Amazing “save” of Nacra 17 captured on video
Team Abeam Goto/Tabata training in Melbourne. During bow down, dig the water, and I was swung away to the front. Everybody thought we will capsize, but luckily came back from the other side! – Goto Hiroki
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Young Victorians take on the Tasar Worlds at Busselton
One of the many benefits with the Tasar class is that it has regular world championships scheduled in interesting and exotic locations around the world. This year the Worlds are being sailed in Busselton, Western Australia, with a fleet of…
Breakwater collapses, injures man, sinks boat, damages others
Bangor Daily News, Maine. By Abigail Curtis: EASTPORT, Maine — A “catastrophic failure” very early Thursday morning caused a large section of the Eastport breakwater to collapse into the inner harbor, injuring one man, sinking a boat and damaging numerous…
Girl just wants to have fun at Sail Sydney
Emma Commerford is just nine years old and is sailing in her first big regatta at Sail Sydney 2014. The Middle Harbour Yacht Club member only learned to sail this year but has entered the big event to get more…
Bryant brother and sister enjoy success on day two of Sail Sydney Youth classes
Sailing is a family sport and often three generations will crew together in larger yachts. But in the dinghy and skiff fleets at Sail Sydney today, two members of the same family sailed different boats but both enjoyed success. On…
Farr 40 fleet 'Pittwaterised' during One-Design Trophy racing
Most of the active Australian east coast Farr 40 fleet assembled at Pittwater today for the opening three races of the class’ One Design Trophy hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. Reigning Australian champion Guido Belgiorno-Nettis’ Transfusion sailing…
Formula One expertise to assist Ben Ainslie Racing's America's Cup bid
Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) is pleased to announce it will be working with Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT), a division of the Red Bull Formula One group, as it progresses with its campaign to claim the 35th America’s Cup. Operating…
Big year ahead for Spindrift Racing
The maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2 reached her home port of La Trinité-sur-Mer in the early hours of Tuesday morning after a week-long crossing from Guadeloupe. Conditions were ideal for Yann Guichard and his eight crew members. The return trip across the…
Extreme Series moves to Sydney for final Act of the year
“We have had a spectacular season on Alinghi but relaxing now would make it all worthless.” With just one week to go until the final Act of the 2014 season, Morgan Larson and the Swiss team Alinghi have only one…
Early entry extended for Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs race
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club announced today they have extended the closing date for the first round of Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race entries by a week to Friday December 12, 2014. After the cut-off a late…
Rockingham Race Weekend enjoys ideal conditions
Rockingham Race Weekend was blessed with ideal conditions for the two-day event hosted by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club. The event is part of the Farrawa Cup Series. Day one was the Dolphin Race which began with an early start…
Onboard video footage of Team Vestas Wind as they hit the bricks
Here’s what the onboard cameras captured as Team Vestas Wind hit a reef off Mauritius. Warning: Some coarse language, but you have to expect that from a man who was in the heads when the impact happened.
Dana Johanssen: Dalton's fighting talk can't hide problems for ETNZ
NZ Herald. By Dana Johanssen: Just as the news Bermuda is the next home of the America's Cup was expected, so too was Team New Zealand's bullish response. Little more than 15 minutes had passed following the close of the…
Wild Oats XI spreads her wing for 10th Rolex Sydney-Hobart
She’s the Grande Dame of ocean yacht racing and had near a dozen makeovers in the past 10 years. Now it’s hoped her latest upgrade will literally wing her to unsurpassed levels of acclaim on the international sailing scene. The…
Girl power on display as three invited classes enjoy their first day at Sail Sydney
Conditions were perfect on Sydney Harbour when three Youth classes went out at 11am for their first day of racing at Sail Sydney. A gradient breeze of 8 to 10 knots filled in to become a steady 15 knots from…
Victor Kovalenko OAM awarded NSW Olympic Council Order of Merit
The Australian Sailing Team and Yachting Australia congratulate multiple Olympic and World Champion medal winning head coach Victor Kovalenko, OAM, who was awarded the New South Wales Olympic Council Order of Merit this week. Australian Sailing’s “Medal Maker” Victor Kovalenko…
Foiling Week is back at Lake Garda in 2015
The Foiling Week is the first and only global event dedicated to the amazingly fast foiling boats, their sailors, designers and builders. The first edition (2014) was announced in December 2013 and held at Fraglia Vela Malcesine, Lake Garda, Italy in…
Tom Burton follows in his mentor's footsteps at ISAF World Cup Melbourne
Laser sailors called Tom who took their sailing baby steps in Gosford seem a potent mixture when it comes to present-day world sailing domination. Tom Slingsby grabbed gold in London two years ago. Now 24-year old Tom Burton is top…
Port Phillip sailing arena almost open for ISAF Sailing World Cup
The clock is ticking down to the start of the Southern Hemisphere’s leading internationally graded Olympic event, the ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne. Early arrivals have spent their days acclimatising to Melbourne’s weather and testing out Port Phillip’s sailing…
Team Vestas Wind arrive safely in Mauritius
Volvo Ocean Race’s ship-wrecked nine-man Team Vestas Wind crew finally made it back to civilisation on Wednesday, telling of their amazing escape from a collision with an Indian Ocean reef which grounded their boat. The unshaven, exhausted team in the…
Racing slows at Phuket King's Cup Regatta
Very little early wind today brought most of the classes to a momentary rest, with racing action to resume tomorrow. Thursday is traditionally reserved as a ‘reserve day’ to accommodate days of very light weather such as this, and will…
Youth sailors chosen to compete in Clipper Race
Following nominations from all over the UK, Charlie Stannard, 19, from Tower Hamlets, London, and Heather Thomas, 18, from Otley, West Yorkshire, have been shortlisted by legendary sailing duo Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and Sir Ben Ainslie for the chance to win a…
Melges 24 World Championships Notice of Race released
The Notice of Race has been published for the Melges 24 World Championship 2015 and Melges 24 sailors from across the globe are welcome to make their entries for this event that takes place from 30th June to 5th July 2015 in Middelfart, Denmark. The Melges 24…
Derwent Sailing Squadron launches Launceston to Hobart Race
The previous time champion one-design class yachtsman and ocean racing veteran Greg ‘Enzo’ Prescott contested the National Pies Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race was in a yacht designed more for harbour racing than battling the ocean. Skippering his Melges 32,…
Subtropical conditions for day two of Sail Sydney
High humidity and lighter winds made for a subtropical day two at Sail Sydney. The morning session was postponed until a light nor’easter replaced the early glass-out and slowly inched up to 10 knots by the time the Moths, 49ers,…
ARC record broken for second consecutive year
Unprecedented in the 29 year history of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, the ARC Course Record has been broken for a second consecutive year following ideal trade wind sailing for the largest transocean rally. Leopard by Finland crossed the finish line in…
McGrath Foundation named official charity partner for Extreme Sailing Series in Sydney
4 December 2014 – The McGrath Foundation has been appointed the official charity partner of the Extreme Sailing Series in Australia. The partnership will help raise funds to place McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities across Australia and increase breast…
Bird Island Race final rendezvous ahead of Rolex Sydney Hobart
The upcoming Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has spawned a glut of entries for the Bird Island Race, among them Anthony Bell’s 100ft Perpetual Loyal, which along with the remaining 37 entries, will take advantage of a last opportunity to…
Jingle bells and downwind tales for Caribbean Rally participants
As you sit down to your Christmas turkey this year, one fleet of yachts will be hoping Santa got the temporary change of address email, as they head for sunnier climes on a 3000nm adventure across the Atlantic. The 2014…
Greg Wilcox leads OK World Ranking into Melbourne World Championship
Greg Wilcox (NZL) will head into this month's World Championship in Melbourne, Australia as the OK Dinghy World No. 1 for the fourth consecutive release. Another great season from the 2002 World Champion has seen him lead the rankings for…
France on the start grid of the GC32 Racing Tour
France is historically the world’s leading nation when it comes to multihull racing, so it is appropriate it is represented on the GC32 Racing Tour. In 2015, the state of the art GC32 foiling catamarans will compete in a five…
Rumour suggests Iain Murray will be America's Cup regatta director again
OPINION: According to reports on the New Zealand website Stuff and in the Fairfax media, Iain Murray is again in line to be regatta director for the America's Cup World Series and the 35th Match in Bermuda. Stuff's Duncan Johnstone…
Like a funeral as derelict boats destroyed in California
Lost Coast Outpost. By Andrew Goff. “I'd like to save that mast! Get those turnbuckles off of it!” Mariner Leroy Zerlang barked orders to his crew as they readied the ship for demolition at the dry dock in Fields Landing….
America’s Cup and Olympic stars heading to Sorrento for 2015 Moth Worlds
America’s Cup stars, Olympic medallists and world champions are among the record 150 plus sailors who will converge on Port Phillip in the New Year when the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club (SSCBC) in Victoria hosts the McDougall + McConaghy…
Sail Sydney medallists decided after first half of program concludes
Sail Sydney’s first half competition block has finished and the top results at the ISAF graded series mirror pre-regatta expectations. Competitors enjoyed a quiet mid-week Sydney Harbour. The regular Manly Ferry service slipped quietly past and sea planes flew out…
And the winner is …. Bermuda
The next America’s Cup will be raced in Bermuda in June of 2017. The host venue was confirmed at a press conference in New York on Tuesday by Harvey Schiller, the Commercial Commissioner for the America’s Cup. “In Bermuda we…
Team Vestas Wind crew finally return to civilisation
Chris Nicholson’s stranded Team Vestas Wind crew are finally on their way back to civilisation after two days sitting on a remote ‘sand pit’ in the Indian Ocean, where there was a risk of shark encounters. The Volvo Ocean Race…
Sydney to Hobart in Dec/Jan Australian Sailing + Yachting
It is that time of year again. Yachts from around the world head south for the great race. This year there will be five maxis on the Sydney to Hobart start line including Jim Clark's new weapon, Comanche. We have…
Wild Oats XI vs Comanche – eight years of yacht design
Sitting side by side at Woolwich Docks in Sydney Australia it is easy to see the changes in yacht design thinking over the past few years. Wild Oats XI the older Super-Maxi will this year fight for line honours against…
First ARC+ boat arrives in St Lucia
Today Saint Lucia welcomed the first arrival from the 2014 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers to its shores. Sailing within the ARC+ fleet, Alubat Cignale 18 Eleonora 2 crossed the finish line at 07:38:46 local time after a fast 2100NM passage…
