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Newport RI: June 20, 2016— The 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race, has not been a dash. Following Comanche’s record-breaking run to Bermuda, chopping almost five hours off the 2012 numbers, the fleet stalled against…
Emirates Team New Zealand celebrated a long awaited milestone today at their Beaumont Street base in Auckland by launching their first custom-designed development boat. The 45 foot catamaran has been in the process of being built for the past six…
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race teams have departed New York on the final leg of the circumnavigation, the ‘Atlantic Homecoming’. Following a Departure Ceremony and Parade of Sail in front of the New York skyline and Statue of Liberty,…
Deauville on the French channel coast dealt the 39 solo skippers who set off on the 510-nautical mile first stage of the Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro a slow, sticky and exacting start this afternoon. Light and streaky breezes made the…
HAMILTON, Bermuda – The International Moth Class Association (IMCA) today announced that Bermuda will be host to the 2018 Moth World Championship slated for May of that year. Following the inaugural MS Amlin International Moth Regatta in December 2015, Bermuda…
An historic new record for the fastest-ever sail around Ireland has been set. The Sultanate of Oman’s flagship trimaran Musandam-Oman Sail has completed the full 704-mile course in just 38 hours, 37 minutes and 7 secondssmashing their own2015 record by…
The world's top ranked sailors have been invited to attend the penultimate and final events of the Sailing World Cup series in Qingdao, China and Melbourne, Australia. The top 30 sailors in World Sailing's Fleet Racing Rankings on Monday 13…
Patrick Conway has returned to the French short-handed sailing scene, this time on a smaller budget and therefore a smaller yacht. Pat is participating in this Sunday’s Mini Fastnet race out of Douarnenez, Brittany The Mini 6.50 class is extremely…
Ian Williams and his team GAC Pindar managed to bring out their best game in the deciding races of M32 Series Scandinavia in Gothenburg. They ended the action filled final day with a win that put them on top of…
The Volvo Round Island Race started in 10 to 11 knots of southerly wind and a fair tide. The first fleet away were the 55 monohulls consisting of a vast mixture of boats and crews. From one of the fastest…
Less than 24 hours into the race, Comanche is already through the Gulf Steam and pressing to break Rambler’s elapsed time record from 2012. “We’re in Champagne conditions, making 20-25 knots,” said skipper Kenny Read. At press time 7:00PM in…
Light northerly winds dribbled down Pittwater, part of Sydney’s northern beaches, just long enough for the MC38 fleet contesting their end of season Winter Regatta to bank three of four planned races. Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s principal race officer…
The competitors in the Coutts Quarter Ton Cup 2016 found themselves sitting right in the centre of a very slow moving low on their final day of racing off Cowes and were forced to watch as the wind went frustratingly…
Hamilton, Bermuda: June 19, 2016— Comanche has set a Newport Bermuda Race record celebrating her line honours victory in the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, Newport Bermuda 2016. Jim and Kristy Hinze Clark’s 100 foot screamer, skippered by Ken…
Will Dargaville (AUS) is the new World Champion at Youth Match Racing. The crew from Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club sailed their last “duel in paradise” against their fellow countrymen from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. “It is a…
Race 7 of the of the Land Rover Winter Series on Sydney Harbour was always going to be a wet one – all day – but it did not dampen the enthusiasm of competitors, instead the reverse was true, on…
In their own wet weather bubble the MC38 fleet followed the breeze around an otherwise barren Pittwater and managed to complete the scheduled final four races of the season ending MC38 Winter Series, victory going to Leslie Green’s Ginger. For…
I was told once that when two yachts are sailing in the same direction, then you have a race. Based on that solid theory, WE HAVE A RACE. Not long after posting the announcement that an Around Australia Yacht Race…
Rome 1960 was the first time ever the Olympic Games was televised around the world, arguably the first step on the road to becoming the global mega event we will see in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in just 50 days…
HAMILTON, Bermuda – The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club announced today that the Argo Group Gold Cup will not be held this year. The decision comes after weeks of discussions between the management of the World Match Racing Tour, the RBYC,…
Lindsay Owen-Jones 100-ft Maxi Magic Carpet Cubed (GBR) has claimed line honours at the 2016 Giraglia Rolex Cup. Crossing the finish line in Genoa at 15:02:56 CEST today (Thursday), Magic Carpet Cubed completed the offshore race from Saint-Tropez, France in 26 hours, 48…
British sailors have made consistent, notable inroads into the highly charged world of La Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, the solo multi stage offshore race, in recent years not least establishing a solid record in the challenge to be top ‘bizuth’…
Dateline Newport RI: June 16, 2016 — As nearly 1,700 sailors who will soon race to Bermuda make their preparations, loading food and gear into their boats and lining up to pre-clear Bermuda customs and immigration, all of them have…
16 June 2016 – Cowes, UK – After the opening day's blustery conditions, day two of the Coutts Quarter Ton Cup produced a distinct change of pace. Racing was initially postponed for two hours to allow the breeze to fill in…
ABC News An old pearling lugger that featured in the movie Australia has sunk overnight in Darwin. Duty Superintendent Brendan Muldoon said the boat, Anniki, was moored at the Duck Pond in Frances Bay when it sank. “At about one…
The offshore race of the 64th Giraglia Rolex Cup got underway today at midday, with 268 yachts departing from Saint-Tropez for Genoa, via the Giraglia rock. Following three days of blissful warmth and generally clear skies, the Cote d’Azur went…
It’s 2014. It’s the hostile environment of the Maracanã soccer stadium. A despondent Argentinian team trudge off the field following a 1-0 defeat to Germany. They had lost the FIFA World Cup Final. Fast forward a year and another Argentinian…
The wind eased ; sailors began to feel at home ; the leaders – Caledonian and Australian – confirmed their positions. The French – led by the Caledonian Cyril Fortin – confirmed yesterday’s good results. They won their first nine matches of…
In 1988, the legendary Sir Peter Blake won the first and only Around Australia Yacht Race. Who will put their name on the trophy next to the legend in 2017? Ocean Crusaders Founder, and solo Around Australia Monohull Record holder,…
This weekend Pittwater’s Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club will host the MC38 Winter Regatta, the third and final act of the one design class’ 2016 Australian Season Championship. Early weather models show NSW could be in the path of another…
One of Australia’s best-known sailors, John Bertrand AM has been honoured as an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia. Widely recognised for his success as the skipper of “Australia II” in the America’s Cup in…
Newshub NZ The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has suspended the search for the sailor lost overboard from the yacht Platino on Monday morning, 550km north of New Zealand. The 20-metre long yacht suffered damage after being battered by…
The Press and Journal. By Rita Campbell. It was a break-in worthy of any cat burglar. A stowaway feline hitched a ride on a private yacht and travelled 166 nautical miles all the way from the isle of Harris to…
The 2016 East Coast Championships (sponsored by NB Sailsports) were hosted by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club last weekend 11th – 12th June. Thirty Laser 4.7s competed in what was one of the biggest showings the class has ever seen…
Building upon the success of the 2015 New South Wales Youth Championships, Georges River Sailing Club has been announced as the host for the 2016 regatta to be held from 1-3 October. Several hundred competitors are expected to descend upon…
15 June 2016 – Cowes, UK – The Coutts Quarter Ton Cup 2016 opened in spectacular style off Cowes on Wednesday 15 June with three windward leeward races in the Central Solent in a building south westerly which produced fast…
Thirty-three matches were sailed today in the lee of Ilôt Maître. On this third day of racing, all ten crews have completed the second Round Robin in a steady 20 to 25 knot wind. The qualification phase is finished. We now…
Morgan Lagravière finished ninth in the solo Transat New York – Vendée despite the damage that cost him 40 hours. That early blow did not shake the fighting spirit of the young skipper of Safran, who managed to climb back…
The Youth Match Racing World Championship started this morning in New Caledonia. 27 matchs were sailed in windy conditions (20-25 knots gusting to 30 knots ). To everyone's surprise , the best performance of the day was shown by the local crew…
The decision by Craig Carter, owner of the Carkeek 47 Indian to contest the WA Blue Water Championship and the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in the same season presented a number of challenges and a huge logistical task….
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