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Bay of Plenty Times. A yacht missing at sea may never be found, after the revelation the locator beacon transmitting its position is no longer with the boat. Two men who had planned to travel from Opua to the Marlborough…
While the Fremantle-Bali Race frontrunners Indian and Walk on the Wild Side continue their express train ride the leaders of the main following fleet Audeamus and Sue Sea are choosing to adopt opposite courses as they prepare to sail around…
Oman Sail has launched a brand new campaign named the ‘Sultanate of Oman’ for the inaugural Bullitt GC32 Racing Tour, starting next week in Austria. Leigh McMillan, Oman Sail’s champion skipper with two Extreme Sailing Series titles under his belt,…
Two second places today, both of them hard earned from intense, close boat-on-boat combat, keep ice cool Niklas Zennström ‘s Rán crew on the top of the 52 SUPER SERIES’ Ford Vignale Sailing Week. After a chilly opening day, the…
SoftBank Team Japan will be led by Dean Barker, who has been appointed skipper and CEO of the Japanese challenger. Barker brings over 15 years of America’s Cup experience to the Japanese team, including having sailed in four America’s Cup…
After four decades in the yachting industry, boatbuilder Michael Schmidt continues to design and build yachts to delight boat owners. His new build the Brenta 80DC, a vespa green, 80-foot sail superyacht is being built at his new boatyard, Michael…
For the yachts Indian and Walk on the Wildside which are both now in the middle of the ocean and halfway to Bali the magic time they will have their eyes on will be 9:30am WST Sunday 24th May. A…
One of the world’s most spectacular offshore yacht races sets sail on Wednesday, 20th May with the International Maxi Yacht Association’s Volcano Race, organised in collaboration with the Yacht Club Gaeta EVS and Base Nautica Flavio Gioia. The secret of…
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet was still locked together no more than four nautical miles (nm) apart after more than a day and a half of racing in Leg 7 on Tuesday, with overall leaders Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian…
With all of the pressure and excitement of opening day of the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES applied it was Niklas Zennström’s Rán crew on their new, recently launched Vrolijk design which rose best to the multiple challenges, posting an impressively…
Sailing clothing and gear needs to stay dry until use and Ronstan has introduced a range of tough weatherproof bags fitr for purpose. Each bag features multiple weather resistant pockets and compartments arranged for easy access and dry results, as…
This weekend’s Brighton Ladies Skippers Series (BLiSS), May 23-24, 2015 will bring together women skippers and a mix of sailors from yacht clubs around Port Phillip and Western Port regions, and launch a new Off the Beach (OTB) category for…
For the 20th edition and the second time, the Mini Transat -îles de Guadeloupe returns to its origins with a start from Douarnenez (France). The Breton harbour will see the fleet of 84 solo sailors set off on the 19th…
In a mere month, fifty sailboats will hit the line in Buzzard’s Bay for the Marion version of the “Thrash to the Onion Patch” in the 20th Marion to Bermuda Race. The 118-foot “Spirit of Bermuda”, the island’s sail training…
As of 15 May last week, the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona (RCNB), organiser of the Barcelona ORC World Championship, has closed its official registration period for this event. This decision was made by Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) and RCNB…
Forty eight hours into the 2015 Fremantle to Bali Race and Rally and already the lead boats Walk on the Wild Side and Indian are well up the Western Australian coast making very quick passage with both marginally ahead of…
Three sailors are the first Australian athletes selected to compete at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. As the Australian Olympic Committee announced today, Carissa Bridge, Mark Spearman and Thomas Vincent will compete at the Games,…
Oceans of Hope, the 67-foot yacht undertaking the first global circumnavigation with a working crew that includes people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), is set to arrive at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia this weekend. Oceans of Hope, sponsored…
Boyan Slat, 20-year old founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, today announced that the world’s first system to passively clean up plastic pollution from the world’s oceans is to be deployed in 2016. He made the announcement at Asia’s…
Taylor Canfield successfully defended his Congressional Cup title in a thrilling five-day series off the California coastline, completing the opening stage of the 2015/16 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) season. Twelve skippers from nine nations competed in the 51st edition…
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet marked a sad anniversary early on Leg 7 on Monday as they raced across the Atlantic, nine years to the day that the last sailor to lose his life in the event was drowned. Dutchman…
The Neel Trimaran's workshop, based in La Rochelle France, will present its first Neel 65, flagship of its range. The first unit of the series will be launched on May 28 this year in La Rochelle. The Neel 65 inherits…
Who will take first blood in Valencia? What will the biggest and most competitive 52 SUPER SERIES fleet of TP52s be like?How close will racing actually be?How much difference will there be between the nine new boats?What's to choose between…
We have all done things in our past we don't like to be reminded of, but surely winning the America's Cup is not one of them. Last week we all basked in the memories of one of the country's greatest…
Team New Zealand are upping their sailing programme as they play a game of catch-up on the way to the next America's Cup in Bermuda in 2017. With most of their rivals already well under way in working out on…
The newly rebadged Tour de France/Voile fleet will begin from Dunkirk France on July 1st. For the first time the event is being held in the exciting and new DM24 trimaran and will comprise both coastal distance courses and spectacular…
At 9:00am WST this morning 19 May, almost 24 hrs since the 1440 nm race commenced, the fleet leader Indian owned by Craig Carter was 130nm off the Western Australian coast sailing a NW course at approximately 16.5 knots. In…
The Queensland IRC State Titles and Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta 2015 (SCOR) is fast approaching. Sunshine Coast Yacht Club has been selected to host the Queensland IRC State titles in July. This championship regatta will be run on 4th &…
Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) has secured his third Finn European title and his second in Split after a medal race that was filled with drama and tension. Josh Junior (NZL) took the silver while Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) took bronze. Arkadiy…
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, USA, May 17 – Spanish boat MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP), winners of the in-port race a day earlier, were again the class act as they led the six-boat Volvo Ocean Race fleet out of Newport at the start…
Most owners left last year’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week tired, tanned and happy after a week of winter Whitsunday racing, appreciating their boats would be safely delivered or trucked home. Most owners aren’t South Australian yachtsman Geoff Boettcher and…
Countbacks were needed to decide the overall winners in three of the six divisions after Sunday’s fifth and final race in the Derwent Sailing Squadron/Quantum Autumn Short-Handed Series. Instead of the forecast 10 knot breeze on the River Derwent, the…
Australia’s most successful supermaxi ocean racing yacht, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI, entered the first stage of a new challenge today when she was shipped out to America’s west coast. The sleek, silver-hulled yacht is bound for Los Angeles to…
Finally the 2015 Wonderful Indonesia Fremantle to Bali Race and Rally got underway after two days of postponement with boats setting off to Bali, Indonesia at 10am this morning. Indian, owned by Craig Carter and helmed by Paul Eldrid for…
Long Beach, California, USA (17th May): Taylor Canfield successfully defended his Congressional Cup title in a thrilling five-day series off the California coastline, completing the opening stage of the 2015/16 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) season. Twelve skippers from nine…
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, May 16 – Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad unveiled an exciting, high-tech future for the event to stakeholders in a presentation on Saturday and set an ambition of eight to 10 boats for the next edition…
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, USA, May 16 – Spanish boat MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP) dominated from start to finish to claim their first victory in the Volvo Ocean Race in-port series here on Saturday, watched by a packed dock of thousands of…
For the first time this week, Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) has taken the lead at the Finn European Championships in Split, Croatia. Josh Junior (CRO) has dropped to second while Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) remains in third but has considerably closed…
Following postponement of the 2015 Fremantle to Bali Race & Rally due to severe weather conditions including gale force winds, Fremantle Sailing Club’s event chairman Bob Kucera has announced that the event will now commence on Monday 18th May at…
Long Beach, California, USA (16th May): A ‘repechage’ is defined as a trial heat that gives first-round losers a last-ditch opportunity to qualify. The word comes from the French term for ‘second chance’ – and a second chance is just…
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