World premiere – Moody DS 62
Moody boats will be presenting the new and unique Moody DS 62, Decksaloon, a World Cruiser, at the Southampton Show in September 2009 and than at the Genoa Show in October. The cockpit with a sail handling cockpit and a…
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West Wight Potter now available in Western Australia
Blue Reef Yachts, the Australian distributor for West Wight Potter trailerable sailboats, is proud to announce that Seagreen Marine is the exclusive distributor for the Western Australia region. Steve Green, Director of Sea Green Marine, first saw the West Wight…
Multihull Solutions appointed as exclusive Sunreef Yachts importer
Multihull Solutions continues to go from strength to strength following its appointment as the exclusive importer and distributor for prestigious Sunreef Yachts in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. The company has exclusive representation for many of the world's…
Alinghi goes for a sail on Lake Geneva
The Swiss America's Cup Defender, Alinghi, hoisted the sails on its giant new catamaran Alinghi 5 for the first time yesterday on Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The 90ft multihull was cheered off the dock at midday by hundreds of spectators watching…
New ISO standard for trapeze harnesses
The International Standards Organisation (ISO) has announced “a new ISO standard that will help prevent death and injury to sailors attached to sailing trapezes on small craft, by ensuring they can release themselves from the wire hooking them to the boat…
Cruising fleet sets sail for Indonesia
The annual Sail Indonesia Rally and sister Darwin Ambon Race are now underway, with fleets battling light winds on the 600nm or so to Indonesia. Progress reports on the 120 yachts in the Sail Indonesia Rally were unavailable, but…
Outteridge leads 29er Worlds in Italy
The names should be familiar after the finish of the 49er Worlds but only with a change of the skipper's first name – Hayley. As the younger sister of Nathan Outteridge, Hayley borrowed her brother's crew, Iain Jensen, and they are currently…
TITAN introduces an improved way of installing hydraulic brake lines
TITAN Trailer Brakes introduces the new and improved way of installing hydraulic brake lines with its new alternative to the old solid steel tubing. Up to as much as three quarters of the assembly time and saving in manufacturing dollars….
John Bertrand joins the promotions team for Perth 2011
Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships Event Director John Longley AM today announced Skipper of Australia's historic 1983 America's Cup winning challenger Australia II, John Bertrand AM, as an Ambassador to the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. Mr Longley…
YOTI – Nominated for business award
The team at Yoti “Sailing as it should be” are proud to announce their nomination as a finalist in the 2009 Business Achiever Awards in the category of “New Business”. YOTI was founded by John Cowpe and Tim Vine in…
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week is serious practice for Wild Oats crew
To win the Grand Prix IRC Division at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week is to know you've beaten the best offshore racing yachts in Australasia. However, this year there is added determination to take top honours for the crew of…
Stopover at Tathra
Destination: NSW South Coast Bob Couper finds a gem among gems when he stops for a break on the east-coast trek north from Victoria. If you're cruising along the southeast coast of Australia or towing the trailer-sailer up its roads,…
Planning for a world cruise
Feature: Circumnavigating Five years into a part-time world circumnavigation, Aussies Don and Agnes Reed reflect on the destinations they have visited and the options open to the would-be circumnavigator. A voyage from Australia around the world could be done in…
Scanstrut Innovate with Design of New Deck Pod
Scanstrut's new range of instrument pods takes a fresh look at the challenge of installing chartplotters or radar displays, onto power or sailboats. The ingenious Deck Pod solves the problem of finding a level mounting surface on your boat. Offering…
Ladies race concludes Audi winter series at CYCA
Audi Winter Series 2009 came to a close today with the final non-pointscore race of the season, the closing Ladies Day Race. A total of 54 yachts started the race for the Chris Lee Trophy in 5-8 knots of westerly…
Aussies win Gold in Hobie 16 at Volvo Youth Worlds
The seven Youth Worlds titles went to seven nations as Australia, France, Great Britain and Singapore join Brazil, Hong Kong and New Zealand as gold medal winners on the final day of the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship…
Audi MedCup gets underway today in Sardinia
The notion of the Mediterranean as a “mill pond” were shaken as winds of up to thirty knots on the previous two days limited training time on the waters off Cagliari. But for the final day of informal practice prior…
Clash of dates among 3 great ocean racing events
The next Route du Rhum, the Barcelona World Race and the Velux 5 Oceans Race will take place at the same time. These three major events are tailored for single and double handed sailors (basically the same people). They take…
Outteridge and Jensen win 49er Worlds
Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen have won the 2009 49er World Championships in Riva del Garda, Italy, taking victory by a comfortable 15 points over Great Britain's John Pink and Rick Peacock. The Australian Sailing Team pair went into the…
SP, the marine business of Gurit, has today launched ‘Corecell™ M-Foam’
The new CorecellTM M-Foam is the only core to offer a complete cost-effective package comprising high shear strength, low weight and high elongation, low resin uptake for infusion processes and high temperature stability for prepreg processes. CorecellTM M-Foam is the…
Great achievement but no record
Despite completing an epic circumnavigatiion of the world last week when he returned to Marina del Rey in Los Angeles, 17-year-old Zac Sunderland has NOT broken Jesse Martin's record as the youngest to sail single-handed round the world, as reported…
British service yachts to enter Rolex Sydney Hobart
Three yachts, representing the three branches of the British military, will compete in the Rolex Sydney Hobart race this year as part of a round world sailing challenge. Exercise TRANSGLOBE is a major expedition that is open to members of all…
Alinghi beefing up multihull talent for the America's Cup
With ther next America's Cup, tentatively scheduled for February 2010 at Valencia or another venue as yet undisclosed, due to be sailed in multihulls, the defender Alinghi has announced the addition of a highly-credentialed multihull sailor to their team. Loïck…
Australia 6th overall at Volvo Youth Worlds
Australia has finished 5th in the points score for the Volvo Trophy at the Volvo World Youth Championships which have just concluded at Barios in Brazil. France won the trophy from Great Britain and Italy. New Zealand finished 5th, one…
Fastnet sold out
A sound guide to the success of any yacht race is when the entry limit is exceeded. Once again the Royal Ocean Racing Club has managed this with their biennial flagship event, the Rolex Fastnet Race, where the 300 boat…
Classic Malts cruise underway in Scotland
United by a passion for sailing, scenery and single malt whisky, the crews who signed up for the annual Classic Malts Cruise organised by World Cruising Club, have now embarked on a 200-mile voyage through the Inner Hebrides, choosing their…
Aussies hold down 5th at 49er Worlds
The qualifying rounds have finished at the 49er World Championships at Riva del Garda in Italy with the Australian Sailing Team's Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen the leading Australian crew in fifth place. The Australian crew, in just their second…
Divisions split for this year's Brisbane – Keppel race
In 2007 Bill Wild's Hugh Welbourn 42 Wedgetail took a clean sweep of the Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race (B2K). In 2008 it was Peter Harburg and his Reichel Pugh 66 Black Jack that dominated the results. In 2009,…
Exclusive preview of OK Dinghy Worlds in Kalmar, Sweden
The OK Dinghy class name is derived from the initials of it's designer, Knud Olsen of Denmark, where the class origins date back to 1957. The OK Dinghy is a 4m long single hander which carries an un-stayed rig, and…
Entries top 150 for Hamilton Island
With little more than five weeks to go until the sound of the start gun signals the opening round of competition at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, the regatta is already exceeding expectations. The entry list, which represents a remarkable…
3 gold medals decided at Volvo World Youths
The host nation Brazil, along with Hong Kong and New Zealand all secured gold medals whilst France is uncatchable in the Volvo Trophy standings following a bright and breezy day six at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship…
Cruising yacht and trawler collide near Yamba
A report has been received from NSW Maritime that a cruising yacht and a fishing trawler collided at 6.10am nine miles north of Yamba. No injuries have been reported but both vessels are believed to be damaged. Maritime QLD is…
Lack of wind cancels racing at Volvo Youth Worlds
For the second time at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship competitors were left frustrated as all racing was cancelled with the breeze failing to materialize in Buzios today. After 30 knot gusts forced the Race Committee to…
Kiwis still on top of OK rankings
The final OK Dinghy World Ranking List before next week's OK Dinghy World Championships in Kalmar, Sweden, reveals few changes from the previous issue. In fact the top four stay the same with Karl Purdie (NZL), the 2008 World Champion,…
New Bavaria Cruiser 32 – European Yacht of the Year Nominee
Bavaria Yachts new Cruiser 32, has been nominated for European Yacht of the Year 2009/10. `We are delighted and excited about the nomination,´ says Andres Cardenas, CEO Bavaria Yachts. ´In close cooperation with Farr Yacht Design and BMW Group DesignworksUSA…
Brits on top at 49er Worlds
Reigning 49er World Champion skipper Nathan Outteridge and crew Iain Jensen have had a strong second day of the 49er World Championships in Riva del Garda, Italy, moving up the leader board to fourth overall after six races. The Australian…
Safety to feature in Maritime boat show exhibit
Boating safety will be the focus of an interactive exhibition by NSW Maritime at the 2009 Sydney International Boat Show, Ports and Waterways Minister Joe Tripodi announced today. NSW Maritime will host a large Marine Precinct in the Sydney Exhibition…
Multihull Solutions at 2009 Sydney International Boat Show
Some of the world's most popular power and sail catamarans will be exhibited by Multihull Solutions at the 2009 Sydney International Boat Show from 30 July – 5 August. The company will showcase a selection of top multihulls including the…
America's Cup in court yet again
There have been further developments in the on-going feud between America's Cup defender, Société Nautique de Genève (Alinghi), and the challenger of record, the Golden Gate Yacht Club of San Francisco. Yesterday, at GGYCl's request, the Supreme Court of the…
Hamilton Island Race Week – Raymarine to provide support services
Competitors in the Hamilton Island Race Week 2009 will be relying on their on board technical expertise to help them to the front of their fleet. The accurate and fast information available from on-board electronics is vital in a race…
