May 2008: Arrivals
ARRIVALS Conceived by a yacht builder and experienced ocean racer this rectangular frying pan gives maximum cooking area for minimum stove area. It measures 25 cm x 20 cm with deep 4.5 cm vertical sides creating a pan with a…
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Ronstan release new swivel head orbit blocks ™
Award winning blocks now available with stainless attachment points Ronstan has expanded their award winning line of Orbit BlocksTM by introducing several new Swivel Head blocks. These blocks are exactly the same as the original Orbit BlocksTM, except the soft…
Grouparama under way again after frustrating winds slowed progress
The calm conditions colouring the past 48 hours are definitively over: with the arrival of a Brazilian depression system the acceleration has been instant and is set to last for several days. Evidence of this comes with the 70 miles…
Russians on cusp of making the finals at Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice
Synergy skipper Karol Jablonski and tactician Rod Dawson were wearing huge smiles dockside and expressing their pleasure over a job well done when Philippe Mourniac from All4One approached. “Great job, guys. It was awesome to watch on TV,” said Mourniac,…
Technical Committee announces improvements to ORC rating systems
The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) has accepted and approved all changes made by the International Technical Committee (ITC) to next year's VPP to be used in ORC International and ORC Club rating systems. This is the first year the ITC…
Thurlow Fisher-City wins second consecutive heat of 18 footers
Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Trent Barnabas produced another brilliant performance in Thurlow Fisher-City to score their second consecutive victory in Race 2 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. The trio had to produce their very…
Thornburrow from Hong Kong takes out Queensland Etchells title
The leading contenders fought every mile in the remaining race to go one better on each other. Three teams went into today's racing on equal ten points; Vaughan Prentice, Noel Paterson and Mark Thornburrow. Out of the day came a…
Boxing Kangaroo just pips Chinese into Cape Town in Clipper Race
It could hardly have been closer… after 3,300 miles of ocean racing Spirit of Australia pipped Qingdao to the post to take sixth place in Race 3 of Clipper 09-10. The Boxing Kangaroo landed its knockout punch at 2236 local…
Nick Moloney one of six skippers at Extreme Sailing Series Asia
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…
Quotas for Olympic entries finalised at ISAF meeting
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…
Funding available for international classes
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…
The front in their sights – Groupama 3
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…
Clipper 09-10 Race 3: Rio De Janeiro to Cape Town Day 17
* 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…
Asian Match Racing Championship – Robertson takes keys to World Match Racing Tour door
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…
Grouparama has crossed the equator on Jules Verne quest
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…
Russians score first win at Louis Vuitton in Nice
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…
Team Finland emerges from stealth mode in good shape in the Clipper race
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…
Phil Robertson (NZL) unbeaten at Asian Match Race Championship
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 named Sailors of the Year
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…
Meet the Australian Sailing team at Sandringham Boat Show this weekend
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…
Entries building for wooden boat festival in Geelong
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,…
Sailing with the Smallwoods: Cruising across borders
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…
In the wake of Banyandah: Musings on adventure, Jessica Watson and Mother Earth
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…
YA CEO Phil Jones reports to ISAF on Olympic committee's work
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,…
Seawind 1250 officially launched
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,…
Close races and better weather at Louis Vuitton Nice
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…
Alinghi agrees to Valencia for America's Cup but leaves Australian door open.
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…
Stealth cards being played as Clipper boats battle for position
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…
Robertson and Yamada unbeaten at Asian Match Racing
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…
Grouparama slows to “only” 14 knots in the Doldrums
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…
Design and technology seminar in Monaco
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 release new automatic wire stripper
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…
Sail Wars
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…
Clipper fleet battered in the South Atlantic
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…
Grouparama is approaching the Doldrums on Jules Verne attempt
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…
Azzurra and Kiwis have wins at Louis Vuitton
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…
A100 trimaran Majan starts Tour of Arabia today
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…
Coutts and Butterworth to clash at World Yacht Racing Forum
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….
Cyclone imminent!
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…
Knowing the ropes
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…
