Tokyo 2020 49er Campaign Update
Will and Sam Phillips along with coach Mal Page give us an update on their #Tokyo2020 campaign from their recent training camp in Flinders 🌊 #GoAusSailors #TokyoTogether #TeamAUS 🎥 Beau Outteridge
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Is a weather router worth it?
‘We need to get you into Horta asap’, the message on our Garmin inReach read, ‘there’s a low forming north of you and, if you don’t get in by Sunday morning, you could experience gale force winds of 50-60 knots.’…
Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta now scheduled for July 2021
The Sunshine Coast Yacht Club at Mooloolaba on the beautiful Sunshine Coast planned to run the Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta (SCOR) on 18th and 19th July. This was to be in conjunction with the Brisbane to Sunshine Coast (B2SC) race…
All Australian sailing competitors must be club members from January 2022
Australian sailing clubs are reminded that from 1 January 2022 all competitors in any race are required to be a member of a club. Extensive work was done in early 2020 on communicating a change in policy that all competitors…
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Light Conditions make for a very challenging ORCV 2021 Port Fairy Yacht Race
Carrera S, a Marten 49, skippered by Gerry Cantwell took first place on AMS and PHS plus line honours in the 2021 ORCV Port Fairy race in what the skipper described as “a very challenging race” “It wasn’t a physical…
Airlie Beach Race Week: Fast boats quick on the draw with early entries
Adrian Walters was quick on the draw when entries opened for Airlie Beach Race Week 2021; his fun and fast Rob Shaw 11 Metre design, Little Nico, was the first entry received by the Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) and other…
Australia’s first Figaro Beneteau 3 arrives in Sydney
Since its birth in 1970, one of the missions of the Figaro Circuit has been to encourage, cultivate and develop great offshore solo and short-handed sailors. Cecile Laguette, Skipper and Naval Architect, started her first Figaro race in 2016…
36th America’s Cup | The Last Call
Ken Read, Shirley Robertson, and Nathan Outteridge look back at AC36, and the four teams representing four nations, Britain, America, Italy, and New Zealand who battled it out for the Worl’d’s oldest sporting trophy on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf.
SailGP: Racing on the Edge // Episode 1: Sailing 2.0
The much anticipated behind-the-scenes documentary series ‘SailGP: Racing on the Edge’ in partnership with Rolex is here. In the first episode go under the hood of the supercharged F50 catamaran developed specifically for SailGP, find out how the concept for…
Team NZ ace predicts bright future as hosting intrigue builds
Team New Zealand veteran Ray Davies is adamant the America’s Cup is well placed to push on from its success at Auckland 2021. Duncan Johnstone reports for Kiwi website Stuff.co.nz that moving the Cup forward is now the intrigue after…
Royal Ocean Racing Club appoints new Chief Executive
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has announced Jeremy Wilton as the new Chief Executive of the London and Cowes based Club from 6th April 2021. He will take over the leadership and development role of one of the world’s…
JPK Atomic Blonde wins IRC2 in Cape Naturaliste Race
Dr Simon Torvaldsen’s JPK 10.80 “Atomic Blonde” has scored another impressive IRC win in Division 2 of the long offshore Cape Naturaliste Race run by Ocean Racing Western Australia. This JPK also won the Winter Series and is proving to…
Pantaenius – top five causes of boating insurance claims
We could sit for hours listening to all the heartbreak stories of boating misadventure, irresponsibility, stupidity, and disaster – though passing on the human tragedy thanks – recounted by marine insurance companies. It’s not so much a matter of schadenfreude,…
Four rescued from burning yacht
A yacht caught fire while on passage outbound from Conwy Marina and the four people on board were rescued by the crews of two other vessels. The four crew had noticed smoke coming out of the engine space hatch. After…
Tania ElĂas Calles (MEX), Coach | Steering the Course: Role Models
Four-time Olympian Tania Elias Calles became a coach after retiring from competition, and now aims to help up-and-coming Mexican sailors to reach the Games and perform to the best of their ability. Ahead of our global women’s sailing festival, Steering…
Wistari claims fifth Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race victory
The 73rd Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race has come to a close as yachts continued to trickle into Gladstone throughout Saturday and into the early hours Sunday, and local favourite, Wistari, claimed overall honours and the Courier Mail Cup. A…
Maritimo takes line honours as wild weather takes its toll on Brisbane to Gladstone fleet
Bill Barry-Cotter’s newly refurbished Schumaker 54, Maritimo, has taken line honours in the 73rd Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race in her first major outing in Australia, following the dismasting of Peter Harburg’s super maxi, Black Jack and other yachts that…
Danish boat first to hit water ahead of SailGP Season 2
SailGP is officially back on the water with the first of its supercharged foiling catamarans, Denmark SailGP Team, launched ahead of the Season 2 opener – the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix to be held later this month. Over one year…
Does anyone know how this yacht sank in Sydney Harbour?
Regular Mysailing reader, Geoff Cramp sent in these photos of a cruising yacht which has sunk in Hen and Chicken Bay near Abbotsford in Sydney’s inner west. Geoff says the boat has been sitting on a rock shelf for some…
New bluewater performance sloop – speed, safety, strength and silence
NAUTA 151ft is a one-off, bluewater performance sloop with general concept by Nauta Design, currently in build at the Royal Huisman shipyard. “Combining comfort and safety to explore the world with an extremely lightweight yacht that was competitive in superyacht…
Sailing World on Water April 2, 2021
Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last seven days. The fabulous TP 52 Super Series announced that they are ready to race in a special Atlantic series, in Twenty Twenty Two. Sir James Ratcliffe,…
#39 | Off Watch – How to build a winning team with Bruno Dubois
Bruno Dubois is one of sailing’s most influential and successful team builders. In this fascinating episode Bruno gives us candid lessons from failure, analyses the success of French sailing heroes Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier and explains his formula for…
Jerwood and de Vries secure their tickets to Tokyo
Australian sailors Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries have waited a lifetime to get the call to tell them they were going to the Olympic Games – and it finally came. After breakout international performances in August 2019, they presumed…
Landslip closes Marine Rescue Base at Norah Head
The Marine Rescue Base at Norah Head has been closed following a landslip along the foreshore of Cabbage Tree Bay after the severe weather and prolonged torrential rain between March 18 and 23, Coast Community News reports. About 4m of…
2021 Top of the Gulf Regatta to take place in November
Organisers of Thailand’s Top of the Gulf Regatta have confirmed that the regatta will take place in November this year. With Ocean Marina Yacht Club currently undergoing a comprehensive reimagining, the new and expanded Ocean Marina Yacht Club will be…
Cannons, dolphins and an overall winner on the last day of the NZ Millennium Cup
The final day of the NZ Millennium Cup was noticeably lacking in breeze, though entrants didn’t let that dampen spirits. While the race committee worked to plan a race around the conditions, the fleet headed to Motuarohia Island to make…
Sir Ben Ainslie wants AC75 retained for at least 10 years
Duncan Johnston writes on the Stuff website that the radical foiling boats used in AC36 will already be retained for the next two Matches, but Ainslie wants more: British yachting star Sir Ben Ainslie wants the current America’s Cup class…
It pays to reassure if you want to insure
Regardless of where you live you can expect to be hit with severe weather once in a while. Whether it is some wilder winds hitting the region or a destructive cyclone, preparing your yacht properly can ensure your insurance agent…
Great wine doesn’t have to be in bottles – especially on boats
Sailors have been known to enjoy a wine on board, but glass and boats don’t mix. Now sailors can enjoy quality wine in packaging that is not only environmentally friendly, but also efficient, compact and unbreakable. On April 1, 2021,…
Translated to participate in Ocean Globe Race 2023
Translated, a company that uses a combination of human creativity and machine intelligence to craft quality translations at speed, announced today it is taking part in the Ocean Globe Race 2023, an inspiring, around-the-world regatta in which sailors pilot vintage…
The return of the Zhik T2 Trapeze harness, and it’s lighter than ever
Zhik’s original, award-winning, adjustable, nappy-style T2 Trapeze Harness is making a return for performance sailors. The new design improvements feature a lighter weight construction which reduces its weight by over 15% and guarantees compliance with the latest World Sailing Racing…
Laser class launches 50th anniversary celebrations
From the Weekender to the Laser to the ILCA Dinghy, the world’s largest one-design racing class turns 50 this year, with over 218,000 boats built and passionate devotees racing in over 140 countries. In 2021, ILCA will celebrate the many…
2021 Australian 12ft Skiff Championship at Abbotsford over Easter
Abbotsford 12ft Sailing club will host the 85th addition of the Australian 12ft skiff championship. The series, held over the Easter weekend from 2 to 5 April, will feature no less than seven previous National champions, battling it out on the tight Parramatta…
TP52 Back to the Atlantic in 2022
To our friends in Baiona and Cascais, enclosed is our love letter to you! We’ll be back to the Atlantic in 2022.
How the America’s Cup was transformed from a remote race to a spectator event on Auckland’s harbour
Diane Brand, University of Auckland Every good race needs an avid audience of dedicated fans to spur the competitors along and the 36th America’s Cup, which starts today, is no exception. But current protocols are a far cry from the…
No overseas fans to attend Tokyo 2020 Olympics
No overseas fans will be permitted to attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, organisers have confirmed today at a five-party meeting. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo 2020 and the…
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Entries open for Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is accepting entries for the 2021 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, which will start on Saturday 31 July. After the cancellation of last year’s race due to COVID-19 restrictions, the CYCA is excited…
IMOCA class readying for The Ocean Race
Following the most exciting VendĂ©e Globe in the event’s history, the IMOCA class is ready for its next challenge, and this time it will be fully crewed racing on the fastest offshore monohulls on the planet in the inaugural edition…
