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TWENTY FOUR of the World's top professional sailors will converge on Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong next week for the first round of the new Extreme Sailing Series Asia. The six top teams include the host nation's, China Team, as well…
It was decision-time in Busan today as the Council of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) considered the Submissions made to this year's ISAF Annual Conference. The ISAF Council is the final decision-making body of ISAF and today at their meeting…
Limited funding is available to support Australian athletes competing in ISAF International and Recognised Classes World Championships. The grants are paid retrospectively based on Class World Championships held between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010. The purpose of the…
Off Salvador de Bahia this Friday afternoon, Groupama 3 is continuing her southward descent in search of a stormy depression system forming over Brazil. At an average speed of over twenty-five knots, Franck Cammas and his crew have a 680…
* Cork expected at Royal Cape Yacht Club this afternoon* Team Finland and Uniquely Singapore locked in battle for second place* California's crew show they have what it takes – no matter what fate throws at them The first of…
In a thrilling series, New Zealand's Phil Robertson and his WAKA Racing Team beat Australian Michael Dunstan and his SLAM Racing Team, to win the Asian Match Racing Championship this afternoon. As a result Robertson will be sailing in the…
After 5 days 15 hours and 23 minutes, Groupama 3 has crossed the equator, establishing a new reference time over this stretch of the course between Ushant and the line marking the switch of hemispheres. Now sailing close-hauled in a…
On a day where the leaders at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d'Azur kept pace with one another, it was the Synergy team of Russia that made the day's headline. Synergy, led by Polish skipper Karol Jablonski, scored an…
The latest low pressure system has meant that all the teams are nowspeeding their way towards the finish line in Cape Town. Several of theboats have emerged from Stealth Mode and the fight for the podiumpositions is as tight as…
In the 2009 Asian Match Racing Championship, 22 year old Auckland sailor Phil Robertson finished the first round robin with a perfect 6-0 score on the Pulau Duyong basin course in Kuala Terengganu this morning and then went out and…
Torben Grael and Anna Tunnicliffe joined the sailing world's most prestigious list of winners last night, 10 November, as they were named winners of the 2009 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards at a spectacular ceremony held in…
Australian Sailing's editor, Roger McMillan, and advertising manager, Peter Rendle, will both be at the Australian Sailing stand at Sandringham Boat Show this Saturday. If you're in Victoria and want to look at all the latest boats and gear, come…
Expressions of interest are pouring in which indicates that next year's Wooden Boat Festival will be bigger, better and more beautiful than before! The massive program includes the crowd-pleasing Grand Parade of boats, the Classic Yacht passage race from Melbourne,…
Sharon and Julian Smallwood believe cruisers should not be put off from visiting some states and countries because of bureaucratic red tape and differing rules and regulations. Firstly a big thanks to everyone who commented on the last blog about…
Jack and Jude Binder ponder the world we live in, from adventure and Jessica Watson's solo voyage to Mother Earth and the pressure the environment is under. Throughout history men and women have gone out seeking adventure, earth's curiosities and…
At the ISAF Annual Conference today, Phil Jones, Chairman of Olympic Commission, spoke to us about the first year of the Olympic Commission. The Olympic Commission was set up earlier this year to assist the ISAF Executive Committee in ‘developing,…
On Friday the 30th of October, a crowd of over 130 onlookers watched as the world's newest blue water catamaran was officially launched off the Newport Marine Service's slipway at the Royal Motor Yacht Club in Newport north of Sydney,…
Seasonal conditions returned today to the Bay of Angels off Nice and allowed race organisers for the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d'Azur to reel off four flights of races, eight matches overall. The flurry of races has helped give…
Valencia has been confirmed as the venue for the best-of-three 33rd America's Cup Match in February after the defenders and challengers had “cordial” but ultimately unfruitful discussions on a number of issues over the weekend. A stetement from the defenders…
With the shearing of the spindle holding their wheel and subsequentreliance on secondary steering, the future was looking uncertain for thecrew of California yesterday. However, morale reamins high on board and22-year-old Emma Bosworth, a student from Great Missingham,Buckinghamshire, has been…
The 2009 Asian Match Racing Championship in Terengganu, Malaysia is underway. New Zealand's Phil Robertson and Japan's Kan Yamada sailed into the lead on day one after flawless performances on the race course. The inital breeze was a soft south…
Franck Cammas and his nine crew have crashed headlong into the Doldrums: since 0400 hours UT this Tuesday morning, the tradewinds have given way to stormy squalls. However, the first phase of this passage through the ‘tunnel' is going rather…
The top end of the racing industry will descend on Monaco on December 9 and 10 for a high-tech conference. It will be the first ever opportunity for professionals involved in the design and technology of racing and performance yachts to meet…
Kincrome have released a wire stripper which strips wire automatically and doubles as a crimping tool. The Kincrome Automatic Wire Stripper automatically strips wire to a predetermined length and removes waste automatically. This quality wire cutter features a a ABS…
NORTH Sails for two years has been working on a new membrane sail-fabric technology that, when ready, will revolutionise sailmaking in the same way that its 3DL three-dimensional laminating process did 20 years ago, says Michael Coxon, managing director of…
The Clipper 09-10 fleet has spent the night in the toughest conditions they've faced so far in this edition of the race. The yachts are under huge pressure, the weather and sea state generating hundreds of tons of load on…
Past the Cape Verde archipelago with a considerable lead over the reference time, Groupama 3 is now preparing to negotiate the Doldrums, a very cloudy, turbulent zone which announces the entrance to the Southern hemisphere. Navigator Stan Honey is fighting…
Italy's Azzurra of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda today won its first match of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d'Azur while Emirates Team New Zealand survived a hair-raising finish to keep its record perfect. Azzurra scored the victory it was…
Oman Sail's A100 trimaran, Majan, will depart Kuwait City on Tuesday, 10th November, on the first leg of the new Tour of Arabia race. Kuwait is the start of the five-leg Tour of Arabia which will link together the GCC…
The World Yacht Racing Forum, 9-10 December in Monaco, will see a unique and exceptional debate between America's Cup Defender Alinghi, Challenger of Record BMW ORACLE Racing and potential challengers and personalities hoping to compete in the 34th America's Cup….
Practical: heavy-weather sailing Jim and Linda Colliers' worst nightmare comes true when they find out a cyclone is on the way when they are in the middle of nowhere. What on earth were we doing here, hundreds of miles out…
PRACTICAL BY BOB ROSS Increased strength, versatility and specialisation are just some of the attributes of the latest developments in rope technology. Rope manufacturers continue to steadily improve the quality of the synthetic fibres most widely used on yachts: double-braid…
Persistent Shift Practical advice for maximising the benefits of your training time, by Tony Bull. TRAINING is one of the cornerstones of success in all sports; so much importance is placed on it and rightly so. The essence of training…
The Ultimate 270 is based on a Northshore 27. Boatbuilder Jerry Hendry bought the 27 stripped the hull then rebuilt it . “I wanted to show that Australians could match the best European boatbuilders and I wanted to do something…
Port Lincoln Yacht Club and the broader Australian offshore community was shocked to learn today that staunch club supporter and legendary delivery skipper Geoff (“Megga”) Bascombe has died, apparently from a heart attack while on a delivery voyage with a…
Robyn and Ian Reidy revel in one of the NSW South Coast's lesser known gems – the small township of Bermagui. Approaching Bermagui on the NSW South Coast was a real buzz – the first port of call on our…
Yachting Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Chief Instructors who will have a responsibility for standards and quality control throughout Australia across three training schemes. Chris Goldacre will be responsible for the Get Into Small Boat…
By virtue of its second win in as many races Emirates Team New Zealand today grabbed the early lead at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d'Azur. Team New Zealand leads overall with 2 points. Sweden's Artemis and Great Britain's…
In a single day, Groupama 3 has succeeded not only in making up yesterday's deficit on the reference time, but also gaining almost a day on the course adopted by Bruno Peyron in 2005! It's been an excellent weekend for…
The countdown to arrival in Cape Town is on and there is a distinct sense of the teams positioning themselves for the final onslaught on the finish line. In the meantime all the teams appear to have finally been caught…
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