On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Blair is still trying to raise money to…
Despite the “super shifty” northeasterly winds and occasional downpours on the penultimate day of Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s Hardy Cup Match Racing Regatta on Sydney Harbour, the teams and the umpires, led by Chief Umpire Damien Boldyrew, still came to…
One of the most coveted trophies in the sport of sailing will be raced for next week at Fragila Vela Malcesine on Lake Garda, Italy. The 2022 Finn Gold Cup opens on Sunday with an impressive 110 entries from 23…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is now welcoming entries from boats across Australia and abroad for a historic edition of the Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race in 2022. Following cancellations in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19…
The Worrell 1000 Race is an offshore long distance beach catamaran sailboat race that is held from May 9-22, 2022. The race runs in the waters between Florida and Virginia Beach, VA. The race will cover approximately 1000 miles with overnight…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Blair is still trying to raise money to…
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) really turned on the charm as host of the Farr 40 25th Year Anniversary Regatta on May 7-8. For Saturday’s race, Principal Race Officer Rob Ridley set off the eight-boat fleet on a passage race around…
Emirates Team New Zealand have been continuing the successful commissioning and testing of their hydrogen powered foiling chase boat ‘Chase Zero’ on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf since its launch just five weeks ago. The team have now run Chase Zero for…
Raise a sail and a glass to Liberté, Égalité and Fraternité at the Queensland French Yacht Owners Association Inc inaugural 2022 Bastille Day Race on Saturday July 16, supported by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. On July 14, 1789, Parisian…
Tom Slingsby’s Australian crew commenced training on the Great Sound in Bermuda today, with newest and youngest team member Natasha Bryant getting behind the wheel of the F50. Bryant, 21, of Sydney will join the team for Season 3 through…
Spain: The Wally Cento Galateia won the IRC-IMA Maxi division at Mallorca’s big boat season opener PalmaVela with a perfect scoreline of six wins from six starts. Galateia in a final light-winds coastal race back-and-forth across the Bay of Palma maintained their…
The final day of racing at Antigua Sailing Week featured a full schedule of racing for all classes, with teams from over 20 countries competing, making for a welcome return after the disruption of travel for the last two years….
Victoria, Australia: Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club’s (QCYC) Commodore Lee Renfree is on a mission to encourage more women to become active participants in keelboat sailing. Elected as the Club’s first female commodore in October 2021, she acutely observed the low…
SailGP’s rapid global expansion continues with the addition of Singapore to its Season 3 calendar, as the iconic city-state plays host to Asia’s first Sail Grand Prix on January 14-15, 2023. The event, which is supported by the Singapore Tourism…
Ponant is set to take luxury expeditions at sea to another level in 2023 announcing the planned arrival to Australian waters of the company’s iconic 32 guest, three-masted sailing yacht Le Ponant for the 2023 Kimberley season. Born out of…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Blair is still trying to raise money to…
Nearly a decade ago, Tom Slingsby helped an American team win the most prestigious trophy in sailing, the 34th America’s Cup. In 2024, he hopes to do it again. New York Yacht Club American Magic is pleased to announce it…
Champion 18 footer skipper, designer and boat builder Bill Barnett won the 1948-49 Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour in a 6ft beam boat he designed and built himself, named Myra. The following season, again in Myra, he was part of…
Margate Marina’s improved deep-water access to fuel and pump-out dock is now completed. Located just south of Hobart, Margate Marina has a spectacular setting on edge of the famed cruising waters of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. Following the release of the…
Jean Genie (James Howells, Andrew Palfrey, Ruairidh Scott) have won the Int. 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda after the two final races on Saturday. Helly Hansen (Kristian Neergard, Trond Soli Sather, Espen Styokkeland, SUI),…
Following recommendations, eligible two-handed entrants will now be able to compete for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) most prestigious trophies, including the Tattersall Cup and John H. Illingworth Challenge Cup, awarded respectively to the overall winner and line…
The Sydney International Boat Show (SIBS) sets sail for a celebration of all things aquatic when it returns from 28 July to 1 August 2022 to the International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney and Cockle Bay at the iconic Darling Harbour….
Rex, the ORMA60 trimaran previously known as New Zealand’s Team Vodafone, has bettered the previous race record, set by Beau Geste MOD70 in 2019, by more than an hour in this year’s City Winery Brisbane to Gladstone Multihull Yacht Race….
Expectations and entries are running high as the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) prepares to host its 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, with Cam McKenzie and Nigel Jones’ recently purchased J/111, Ginan, marking the occasion by being the 50th entry. …
More than 60 sailors from across Sydney Harbour gathered last night at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron to celebrate the conclusion of the 2021-22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series (SHWKS). The evening started in the Carabella Room with a Q&A…
Two months ago, a dejected French photographer, Christophe Favreau believed that he probably wasn’t going to make it to Sydney for the JJ Giltinan 18 footer Championship in 2022 because of the COVID-19 restrictions, which were being placed on international…
World Sailing has announced the creation of a brand-new event, the U25 Para Sailing World Championship, as part of the governing body’s commitment to increase participation and inclusivity throughout the sport. The inaugural edition will take place on the waters of…
The final Season 2 episode of SailGP’s docuseries ‘Racing on the Edge’ covers the Grand Final weekend in San Francisco that had everything, from dramatic collisions to challenging conditions, to a whale interrupting the winner-take-all race for $1 million. The…
JPK Pacific is announcing a full commitment across our range of services with its connection to Innovation Composites and now Race Yachts, offering owners access to unrivalled technical, mechanical and race ready expertise pre and postproduction. As the exclusive licensee…
Victoria: Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club (QCYC) hosted their annual Queenscliff Cup Regatta over the Easter long weekend with the inclusion of a two-race series for female helms within the racing program, the inaugural Commodore’s Trophy. QCYC was a hub of…
Olympic champions Matt Wearn OAM (WA) and Tom Burton OAM (NSW) will spearhead the Australian Sailing Team (AST) when the world’s best sailors return to the Semaine Olympique Francaise – the French Olympic Week at Hyères, France (23 – 30…
The Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) is pleased to confirm that the notice of race for 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race is available online and yachts may already register their participation. Last year’s race attracted 114 yachts, a remarkable achievement given the ongoing backdrop…
When SailGP Season 3 commences on May 14 in Bermuda, it will mark an historic moment for Canadian sailing. Canada’s first-ever fully professional sailing team will be on the start line with an all-star crew on board the leading-edge F50…
French skipper Paul Meilhat will fulfil a lifelong dream in January 2023 when he leads Biotherm across the starting line of The Ocean Race on the waters off Alicante, Spain. Meilhat and his team will be racing one of the…
New York Yacht Club American Magic is set to return to Pensacola, Florida for training later this year. This marks the team’s third winter training on the Gulf Coast. In 2018, American Magic was the first America’s Cup team to…
Monday and Tuesday’s brisk easterlies eased to the high teens for day three of maxi racing at the Les Voiles de St Barth Richard Mille, the third event of the International Maxi Association’s new Caribbean Maxi Challenge. However the elements…
With nine months to the start of the 2023 Cape to Rio race, the entries are starting to mount up and the race organisers confirmed that there are still a number of boats who are finalising plans and possible entries. Faros, a…
Long Beach, California: A morning of fanfare: an evening of glitz. And in between — five hours of high-octane sailing. The 57th Congressional Cup kicked off today with a bookend of exciting events including a rededication of the racecourse with local…
The Lake Macquarie City Council 58th Sabot National Championship and Paul Stivano Sabot Week, was held 9-12 April 2022 on Lake Macquarie, NSW at Teralba Amateur Sailing Club. The annual Sabot event caters for all levels of sailing skill, with…
William ‘Bill’ Fisher was a foundation member of the 18 Footers League and sailed his boat Australia in the Club’s first race. After coming to the new League from the Sydney Flying Squadron (SFS) following a split between the SFS…
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