Tough day at the office in CYCA Winter Series
It was not the easiest of days on the water in the Land Rover Series, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, as a light breeze on a dull day floated in and out, just enough to tease competitors…
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Gold Coast sailor aiming for westerly circumnavigation record
The Gold Coast Bulletin. By Shaya Laughlin. More people have been to space than those who have circumnavigated the world non-stop solo but Andy Lamont wants to do it backwards. Mr Lamont, 57, will attempt to become the first person…
Icom launches new compact VHF at an affordable price
Icom Australia has released the new IC-M200 Marine VHF Transceiver which they say offers “superb features at an affordable price”. The company says, “The new transceiver IC-M200 gives you the same Icom performance and reliability users have come to expect,…
Bremont adds AC I 32 Ladies Chronometer to its America’s Cup Collection
Further to the announcement of Bremont’s first ladies range of watches earlier this year, the British manufacturer has confirmed an additional ladies mechanical chronometer which will form part of its America’s Cup Collection. The Bremont AC I 32 is the…
Macif on target to smash the Transat race record
The Transat bakerly from Plymouth to New York is in its final stages for Macif skipper François Gabart who is now just over 450nm away from the finish line. The current routing is showing Gabart’s estimated time of arrival as…
World Sailing President Carlo Croce to stand for re-election
World Sailing [WS] President Carlo Croce has confirmed today that he intends to seek re-election in November for a second and final term as President. Speaking in Lausanne to update the WS Council on progress achieved in his first term,…
Clipper fleet enjoys downwind sailing ahead of light winds
Day 8 of the PSP Logistics Panama Cup and all the teams have been taking advantage of great downwind sailing under their spinnakers as temperatures rise and shorts are shaken out, with foulies starting to be left below deck. The…
US One takes out M32 Scandinavian Series opener
Defending champion, Taylor Canfield and his US One team stamped their authority on the M32 Scandinavian Series, decisively winning the season’s opening event in Copenhagen today. The Danish capital laid on July-like conditions for the three day competition, with racing…
Team Japan takes out substitute race in New York
The America’s Cup returned to New York and the Hudson River for the first time in nearly a century on Saturday, to the delight of tens of thousands of fans who came out to see what the new America’s Cup…
Ramón Carlín, first Whitbread champion, dies aged 92
Ramón Carlín, the ‘weekend sailor’ who upset the odds to become the winner of the first Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973-74, has died in Mexico City at the age of 92. Carlín was a complete unknown in the…
Franck Cammas returns to America's Cup racing in New York
The second event of the 2016 season of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series: the Defender and Challengers meet again- this time in New York City on the 7th and 8th May- for a fresh series of battles on the…
Ichorcoal reaps reward from early gamble out west
For the first time in the PSP Logistics Panama Cup IchorCoal has taken the lead in this tenth race of fourteen in the global series. Several days ago, the South-African sponsored entry departed from the rest of the fleet, heading…
Sixtieth Finn Gold Cup opens in Gaeta to sunshine and champagne
Under the watchful eye of the the Gaeta Town Hall Clock Tower the 2016 Finn Gold Cup was opened Friday evening in the warm Italian sunshine. The sailors marched behind flag bearers from the Gaeta Yacht Club along the coast…
Taylor Canfield boat of the day on day two of M32 Series Copenhagen
Considering there was snow on the ground here a fortnight ago, Copenhagen laid on its best sailing conditions for day two of the M32 Scandinavian Series off Tuborg Havn. Spectators and competitors alike enjoyed the high adrenalin thrill provided by…
Canfield shines on opening day of M32 Copenhagen
Copenhagen May 5th, 2016. Defending champion Taylor Canfield and his US One team proved that their overall victory last year’s was no fluke, claiming four out of seven races on the opening day of the 2016 M32 Scandinavian Series. Conditions…
Coville just misses out on 24-hour solo distance record in The Transat bakerly
Thomas Coville, the hugely experienced skipper of the giant trimaran Sodebo, came within less than 10 miles of setting a new solo 24-hour distance record today as he raced on day three of The Transat bakerly. The Frenchman had no…
Sam Gilmour qualifies for World Match Racing Tour Copenhagen event
Three days of intense competition at the Copenhagen Match Race concluded today on the Danish capital’s Tuborg Havn. The World Sailing Grade 3 match racing event doubles as a qualifier for next week’s World Match Racing Tour Copenhagen, which kicks…
Joe Harris returns to Newport completing solo circumnavigation on Gryphon Solo 2
May 5, 2016, Newport, RI – Joe Harris completed his solo circumnavigation this morning returning to Newport for the first time since November 15, 2015. At 08:27:48 EDT Joe Harris crossed Castle Hill Light on his Class 40, Gryphon…
Navigation decisions facing Clipper skippers as fleet heads south
Having avoided the wind hole that held the rest of the teams captive yesterday, ClipperTelemed+ made good speed and now finds itself back in the mix with the rest of the fleet as tactics begin to play out in the PSP Logistics…
Scott Duncanson wins record third Coronation Cup at Top of the Gulf Regatta
PATTAYA, Thailand – The final day of the 2016 Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina proved to be the best yet with a fresh 15 knot breeze bringing down the curtain on what has been a busy…
Nine TP52s line up in the curtain-raiser to the 2016 Super Series
A record entry of nine TP52s will compete over the coming days at Gaastra Palma Vela regatta as the fleet prepare for the start of the 52 SUPER SERIES later this month. There was a time when this Mediterranean curtain…
Giant trimarans rampaging at the head of The Transat bakerly fleet
Two of the fastest racing machines in sailing are currently lighting up the top of the leaderboard in The Transat bakerly as they rampage across the Atlantic just a few miles apart. After two full days of racing in the…
World Sailing announces $200,000 prize money for World Cup final in Melbourne
World Sailing will be providing $200,000 AUD in prize money, together with travel grants for the world's best sailors at the Sailing World Cup Final, which will be held in Melbourne, Australia from 4-11 December 2016. The Sailing World Cup…
The calm before the storm in the Transat bakerly
The 21 solo sailors still racing on the third day of The Transat bakerly from Plymouth to New York are now spread out on a north-south axis of over a thousand miles of the north Atlantic. While the biggest yachts…
Sixty years of heritage and heroes at the Finn Gold Cup
Sixty years ago the inspiration of two men set in motion the beginnings of a pinnacle sailing event, the enormous challenge of which has transcended generations and remains to this day one of the most coveted trophies to win in…
Appeals lodged after Australian selectors omit Tess Lloyd and Caitlin Elks from the Olympic team
By Roger McMillan. Three more names have been added to the Australian Sailing Team for the Rio Olympics but two appeals have been lodged over the decision not to send a 49erFX team, and over the selection of the sailor…
Tack exchange keeps Clipper crews busy in east Pacific spaghetti junction
Despite the vastness of the Pacific Ocean and the possible options for the fleet in terms of inshore and offshore racing en route to Central America, the majority of the teams have converged in what Unicef Skipper Martin Clough has nicknamed “Spaghetti…
Solo yachtsman crashes into containership on the second day of The Transat bakerly
A French yachtsman competing in The Transat bakerly solo transatlantic race from Plymouth to New York, was forced to abandon the race today after his boat crashed into a container ship. Maxime Sorel on board the yacht VandB was among…
Scott Duncanson takes control of Platu class at Top of the Gulf Regatta
PATTAYA, Thailand – Today is Day 4 of the Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina, but only the third day of racing in the keelboat and multihulls' four-day series. All other classes finished their series last night…
Frustrations build as light airs descend on Clipper fleet
A high pressure system approximately 100 miles off the Californian coast has the Clipper Race teams battling in light airs, as they search for every advantage with wind speeds dropping to as little as 0.4 knots. The Race Viewer is…
Offshore with a difference – Nord Stream Invitational Race
The Saint Petersburg Yacht Club, assisted by the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein in co-operation with Helsingfors Segelklubb and Rostocker Regatta Verein, is organising the Nord Stream Invitational Race. Starting on 5th June 2016 the route of this challenging offshore regatta will…
Wild Melbourne weather cuts BLiSS short
Melbourne’s wild autumn weather cut this year’s BLiSS regatta schedule in half and upgraded the scores from Saturday’s three races to the final series results, giving skipper Tracey Baldwin and the crew of Greg Clinnick and Paul Holden’s Sydney 38…
Tales of the unexpected, cruising fraternity repair a rudder out of nothing
When your boat goes up on a reef in a remote atoll the last thing you expect is your VHF call to be answered at four o’clock in the morning. Off Ile Boddam there is no beautiful soft sand to…
It might be a Moody but this is one Happy Dancer
We secretly dreamt of the prestigious Nordic brands when we first sold up and left Sydney for Europe in search for a safe and comfortable blue water cruiser. Our hopes were set on our budget miraculously tripling or a Hallberg-Rassy…
When going on the cruise of a lifetime this couple sensibly chose a Cruiser
Unsure if it is my imagination but there appears to be a schism appearing in the new boat market. Increasingly, boats are appearing under the 40 foot size and over 55 foot. I wonder if this is true or is…
Need a daily fix? Then learn how to get cheesy with it
For those of us who live on a cruising yacht you can be away from shore for extended periods. You will probably have a small and restricted fridge and you may enjoy yogurt, but ensuring you can have a constant…
Unravelling the dark art of provisioning, mystery managed!
Having good food on passage is most important in order keep energy levels up as well as morale, especially in adverse weather. But it also adds another dimension to the enjoyment of being on the ocean waves. Provisioning is actually…
You need to polish your fuel: here's how
In our early years of cruising, we learned the hard way about how important clean fuel is. I did not worry about the fuel as long as the primary fuel filter looked clean. On one offshore passage, however, the seaways…
Mainsail damage, end of Transat for Sebastien Josse and Mono60 Edmond de Rothschild
On Wednesday 4th of May, shortly after midnight and whilst sailing off Cape Finisterre in 25 to 30 knots of northeasterly wind and in relatively manageable seas, Sebastian Josse suffered a violent broach. During this manoeuvre, the mainsail, the key…
Landmark Finn fortnight begins with Finn Gold Cup in Gaeta as 500 sailors head to Italy
The Finn class is going Italian over the next few weeks with two major championships taking place at almost opposite ends of the country – Gaeta and Torbole – with a combined total pre-entry of more than 500 boats. Both…
