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When he crossed the finish line off Cherbourg-Octeville to win the 45th edition of La Solitaire du Figaro overall for the third time Jérémie Beyou, sailing Maître Coq, wrote himself into the solo race's record books, joining only three skippers…
With 20 of the 24 flights of Qualifying now complete after day three of Stena Match Cup Sweden, the vital question is over who will make it through to the top eight and continue into Friday’s Quarter Finals here in…
The long distance race was cancelled at Campione del Garda, Italy as the wind dropped dramatically and finally died. Tomorrow is a lay day. Back to action on Friday. With thanks to Christophe favreau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEz4K-wwpyE
Ministers today announced £7.5million of Government funding to support Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup team and their proposal to be based on the Camber in Portsmouth. The news follows on from Portsmouth City Council’s decision to give planning approval for…
With just less than 100 miles to go this afternoon on Leg 4 of La Solitaire du Figaro-Eric Bompard cachemire it may be advantage to Jérémie Beyou (Maitre Coq) as the race leader has his main rivals behind him as…
A change of conditions brought a change in fortune for several of the 14 teams competing in the second day of qualifying at Stena Match Cup Sweden, stage two of the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour. Today the wind…
Day 4 of the 49er Junior World Championship was a two stage affair. The morning had two normal races for all fleets, followed by the afternoon where the top 10 from each fleet raced three Theatre Races to complete the…
Already 3 bullets for Howard Hamlin and his crew (Scott Babbage and Matt Mac Kinley). Great results also for the German team Eurolink (Friedrich Renner) that has been very consistent on this first day and his actually second, just in…
Queenslanders and Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes Joel Turner and Lewis Brake are the new U21 Junior World Champions in the Olympic 49er class after winning the U21 category at the 2014 SEIKO Junior World Championship 49er in Aarhus, Denmark…
When Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen’s (AUS) partnership burst onto the international scene at the 2004 ISAF Youth Worlds their breath taking result offered a glimpse of what was to come. The pair obliterated the competition, winning 420 gold by…
At 21:00 hrs BST Monday, the fleet is strung out along the west coast from the north Mayo coastline all the way down to just north of the Dingle peninsula. David Ryan in Wicklow’s Volvo 70 Monster Project is still…
Marstrand, Sweden (30th June 2014): The 20th anniversary Stena Match Cup Sweden opened with a full day of racing and eight flights of Qualifying completed in near perfect 12-15 knot winds and brilliant sunshine. At the end of play of…
The leading trio in the north, Corentin Douguet, Vincent Biarnes and Yoann Richomme hold a steady margin on Leg 4 of La Solitaire du Figaro-Eric Bompard cachemire when they were about six miles off Penmarc'h SW Brittany around 1600hrs this…
Following a spectacular send-off from Derry-Londonderry by the Red Arrows and big crowds, the penultimate race of the series, the OneDLL Cup to Den Helder in the Netherlands, is underway. The near 800 mile race is a tactical challenge with…
In the lead up to the relaunch of the Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta (SCOR), four sailing veterans gathered at the Sunshine Coast Yacht Club over a couple of beers to revisit some of the good times at the event in…
Tasmanian yacht Alive is blitzing the fleet in the 1885 nautical mile Melbourne to Vanuatu ocean race; 24 hours after the start yesterday the Reichel/Pugh 66 has sailed out of Bass Strait and is about to gybe northwards. Alive, owned…
This morning at dawn, in a Force 7 wind with gusts and a stormy sea, Liz Wardley aboard the SolOceans One-design suffered two knock downs due to successive failures of the NKE autopilot. The SolOceans One-design has dismasted 158 miles…
In what has been one of the closest fought legs of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race, Spirit of Australia, just missed out on a home port victory by a mere 33 minutes. Line honours for the race…
Liros Ropes a world leader in the manufacture of Hi-Tec yachting ropes, kitesurfcords, paragliding lines and a wide range of industrial cordage. Liros has the most modern factory for rope production in Europe having invested heavily in new machinery which…
Sharon and Julian Smallwood reflect on Cruise-Aiders, Christmas, material wealth and making a difference. Christmas is-a-coming and the goose is getting fat. Another year is nearly over and while the emphasis is mostly on celebration, many of us now…
Jack and Jude Binder finally cast off on their long-awaited cruise. We're away! Big day for the first one back at work. Slipped out the Richmond River just after dawn with a zephyr from the north. Slippery slide over the…
CYCA Commodore, Matt Allen, has issued the following email to members, making some recommendations following the club's enquiry into the Flinders Islet tragedy in October which claimed the lives of Andrew Short and Sally Gordon: For the attention of Members, Rolex Sydney…
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has published the 2010 supplements to the current editions of The Call Book for Match Racing and The Call Book for Team Racing. The Call Books provide a clear definition, for both competitors and umpires,…
Lewmar has launched its new heavy lift Lloyd's Approved V10 and V12 windlass. The deck units are constructed from 316 stainless steel, with drums featuring Lewmar's W.A.R.P (Wear and Abrasion Resistant Pattern). The centre shaft of the windlass has a…
Coping with the officialdom of different countries is all part of cruising, writes Jennifer Eurell, who has some useful tips for making the process as simple and stress-free as possible. If you sail from Australia’s shores, there is one thing…
On a beautiful spring morning, the third Kokomo to be built at Alloy Yachts slid into the water for her trip down the waterway to Auckland's Viaduct Harbour. The 58.4m superyacht's launch created a new record as the largest sailing…
The final day of racing in Singapore started with a light two knot wind and the six teams tactically fighting their way around the racecourse, searching for the best possible winds. The skippers and crews were tested by the Race…
Following over two years of legal disputes regarding the format of the next America's Cup in the New York Supreme Court, Russell Coutts (CEO, BMW ORACLE Racing) and Brad Butterworth (President, Alinghi), spoke together publically for the first time during…
With just over 200 nautical miles to go before the finish in Geraldton and only a few miles separating each of the teams, there will not be many skippers sleeping tonight as they each try to squeeze that extra bit…
Take 20 yachts ranging in length from 50 to 100ft long. Put them in close proximity on Sydney Harbour. Fire a gun. The result is controlled chaos and mayhem. At the pre-race briefing, principal race officer Denis Thompson had warned…
What a difference a day makes. After the strong breeze and heavy seas of day one, today was a completely different picture at Sail Melbourne with light winds and very little swell dictating play. For the 49er fleet the light…
Roger McMillan demystifies solar panels with this plain-English look at how they work and factors to consider in choosing a suitable panel for your needs. When you reach into the boat fridge for a cold drink, it's very satisfying to…
Orderly stowage of equipment and supplies is an important aspect of seamanship. Most methods and options are applicable to anything from a day sailing harbour racer to an international cruiser. The philosophy of ‘A place for everything, and everything in…
Practical: The environment John Champion examines just how green most of our boats are, and what we can do to alter the balance in favour of the environment. Try our spot quiz to see how your boat rates. In these…
Destination: Great Barrier Reef Out or in? It's a quandary every cruiser has to face when heading north or south along the Great Barrier Reef. Aideen Henry puts the case for the former. The end of the cyclone season marks…
In last year's Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race a selection of leading yachting navigators adopted ocean data specialists Tidetech as their weapon of choice for information about currents, tides and sea temperature. With only two weeks left to the…
Sailors, like a fine wine vintage, get better with time. Kerli and Ali Corlett, the current Grand Master World Champions, have been racing Hobie 16s together for 30 years. It all started when they were competing against each other on…
Wetsuits are a necessary evil to most dinghy sailors because they are heavy, uncomfortable and restrict movement. Ronstan's new Dinghy Wetwear line addresses these issues by carefully engineering fit and function into every piece. The result is a comfortable range…
Lake Mulwala has returned to its former glory with the weed being largely controlled by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority over the winter months. Entries have already started rolling in and the International Canoe Association is conducting a Rendezvous during the…
A classy field of 15 yachts, most of them entries in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, will front the start line of the Rolex Trophy Rating Series starting tomorrow, Thursday December 17. Six of the yachts entered in the…
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