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Alinghi, the Defender of the 33rd America's Cup, launched its new 90ft catamaran today on Lake Geneva, Switzerland, by helicopter. At 16:00 this afternoon, Alinghi 5, the Swiss America's Cup Defender's new catamaran, was lifted out of the tent where…
Relentless, the modified Nelson Marek One-Design 35 has crossed the most meridians, but somewhere around 140º west, the Criminal Mischief crew will say “Aloha! See you in Hawaii!” to Tim Fuller and Erik Shampain on Relentless. Alfa Romeo, is flying…
With entries closing this Friday 10 July at 1700hrs for the 24th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to have received 70 entries with more entries anticipated prior to the close of…
Ten of Australia's best young sailors are nervously awaiting the opening races of the 39th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships in Armacao de Buzios, Brazil. With racing set to start in less than 24 hours, hopes are high…
Bright Ideas ELB has donated two of the new McMurdo FAST FIND 211 Personal Location Beacons (PLBs) to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. The FAST FIND is said to be the most compact PLB available on the market today and at…
Dan SLATER (NZL) heads the leaderboard but on the same points as Zach RAILEY (USA). Ed WRIGHT (GBR) moves up to third. Race wins on Wednesday went to Eduard SKORNYAKOV (RUS) and Marin MISURA (CRO). Wednesday dawned as most days…
In a similar 10-18 knot Sirocco as yesterday, the leaders of the ORC International Worlds fleet have sailed the first half of their 87-mile offshore race, with Piero Paniccia's Cookson 50 Calipso IV leading the fleet around their turning mark…
An Australian team skippered by Katie Spithill stole the show in a five-match thriller on Day 5 of Match Cup Sweden to claim victory. Spithill and her crew of Stacey Jackson, Olivia Price, Sam Boyd, Jess Eastwell, and Nicole Douglass…
Tactics for protecting your lead and clear air on the run, by David Dellenbaugh. One thing I hate on a reach or run is when the boat behind me sails higher than I want to sail. This forces me to…
Life is never dull in the challenging role of tactician, reports Tony Bull. THE ROLE of tactician is arguably one of the most critical on the boat. As the name implies, he or she is responsible for positioning the boat…
After two races sailed in a moderate southerly, Zach Railey (USA) has taken the lead at the Finn Gold Cup in Vallensbaek, Denmark. The first race went to Giles Scott (GBR), leading from start to finish, while the second race…
Two races have been completed in the ORC International World Championship, and provisional results indicate George Andreadis' GS 42R Meliti IV leads Class A on scores of 3-1. In Class B, Guiseppe Guiffre's M37 Low Noise won yet another race to have…
Leading sailing holiday company Sunsail turns 35 this year and tocelebrate, they have announced a special offer of 35% off selected last-minutebookings from their base in the Whitsundays, north Queensland. All customers have to do is call Sunsail and ask about…
It is understood that AMIF CEO Sherry Donaldson is no longer employed by the now defunct organisation. AMIF and Donaldson had come under fire in recent years over a variety of issues, notably concerns expressed by industry players and various…
Alfa Romeo logged 269 nautical miles from Sunday's 1300 start through the Monday 0600 roll call. Neville Crichton's super maxi is averaging 14.6 knots, nearly a knot faster than Morning Glory's average during her Transpac record-breaking run in 2005. A…
Judith Thomson describes the last leg of a two-and-a-half-year voyage. Across through Shark Bay, we were chased by a squall until we dropped anchor in the lee of intense red Pindan sandhills. The cliffs jutted above narrow creamy beaches and…
How did you get into sailing and why? When I was in grade three, a classmate took me for a sail in his sabot. That was in Cairns in 1958. I have been in and out of boats ever since. And…
How did you get into sailing and why? I started when I was 16 at Port Hunter 16-foot skiff club at Stockton, Newcastle. This probably came about because my father was a tug boat master on Newcastle Harbour. Actually, in…
How did you get into sailing and why? About 60 years ago when as a teenager, I played truant from a boring workplace and ran away with a colleague to have a sail in his Diamond yacht. I often wonder…
Despite a forecast for rain, on the opening day of the Finn Gold Cup being held at Copenhagen's Vallensbæk Sailing Club, the sun and breeze held long enough to provide tricky racing for the 89 competitors as spectators watched the…
Rob Greenhalgh is the winner of the first edition of the Mark Foy Trophy. He had already won everything in the world of skiffs – winner of the JJ Giltinan in18 foot skiffs as well as European championships in the…
It's a long time till Christmas, but this could be the solution for the sailor who has everything – a new steering wheel. According to a media release received by mysailing.com.au, we can now buy the same wheels as used in…
Heading along to the local chandlery? Chandlery assistant Kerry Ashwin has some tips. The very nature of boats means they have a myriad of parts and those parts inevitably need repair at some point. You don't need to be an…
Eaine Kleiss and husband Chris enjoy a slow ride to Colombia after the wind deserts K-Sera. Sea fog drifted in, blanketing the feet of Cartagena's skyscrapers as we drifted towards the city. Only two more miles and we could drop…
Sunsail has had a cancellation on one of their yachts – a Sunsail Oceanis 323 – that has meant it is now available for charter for the regatta. They also have one place remaining on their race training yacht where, under the expert supervision…
Despite the unusual heat, the final day of measurement and build-up prior to tomorrow's start of the Finn Gold Cup, culminated in a short practice race, held in little wind under an overcast sky. The entry for the 2009 Finn…
You cannot ask for much more. Tremendous racing conditions with a building Mistral and a lumpy sea, made worse by the constant attention of the spectator fleet. Porto Cervo laid it on thick and the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2009…
The organising committee for the 2009 Heaven Can Wait Regatta has issued the Notices of Race (NORs) for the 24 Hour Race, and also the One Lap Dash. Both documents can be viewed on the HCW website at www.heavencanwait.com.au. Both…
Enzo Ferrari once said that “aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines” but with the International Moth, a boat limited to a sail area of only 8 square meters, they do become important, very important, and the latest designs…
The penultimate race, Race Ten of the Audi Winter Series 2009 saw a beautiful, nice clear day on Sydney Harbour. The predicated light westerly breezes were present early in the morning but by the time racing started the breeze had…
Competition was especially intense on the junior course, with 37 International Optimists and 21 Sabots vying for the top place. After some close racing Queenslanders led both junior fleets with Joel Turner and Klaus Lorenz leading in the Sabot and…
Divisions I and II yachts in the Los Angeles to Hawaii Transpacific Yacht Race started their 2,225 nautical mile voyage in an 12-15 knot breeze from the Southwest. Cameramen in the helicopters hovering over the starting area and following the…
At 10am on Friday 23 October the New Zealand Multihull Yacht Club of New Zealand will start the annual HSBC Premier Coastal Classic yacht race, an event that is the biggest race of its type in New Zealand, and one…
Spirit of Mystery, the 37ft replica wooden lugger that has voyaged 12,000 miles from Cornwall to Australia this year has sailed into Sydney harbour. The historic craft has been built and skippered by British adventurer Pete Goss to follow in…
During the first race, after a general recall, two favourites of the regatta, Asko and Macquarie went over the starting line and were declared OCS. Australian Grant Rollerson on Slam once again made his presence felt and left his mark…
Day 4 of the Mark Foy championship started after a 1 hour delay under overcast skies and building wind. A small amount of rain was a fair price to pay for 15 knots of westerly wind. After two tries race…
Transpac 09 Division 6 & 7 boats have been heading SSW since their start on Monday, June 29th. Their three-day head start over the next group of 19 larger boats has only given them a 150 to 250 mile advantage….
Boat buyers have faced an uphill battle in recent times. Tightening credit markets have made it more difficult to access credit, while certain financiers have withdrawn from the Australian market altogether. Compounding the turbulence has been the rollercoaster ride of…
Fantastic racing conditions allowed the organizers of Match Cup Sweden, Stage 5 of the World Match Racing Tour, to complete the repechage round which saw Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team and Sebastien Col (FRA) French Match Racing Team/K-Challenge emerge…
Thirteen countries will be represented when racing gets underway in the inaugural New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup on September 15, but sadly Australia won't be one of them.When NYYC Commodore Charles H. Townsend announced the event he described its…
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