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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…
Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service (Hunter Region) is the latest recipient of a donation from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Safety of Life at Sea Trusts (SOLAS). A cheque for $16,650 was donated to Westpac Rescue…
British-based French yacht designer, Philippe Briand, has scored success with two of his designs in the Loro Piana Superyacht regatta in Porto-Cervo, Sardinia, Italy:Gliss, a 105' Huisman build, sloop, has won the race.Hamilton II, a 117' CNB build, came in…
After sailing through wind ranges of 8 to 15 knots immediately following Monday's start and making a number of headsail changes, Divisions 6 and 7 Transpac crews went over the top of Catalina Island and settled into steadier conditions. Relentless…
Superyacht Singapore Association (SSA) has announced its hosting of the 1st Annual Asia Superyacht Industry Conference to be held on the 13th-15th October 2009 in Singapore.The whole of the yachting world is looking to Asia as the next great cruising…
Just days after his arrival in New York, Thomas Coville has announced his stand-by for an attempt to break his own solo North Atlantic record (New York – Lizard Point). Objective: to cover the 2,980 miles which separate the Ambrose…
With just under forty days to the start of the Rolex Fastnet on Sunday, 9 August, the 300 registered crews are hard at work completing their qualification miles and other prerequisites. The 608 nautical-mile offshore classic has a fearsome reputation…
There's less than 72 hours to go until the start of the 2009 OAMPS Insurance Brokers Queensland Youth Week Regatta. Despite only being in its second year, the event has attracted over 150 entries from all over Australia and New…
The July issue of Cruising Helmsman magazine is another smorgasbord of information for the cruising yacht owner. If you're thinking of heading overseas there are “destinations” pieces on two awesome areas to our east, Queen Charlotte Sound in New Zealand…
The fleet for this year's Audi Hamilton Island Race Week has seen a remarkable 30 percent increase in the number of entries during the past two weeks, confirming expectations that more than 150 yachts, including Australia's best, will be competing….
If people tell you there are no jobs to be found, and the marine industry is flat across the board then they would be very misled. Despite the current downturn in some sectors, there is still an array of fantastic…
With three Australians on the podium of the first race (respectively Grant Rollerson on Slam, John Winning Junior on Appliances Online and Jonathan Whitty on Panasonic), we could expect an Australian domination all through this week of international confrontation at the…
By Jennifer Crooks With another week of winter rains and then sun, Race Nine of the Audi Winter Series 2009 saw early rain showers clear just in time for the start of racing. The largest fleet of the Audi Winter…
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