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It had been a tough week at Black Rock Yacht Club, Victoria, for the Australian Finn Championships. Solid sea breezes for most of the races challenged the physical preparation of the 40 sailors who took part. Many sailors were visibly…
Next month, February, the american Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building (NWSWB) will showcase a Haven 12.5 it will build at Tasmania's MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart. ATL Composites is supporting this project by sponsoring West System products…
The first race of The Round Martinique Regatta will start from Fort de France in just a month’s time, eagerly awaited by both the competitors and the event’s organisers. However, before trimming the sails and sharpening tactics, the most important…
The IMOCA class reports that after an exceptional year, 2019 is also looking high and fast. The 2018 Route du Rhum saw an unprecedented line-up and it will be the same for the next Transat Jacques Vabre with no fewer…
New Zealand’s biggest and multi-day sailing regatta, CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week, will be held next week and organisers are again predicting a record breaking year in terms of entry numbers.The entry list for the event, which takes place…
Hobart’s River Derwent again turned on a brisk to strong breeze to challenge young sailors contesting day two of the Australian Sailing Youth Championships, a huge event supported by the Australian Maritime College and conducted by the Royal Yacht Club…
Giles Scott wrapped up a great week’s sailing with two more race wins to take the overall victory at the Ronstan Australian Finn Championship in some spectacular Black Rock conditions, where Nicholas Heiner secured second place and Jake Lilley took…
Australian duo Brett Burvill and Max Puttman are the 2019 Tornado world champions, crowned in New Zealand where the event was held, while the final race was won by famous locals, Olympic Gold and Silver medallist Rex Sellars, crewed by…
The best young sailors in Australia hit the waters of Hobart today for the second day of racing at the 2019 Australian Youth Championships presented by the Australian Maritime College, and in some classes, the elite sailors used the conditions…
New entrant to yacht racing, Mark Spring, has sprung into action in his first major ocean race by taking overall wins in all categories (IRC, ORCI, PHS) in the Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise racing, finishing on the Gold Coast…
From January 20 to 26 there will be a hive of sailing activity in Paynesville, with some of the best Australian junior sailors arriving for the 40th Australian Minnow Championship, to be hosted by Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club (GLYC). Competitors…
The Asko Appliances 18ft Skiff team became the 2018-2019 NSW champions after scoring a win and a second placing in the final two races of the championship which were sailed in a 15K south/south-east wind on Sydney Harbour today. Skipper…
For more than 35 years, Practical Sailor has been taking the guesswork out of boat and gear buying with bold, independent boat tests, and product-test reports for serious sailors and boaters. In this report, they remind us of the risks…
The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a new World Record for Around Australia singlehanded monohull for Australian Lisa Blair. Women and Singlehanded Monohull RecordsYacht: ‘Climate Action Now’ 50ft monohullName: Lisa Blair. AUSDates: 20th October 2018 to 17th December 2018Start…
The Australian 18 Footers League fleet is back on Sydney Harbour this Sunday when the 18-boat fleet will contest the final two races of the 2018-2019 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship. After three races so far in the Championship, going into…
They waited and waited for wind, but when it piped in late this afternoon, it rewarded the 230 sailors with some exhilarating rides on day one of the Australian Sailing Youth Championships on Hobart’s River Derwent. Most starts were delayed…
Current European champion, Ed Wright (GBR), moved into a podium position on the penultimate day of the Ronstan Australian Finn Championship at Black Rock Yacht Club in Melbourne after another tough sea breeze day, though the 40-strong fleet had to…
The 2019 Australian Youth Championships presented by the Australian Maritime College kicked off today in Hobart, with challenging conditions that delivered some spectacular results. Doubling as the National Championship, the Championships are also the final selection event for Australia’s best…
Coaching programs to develop the racing skills of each club’s up-and-coming young sailors have played a key in the final results of the 2019 International Optimist Australian Championships. Daniel Links from the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club on Pittwater, NSW,…
The Geotherm crew of Brett Hobson/Jeremy Jones were the undisputed winners of the final race, but NSW sailors Nick Press/Andrew ‘Noddy’ Hay (Sydney Sailmakers) have decisively won the Your Move Conveyancing 12ft Skiff Interdominion, hosted by the Sydney Flying Squadron…
This week on the 8th January saw Team Village Monde crossing the finish line as winners of the Kraken Cup (sponsored by Garmin) one of the World’s most adventurous, yet basic, sailing races. Whilst most of us were nursing hangovers,…
Giles Scott maintains a narrow lead at the front of the 40-boat fleet at the Ronstan Australian Finn Championship. Two points behind is Dutchman, Nicholas Heiner, while Kiwi Andy Maloney, is another four points back. These three seem to be…
Queensland’s Richard Billet and Ben Cross (Carbon Chandlery) have notched up their first victory on the penultimate day of the Your Move Conveyancing 12Ft Skiff Interdominion, hosted by the Sydney Flying Squadron on Sydney Harbour. Carbon Chandlery won the first…
After postponement due to lack of wind, racing commenced at 1400hrs in a 5-8 knot nor-easterly with the smallest swell seen all regatta on day four, the final day of the 2019 Bartercard Sail Paradise Series. It all came down…
Andy Beadsworth, Ali Tezdiker and Simon Fry crossed the finish line in first place to win the final race of the 2019 Dragon World Championship and seal their second consecutive world title in style. The Turkish team were the first…
Dutch rivals for Tokyo 2020 qualification, Nicholas Heiner and Pieter-Jan Postma, won a race each on the second day of the Ronstan Australian Finn Championship at Black Rock YC. British Olympic champion, Giles Scott, still leads overall from Heiner, with…
Rio gold medallist Tom Burton (NSW) has outsailed defending Australian Laser Standard Rig champion Matthew Wearn (WA) in a hard-fought Oceania and Australian championship. On the final day of competition Burton clinched victory in race 11, taking top honours while…
The affordable and popular European catamaran, the Lagoon 380, is set to end her production in 2019. Lagoon has just announced the last six hulls are to go into production in early 2019, with availability in May/June and July.Spacious and well designed,…
Sydney sailors Will Cooley and Bec Hancock will go into this week’s Australian Sailing Youth Championships 2019 as strong favourites for the Nacra 15 title, and an overseas trip. Cooley, from Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and his new crew, Hancock,…
First and second places in the final race on the River Derwent yesterday decided the winners of the Australian championship for the 420 double-handed youth dinghy class, with a New Zealand crew the victors. , a combined Woollahra Sailing…
Forty Finns enjoyed a day of two halves on the opening day of the Ronstan Australian Finn National Championship, taking place at Black Rock Yacht Club in Melbourne. In a day that went from light to pumping, Giles Scott, from…
At the start of the penultimate day of the 2019 Dragon World Championship in Fremantle, the top six boats were separated by 6 points. After two more races today the current world champions, Provezza sit just 3 points ahead of…
The IMOCA class has never experienced such enthusiasm and as 2019 gets underway, it looks like being a very exciting year. At least six new generation IMOCAs will be launched in 2019 and more than thirty boats will be out…
A ship seen by some, but not by others competing in the Your Move Conveyancing 12ft Skiff Interdominion today, played a big part in determining the outcome of Race 5, which in turn affected the overall standings. The gun Sydney…
Day three proved to be the trickiest day yet for Sail Paradise contenders, with the south easterly stream fighting with a nor’easterly sea breeze (we can’t help it that it is always sunny up here!). David Rose’s KERISMA GILL, from…
The last few days have been a blur. Sitting on the tarmac in Sydney I close my eyes and take a deep breath. Yesterday, later than planned due to weather, I sailed back into Mooloolaba after three months cruising the…
Sometimes we are forced into DIY, even when we are prepared to pay a professional. Last year I tried to obtain quotes to replace the headliner in the forward cabin. It was the original early 1980s perforated vinyl, sewn into…
I had been toying with the idea of giving up work for some time when we got the phone call. A close friend in her late fifties, fit and healthy, non-smoker and moderate drinker, had died suddenly and unexpectedly. That…
Where else can you live that boasts an annual average of 320 days sunshine, warm tropical waters and is the gateway to spectacular Magnetic Island, the Palm Island group and Great Barrier Reef? Townsville North Queensland, home to Townsville’s Breakwater…
After midnight this coming Friday, January 11, 2019, the entry fee for the Festival of Sails at the end of the month will rise by $250, a definite incentive to be part of the first round of registrations for the…
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