2021 Sydney Hobart Race yacht profile: Quest
Craig Neil, owner/skipper of Quest, explains his motivation to continue the boat’s great legacy in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. By CYCA
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2021 Sail Sydney: It’s On!
Sail Sydney is Australia’s premier regatta for ‘Off the Beach’ dinghy classes. Held annually on the waters of Sydney Harbour, this year’s Sail Sydney will take place from Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 December 2021. Woollahra Sailing Club is proud…
Mini Transat fleet seeks stronger breeze
There has been little to no change in the scenario between the Canaries and Cape Verde over the past two days. A stationary low-pressure system is continuing to sprawl lazily across the Atlantic and to its south lies a band…
French team takes Women’s Match Racing World Championship with perfect score
France’s Pauline Courtois, Bronze medallist at the 2019 Women’s Match Racing World Championship, on Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team took gold in emphatic style at this year’s World Championship on home waters in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. Starting strongly, Match in…
KPMG announced as presenting partner of Australia Sail Grand Prix
SailGP today announced a new partnership with KPMG Australia, which sees the leading professional service firm become presenting partner of the Australia Sail Grand Prix. The international racing event will take place on December 17-18 on Sydney Harbour. One of…
TP52 World Championship: Double bullet day for Phoenix
Mallorca, Spain: With two solid wins, Hasso Plattner’s South African flagged Phoenix team lead the Rolex TP52 World Championship and move to the top of the overall 52 Super Series leaderboard. With Tom Slingsby and Cameron Dunn combining on tactics…
Round Britain and Ireland Race: A race like no other
First organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in 1976, the 1,805nm Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race is a true marathon of epic proportions. Held every four years, the next edition will start on Sunday 7th August 2022. Roughly…
Transat Jacques Vabre teams to watch
The monohulls make up the largest fleets in this year’s Transat Jacques Vabre race. Lining up on the start line will be 22 60 foot IMOCAs and 45 Class40 boats. We asked the skippers for their race favourites. IMOCA 60s – An impossible…
TP52 World Championship teaser
Mallorca, Spain: The Rolex TP52 World Championship and the final round of the 52 Super Series is scheduled for November 2-6.
Mini Transat: Still anyone’s game
Right now, it is anyone’s game among the 84 competitors still out on the racetrack in the 23rd edition of the Mini Transat EuroChef. Competitors are lining themselves up as best they can in anticipation of a long band of…
Magic Bullet start for Melbourne offshore season
Melbourne turned on the perfect weather for the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) ‘Return to Racing Celebration’ race, with Leo Cantwell’s Cavalier 350 Sl Magic Bullet taking first place on AMS and the overall win. A fleet of 21 yachts from six Port Phillip Bay clubs sailing in perfect conditions participated in the race. “I’ve been lucky enough to…
Women of the Transat
Only three women have ever won the Transat Jacques Vabre. Incredibly, for a race so embedded in the French sporting psyche, only one of those women is from France, the other two are British. You have to go back 22…
Pressure on for teams competing in TP52 Worlds
Nine of the highest calibre grand prix sailing tacticians in world sailing took to the stage at the Real Club Nautical de Palma in Mallorca this evening to officially launch the Rolex TP52 World Championships. The event will also decide…
Wild weather at Youth Foiling Gold Cup
The final event of the YFGC got underway today with two races held in the waters off Cagliari, Sardinia. The competition will decree the overall winner of the circuit, who will receive a voucher worth €50,000 in addition to a…
Vale Greg ‘Enzo’ Prescott
It is with great sadness that the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania acknowledges the passing of Greg ‘Enzo’ Prescott, one of Tasmania’s most accomplished yachtsmen. Enzo had a decorated sailing career with achievements across the globe including 29 Sydney to…
Safety made simple with MT610G Personal Locator Beacon
GME is the only Australian manufacturer of emergency beacons and has been designing, engineering, and manufacturing Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) and Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) for over 30 years. In that time our beacons have been used to…
Perfect start to Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series
Ideal weather conditions for the first race of the 2021/22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series helped competitors dust off the cobwebs after many hit the water for the first time in months following the NSW Covid-19 lockdown. The series is…
Mini Transat fleet splits
Whilst making headway offshore off the coast fringing the Western Sahara, the fleet competing in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef has scattered every which way. Indeed, it now spans over 180 miles in latitude and 130 miles in longitude, evidence…
Tech2 comes from behind to win 18ft skiff Club Championship
Race 1 of the Australian 18 Footers League’s Club Championship produced an amazing finish when the current national champion Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Lewis Brake and Luke Parkinson, grabbed victory just metres from the finish line on Sydney Harbour today. When…
Transat Jacques Vabre countdown
11th Hour Racing Team will line up to start the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre in one week on Sunday November 7th with four sailors and two IMOCA 60s – Mālama and Alaka’i.
Middle Sea Race review
Records were broken at the 42nd edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Organised by the Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) and partnered by Rolex since 2002, the 606-nautical mile race is renowned for its beautiful racecourse and challenging conditions….
Youth Foiling Gold Cup: Action-packed final race
Act 3 of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup came to a close on Sunday in Cagliari with an action packed final race that saw DutchSail, Team Argentina and Team France on the podium. With only one race held today, the…
Strong breeze arrives in time for PalmaVela finale
Winds on the Bay of Palma proved just a little too fresh and the racing schedule was cut short on the third and final day of the 17th edition of the 80 boat PalmaVela regatta. But most classes enjoyed at least…
Bali 4.4 catamaran coming to Australia soon
The first Bali 4.4 catamaran by Catana to arrive in Australia will be here in time for the Sydney International Boat Show next July. From a distance it presents itself as a smart, modern day sailing catamaran. And up-close it…
Mini Transat: Canaries astern
After setting sail mid-afternoon yesterday local time from Santa Cruz de La Palma, bound for Saint-François, those competing in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef have endured some tricky opening miles and each has had to deal with the wind shadows…
Entry open for Pittwater Regatta 2022
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club is looking forward to welcoming all yachts from across the spectrum, club cruiser/racers to grand prix racing machines, to battle it out under the ORC Rating Rule in the Pittwater Regatta 2022. Additionally, divisions will…
Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race postponed to 2023
Montego Bay, Jamaica: It is with great regret that the Montego Bay Yacht Club announces the unavoidable postponement of the 2022 Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race, which was scheduled to take place January, but has been moved to January…
McIntyre Adventure Globe 5.80 Transat start delayed
Lagos, Portugal: The Race Director of the G580T, Lutz Kohne, has delayed the start of the McIntyre Adventure Globe 5.80 Transat by 24 hours to Monday 1 November at 1200hrs UTC. While the weather was acceptable for this Sunday, the…
Mini Transat: Bound for the West Indies
As planned, the second leg of the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef kicked off this Friday at 14:00 UTC, and propelled along by a light north-easterly breeze, the remaining 86 participants left Santa Cruz de La Palma bound for Saint-François with…
Comanche takes triple win in Middle Sea Race
Super maxi Comanche (CAY), skippered by Australian Mitch Booth, has been confirmed as the overall winner of the 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race after taking line honours and breaking the race record. An exceptional crew of 23 included in its…
Rolex Sydney Hobart entries close with 112 yachts
The stage is set for the return of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with a fleet of 112 boats confirmed for the 2021 running of the prestigious race. Among them is Matt Allen’s Botin 52 Ichi Ban, the 2017…
Youth Foiling Gold Cup: Young Azzurra into the finals
Cagliari: The last knockout round of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup Act 3 was completed today, with Young Azzurra leading the fleet to enter the finals. As scheduled, the first three races of the finals were also held today and…
Rolex Middle Sea Race: Double-handed warriors
This year’s Rolex Middle Sea Race was tough, especially for the smaller boats, and at times during the 606 nautical mile expedition, gale force winds and tumultuous seas battered the fleet. Eleven teams were racing in the Double-Handed class, adding…
Gordon Bray to host virtual Australian Sailing Awards
Long-time Sydney Hobart commentator and legendary Rugby Union caller Gordon Bray has been announced as the host of the 2021 Australian Sailing Awards. The Awards event will be delivered digitally in 2021, with all award winners being announced during a…
Sailors raring to go for second Mini Transat leg
On Friday 29 October at 14:00 UTC, the 87 participants still competing in the 23rd edition of the Mini Transat EuroChef will take to the start line for the second leg of the event. After casting off from Santa Cruz…
Countdown to McIntyre 5.80 Transat
The McIntyre Adventure Globe 580 Transat is the first event for the new amateur build: the plywood one design 5.80 Mini Ocean Racer. It is attracting strong interest with 165 builders in 27 countries. The first six launched from five…
Lisa Blair’s world record attempt has a sponsor on board
Specialist marine underwriting agency RedSky Insurance have announced they will support solo sailor Lisa Blair with a generous sponsorship package and in-kind support to achieve her dream of circumnavigating Antarctica in world record time. Lisa and her yacht Climate Action…
New teams’ great start to 18 footer season
The opening day’s racing of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2021-22 season last Sunday, produced a great result for the club’s policy of introducing talented, young sailors into the high-speed world of 18ft skiff racing on Sydney Harbour. A 10-12…
Boating Rendezvous-Sydney is back
With Sydney springing back to life in October, we are grateful for the opportunity to launch the second edition of Boating Rendezvous-Sydney in Australia. It is scheduled to take place from November 12-14 at Cockle Bay Marina, Darling Harbour. It is…
America’s Cup: Team New Zealand signs Nathan Outteridge
Accomplished sailor Nathan Outteridge has joined Team New Zealand for the next America’s Cup campaign. The 35-year-old Australian, a two-time Olympic medallist with a strong America’s Cup history, qualifies under the strict nationality rules to be introduced for the next…
