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In just over a week the bulk of the fleet readying for the ninth annual Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race will be finalised by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. Being a Category 2 event means under 18s are allowed…
Strong winds gusting over 22 kts provided Race Officials the opportunity to set two courses to complete the scheduled six races to conclude the 2015 SCOR Regatta yesterday. It was a great day sailing with some exciting speeds set by…
The Australian Sport Commission runs annual performance reviews on the sports it provides funding too. The raison d’etre is to ensure its funding goes to sports that deliver the goods. Out of the six rankings, from A to F, sailing…
49er Jorge Lima and José Costa have claimed an early lead in the 49er European Championships on home waters in Porto, the second city of Portugal. With the 79-boat fleet split into three qualifying divisions for the first three days…
During Tuesday’s practise session in Middelfart the Swedish crew of Team Anna had a few great fights against last year’s World Championship bronze medallist and WIM Series # 4, American Stephanie Roble of Epic Racing: “It’s a shifty and tricky venue…
(Tuesday, July 7, 2015) – Gales and prolonged strong winds since the start have taken their toll as the bulk of the fleet reaches the halfway stage of the Transatlantic Race 2015. On board the Class 40 Amhas, doublehanded crew…
Competitors in SCOR 2015 approached the start line today conscious that they would need to use all available tactics in a light breeze that was expected to drop further during the day. With a south-westerly breeze blowing, competitors enjoyed the…
After five short races on Fécamp’s race course, Groupama finishes leader of the day and leader overall. Spindrift takes 2nd in Stadium Racing and Grandeur Nature Vérandas 3rd. After sailing in light wind yesterday along the cliffs of Normandy, the…
Three races were held at the Nacra17 Worlds in Aarhus on the second day, which concluded qualifying series. The day started out with another tricky breeze and gusty and unstable conditions for the blue fleet for the first 2 races, which…
The day began with strong winds of 15 knots from the south. As the day progressed the wind lowered to 8 knots, and kept competitors on their toes with tricky conditions and shifting winds. Previous regatta leader Philipp Buhl, Germany,…
Naval architect Warwick Hood, AO, designer of Australia’s second America’s Cup challenger Dame Pattie, died at Erina on the NSW Central Coast, on Monday, shortly before his 83rd birthday. Hood was previously an assistant to Alan Payne, the designer of…
All five Australian boats have qualified for the Gold Fleet at the Trentino SB20 world championship being sailed from Torbole on Italy’s Lake Garda following the completion of six races in ideal sailing conditions. National champion Glenn Bourke, helming Victorian…
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club has announced a long-term partnership has been secured with Geelong’s Rex Gorell Land Rover for the Festival of Sails regatta. Rex Gorell Land Rover will be the presenting partner for the next three years, following…
Yachting Australia President Matt Allen is bringing the newest member of his Ichi Ban family to Airlie Beach Race Week, making it the second time the TP52 will race under her new name. The former Shogun V produced fabulous results…
This month's issue of Cruising Helmsman is all about using boat shows to help you buy a boat. We have published for you a checklist to use and fill out for every boat you look at when visiting this month's…
The 2015 Queensland Youth Week came to a close on Tuesday, 7 July 2015 at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron with the final points awarded to select the 2015 Australian Sailing Youth Team. The team will represent Australia at the 2015…
The sun rose, sailors rigged, and the 2015 49er & 49erFX European Championship started on time under blue skies, light winds, and fair swell. Two fleet of the worlds best skiff sailors took to the water to compete in the…
After an amazing tacking battle at the bottom of the cliffs, Pierre Pennec and his crew onboard Groupama won the coastal race of Act 2 in front of CombiWest, and West Courtage Ecole Navale. Race leader Grandeur Nature Veranda finished…
(Monday, July 6, 2015) – Comanche, Rambler 88, Phaedo3 and Paradox – the four fastest boats in the Transatlantic Race 2015 – are now in hot pursuit of the remainder of the fleet. Overnight the four have made solid progress…
The 2015 Nacra 17 Worlds kicked off in windy conditions at Aarhus in Denmark and the “usual suspects” were at the top of the leaderboard. Billy Besson and Marie Riou (FRA) have dominated the class since its inception and they…
Day 5 of the Laser Standard Men’s World Championships. The winds were light today and not enough for world championship racing. Forecast is looking better for tomorrow and three races are scheduled. The 158 competitors from 63 nations have been…
Southport Visitor. By Andrew Brown. Six boats were capsized flinging 10 people into the water as fierce winds roared up the Ribble Estuary yesterday (Sunday, July 5). A Mayday distress call shortly after 2pm alerted Liverpool Coastguard to a number…
NZ Herald Dean Barker has been joined at his new Japanese syndicate by former Team New Zealand team-mates Jeremy Lomas and Derek Saward. The pair have been named in Team Japan's crew for the first America's Cup World Series regatta…
Variable Winds prevented a start for three divisions in today’s scheduled two windward leeward races for the Pantaenius State IRC Championships on the waters off Fremantle. Fifty Four owned by Matt Dickmann, sailing with Kingsley Piesse, was the only starter…
(Sunday, July 5, 2015) – Passing the eastern extremity of Point Alpha, the ice exclusion zone, yesterday evening, Mariette of 1915 has passed the halfway stage of the Transatlantic Race 2015 between Newport, R.I., and southwest England’s Lizard Point. The…
The only Magic 25 sports boat currently racing in Tasmania made an auspicious debut today in the Royal Yacht of Tasmania/The Good Guys Winter Series Winter Series race two. Patrick Copeland lodged a casual entry for his Magic 25 Rough…
A long and light Race 10 of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Land Rover Winter Series provisionally decided the final pointscore outcome on Sydney Harbour on an icy day punctuated by dappled sunshine which gave the illusion of warmth….
They have spent the day on the water to sail in Stadium racing, but in the end, none of the races they’ve started will count towards the ranking. In the new racing format, the competitors have to sail a minimum…
05 July 2015 – Middelfart, Denmark – No racing in Middelfart today due to the lack of wind. It means that the Melges 24 World Championship ended up with twelve races and one discard, rewarding Chris Rast's EFG SUI684 as a new…
The first day of IRC/SCOR racing got off to a great start on Saturday 4th at the Sunshine Coast yesterday with over 20 boats lined up at the start. The Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson witnessed some very competitive starts…
After scoring his first race win of the 2015 Laser Worlds in Kingston, Canada, world number one Tom Burton (AUS) had a 10th and 11th, dropping him back to fourth place overall. However, he is still in contention for the…
David Dellenbaugh is an America's Cup winning tactician and multiple world champion in different classes. His column Speed and Smarts appears in every issue of Australian Sailing + Yachting. Tip 1 Don't use your instruments to evaluate speed. David says…
Marstrand, Sweden (3rd July 2016): The ISAF-sanctioned World Match Racing Tour today announced the biggest ever prize purse in the history of the sport, a staggering US $1 million cash bonus to be awarded to the ISAF Match Racing World…
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 5, 2015) – With 2,800 miles to sail and just two boats on the starting line, a conservative start would seem like the smart play. But for the 63-foot trimaran Paradox, owned by Peter Aschenbrenner and skippered…
On 30 September 1969, the Coral Sea Island Bill officially acquired Australia’s tenth external territory. The Coral Sea occupies that part of the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Australia between the parallels of Sandy Cape and Torres Strait, bounded…
The 49er and 49erFX European Championships (6-12 July) will start in Porto, Portugal today with the 49erFX – Women’s skiff starting racing today, Monday, 6 July and the 49er – Men’s skiff joining the action from tomorrow, Tuesday, 7 July….
Known to yachting tragics around the globe as ‘Chas from Tas’, Charles Blundell has been telling fellow yachties for years he had a book in the offing – and Chas has silenced his critics, as the book, simply titled ‘Chas…
Marstrand, Sweden (4th July, 2015): Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Nautiska Racing today proved why he is the ‘Master of Marstrand’ with a faultless display of match racing to brush aside Ian Williams (GBR) GAC Pindar 2-0 in the finals of Stena…
(Saturday, July 4, 2015) – Independence Day is bringing mixed reactions from the crew of Nomad IV. The 100-footft maxi is currently lying second in the battle for line honors in the Transatlantic Race 2015 behind Bryon Ehrhart's Reichel-Pugh 63…
Very light winds and rain were expected for race day two of the Pantaenius Australia 2015 WA IRC State Championship. The Yachting WA event is being held in conjunction with Fremantle Sailing Club’s Valmadre Series. Thankfully, the sun shone on…
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