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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…
Racing for foiling one design classes came to a close after three days of fast and furious foiling action in stunning hot summer conditions at Lake Garda. Over the three days the regular Southerly ‘Ora’ breeze kicked in like clockwork,…
The wind began very light form the East, slowly building while competitors were postponed ashore. The wind then switched to the South but unfortunately it did not fill in and racing was cancelled for the day. All are hoping for more wind tomorrow! Juan Ignacio Maegli…
World Champions and defending Open European Champions Mat Belcher (QLD) and Will Ryan (QLD) wrapped up the 2015 470 Open European Champs (29 June – 4 July 2015) with a bronze medal. Despite not defending their title, the bronze medal…
The light morning breeze looked promising, but its inconsistency soon turned the day into a waiting game under a hot Danish sun. The 470 Men and Women gold fleets optimistically headed out to the race track first, but soon after…
It was a baptism of fire for the only Australian team competing in the Tour de France offshore series on day one. The team, headed by Brett Dryland and Rod Waterhouse are in second-last place in the 28 boat fleet….
(Friday, July 3, 2015) –This morning at 03:46 EDT (07:46 UTC), Mariette of 1915 was first yacht in the 2015 Transatlantic Race fleet to pass the southeastern limit of the Ice Exclusion Zone surrounding the Grand Banks, south of Newfoundland….
Marstrand, Sweden (3rd July, 2015): The final four skippers emerged today at Stena Match Cup Sweden with defending event champion Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Nautiska Racing and Australia’s Keith Swinton, Black Swan Racing each heading into the final day at match…
Never write of a champion! Yesterday we wrote that Tom Burton was coming under pressure from Matthew Wearn for the Laser spot at the Rio test event next month after the young Western Australian posted two wins to lead the…
Italy’s famous sailing venue, the spectacular Lake Garda, will have a unique impact on the Cooper family from Hobart over the next four to five weeks as they represent Australia in two major world sailing championships. Next week Michael Cooper…
The Hutchins School has won the Australian Schools Teams Racing Championship on Brisbane’s Moreton Bay, coming from 13th place in standings on the morning of the final day to snatch victory from 24 schools around the nation. The win was…
I read two heart-warming stories this week and both involved members of the Artemis America's Cup team. From Bermuda's Royal Gazette comes the story of a stolen Optimist dinghy which has been repaired and repainted by the Artemis shore crew….
02 July 2015 – Middelfart, Denmark. – What a day here in Middelfart! Thanks to some champagne conditions, PRO Hank Stuart brought home three more races and now, after nine races and one discard, the situation among the 95 boats fleet starts…
Tomorrow the twenty-eight Diam 24 fleet will start the first race of the Tour de France à la Voile 2015. They will be launched from 7am on the beach of Malo-les-Bains for the start of a 45 nautical mile long…
Marstrand, Sweden (2nd July 2015): Defending ISAF Match Racing World Champion Ian Williams (GBR) GAC Pindar has led his team through a faultless round at Stena Match Cup Sweden winning all 13 of his Qualifying races as the event rolls…
(Thursday, July 2, 2015) – Yesterday’s second wave of starters in the Transatlantic Race 2015 have been enjoying substantially better conditions for their get-away from the US, compared to the first group that set sail last Sunday. While the latter…
Western Australian Laser sailor Matt Wearn made the perfect start to the 2015 Laser World Championships at Kingston, Canada, when he won both of his races on the opening day. Wearn sits on top of the leaderboard ahead of Juan…
The 2012 Olympic gold medallists Jo Aleh/Polly Powrie (NZL) knocked out two wins, a feat repeated by 2012 Olympic gold medallist Mat Belcher and crew Will Ryan in the 470 men fleet on day 4 at the 2015 470 Open…
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 2, 2015) – With two staggered starts down, there is just one to go for the 2,800 Transatlantic Race 2015, and it is for the largest and fastest boats: the monohulls Comanche and Rambler 88, at 100 feet and…
Four Australian Sailing teams will contest the 2015 Nacra 17 World Championship in the mixed multihull catamaran Nacra 17, which will premiere on the Olympic program in 2016. The event will also be an important selection event to decide who…
Leaderboard shuffles on the first day of gold and silver fleet racing features Ferdinand Gerz/Oliver Symanski (GER) and Jo Aleh/Polly Powrie (NZL) sitting pretty at the front of the fleets. Another unpredictable and challenging race track with the breeze nudging…
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