News, race results plus editorial coverage from the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Vendée Globe, The Ocean Race, ARC, Fastnet, Transpac, Ocean Globe Race, Global Solo Challenge and Offshore Yachting from around the world.
The story below is provided by Team Malizia Back on the water – Boris Herrmann’s offshore sailing team launched their new race yacht as scheduled on 19 July, after 18 months of innovative design and construction. With its spoon bow…
An article from Yachting World back on 2014, but still relevant to any skipper today. In this one, Skip goes through how to formulate a bail-out plan, how to weigh anchor and break the anchor out. www.yachtingworld.com/storm-sailing-techniques
With the main axis of the windy Meltemi shifting west to buffet the shores of Attica now with 20-30 knot winds, almost all entries have made it across the finish and are safely ashore at Olympic Marine after this second…
At an average speed of 11.3 knots around race course, Adrian Keller’s 78-foot Nigel Irens-designed performance luxury catamaran ALLEGRA (SUI) crossed the finish line at 19:36:02 local time today (tuesday) in the second edition of the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club’s…
After a beautiful sunny start and a glorious moonlit night of downwind sailing, the fleet in the second edition of the Hellenic Ocean Racing Club’s (HORC) AEGEAN 600 is flying around the race course with the fleet leaders passing the…
Australian Sailing is aware of the recent incident involving the FarrX2 “Nexba” when the yacht capsized off Wollongong on the NSW South Coast. We would like to thank the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, NSW Water Police, the Master and Crew…
It could hardly have been any closer, the final standings in the 2022 Pro Sailing Tour remained in the balance until the closing moments of the ‘Final Rush’, when the Quentin Vlamynck skippered Arkema crossed the finish line off Roscoff…
Lavrion, Greece: An impressive fleet from 13 nations is assembled at the Olympic Marina in final preparations for the second edition of the Aegean 600, the premier 600-mile ocean race of the eastern Mediterranean region. The race starts on Sunday…
Entries are now open and the Notice of Race available for the 2023 RORC Transatlantic Race, the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 2,995 nautical mile offshore annual race held in association with the Yacht Club de France and the International Maxi…
After a premature end to his maiden two-handed Rolex Sydney Hobart campaign in 2021, Michael Bell is back for another crack at the historic race and with his new boat, Minnie, the 50th entrant for this year’s race. Bell, known…
After two months of high-intensity competition that has taken seven talented Ocean Fifty trimaran skippers from the Mediterranean to France’s Atlantic coast, and then on to Cowes on the Isle of Wight, the outcome of the 2022 Pro Sailing Tour…
With six races covering 1,615 nautical miles, the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore returns with an exciting full schedule for 2022/23. The previous two Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscores were shortened due to COVID-19 restrictions. But the Cruising…
EXPRESS VICTORY FOR MILAI Around The World IN THE 1ST LEG OF THE GLOBE40 Making the finish this Sunday in the marvellous Mindelo Bay (Cape Verde) at 15.25 hours local time, the Japanese crew of Masa Suzuki and Koji Nakagawa…
Two yacht sailors are alive and back in the arms of their loved ones today after a dramatic rescue in extreme sea conditions by the crew of the Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Brisbane. The two experienced mariners struck difficulty…
The three new world champions crowned in their respective classes are Beau Geste, Essentia 44 and Sugar 3 Porto Cervo, 30 June, 2022. The ORC Offshore Sailing World Championship, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in collaboration with the…
With Bonifacio and Brest in the rearview mirror, offshore racing’s most captivating new competition, the Pro Sailing Tour, reaches the halfway point of the intense two-month circuit that spans venues in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and English Channel. The seven foiling…
Relive the start of the first leg of the Globe40 in Tangier.
Multihull Solutions has added the new Cora Cat 48 to its range after being announced as the shipyard’s exclusive Asia Pacific distributor. The feature-packed family power catamaran is built by the prestigious PMG shipyard who have been building a number…
After months, indeed years of preparation, the crews took the OFFICIAL START of the first edition of the Globe40 this Sunday 26 June at 15:00 hours Moroccan time (14:00 UTC) in the Bay of Tangier. Before leaving the Strait of…
Winning four out of six inshore races during Episode 2 of the Pro Sailing Tour in Brest, France, on Thursday and Friday, the crew of Leyton usually led by Brit Sam Goodchild, but on this occasion with Morgan Lagravière at…
New Caledonia: First Caledonian boat to reach home in the Groupama Race was Eye Candy, which was pushed along by her rivals and fellow Sydney 38s, Guilty Pleasures and Poulpito. Kalolo, a catamaran, which had been the leading Caledonian boat…
Last night, just before midnight, Rushour was the first for the 7th Edition of the New Caledonia Groupama Race to cross the finish line. The Australian Drew 15 catamaran won this in real time in 3d 13h 42m 38s. Live…
Good luck to CYCA Members Geoff Hill and Ian Edwards, who are taking on the 654 nautical mile New Caledonia Groupama Race. Geoff, a 30-Year CYCA Member, leads the monohull charge on his Santa Cruz 72, Antipodes. Antipodes has been…
When sailing single-handed for extended periods, the greatest problem was, in the past, who was going to helm and keep watch when the skipper had to sleep? This was an intractable and potentially dangerous situation. So it is no wonder…
It’s time for round two of offshore racing’s most exciting new competition! Seven Ocean Fifty foiling trimarans that regularly see speeds of up to 42 knots are converging on Brest in Finistère, Brittany, this week for Episode 2 of the…
The finish line of the 2nd Arctic Vendée – Les Sables d’Olonne has been closed since the arrival of the last competitor, Kojiro Shiraishi (DMG MORI Global One), Saturday June 18 at 10:33 p.m. The classification is now official, let’s…
The Global Solo Challenge is a single-handed without assistance around the world sailing event with a unique format. It will depart from A Coruña, Spain in September 2023. One thing about the Global Solo Challenge is for sure: both the…
Belgian solo skipper Denis Van Weynbergh, with less than 20 miles to the finish line, made the shattering decision at 08h22 PM this Saturday evening to abandon the Vendée Arctique – Les Sables d’Olonne His choice was made after succumbing…
Genoa, Italy: Every offshore race offers a unique and stringent examination of human perseverance as sailors are presented with the challenges introduced by the wind and the sea and the Ker 46 Lisa R passed the exam and was confirmed…
By 1400hrs UTC this Saturday afternoon, only four solo-skippers had still to cross what has become the de-facto finish line of the Vendée Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne race, set at the Iceland gate, just to the east of Iceland. The majority…
Franco-German skipper Isabelle Joschke, (MACSF) has retired from the Vendée Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne within 50 miles of the finish line because of damage to her mainsail sustained more than 24 hours ago. The brutal wind and sea conditions prompted race…
Genoa, Italy: Following an epic contest, Magic Carpet Cubed secured line honours at the 2022 Rolex Giraglia. Crossing the finish line in Genoa, Italy at 22:07:17 CEST on Thursday 16 June, Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones’s Wallycento registered an elapsed time of…
59 Days to the Departure The countdown has started; Innovation Yachts Open60AAL is now in the water and is ready to sail around the world without assistance through all five oceans, including the Arctic and the Southern Ocean! After a…
As the leaders of the Vendée Arctique Les Sables d’Olonne race start to escape a wide band of very light airs to the SW of Ireland, it is two of the IMOCA rookie skippers on older style non-foiling IMOCA boats…
Les Sables D’olonne: The start gun of the much anticipated second edition of the 3,500 nautical mile Vendée Arctique – Les Sables d’Olonne race around Iceland will sound Sunday at 1700hrs French time (1600hrs BST, 1500hrs UTC). The local forecast…
A fleet of 56 boats will take to the starting line for the coastal race from Sanremo to Saint-Tropez in the Rolex Giraglia, with the first cannon shot to be fired at midnight in Italy. The docks of the Yacht…
Amongst entries for the Global Solo Challenge (GSC), one firm of Naval architects stands out; designed by Argentinian firm Germán Frers (pronounced with a soft Spanish G, so it sounds like Herman). The firm was founded by Germán Frers Snr in…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to welcome entries from eligible yachts for the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The 77th edition of the historic 628 nautical mile race will start in Sydney Harbour on Monday 26 December…
Founded in 2019 by two US veterans, the American Odysseus Sailing Foundation has signed up for the Ocean Globe Race. The crew will be composed of military vets and first-responders with post traumatic stress disorder, who are given an opportunity…
Double Olympic Gold medallist, Shirley Robertson, and world record breaking solo round the world yachtswomen, Dee Caffari, are teaming up with Zhik as the Official Technical Clothing Supplier for their 2022/23 double-handed offshore sailing campaign. Dee and Shirley bring a…
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