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ARC 2023 – White Sail Start for ARC 2023
38th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers sets sail from Gran Canaria A light southerly breeze and bright sunshine accompanied the 156 yachts in the 38th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers as they departed Gran Canaria bound for Saint Lucia, 2700 nautical miles…
‘Sailor Girl’ back on board for 2024 Festival Of Sails
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club is proud to announce that Australian sailing personality Nic Douglass has signed on to continue as Ambassador and Master of Ceremonies for the 2024 for Festival of Sails 2024, and her company Adventures of a…
Manly 16ft Skiff Club – Juniors Pathway Program
Sailing chose Teira Jansen rather than the other way around. Married to accomplished sailor Pete Jansen and mother to young sailors Chloe, Alana and Lachlan, Teira has become immersed in the sport at grass roots level. So that puts her in a really good position to judge…
Saving the best for last in the Gran Canaria SSL Gold Cup 1/16 Finals
What a scintillating Sunday we had lined up to conclude the SSL Gold Cup 1/16 Finals. With double points on offer everything was to play for, and Fleet 1 was set to be a thriller with three teams tied on…
Cyclops Marine partners with Arcus Wire Group as exclusive distributor in Australia
Arcus Wire Group are excited to announce that we have been appointed exclusive distributor for Cyclops Marine in Australia! Please see the official announcement below. As exclusive distributor we can now offer our sailing customers across Australia access to the…
Combined Clubs Harbour Pennant – Intense, Fast and Furious
Words: Liz RountreePhotos: Michael Vincent Cockwomble managed to clip a bullet from Intrigue in the IRC ratings on Saturday, in the third race of the Combined Clubs Harbour Pennant, but otherwise it was another clean performance by Intrigue, the current…
18ft Skiffs – Spring Championship
Spring Championship, Race 6Today’s Trophy: Yandoo TrophyToday’s Race Sponsor: NoakesSunday, 19 November 2023 The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines team of Jacob Marks, Alex Marinelli and Marc Chapon (standing in for regular bowman Matt Doyle) became the 2023-24 Australian 18…
Racer CC wins Etchells NSW State Championship 2024
By Nic Douglass The Etchells NSW State Championship 2024 has concluded at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, with Mark Thornburrow’s Racer CC team, representing the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, having a ripper of a final day to take…
The first HH44 Catamarans Launch
Sydney, Australia – 17 November 2023 The HH44 was met with enthusiasm and rave reviews at the Cannes Yachting Festival when it made its international debut last month. Throngs of visitors came out to see the HH44, declaring it “spectacular”,…
€213 Million Golden Globe Race 2022 Media Value
21 sailors from 14 countries signed up for GGR 2026 and Kirsten Neuschäfer “Female Sailor of the Year” The third edition of the Golden Globe Race (GGR), a solo non stop retro adventure in small full keel yachts, saw 17…
Champions galore as Cozzolino, Delannoy and Whyte all end years on a high
Report from the final day | Cauipe, Brazil | Words: Liam Dredge | Photos: Svetlana Romantsova On Day Three, anticipation ran high as we expected the crowning of both the event and world champions. The final day of the 2023…
SSL Gold Cup – Day 3 of the 1/16 Finals
Momentum is a precious commodity on a yacht, but is just as important in any regatta or sporting series. The national teams, especially those who have qualified from the 1/32 Finals, need to stay on a roll to continue their…
Slovenian photographer Samo Vidic wins Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award 2023
A sports photographer for over twenty years, Samo Vidic has developed a passion for sailing while capturing images of the Extreme Sailing Series and the GC32 class. He wins the contest ahead of Samuel Cade (FRA) and Christian Bonin (CAN)….
Salty Dingo wins at prestigious Mirabaud Yachting Image Awards
Image of Hamilton Island Wild Oats Wins International Yacht Racing Forum Award Australian photographic and videography agency Salty Dingo has won the Yacht Racing Forum Award (‘The Delegates Award’) in the 2023 Mirabaud Yachting Image Awards. The Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image Awards,…
Fight for crown goes down to the wire
Report from day two | Cauipe, Brazil | Words: Liam Dredge | Photos: Svetlana Romantsova Day two at the Copa Kitley GKA Kite-Surf World Cup was a thrilling day for all. The morning brought in some changes with more of…
SSL Gold Cup – 1/16 Finals – Day 2
Sailing has its own World Cup, finally! Like football in 1930 and rugby in 1987, the SSL Gold Cup is designed to crown the best sailing nation of all! The World Top 56 countries, selected on their SSL Nation ranking, will battle their way through to raise…
Ambition and the Cockwomble
Words: Liz Rountree Michael Jones brings his Ambition to the Derwent as the newest entry in Division 2 of Saturday’s Combined Clubs Harbour Pennant hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. The custom 32-ft performance cruiser was “Born out…
New Hooligan to test it’s prowess at Festival of Sails 2024
Story by Nic Douglass: The journey of the newest TP52 that will hit Australian waters has been spoken of across many sailing circles in the last twelve months. We spoke to Terry Wetton, Team Manager and Marcus Blackmore, the owner,…
Slingsby to miss Dubai SailGP
Tom Slingsby will miss the Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix to be with his wife Helena for the birth of their first child 👶A subsitute driver will be announced in the lead up to the event… any guesses on who…
44Cup Finale – Ceeref on a charge, Charisma on defence
The fifth and final event of the 2023 44Cup takes place for the high performance, owner-driver one designs in the familiar waters off Lanzarote’s Puerto Calero next week. The Calero family, who own and operate four marinas in the Canary…
Epifanes delivers the gloss and protection
Adding to its complement of internationally respected and popular composite products, ATL Composites represents the EPIFANES range of Yacht Varnishes. Suitable for amateurs and professionals, and made in The Netherlands, Epifanes products have been setting the standard in marine coatings…
The Maxi Edmond de Rothschild 3rd into Fort-de-France
Wednesday, 15 november, 2023, from the Gitana Team – The duo aboard the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild timed their arrival to perfection! Yesterday, on Tuesday 14 November, it was 17:10 hours (local time), 21:10 hours (UTC) when the five-arrow giant entered Fort-de-France Bay, resulting…
Recap of 1/32 Finals of the SSL Gold Cup in Gran Canaria
As the 1/32 Round of the SSL Gold Cup Finals series comes to an end, and we move on to the 1/16 Finals, we saw the top 8 teams qualify for the next round. After 16 races sailed in this first round, there was no shortage of heart-pounding moments….
Made in Australia JPK – A Hobart Challenger
The recently launched JPK 11.80 “Atomic Blonde” made by JPK Pacific for Dr Simon Torvaldsen with Sailing Master Larry Jamieson will present at the start line for the 2023 Hobart. It was the JPK French Founder and Master Mariner Jean…
Dominant Brodel stays on topfor another year
Report from day one | Cauipe, Brazil | Words: Liam Dredge | Photos: Svetlana Romantsova It was all over in one day here in Brazil for the Copa Kitley GKA Hydrofoil-Freestyle Kite World Cup. With 12 riders registered for the…
18ft Skiffs – Sunday’s big final showdown
Can the young team beat the defending champions? Next Sunday’s final race of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2023-24 Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour is expected to go right down to the final leg of the course with just four…
Red Energy Takes The Double 12ft Skiff Parramatta River Championship
Red Energy sailed by Murray Press & Mark Muirhead put in a strong performance to win the 12 Foot Skiff ‘Parramatta River Championship’ (Len Postill Memorial Trophy), hosted by Abbotsford 12 Foot Skiff Sailing Club on Saturday the 11th November….
Manly 16’ Skiffs Club Championship Heat 3
It takes a lot for Mal Page to pull out of a race.But after being crook for over a week and losing seven kilos and a number of days off work, the Olympic gold medallist started ringing around for someone…
Slingsby and Neuschäfer crowned at World Sailing Awards in Malaga
Sailing’s highest achievers were honoured at a glittering World Sailing Awards ceremony in Málaga. The 2023 Rolex World Sailor of the Year awards were presented to Tom Slingsby and Kirsten Neuschäfer, in a contest decided by an expert panel and…
SailGP saw the largest American television audience in league history when 1.784 million viewers tuned into a CBS broadcast of the Spain Sail GP
SailGP, one of the world’s fastest growing sport leagues, saw the largest American television audience in league history when 1.784 million viewers tuned into a CBS broadcast of the Spain Sail Grand Prix on Sunday, Nov. 5. The event, which…
Light winds prevail at 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships
The story of the week at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships was the unseasonably light winds, so it almost seemed fitting that the final day of racing was cancelled as the winds died right out at Vilamoura…
Apprentice Boat Builder Wins Scholarship
Apprentice boat builder Oscar Press of Sydney’s Northern Beaches is bound for Europe in 2024 to further his passion for sustainability in the industry after winning a Global Footprint Scholarship. Oscar, 21, is in his fourth year and apprenticed with…
Newcomers in for Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) 2023 Nautilus Marine InsuranceSydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) is less than two weeks away and among the emerging entries are two newcomers; Robert Kelly’s Virago and Andy Offord’s Borderline. A Reichel/Pugh 52 one-off, Kelly…
Double or Quits at the SSL Gold Cup Final Series in Gran Canaria
It’s the fourth day of racing at the SSL Gold Cup in Gran Canaria, and it’s also the double-points final race day for the 1/32 Finals. The wind is up, the sun is shining – perfect for yacht racing. For…
Happy monday for Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre fleet
The Monday morning mood is generally upbeat and good among the duos racing on the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre. After Martinique welcomed the first two ULTIM pairs last night there is always a mental lift for the fleet…
Cherub NSW Sprints at the Squaddy NEXT WEEKEND
Are you coming to the Squaddy next weekend?NSW Cherub Sprint Series at the Sydney Flying Squadron – 18-19 November The inaugural NSW Cherub Sprint Series is fast approaching and we can’t wait to see everyone on the water for two…
Kajiya and Guillebert take the win at Cauipe lagoon
Report from day three | Cauipe, Brazil | Words: Liam Dredge | Photos: Svetlana Romantsova The final epic day at the Copa Kitley GKA Freestyle World Cup Brazil dealt drama and upset in equal measure, with home favourite Bruna Kajiya…
Victorian ILCA Laser sailors busy Spring and Summer
The Victorian ILCA Laser sailors are out in good numbers with training sessions and regattas leading into the Australian and World ILCA Championships and World ILCA Masters championships in Adelaide in January and February 2024. The Victorian ILCA Association’s two-day…
Banque Populaire XI wins ULTIM race in Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre
French duo Armel Le Cléac’h and Sébastien Josse sailing Maxi Banque Populaire XI crossed the finish line of the 16th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre off Fort de France, Martinique at 18h19 local time (23h19 UTC)…
