Koo's crew enjoy big day on Daya Bay
Tiffany Koo tore up the track on day three of the China Cup International Regatta as the Malaysian skipper steered Hero Racing to a commanding lead in the battle of the big boats. Koo ruled the waves last year…
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Botany Bay Race – About Time back in the winner’s circle
Julian Farren-Price and his Cookson 12, About Time, are back in their comfort zone of the winner’s circle after taking the double in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Botany Bay Race today, with victories in both IRC and ORCi….
Olympians shine at Australian Sailing Awards
Olympic medallists Tom Burton and Lisa Darmanin have taken top honours at the 2016 Australian Sailing Awards, held in Sydney on Saturday night, along with the entire record-breaking Australian Paralympic Sailing Team. Tom Burton was named Male Sailor of the…
Katie Spithill finally wins Busan Cup
As one of the most experienced match racing skippers in the world, Australian Katie Spithill has been to every Busan Cup Women’s International Match Race since the inaugural event in 2008, except for the single year she had her daughter….
No breeze in China just makes Adventure Dentists more determined
A lack of breeze meant no racing on day two of the China Cup International Regatta on Friday. The 138 entries, from 38 regions and nations across the world, were hoping to get started on the inshore, round-the-cans racing on…
Spithill through to the semis at Busan Cup
It was cold, rainy, wet and not very windy, but yet an eventful and really exciting Friday on the waters just outside Haeundae Beach in Busan, Korea. Claire Leroy (FRA), Lucy Macgregor (GBR), Anna Östling (SWE) and Katie Spithill (AUS)…
A selection of pre-owned yachts offered for sale
Established in 2002, Performance Boating Sales is an award winning yacht and motor boat brokerage based on Pittwater, Sydney. A founding member of the Australian Marine Network (AMN), PBS is also the NSW importer for Jeanneau yachts, as well as an…
Entries open for Sail Maldives Rally
Entries are now open for the first edition of the Sail Maldives yacht rally – set to be one of the most exotic and spectacular events of its kind. The Indian Ocean archipelago is gearing up to welcome participants from…
Racing abandoned at Farr 40 One Design Trophy
Day two of the Farr 40 One Design Trophy brought a secondary surge of high winds associated with a cold front and low pressure system to the south and the cancellation of all remaining races leaving Kokomo the victor based…
Peroni wins 18 Footers two boat race
Strong Southerly winds, gusting to more than 30-knots, made 18ft Skiff officials think long and hard before making a decision on whether to conduct the Alf Beashel Memorial Trophy race on Sydney Harbour today. Following the abandonment of last Sunday’s…
Former Sydney Hobart winner excels on windy Derwent
More than two decades after she won the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on IMS corrected time, the Bellerive Yacht Club syndicate-owned Filepro yesterday showed she is still competitive and, in fact, a fine winner. Filepro, skippered by Darren Clark, won…
The veterans return for Busan Cup Women's International Match Race
Their match racing skills and achievements over the years are unrivalled. Now they’re back in Korea for the Busan Cup Women's International Match Race, the 4th event of the 2016 WIM Series. But are double World Champion Claire Leroy of…
Early entries in for Around Australia Yacht Race
The second ever Around Australia Yacht Race is set to depart Sydney Harbour on August 5th 2017. With three early entries all dreaming of competing and completing this amazing race, the event is ‘Full Steam Ahead’. A lot of people are worried that…
New De'Longhi 18 Foot Skiff launched for 2016/17 season
When the new De’Longhi 18ft Skiff was christened at Double Bay last Sunday, it continued a wonderful corporate support of an iconic 125-year-old Australian sport. Gregg Lawrance, Channel Manager Specialist & Independants, poured the traditional champagne over the bow of…
Clear skies and flat seas for day one of China Coast Regatta
The Volvo China Coast Regatta got underway on Saturday in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Haima which brought Hong Kong to a standstill just 24 hours before; including the forced cancellation of the Regatta’s Welcome Drinks and Skipper Briefing. It…
Kokomo in control after Farr 40 One Design Trophy season opening day
A guest helmsman and rock star team have finally broken Kokomo’s shackles and at the half way point of the season opening One Design Trophy they are in control of the Farr 40 fleet. Lang Walker’s Kokomo has competed sporadically…
Perfect conditions as huge fleet sets sail in Coastal Classic
A fleet of 141 boats started this morning's PIC Coastal Classic Auckland to Russell yacht race, in conditions that can only be described as any sailor's dream, with the wind coming from the South-West, and with just the right amount…
Tenacity’s third Wattle Cup win from four
The handicapper is doing something right when the top four Couta Boats finish the Wattle Cup pointscore tied on equal points as they did on Sunday October 16 after a smoky passage race to Mackerel Beach at on Pittwater’s western…
Groupama New Caledonia race 2016 includes Australians and multihulls
Good steady breeze greeted the nineteen yachts manoeuvring before the start of the Groupama New Caledonia race. I was reporting on the race as a guest of Tourism Nouvelle Caledonie and this was a great way to start my visit….
Skiffies chasing Alf Beashel Memorial Trophy this weekend in Sydney
On Sunday (23 October), the Australian 18 Footers League will stage the Alf Beashel Memorial Trophy race on Sydney Harbour. It’s a race that is conducted annually and has a special place in the League’s heart as it honours one of…
Quantum Racing crowned 52 Super Series Champions for 2016
Winners of four of the five regattas this season, Quantum Racing were crowned 2016 52 SUPER SERIES champions in Cascais, Portugal on Saturday evening. The American-flagged team – who has also won the circuit in 2013 and 2014 – secured…
18 Footers abandoned after masts break
In an attempt to get today’s 18ft Skiff Major A. Frizelle Trophy race started, race officials trialled a new scheme when they directed all teams to use their ‘Storm’ (#3) jib and reef their mainsail by 800mm. Race officer Doug…
Black Sheep scores Newcastle Bass Island Race victory
Derek and Martin Sheppard’s Beneteau 45 Black Sheep has claimed overall honours from Chinese Whisper and St Jude, while Giacomo took line honours in the lengthy Newcastle Bass Island Race, which came to a conclusion when Komatsu Azzurrro finished at…
Freshwater sailing – Bendigo Yacht Club invites visitors
Bendigo Yacht Club got this season’s sailing and competition under way with events over the weekends of September 31 to October 2 with their ‘Ice Breaker’ Regatta, and Official Season opening on Saturday October 8. The Ice Breaker, run over…
Crew injured, man overboard in torrid day on Derwent
Two crewmen were injured, another was tossed overboard as strong and gusty north-westerly winds again battered Hobart’s Combined Clubs yachting fleet today with consistent winds of 20-24 knots and gusts reaching 40 knots. “Unfortunately, another torrid race day on the…
Argo excels in light conditions at GC32 Series in Marseille
Conditions off the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur coast turned light for day three of Marseille One Design, providing a challenge for GC32 Racing Tour competitors and race officials alike. After leading a race which was cancelled yesterday and coming second in the…
Volvo Ocean Race to use M32s for guest racing in eight cities
Each Volvo Ocean Race entry in the 2017-18 race, in addition to their Volvo Ocean 65 monohull racing around the globe, will also have an M32 catamaran shipped from port to port as part of their sponsor inventory. The specific…
Full house at Port Olona, as the countdown to the Vendée Globe begins
Sébastien Josse made it into the famous channel in Les Sables d’Olonne late on Thursday afternoon aboard Mono60 Edmond de Rothschild. Live from the drone on Facebook, which Sébastien will carry with him on the Vendée Globe from 6th November,…
Azzurra prepare to stop the runaway train at 52 Super Series
The chances of Azzurra halting the regatta winning run of 2016 champions Quantum Racing were given a boost today when the team from the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda sailed to a first and second place in modest breezes at the…
NORAUTO GC32 shines as last event of GC32 Series kicks off
After a day and a half of France’s second city being battered by gale force winds, Marseille One Design, the last event of the 2016 GC32 Racing Tour, got going this afternoon with three races successfully sailed. Following this morning’s…
Anchoring is so old school. November's Cruising Helmsman shows you the new way
Safety is the key to the November issue of Cruising Helmsman. To that end we have practical articles covering a broad range for safe cruising. Anchoring expert Jonathan Neeves presents his proven method of anchoring that throws out all those…
Couta Week returns to Pittwater
The second ever Couta Week, the precursor to the 2017 Couta Boat class nationals, began on Sydney Harbour last Friday and this weekend’s Wattle Cup is the culmination of a timetable of racing and social occasions organised by the national…
Kiwi Success: What can we learn from them?
If someone told me six years ago that I would be writing about how inspiring New Zealand sailing was, I would have probably laughed out loud. But here I am, pen to paper, fingers to keys, about to explain why…
Tips and Tricks to night time navigation
During the day we have many visual clues to help us determine where we are and avoid collisions. At night the whole game changes. You lose the ability to quickly see and assess the situation. Many navigators rely on their…
Gale force winds in Hobart slash Channel Race fleet
Galeforce northerly winds gusting to 50 knots on the River Derwent and in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel played havoc with Hobart yachts in their first long race of the season, forcing half the fleet to retire from the Channel Race. Out…
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers wins opening round of 18ft skiff season
The Australian 18 Footers League’s 82nd season of continuous 18ft Skiff Racing got away to a flying start today when the club staged the R. Watt Memorial Trophy 3-Buoys race on Sydney Harbour in a 20-knot plus North East wind….
Menace’s mighty MC38 act one win
Menace’s heavy air prowess on day one of act one of the MC38’s four-part Summer Championship series gave them an advantage the local lads couldn’t close-up during a second breezy Pittwater outing, this time north-east winds up to 22 knots…
Lion Island Race goes to Victoire in thriller
Darryl Hodgkinson has sailed his canting Cookson 50, Victoire, to a two second win over Paul Clitheroe’s Balance in the Lion Island Race, the season opener of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Ocean Pointscore Series (OPS). Balance, a TP52,…
Average to above-average cyclone season expected for Australia this year
Australians should start preparing for a return to a more active tropical cyclone season in 2016–17, according to the Bureau of Meteorology outlook released today. Climate Prediction Services Manager Dr Andrew Watkins said Australians should expect an average to…
MC38s light-up on heavy air Pittwater day
Day one of act one of the MC38 2016/17 Summer Series Championship was a test of boat handling with south-east winds up to 28 knots sorting out the slick from the sloppy when it came to crew work in the…
Massive fleet out for Opening Day on the Derwent
Hobart boat owners, their crew and families celebrated the Opening Day of the 136th Yachting Season the River Derwent today with a massive fleet of more than 250 craft saluting the Governor of Tasmania, Professor Kate Warner, in a spectacular…
Bad forecast makes for great racing at M32 Series Ibiza
The weather forecast for the day gave a prognosis of very light and shifty winds. But when the fleet came out to the race area just outside the beach of Ibiza the conditions presented beautiful wind of 7-10 knots in…
