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Many yachties say sailing is in their blood, but in the South Australian offshore racing scene, there is one particular person who has the right to state the claim. Adam “Rat” Common, who mans the bow on Adelaide-based TP-52 Secret Men's…
The Mooloolaba Yacht Club, located on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, is seeking a keel boat coach to work with the club’s Youth Development Program (YDP). The YDP is focused on developing dinghy sailors into competent keel boat sailors and assisting the…
The appliancesonline.co.au team of David Witt, Tom Clout and Tom Anderson dad to produce their very best form to take out Race 3 of the 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. In a highly spectacular and…
The top six boats on the scoreboard are within five points after three close races and mixed fortunes in a fresh southerly off the Sydney coastline in the opening day of the Rolex Farr 40 world championship, hosted by Royal…
In a rare performance in Hobart yacht racing, Harold Clark’s Farr 1104 Invincible today won all three Group A handicap divisions of the Combined Clubs Long Race Series sailed on the River Derwent and in Storm Bay. Often described as having…
Chris Higham’s Archbault 40 Argo survived a brutal race from Fremantle to Busselton to win the Division 2 treble – line honours, IRC and YAH. The boat’s corrected IRC time was also better than the Division 1 winner Enterprise, to…
The Race Finish line has been set and teams are into the final hours of the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race with positions still to be decided as the fleet counts down the miles and the clock. At…
Sailors with disABILITIES is launching its first Winds of Joy program in Hobart on Monday 15th of February, expanding its national outreach program to Tasmania. Running for two weeks until February 26, Winds of Joy, Hobart, will give young people with…
Race Four, hosted by Royal Brighton Yacht Club, was the first race of 2016 continuing the 2015 Club Marine Series. Today, February 13, nearly 2 months after the last race, welcomed 129 registrants back to Port Phillip Bay for some…
After a lengthy delay to the start, Race 2 of the 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today provided spectators with some great action and a wonderful exhibition of heavy weather sailing by the winning crew on…
The 2016 Nacra 17, 49er/FX World Championships regatta wrapped up this morning Australian time, Sunday, 14 February 2015 local time with Olympic gold medallists Nathan Outteridge (NSW) and Iain Jensen (NSW) finishing outside the medal ranks and in sixth place….
Busselton’s normally peaceful surrounds were shattered early on the first day of the Geographe Bay Regatta – by the helicopter covering the town’s annual Jetty Swim. A warm day greeted sailors for the first day, with light and very shifty…
Describing David Witt, skipper of appliancesonline.com.au in the 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, being sailed on Sydney Harbour at present, in one sentence or one story is an impossibility. Those who know Dave will have a wide variety of…
The new Hanse 315 was announced as “European Yacht of the Year” at Düsseldorf Boat Show. The winner was chosen by a jury of experts from eleven major continental European sailing magazines. The 315 was up against 25 other boats and won…
Catch up on the Australian Sailing action at the 2016 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Clearwater, USA, in this wrap up video. We caught up with Nacra 17 crew of Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin (finished…
The Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race could be set for a tighter finish than appeared possible a few days ago, since the frontrunners have all got caught in light winds north of the Spratly Islands, allowing those behind…
A 20-knot North East wind and run out tide produced brilliant conditions for some wild spinnaker rides in the opening race of the 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. In one of the most incident packed starts…
The 2014 Farr 40 world champion Plenty (Alex Roepers, USA) today won the Sydney Open; a nine-race warm-up series for the Rolex Farr 40 world championship to be conducted by Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron from Tuesday. Plenty led the three-day…
It was a character building and tough penultimate day at the 2016 Nacra 17, 49er, and 49erFX World Championships in Clearwater with the breeze picking up throughout the day and the changing sea state making for challenging conditions. World #1…
Four of Australia’s best 18ft Skiff sailors recently teamed together on the Ragamuffin 100 maxi which finished 2nd, behind Comanche, in the 2015 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race. The foursome had to endure some treacherous conditions on the first night of the…
The 2014 Farr 40 world champion Plenty (Alex Roepers, USA), increased its lead in second day of the Sydney Open championship with continued consistency in a fleet of boats very evenly matched for speed. Three more races in the nine-race…
As the fleet enters the final stages of the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race, the teams continue towards various waypoints on the route, enjoying comfortable sailing conditions along the way. Visit Seattle and Mission Performance continue their journey south, while the other…
Olympic gold medallists Nathan Outteridge (NSW) and Iain Jensen (NSW) as well as Nacra 17 World #1 Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin are spearheading the Australian contingent at the 2016 Nacra 17, 49er, and 49erFX World Championships in Clearwater, Florida…
With six days to go until the Clipper Race fleet arrives in Vietnam, the teams heading north are enjoying much easier upwind conditions which are forecast to continue for the next couple of days, making for an enjoyable finish to…
A team from Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club has won the prestigious Hardy Cup Under 25 Grade 3 International Match Racing Regatta for the first time since the inception of the event in 2001. Will Dargaville and his crew of…
Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin made the best of a light airs day three at the Nacra 17 Worlds to move to 3rd overall after the young Australians scored 5,4,1. It was a long day on the water, almost six…
Clearwater, FL. Day three of the 2016 World Championships in Clearwater, FL kicked off with a sunny, 4-8 knot variance giving everyone a sigh of relief and readiness. 49er The fleet rigged up and got after it early launching to…
Times were a lot different when Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron veteran David Henshall raced in the Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race for the first time. There was no GPS technology, with sailors using dead-reckoning navigation techniques to calculate their…
Mono-hulls and multi-hulls are signing-up for the 5th Groupama Race. From out-and-out racers to cruising mono- or multi-hulls, everyone will have a chance. With less than nine months to go, the first expression of interest are in. Courrier Léon renamed…
North Devon Journal. A Seal managed to bring down a fishing boat last week, an eyewitness has reported. Thor Gustafsson watched the unbelievable scene take place at Coverack in Cornwall, saying he first thought a man had fallen overboard and…
A brain tumour battle may have knocked the wind from his sails but Sydney yachtsman Roger Hickman vows that hell and high water won’t stop him from competing in the 2016 Sail Port Stephens regatta come April. The owner/skipper of…
SYDNEY – Australia has been very supportive of the Farr 40 Class Association since its inception in 1997. Victoria native John Calvert-Jones was one of the original owners and the past class president would skipper Southern Star to victory at…
Crews of young sailors from Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia will do battle on Sydney Harbour tomorrow (Thursday, 11 February) in the finals of the prestigious Hardy Cup Under 25 ISAF Grade 3 international match racing regatta. Organised by…
The Foiling Week is the first and only series of global events dedicated to the fast foiling boats, their sailors, designers and builders. After two successful editions in 2014 and 2015 held at Fraglia Vela Malcesine on Lake Garda in Italy,…
The 2016 Extreme Sailing Series was officially launched at the Dubai International Marine Club today (10 February) with a full line-up of eight world-class teams, from eight nations confirmed. As the Series heads into its tenth year, some of the…
Leader of the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race Derry~Londonderry~Doire was the first through the Ocean Sprint course, setting a time of 14 hours 18 minutes, which has consequently proved impossible for the remaining eleven boats to match. Upon Visit Seattle’s completion of…
February 10h, 2016 – Miami, U.S.A. – Amazing interest being shown already for the 2016 Melges 24 World Championship in Miami boasting a beautiful three-digit number – 111 – on the entry list with more than nine months left before the…
The Courier. By Ben Hansen. BEYOND SAVING: The $600,000 yacht that sunk off King Island early Thursday morning. Photo The Courier. A $600,000 yacht sank off the south-east coast of King Island on Thursday morning. Tasmania Police said the…
Allan Norregaard and Anette Viborg Andreasen rocketed up to second place overall in the Nacra 17 World Championships, the Danish duo showing a rare mastery of the demanding conditions on the turbulent waters of Clearwater Beach, Florida. After failing…
The 2016 JJ Giltinan Championship sponsored by appliancesonline.com.au will be a closely fought battle with 30 boats on the start line and a number of them in the hot seat to take the title. Racing kicks off on February 12…
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