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THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 20 – Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA) led the Volvo Ocean Race fleet out on the final ‘sprint’ to Gothenburg today, as the seven teams bade farewell to The Hague after a hugely successful pit-stop in the…
MC38 crews were rugged up as Sydney’s clear skies and south westerly winds added a wintry chill to the Winter Regatta raced off Middle Head. So far this season the waves from the Manly Ferry on the Sydney Harbour racetrack…
It was high tide but before high noon under a grey sky and lumpy seas as the fleet ventured onto Gage Roads Fremantle for the first race of this years Valmadre Series and Pantaenius I.R.C. State Championships. There has been…
Hobart’s senior sailor, 87-year-old Tom Kirkland, today completed a hat-trick of winter race wins on the River Derwent, steering Ragtime to a handicap victory in the Derwent Sailing Squadron’s Cascade Winter Series. Kirkland, who has been racing yachts on the…
It was a huge day both on and off the water on day two of the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 4 Cardiff presented by Land Rover, with thrilling 25 knot gusts delivering some of the best and most physically demanding…
Extreme Sailing Series organisers OC Sport have today ushered in a new era for the original Stadium Racing global circuit, with the announcement of a new generation of foiling catamarans to be used as part of the event in the…
Marion, Massachusetts- June 19, 2015: Forty-five boats are all on their way to Bermuda in the 2015 Marion to Bermuda Race. Two boats were over the starting line early in their class starts, Michael Wierman’s ‘Legacy V’ in B and…
With a complex local weather system that proved challenging to the Race Committee, day two of fleet racing at the Audi RC44 Porto Cervo Cup saw three races completed on two different race courses. The day started regularly enough with…
ALICANTE, Spain, June 19 – The Volvo Ocean Race Museum in Alicante registered 61,310 visits in its third year – an increase of more than 75% on the previous 12 months. With 39% of those visits coming from international visitors,…
Yaffa Media (publisher of Cruising Helmsman, Australian Sailing + Yachting and mysailing.com.au) has negotiated a special ticket price for readers attending the Sydney International Boat Show. This offer is for the purchase of adult tickets at the special price of…
Hot on the heels of recent success by Team SCA in the Volvo Ocean Race, Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek organisers are proud to welcome the all-female “Sailescapes Farrgo Ladies” team to the regatta this year. Led by local sailing…
Ten exhausting and fast-paced, short, sharp, sprint races were the order of the day on the first of four days of racing at the Extreme Sailing Series Act 4, Cardiff presented by Land Rover. The eight international elite level Extreme…
While the breeze was occasionally similar today to yesterday when the full schedule of match racing was completed, a tricky wind combined with an annoying left-over swell caused a long wait out on the water, then a long wait ashore…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 18 – The chase to The Hague is gathering momentum as the Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 fleet split north and south this morning, in search of the best coastal breezes to take them to the…
Owners and crew of WA’s IRC rated yachts will gather at Fremantle Sailing Club on Friday evening for the Briefing and Welcome Cocktail Party to mark the start of the Pantaenius Australia 2015 WA IRC State Championship. The 2015 event…
Marion, Massachusetts- June 18, 2015: This is a busy day for all competitors who are harried by last minute safety drills, provisioning and fine tuning their yachts. Skippers must all do a final check-in at Beverly Yacht Club to make…
18 June 2015 – The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race today announced that Unicef, the world’s leading children’s organisation, will have a yacht entry in the tenth edition of the world’s longest ocean race. The cost of the team…
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 18, 2015) – One of the greatest rewards of participating in the sport of sailing is becoming part of the larger sailing community: a group united by a shared love of the sea and the varied forms…
The Scottish Herald newspaper is reporting a dramatic step taken by the small town of Portsoy to ensure nothing upsets the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Traditional Boat Festival on July 4 and 5: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/ If you are not a believer…
The arrival of new boats into Australia continues as Ensign announces the Nautitech Open 40 will be on display at the Sydney International Boat Show. The Nautitech Open 40 name relates to the Voisard-Lombard vision of a disproportionate amount of…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 19 – Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA) made a triumphant entry into The Hague at 0134 local time/2334 UTC this morning and put themselves in pole position to win Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The…
Fifty entries have been received to-date for the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, some of which are novices to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual 384 nautical mile pilgrimage north. Rupert Henry sold his TP52 Fomo to…
A good reputation and building fleet numbers has drawn Leigh Dorrington and his team of southern sailors north to the SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, being held from August 27 to September 1. The Dorrington-skippered Davidson 52 Prime Example…
Wicklow Sailing Club, in association with the Royal Ocean Racing Club and Royal Irish Yacht Club, gives notice that the 2016 Round Ireland Yacht Race is scheduled to start from Wicklow Bay at 14:00 hrs on Saturday 18th June 2016….
It was slow going for the Volvo Ocean Race fleet after leaving Lorient, France yesterday, as the teams fought strong tides on this sprint leg to the pit-stop in The Hague, Netherlands. Light northerly winds and strong currents early today…
New faces taking on pivotal roles will shuffle three of the MC38 crews heading out of Middle Harbour Yacht Club this weekend, June 20-21, for the class’ Winter Regatta; stage three of the 2015 Australian Season Championship. John Bacon’s Pittwater…
Marion, Massachusetts- June 17, 2015: Skippers in the 20th Marion to Bermuda Race have two more planning days before the start of their 645-mile 2015 version of the “Thrash to the Onion Patch”. They have some big choices to make…
The ISAF Sailing World Cup is continuously striving to evolve and adapt to make the Olympic class races better for its competitors and spectators. In Weymouth and Portland, ISAF have introduced some changes and are trialling others to ensure…
A brand new sailing catamaran just launched by Fountaine Pajot is set to shake up the world’s popular 40’ market according to distributors Multihull Solutions. Replacing the successful Lipari 41 and Mahe 36, the design of the new Fountaine Pajot…
Fifty years after the first Australian Championships and nearly 55 years since the initial prototype was launched by Peter Milne in the United Kingdom, the Fireball class is still going strong. This year the class is heading back to one…
Harry Price will skipper the CYCA team with Angus Williams and Tara Blanc-Ramos selected to crew in the Governor's Cup at the Balboa Yacht Club, California. Price has been sailing with the Youth Sailing Academy (YSA) for three years and…
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet set off for Gothenburg, 960 nautical miles away from Lorient, via The Hague, in perfect sailing conditions today with Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) leading the chase to reach the Dutch pit stop first. There was…
Following the conclusion of three days of quality inshore racing on the Côte d'Azur, the focus at the 2015 Giraglia Rolex Cup turns to tomorrow’s 243-nm offshore race start. Running from Saint-Tropez to Genoa, the offshore race is the Mediterranean’s…
If today's practice race was anything to go by, Nico Poons' Charisma will be the boat to watch at this week's Audi RC44 Porto Cervo Cup, starting tomorrow on the magnificent waters off Sardinia's Costa Smeralda. Sailing in a warm…
Many sports have one event, class, or athlete that transcends the sport itself to capture mainstream attention. In the sport of sailing that kind of familiarity is most associated with the 12 Metres – the iconic boat of choice for…
Four boats, 960 nautical miles (nm), six days sailing, one objective – to join Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing on the Volvo Ocean Racing 2014-15 podium. That is the sum of it for a quartet of challengers after nearly 38,000nm of…
Who should win the Inmarsat Onboard Reporter (OBR) Award for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 for the ‘toughest job in the media’? That is the challenge for a top panel of leading industry experts that has been announced today (June…
There’s a lot going on this week as more than 45 cruising yachts prepare for the 20th Marion Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race which takes off from the starting line off Centerboard Shoals outside Sippican Harbor in Marion Friday. Tonight the 'Spirit…
When Hamilton Island hosts Yachting Australia’s premier IRC Australian Championship in August, the end of series spoils for the top scoring IRC boats in three divisions will go to the new national champions. Among the current starter’s list are owners…
There is no better way to beat the winter blues than sailing at Airlie Beach Race Week and among those planning their winter escape are reigning and past yachting champions, Roger Hickman (Wild Rose), Bob Steel with his latest ‘Quest’…
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