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byTim O'Connell Jan 22 2020 www.stuff.co.nz A salvage operation is underway this week for a yacht that broke up after it washed ashore in rough conditions sailing from Picton to Nelson, New Zealand. Two people were bringing the vessel through the Marlborough Sounds when they got into…
Billy Parker is hoping for a double celebration this weekend, when the MacGlide Festival of Sails kicks off on Saturday with the historic Passage Race. The Royal Geelong Yacht Club stalwart will celebrate his 82nd birthday on Saturday, competing in…
Six months out from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Sail Melbourne International 2020 saw the world’s best sailors wrapping up the five-day event with a light wind day on Port Phillip Bay on Tuesday (21 January 2020). Over 300 competitors…
by Todd Niall www.stuff.co.nz Right on time, the completed sites for America's Cup challengers have been handed over, but the fate of one remains unclear. The construction alliance building the America's Cup village on Auckland's waterfront said the “platforms” for…
By Jake Fish – US Sailing Sailors were greeted with cooler temperatures, sunny skies, and plenty of breeze on the second day of the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Miami, USA. On Tuesday, the 470 Men and Women, Laser, Laser…
By The Maritime Executive 01-20-2020 06:55:00 On January 10, the crew of the geared bulker Sunda rescued a sailboat adrift in the mid-Atlantic. Captain Ivan Versic, along with his officers and crew, found and saved four people who were stranded…
Mariner Boating Holidays offers a variety of customised holiday experiences to cater to each individual or group’s level of sailing competency (or perhaps lack thereof). Mariner yacht rallies operate in a variety of exotic locations, with a crew that is…
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) has announced it will contribute $10,000 to kick start a ‘Festival of Sails’ bushfire appeal in the wake of cancelling its traditional Australia Day Fireworks show, next Sunday January 26. While the fireworks display…
It was a challenging day for sailors and race management alike with multiple storm fronts passing through Melbourne on the penultimate day of Sail Melbourne International making for another wild and fun day for the majority of the classes. Despite…
The first few days of the world's largest boat show, Boot Dusseldorf, is the time when yacht builders hold media launches of the new builds they are releasing for the coming year. This year has seen, so far, the world…
By The Maritime Executive 12-31-2019 01:48:00 On Sunday, with assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard, two commercial vessels rescued the crew of a dismasted sailing yacht at a position about 570 nm southwest of the Hawaiian Islands. Joint Rescue Coordination…
Despite a huge storm front battering Port Phillip in the early afternoon, most classes were able to complete a full slate of racing on day three of Sail Melbourne International on Sunday. The thick squall carried a sheet of small…
In gruelling conditions on Sydney Harbour for the first day of the Farr 40 One Design Trophy, Jeff Carter’s Edake scored three bullets to sit in first place, where she has been comfortably sitting for the majority of the season….
Following a very windy first day, Port Phillip delivered a cracking day out at the 2020 Sail Melbourne International; Saturday starting with light conditions before the wind picked up again, making for a fitness and skill focussed day. On Friday,…
The IDEC SPORT maxi trimaran is back racing, with Francis Joyon and crew leaving Hong Kong this morning at 08:00:47 hours UTC on their way to London in the framework of another record attempt: the Tea Route. The reference time…
by Stephanie Davey www.heraldnet.com TULALIP — She had survived nearly 100 years on the water. After a sometimes rocky odyssey, the Argosy may have reached her final resting place. Earlier this week, the 55-foot-long yacht washed ashore on Mission Beach…
At 14:03hrs today Thursday 16 January 2020 Exmouth’s RNLI Inshore Lifeboat George Bearman II was alerted by HM Coastguard to go to the assistance of a male in difficulty in the water in the River Exe near Lympstone. The Lifeboat…
Sunday, 19 January, 2020 Sydney Harbour The Finport Finance team of Keagan York, Matt Stenta and David Ewings totally dominated the racing in a 8-12 knots SSE wind to lead the fleet after the two-race opening day of the Australian…
The 2020 Finn Gold Cup is to be held from 8-16 May in the Bay of Palma, Mallorca and will be organised by the Club Nàutic S'Arenal. Entry for sailors and coach registration is now open through the event website….
Australian Sailing and Kiteboarding Australia have today announced their intentions to work together to develop the next generation of Australian Olympic sailing champions. With the Mixed Kite event (IKA Formula Kite) to make its debut as an Olympic discipline at…
By Joelyn Chan From Aseantoday.com The Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS) is one of the busiest trade routes in the world. Nearly half of all global seaborne trade passes through this marine corridor making it a strategic chokepoint for…
From stuff.co.nz Team New Zealand have shown the huge development in America's Cup design as they engaged a 1995 version during training in Auckland. The Cup defenders were flying on their foils while NZL41, a former Japanese entry from the…
With wind limits on the edge, conditions on day one of Sail Melbourne International 2020 provided many competitors with a wild, windy and challenging day on Port Phillip Bay. Racing started out in around 20-22 knots, but with wind gusting…
A sailor is thought to have drowned in the Bristol Channel after going into the water to untangle rope wrapped around his boat's propeller, an inquest has heard. David Moore, 43, an administrative assistant from Watchet, departed Watchet Marina on…
Royal Geelong Yacht Club sailor Brendan Garner first competed in the MacGlide Festival of Sails in 1988, when he was just 12 years old. Three decades later the avid sailor who learned to sail at RGYC on Geelong’s Corio Bay,…
National Youth Champions decided after final day of racing abandoned Racing has been abandoned for the final day of the Australian Youth Championships at Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club (SSCBC). The race committee continuously monitored conditions throughout the day…
After her recent record attempt and new reference time set between Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Hong Kong, the crew of the IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran took advantage of the festive season to get some well-deserved rest. After arriving back…
London 14 January 2020: The Royal Ocean Racing Club have announced a new start date for the 7th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race. Traditionally held in November each year from Lanzarote to Grenada, the next edition will start from…
The SY200 is the latest concept project from Philippe Briand. The equivalent power harnessed by the SY200’s sails is calculated to be 2,000kW, in optimum wind conditions. The SY200 would capture some of this kinetic energy through the movement of…
The provisional Australian Sailing Youth Team (ASYT) has been announced at the 2020 Australian Youth Championships at Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club (SSCBC). The team, which requires ratification from the Australian Sailing Board before being finalised, will represent Australia…
Five new Interpretations have been issued in accordance with Special Regulation 1.01.5 addressing drinking water, GPS, toilets, resistance to capsize and reserve navigation lights. The interpretations are published at https://www.sailingresources.org.au/safety/special-regs-interpretations/ The intent of SR 4.11.2 is to ensure there is…
Special Regulation 3.07 is amended to bring the Special Regulations into line with the ISO 12217 and the World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations. Amendment 3 to the Special Regulations can be found at https://www.sailingresources.org.au/safety/specialregs/. Many production boats have hatches or…
Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Anders Pedersen) has won the 2020 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Prince Alfred YC, in Newport, Australia, after a thrilling final day of racing. New Moon II (BAH 24, Mark…
The Auckland Anniversary Regatta has seen many changes over the course of its 180 year history. But one sight that’s still rare to behold as the ‘A Classic’ fleet of vintage yachts takes to the harbour is a majority of…
Sailing and teenagers don’t always mix but when the swim stops are frequent, the night spots full of fun and the actual sailing legs short sharp and snappy – it’s a no brainer. Add the Greek Islands of Skiathos, Skopelos,…
Sutech Musto Racing is the new Australian 16ft skiff champion, winning by the narrowest margin in an enthralling game of snakes-and-ladders on the final day at Port Stephens NSW. The Manly skiff, helmed by Daniel Turner with Angus Williams and…
Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Anders Pedersen) has extended its lead to nine points with just two races to sail at the 2020 5.5 Metre World Championship, at the Royal Prince Alfred YC, in Newport, Australia. New…
Hobart yachtsman Nick Rogers has won his 12th Prince Philip Cup In the International Dragon class, adding to an extraordinary list of State, National and World Championship victories going back nearly four decades. In the last two summers the now…
Emirates Team New Zealand, the Defender of the 35th America's Cup to be held in Auckland in 2021, has released an amazing video of their AC75 flying over a camera in the Hauraki Gulf. Go to https://emirates-team-new-zealand.americascup.com/ to watch the video. Make…
The global sailing race which empowers anyone from teachers to chiropractors, and from teenagers to septuagenarians, to become ocean racers, has just finished its Coast to Coast stage around Australia. And the team with most Aussie’s onboard took the top…
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