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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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….
Racing was cut short on the final day of Sail Sydney after a late start and with breezes lightening off and swinging during the afternoon. Eventually it was all over and winners of this annual Grade 1 event were announced at…
Farewell to the Southern Ocean, says skipper of Team Finland, Eero Lehtinen. “It has been a truly grey and wet night and day so far. We have crossed latitude 40S and are heading north, slowly but surely. I think that's…
The Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet of 100 has joined the pre-Christmas rush with unforeseen hitches pushing a number of crews to the limit as they scramble to prepare for the Boxing Day start of Australia's great ocean classic. While Christmas…
The principal actors of the world yacht racing scene are on their way to the second World Yacht Racing Forum from 9-10 Dec in Monaco. Over 350 delegates are expected whilst 50 speakers and 80 journalists from all over the…
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has today published the 2010-11 edition of the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations. The ISAF Offshore Special Regulations (www.sailing.org/specialregs) are used by race organizers to provide uniform minimum equipment, accommodation and training standards for monohull and…
Crews contesting the 32nd Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship were faced with San Francisco-like sea fog on day one and a dust haze more typical of Abu Dhabi that settled over Sydney's rocky coastline on the Sunday. While the IRC…
Destinations: Cuba Don and Agnes Reed encounter an intriguing land not without its challenges when they venture south from Florida to the homeland of Fidel Castro. Cuba lies just 80nm south of the Florida Keys in the US and if…
PRACTICALITIES BY ANDREW BRAY Where fire is concerned, prevention is certainly better than cure, and common sense precautions lessen the main risks. But if a fire does break out we may have only seconds to save our boat and perhaps…
Practical: Drawing up a cruise plan Drawing up a cruise plan will increase the chances of a trouble-free cruise, writes Bob Couper, who here also gives some tips on river and estuary cruising and berthing. Getting away from it all…
Torben Grael has just announced he is buying his very own S40 One Design. He hasbecome a great fan of the new class since sailing with the ‘Mitsubishi' crew last July. Speaking at this year's Rolex Ilhabela Sailing Week Torben…
TruPlug is a tapered circular cone shaped plug made of foam that is a solid, spongy cellular material which is coated with a flexible sealer adding strength and color. It is used as a temporary or emergency plug in boating…
The super sized and super quick are quietly assembling in Sydney Harbour for one of the greatest days on the Australian sailing calendar, the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge maxi boat race. The annual charity day offers the public a once-only…
The last 24 hours have seen some big tactical moves, variable winds keeping the crews busy with endless sail changes and a great deal of reflection on the best way to tackle the high pressure system sitting between the ten…
In an exciting initiative the Mirror Class Association of WA took sailing to the public at this year's Royal Show and are reaping the benefits. The Mirror, a popular international dinghy, is fun for the whole family and with the…
The 2009 Female ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, Anna Tunnicliffe, is in Western Australia to train for the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. Top US Sailor and Gold Medallist in the Laser Radial class at the 2008…
Sometimes even the experts get it wrong and that was the case today when a beautiful nor-easter filled in on Sydney Harbour just after lunch, turning aside the earlier shifty light nor-westerly, which made a brief appearance on Day 3…
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