Ominous clouds threatened to dump their load over Sydney Harbour for the fourth race of the 2021/22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series on Sunday, February 27. Fortunately, the rain held off for first-time hosts — Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club….
Over two days next weekend, a mass of boats of varying designs and size will provide a blaze of colour on the race courses from the Opera House to Manly on Sydney Harbour and on offshore courses, for NSW’s largest…
A total of 12 organisations in Cowes and East Cowes have come together to plan Uffa Fox 50 – a celebration of famous boat designer Uffa Fox’s life and to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. To be held…
The winner of the nine-strong Class40 division was decided on the fourth day of the RORC Caribbean 600 with a dramatic finish between two teams. Charles-Louis Mourruau’s Guidi (FRA), which had led for most of the race, stalled as the…
Two Australian skippers from the earlier years of 18 footer World Championships, were totally unimpressed at actions which they each believed deserved very strong reactions. The first in 1939, involved the defending champion Bert Swinbourne and his Taree skiff. The second,…
The past few years have been some of the most difficult we have all experienced. We have all missed out on something crucial from work to family. We have all been missing a little bit of paradise. The New Caledonia…
The overall winner of the 13th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 is Christopher Sheehan’s Pac52 Warrior One (USA). None of the teams still racing under IRC have any realistic chance of beating Warrior Won after time correction. Christopher Sheehan…
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’. Read the below blog post from Blair, where…
The America’s Cup Emirates Team New Zealand core sailing team consists of six key sailors led by skipper Peter Burling. Burling is joined by Blair Tuke, Andy Maloney, Nathan Outteridge, Glenn Ashby and Josh Junior whose focus will be on…
River Derwent, Hobart: Midnight Rambler proved unstoppable in the Banjo’s Shoreline Crown Series Bellerive Regatta over the weekend, winning on PHS and IRC handicaps in the racing keelboat group, and defending the Tasmanian AMS Championship for a third consecutive year….
First Tracks AUS1485 skippered by Peter Merrington with Ian McKillop and Steve Jarvin (David Gilmour day one and two) have won the Etchells NSW State Championship from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) with a race to spare in the…
Sydney Harbour: Jack Macartney, skipper of Tech2, today became only the fifth skipper in the 87-year history of the Australian 18 Footers League to win three consecutive Club Championship titles. Macartney and his team of Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake have…
The International Maxi Association’s Caribbean Maxi Challenge is due to make a strong start from Antigua tomorrow with the new series’ first event, the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Caribbean 600. Of the 74 yachts competing, 18 are maxi monohulls of…
Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban has clinched its fourth Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race in as many appearances, taking out line honours and overall handicap in a wet and windy race. Ichi Ban finished just after 3am yesterday…
Day two of the Etchells NSW Championship was exceptionally variable and shifty on Sydney Harbour with breeze starting at 210 degrees, and moving at times all the way to 240, then later in the day right around to 90 degrees…
The Etchells NSW Championship will commence tomorrow, Friday 18 February, to be sailed over three days from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) with a fleet of 28 boats. The preview was sailed just two weeks ago, with the Milson…
Early indications are that Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) 17th Sydney Harbour Regatta (SHR), to be held over the first weekend of March, will be hotly contested with the return of past champions and up-and-coming challengers. Bob Cox’s DK46, Nine…
Today Australian Sailing will launch its landmark 10-year strategic plan, ‘Sailing 2032’. Sailing 2032 is a long-term vision for the sport that outlines why Australian Sailing exists, what the organisation hopes to achieve between 2022 and 2032, and how they…
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…
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