Today’s Trophy: Syd Barnett Jr. Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: Shaw and Partners Financial ServicesSunday, 11 December 2022Sydney Harbour The Yandoo team of John Winning Sr., Fang Warren and Josh Porebski closed the gap to Andoo (John Winning Jr., Matt Stenta and…
Kite Foil racing is one of the classes making its debut at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and Townsville local Brieana Whitehead will be one of the athletes to watch in the exciting foiling discipline. Whitehead, who started kiting just…
On the concluding day of the 2022 44Cup’s final event, the 44Cup Oman, PRO Maria Torrijo defied the odds and was able to stage three races. As is usual with this fleet of high performance owner-driver one designs, the results…
Lake Gairdner – 12th December 2022 Emirates Team New Zealand and Land speed pilot Glenn Ashby have sailed ‘Horonuku’, their wind powered land speed world record craft, faster than any previous records. ‘Horonuku’ named by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei meaning ‘gliding…
Kathy Veel and Bridget Canham are two experienced sailors and the only two-handed female crew from among the 22 entered in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race this year – and on the second smallest boat in the fleet. Veel,…
If you are looking for that special Christmas present, Blue Water Classics – Portraits of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is a book on Australia’s most famous blue water classic, is a best seller and collector’s item for anyone who…
A NSW 16ft Skiff champion one day, back to the school the next.That was the whirlwind 24 hours for Red Pumps Red skipper Tyler Dransfield after he combined with Chris Williams and Jackson Cranfield to claim a maiden state title…
Next summer in Newport, Rhode Island a schedule of racing will be punctuated by the 2023 12 Metre World Championship, an International Twelve Metre Association (ITMA) event, organised by the 12 Metre Yacht Club Newport Station (official home of ITMA’s…
Heavy waves on Kata Beach hampered crews’ ability to reach their boats today, so the Phuket King’s Cup race committee delayed racing for just over an hour, as the wind gods didn’t want to come out to play today. After…
Bruce Taylor is what one would describe as one of the backbones of the Festival of Sails, having competed in every single one since 1979 – and he will be there again when the start gun fires on Port Phillip…
Sandringham Yacht Club’s Gerry Cantwell, skipper of Marten 49 Performance Cruiser Carrera S, credits Victorian boat builder Bernie Webber, with piquing his interest in sailing the Melbourne to Hobart (Westcoaster). “Bernie encouraged me to buy Carrera S and filled me…
7 December 2022, Phuket – The wind gods have been kind to sailors at the 34th Phuket King’s Cup as another full day of racing was completed today off of Naiharn Beach on the southern end of Phuket. It was…
The line-up for the World Match Racing Tour Final 2022 has been confirmed, with 10 teams invited for the inaugural Tour event to be sailed on Sydney Harbour. In just under a week, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, home…
6 December 2022, Phuket – Blue skies, warm water and nice breeze greeted sailors today as they gathered off of Cape Promthep to compete in the second day of sailing at the 34th Phuket King’s Cup Regatta. While the International…
The ‘club versus club’ sailing competition – the VIC Sailing League – will be returning to the 2023 Festival of Sails as local teams battle it out for a shot at the Asia Pacific finals of the SAILING Champions League…
It was a clean sweep for co-skippers Nigel Jones and Cam McKenzie on their J111 yacht ‘Ginan’ in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) West Offshore Products Coastal Sprint 2, where thirty yachts enjoyed what could only be described…
The John Winning Jr-skippered maxi yacht, Andoo Comanche, produced a masterclass of high-speed sailing to win Line Honours in the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour today. Meanwhile, the Jim Cooney-skippered and owned Volvo 70 Willow was declared the…
The latest episode of the World Sailing show goes behind the scenes to look at the first weeks of testing ahead of the 2024 America’s Cup in Barcelona. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s LEQ12 test boat is currently in Cagliari as…
From 2023, Kiel Week will be part of the group of four international top events that make up the World Cup in Olympic sailing. In future, the regatta organisers and World Sailing want to coordinate dates and general conditions such…
The 2022 Australian Maxi Championship will be decided by the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge after an enthralling day of racing in Sydney. Following the Championship-opening Cabbage Tree Island Race over the weekend, the 10 boats (four in the Maxi Division…
Lake Gairdner – 5th December 2022 After what has seemed like endless weather delays over the past couple of months, finally Horonuku got to stretch its legs on a dry Lake Gairdner with breeze that is edging closer into the…
Today’s Trophy: Alice Burton Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: SmegSunday, 4 December 2022Sydney Harbour The Andoo team of John Winning Jr., Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton extended its lead in the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship with another top class exhibition in the…
Mistral is the first two-handed boat to win overall honours in one of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s major races, with co-skippers Rupert Henry and Greg O’Shea leading a two-handed sweep of the podium in the 2022 Cabbage Tree…
Andoo Comanche set a new record time to take line honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2022 Cabbage Tree Island Race. The 100-foot maxi, skippered by John Winning Jr, finished the 172 nautical mile race in 12 hours,…
Watch how it was born and who is behind the boat designed and built at the Cagliari base. LUNA ROSSA PRADA PIRELLI TEAM The Luna Rossa team was born in 1997 when Argentine yacht designer German Frers proposed to entrepreneur…
A new trophy is announced for the VO65 one design class in The Ocean Race 2022-23. Along with five confirmed IMOCA teams racing around the world, up to five VO65 teams will be on the starting line in Alicante, Spain…
Switzerland’s 32nd placed IMOCA Oliver Heer: “I had my doubts I would make it back into the race” Swiss skipper Oliver Heer (Oliver Heer Ocean Racing) crossed the finish line of the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe at 01:37:55hrs TU…
Charles Brodel blazed his way to another hydrofoil world title on Sunday, landing two moves for the first time in competition along the way. On the final day of the Copa Kitley GKA Kite-Surf and Hydrofoil-Freestyle World Cup combo event…
Being with Benny: Inside the World of Ben Lexcen A Best Seller here in Australia, Being with Benny, by Bob Ross, with a Foreword by John Bertrand, is the story of how Bob Miller, from a shattered childhood in rural…
Lake Gairdner – 29th November 2022 Lake Gairdner in South Australia is vast, a 160km long and 50 km wide salt lake where Emirates team New Zealand are aiming to break the Wind powered Land Speed World Record in their…
With just over one month to go until the start of the 2023 RORC Transatlantic Race, Marina Lanzarote is ready to receive the international fleet which will set off on Sunday 8th of January for the 3,000-mile race across the…
Bernoulli | Locke, a member-based community creating new immersive partnerships and experiences using innovative Web3 structures, today announced they are launching a SailGP fan-owned racing team across Bermuda and the Caribbean. Using a DAO structure and built on the NEAR…
Capucine Delannoy took the title in the quarter-finals before an all-Brazilian final where Kesiane Rodrigues defeated dynamic cross-over freestyler, Bruna Kajiya! Day four at the Copa Kitley GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Brazil was filled with grit and determination. As tour…
Today’s Trophy: W.C. ‘Trappy’ Duncan Memorial TrophyRace Sponsor: Royal Oak Double BaySunday, 27 November 2022Sydney Harbour The 18 footers 2022-23 championship season began today when the Australian 18 Footers League staged Race 1 of the NSW Championship in a mainly…
Advantedge (Andrew Jones) may have taken line honours with a new Two Capes Race record of 11hrs 8mins, but it was a clean podium sweep by the smaller teams for the overall IRC win, ORC and PHS handicaps after a…
Today at 15:00 hours local time (01:00 UTC Sunday), the Gobe40 crews set sail on Leg 5 in Matavai Bay to the north of Tahiti, bound for the Argentinean stopover of Ushuaia via the legendary yet feared Cape Horn. A…
Friday night into Saturday’s early hours The Memorial ACTe, Pointe-à-Pitre’s giant structure, dedicated to the history, heritage and memories of the Caribbean slave trade, watched on as the busiest spell of finishers completed the 12th edition of the Route du…
French skipper Roland Jourdain (We Explore) has won the Rhum Multihull class in the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe when he crossed the finish line at 19:06:00hrs UTC (Friday). Jourdain’s elapsed time for the 3542 nautical mile solo course from…
Auckland – 25th November 2022 Just days ago, Emirates Team New Zealand buried the bow of their AC40 while testing in waves on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, which resulted in damage to the forward sections of the hull and deck structure….
The Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA) has launched its Discover Boating campaign, ‘See You Out There’, ahead of the expected busy summer season. The three-month campaign aims to retain the high levels of interest and participation in boating, as well…
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