The Sabot class continues to develop the sailing skills for our sport’s future and is extremely proud that the junior training class is continuing to be a chosen class for female sailors, with girls representing 44 per cent of the…
Canada SailGP Team is pleased to announce two key appointments as the team’s preparations continue in the lead up to the start of Season 3 in Bermuda. Leading Canada SailGP Team will be incoming CEO Jean-Sébastien Chénier Proteau. An accomplished…
When it comes to heading out there, crossing the Pacific is usually one goal. Jess Lloyd Mostyn describes the different paths you can take. Many people choosing to set off and sail full-time do so with a big dream in…
Most first-time cruisers get a lot of things wrong, Petrea McCarthy provides a salient tale for those about to get out there. 1) Thinking you have enough shade You may or may not have a great bimini, but when the…
The final races were completed in the inaugural NSW ORC Championship, the Sydney 38 One Design NSW Championship and Pittwater Regatta, with new champions crowned and winners announced at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) early this evening. Gerry…
The Swan River Sailing Team, skippered by Ethan Prieto-Low (RFBYC), won the 2022 Perth Youth Cup over the weekend. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (RFBYC) hosted the match racing regatta. Prieto-Low’s team also won the WA Tour title after winning all…
Going into the final day of the 44Cup Calero Marinas in Lanzarote, Igor Lah’s Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860 held a strong 11-point lead. Normally this would have seen them packing their bags early, having won with a race to spare….
Experience the thrill of sailing no matter where you are when MarineVerse Cup is released on Meta Quest 2 on February 24. Whether you are an advanced sailor or just curious to give sailing a try, MarineVerse Cup can help…
Preparation for the annual Port Douglas Race Week is in full swing. North Queensland’s premier sailing event, hosted by Port Douglas Yacht Club (PDYC), is set to hit the waves from May 24 to 28, 2022. Entries are open and…
After a weekend of five action-packed races, former 18ft skiff Australian Championship-winning skipper Seve Jarvin will be attempting to win his seventh title when he competes for the coveted trophy against a fleet of 23 boats from NSW and Queensland…
Australian Sailing is committed to ensuring a level playing field for all those who participate in our sport. There are inherent integrity risks at all levels of sailing, and in recent months Australian Sailing has worked to identify those risks…
Mako, the much travelled Sydney 40 owned by a Newcastle, NSW syndicate is officially the first entry received for Airlie Beach Race Week 2022, which will be held in the Whitsunday Islands from 11 to 18 August. Entered by Newcastle…
Hobart: Match racing from the Melges and some fancy footwork from Footloose were the highlights of racing in the Combined Clubs Harbour Series on Saturday. The series, run by Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, Derwent Sailing Squadron Inc and Bellerive Yacht Club,…
Australia’s one remaining manufacturer of production cruising catamarans last year celebrated its 25th anniversary after weathering the Covid-19 storm in an extremely competitive marketplace. I talked to Lightwave Yachts Australia co-founder Louise Overell who revealed the secrets to holding your…
The Hanse 460 has been named European Yacht of the Year 2022 by an international jury of experts. In the Family Cruiser category, the Hanse 460 was able to claim the world’s most important award in the sailboat industry. In…
The Sydney 38 Association has gone all out, chartering a Sydney 38 for an all-female crew to race at the 2022 Sydney 38 One-Design NSW Championship, to be held in conjunction with the Pittwater Regatta in NSW this weekend. “We’ve…
The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton continued the outstanding form it has shown over the first two days racing with another impressive display in today’s Races 4 and 5 of the Australian 18 footer Championship…
Challenging south-east winds ranging spectacularly from 12-25 knots made for a captivating show over the weekend (February 5-6), with round two of the NSW Cherub Championship held on Sydney’s western harbour. Gusts above 25 knots came off the back of…
Gusty 18-23 knots south-south-easterly winds produced spectacular, action-packed 18ft skiff racing for the large spectator fleet on day two of the 100th Australian 18 footer Championship on Sydney Harbour today. After going down to the current world champion Smeg team in…
Australian maritime experts claim the final resting place of Captain James Cook’s ship, Endeavour, has been found, in an announcement that has drawn criticism from the principal research team as “premature”. At an event in Sydney at 11am, the Australian…
It is one of the most unreachable shipwrecks in the world. We know with good accuracy where Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance vessel ended up after sinking more than 100 years ago. So far, however, all attempts to sight its wooden…
The Australian Sailing Team have settled their coaching appointments for the Paris 2024 campaign, and the world is on notice. There are new faces, the return of an old one and new roles for others in the team assembled under…
Today, World Sailing, attended a virtual briefing by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as it outlined the terms and timeline for sports seeking inclusion in the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, USA. International federations (IFs) seeking inclusion were invited to…
If you don’t want your long-term cruising dream to remain a dream, Dini Martinez outlines a few steps that might help cut your dock lines. A family of four, two children under three, a husband who has barely done any…
When the 23-boat fleet from NSW and Queensland lines up for Race 1 of the 100th Australian 18 footers Championship on Sydney Harbour this Saturday, the type of boat competing and number of crew members on each boat will be vastly…
The Mornington Yacht Club has redeemed itself after missing qualification for the Asia Pacific Final last season, clinching the SAILING Champions League qualifier event in Geelong last week in an epic finish and booking their spot for Newcastle in March….
A dog believed drowned in Kamloops, B.C.’s Thompson River, Canada, returned home last week in a recovery being described as something of a miracle. Sammie-Marie, a two-year-old Boston terrier cross, had just been adopted by Joshua Knaak and his partner on January 11…
On November 1, 2021, Dona Bertarelli, Yann Guichard and their team began the standby for a fourth attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy around-the-world sailing record. Since this date, there has not been a suitable weather window for the crew…
Ethan Prieto-Low and his Swan River Sailing team have won Royal Perth Yacht Club’s 2022 Colin Mullins Youth Regatta after a tight three-race series with fellow club mate, Marcello Torre and his Columbus Racing Team. After a day of match…
Tech2’s team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake became the 2021-22 NSW 18ft skiff champions when they dominated the fleet to win today’s final race (Race 8) of the series on Sydney Harbour. After trailing the leader Noakesailing over…
Victor ‘The Medal Maker’ Kovalenko will continue to help guide Australia’s Olympic sailing champions after signing on to become Australian Sailing’s first ever Master Coach. Kovalenko is Australia’s most successful Olympic sailing coach, and the new role will reflect the…
A man has died and another has been rescued after a catamaran capsized on the NSW South Coast yesterday. Emergency services were called to Plantation Point, Jervis Bay, after it was reported a catamaran had capsized with two men onboard…
The final class and trophy winners were decided on the 18th day of the RORC Transatlantic Race. Richard Palmer’s JPK 1010 Jangada (GBR) has won IRC Two-Handed, racing with Jeremy Waitt. Martin Westcott’s S&S Swan 57 Equinoccio (CHI) has won…
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron formally accepted the New York Yacht Club American Magic’s challenge for the 37th America’s Cup to be held in 2024 – the third additional challenge accepted for AC37. “It is great to be back in the…
Five members of the sailing community have been recognised with award in the Order of Australia for their services to the sport in this year’s Australia Day Honours list. The Order of Australia recognises Australians who have demonstrated outstanding service…
The 30.48m (100ft) VPLP Design/Verdier Maxi Comanche (CAY), skippered by Mitch Booth has achieved the quintuple for the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race. While three boats are still racing under IRC, none of them can beat Comanche’s corrected time for the…
The Australia Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG ended in epic fashion, but not without the added generosity of SailGP’s Inspire program and some of its valued partners. Through the event, SailGP Inspire and its partners were able to instill…
The RORC Transatlantic Race has featured close racing right through the record fleet. On the 16th day of the 3,000-mile race, Ross Applebey’s Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster (GBR) came in sight of Grenada – peeling to a reaching kite in…
The Festival of Sails 179th Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race started under spinnaker with over 200 yachts in a gusty 12-18 knot northerly breeze. There was a mixed bag of boats making the most of the sensational conditions as they…
A large-scale search continues after a boat capsized on Friday night in Sydney’s North Harbour, with one man missing after his dog and another man were found alive. NSW Police said the man, 49, his dog, Max, and another male, aged…
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