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Four of the six boats in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet suffered big hits as the Southern Ocean provided its roughest ride of the race in a dramatic 12 dramatic hours. Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR), Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA)…
A warning to yachts cruising in southern Mediterranean waters was issued last February. The maritime registry of the Marshall Islands, International Registeries Inc. (IRI) issued a Yacht Safety Advisory after concerns when the death cult took control of Libyan ports….
Mark Soulsby from Adelaide has taken out the Australian Championship in the Sabre dinghy class. Mark’s four bullets over 8 heats in Trigger Point gave him a series score of 10.6 points beating Victorians Tim Van Der Veen in Veen…
After seven years the Manly Junior National Titles returned to Middle Harbour 16 Foot Skiff Club for 2014-15 providing a Sydney-based location after the highly successful out-of-town regatta at Port Kembla last year. Mike Salter (president) and Stuart Thorpe (secretary)…
The Cruising Yacht Club (TCYC) in conjunction with the WA Minnow Sailing Assoc hosted the 35th Australian Alcoa Minnow Sailing Championships from 11-16 Jan 2015. The regatta attracted 57 sailors from WA, NT and Victoria, 42 in the combined Open/Junior…
Not even a broken mast in the final heat could stop Manly's Brydens Compensation Lawyers from claiming a comprehensive win in the 2015 Australian 16ft Skiff Championships at Belmont. Despite the setback, skipper Lee Knapton and crew Ricky Bridge and…
From 23-26 January 2015 the Australian Formula 18 Nationals were held at the Humpybong Yacht Club (Woody Point – Queensland). This regatta was all about consistency, there were a number of sailors that had the potential to win races. Skippers…
The Tumby Bay Yacht Club hosted a very successful 125 National Championship over the Christmas/New Year break that featured 24 boats from all the mainland states of Australia. Competition started on the 28th of December 2014 with an Invitational race…
The variable weather from January 19th to 23rd provided a great week of racing at Black Rock Yacht Club for this year’s Australian 5O5 Championships. The fleet of 24 was treated to the usual Black Rock professional race management and…
Queenslander Brad Collett won the 2015 International A Class Catamaran Australian Championship, finishing with 26 points. He also won four individual races. Whilst at his strongest in the fresher breezes on his foiling Exploder boat, but he was also was…
Forty one boats, good breezes, excellent courses, great facilities at Illawarra Yacht Club, and renowned Spiral camaraderie made for a great Spiral Nationals over the three days of the Australia Day weekend. Over the whole seven races competition was intense…
Dave Suda, the 'Black Prince of Sandringham’ sailing Pacemaker convincingly won the 2015 J24 National Championships held in Adelaide in January. Congratulations to Dave and your long time crew, Herschel, Rachael, Sam and Luke. With the series win in the…
Over the recent Christmas New Year period 120 sailors hit the warm Townsville waters, in North Queensland, for the 51st Sabot Nationals and John Byrne Sabot Week, run by Townsville Sailing Club through the efforts of Club Commodore Jim Barsi…
The 50th anniversary of TS16 Australian Championship was hosted by Williamstown S.C. on Port Phillip Bay from Dec 28th to Jan 5th and saw the attendance of 16 enthusiastic crews from SA, Vic and NSW. Unfortunately winds experienced early in…
The Australian O'pen Cup 2015 was held from January 18-22 January 2015 at Sandringham Yacht Club in Sandringham, Victoria. Racing was held in Port Phillip which offered a perfect range of conditions for the Junior ISAF skiffs. Eighty three competitors…
SHARPIE veteran Mal Higgins has re-written the history books claiming his seventh sharpie national title after a resounding win in front of a fleet of 42 on the waters of Botany Bay over the New year period. Higgins, with crew…
The 2014/2015 MG14 National Titles were held at Gosford Sailing Club on the beautiful Brisbane Waters in early January 2015. The fleet of 23 boats from 11 different clubs enjoyed a range conditions with some close and interesting racing. Carbon…
For 2015 The Cobra Catamaran Association took a brave move and decided to stick with Stingray Catamarans and go to South Australia as the third member of the catamarans Arrows opted for sole event Cobras and stingrays joined the Yvonne…
The Variable conditions of Victor Harbor South Australia provided four different heat winners in close exciting racing in the Australian Titles. Three races were postponed two due to over strong winds and one for no wind with the final race…
The Yvonne catamaran was designed by Charles and Lindsay Cunning back in 1954 and held their first Australian Title in 1957 and have had 59 titles since then including this one. The main rivalry over time has been between the…
Now in its seventh year of operation, Yoti one of Australia’s leading yacht brokers, has recently acquired long standing brokerage Sunshine Coast Yacht Sales. Under Nick Cox and Col Thomas, SCYS has enjoyed over 20 years of successful trading. The…
The four states of VIC, SA, NSW and QLD were all represented this year when a total of 29 Mosquitoes came to Speers Point for some near perfect sailing conditions. This was the largest fleet of Mosquitoes seen outside of…
Fremantle local and 2014 Opti worlds sailor Romë Featherstone sailed brilliantly to lead from day one and sweep the fleet at the 2015 Australian Optimist Championships held at Fremantle Sailing Club. Podium finishers were runner-up Alexander Higgins (SA) and Campbell…
NationalsA championship to remember, 3 days sailing 2 blown out, which resulted in a 4 race, one day regatta sailed in under 10 knots. Newcomers to the class, Brent and Lee managed to put everything together to take the Championships…
Spindrift racing’s sailors and hundreds of others will return to competition from April 2nd to 6th for the famous Spi Ouest-France, which is held every year over the Easter weekend at La Trinité-sur-Mer. Behind the scenes, the black and gold…
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet has taken some time out from the thrilling Leg 5 racing through the Southern Ocean to assist with an important environmental project. As planned, all six boats dropped buoys laden with scientific equipment – or…
The world’s longest running professional sailing series – the ISAF sanctioned World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) – today announced a new and expanded sixteen event schedule for the 2015/16 world championship. The full schedule is expected to exceed 20 events…
Less than 400 miles from the finish line now, Cheminées Poujoulat are passed Cabo de Gata, east of Almeria, and are starting the final ascent of the Mediterannean out of the Alboran sea to Barcelona. Bernard Stamm and Jean Le…
Not only is the Dinghy Academy serving as a fantastic training base to a number of established sailors, it is also acting as a staging post for young sailors taking their first steps in the Finn, somewhere they can learn…
Two more races for the IRC 3/4/5 and three for the Faerst18 one-designs to celebrate is style the conclusion of the 2015 Round Hainan regatta inshore section that crowned the 2015 champions. After having left Sanya yesterday, the big boats…
Following on from its study of moorings around New South Wales, the Department of Transport is now conducting a study of the Sydney Harbour seabed to gauge the impact of moorings on the natural environment. ABC News reports that researchers…
Jean Le Cam and Bernard Stamm on board Cheminées Poujoulat have become the first team to return to the Mediterranean in the Barcelona World Race, crossing the longitude of Gibraltar this morning at 08.30 (UTC). The leaders kept a course…
A corrected time win by just 23 seconds in Saturday’s final race of the Combined Club’s Group 1 Harbour Series on Hobart’s River Derwent gave Jeff Cordell’s Mumm 36 Host Plus Executive an overall PHS category season victory by 1.5…
23 MARCH 2015: Air Vanuatu has advised all domestic flights have returned to schedule. “Communications with the outer islands have improved and in some cases have been fully restored,” Chief Executive Officer Joseph Laloyer said. “We are extremely grateful for…
The award-winning South African yacht builder, Maverick Yachts from Cape Town, has chosen SCIBS to launch down-under. A new exhibitor at the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show in 2015 and also new to Australia, Maverick Yachts from Cape Town, South Africa…
It's all go at 2015 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek The dates are set – 15th to 19th July; the venue is Cape Panwa Hotel, Phuket; early entries are strong; and the preparations are in full swing. The 2015 Cape…
The 6th Round Hainan Regatta kicked off today, Saturday March 21st, with the 43 boat strong fleet eager to fight in the beautiful Bay of Sanya on two windward/leeward races. In typical tropical conditions, warm weather and shiny blue sky,…
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club crew of Sarah Parker, Evelyn Foster, Clare Costanzo and Rachel Bower showed a clean pair of heels on Day 1 of the Marinassess Women’s Match Racing Regatta hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia…
“It was fast and furious and if I wore a pacemaker it would have needed new batteries,” said owner of the Farr 40 Zen, Gordon Ketelbey, at the end of the class’ Aberdeen Asset Management NSW State Title opening four-race…
St George Midnight Rambler (Ed Psaltis/Michael Bencsik/Bob Thomas) won the Sydney Wollongong Race, the last of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Ocean Point Score series, but the celebrations were loudest on Julian Farren-Price’s About Time after a landslide fifth…
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