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The Northern Star reports that a sailor is lucky to be alive after his 25ft yacht capsized while he was attempting to cross the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales at 3.30pm on April 5. NSW Surf Life Saving duty…
Australia’s world No.4-ranked Laser sailor Matt Wearn has produced another supremely consistent performance to rocket into the lead on day four of the Trofeo Princesa Sofia at Palma in Spain. Wearn and 470 pair Mat Belcher and Will Ryan are…
Team AkzoNobel have nearly closed to within 100 miles of Itajaí, Brazil, and the Leg 7 finish line on Wednesday, on course for a third place podium finish behind winners Team Brunel and second-placed Dongfeng Race Team. Simeon Tienpont’s AkzoNobel…
St Thomas, 4 April 2018 – Just six months after the devastation caused by Irma and Maria, two category 5 hurricanes that swept through Caribbean last year, life in some areas, including on the US Virgin Island of St Thomas,…
Bang on cue Mallorca's Bay of Palma fired up the best breeze yet of the 49 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar as the Finals phase started for most of the ten Olympic classes. In warm spring sunshine the breeze puffed to…
They will probably finish in first and second in the 1380 nautical mile race in what is a small fleet of only six boats. But it will be only one small achievement for the pair in what has been a…
Fiji Sun Online by NACANIELI TUILEVUKA A recent study undertaken by Port Denarau marina revealed that the yacht industry contributed over $42 million to the Fiji economy, last year. In 2017, Port Denarau recorded 554 cruising yachts and 65 super yachts,…
Entry for the 30th anniversary Airlie Beach Race Week has opened, and Matt Allen is the first of three high profile owners announcing their intention to take part – he is entering his newest Ichi Ban, winner of the 2017…
Entries for the New Caledonia Groupama Race close April 17 and a cross-section of monohulls and multihull owners have signed-up for a very different kind of South Pacific adventure. Most visitors to the French territory travel for the water sports, beaches, ethnic fusion…
It was easily the most difficult stage of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18, and the sailors will almost certainly rank it as one of the hardest in the history of the race. But Bouwe Bekking used his veteran nous to…
3 April, 2018: The Women’s International Match Racing Series today announced the 2018 series schedule with events in Finland, Sweden, Russia and the US Virgin Islands. This year marks the sixth consecutive season of the WIM Series, the world’s first…
Almost half the fleet in the 5,500 nautical mile yacht race from Melbourne to Osaka in Japan tonight have sought shelter in ports along the south Queensland coast as reformed Cyclone Iris moves south. Iris has become a Category 3,…
At the 49 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar Olympic classes regatta on the Bay of Palma Australians Mat Belcher and Will Ryan return to the 470 after a six month break and today climbed to the top of the 470 Men's…
Aqualine is a Chinese company that manufactures only outboards. Its models are based on Tohatsu and Yamaha designs but with subtle changes, in line with the Chinese policy of value-adding to products. The F2.5 is Aqualine’s smallest four stroke outboard…
Getting there by land you may think it is tucked away in the backblocks of Balmain. Truth is this location provides Sydney Harbour Boat Storage two advantages: security and close access to Sydney Harbour. Down the end of James Craig…
A tall aboriginal man ambled down the Wyndham wharf with a little girl in tow, an exquisite flower of a child in her frilly dress and long black curls. She balanced above the swirling muddy waters of the Cambridge Gulf,…
Before my wife Frances and I started full-time cruising we wondered if sailing around the world was enough to satisfy us. On the face of it this may seem like an odd thing to say but, in fact, after nine…
If you are reading this magazine chances are you own a cruising yacht and spend as much time as possible on board your vessel of pride. While out on the water you will probably experience the best and worst of…
AirMed & Rescue Magazine Three yachsmen were rescued off the coast of Morgan Bay, South Africa, after abandoning their yacht. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) was alerted to the three missing sailors after the wife of one reported that…
Food poisoning is rare; even so one in five Australians can expect to get food poisoning each year. We think of food poisoning bugs just giving us a nasty bout of ‘gastro’, which is true in most cases; but it…
How many articles have been written on how to get better value out of the power expended to keep a yacht’s food refrigerated? Well, I have read many and was getting nowhere. According to my reading, if my problem was…
It has been said that, next to the mast, the stove is the most used piece of equipment on board. On my boat this is certainly true. After almost nine years of sailing I know the most important thing about…
Most cruising sailors and other travellers look forward to eating fresh seafood when visiting Pacific islands. Many sailors catch their own fish from nearby reefs and some choose to buy from the ubiquitous coastal fish markets. In the latter case,…
I reckon one of the best things about living on a yacht is having a lot of close and personal encounters with wildlife. I have actually got a bit too close and personal a couple of times but mostly it…
Jaybird is a leader in wireless earbuds suitable to be worn while playing sport. Its latest X3 is an excellent purchase for any outdoor recreation junkie. The wireless in-ear buds do not require a headphone jack, are sweatproof and offer…
Fight fire with smoke with the Maus Xtin Klein, the world’s smallest and most versatile fire extinguisher. Its residue does no harm to engine, electronics or interior when discharged. The company says Xtin weighs only 480 gram is 24 centimetres…
Volvo Ocean Race veteran Bouwe Bekking is predicting a photo finish to Leg 7 as his Team Brunel leads Dongfeng Race Team into the final 36 hours of what has been a massively challenging leg. Less than six miles separate…
The tenth day of the Race to the Emerald City saw the fleet compress yet again in what felt like the third on-the-water race restart for the eleven Skippers and their teams as they converged on the final mandatory gate…
The light, unsettled breezes on Mallorca's famous Bay of Palma presented a really testing opening day at the 49th Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar. With a maximum eight race courses in operation it was often the case that one fleet was…
The Daily Mail. By Adam Mccleery For Daily Mail Australia An Australian family sailing around the globe were stalked for four hours by pirates before Japanese and Pakistani warships sailed in to save the day. Lachin Turner, wife Louise and their…
Following the Notice to Competitors yesterday regarding concerns over cyclone Iris there have been some decisions made by skippers overnight and courses in some cases altered accordingly. Some competitors such as Allegro have decided to head further east, keeping an…
The SailingKit.com.au TCAA 2017/18 Nationals Titles held at Mannering Park Amateur Sailing Club in NSW proved to be a huge success, with racing coming down to the final day in all three fleets. Thirty-eight boats made the trek to the…
Glenn Ashby has won nine A Class World Championships and is considered the benchmark sailor for the class. He is also a sailmaker by trade and used his extraordinary technical skills, along with ETNZ designers, to mastermind the trimming of…
The QantasLink 70th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, organised by the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club, was one to remember for many reasons other than just the historic landmark it reached. The race started in near perfect conditions in Moreton Bay…
With Bermuda firmly in the grasp of a high-pressure system racing was postponed today at the Bacardi Moth World Championship. Principal Race Officer David Campbell-James tried to get some racing when he sent the fleet on the water around 1400…
he final yachts arrived in Subic Bay this morning, wrapping up the 2018 Rolex China Sea Race. 29 boats took part in the 2018 edition with 265 competitors hailing from 22 territories. The 18 year-old multihull record was broken by…
The 2018 Monaco Swan One Design finished on a high – the final day delivering races of contrasting conditions, and roundly considered the best of the four days. Three races drew out the tension as the leading pairs in all…
Team Brunel has hung on to the Leg 7 lead following an attack on the top spot by Dongfeng Race Team as the leaders get within 1,000 nautical miles of the finish line in Itajaí, Brazil. Charles Caudrelier’s Dongfeng actually…
Conditions caused racing to be cancelled on the third and final day of the RORC Easter Challenge – at 0900 when the decision was announced, PRO Stuart Childerley explained: “Currently we have less than 5 knots on the Solent and…
The Mandatory Gate Haller lies between the Japanese islands of Hachijo and Aogashima and for the Clipper Race fleet it marks the edge of the open Pacific Ocean and as the teams converge again, on what is the last compulsory…
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