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The Australian 29er Nationals came down to a thrilling finish on the final day of racing yesterday as Tasmanians Charlie Zeeman and Ethan Galbraith held on to clinch an emphatic victory at the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron. While the pair didn't…
11-year-old Aussie Joel Beashel has jumped up the leaderboard on the final day of the 2020 Musto Optimist Nationals to be crowned Australian champion and first overall in the regatta against a string of talented international entrants. The final day…
In just a few days’ time, on Monday January 13 at 11.59pm, the chance to enter the 2020 MacGlide Festival of Sails will close to boat owners wishing to be part of the historic Australia Day regatta from January 25…
Jason Ker, designer of the Ker 40 Showtime which sank after losing its keel on a delivery journey after the Rolex Sydney Hobart, has issued a statement about the incident: I’d like to make clear that the keel lost by…
The fifth day of racing at the Musto Optimist Australian and Open Championship saw Melbourne finally turn on some classic conditions with a building sea breeze. The race course from the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria positioned in front of…
The 61st National Heron Sailing Championship was contested at Lake Cootharaba, just north of Noosa, on 28 December 2019 – 3 January 2020, in an eight-day regatta. The Jack Holt designed Heron is a two-person dinghy sailed in all states…
With the regatta already won before the final two races, Matt Wearn finished the week with a third and a seventh (which became his second discard) to wrap up his fifth Australian Laser Championship. Conditions were testing, with strong 18-25…
The final day of the International 5.5 Metre Class Cups in Newport, Australia brought the most complex set of conditions yet with only Ku-Ring-Gai (AUS62, John Bacon, Terry Wetton, James Mayjor) hanging onto their series lead to take the Hankø…
There were more ‘lefts’ and ‘rights’ thrown than in a pub stoush during the 2020 Australian 16ft and 13ft Skiff Championships at Port Stephens today, with the fleet going vastly separate ways in intriguing conditions during races 4 and 5….
National championships for the Finn, OK Dinghy and Mosquito Catamaran classes have started to take shape with overall results for each class allowing a few event favourites to emerge. While there's close competition in all fleets, some top contenders have…
When the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2019-2020 Season resumes racing on Sunday, January 12, it will be 35 years since the club celebrated its 50th Anniversary in January 1985 by staging a unique event, which produced, as it’s finale, one…
The rain did not dampen spirits yesterday at the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria as the Optimist sailors prepared for the second day of qualifying racing. Conditions were tough with rain fronts passing regularly throughout the racing session bringing inconsistent…
“You should’ve been here last week,” was the locals’ retort today as the wind gods took a rare holiday at the tourist town of Port Stephens, leaving the Australian 16ft and 13ft Skiff Championship fleet to navigate their way through…
Challenging weather conditions that have seen smoke haze, low visibility, and a range of breezes has given race officials at the Australian 29er Nationals at the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron quite a headache. But as sailors and officials close in on…
With one day left to sail, Matt Wearn, who will be Australia’s representative in the Laser class at the Tokyo Olympics, has an unbeatable lead in this year’s National Championship. After three races in almost ideal conditions at Sandringham today,…
Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Anders Pedersen) won both races on the second day of the Scandinavian Gold Cup, in Newport, Australia, to equal his own record of three consecutive Cup victories. In a first to three…
Although whipped by a southerly gusting to 25 knots, the cream nevertheless rose to the top during a challenging start to the 2020 Australian 16ft and 13ft Skiff Championships at Port Stephens NSW. Most of the fleet selected their small…
The 11th Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta wrapped yesterday after four days of racing and seven races for the 33 boat fleet. Local Gold Coast boat, Desperado, the Atkinson 24 owned by Graham Sherring, won the IRC Gold Coast Championship after…
It was another frustrating day for sailors and race officials alike at the 2020 Australian Laser Championships. Sandringham Yacht Club was shrouded in smoke, with the gentle southerly breeze not strong enough to blow it away – or allow racing…
Over thirty boats raced offshore from the Southport Yacht Club today for the third day of the 11th Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta. After a very smart postponement ashore, racing got underway just an hour off schedule in a beautiful building…
The 220-plus fleet of Optimists hit the water yesterday with light and pleasant conditions for the first day of championship racing, however in the back of their mind was the chance of a strong southerly change that could come up…
Sailors in the 2020 Australian 29er Nationals have had a slower than expected start to their regattas after strong southerly winds forced the race committee to abandon the first day of racing yesterday. The event was scheduled to have five…
Matt Allen has claimed a third successive Australian Yachting Championship title today in Hobart, with Ichi Ban claiming victory in four races and finishing third in Race 5, with Race 6 abandoned for Division A. Hosted by the Royal Yacht…
Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Anders Pedersen) opened their defence of the 5.5 Metre Scandinavian Gold Cup with a last minute win in the first race sailed on Saturday in Newport, Australia, overtaking Beta Crucis (AUS 63,…
Racing has been cancelled on the second day of the Australian Laser Champion ships owing to strong winds. At 2pm on Saturday January 4, after advice from the Bureau of Meteorology that the wind would continue to blow at more…
After yesterday’s light airs, some yachties were heard saying “Geez we’d love some more breeze”, and as the old saying goes, ‘be careful what you ask for’, as Day 2 was a completely different beast, with sudden high winds testing…
To start the new decade, the 11th Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta got underway today under a sunny sky in a building nor’easterly breeze with a fleet of 33 yachts. The Race Officer, Southport Yacht Club’s Mark Dingley, opted to start…
The 2020 Musto Optimist Australian and Open Championships kicked off at the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria today with 223 of the best junior sailors descending on the club to compete from 2-9 January 2020. This year’s event has attracted…
Double world champion Nick Thompson of Great Britain, young Queenslander Mara Stransky, who is chasing her first Olympic Games spot, and Dutch sailor Mirthe Akkerman were the stand-out performers on the first day of the Australian Laser Championships being held…
Day 1 of the Australian Yachting Championships, hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT) kicked off at 10.30am today on the River Derwent as planned, but in a very light 5-7 knot breeze. Topping the Division A leaderboard…
The second day of the 11th Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta was raced today, offshore from Broadbeach from the Southport Yacht Club. Over thirty yachts are taking part in the regatta this year, which includes the IRC Gold Coast Championship, where…
The NSW yacht Zen has been crowned overall winner of this years Harcourt Hobart King of the Derwent. The TP52, owned and skippered by Gordon Ketelbey, sailed a perfect tactical race to finish third over the line and win IRC…
The Scandinavian Gold Cup is a diminutive trophy with an immense prestige and a unique format. Now in its 101st year, this ornate and priceless trophy has been raced for by International 5.5 Metres since 1953. It is considered one…
Light breezes, sunshine and warm weather greeted the competitors on Day Two of the 2019 Mercedes-Benz Mornington Couta Boat Association National Championship being held at Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club (SSCBC) on Port Phillip. Every one was hoping the…
A massive fleet of 70 boats, carrying more than 425 crew, set off from the Port of Melbourne into strong headwinds on Boxing Day in the annual ORCV Cock of the Bay Race to Blairgowrie. Despite conditions that were unfavourable…
SailGP returns to Sydney for Season 2 on 28/29 February 2020. SailGP Inspire, the global league's community, education and outreach initiative, will come to Australian shores for the first time bringing its three innovative pathways for young people, students and…
Upwind sailing is on the menu for the 70 strong ORCV Cock of the Bay fleet on Boxing Day. Meteorologists are forecasting 12 to 15 knot south-south-westerlies under slightly cloudy skies, which means spectators lining the foreshore of Port Phillip…
Josh Junior has become the first Kiwi to ever win the Finn Gold Cup after an epic medal race in Melbourne, Australia. Nick Heiner, from The Netherlands, took silver while 2018 world champion, Zsombor Berecz took bronze. Earlier in the…
The battle for the 2019 Finn Gold Cup has come down to New Zealand’s Josh Junior and The Netherlands’ Nicholas Heiner. Junior will take a 16-point lead into Saturday’s medal race to spar off against Heiner for the gold medal….
New Zealand’s Josh Junior has maintained his lead at the Finn Gold Cup in Melbourne, Australia after three races on Thursday in a moderate sea breeze. He will take a 13-point lead into the final day of the opening series…
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