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In line with Hong Kong Observatory predictions, the 2016 Rolex China Sea Race started today with more of a whimper than a bang, with thick fog, rain and barely any breeze in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. After a significant proportion…
The wind and sea state has increased as the teams near the southern tip of Japan on day 3 of the Seattle Pacific Challenge. Over the last 24 hours, there were confusing, frustrating wind shifts before the wind backed round,…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 23 – The Hague, scene of an enormously successful pit-stop last year, has been chosen to host the finale of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. The Dutch stopover will be preceded by a midsummer stopover in…
Newport RI- March 23, 2016: The June 17, 2016 Newport Bermuda Race, the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, is shaping up to be the largest since the 2006 Centennial celebration. The call for Applications for Entry (AFE’s) in the…
By John Martin, Island Cruising Association You’d think the most likely time someone would fall overboard at sea was in bad weather with rough seas and a pitching, heaving vessel… you’d be wrong! There’s no question that men are more…
John & Lyn Martin – Island Cruising Association (NZ) It’s been an exciting start to the year with the inclusion of Sail Karimata in the 2016 program, the new documentation regime now set in concrete and at the time of…
The uninspiring conditions of the Rolex China Sea Race start have given way to the strong monsoon forecast by Hong Kong Observatory at Tuesday’s Skippers’ Briefing; offering the front runners 28kts of north easterly breeze on a lumpy sea. Doing…
The fleet has had a frustrating 24 hours of light winds and trouble negotiating huge fishing nets in the Yellow Sea on day 2 of the Seattle Pacific Challenge. The front group is still closely packed together as it heads…
If you are wondering where you can have the blue carpet rolled out on arrival and be treated like a VIB (Very Important Boatie), look no further than Abell Point Marina in 2016. The new Abell Point Marina is designed to…
Marine Rescue NSW’s biggest fundraising campaign yet, the Great Outdoor Getaway Art Union, is closing soon. Look out for ticket-sellers from your local Marine Rescue unit this Easter weekend or get your tickets online at mrnsw.com.au Buyers simply need to enter…
The Etchells Australasians Championships’ first female winning skipper, Jeanne-Claude Strong, has committed to return in June with her Yandoo XX team in the hope of defending her 2015 title and create another historic class victory. With the 20th anniversary…
The 2016 U23 Finn World Championship, for the Jorg Bruder Finn Silver Cup, will be hosted in Aarhus, Denmark, the host city of the 2018 Sailing World Championships. Online entry is now open and the Notice of Race and accommodation…
Lloyd Thornburg's American MOD70 Phaedo3 will be attempting a record run from Antigua to Bermuda this April with a view to joining the Antigua Bermuda Race next year. Phaedo3 has set multiple world records over the past 12 months, including…
World Sailing has listed two International Federation of Kitesports Organisations (IFKO) events as Prohibited Events under the World Sailing Eligibility Code. The 1st Junior Kitesports Freestyle World Cup (7-10 April) and the Kitefoil Silver Cup GP World Series (12-16 May)…
Adventurer Martin Frey has set off on the Mighty Pacific leg of the Clipper Race on the final stage of his quest to become the first person ever to climb the Seven Summits and sail the Seven Seas. On…
Spot A Yacht, a dedicated website for yacht photography, is looking for photographers across Australia to contribute to their database. Photos from around Hobart and Melbourne will be appearing on their website this week while the search is on for…
The 2016 Rolex China Sea Race will start on Wednesday 23 March in Hong Kong’s iconic Victoria Harbour and will finish 565nm later in Subic Bay in the Philippines. This year marks the 28th edition of this biennial Offshore Category…
The competing boats were mostly vintage 1980s, but they showed they and their crews are still sprightly when 25 of Hobart’s older racing yachts took to the Derwent yesterday for the Bellerive Yacht Club’s second annual North Sails IOR Cup….
The Australian 18 Footer League’s 2015-2016 Season concluded on Sydney Harbour today with the Smeg 18ft Skiff team taking out the Club Championship and the Alcatel One Touch team winning the Season Point Score title. Today’s race was sailed in…
The Weather Channel, AP Press. A recent sailing trip turned into a nightmare for David Thompson when a large wave knocked him from his sailboat off the northern coast of Puerto Rico. Clinging to a tether on the back of…
Mashable. By Jessica Clautz. A 14-member crew aboard two balsa wood rafts was rescued off the coast of Chile on Thursday, after the vessels were swept up in strong currents hundreds of miles off Chile's coast. The crewmembers had intended to…
Broward & Palm Beach New Times. By Dierdra Funcheaon. Karine Prudent was on her boat near the Venetian Causeway in Miami Beach this Tuesday morning when an officer pulled up alongside. “It's 10. Let's go!” he shouted. Prudent, age 45, has…
BBC Changes to the staging of America's Cup World Series events in Portsmouth are to be introduced, following criticism of last year's event. A city council report said the yacht racing in July 2015 boosted visitor numbers and raised the…
Ed Psaltis and his Midnight Rambler crew have broken the spell cast by defending champion, Julian Farren-Price (About Time), beating him by one point to claim the major trophy in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia hosted Ocean Pointscore series…
This year’s Sail Mooloolaba Match Racing Championship is open to Australian and international teams in the Open, Youth and Women’s categories. The May 20 to 22 event was originally targeted at youth sailors, but several Open teams have said…
At 0100 UTC on 21 March, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet began the ninth of 14 races as it heads across the Pacific Ocean to Seattle, USA from Qingdao, China. The Seattle Pacific Challenge will push the twelve teams to…
Morgan Larson stormed home to an extraordinary win in the opening Act of the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series™ in Muscat on Oman Air, alongside the team, which includes Pete Greenhalgh, James Wierzbowski, Ed Smyth and Omani national Nasser Al Mashari….
Day Six and the penultimate race day for the 2015-2016 Club Marine Series saw some of the division leaders cement their positions at the top of the table, while in other divisions it will go down to the last race….
The eight Extreme Sailing Series™ teams took to the water in Oman for the penultimate day of racing today, in what proved to be a light airs test of tactics and patience as the fleet continued their steep learning curve…
For the Vendée Globe 2016, the monohull Safran has been fitted with a wing mast supported by outriggers. These carbon spars recall the poles of the old tuna fishing boats from the 1930s, hence the name: “tuna-boat rigging”. Inspired by…
Under the beaming Arabian sun, things heated up on the Muscat racecourse for the eight hydro-foiling GC32 catamarans competing at the new-look Extreme Sailing Series today, as the local boys on Oman Air extended their lead. It was a day…
Four years ago Tom Burton was training alongside Tom Slingsby striving to secure Australia’s one laser London 2012 Games spot, only to miss out as Slingsby went onto win Olympic gold. Now, the 25-year-old will get his chance for Olympic glory…
Dick Gooch passes Dick Gooch, founder of the Hawaii international offshore series initially known as the Pan Am Clipper Cup and later the Kenwood Cup with a change of sponsor, has died on the Gold Coast where he has lived…
Muscat, Oman, 16 March 2016: The curtain was officially raised on the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series today in the historic old town of Muscat, Oman, with the new breed of hydro-foiling GC32 catamarans more than living up to the pre-season…
For the first time, a VX One fleet of eleven boats will be mixing it up with its larger brethren out on the turquoise waters of the British Virgin Islands in the 45th edition of the BVI Spring Regatta and…
World Sailing is satisfied with the progress being made by Rio 2016 and the Brazilian authorities in preparation for the Rio 2016 Olympic & Paralympic Sailing Competition following an official visit from 7-10 March 2016. Chief Executive Officer Andy Hunt,…
Building on the partnership that Bremont has with the America’s Cup and ORACLE TEAM USA, the British watch company is pleased to announce the addition of new chronograph Regatta timepieces into the collection, the Regatta AC and Regatta OTUSA models….
The Viper 640 sportboats are just returning from Miami, FL, after sailing two regattas on Biscayne Bay. The first, the EFG Winter Cup (March 6-7), was the final qualifying regatta for the 2015-16 EFG Viper Pan-American Championship, a 12-month series…
For three days over the bank holiday weekend, the yachting world's eyes will be glued to the Solent as the Fast 40+ class makes its debut en masse at the Royal Ocean Racing Club's domestic season opener, the RORC Easter…
(15 March 2016) Aston Harald Sports, the rights owner of the successful M32 Series for high performance M32 multihulls, today announced the launch of a new M32 Series Mediterranean. The series will start in June in France followed by events…
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