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A rotund character by the name of ‘Wilson’ will be having a ball, literally, when a large and fun-loving fleet of Jeanneau yachts gather for the Commodores Cup cruising series at the 2016 Sail Port Stephens regatta, April 11-13. Wilson…
GREENWICH, CONN. (March 15, 2016) – In 1922 the first Reader’s Digest magazine was published, radio arrived at the White House, and Babe Ruth signed a three-year contract with the Yankees. That same year also saw a quieter milestone achieved…
SailX is a multiplayer online racing simulation that enables sailors from all over the world to race against each other in real-time. It's used by total beginners right the way through to the world’s best sailors, coaches and teams who…
A tropical low in the Gulf of Carpentaria is forecast to intensify before crossing the western coast of Cape York Peninsula later today. The Warning Zone extends from Cape Keerweer in the north to Burketown in the south. Gale force…
National Geographic. By Kristin Romey. The oldest shipwreck from Europe's Golden Age of Exploration has been found off the coast of Oman, the country's Ministry of Heritage and Culture announced on Tuesday. The wreck is believed to be that of…
Hamilton, Bermuda (14 March 2016) After two near perfect days of racing on Bermuda’s Great Sound, Team Magenta 32 skippered by Sally Barkow clinched victory at the third and penultimate stage of the M32 Series Bermuda posting an impressive eight…
The RORC Easter Challenge is the opening event for a long season of offshore racing. Designed as a 'training whilst racing' regatta, the RORC Easter Challenge is a great way to blow away the winter cobwebs and get world class…
The CHINA One sailing team, skippered by former world match racing champion Taylor Canfield, is to compete in the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series. Jointly run by Canfield, sailing team manager Hayden Goodrick and Kiwi America’s Cup veteran Craig Monk, CHINA…
The Australian Trailer Boat Association has confirmed it will stage a National Championship for the class at the 2016 Airlie Race Week in August and organisers at the Whitsunday Sailing have established a new Division in the Notice of Race…
HUGO BOSS presents the third installment of their extreme sailing stunts – following the Mastwalk, and Keelwalk, witness the Skywalk by Alex Thomson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1qOxrWWiaI
The Bureau of Meteorology is closely monitoring a tropical low in the Gulf of Carpentaria, forecast to move slowly east today and intensify slightly. At this stage the likelihood of a tropical cyclone developing is considered low, increasing to moderate…
The Daily Record. By Charlotte Thomson. A BUNGLING thief was jailed today after setting out to sea in a stolen yacht – with no sailing experience. Cathal Matthew, 29, sailed 50 miles out to sea after nicking the £6000 boat…
Celebrating the beauty and diversity of Australia’s heritage vessels and their craftspeople, the Australian National Maritime Museum will present the Classic and Wooden Boat Festival from 15-17 April 2016 in Sydney’s Darling Harbour. The Australian National Maritime Museum’s CEO, Kevin…
Alcatel One Touch claimed victory in the Alice Burton Memorial Trophy 18ft Skiff race on Sydney Harbour today after previous leader Asko Appliances sailed a wrong mark on the last lap of the course. Once the Asko Appliances team realised…
Less than five months out of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games the European season opener for Australian Sailing’s Finn sailors, the Finn European Championship (7 – 12 February 2016), wrapped up in Barcelona, Spain on Saturday, 12 February 2016. The…
A quick-thinking Kiwi yachtie attempting a solo circumnavigation of New Zealand has survived disaster off the coast of Kaitaia. The 48-year-old man activated his rescue beacon when his 15-metre vessel began taking on water 100 nautical miles west of Kaitaia…
With the 2017 America's Cup still more than a year away, the Brits are already planning what to do if they win it – and return the historic trophy to the country where it was made. The News Portsmouth. By…
The latest addition to the myPlates range of personalised plates is a trailer design specifically for Marine Rescue NSW. Funds from the new plate will be directed to Marine Rescue NSW, the volunteer emergency service dedicated to saving lives on the…
Ian Guanaria sailed his Beneteau First 35, One More-No More to its first double win of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Grant Thornton Short Haul Series on the weekend, leaving it until the final race to win decisively, while…
With the ability to deliver fishing, cruising and sailing data to your wrist, Garmin’s quatix 3 marine GPS smartwatch merges features and design qualities from one of Garmin’s most popular watches, the fenix 3. The new the quatix 3 is…
Race 9, the last of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore series, was sailed in Sydney on the weekend, with Khaleesi coming out on top in Division 1 and the Jutson 31 Outlandish finishing first…
The 2016 Victorian Etchells Championships concluded today at Royal Brighton Yacht Club with John Bertrand, Bill Browne and Jake Newman backing up their 2015 Championship in Triad. Bertrand and crew did not need to sail the final race, but neither did they…
The Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race will set sail for the 68th time on Good Friday, March 24. With the reported chance of a cyclone forming around the Queensland coast this week the organisers, Queensland Cruising Yacht Club, and competitors…
The two teams still at sea, ClipperTelemed+ and Unicef, are enjoying more favourable winds as they make their way to the finish line of Race 8: The Sailing City • Qingdao Cup. Yesterday and the previous day had seen very light winds following the…
This weekend sees the return of six M32 teams to the waters of the Great Sound in Bermuda for the third stage of the M32 Series Bermuda. Teams from Great Britain, North America and Sweden will compete in a fleet…
Something different happened today in Barcelona. Pieter-Jan Postma (NED) managed to maintain his overnight lead and win the 2016 Finn European Championship. Probably the most popular person in the fleet, if not in the sport of sailing, this is an…
Today, China’s Sailing City of Qingdao put on a spectacular display for the arrivals of the first four of twelve teams taking part in the world-famous Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Delegates from the city joined them on stage…
The Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series is coming to New York on May 7-8, 2016. This marks the first America's Cup racing in New York in nearly 100 years. Skipper Jimmy Spihill is bringing his ORACLE TEAM USA, defending…
Day five at the Finn Europeans had it all. Anticipation, excitement, disappointment and high drama. Pieter-Jan Postma (NED) takes the overall lead for the first time and goes into the final day with a ten point lead over his training…
Derry~Londonderry~Doire has recorded an impressive back to back, clean sweep win in the Clipper 2015-16 Race after taking line honours in The Sailing City • Qingdao Cup following twelve days of racing from Vietnam to China. Once again, as with…
The Open Finn European Championships stalled on the fourth day with no more races on the board despite spending four hours on the water trying. With two days to go and a maximum of four fleet races and the medal…
In a thrilling final race against the long-time participating club, Royal Swedish Yacht Club who made its way up all the way from the Repachage, the GYC- One team with Ben Worbs, Philippe Jann and Timothy Müller had a home-run…
Australian super coach Victor Kovalenko talks to www.boatson.tv ‘s Geoff Waller about the Rio Olympic preparations and the Australian Sailing Team. https://youtu.be/oFOEY_sEM4Q
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (January 8, 2016) – The International Women’s Keelboat Championship (IWKC) returns! The revitalized US Sailing Championship, with a new and exciting approach, is aimed at maximizing opportunities for women sailors to participate in high calibre regattas against top…
By Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Sailing history is rife with tales of monster-sized rogue waves — huge, towering walls of water that seemingly rise up from nothing to dwarf, then deluge, vessel and crew. Rogue waves can measure eight…
Ben Cornish (GBR) won the only race possible on the third day at the Open Finn Europeans in Barcelona, steeling the win from the race leader from the first mark, Jorge Zarif (BRA). With many of the leaders having a bad…
It has been a tumultuous night, with the fleet experiencing a violent storm which delivered some of the worst conditions of the entire circumnavigation. Gusting winds of 70 to 80 knots tested the teams’ will, with extended periods at 55 to…
The 2016 Sail Port Stephens Regatta added a Sports Boat division to the entry options this week and within 24 hours four crews were signed on. Larger sports boats have entered the autumn regatta in previous years but now there’s…
For the first time in its 10-year history the Extreme Sailing Series is set to go foiling as the 2016 season kicks off in Muscat in one week’s time. Eight teams from 14 different nations, return to the Almouj Golf…
If the initial burst of entries for the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2016 is an indicator, this year’s regatta will once again be something very special. Nearly 40 yachts representing a diverse cross-section of the sport have already nominated…
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