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Three long-time friends and sailing champions have all finally come together in the one boat as they set their sights on winning the 2019 JJ Giltinan (world) 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour from March 2-10. Skipper Micah Lane, sheet…
Following the commissioning of the first 50 berths at Margate Marina last October, work has now resumed after the Christmas/New Year break. Construction has recommenced with the 150m major extension of the attenuator/breakwater and the next 73 berths. The attenuator/breakwater…
The Asko Appliances 18ft skiff team is set to add the Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship to its trophy cabinet as the team leads the 18-strong fleet into Sunday’s last race of the series on Sydney Harbour. Skipper James…
The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania has received a challenge from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron for the coveted Sayonara Cup, renewing the match-racing contest between two of the nation's senior clubs after a break of a decade. The RSYS…
Giovanni Soldini skippered Maserati Multi 70 across the RORC Caribbean 600 finish line at 20:49:00 AST on Tuesday 19 February in an elapsed time of one day, 06 hours 49 minutes, taking Multihull line honours and setting a new Multihull…
In the early hours of Thursday 21 February, after two and a half days and nights of intense competition and over 600 miles of racing, it all came down to just a few minutes. Catherine Pourre's French Class40 Eärendil won…
The Ocean Race, the crewed round the world race with stopovers raced for the first time on IMOCAs with foils, will start in Alicante in October 2021. With just over two and a half years to go to the start,…
Ichi Ban, skippered by Matt Allen, has come away with a resounding Division 1 IRC win at this year's Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta, dropping just one less than perfect result to end up carrying a picket fence. The regatta…
Maserati Multi 70 skippered by Giovanni Soldini (ITA) crossed the finish line of the RORC Caribbean 600 at 20:49:00 AST on Tuesday 19 February 2019 in an elapsed time of 1 day, 06 hours 49 minutes and 00 seconds, taking…
In the northern hemisphere the Sailing Champions League is a winning concept, taking off from the start-up league in Germany in 2013 to involve 21 nations and more than 300 clubs in 2019. Now it’s the southern hemisphere’s turn. Mark…
Sailfest Newcastle Regatta is steeling itself for the hottest TP52 showdown outside Europe’s 52 Super Series when the inaugural Gold Cup starts on March 29 with a record fleet. Race organisers from the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) are expecting…
Third placed Estonian skipper Uku Randmaa has escaped disqualification from the Golden Globe race after breaching the strict rules forbidding outside assistance, but has been handed a 72-hour penalty for asking and receiving weather routing information during radio contact with…
David and Peter Askew (USA) racing their Volvo 70 Wizard have taken Monohull Line Honours in the RORC Caribbean 600 crossing the finish line on Wednesday 20 February at 07:08:44 AST in an elapsed time of 1d 19h 38m 44s….
Stuff.co.nz British yachting great Sir Ben Ainslie has described sailing the America's Cup test boat as “an eye-opener”. American rival Terry Hutchinson summed up being on his syndicate's scaled-down version of the 75-foot foiling monohulls to be used at Auckland…
With four out of the six races now in the books, things are starting to heat up on the scoreboard at this year's Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta. Yesterday's race was a short passage race out to the Lincoln National…
With the majority of Australia’s population base centred in the capital cities, and the political focus quite often also concentrated in these areas, it’s easy to forget about the coastal regional towns that bind the east coast and provide for…
Coppercoat has just signed a contract confirming the company as the Official Antifoul Supplier for the next two editions of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in 2019-20 and 2021-22. This partnership both reflects and consolidates Coppercoat’s success in…
The Rag & Famish Hotel has been a successful sponsor of the 18 Footers on Sydney Harbour since the 1996-1997 Season, but the hotel and the sport of 18 Footers racing have more in common than simply being the combination…
Tropical Cyclone Oma formed in the Fijian area of responsibility and was forecast to approach the southern Queensland coast this weekend. The 11am (AEST) track map yesterday (Thursday) showed the system moving closer to Queensland and into the Bureau's area…
The Match Race Super League has announced that the AIRCALIN Match Race in Noumea (NCL) will be the sixth event of the 2019 season, taking the schedule to 12 events worldwide in 10 countries on four continents. The organizing CNC…
Multi70 Maserati (ITA) and MOD70 Argo (USA) have been ripping up the RORC Caribbean 600 race track, blasting around the course at phenomenal pace and well over 30 knots of boat speed has been recorded on the YB Race Tracker….
For as long as the 49er class has existed, the Australia Sailing Team has performed at the highest level. From Chris Nicholson winning the classes’ first three World Championships, to Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen taking gold and silver in…
It is one of the most picturesque days on the South Australian sailing calendar, however yesterday's Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta 'long race' was slow going in light conditions for the four divisions. Divisions one and two raced out of…
Fabulous prizes await placegetters in Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) Sydney Harbour Regatta to be held over the first weekend of March – but you have to enter first and the early entry rate has been extended to February 25,…
Bellerive Yacht Club member Jeff Cordell has won a somewhat rare collection of trophies in the weekend’s Crown Series Bellerive Regatta with his Mumm 36 yacht B&G Advantage. Cordell skippered B&G Advantage to overall first place in both the AMS…
One of the strongest Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta fleets seen for some time kicked off this year's event yesterday with two races around the cans on Boston Bay. Sailors were greeted with a moderate 10 to 15-knot southwesterly breeze…
Annette Hesselmans is to be guest speaker at Royal Brighton Yacht Club in Victoria ahead of the Brighton Ladies Skippers Series (BLiSS) in the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series (PPWCS) on the evening of 22 February – and she offers…
The 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 kicked off in spectacular conditions off the south coast of Antigua with the magnificent fleet starting the 600 mile non-stop offshore race in bright sunshine, full-on gusting tradewinds and two-metre high waves. The 11th edition…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (February 16, 2019) – Racing got started on time this morning in beautiful conditions for the second day of racing in the Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta St. Petersburg, held out of the St….
The Asko Appliances team of James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite and Trent Barnabas became the 2018-2019 Australian 18ft Skiff champions after a wonderful day of action-packed racing on Sydney Harbour today. Going into today's final two races, only four points separated…
The coral and fishing might not have quite lived up to the expectations of some crew, but all 27 participants from 13 yachts that participated in the inaugural Andaman Islands Yacht carnival, 20th February to 21st March, agreed the whole…
Boat owners are aware of the need to carry regulation safety gear on their vessels. Authorities have strict regulations as to what is required when going cruising. So, what do the powers-that-be want? In Queensland, where I live: an emergency…
Over sundowners one evening a topic of discussion debated the safety of gas stoves versus kerosene stoves on board. Of course, one could argue the negatives and positives of both. Helmet and Cornelius, aboard Panta Rai, had a kerosene stove…
The starter’s gun fired and we were off and racing from Thursday Island with the next stop Tual in the Kai Islands, Indonesia. Well, really, there was no starter’s gun or a race for that matter but, get a group…
Royal Yacht Club of Victoria member, Clare Olding, has skippered Vertigo to an overall win in Race 3 of the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series sailed in light air on Port Phillip today. The Women in Sailing Challenge (WISC), hosted…
Dan Slater has won the 2019 Symonite OK Dinghy World Championship at Wakatere Boating Club after a challenging final day of racing with at first light winds, then breezy conditions, but always difficult and shifty. Fredrik Lööf almost did enough…
He was one of the stand-out figures in the 2016 Vendée Globe, and the first Asian competitor to take part in the headline event on the IMOCA circuit, but Kojiro Shiraishi was forced to retire after dismasting. The Japanese sailor…
Latest Mooloolaba Entrance Information Department of Transport and Main Roads – Maritime Safety Queensland NOTICE TO MARINERS 065 (T) of 2019 Issued by Brisbane Maritime Region on 13 February 2019 Area: Brisbane pilotage area Locality: Mooloolah River Bar Activity: Shoaling…
St. Petersburg, Florida: The first day of racing for the Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta St. Petersburg had a late start, due to a postponement for light winds in the morning, with racing underway by 1:30, allowing…
The 2019 Historic 18 Footer Australian Championship for the Galloping Ghost Trophy was conducted by the Sydney Flying Squadron in conjunction with the Australian Historical Sailing Skiff Association (AHSSA), on Sydney Harbour over 3 races on 19 January, 1 and…
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