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Captain Tomas Cichoki, 57, departed Brest, in France, on the 6th September 2014 in a Delphia 47, sailing single handed and non stop around the world, following the clipper route down the Atlantic, around the Cape of Good Hope, then…
What is it? Diesel bug is the common term given to the myriad bacteria, mould and other micro-organisms found in diesel fuel. These organisms live in the water (a result of contamination or condensation) and feed on the intermediate by-products…
With less than 80 days before the start of the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race, a dramatic course change was initiated due to concerns of piracy in the Indian Ocean. That year, the Cape Town to Abu Dhabi leg involved all…
Entries are now open for the 2015 McDougall & McConaghy Moth World Championships, which is being hosted by the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club between 9-16 January. With Australia’s Nathan Outteridge the reigning World Champion following his emphatic victory at…
Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill believes Dean Barker and Team New Zealand will be the favourites at the next America's Cup. The America's Cup publicity event in London was designed to promote the Sir Ben Ainslie led Team Great Britain's re-entry…
The 2015 Moth Worlds, to be hosted by the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club from January 9 to 16,will attract some of the biggest names in world sailing. Oracle Team USA's sailing team manager, Tom Slingsby, has confirmed that the…
Hamilton BERMUDA, September 8, 2014 – In an exciting decision for the Alpari World Match Racing Tour and the Argo Group Gold Cup, event Chairman Past Commodore of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Brian Billings is pleased to confirm that…
The Espresso 12 was designed by people who enjoy coffee who wanted to ensure that the quality of the coffee was not compromised by the portability and practicality of the machine. Weighing just 3.9 kilograms the compact design draws 350…
The Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships will officially start today, Monday, 8 September European time, with racing scheduled at the biggest regatta of the year from Friday, 12 September 2014. The Australian Sailing Team (AST) and Squad (ASS)…
Drop down cupboard doors work well in narrow spaces like between forward V bunks. Each shelf has its own door. The bottom doors are designed to clear the floor and lie flat against the cupboard front so they do not…
Few classes have stood the test of time as has the OK Dinghy. As a concept it was born in the mind of the same Danish sailor who brought the Optimist dinghy to Europe, but the designs were laid down…
Veteran International Etchells helmsman Michael Coxon in North Star on Saturday won the opening race of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s 152nd summer sailing season Sydney Harbour. ‘Summer’ was hardly the apt description – wet, windy and certainly chilly by…
Porto Cervo, 6th September 2014. The curtain closes on a superlative 25th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship with the victory of Magic Carpet 3 (Wally), Firefly (Supermaxi), Highland Fling (Maxi), Lupa of…
Stand-in helmsmen steered the SB20 class winners in today’s final races of the Derwent Sailing Squadron’s Winter Series on the River Derwent. Colin Dabner took over for absent skipper Nick Rogers to score two close one-design wins with Karabos. Dabner…
There may still be snow on Mount Wellington and the morning temperature down to 4 degrees but today was a perfect spring day for the final Winter Series race day conducted by the Derwent Sailing Squadron on the River Derwent….
Porto Cervo, 5th September 2014. The penultimate day of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship started off looking unpromising, with light and shifty air across the regatta course, however the Porto Cervo magic soon came…
After failing by a single point to record their best finish ever at the Extreme Series in Cardiff, the GAC Pindar/Team Australia crew of Nathan Wilmot, Seve Jarvin, Ed Smyth, Tyson Lamond and Jack Mccartney will aim to make amends when…
The range of Isara catamarans, built at the company’s Ta Yang yard in Taiwan, includes a 45, 50, 55 and 65 footers. Southern Yachting is headed by Jonathan (Jon) Harris. Jon is a long term member of the Australian Olympic…
Sydney-based Harken Australia provides technical support, supply and distribution to the Australian leisure marine industry. The company already handles product ranges from marine deck hardware manufacturers, including Harken, Spinlock, Edson Steering and McLube. Paul Honess, Sales Director for Marlow Ropes Ltd…
In the wake of what many long-time Audi Hamilton Island Race Week participants declared to be “the best ever” regatta in its 31-year history, series organisers have already announced the dates for next year’s event. Audi Hamilton Island Race Week…
Armel Le Cléac’h, who seriously injured his hand and has been forced out of the 2014 Route du Rhum, will be replaced in the solo transatlantic race by Loïck Peyron. The sailor from La Baule, who was forced to retire…
ALICANTE, Spain, Sept 4 – A film-maker with a background of making hit documentaries and dramas, but zero experience in sports programmes, is the surprise choice of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 to direct their flagship half-hour weekly show. Frenchman…
Racing for the GC32 one design foiling catamarans of The Great Cup continues next week in the south of France. Four GC32s will compete in their own class at Marseille One Design, a brand new event backed by the Ville…
A strong fleet of almost 80 yachts, ranging from one-design Ynglings to Division 1 60-footers, has entered the 152nd summer season of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron with racing starting on the Harbour tomorrow, Saturday, 6 September. Biggest fleet this…
London, UK (5th Sept 2014): The world’s top match racing sailors are preparing to gather again for Stage 4 of the Alpari World Match Tour from Wednesday 17th September through Sunday 21st at the Chicago Match Cup, the only US…
Melbourne, Australia – Understanding that no two sailors are alike, Ronstan has just expanded its Clear Start sailing watch range with two new styles and five new models designed specifically for sailors. They include a new smaller size watch that…
In just two weeks, the Chicago waterfront will once again come alive with high-intensity match racing for the Chicago Match Cup, the highest-graded match race event in the US and the only US stop on the Alpari World Match Racing…
Who’s up for the challenge of the world’s only annual and global Stadium Racing series? With entry now open for the 2015 Extreme Sailing Series™, and the Notice of Race available, Series organiser OC Sport and Series Main Partner Land…
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is delighted to announce that, following the recent 29er World Championship held in Ontario, Canada, the Club has been awarded the 2018 edition of the event by the International 29er Class Association. In congratulating RHKYC,…
Some of the biggest names in racing underwent intensive safety training with Ocean Safety in preparation for the Volvo Race, one of the world’s most prestigious round-the-world races, which starts on October 11th. Ocean Safety worked with the Volvo Ocean Race…
It has been almost 30 years, but the International Fireball Association of Victoria is heading back to Cairn Curran to run the 2014 state championships. With the support of Chapple's Cairn Curran Estate – the fleet will be competing as…
Day three of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup & Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship 2014 brought continued sunshine and blue skies and a shifty northerly breeze of around 10 knots. In the seven-boat Mini Maxi division competing for the world…
A TRIO was rescued from a sinking yacht after it crashed into Plymouth's breakwater. The Lady Larissa sustained a hole to the front of the vessel and a missing rudder when it hit the east end of the breakwater last…
You’ll need to be quick if you want to secure your place at the ICA’s Cruising Preparation Seminar in Auckland later this year. Spaces are filling up fast for the two-day event, which takes place on Saturday 29th and Sunday…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro officials on Tuesday unveiled a new sanitation project that aims to eliminate the stain of raw sewage defiling the waters of Rio de Janeiro's Gloria Marina, where the 2016 Olympic sailing events…
Geoff Boettcher's modified Farr 400 Secret Men's Business 4.5 has been badly damaged in a trucking accident. The boat was being delivered back to South Australia after finishing third in IRC Division 2 at Hamilton Island Race Week. No further…
Clear skies and a fresh mistral breeze marked the start of the second race day in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2014. After yesterday's coastal race for the entire fleet, the Race Committee decided to shake things up, setting windward-leeward…
“Solo sailing a trimaran the size of Spindrift 2 requires complete physical commitment,” says Yann Guichard, who recently sailed from the Azores to La Trinité-sur-Mer, alone at the helm of the world¹s largest racing multihull. With two months to go…
On November 2, the skipper of Safran will line up at the start of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. This will be Marc Guillemot’s fifth appearance in the queen of the transats. It is a race he has particular affection…
Two giants of ocean racing – one virtual and one very much reality – have joined forces to provide gamers with a double treat for the next nine months. The Volvo Ocean Race is the sailing’s leading round-the-world crewed event…
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