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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…
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Going outside
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…
Tidetech – Essential info for Sydney/Hobart navigators
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…
Hobi sailors improve with age
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…
Ronstan launch new dinghy sailing gear
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…
Yarrawonga calls for entries for Australia Day regatta
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…
Fifteen top yachts have entered the Rolex Trophy Rating and Passage series
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…
Australian Sailing magazine January 2010
To entertain you over the Christmas break, we have brought out the January issue early. And filled it with useful advice and stories about interesting people. For keelboat owners (and crew) there's a high-tech story about routing software, a detailed…
CYCA presents Ocean Racer of the Year awards
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has presented the CYCA Ocean Racer of the Year Awards this evening at a gala cocktail party at the Clubhouse and for only the fifth time in the history of the Awards, a woman…
Cream rises to the top at Sail Melbourne
As the temperature rose in Melbourne the Australian Sailing Team's athletes lifted a notch, with race wins aplenty on day three of Sail Melbourne. In the 49er class current World Champions Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen had a fight on…
Clipper boats locked together with a finish expected tomorrow
Finally we have seen 10 knots of boat speed and we are MOVING! he exclaims. “The light patch was a lot longer and stickier than I ever thought it would be. Hindsight now tells me that regardless of the additional…
Belcher and Page start well at Sail Melbourne
Day one of racing at the 2009 Sail Melbourne regatta is complete with a strong breeze and big waves providing perfect racing conditions for the opening round of the 2009/2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup. 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Gold medalist…
Wharrington “1000 to 1” chance of making Rolex Sydney Hobart start line
In a typical show of solidarity, Yuu Zoo skipper Ludde Ingvold began yesterday's media conference of maxi skippers by saying, “On behalf of all of us, I just want to say that our thoughts are with Grant Wharrington and his…
Rain fails to dampen enthusiasm for Extreme Series in Singapore
The fleet in Singapore had everything thrown at them today as they contended with an intense 15 minute rainstorm, wind that peaked at 12 knots and then they were left crawling around the racecourse as the wind dropped to just…
Alfa Romeo wins small boat race
Earl Williams, representing Alfa Romeo, scored the first “psychological” blow of the Rolex Sydney Hobart when he defeated representatives of six of the maxi syndicates in today's “Small Boat Challenge” held on the pond at the CYCA. The “small boats” are…
Drama at Extreme Asia sailing series
Rudders up …. bows down ….. There was real drama on the racecourses here in Singapore as four boats nearly capsized as the gusty winds took the six-boat fleet by surprise. For Rumbo Almeria it was a busy day –…
Grouparama 3 heads back to sea
On Saturday morning at 0600 UTC, the trimaran Groupama 3 cast off from the port of Cape Town, South Africa, bound for Brest some 6,000 miles (11,000 kms) away, where she will begin her second period of stand-by for the Jules…
Team Finland in stealth mode as Clipper boats go into the high pressure system
The front runners have finally reached the high pressure system and its associated light winds, which has been threatening to slow the fleet down for days. Current race leaders, Team Finland has chosen this moment to go into Stealth Mode…
Perfect conditions forecast for Tuesday's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge
Sydney is forecast to be bathed in sunshine and the expected winds are set to create the perfect playground for the maxis contesting Tuesday's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, one of the big boats' key Rolex Sydney Hobart shakedowns. Entries currently…
Thurlow Fisher-City continues dominance in 18ft skiffs
Newly crowned NSW champions Michael Coxon , Aaron Links and Trent Barnabas continued their excellent form when they brought Thurlow Fisher-City home a comfortable winner of the Syd Barnett Jr. Memorial Trophy race on Sydney Harbour today. The trio gave…
Estate Master and The Tavern win Rolex Trophies
Martin and Lisa Hill and their Estate Master crew won the Farr 40s, while a bunch of Tasar sailors on The Tavern won every race of the Sydney 38s to each win their class in the Rolex Trophy One Design…
Spirit of Australia has Team Finland in their sights as Clipper leg nears finish
Spectacular sailing close to the shore as Extreme cats excite Singapore
Day 1 and BT, CHINA TEAM, Masirah and Red Bull Extreme Sailing Team are all tied at the top of the Singapore leaderboard with 23 points apiece in this inaugural series in Asia. The six Extreme 40s were racing within…
Clipper fleet within 800 nm of Western Australian coast
It's going to be another nail biting day for the crews competing in Clipper 09-10, and none more so than for Team Finland as they work to maintain their lead over the chasing pack. Skipper Eero Lehtinen reports this morning,…
Etihad Stadium loses mast on way to Rolex Sydney Hobart start
Grant Wharington's 98ft Super Maxi, Etihad Stadium (formerly Skandia Wild Thing) has been dismasted on her delivery journey from Melbourne to Sydney for the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart on Boxing Day. The dismasting occurred off Gabo Island, on…
Entries open for Round Lord Howe Island race
The Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club has announced online entries for their 770nm Butlers Business and Law Round Lord Howe Island Yacht Race. In doing so it now makes it Australia's longest, annual Cat1 race. For sure the Melbourne to Vanuatu,…
Estate Master scores three bullets in Rolex Trophy
It was a day for families at the Rolex Trophy One Design Series, as husband and wife team Martin & Lisa Hill ( Estate Master) and the father and son owned The Tavern (Ian and Shane Guanaria) scored three wins…
Vital issues discussed at Monaco Yacht Racing Forum
Over 350 key figures from the yacht racing industry attended the second edition of the World Yacht Racing Forum. Their feedback was positive, everyone recognising the quality of the debates and the importance of such an international Forum to debate…
Team Finland adds another few miles to Clipper lead
Race 4 from Cape Town to Geraldton, Western Australia, is proving just how evenly matched the crews competing in Clipper 09-10 are. The last four days of racing have seen the margins between the yachts remain fairly static and even…
ISAF launches national sail training manager program
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has launched the Sport Specific Training in Sailing Course to develop qualified training programme managers around the world. This Sport Specific Training in Sailing Course will be funded by the IOC Olympic Solidarity Coaches Programme….
Farr 40 and Sydney 38 to kick off Rolex Trophy
The top five NSW Farr 40 One Design crews will hit the water for three days of intense competition starting today (Friday December 11), kicking off the Rolex Trophy 2009 which is organised by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in…
Extreme 40 cats round 2 starts in Singapore
Marina Reservoir will play host to the second round of the inaugural Extreme Sailing Series Asia starting this Friday 11th December. Six state of the art 40-foot catamarans, each crewed by a team of four top professional sailors, and racing…
Overall trophies still up for grabs in Sail Downunder series
The race for class victories in the 2009 Sail Down Under Series is heating up with just one regatta left to run and all the fleets still in the balance. For the first time trophies will be awarded to first,…
Feds match WA State Government funding for Perth 2011
The Australian Government today announced it has matched the Western Australian StateGovernment dollar-for-dollar in its support of the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. The Federal Minister for Sport, Kate Ellis, joined WA Tourism Minister Dr ElizabethConstable today at the Royal Perth…
Estate Master is early leader for Rolex Trophy
In some close racing on The Sound at the entrance to Sydney Heads, Martin and Lisa Hill and their Estate Master crew from Middle Harbour Yacht Club have come out on top after three races on Day 1 of the…
Liz Wardley to resume SolOceans on Saturday
A week after the start of her unscheduled pit stop at Port-La-Forêt, the SolOceans One-design (16 metres / 52.2 feet) steered by Australian Liz Wardley was relaunched this morning. The boat had been undergoing repairs after hitting an unknown object,…
Clipper boats are about a week away from Geraldton
As the ten 68-foot yachts close in on Geraldton, Western Australia, you can almost feel the tension growing – both among the crews and the supporters watching at home. The last few days of any race always seem to pass…
ISAF releases last match race rankings for 2009
Adam Minoprio (NZL) holds on to world #1 spot for the fourth consecutive release of the Open Rankings, no surprise after the young Kiwi skipper swept to victory at the Monsoon Cup in Malaysia, in the process securing the title…
Yacht racing has a massive potential – Monaco Forum
The second edition of the World Yacht Racing Forum started this morning with an introduction by the event's chairman Peter Gilmour. “We are here to build the platform for young sailors”, he said. “This is a unique opportunity for us…
Hobie Nationals to take full advantage of the Fremantle Doctor
The Australian Hobie Class National Championships 2009/2010 in Mandurah promises to be spectacular and exhilarating. The sponsors, The Hog's Breath Cafe and Hobie Cat Australasia are proud to announce two series held from 29 December 2009 to 5 January 2010….
