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Melbourne's Albert Sailing Club celebrates its 70th year anniversary in September. The club was formed as a dinghy sailing club in September 1948 in the sail loft of the Jolly Roger Boatshed and Sailing School which was operated by successive…
In their first showing at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, David Fuller’s Vamp has won the Around the Island Race from Miss Scarlet and two-time Sydney Hobart winner, Balance, once again avoiding all the holes in the course that the…
Paul Clitheroe finally got the ‘Balance’ right today – missed all the holes to win the final race in IRC at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week today. But it was David Fuller’s Vamp, which already had the series stitched up…
Porto Cervo, Italy. 3 September, 2018. The first day of the 29th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup & Maxi 72 Rolex World Championship, organised by the YCCS with the support of the IMA and the collaboration of title…
Hobart amateur sailors Elliott Noye, Paul McCartney and Edward Snowball have finished second overall and winner of the Corinthian trophy at the SB20 sportsboat European championship which finished in Ireland today. Sailing Porco Rosso, Noye (a builder), McCartney, (an eye…
Racing took a backseat at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week yesterday, as competitors got into the Father’s Day fun on Lay Day, including the popular Rotary Beer Can Regatta, mud crab races, the Artisan markets and more at beautiful Picnic…
The 2018 America's Cup Hall of Fame honored Syd Fischer, John Marshall, Ken McAlpine and Doug Peterson (dec.) at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK on the evening of August 31st. Syd Fischer Australia’s Syd Fischer…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Olivia Price, Rachel Bower, Emma May, Tara Blanc-Ramos and Wallis Brewer have won the CYCA Women’s Match Racing Regatta for 2018, defeating New Zealand’s Celia Willison in a white-wash Finals series, 3-0 on a…
A delay ashore as race officials waited for the wind to fill in – and finally competitors heard the sound signal they were waiting on – and racing got underway in a light breeze at 12.40pm at SeaLink Magnetic Island…
Marseille, France: “I just want to get out there and beat the boys,” said Vilma Bobeck of Sweden this morning as leader of the 49erFX World Championship, and second overall in the open 49er Class Championship. Unfortunately for her and…
The first morning of spring is truly living up to expectation at Magnetic Island this morning as yachties prepare for a new race at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, the Strand Bay Race, which will give the people of Townsville…
The weather played havoc with plans to sail a Strand Bay Race at Townsville Yacht Club’s SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week today, but Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson and his team had a trick or two up their sleeves, and…
Today was another fierce test for the 49erFX and 49er Gold fleets which were first up on the schedule. With the mistral forecast, everyone knew the tough conditions were coming; it was just a matter of when. One race was…
Sydney, Australia: Last night, Multihull Central, in partnership with Pacific Sailing School, hosted the first introductory session on the RYA accredited training programs, including Competent Crew and Day Skipper courses to be run on board catamarans, launching a dedicated RYA…
On the day that the America's Cup race course and event dates were announced in Cowes, Isle of Wight, where the Cup began back in 1851, INEOS Team UK the British Challenger for the 36th America's Cup also released the…
Ondrej Teply, from Czech Republic, has won the 2018 U23 Finn World Championship for the Jorg Bruder Silver Cup after no more racing was possible on the final day in Koper, Slovenia. Joan Cardona, from Spain, took the silver while…
The America’s Cup community from around the world gathered in Cowes today for the first opportunity to meet the teams entered in the 36th edition and hear about what lies ahead including two milestone announcements made by Emirates Team New…
After three breezy races to end qualifying, the fleet headed back to the base. Daniel Nybork and Sebastian Olsen (DEN) sailed brilliantly with a 2, 1, 1 and upon reaching shore with their first ever lead in a 49er championship,…
With a race win each on the penultimate day at the 2018 U23 Finn World Championship for the Silver Cup in Koper, Slovenia, Ondrej Teply and Joan Cardona recorded the best scorelines of the day in the 36-boat fleet to…
Day 1 SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, hosted by Townsville Yacht Club, dawned bright and sunny and while the bulk of competitors were contemplating navigator and marine biologist, Will Oxley’s light weather forecast, others were discussing moving the beer to…
Hector Simpson found his pace on the third day of the 2018 U23 World Championship for the Finn Silver Cup in Koper, Slovenia, to win the day after taking three second places. He moves up to fifth overall, while Ondrej…
Only one race was managed at the U23 Finn World Championship, for the Finn Silver Cup, in Koper, Slovenia, after another day of shifting winds and demanding conditions. Former champion, Ondrej Teply, maintained his overall lead, but a second race…
While Townsville and other Queensland sailors flock to SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week each year, over half the fleet sails long distances to take part – from New Zealand and Australia wide, they come to enjoy something unique. Townsville Yacht…
Reigning Olympic gold medallist Tom Burton will enter the first official Tokyo 2020 Test Event next month drawing inspiration from a twist of fate he experienced as a youth sailor almost exactly a decade ago. The Laser ace emerged from…
The 2015 youth world champion, Ondrej Teply leads the first ever international Finn championship in Slovenia after two races on Monday in a very unstable Bora wind. The 2018 U23 Finn World Championship for the Finn Silver Cup opened to…
Having climbed the ranks throughout the Extreme Sailing Series Cardiff Act, Alinghi – the Swiss kings of foiling – seized victory from the clutches of SAP Extreme Sailing Team on the final day of the event. In a nail-biting finish…
August 24, 2018 – Newport Rhode Island – The inaugural Narragansett Bay Classic Yacht Rendezvous and the 39th Annual Panerai Newport Classic Yacht Regatta finished today in perfect conditions following the well attended Classic Yacht Parade and spectacular day of racing on…
A New Zealand crew won the JJ Giltinans this year for the first time in 44 years, considered the world championships of 18-foot skiff racing, when the Honda Marine team of Dave McDiarmid, Matt Steven and Brad Collins finished only…
The Bellerive Yacht Club/Hobart Jaguar Land Rover Winter Series ended today in its freshest breeze of the winter, and overall pennant wins for Tas Paints, Trouble and Moonshadow. The 15-20 knot NNW breeze, with the occasional gust to 28 knots….
Cardiff Bay was alive with action today, as two boats capsized within moments of each other on the Extreme Sailing Series racecourse. Charging downwind on the third race of the day (race 19), the Omani boat and Team Wales were…
A team of five boys and two girls represented Australia in the massive line of teenage sailors who contested the 2018 Laser Radial World Youth Championships at Kiel, Germany last week – 269 boys and 96 girls. The young Australians…
Fifteen divisions, 233 boats and close to 2,000 sailors from Australia, New Zealand and around the world spent Hamilton Island Race Week in the Whitsundays dashing around tropical islands with only saltwater hitting the decks, until the final afternoon rainstorm…
Four titles were won at the Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Kiel, Germany, and pointedly, three of them went to Italy, with one to Britain, sailors spoilt with all types of conditions from strong to light, shifting winds. “Therefore,…
New Moon (Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Peter Vlasov, BAH) has won 2018 International 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, after a thrilling final day of racing in the Solent. Marie-Françoise XIX, (Jürg Menzi, Jurgen Eiermann,…
With so many now in the country, Marcus Blackmore has confirmed a TP52 circuit for Australia, starting in November. “The owners have talked and we’re going to start with three – one in Sydney, one in Pittwater and one in…
Multiple divisions at Hamilton Island Race week are going into the final race on Saturday needing those last points to cement victory, while in a couple of divisions the winners are already quietly celebrating. Ray ‘Hollywood’ Roberts’ Fast 40 Team…
Wind and waves increased quite a bit on Friday, and a storm front approaching Kiel in Germany on the second last day of the Laser Radial Youth Worlds after the first race had finished, but passed as the boats waited…
A new windward/leeward course around Yandala and Edwards Islands to the north-east of Hamilton Island benefitted Peter Harburg’s Queensland 100-footer Black Jack. They took a first line honours win off Wild Oats XI from four starts, despite potentially handicapping themselves…
Cowes produced a complete contrast of conditions on the penultimate day of the 2018 International 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes with wind ranging from 5 to 22 knots. However New Moon, BAH 21, (Mark…
The overnight leader at the 2018 International 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, John B, BAH 22, (Gavin McKinney, Lars Horn-Johannessen, Mathias Dahlman) extended her lead after a first and a fifth on the third…
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