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Paul Meilhat, skipper of the IMOCA 60, SMA, has today confirmed his participation in The Transat 2016. SMA is the first of the IMOCA class to enter the solo classic from Plymouth to New York that sets sail on 2nd…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club is broadening the appeal of the 38th Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), which is sure to boost even more interest in the annual two day event to be held over the weekend of 28 and…
When the leaders touch land in Guadeloupe, some will still have half of the Atlantic to cross before tasting a restorative ti punch, and meeting their friends and family. To top their misfortune, the trade winds which have blown vigorously…
Lighter winds slowed progress for some yesterday, but depending on their position in the spread out fleet, winds have now built again and the blustery sleigh ride is back on track for the front half of the fleet. The leading…
In both the prototypes and series, the race leaders have opened up the lead. However, behind them, the gaps are closing. That applies to those at the leading edge, as well as most of the peloton. Each one still manages…
Sir Ben Ainslie's Land Rover BAR America's Cup team has released an economic impact report for the first year of it's operation in the British city of Portsmouth. The report reads: Ben Ainslie's decision to base the team in the…
In the Wardan Whip’s first bonus opportunity, LMAX Exchange secured the maximum three points for being first across the Scoring Gate at 1425 UTC yesterday. Derry~Londonderry~Doire picked up two points crossing almost seven hours later, and Qingdao, third, claimed the…
A night under the stars in Sanya, China set the scene for the 2015 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards. Determination, persistence and the pursuit of excellence were clearly shared among the impressive list of nominees for this…
Comanche, the super maxi deemed the most likely to dethrone Wild Oats XI in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, arrives in Sydney at the start of December with a surprise up its sleeve. Both Comanche and the other…
At Geelong’s 2016 Festival of Sails, two national titles will be settled in the midst of the multiple divisions competing at the historic Australia Day long weekend regatta. One of titles belongs to a newish class to Australia, the VX…
Yachting Australia today announced a new name for what was known as the IRC Australian Championship and confirmed the locations of this premier yachting regatta for the next four years. The Australian Yachting Championship provides the opportunity to secure the…
Final points from this weekend’s MC38 Open Regatta on Sydney Harbour will decide the first-ever MC38 Australian Season Championship victor, and the one point gap between first and second forebodes a fiery showdown. Howard Spencer’s Menace, sailing for Auckland’s Royal…
There are currently six places left available in the Laser Standard Class, leaving only a matter of time for sailors to secure their spot at the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne. Event organisers are now predicting that the…
Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the Royal Ocean Racing Club, this year's RORC Annual Dinner & Prize Giving will take place later this month in the spectacular setting of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London. Prize winners, competitors,…
M32 North America, the organizing authority of the inaugural M32 Series Bermuda has posted the Notice of Race for the Series on the official notice board at m32series.com/officialnoticeboard/ The Bermuda Series will include five events from January to April including…
The wind has finally backed around and is allowing the Clipper Race fleet to get its first real taste of the Southern Ocean sleigh ride that teams have been craving since leaving Cape Town nine days ago. ClipperTelemed+’s Matt Mitchell,…
While the leaders continue to amaze the timers, and while they are no longer counting the distance to the finish in hundreds of miles, the majority of the troops are just starting out on the second part of the race….
The MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival recently won the Tasmanian Tourist Award for 'Best major event or festival'. Announced at a gala dinner at Wrest Point Casino, the award, according to AWBF chairman Stephen Knight, “belongs to the hundreds of…
Befitting the brand, the Beneteau Cup brought together the best of cruising and racing for their annual regatta on Sydney harbour and typical of Sydney in spring, the fleet had to contend with all types of weather. The Beneteau Cup…
The Yachting Australia Annual General Meeting was held on Friday 6 November 2015, with all State and Territory Yachting Associations represented by their Presidents. This was the first meeting held under the new constitution as a Company Limited by Guarantee….
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron yachts took out the top honours in Saturday’s Morna Cup race, with Andrew and Pauline Dally’s DK46 Khaleesi leading home the fleet and winning Division 1 and John Maclurcan’s classic Illingworth and Primrose-designed Morag Bheag taking…
A totally new crew on the 2015-2016 Gotta Love It 7 but the result was all too familiar in Race 2 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. John Winning Jr., Nick Catley and Josh Porebski replaced…
LMAX Exchange continues to lead, and Derry~Londonderry~Doire, second, has edged ahead of Qingdao, now in third place. GREAT Britain, Mission Performance, Garmin and IchorCoal follow with Da Nang – Viet Nam, PSP Logistics, Visit Seattle, ClipperTelemed+ and Unicef all striving…
The 49er/FX South American Championships wrapped up in Buenos Aires, Argentina over night with Australian Sailing Team’s David Gilmour (WA) and Rhys Mara (VIC) finishing the event in fifth and as the top ranked Australian crew. The event served as…
The ‘big purring cat’ of the Roaring Forties is starting to waken gently.Barometers are rising and increasingly wet, windy cold conditions have teams believing they really are now in the Southern Ocean. Dependent on the team’s position in the fleet,…
Going into the final day of the Etchells World Championships, which have been taking place for the past week out of The Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club Marina, USA entry Aretas held a five point lead over compatriot Scimitar,…
The competitors are still racing full steam. Who would have thought that a solo sailor could keep up speeds of 11 knots on average (speed on the water)? And yet this is what the leaders of the Mini Transat Guadeloupe…
A mystery wreck on the seafloor of the Marlborough Sounds is not missing yacht the Sioux, police say. The police dive squad was in Picton on Thursday taking a closer look at the wreck about 400 metres east of Wedge…
A waterborne extravaganzaThe seventh edition of Les Voiles de St. Barth will run from 11 to 16 April 2016, anda number of boats have already taken the necessary steps to make sure they are on the starting line at what…
One just needs to check the statistics to imagine the pace set by leading boat of the Mini Transat îles de Guadeloupe. Since leaving Lanzarote, the boats ahead of the fleet have covered almost 1600 miles, at an average speed…
Franck Cammas, one of the most successful French sailors in the world, is preparing to do something never done before: rounding Cape Horn in a foiling catamaran. This is a world first which will begin on November 8, 2015. The…
It is still full speed ahead of the fleet. The trade wind is still strong and the conditions are conducive to speed, although this second part of course, the fatigue of both men and equipment could lead some to ease…
Fresh from their World Championship and World Cup final wins, 470 sailors Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan have continued their extraordinary run of success by taking out the 2015 Yachting Australia Male Sailor of the Year award. The pair have…
Francois Gabart and Pascal Bidégorry are on the home straight with no significant weather hurdles remaining on the 5400 miles Transat Jacques Vabre course which left Le Havre on Sunday 25th October. At 1600hrs UTC this Friday afternoon they had 314…
Passing the 40S line which marks the official start of the Southern Ocean’s ‘Roaring Forties’ brings expectations of big surfs and accelerated boat speeds, however that is not always the case as Clipper Race teams are discovering so far in…
As stated after racing yesterday, PRO Kevin Wilson confirmed that competitors would be set a long race today, featuring Course 1 for the first time. With a course length of 2.0nm and an additional windward leg, this gave a predicted…
As stated after racing yesterday, PRO Kevin Wilson confirmed that competitors would be set a long race today, featuring Course 1 for the first time. With a course length of 2.0nm and an additional windward leg, this gave a predicted…
Passing the 40S line which marks the official start of the Southern Ocean’s ‘Roaring Forties’ brings expectations of big surfs and accelerated boat speeds, however that is not always the case as Clipper Race teams are discovering so far in…
It all starts on the street and ends up in the ocean. Australian professional big-boat sailor Andy Turton and boat-builder Peter Ceglinski have a solution to this world-wide problem that impacts on every marine community. They have developed the Seabin…
A 5-mile gap separates the first prototype from the fourth in the 2pm ranking. In series, it is also a constant battle between the two Ofcet boats, with a strong lead over more than 40 miles ahead of…
The early morning (CET) Saturday should see the first Ultime break the finish line off Itajaí, Brasil to take overall line honours in this 12th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre. With just under 800 miles of racing left the last…
Clipper Race fleet is living life at an angle as teams continue to push upwind, still seeking out the more favourable westerlies that the Southern Ocean is so famous for with its Roaring Forties conditions. LMAX Exchange still leads the race,…
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