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Marina berths have become rarer than hen’s teeth in the lead-up to Sail Port Stephens 2019, such is the demand from the keelboat brigade, yet there’s room aplenty for off-the-beach and trailable classes to be part of the action. Separate…
The Asko Appliances team had to recover from a mid-race capsize before taking out the 2018-2019 Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship in a dramatic day of 18ft Skiff Racing on Sydney Harbour today. Going into today's final race of…
Champion Hobart yachtsman Nick Rogers has earned the right to defend the historic Sayonara Cup which he won for the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania a decade ago from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. The Squadron is the challenger. Rogers…
Three long-time friends and sailing champions have all finally come together in the one boat as they set their sights on winning the 2019 JJ Giltinan (world) 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour from March 2-10. Skipper Micah Lane, sheet…
The Asko Appliances 18ft skiff team is set to add the Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship to its trophy cabinet as the team leads the 18-strong fleet into Sunday’s last race of the series on Sydney Harbour. Skipper James…
The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania has received a challenge from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron for the coveted Sayonara Cup, renewing the match-racing contest between two of the nation's senior clubs after a break of a decade. The RSYS…
Ichi Ban, skippered by Matt Allen, has come away with a resounding Division 1 IRC win at this year's Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta, dropping just one less than perfect result to end up carrying a picket fence. The regatta…
In the northern hemisphere the Sailing Champions League is a winning concept, taking off from the start-up league in Germany in 2013 to involve 21 nations and more than 300 clubs in 2019. Now it’s the southern hemisphere’s turn. Mark…
Sailfest Newcastle Regatta is steeling itself for the hottest TP52 showdown outside Europe’s 52 Super Series when the inaugural Gold Cup starts on March 29 with a record fleet. Race organisers from the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) are expecting…
Stuff.co.nz British yachting great Sir Ben Ainslie has described sailing the America's Cup test boat as “an eye-opener”. American rival Terry Hutchinson summed up being on his syndicate's scaled-down version of the 75-foot foiling monohulls to be used at Auckland…
With four out of the six races now in the books, things are starting to heat up on the scoreboard at this year's Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta. Yesterday's race was a short passage race out to the Lincoln National…
The Rag & Famish Hotel has been a successful sponsor of the 18 Footers on Sydney Harbour since the 1996-1997 Season, but the hotel and the sport of 18 Footers racing have more in common than simply being the combination…
Tropical Cyclone Oma formed in the Fijian area of responsibility and was forecast to approach the southern Queensland coast this weekend. The 11am (AEST) track map yesterday (Thursday) showed the system moving closer to Queensland and into the Bureau's area…
The Match Race Super League has announced that the AIRCALIN Match Race in Noumea (NCL) will be the sixth event of the 2019 season, taking the schedule to 12 events worldwide in 10 countries on four continents. The organizing CNC…
For as long as the 49er class has existed, the Australia Sailing Team has performed at the highest level. From Chris Nicholson winning the classes’ first three World Championships, to Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen taking gold and silver in…
It is one of the most picturesque days on the South Australian sailing calendar, however yesterday's Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta 'long race' was slow going in light conditions for the four divisions. Divisions one and two raced out of…
Fabulous prizes await placegetters in Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) Sydney Harbour Regatta to be held over the first weekend of March – but you have to enter first and the early entry rate has been extended to February 25,…
Bellerive Yacht Club member Jeff Cordell has won a somewhat rare collection of trophies in the weekend’s Crown Series Bellerive Regatta with his Mumm 36 yacht B&G Advantage. Cordell skippered B&G Advantage to overall first place in both the AMS…
One of the strongest Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta fleets seen for some time kicked off this year's event yesterday with two races around the cans on Boston Bay. Sailors were greeted with a moderate 10 to 15-knot southwesterly breeze…
Annette Hesselmans is to be guest speaker at Royal Brighton Yacht Club in Victoria ahead of the Brighton Ladies Skippers Series (BLiSS) in the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series (PPWCS) on the evening of 22 February – and she offers…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (February 16, 2019) – Racing got started on time this morning in beautiful conditions for the second day of racing in the Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta St. Petersburg, held out of the St….
The Asko Appliances team of James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite and Trent Barnabas became the 2018-2019 Australian 18ft Skiff champions after a wonderful day of action-packed racing on Sydney Harbour today. Going into today's final two races, only four points separated…
Royal Yacht Club of Victoria member, Clare Olding, has skippered Vertigo to an overall win in Race 3 of the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series sailed in light air on Port Phillip today. The Women in Sailing Challenge (WISC), hosted…
Dan Slater has won the 2019 Symonite OK Dinghy World Championship at Wakatere Boating Club after a challenging final day of racing with at first light winds, then breezy conditions, but always difficult and shifty. Fredrik Lööf almost did enough…
The second day of the inaugural SailGP on Sydney Harbour was sailed in light conditions, with just 10 knots of easterly as the six boats made their way out to the start line. However, as we saw yesterday, this is…
St. Petersburg, Florida: The first day of racing for the Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta St. Petersburg had a late start, due to a postponement for light winds in the morning, with racing underway by 1:30, allowing…
The 2019 Historic 18 Footer Australian Championship for the Galloping Ghost Trophy was conducted by the Sydney Flying Squadron in conjunction with the Australian Historical Sailing Skiff Association (AHSSA), on Sydney Harbour over 3 races on 19 January, 1 and…
One of the highlights of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2018-2019 season has been the emergence of a young The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone team as a leading contender for the top honours in the major championships on Sydney Harbour. Skipper Jordan…
There was good news for skippers, organisers and spectators on the opening day of the inaugural SailGP. The wind, which had proved elusive during the practice races, finally appeared on Sydney Harbour. The sun was shining as the six national…
Dan Slater has extended his lead to 11 points on the penultimate day of the Symonite OK Dinghy World Championship at Wakatere Boating Club in Auckland. He takes an 11-point lead into the final day from Fredrik Lööf. Andrew Phillips…
Auckland, New Zealand – 15th February 2019 In late August 2012, a grainy photo of a boat emerged online. Most hardened America’s Cup followers will clearly remember the image that was the talk of the sailing world for many weeks….
SailGP was launched at Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron this morning, ahead of two days of what should be spectacular racing between six boats and six nations, if the training sessions are anything to go by. Sydney Harbour is set to…
Picking a winner in the new SailGP series, which starts tomorrow on Sydney Harbour, is a fool's game. At least, that's the concensus after watching the final practice races and speaking with the skippers. Not only are the boats very…
Olympians Dan Slater and Fredrik Lööf took the race wins on the third day of the 2019 Symonite OK Dinghy World Championship at Wakatere Boating Club, in Auckland, after two more races in a very shifty offshore breeze. Josh Armit…
The GC32 Class sets sail into 2019 with a circuit stronger than ever thanks to its teams consolidating on one circuit, the GC32 Racing Tour. For its sixth season, the five event series for ultra-high performance one design catamarans will…
SAN FRANCISCO – February 12, 2019 – SailGP today released a next generation mobile application as advanced as the supercharged F50 boats taking flight this week on Sydney Harbour. Fans will be in full control of the way they consume…
Seventeen year old Josh Armit has taken the joint lead at the 2019 Symonite OK Dinghy World Championship at Wakatere Boating Club in Auckland after emerging from the second day of racing with the lowest points of any of the…
The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone and Bing Lee teams shared the spoils of victory in the two races sailed on Day 4 of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship, on Sydney Harbour today, but Asko Appliances holds the barest of leads going into…
Over six races Neville Crichton’s Maserati posted enough low point scores to claim the top trophy at the opening act of the MC38’s 2019 season, which drew the maximum Sydney fleet of nine active boats. Racing got underway on Sunday…
Kiwi sailors filled the top three places in the only race sailed on the opening day of the 2019 Symonite OK Dinghy World Championship at Wakatere Boating Club in Auckland, New Zealand. Andrew Phillips led all the way to win…
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