth Mode today it appears that the team's tactic to stay offshore over the past 24 hours has paid off. With a lead on their closest competitor, Hull & Humber, of 68 nautical miles at the…
The 2009 Rolex Middle Sea Race set off this morning from the incomparable setting of Grand Harbour. To the sound of gunfire from the Saluting Battery, high above the water, the biggest fleet to depart Malta since the Turks left…
As expected, Beijing Olympic gold medallists, Elise Rechichi, Tessa Parkinson, Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page were last night named as Australian Sailors of the Year. Their coach, Victor Kovalenko, won the Sports Professional Award. At a black tie dinner at…
Jessica Watson, the 16-year-old Queenslander who caused controversy when she hit a bulk carrier on her first night at sea alone, has left Sydney to attempt to be the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world. Despite…
Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) and her team of Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer (Redwood City, Calif.), Liz Bower (Rochester, N.Y.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) have won US SAILING's 2009 Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship. The four women topped a 35-team fleet…
ICAP Leopard, the 100ft super-maxi racing yacht owned by Helical Bar PLC Chief Executive Mike Slade, will once again take centre stage this weekend as she competes in the prestigious Rolex Middle Sea Race in Malta. Having already taken line…
Last night, as California continued to battle through the challenging light wind conditions the satellite connections between the yacht and the Race Committee were kept busy. Following the rules of the race skipper Pete Rollason discussed the options with his…
When Alfa Romeo II set a new race record from LA to Hawaii earlier this year, she achieved an average boatspeed of just over 16 knots. When, back in 1996, Split Enz set the record for the HSBC Premier Coastal…
North South Yachting announce Bavaria Yachts development of the new Cruiser 45, an addition to the new Cruiser range. This forthcoming model is the third in a new series of yachts designed in conjunction with Farr Yacht Design and BMW…
The following information has been provided by the CYCA following the tragic sinking of the yacht PriceWaterhouseCoopers during the Flinders Islet race last weekend: The families of Andrew Short and Sally Gordon wish to advise that those who would like…
Due to their position off the eastern coast of Brazil, current raceleaders Team Finland, along with Spirit of Australia, Cape Breton Islandand Jamaica Lightning Bolt, have been benefiting from some strong andsteady night breezes. Each team is now consistently reporting…
Twenty-three yachts from the 2009 Rolex Middle Sea Race took part in a 15 nautical-mile warm-up race today. Starting from the Royal Malta Yacht Club line off Ta' Xbiex, the fleet raced out of the confines of Marsamxett Harbour, turning…
OC Events, organisers of the European Extreme 40 Sailing Series the iShares Cup, has announced today the creation of the inaugural Extreme Sailing Series Asia to be staged between November 2009 and March 2010. The first year of the Asian series…
The refinements to the pre-existing Special Regulations that came into effect on July 1st 2009, will have a major effect on the ORCV and they way that skippers must provide proof to us of stability of their yachts. We will…
With a practice race now under their belts, the eight teams assembled here in Puerto Calero have only a few minor details left before the real battle begins in earnest at tomorrow's start to the Puerto Calero GP42 Global Championship….
It's all still very nip and tuck both at the front and the back of the fleet. With just 53 miles between second and fifth after three weeks of racing, the final 1,300 miles will be a closely fought affair…
NSW Maritime has completed dredging of the main shipping channel of Clarence River in a bid to improve safety of large vessels using the port, according to NSW Maritime Regional Ports and Shipping Safety Manager David Hunter. Mr Hunter said…
The Rolex Middle Sea Race, which this year starts on Saturday, 17 October, has witnessed many changes and challenges over its forty-one year history and 2009 is no exception. For the first time ever the race will start from Malta's…
Everyone knows the helmsman is the driver of a yacht; he or she is the person who actually points the boat in the (hopefully) right direction and turns the corners when tacking, gybing or mark rounding. But imagine how hard…
Technical cost containment, improved safety and reliability, closer competition and maintaining the Volvo Open 70's status as the most spectacular offshore monohull are at the heart of the 2011-12 Volvo Open 70 Rule and Notice Of Race. Both documents feature…
The launch of the Performance 40e provides an opportunity to develop the fully revamped Performance series in Australia. The New 40e maintains a similar luxury cruising fit out of the old model, however with a lighterinterior, like its big sister…
A curious blend of old and new, Turkey combines simplicity and sophistication Holidaymakers looking for the ultimate Turkish experience can discover towns untouched by tourism and beautiful bays still only accessible by boat as part of a Sunsail sailing flotilla….
TOP 10 DESTINATIONS While sharing stories among friends one evening in our cockpit, someone asked ‘Where’s your favourite place’’ In the fading light, we tossed places and stories into the mix, agreeing, disagreeing and laughing, writes Annette Tuncel. Later, my…
BOAT REVIEW: DUFOUR 525 Elegant blue-water cruiser This boat's full name is Dufour 525 Grand'Large, and it is the Grand'Large model name which tells us what the designer and builder were thinking when they conceived and drew the 525, reports…
The effects of the ITCZ (Inter Tropical Convergence Zone), or Doldrums, are now plain for all to see with two well defined groups – one that has managed to slip through to the other side with little or no difficulty…
Sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson is being sponsored by marine apparel brand Musto Australasia.The epic journey covering around 21,600 nautical miles and expected to take around 230 days to complete. Jessica approached the Dee Why-headquartered company earlier this year seeking to have…
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