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Launched recently the Le DD range of shoes bring Italian nautical chic to Australia. Made from 100 per cent recycled material that is woven into a wearable mesh weave fabric, the breathable range of shoes are perfect for hot weather…
Eight-times world champion in the A Class, Australian Glenn Ashby, has maintained his incredible undefeated record at the Worlds in Punta Alta, Tuscany. However, he is only tree points ahead of Mischa Heemskerk (NED) who has been second to Ashby…
Indicative of how tight competition is between the 40 boats, lead changes again proliferated on day three of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and the International Maxi Association….
Close competitive racing in the first leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race from London to Rio has been overshadowed this week by the death of a crew member in what appears to be a tragic accident. Having…
The opportunity to recognise the achievements or contribution of a club member has generated an outstanding list of nominations for this year’s Queensland Yachting (YQ) Awards. The 20th annual awards recognise sailors, coaches, volunteers and clubs across ten categories –…
The eight-times A Class World Champion Glenn Ashby (AUS) has recorded five wins from five races at Punta Ala. That includes four qualifiers and one finals race. Mischa Heemseirk (NED) spoiled his perfect record with a second placing to Ashby…
After a light start to the regatta yesterday, Mother Nature laid on challenging conditions for day two of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and the Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with…
ALICANTE, Spain, September 8 – Italian boatyard Persico Marine has won the contract to construct new one-design Volvo Ocean 65 boats, depending on orders, for the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race in 2017-18. The Bergamo-based company was part…
LMAX Exchange Skipper Olivier Cardin’s decision to keep heading south and stay east is paying off, as the yacht has now reached the steady Trade Winds, making 8.6 knots north of the Canary Islands. GREAT Britain is still just clinging…
Visitors will get a taste of one of Australia’s most iconic brands when the unique Bundaberg Distillatorium comes to Geelong during the 2016 Festival of Sails. The $1.2million Distillatorium is on a three year national tour and will visit the…
Liverpool Echo Albert Dock’s much-loved sunken tall ship Zebu will not be salvaged imminently – so experts can assess the least destructive way to pull her from the water. Marine surveyors and engineers are carrying out logistical investigations to assess…
Every other year, the Raid des Corsaires is one of the biggest long distance race events in France for racing catamarans. On Saturday, over one hundred crews with boats from 16 to 21 feet enjoyed a long sail from Saint…
Apologies for the poor report, but this is all we've receieved from the Tornado class: The races started early for the second racing day in Carnac. The weather was a bit colder today but the first warning signal was at…
Once again, a major class World Championship is taking place with no media being circulated. We can access photos but can't credit a photographer as no name is mentioned. And we can provide a link to the results, which show…
After seven races spread out over four days time, including the Ronstan Bridge to Bridge the evening before, Friday broke with the promise of superb conditions to wrap up this 2015 edition of the International 18ft Regatta hosted by the…
By September 9, all the sailors will have arrived in Douarnenez (France), to spend their last ten days on land before crossing the Atlantic. These days will be time for mental preparation for the solo sailors: During this long week…
Sunny and quite warm day 1 of the 2015 Tornado Open World and Global Mixed Championships here in Yacht Club of Carnac is over after two nice races and a dinner held in the club. The wind’s direction was stable…
Having had time to process the absolute tragedy of losing their crew mate Andrew Ashman, the crew of IchorCoal have made the collective, highly inspirational decision to keep racing. The unanimous choice was made on Sunday during a team meeting…
Porto Cervo, Italy: Opening salvos were fired today between the 40 boats competing in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and the Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association. The…
Whilst Australia's current Olympic hopefuls from the Australian Sailing Team and Squad were competing at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro, Australia’s up and coming sailing talent posted outstanding performances around the World at Youth and Junior Class…
Residents and office workers around Sydney Harbour were treated to a most unusual sight today: a 20-metre long, snub-nosed hull being towed upstream. Only the colour scheme told the tale. This was Australia’s most successful ocean racing yacht, Bob Oatley’s…
Young Lion, Steve Chau and Scott Brain’s Young 88, emphasised her dominance of Division 2 in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania/The Good Guys Winter Series on the Derwent today, scoring her third win out of four races. The last…
Boltenhagen, 4th September 2015: Ian Southworth and his crew kept their cool and sailed home an amazing start-to-finish win in the final race of the J/24 worlds in Boltenhagen, Germany. US-guy Mike Ingham, who was very close, finally had to…
Three qualifying races and three final races completed Sunday’s final of the M32 Battle of Helsinki. The rain clouds stayed away from Hernesaari and the wind kept blowing all the way through. After the three first races the top-4 continued…
The Mediterranean is the largest enclosed sea and the world's largest tourist destination. Yet, in the September issue of Cruising Helmsman, we managed to find you three widely different locations not inundated with charter boats, tourists or even lots of…
We are deeply saddened to report the death of crew member Mr Andrew Ashman (49) a paramedic from Orpington, Kent. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time. Andy was an experienced yachtsman and was one of the…
The bodies of two men have washed up on a beach north of Newcastle, as police continue to search for a boat that disappeared while travelling to Port Stephens. The men, both in their 70s, have been named as Piers Dudley-Bateman…
After a social media post showing balloons being released at the recent America’s Cup event in Sweden resulted in a slew of complaints, the America’s Cup said they “regret” the balloon release, and have “put processes in place with all future local…
You know the Australian summer sailing season is not far away when the first of the new 18ft Skiff hulls emerges from the Van Munster Boatbuilders factory at Morriset, on the Central Coast north of Sydney. First of the new…
Every year skiffs, kites and windsurfers hit the bay in San Fran for the Bridge to Bridge race.
Australia’s senior yacht club, the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron began its 153rd season of summer racing on Sydney Harbour today, introducing another huge season of sailing on this grand waterway. Other clubs, including Middle Harbour Yacht Club and Sydney Amateur…
Saturday’s wind conditions challenged the nerves of the M32 sailors, organisers and the eager crowds on the Hernesaari shores. After the opening race the wind dropped to zero and did not return until just before the cut off time for the…
The Optimist World Championship fizzled to an end today in Poland. As had been the case on so many days, the wind failed to co-operate. The race committee started race 10 in a very soft Westerly but it was fading…
Some variable winds yesterday have built this morning and 20 knots, gusting to 35 knots of wind, is ensuring the fleet continues to make good racing progress. The teams are averaging around 11 knots boat speed as they leave the…
The Hernesaari racecourse in Helsinki was in a better shape this Friday. With a steady breeze from southwest and under a pleasant sun the conditions were close to perfect. Thursday’s winner Alite Racing skippered by Martin Strandberg had to live with…
After an agonising day of drifting back further than they went forward at one stage, the latter half of the fleet; namely Unicef, Da Nang-Viet Nam, IchorCoal, Visit Seattle, PSP Logistics and ClipperTelemed+, have finally been enjoying building breeze as…
George David, recently returned to the US from the 2015 Fastnet Race, has confirmed his interest in entering his new yacht Rambler 88, one of the yachting world’s newest and most sophisticated racing machines, in the 2016 Round Ireland Yacht…
The opening day of the M32 Series in Helsinki was two-folded. The racing on the water was smooth for the sailors and organizers, but the weather gods did not favour the event’s first day in the Finnish capital. The rain…
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club is set to host another world title event with todays announcement it will stage the Viper World Championships in January 2017. The ISAF One Design Viper World Championships will be held from January 7th –…
The Victorian Government has joined the City of Greater Geelong and the Royal Geelong Yacht Club in providing funding for the development of a formal business case and masterplan for a Geelong Waterfront Safe Harbour– which could herald the biggest…
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