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John Bertrand returned to Newport, Rhode Island for the first time since winning the America's Cup in 1983. He spoke to Bob Ross while he was there competing in the Etchells World Championships and all his memories came flooding back….
Sailors, tug boat drivers, paddlers and radio control sailors are included in a regatta that marks 175 years since the day that Lieutenant Governor William Hobson took formal possession of what would be come the city of Auckland, in the…
Plenty of people take their dogs sailing. But very few let them sail the boat. Watch as this amazing Border Collie in the Ukraine hoists the sails, takes control of the tiller, stacks out in the trapeze harness and even…
Lelystad, Netherlands (27th Sept 2014): David Gilmour was the only skipper to keep a clean sheet in today’s light-air action at the Dutch Match Cup in Lelystad. Team Gilmour swept aside their fellow Western Australians in a 3-0 Quarter Final…
The 36th edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai drew on a close on Saturday. The five day regatta ended in grand style and in typical Cote d'Azur conditions, with blue skies, warm weather and light airs. Four races…
We heard a rumour of at least one more entry for the America's Cup during the Skipper's Conference in London earlier this month. Now Jimmy Spithill has confirmed the rumour in an interview with Jane Nixon of the NZ Herald:…
It took quite a lot of patience and perseverance for organisers and crews alike, but in the end, after a long wait, the breeze made its appearance on the Bay of Cannes. Postponement flags were lowered and all the classes…
Lelystad, Netherlands (26th Sept 2014): Going into the final of 22 flights of qualifying at the Dutch Match Cup, two of the big guns on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT) were staring down the barrel of elimination. Either…
Alicante, 26th September 2014: The Volvo Ocean 65 “MAPFRE” will be the one who will defend the colours of Spain in the new edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. The sponsorship was confirmed today, Friday, by the insurance company MAPFRE and…
Act 7 of the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series global tour is just around the corner, as some of world’s best sailors descend once again on to the shores of Nice, France, for the penultimate Act in the battle for the…
The first event of the ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne, the William Angliss Institute Resort Management Cup, is now taking entries from both school age and open teams. For the third year running, world cup competitors looking for a…
Lelystad, Netherlands (25th Sept 2014): High winds tested the 12 teams to the edge of physical and mental control on day two of the Dutch Match Cup in Lelystad. A new event on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT),…
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club has taken steps to reduce the prospect of financial and logistical headaches arising from entering a typical Category 2 Australian coastal race such as the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race. Previously boat…
The third day of the 2014 Régates Royales de Cannes – Trophée Panerai, featured the right alchemy that makes sail racing perfect: good weather conditions, excitement and top level crews. The Classics had their course set in the area from…
Ocean Signal has emphasised the importance of carrying a personal locator beacon both at sea and on land after details emerged about three recent rescues involving the company’s RescueME PLB1. Claimed by the manufacturers to be the world’s smallest personal…
The EFG MothEuroCup came to a close this weekend on beautiful Lake Garda at the Yacht Club Acquafresca. The big players were repeat top finishers from previous events: Chris Rast, Carlo De Paoli, Giovanni Galeotti and Matthias Renker. Carlo De…
The top three teams in the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT) were the only teams to keep a perfect score on day one of the inaugural Dutch Match Cup in Lelystad. Ian Williams, Taylor Canfield and Mathieu Richard all…
The second day of the 36th Régates Royales de Cannes – Trophée Panerai was much luckier than the first one. Despite an unusual grey sky, yesterday's strong winds gave way to much more moderate conditions, allowing the Committee to launch…
Twelve teams are about to start racing at the inaugural Dutch Match Cup, the latest addition to the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT). With the contest due to begin on Wednesday, today the sailors are making the most of…
In the Volvo Ocean Race Boatyard, shore crews are going through the final checks and putting the finishing touches to the 7 new one-design boats. In the 1200m2 facility, specifically built for the Volvo Ocean Race fleet, the teams are…
Bart’s Bash, the global sailing race organised by the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation which took place on 21st September, has set the new Guinness World Record for the Largest Sailing Race (24 hours). While the Bart’s Bash technical team are…
The 17th edition of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship will be held in San Francisco, California next month (15-18 October). More than 20 yachts are expected to take part in the defining juncture of the Farr 40 racing season:…
B&G has introduced its multifunction navigation system, the Zeus2 Glass Helm. Suited to bluewater cruisers and super yachts, the Zeus2 Glass Helm brings together sail-specific features with a dual independent output for unprecedented sailing navigation. Zeus2 Glass Helm features fast…
This video includes the best of sailing from 61 different videos available on youtube and it makes sailing look amazing and sailors look awesome/crazy/insane. There is a few famous shots from the last America's Cup, some crazy optimist sailing, the…
Siilive.com. By Frank Donnelly: STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – More than 100 people were rescued on Saturday afternoon from a tall ship that ran aground near the Statue of Liberty, said a Coast Guard spokeswoman. No one was injured. The 103-foot-long…
Extreme Sailing Series organisers, OC Sport, has today released a very positive interim independent media evaluation report conducted by independent agency Havas Sports & Entertainment. The report projects a 24% increase in media value by the year-end, and like-for-like comparison…
After a major refit Rio 100 (former Zana/Konica Minolta/Lanahan) has hit the water for the first sail. The maxi will race in the Coastal Classic before heading to Sydney for the Hobart Race. Click here to watch the video of…
B&G announced ForwardScan, a forward-looking sonar device for finding anchoring spots and highlighting rocks and obstructions below the water’s surface. ForwardScan allows sailors to avoid potentially dangerous areas and sail with confidence in unfamiliar waters. With an effective range of…
In less tan 24 hours nearly 150 yachts will dock out the Vieux Port in Cannes for the opening day of the 36th edition of the Régates Royales de Cannes – Trophée Panerai. For the coming five days the Bay…
With the gold medals already in the pockets of the French pair Billy Besson and Marie Riou, interest in the mixed multihull medal race for the Nacra 17s lay in the battle for silver and bronze. Australia's young guns Jason…
ISAF turns down technology. By Roger McMillan. After three days at this farce that has been the ISAF World Championships in Santander, I wrote an opinion piece about starting technology (see Related Content). It was prompted by a general recall…
The day was finally here August 14th 2014. We departed on our long awaited trip to the Med and beyond. The week before had seen Hurricane Bertha causing chaos along the British coast but the wind speed has dropped below…
As predicted we stayed in Lagos for several days as the wind was not playing the game, but this was a welcome rest. The marina is great but we learnt a few lessons. First of all it is best to…
Sept. 21, 2014, Chicago, USA – In a masterful display of tenacious match race sailing in today's blustery conditions, Taylor Canfield (ISV) US One has successfully defended his title to the Chicago Match Cup, the only US event on the…
“Total control” could have been the song playing in Will Ryan's headset this morning on his way to the boat park. That's what he and helm Mathew Belcher showed as they cruised to their second consecutive 470 world championship together….
Australia has always been a strong multihull nation, dominating the Olympic Tornado class for many years without every winning a gold medal. Now there are two new kids on the block and they have one of the masters playing catch-up….
Sept. 20, 2014, Chicago, USA – The Chicago Match Cup delivered conditions today true to its moniker as the Windy City, with the four top teams on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour leader board advancing to the Semi-Finals in…
Huon Yacht Club boat Obsession, Stan Pickering’s Doven 30, became the 46th winner of the Cock of the Huon on its home waters yesterday, heading a good day’s racing by local entrants. Obsession finished first on corrected time in Division…
The Mirror. By Jessica Best: Two Brits are missing after a hurricane in Mexico overturned the yacht they were living on. Paul Whitehouse and Simone Wood, from Wolverhampton and London, were in La Paz in Baja California when Hurricane Odile…
Tony Kirby’s Patrice has provisionally won the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Flinders Islet Race, but due to an error in her rating certificate, it is believed a revised certificate, due from the UK on Tuesday, will leave her outside…
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