Approaching her first Route du Rhum-Destination Pip Hare is taking a necessarily cautious approach, especially for the first 24-36 hours. The British skipper lit up the last Vendée Globe with her effervescent joie-de-vie during her first adventures in the Southern…
Entries are ramping up for the ninth edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race, promising thrilling battles right through the fleet. Twenty one teams from nine nations have so far expressed their intention to race 3,000-miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Organised…
Written by Dave Proctor from the Global Solo Challenge. In this article, I will examine some of the safety telecommunication systems and requirements which will be available to the skippers of the 2023/2024 Global Solo Challenge (GSC). Before the mid-nineteenth…
Tracy Richardson, President of the Adams Ten Class Association of Australia, remembers her first impression of an Adams 10 in 2014 like it was yesterday. “I have a very vivid memory of coming down the marina at Middle Harbour Yacht…
Juliet Costanzo, Sarah Parker, Evelyn Foster, Jemma Hodgson & Rosie Rowell have been crowned John Messenger and Australian Women’s Match Racing Champions this weekend, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Juliet has reclaimed both trophies for the Royal…
Open to all boats with no size limit when it was created in 1978, the most legendary of the transatlantic races still retains its original spirit through the Rhum class. On November 6, 17 competitors will start in Rhum Multi,…
By only one point margin in a seven-event season, silver goes to Fin1Racing and bronze to Swiss Dental Solutions. Puerto Portals, Mallorca, was the venue where 69F crowned the Persico 69F Cup 2022 champions, after a fierce battle on the…
Club Championship, Race 1Today’s Trophy: Mick Scully Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: NoakesSunday, October 30 2022Sydney Harbour The first championship-style race of the 2022-23 Australian 18 Footers League season was sailed on Sydney Harbour today in a 10-15 knot North east breeze…
With no racing possible due to the absence of wind today, Doug DeVos’s Quantum Racing secured the 52 Super Series Barcelona Week title – their fourth regatta title of the five events this year – and in so doing conclusively…
Multiple past winners, international entrants and a record number of two-handed competitors headline a strong contingent of 120 boats entered for the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Entries closed on Friday 28 October for the 77th edition of the…
Another sunny day and a sea breeze greeted the sailors for the last day of Final racing at the 470 World Championships in Sdot-Yam, Israel where Western Australian pair, Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas, finished third in the Silver fleet,…
Year on year, the Rolex Middle Sea Race features myriad skirmishes right through the fleet and if you dream of winning one of the classic 600 nautical mile offshore races overall, you must have the determination and commitment to first…
With 14 nationalities represented, the transatlantic Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe has never been so cosmopolitan – there will in fact be 25 skippers coming from outside of France setting off on 6th November local time. Originating from all the continents,…
The penultimate day of the 2021 season at Barcelona Sailing Week proved a painful one for the Plattner family’s Phoenix team and so it was again today, as the five-regatta 2022 52 Super Series season tapers down to the final…
A change of start date and the large numbers taking part in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race (Westcoaster) has prompted record numbers for the Club’s annual Melbourne to Devonport Race – or…
Prominent Australian sailing administrator David Tillett AM has been awarded World Sailing’s prestigious Beppe Croce Trophy, which honours an individual for their outstanding voluntary contribution to the sport of sailing. Tillet was presented with the Trophy at the World Sailing…
Conditions got funky in Sdot Yam, Israel for the second day of the 470 World Championships, with a rare offshore breeze making for shifty racing. After a disappointing first day for the Australian Sailing Squad members, Nia Jerwood and Conor…
Japan is celebrating after hosting its first simultaneous Para World Sailing Championship with the Hansa Class Asia Pacific Championship in Hiroshima, marking a major step forward for diversity and inclusion after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A total…
This year’s international IRC Congress was held in Malta ahead of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, giving delegates the opportunity to see some of the impressive fleet arriving for the race. The meeting was chaired by Michael Boyd, also Chairman…
Australian Sailing has announced that Alistair Murray AM will be its new President, and Shevaun Bruland the new Vice President after their election at the 2022 Annual General Meeting. Murray has been the Vice President of the Board since 2019…
18ft SkiffsSpring Championship, Race 2Today’s Trophy: Alf Beashel Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: The Kitchen MakerSunday, October 23 2022Sydney Harbour The young Oak Double Bay-4 Pines team of Alex Marinelli, Matt Doyle and Darcy McCracken won their first 18 footer race when…
Three days before the opening of the village in Saint-Malo on Tuesday, Race Direction have released the final list of ratified entries for the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, with 138 solo skippers setting off on Sunday November 6…
There are now less than 100 days until the start of The Ocean Race, 85 to be precise, and our team is in full training mode. Based out of our second home in Concarneau, Brittany, France, the shore crew is…
Wind, and plenty of it, was the hallmark of the penultimate day in Brest for the Aussie sailors contesting the IQFOiL Worlds. In the earlier part of the afternoon, it peaked at 45 knots, along with plenty of rain. Later…
For only the second time since 2009, a monohull keelboat has won the PIC Coastal Classic when V5, an Alan Andrews TP52 skippered by Brian Peterson of the RNZYS, crossed the line at 23:46:23. It was a race with many…
A global fleet has once again answered the call of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, with the 43rd edition, which starts at 1100 CEST, tomorrow Saturday, 22nd October, attracting a fleet of 120 yachts from 25 countries, including Australia, New…
Most leading contenders are safely through to the finals, with Mario and Chabloz surprisingly swept aside at Qatar Airways Freestyle-Kite World Cup Neom after a strange passing rain system overnight delivered super strong conditions in the morning as the weather…
The first Warning Signal on the triangular courses will be given at the next Kiel Week (June 17-25, 2023) in the Olympic disciplines, with five regatta days planned for all, with the final Medal Races at the end. In contrast,…
The 52 Super Series will celebrate its 10th anniversary in Barcelona next week by returning to where the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit was started in May 2012 at the Real Club Náutico, Barcelona’s prestigious Trofeo Conde de Godo…
Significant shifts, and changes up and down range in the winds off Brest in France were the hallmark of the second day’s racing at the 2022 iQFOiL World Championships. In spite of the challenges this brings, several of Australia’s sailors…
Triple Olympic medalist Mat Belcher OAM has announced his retirement from Olympic sailing. Australia’s most successful Olympic sailor, Belcher had been considering a tilt at the new Mixed 470 class at the Paris 2024 games before calling time on his…
When the two-handed S&S 34 ‘Crux’ team of Carlos Aydos and Peter Grayson, saw the weather forecast before the start of the Tollgate Islands Race (260nm), they applied for leave for work on the following Monday, almost certain they would…
Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club is gearing up for their 2022-23 season Opening Day on Sunday 30 October 2022, with a special landmark celebration for their 60th year. Back in 1962-63, the co-operative vision of sailors from various keelboat clubs around…
After the first day of racing at the 2022 iQFOiL World Championships was abandoned due to no wind, it meant that there would be just the one day to arrange qualifying for the Gold Fleet. This was always going to…
Capitalising on the success of the inaugural ORC NSW Championship last February, organisers at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) are pleased to announce entry is open and the Notice of Race available for the event that will again run…
Cagliari, October 13th, 2022 – The futuristic Luna Rossa Prototype, that will showcase the team’s return to on-water training, was launched today at 2 pm local time at the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli base. The sailing sessions with this boat…
Editor – Congratulations to Jules and the Easy Tiger Racing who finished 7th overall. See you back on Pittwater soon. Corfu, Greece (17 October 2022) – Pauline Courtois and her ‘Match in Pink’ Normandie team from France have won the…
Buying a reverse osmosis watermaker is one of the best investments you can make for your yacht and your quality of life on board. Before you jump right into a purchase, however, you need to figure out how much water…
Editor – apologies for mistakenly reporting earlier that Breiana had finished 5th Aussie Breiana Whitehead has capped off a magnificent week at the Formula Kite World Championships finishing seventh after a rollercoaster Semi Final series. The final day started with…
Two races were completed on the final day of the ILCA 6 World Championships to round out the event and crown the newest champion. Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) took out the Championships by a commanding 20…
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