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One hundred years ago today, on 15 August 1914, the Panama Canal opened after 23 years of construction work. A century later it is still considered one of the largest and most successful engineering feats ever built. One of the…
Cruising Helmsman contributor Rosemary Jilderts would like to pass on the latest warning from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Summer turtle breeding season is coming the GBRMPA says and with marine turtle numbers rapidly declining we must be…
Ex-Hurricane Bertha provided a lively opening day to the 2014 RC44 Marstrand World Championship with the wind at times gusting to 20+ knots and a lumpy sea that placed a premium on boat handling. As usual at a RC44 regatta,…
The Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week fleet continued to experience strong winds and close racing on the penultimate day of the seven-day anniversary event. With the Sports Boats choosing not to venture out on Pioneer Bay for their…
Vestas, the world’s leading wind energy company, was today announced as the seventh and final boat for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15. Six-time world champion Chris Nicholson, who will be contesting his fifth race, will skipper the boat and work…
With Lay Day over the 135-boat record fleet competing in the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week regatta and the Whitsunday Sailing Club race management team are starting to turn their attention towards the next three day’s weather and races….
Hurricane Bertha claimed its first victim in Britain as a yachtsman was killed after being hit in the head by a boat's boom in near gale-force winds. Coastguards, police and the RNLI scrambled to reach the injured crew member, who…
When is this country going to grow up and have one set of registration and one set of regulations for all states? Boats, by their very nature, move around a lot. And every time they cross into another regulatory environment…
After three days of next to no wind on a small lake in the middle of Russia, Team Gilmour managed to overcome the light and shifty conditions to take the win in a white wash final against Eugeniy Neugodnikov from…
COWES, England – Five Volvo Ocean Race boats are currently neck and neck in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland race, which began at 0900 this morning. The fleet of Volvo Ocean 65s is leading the monohulls as they exit…
Returning to the Swedish sailing mecca of Marstrand Island for the fourth consecutive year, this week will see the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club (GKSS) host the 2014 RC44 World Championship. With 12 confirmed teams the scoreboard could not be closer,…
The 2014/15, B14 national titles will commence on the 27th of December, 2014 at the McCrae Yacht Club. The world titles will follow from the 2nd to the 6th of January, 2015. The B14 is an International Sailing Federation recognised…
The overhauled TP52 Shogun is the first official entry for the 2015 Festival of Sails, owner Rob Hanna showing support for his yacht club and adding some grand prix weight to Victoria’s premier sailing regatta to be staged January 17-26….
One of the world’s fastest sailboats for its size and type will be scorching across the waters off Hamilton Island during next week’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. The AC45 class catamaran is one of the most technologically advanced sailboats…
Multihull Solutions had an exceptional sales result at the 2014 Sydney International Boat Show recording four unconditional catamaran sales and signing three conditional contracts. At the show Multihull Solutions sold a TAG 50 catamaran as well as three Fountaine Pajot…
Beneteau and its national dealer network will once again host the pre-race Beneteau briefings at Hamilton Island Race Week. Host Michael Spies will be joined by a selection of guest speakers outlining the race courses and some tactical hints and…
Tony Kirby’s Ker 46 Patrice showed the IRC fleet how it is done when they took centre stage on Pioneer Bay today in the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week winning two from two races to remain in first…
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club will be accepting entries for the 172nd running of the Festival of Sails regatta on Monday 11 August 2014. An extended 2015 Festival of Sails regatta begins when the multihulls start rolling in from around…
Consistent sailing has placed David Taylor’s Pisces in a commanding position on the leader board going into the final race in the RYCT’s Winter Series at the end of August. 'Winter' was the apt description for the race, with Hobart’s…
The Laser and Laser Radial gold medals went the way of Tom Burton (AUS) and Anne Marie Rindom (DEN). Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) made sure of Men's 470 gold whilst Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (NZL) clinched the…
Two race wins for Spirit of Europe on the fifth day of racing in Palma at the Gazprom Swan 60 World Championship has moved her from fourth to second overall with a four point lead over third and fourth place….
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil threw out glamorous conditions as the racing concluded in the 49er, 49erFX, Finn and Nacra 17 on a breezy day at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2014. Billy Besson and Marie Riou (FRA)…
The weather models said there would be wind and rain today, and they were right as the south-east kicked up high on and around Pioneer Bay for Day 1 of the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week. Many boats…
NECN. By Kaitlin Flanigan: No one was injured after a 40-foot sailboat crashed into another boat and sank in Nantucket Harbor in Massachusetts Friday morning, authorities said. U.S. Coast Guard officials say the sailboat contacted the Harbormaster just before 11…
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has lodged a challenge for the 35th America’s Cup. Out-going Commodore Steve Burrett announced at the Squadron’s annual meeting last night that the challenge would go ahead. The Squadron will be represented by Emirates…
Race day four at the Gazprom Swan 60 World Championship saw both new and familiar faces at the front of the fleet. In shifty conditions with the wind from between 210° to 220° and pressure from 9 to 11 knots,…
The leaderboards across the ten events on show at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2014 are starting to take shape following four days of competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Medal Race places have been decided in the…
COWES, England, August 7 – Five Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 boats will line up against each other in a dress rehearsal of the event proper when they compete in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race on Sunday. The race…
The Mantus anchor is a multi-purpose boat anchor now available in Australia and New Zealand from Marine Innovations. Distributors claim that over the past decade tests performed by various marine publications indicate that the new generation type boat anchors out-perform…
Coast Guard Victoria will establish a VHF Marine Distress & Monitoring service for the East Coast of Victoria from Point Hicks to Gabo Island in addition to the Flotilla operations at Mallacoota. Mallacoota will become a very popular boating…
Five Australian Sailing Team crews are in medal positions in five of the six classes with Australian representation, ahead of tomorrow’s first day of medal races at the Rio Olympic Test event, Aquece Rio – International Regatta 2014. After…
Bavaria Yachtbau and Nautitech Catamarans have finalised negotiations for the French catamaran manufacturer to be acquired by the Giebelstadt-based company. With this move, Bavaria expands its product portfolio of monohull yachts to include the growing market for catamarans and continues…
Scott Vogel, President of Composite Rigging, announced that the company is sponsoring the “ECsix T-Shirt Design Contest.” According to Vogel, “Everyone and anyone have a chance to win an expenses-paid “trip for two” to one of seven ports-of-call along the…
Daryl Wislang will be returning to the Volvo Ocean Race onboard Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s Azzam with a point to prove after being named in Ian Walker’s race crew on Tuesday. The 33-year-old New Zealander’s call-up coupled with the appointment…
Entries are now open for the truly unique Governor’s Cup Yacht Race from False Bay Yacht Club near the historic Simon’s Town, South Africa to Jamestown, St Helena Island – one of the world’s best kept secrets. This exhilarating 1,700…
Lightwave Yachts will be officially launching its Lightwave 45 Maestro, at Raby Bay Harbour pontoon on Saturday 9 August at 11.30am. By making some modifications to its 45 model, the Lightwave team has created a 45 foot catamaran with a…
The rulebook? Race Director Jack Lloyd wrote it – and tells us why the new one-design boat isn't the only exciting change to this year's race… So, you’ve said goodbye to the pets. You’ve told your Facebook friends that you’re…
Today the fleet of the 33 Copa del Rey MAPFRE completed the two windward / leeward races scheduled for all classes. The wind arrived late in the central race course of the bay, where the Gaastra IRC 0, Barclays 52…
The wind arrived on time for its appointment at the Bay of Palma, and the fleet was able to fulfil the program sailing two races in its debut in the 33rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE. Finally 117 boats crossed the…
Porto Cervo, Italy. Monday 4th August 2014. While holidaymakers flock to Sardinia to enjoy stunning beaches and sweltering August temperatures, staff at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) are hard at work preparing for two major international regattas in September….
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