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Last issue we considered the basic calibration needed to get good, valid numbers out of our instrument systems. Now the basics are correct in this article I consider possible measurement refinements to produce the most meaningful data for the tactician….
In the 1980s every major tourist beach in the world had a cat hire operation. For many people, a Club Med or a Gold Coast holiday included hours spent broad reaching along the shoreline or trying to right the beast…
Yacht racing in or to Queensland waters is far from new, the popular Brisbane to Gladstone event being nearly as old as our world famous Sydney Hobart Race, which began late 1945. Since then, many yachting events have accrued along…
This month’s Crown Series Bellerive Regatta will give Hobart a taste of what’s to come from the booming popularity of the International SB20 one-design sports boat class on the River Derwent. Nick Rogers, a champion SB20 sailor in this high-performance, three-to-four…
Day 12 has provided “stupendously stonking spinnaker runs” of up to 305 nautical miles covered in 24 hours, as the fleet powers on in the North Pacific Trade Winds. However, it is not all champagne and roses as large gusty…
The Rolex Sydney Hobart threw everything at competitors this year and a large percentage of the fleet suffered damage – including the top three on line honours who limped home with damaged daggerboards. We have a look at the race…
Lachy Gilmour was at his innovative best in finals series of the Little Wheel Youth Match Racing Regatta conducted by the South of Perth Yacht Club on the Canning River. The warning signs were there in the last race of…
Two races into the Farr 40’s Australian Championship the fleet was ordered ashore for safety reasons as an afternoon storm approached Sydney Harbour from the North West, bringing impressive lightning and heavy rain. The one design fleet of 10, the…
Great Britain's 2.4mR sailor Helena Lucas and the Canadian Sonar team led by Paul Tingley snapped up gold in their respective fleets as Paralympic racing concluded at Sailing World Cup Miami presented by Sunbrella. Tingley and his team of Logan…
The America’s Cup Endeavour community sailing initiative, along with its partners, has today gifted the use of five of 15 Optimist dinghies, to local sailors. The boats were donated several months ago in significant disrepair but have been brought back…
Breakfast wasn't the only thing on the minds of the 1,000 or so sailors taking to the water today for the final day of racing in the Bay of Islands Sailing Week regatta. Today was the decider, with everything still…
The penultimate day of the Monsoon Cup showed just how far the world’s best professional match racing teams are prepared to go in their quest to win the World Match Racing Tour, both on and off the water. There’s money…
As a low pressure front continues to develop over the fleet, the circulatory winds are increasing with gusts of up to 50 knots, as the front runners approach the halfway mark in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race….
The sun shone for the penultimate day of racing at Sailing World Cup Miami presented by Sunbrella as the scene set itself for Saturday's live Medal Races. Following a week of grey skies, the sun finally made an appearance as…
During the lunch break on Day 2 of the Schweppes Little Wheel Youth Match Racing Regatta, a couple of officials observed that Matthew Lingard had been desperately unlucky not to have won some of his races. He stayed out of…
London, UK (28th January 2016): Today the World Match Racing Tour announced a series of qualifying events for the 2016 world championship Tour, providing a new pathway for young aspiring sailors to compete against the best match racing teams in…
The International Finn Association has announced a decision to change the age for its Junior titles from under 22 years old to U23. “The decision has been taken following discussions with various federations and National Olympic Committees in order to…
Johore Bahru, Malaysia (28th January 2016): Taylor Canfield (ISV) dominated the first two days of the Monsoon Cup but today Ian Williams (GBR) managed to ruin his perfect score with a masterful execution of the start. Whenever the two most…
For 2016, its fourth season, the GC32 Racing Tour is taking a fresh approach with the simple remit of visiting venues that will provide the optimum foiling conditions for the 32ft flying catamarans and the best, most high octane racing…
With less than month to go until the entry deadline for this year’s Rolex China Sea Race, the entry list already features 30 boats committed to this 565nm Category 1 Offshore race which will start on 23 March in Hong…
The Clipper Race crew is getting used to life at an angle again as steady winds and mixed weather fronts keep the teams on their toes with the need for constant sail changes in the Da Nang New Discovery of…
Preparations are gathering pace for the fourth edition of the Barcelona World Race. The FNOB (the Barcelona Foundation for Ocean Sailing) is studying the most suitable date for the start of the race, which will be between 20th December 2018…
TAG Yachts, the builder of luxury high-performance sailing catamarans, has just announced a special deal on a TAG 60 XR. The catamaran, Phoenix, is a company demonstrator with full-carbon epoxy construction, is being offered for a limited time at just…
BBC: Two yachtsmen who have been rescued nine times in seven months have been described as a “catastrophe waiting to happen” and urged to “leave UK waters”. In the latest mishap, US citizens Bob Weise and Steve Shapiro, both 71,…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is seeking a self-motivated person to lead the growth, expansion and diversification of the CYCA training and development program through identifying and developing the next generation of sailing talent. The successful candidate will implement…
As exciting as it is to fly coloured sails at sea, the reality is that most cruising yachts confine their experience to sheltered waters in clement conditions. When it comes to downwind ocean sailing with an uncertain weather forecast, the…
Torrential rainfall and a chill in the air, Miami isn't usually like this, but competition for World Cup honours and Rio 2016 Olympic spots are keeping the temperatures on Biscayne Bay hot. Sailors were made to wait for racing on…
Bridgetown, Barbados (27 January, 2016): Following the success of the 80th anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Series, which concluded last weekend, plans are already in place for the 2017 event with the dates confirmed for 16-23 January. This popular regatta,…
Fidelis, the line honours winner of the 1966 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, yesterday showed she is still a sprightly racing yacht at the age of 52 by winning line and handicap honours in her division of the 180th Australia Day…
After days of taking a northerly route through Papua New Guinea, the fleet has finally reached a point where it can pick up the north-easterly Trade Winds which will ease the passage to Vietnam. Currently leading the Da Nang New…
Matthew Jerwood shot to the top of the leader board in the Schweppes Little Wheel Youth Match Racing Regatta hosted by the South of Perth Yacht club on the Canning River with a perfect record of seven wins from seven…
Johore Bahru, Malaysia (27th January 2016): Local hero Hazwan Dermawan (MAS) wowed his Malaysian fans with another giant-killing performance in Qualifying Session two of the Monsoon Cup, as this time he dispatched world championship contender Bjorn Hansen (SWE) with a…
Biscayne Bay provided the 711 sailors from 64 nations with a welcome breeze for Wednesday's racing at Sailing World Cup Miami presented by Sunbrella. Following two challenging days of racing a breeze, albeit light in between 6-10 knots, sustained throughout…
Sunshine and a light but steady breeze greeted around 1,000 sailors competing in the second day's racing of the Bay of Islands Sailing Week regatta today. The conditions only improved throughout the day – the breeze filling to a reasonably…
BBC News: Vintage boats, including a World War Two rescue vessel, are among those feared to have been destroyed in a fire on an Isle of Wight industrial estate. Thick black smoke billowed over Cowes when the major blaze broke…
Two prominent yachtsmen, from different spheres of the sport – one with a long association with Sydney Harbour skiffs, the other for his active involvement with C-class catamarans and the so-called ‘Little America’s Cup – have been recognised in the…
The very last Festival of Sails trophies have been awarded to the Rating Series and Super 11 winners and masses of weary sailors are heading back to their home port this afternoon, to some much needed normalcy after five long…
In just under 100 days time, a growing fleet of first-class ocean racers and fearless adventurers will set sail on the world’s oldest solo transatlantic race from Plymouth to New York – The Transat. This year’s race has attracted a…
Johore Bahru, Malaysia (26th January 2016): Fans of the Monsoon Cup didn’t have to wait long for the first major upset of the regatta, when in Match 1 of Flight 1 in Qualifying, local sailor Hazwan Dermawan beat Australia’s Keith…
Former champion Morgan Larson, who held off Leigh McMillan on The Wave, Muscat to win the 2014 title, is returning to the Extreme Sailing Series with an all-star line-up on board Oman Air. The announcement marks a welcome return for…
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