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Santa Barbara, Calif. (22 August 2015) – As if on cue, the scenic backdrop of the Santa Ynez Mountains was revealed for the final day of racing at the Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship. While the clouds cleared off…
Chicago, IL — It was another perfect summer day on Lake Michigan for the 12 teams assembled here for the Chicago Match Cup Grand Slam, with the southerly breeze remaining steady enough to complete the remaining matches needed to finish…
After five days of sunshine and varied sailing breezes at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week it would have been churlish to complain about the soggy start to the final race of the regatta yesterday – August 22, 2015. The entire…
Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) as well as Mathew Belcher (QLD) and Will Ryan (QLD) have won a Gold Medal for Australia in the Nacra 17 and Men’s 470 class respectively at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing…
Chicago, IL — Connecticut-based David Storrs and his Pequot Racing team of Taylor Canfield, Andy Escourt, and Hayden Goodrick have won the ISAF Grade 2 Chicago Match Cup Grand Slam. Storrs and team were undefeated today, beating Chris Steele and…
News.com.au FOR 16-year-old Mara Stransky traffic lights are a fascinating concept. After all, when you’ve lived most of your short life on a boat, including the last five sailing the world on a 50-foot catamaran, there’s not much need for…
Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) as well as Mathew Belcher (QLD) and Will Ryan (QLD) have won a Gold Medal for Australia in the Nacra 17 and Men’s 470 class respectively at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing…
The Wave, Muscat sailed a text book penultimate day at the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Saint Petersburg presented by SAP, adding an impressive 65 points to their score line over eight races. Helm Leigh McMillan now holds a 20-point…
Like the history behind the Rolex timepiece that will be presented to the winner of 17th edition of the Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship, event host Santa Barbara Yacht Club has a long and celebrated history. As the second…
A southerly breeze that started light and shifty built to a perfect 10 knots today, making for perfect match racing conditions and close results at the Chicago Match Cup Grand Slam. Top-ranked Chris Steele and his 36 Below Racing team…
Four champions have been declared at the end of the pinnacle Australian IRC series at Hamilton Island; two existing titleholders continue to reign in their class and two new champions join the small band of winners dating back to the…
Artemis Racing has announced a squad of six sailors for the second event of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Gothenburg; with the final five man line-up to be announced next week. Skipper, Nathan Outteridge, will be joined by…
It’s the business end of the IRC Australian Championship at Hamilton Island and it appears two current national champions are on target to keep their titles. All Audi Hamilton Island Race Week crews enjoyed cool 15-20 knot SSE winds, brilliant…
With one more day of racing the jockeying for the podium spots at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week was in full swing today, August 21, 2015. In one or two of the divisions the leaders still have some wriggle room…
Géry Trentesaux’s JPK 10.80 Courrier du Leon from France has been confirmed as the overall winner of the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race joining a long list of great names to have won this legendary 603-nautical mile offshore race. It is a particularly…
Day two of the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Saint Petersburg presented by SAP delivered a mixed bag of results for all eight international teams, as the hidden currents of the River Neva delivered a race track riddled with passing…
Australian Sailing Team’s Tom Burton (NSW) has won the bronze medal at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday, 21 August 2015 local time. Australian Sailing Team’s leading Nacra17 crew of Jason…
With the latest deluge of arrivals in the Rolex Fastnet Race, overall victory is currently looking like it might be claimed, in this 90th anniversary running of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's flagship offshore race, by a fast boat in…
Swell and a breezy day four at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in the Queensland Whitsunday islands tested crew work and produced exciting downwind rides, but also contributed to a couple of nasty collisions among the multihull fleet. The IRC…
Russia delivered a glittering opening to the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Saint Petersburg presented by SAP, with Red Bull Sailing Team staking an early claim, winning the day against the golden backdrop of the Peter and Paul Fortress. Back…
Australian Sailing Team’s Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) have defended their lead in the Nacra17 at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2015 in Rio on Thursday, 20 August 2015 and will carry their yellow leader’s jersey…
Stuff.co.nz Team New Zealand have had their America's Cup campaign boosted with sidelined Italian syndicate Luna Rossa lending them a testing boat. The Italians pulled out of the cup in protest to late changes made in design rules. But they…
A day is a long time in politics, but at Hamilton Island Race Week a mere few hours is all that’s required to turn from hero to zero – or vice versa. Day four’s testing conditions yesterday, Thursday August 20,…
Participants in this year’s Multihull Solutions Wonderful Sail2Indonesia Rally have arrived in Indonesia after clearing out of Australia at Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, and experiencing a dream run across the Arafura Sea. The 48 participants will spend the…
Chicago, IL — Twelve teams from five nations will be competing starting tomorrow on the third stop of the US GRAND SLAM series at the Chicago Match Cup Grand Slam. With nine of twelve teams ranked in the top 50,…
Santa Barbara, Calif. (20 August 2015) -The second day of racing at the 2015 Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship saw a duplication of the conditions that faced competitors on day one and which, according to the locals, are “normal……
Battling for line honours in the Royal Ocean Racing Club's Rolex Fastnet Race continued all the way to the Plymouth finish line last night in both the maxi-multihull and monohull divisions. Among the multihulls, Yann Guichard and Dona Bertarelli's…
The 74 sailors competing on the Mini Transat îles de Guadeloupe will set off next September 19th from the Bay of Douarnenez in France for the first leg to Lanzarote in the Canaries. Ready for the adventure, the competitors do…
ACR Electronics has broadened its range of maritime devices with the introduction of its new Class A and Class B Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) transceivers. ACR says its new AIS product offering, combined with the recent acquisition of UK-based safety…
Australian Sailing Team’s Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) have taken the lead in the Nacra17 at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after winning both their races on Wednesday (19 August…
Stuff.com.nz Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker paid the price for “internal mutiny” against his boss Grant Dalton. That's the theory of Peter Montgomery as he runs the rule over some of the most influential figures in New Zealand's proud…
Sydney can expect up to 800 dinghies to grace her Rose Bay shores over the January period thanks to the 2016 SPLASH Festival. Woollahra Sailing Club is the proud home of the ‘Sail Play Live Across Sydney Harbour’ Festival, showcasing…
Staying in touch with the latest in safety technology is paramount to the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s sailing committee, particularly when it comes to sending its Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race fleet offshore at night through major shipping channels….
Santa Barbara, Calif. (19 August 2015) – The day started out foggy, but not the 15 teams that today started racing for the 2015 Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship title. Their focus, in fact, could not have been sharper,…
Increased winds and a nasty sea-state created drama on day four of racing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in the Whitsundays and two pre-start collisions brought three multihulls ashore before their start gun had fired. Three from the Multihull…
First arrivals in the Rolex Fastnet Race are due into Plymouth in the early hours of Wednesday morning. But the only records likely to be broken in this 90th anniversary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's flagship 603 mile…
A weak ridge of high pressure hanging over Hamilton Island turned the wind gauge down and the colour metre up at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week on day three, Tuesday August 18, 2015. A warm sunny day with light south…
The ever-popular cruising divisions once again form the backbone of the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week fleet with 162 yachts of every size and vintage racing in seven divisions. But much has changed in the composition and character of that…
“Waiting for wind” was the theme of the day at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Tuesday (18 August 2015). Once again racing got underway late for the Australian Sailing Team and…
Boating Business UK OYSTER SINKS: A 90ft extended version of an Oyster 825 sank off the coast of Spain on July 4. All five crew members were recovered. Various press reports have suggested Polinar Star III may have foundered following…
Different options around the Scilly Isles have been put to effect today at the front of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's Rolex Fastnet Race with the leaders taking three significantly different routes, hoping to make the best of the complex…
St Petersburg, 17th August – Team GAC Pindar go into this week’s St Petersburg leg of the Extreme Sailing Series ready to put the unfortunate incident that forced them out of action in Hamburg last month behind them and continue…
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