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No racing was possible on the fourth day at the Finn Silver Cup in Hoorn as strong winds caused the abandonment of all racing. The fleet was sent out on time for the scheduled start at 12.00 but it soon…
Day 2 of the 2014 49er & 49erFX European Championship was a non-issue. There was no wind in the morning but it was forecast to be hot inland so there was hope for a sea breeze. Some clouds formed over…
Thousands of friends, family and spectators are expected to line the Thames and provide emotional homecoming scenes this Saturday for the Clipper teams return. Sailing royalty Sir Robin Knox Johnston and Dame Ellen McArthur will lead the welcome committee for…
The notice of race for the first annual Croatia First Regatta is available from the organising authorities, the Yacht Club First Sailing and Mariner Boating Events. In 2014, after ten years of operating the annual Croatia Yacht Rally, Mariner Boating…
The Laser Radial Boys and Girls fleets will be the largest at the 2014 ISAF Youth World Sailing World Championship with 58 male and 47 female competitors ready to do battle in Tavira, Portugal. Racing commences on 14 July with the…
On her return from Sail Fiji, Django was abandoned 300 miles North of Auckland. The crew were picked up by a Navy Frigate and are all safe. One of the crew from the Sail Fiji regatta wrote: Dear Family, Friends…
Anders Pedersen (NOR) and Arkadiy Kistanov (RUS) engaged in a battle of wits on the third day of the Finn Silver Cup in Hoorn, Netherlands to slug it out for the overall lead. Kistanov narrowly missed out on all three…
The island of Bermuda and the city of San Diego have been shortlisted as potential host cities for the 35th America’s Cup. Chicago, which had also been under consideration, is now a likely venue for America’s Cup World Series racing…
The opening day was a tricky one for a variety of reasons and started with a BANG. 2013 European's Silver medalists, Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign hit a rock near the port layline of course C, splitting their hull wide…
Whilst there has been no change in Classes A, C and D Tecla has now moved into 2nd position for Class B and Vega Galmeby into 3rd position. Paul Bishop, Race Director, Sail Training International said, “The strong northerly winds…
Bluewater’s master-planned Trinity Beach, Cairns, residential community received a green light last month to develop its waterfront marina retail and commercial precinct. Brookfield Residential Properties’ National Director, Phil Leahy said he has been advised by the owners of the site…
Arkadiy Kistanov (RUS), the 2011 Finn Junior World Champion, has taken the lead the 2014 Finn Silver Cup after a difficult day afloat on the second day in Hoorn, The Netherlands. Only one race was sailed as the breeze faded…
Twenty-seven yachts from ten different nations have begun an exciting summer of exploring the fascinating Baltic Sea with World Cruising Club's new rally, ARC Baltic. Departing from the Schilksee Marina in Kiel, Germany on 7 July, the six week cruising…
Télégramme Group, a major French media, sports and entertainment group, as part of their diversification and development strategy have acquired a majority shareholding in OC Sport, the global sports marketing company specialising in professional sailing and outdoor events. OC Sport…
ALICANTE, Spain, July 7 – Eight new crew for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 were today unveiled in separate announcements from Team Alvimedica and the Spanish Team challengers. The Team Alvimedica crew will include Italian Alberto Bolzan, American Nick Dana,…
The All Points Rally is a free-to-enter, informal cruising rally to New Zealand, organised annually in conjunction with the Island Cruising Association (ICA). Yachts departing from all major ports in the South West Pacific, including Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and New…
Sly Yachts is celebrating the beginning of its collaboration with Vicsail with its 43 combining Italian comfort and design. The production process enables the Sly 43 to have a light displacement that maximises load-resistance. The design, with contibution from Nauta…
Anders Pedersen (NOR) had a nearly perfect start to the 2014 Finn Silver Cup (the Junior World Championship) in Hoorn, Netherlands on Sunday. He leads overall after a win and second place from the 2011 champion Arkadiy Kistanov (RUS) and…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) has announced Wednesday 25th March 2015 as the date for the start of next year’s Sydney to Mooloolaba Yacht Race. The race will again welcome both monohull and multihull entries for the 468 mile coastal…
It came down to the final race of the season to determine the divisional winners of the Land Rover Winter Series and 122 competitors in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia organised race were treated to a stunning winter’s day…
Tasmanian yacht Alive this morning smashed the race record for the 1885 nautical mile ocean race across the South Pacific from Melbourne to Port Vila, the port capital of the tropical islands of Vanuatu. Owned by Phillip Turner and skippered…
The European International Regatta season is in full swing and during July the Australian Sailing Team’s (AST) top Olympic sailors will compete for the respective 2014 European Championship titles at the Nacra17, 49er, 49erFX as well as Men’s and Women’s…
Along with the Grand Prix racing yachts and glamour cruising boats, there will be an element of 90-year-old international yachting history taking centre stage at next month’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. It will come in the form of the…
Tooling for the HH66 is underway now with some of the hull plugs (patterns) already out of the CNC bay where the 60' long robot cuts three dimensional shapes to within a millimetre of accuracy. From the plugs Hudson Marine…
US Yachts are inviting prospective buyers to view the new Elan 320, Elan 394 and Hunter 37, along with other boats in their range, at Darling Harbour on Saturday July 26. US Yachts CEO Matt Hayes explains: “Boat Shows are…
The new and improved Fountaine Pajot Hélia 44 will be unvelied by Multihull Solutions at the 2014 Sydney International Boat Show. As Fountaine Pajot’s most successful sailing catamaran model in the shipyard’s history, the Hélia 44 has been recently revised…
Porto Cervo, 5th July 2014. At the conclusion of two round robins, with almost 60 races held in the team racing event organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, victory in the Invitational Team Racing Challenge went to Italy's C.C….
Marstrand, Sweden (5th July 2014): Swedish fans turned out in their thousands to cheer on defending champion, Bjorn Hansen on the way to his claiming a third consecutive victory at the Stena Match Cup Sweden final, on this occasion against…
By noon today, the Tasmanian yacht Alive should be just 300 nautical miles from the finish of the Melbourne to Vanuatu ocean race. Alive, owned by Philip Turner and skippered by Duncan Hine, both members of Hobart’s Derwent Sailing Squadron,…
Marstrand, Sweden (4th July 2014): Stena Match Cup Sweden was two flights into its semi-finals stage at the close of play on the penultimate day of racing and in both matches it remains tied on 1-1. The top four going…
Porto Cervo, 4th July 2014. The second day of the Invitational Team Racing Challenge saw the eight competing teams complete the first round robin with the Royal Thames Yacht Club coming out on top with six wins out of seven….
Henri Lloyd has won its fifth race of the Clipper, the leg from Derry-Londonderry to Den Helder, The Netherlands, the fleet’s penultimate stopover before the London homecoming. The win is the team’s ninth podium overall and Canadian skipper Eric Holden…
ALICANTE, Spain, July 4 – Spain’s new entry for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 arrived in its home country this week as offshore sailing’s biggest event began its 100-day countdown to the start on October 4. Iker Martinez and Xabi…
The 16th Junior Finn World Championship – for the Jorge Bruder Silver Cup – opens in Hoorn, The Netherlands this weekend. To date there are 35 registered sailors from 17 nations and four continents entered, including two former champions and…
The Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Yacht Race fleet is closing in on Den Helder in the Netherlands with the first yachts expected to arrive at the dock around 08:00 (local time, UTC/GMT +2) on Friday 4 July. Henri Lloyd…
Experience was ultimately the key for the winner of the 2014 La Solitaire du Figaro Eric Bompard cachemire which finished into Cherbourg Octeville Wednesday. The 38-year-old Jérémie Beyou who won the fourth and final stage of the race was joined…
Porto Cervo, 3rd July 2014. The first edition of the Invitational Team Racing Challenge, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, got off to a superb start with perfect sailing conditions and well over half of the…
Marstrand, Sweden (3rd July 2014): Stena Match Cup Sweden is known for being one of the few events where, thanks to the boats and venue topography, sailors can race in anger inshore in gale force conditions with spinnakers. Over its…
Celebrations here in WSC Clubhouse as David Ryan and his crew cross the line at 18:25 this evening. The crew, very tired but very happy, came ashore in great form and, after enjoying a massive local welcome, have retired to…
Yachting Australia has announced the resignation of their long serving CEO Phil Jones after more than 17 years. “Phil has made an enormous contribution through his leadership of the sport in Australia and internationally,” said Yachting Australia President, Matt Allen….
Less than 50 miles now separates the entire Clipper Round the World fleet in day 15 of race 15. The OneDLL Cup looks set to be one of the most contested races so far as the teams enter the notorious…
When he crossed the finish line off Cherbourg-Octeville to win the 45th edition of La Solitaire du Figaro overall for the third time Jérémie Beyou, sailing Maître Coq, wrote himself into the solo race's record books, joining only three skippers…
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