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Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron is ready to host the 2019 Saint Moritz by Gurner Australian Yachting Championships from 22-24 January on Victoria’s Port Phillip for the combined multihull and monohull fleets representing four Australian states. The forecast shows 10-15 knot…
The Islanders' Tavern Marina Challenge has set the scene for what will be a spectacular Goolwa Regatta Week as sailors navigated the tricky waterways of the Coorong Quays marina in a time trial style race-off. Conditions were beautiful with a…
Launched back in 1975, Glen Roper’s elderly yacht, Natelle Two, today showed she still has a spring in her bow wave, winning both the PHS and the IRC categories of Division 2 in the Combined Clubs Summer Pennant race. Designed…
he Island Racing divisions at the CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week have attracted so many entries organisers have had to create an extra division to accommodate the number of boats. The new Island Racing F division has been created…
The illustrious NSW trio of Iain Murray, Colin Beashel and Richie Allanson on ‘Havoc’ have come from behind to win the Etchells National crown in Brisbane on late Friday. Steered by Murray, who has won worlds, nationals and states in…
Two of Auckland’s most famous classic yachts will once again square off against each other at the Ports of Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta, on Monday, 28 January. Ariki, once hailed as the Queen of the Waitemata, was unbeaten champion of…
Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) will hold its annual Sydney Harbour Regatta on the first weekend of March, this year incorporating the Australian Sydney 38 Championship and the NSW J70 Championship, a fitting way to celebrate the Club’s 80th anniversary….
A fleet of more than 270 boats will compete in the 2019 Festival of Sails, Australia’s biggest celebration of sailing, which kicks off with the Passage Race from Melbourne to Geelong on Australia Day. Entries for Australia’s oldest sporting event…
Sailing families around South Australia are getting set for the Goolwa Regatta Week, and its marquee event the Milang-Goolwa Freshwater Classic, which is well known as one of the most enjoyable and lifestyle-focused on-water events in the State. With a…
For its 13th season, the RC44 Championship Tour has been given a makeover and has been rechristened the 44Cup with a more modern logo in carbon black and neon yellow. “Rebranding is a standard marketing procedure in the corporate world,”…
Wendy Tuck, winner of the 2017-2018 Clipper Round the World Race, is to be the guest speaker at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS), for the start of the Port Phillip Women’s Championship series for the Jennifer Goldsmith Perpetual Trophy. Tuck,…
Lake Macquarie Yacht Club (LMYC) is excited to announce it will be hosting the 2019 Accru Melges 24 Australian Championship from 12-15 March. The Club has had a long association with the Melges 24 class, running several state and national…
Sailing families around South Australia are getting set for the Goolwa Regatta Week, and its marquee event the Milang-Goolwa Freshwater Classic, which is well known as one of the most enjoyable and lifestyle-focused on-water events in the state With a…
McKnight dominated the Australian Moth National Championship sailed from Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron last week, dropping two sixes from 14 races, with a net score of 20 points. He raced a home built boat, with the new deck-sweeper mainsail configuration,…
Twenty seven Etchells have returned to the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron this week for a re-match, at least against their Australian competitors, on what were the waters for the World Championship held with 94 teams last October. In today's practice…
A new set of national youth champions were crowned after a stunning final day of sailing on the Derwent River at the 2019 Australian Youth Championships presented by the Australian Maritime College in Hobart today. The regatta doubled as the…
Sailing enthusiasts yet to register for the Festival of Sails can still jump on-board, with event organisers extending the entry deadline for the 2019 regatta. The Royal Geelong Yacht Club has extended the entry deadline for the three-day regatta, which…
Hobart’s River Derwent turned on perfect sailing conditions for the penultimate day of racing in the Australian Youth Championships, warm and sunny with a constant 18-22 knot sea breeze. The sailors responded with exhilarating displays of close competition, providing a…
Young gun Zac Littlewood may have conquered a world championship, but there was one title missing from the cabinet – and he provisionally wrapped it up on the penultimate day of racing at the 2019 Australian Youth Championships, presented by…
It had been a tough week at Black Rock Yacht Club, Victoria, for the Australian Finn Championships. Solid sea breezes for most of the races challenged the physical preparation of the 40 sailors who took part. Many sailors were visibly…
The first race of The Round Martinique Regatta will start from Fort de France in just a month’s time, eagerly awaited by both the competitors and the event’s organisers. However, before trimming the sails and sharpening tactics, the most important…
New Zealand’s biggest and multi-day sailing regatta, CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week, will be held next week and organisers are again predicting a record breaking year in terms of entry numbers.The entry list for the event, which takes place…
Australian duo Brett Burvill and Max Puttman are the 2019 Tornado world champions, crowned in New Zealand where the event was held, while the final race was won by famous locals, Olympic Gold and Silver medallist Rex Sellars, crewed by…
From January 20 to 26 there will be a hive of sailing activity in Paynesville, with some of the best Australian junior sailors arriving for the 40th Australian Minnow Championship, to be hosted by Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club (GLYC). Competitors…
The Asko Appliances 18ft Skiff team became the 2018-2019 NSW champions after scoring a win and a second placing in the final two races of the championship which were sailed in a 15K south/south-east wind on Sydney Harbour today. Skipper…
Giles Scott wrapped up a great week’s sailing with two more race wins to take the overall victory at the Ronstan Australian Finn Championship in some spectacular Black Rock conditions, where Nicholas Heiner secured second place and Jake Lilley took…
The Australian 18 Footers League fleet is back on Sydney Harbour this Sunday when the 18-boat fleet will contest the final two races of the 2018-2019 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship. After three races so far in the Championship, going into…
Coaching programs to develop the racing skills of each club’s up-and-coming young sailors have played a key in the final results of the 2019 International Optimist Australian Championships. Daniel Links from the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club on Pittwater, NSW,…
Andy Beadsworth, Ali Tezdiker and Simon Fry crossed the finish line in first place to win the final race of the 2019 Dragon World Championship and seal their second consecutive world title in style. The Turkish team were the first…
Rio gold medallist Tom Burton (NSW) has outsailed defending Australian Laser Standard Rig champion Matthew Wearn (WA) in a hard-fought Oceania and Australian championship. On the final day of competition Burton clinched victory in race 11, taking top honours while…
Sydney sailors Will Cooley and Bec Hancock will go into this week’s Australian Sailing Youth Championships 2019 as strong favourites for the Nacra 15 title, and an overseas trip. Cooley, from Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and his new crew, Hancock,…
First and second places in the final race on the River Derwent yesterday decided the winners of the Australian championship for the 420 double-handed youth dinghy class, with a New Zealand crew the victors. , a combined Woollahra Sailing…
New South Wales, Sail Sydney and Sail Melbourne champions in the 29er skiffs, Archie Cropley and Max Paul, yesterday stormed home on an 18-20 knot Derwent River seabreeze to snatch victory in the 2019 Australia championship. Cropley and Paul came…
Thirteen international Finn sailors have joined 27 Australian Finn sailors for the Ronstan 2019 Australian Finn National Championship, which begins at Black Rock Yacht Club, in Melbourne, on Tuesday. The fleet includes 2018 European Champion, Ed Wright, 2016 Olympic champion,…
By the end of the fourth day of the 2019 Dragon World Championship at Fremantle, Western Australia, the top of the leaderboard is log jammed with only three races to go. Despite an early strong wind warning, today’s two races…
The supercharged F50 catamarans hit Sydney Harbour next month. Over two thrilling days of inshore racing, six national teams will be battling for supremacy at speeds over 50 knots (60mph/100kph). We’ve got early bird tickets on sale for just one…
With two weeks to go until New Zealand’s biggest and best-loved multi-day sailing regatta, CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week, organisers are again predicting a record breaking year in terms of entry numbers. The entry list for the event, which…
Hobart’s River Derwent swarmed with almost 450 young sailors yesterday as the huge fleet of 240 Optimist dinghies began their Australian championship, joining various youth classes already well into their nationals. The single-handed Optimists, along with double-handed crews in 29ers,…
The results are as shifty as the conditions that the 23 catamarans racing in the 2019 Tornado World Championships are receiving on the race course. RACE 3 Race 3 saw a mix of conditions with Brett Burvill (AUS) saying he…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. Team New Zealand will build a test boat as well as launch their first racing yacht and sign up the rest of their crew in what will be a hugely influential year towards defending the America's…
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