‘Horonuku’ back in the shed
PROJECT LANDSPEED: Holding for a couple of weeksLake Gairdner – 9th November 2022 With the team poised to make the most of the 25-35 knot winds on Lake Gairdner this week, the party has once again been spoilt by surface…
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Waszp and Wing Foiling Slalom States
Over the weekend Palm Beach Sailing Club hosted a fleet of 15 Waszps and 32 Wing Foilers for their Kiteboarding Australia Slalom State Championships. The record amount of entrants in the wings made for awesome spectating along the shores of…
Pressure relief for Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe skippers as new start date set Wednesday
With the rescheduled start of the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination now confirmed as on Wednesday 9th November at 1415hrs local time, the 138 skippers in six classes, have been able to relax today, Sunday. The release of the mental pressure…
Perfect cruising rally conditions for the start of ARC+ 2022
Sunday 6 November 2022 ARC+ 2022, World Cruising Club’s two-stage transatlantic rally to Grenada, set sail today, 6 November, from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with 90 boats spirited away by the gentle tradewinds bound for Mindelo Marina, Cape Verde…
18ft Skiffs: Spring Championship, Race 4 for Eric Bowen Memorial Trophy
18ft SkiffsSpring Championship, Race 4Today’s Trophy: Eric Bowen Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: Rag & Famish HotelSunday, 6 November 2022Sydney Harbour The Noakes Youth team of Tom Cunich, George Richardson and Jed Cruikshank took full advantage of the 3-buoys handicap system to…
DutchSail are the 2022 Youth Foiling Gold Cup Champions
Champagne sailing conditions on the very last day of the 2022 season of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup, the Grand Final began last Thursday and in the four days of racing has had all kind of different wind and sea…
Triple MC38 Australian Championship crown to Lazy Dog
Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart’s Lazy Dog is both 2022 MC38 season champion and three-time back-to-back Australian champion after sealing the national series on Sydney Harbour nine points clear of Steven Proud’s Swish. “We had good teamwork by the end…
Sailient hot in Hobart Combined Clubs Long Race Series
Ian Snape’s Cookson 12, Sailient, had a stellar day in her last hit out before next Friday’s TasPorts Maria Island Race, winning Group 1 PHS, finishing runner up to the Don Calvert-sailed Intrigue in IRC and third behind Intrigue and…
Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe start postponed
The 3542 miles Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race across the Atlantic from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe, due start on Sunday at 1302hrs local time, has been postponed due to forecast storms which would have hit the 138-boat fleet during…
Light wind Day 3 for 69F grand final
A beautiful blue sky and warm sun, but very light wind on day three of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup Grand Final in Barcelona where six races were finished by as many teams who accessed the final fleet races. Competitors…
MC38 Australian Championship: Lazy Dog leapfrogs into first
Three wins from four starts for Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart’s Lazy Dog branded her breakaway MC38 and boat of the day on day two of the class’s Australian Championship. In perfect spring conditions, an east-north-easterly 10-15 knot breeze on…
Australian Sailing Awards recipients announced
Australian sailing stars Tom Slingsby OAM, Mara Stransky OLY and Chris Symonds have been recognised for their incredible achievements at tonight’s Australian Sailing Awards, with the trio taking out Male Sailor of the Year, Female Sailor of the Year and…
Sailors invited to celebrate 75th Brisbane to Gladstone Race
The Notice of Race is out and sailors now have the opportunity to be a part of Australian sailing history by entering the Gladstone Ports Corporation’s Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, which celebrates 75 years when it sets sail on…
Route du Rhum: Boris Herrmann manages expectations
For Boris Herrmann, the popular 41-year-old German solo ocean racer who took fifth on the last Vendée Globe, managing the expectations of the hundreds of thousands of fans he has at home now and a big media following, is all…
St Tropez to host 52 Super Series opener
Following a very successful 2022 season, celebrating 10 years since the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit started in Barcelona in 2012, the 52 Super Series again follows the preferences of its passionate, committed owners in 2023, with an itinerary…
Top six teams enter 69F final fleet races
he forecast spoke of a windy day, but what Barcelona put in place today was a great show, with strong winds from 15 to 25 knots, beautiful blue sky and white caps on the waves coming from Barceloneta beach. On…
Sailing Legends Inducted to Australian Sailing Hall of Fame
Australian sailing legends will receive the sport’s highest accolade, with four inductees to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame at the Australian Sailing Awards Dinner, on Friday November 4, at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Hall of Fame inductees for…
Nine races on Day 1 of Youth Foiling Gold Cup Grand Final
The Youth Foiling Gold Cup Grand Final started today in Barcelona, Spain, hosted by Marina Vela with the support of Club Nautico Vilassar de Mar. Nine races of the two-day Qualification Stage were finished by the nine teams competing here…
Golden Globe Race to Cape Town Gate gets interesting!
Dateline: Les Sables-d’Olonne, Wednesday, 2nd of November 2022 GGR fleet on the way to Cape Town, last call before the Southern Ocean, battling High Pressure Systems and barnacles (again), and a local hero making a big bet!Cape Town is a…
Youth Foiling Gold Cup – Grand Final in Barcelona
The closing event of the YFGC with the best teams of the year will take place in Marina Vela from November 3rd to the 6th. The Youth Foiling Gold Cup Grand Final is about to begin at Marina Vela, in…
Over 100 solo sailors challenge for six Route du Rhum podiums
The Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe which starts on Sunday from Saint Malo is set to see a record 138 boats spread across six classes, Ultim 32/23, IMOCA, Ocean Fifty, Class40, Rhum Multi, Rhum Mono. They will set off on Sunday…
Test drive an Axopar this weekend!
Our friends over at Eyachts are holding an Axopar Test Drive Day this weekend.When: Saturday 5th November, 2022 10am – 4pm Where: Fergusons Marine, The Spit, Sydney Your chance to see the Axopar range, take an intimate look and test…
18ft Skiffs Spring Championship reaches halfway mark
The 2022-23 Spring 18ft skiff Championship reaches the half-way mark on Sunday (November 6) when the Australian 18 Footers League conducts Race 4 of the seven-race series, for the Eric Bowen Memorial Trophy, on Sydney Harbour. Racing in the series…
World Sailing Show episode 6
The special October episode of the World Sailing Show, which premiered on 31 October 2022, goes inside the World Sailing Awards, a glittering ceremony where unstoppable Nacra 17 teammates Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti were named male and female Rolex…
First all-female crew challenges for MC38 Australian Championship
Nine MC38s will vie for the class Australian Championship this weekend, among them the first all-female crew, as a trophy trifecta is dangling in front of the defending champion, Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart’s Lazy Dog. The national title will…
Safety paramount for Pip Hare during Route du Rhum first hours
Approaching her first Route du Rhum-Destination Pip Hare is taking a necessarily cautious approach, especially for the first 24-36 hours. The British skipper lit up the last Vendée Globe with her effervescent joie-de-vie during her first adventures in the Southern…
Dazzling cast for RORC Transatlantic Race
Entries are ramping up for the ninth edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race, promising thrilling battles right through the fleet. Twenty one teams from nine nations have so far expressed their intention to race 3,000-miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Organised…
Who would you call in an emergency?
Written by Dave Proctor from the Global Solo Challenge. In this article, I will examine some of the safety telecommunication systems and requirements which will be available to the skippers of the 2023/2024 Global Solo Challenge (GSC). Before the mid-nineteenth…
Adams 10 one-design racing: The best of both worlds
Tracy Richardson, President of the Adams Ten Class Association of Australia, remembers her first impression of an Adams 10 in 2014 like it was yesterday. “I have a very vivid memory of coming down the marina at Middle Harbour Yacht…
Champions crowned at John Messenger Women’s Match Racing Regatta
Juliet Costanzo, Sarah Parker, Evelyn Foster, Jemma Hodgson & Rosie Rowell have been crowned John Messenger and Australian Women’s Match Racing Champions this weekend, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Juliet has reclaimed both trophies for the Royal…
Rhum class essence of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
Open to all boats with no size limit when it was created in 1978, the most legendary of the transatlantic races still retains its original spirit through the Rhum class. On November 6, 17 competitors will start in Rhum Multi,…
Groupe Atlantic win 69F Cup in Puerto Portals
By only one point margin in a seven-event season, silver goes to Fin1Racing and bronze to Swiss Dental Solutions. Puerto Portals, Mallorca, was the venue where 69F crowned the Persico 69F Cup 2022 champions, after a fierce battle on the…
18ft Skiffs – Club Champs
Club Championship, Race 1Today’s Trophy: Mick Scully Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: NoakesSunday, October 30 2022Sydney Harbour The first championship-style race of the 2022-23 Australian 18 Footers League season was sailed on Sydney Harbour today in a 10-15 knot North east breeze…
Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe starts in eight days
During its first weekend, the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe village has clearly been a huge success with the crowds turning up, while out on the water, the Rhum mono and multi boats took advantage of ideal weather for…
Quantum Racing writes history with fifth 52 Super Series title
With no racing possible due to the absence of wind today, Doug DeVos’s Quantum Racing secured the 52 Super Series Barcelona Week title – their fourth regatta title of the five events this year – and in so doing conclusively…
Sydney Hobart Yacht Race attracts 120 boats
Multiple past winners, international entrants and a record number of two-handed competitors headline a strong contingent of 120 boats entered for the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Entries closed on Friday 28 October for the 77th edition of the…
Globe40 fourth leg underway
The skippers competing in the fourth leg of the Globe40 set sail today at 12:00 hours local time just off the famous Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and stretching some 2,300 nautical miles, the first leg should take crews 12…
World Sailing approves historic governance reform proposal
World Sailing has voted overwhelmingly, with a 93.85 percent majority to approve changes to its governance structure which will enable the federation to be more efficient and increase transparency in line with the requirements of a modern global sporting body….
World Sailing meets to decide direction of sailing
World Sailing Council met to present a series of reports from each of the committees to update members on the current direction of the sport and future priorities. Opening the Council meeting, World Sailing President, Quanhai Li, praised the resilience…
Motivation remains high for Australian Mixed 470 squad
Another sunny day and a sea breeze greeted the sailors for the last day of Final racing at the 470 World Championships in Sdot-Yam, Israel where Western Australian pair, Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas, finished third in the Silver fleet,…
