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Members of he Pendragon Sailing Team from North America recently flew to New Zealand for the launching of Pendragon VI, a new Davidson 69. Designer Laurie Davidson worked alongside a design team from Dibley Marine, an NZ-based naval architecture firm….
The new Salperton handed over last week has been designed and built for even better sailing performance and long range cruising. She is 45 metres long with a 61 metre Southern Spars rig including Future Fibres PBO rigging. She has…
New for 2010, this 17.80m flagship of the Jeanneau range holds an unequalled top of the range position in the large yacht category. The standard of finish is exceptional. The combination of elegant hull, innovative feel to the deck plan…
Race 11, the final race of the pointscore of the Audi Winter Series 2009, was a fast race once the predicated nor'westerly winds arrived. After a short delay in the start, due to lack of breeze, racing commenced at 11.35am…
Waterloo Bay, home of the 2009 Australian School Team Racing Championships have completely glassed out therefore resulting in the afternoon session of racing being abandoned. Race Officer Louise Davis was standing by on the course, hoping that more breeze would…
Alfa Romeo, Neville Crichton's Reichel Pugh 100, set a new elapsed time record for monohulls in the Transpacific Yacht Race by making the 2,225-nautical mile crossing in 5 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes and 20 seconds (subject to ratification). The…
Designed to meet the most stringent requirements onboard commercial vessels, the next generation Simrad MX510/512 professional navigation system is now available to the megayacht market, providing the ultimate in navigational accuracy. The Simrad MX510 is a two-serial port control and…
The 2009 Finn Gold Cup attracted 89 entries from 31 countries as far afield from the host nation of Denmark, as Australia and New Zealand, the USA and India, along with Russia and of course nations throughout Europe and the…
Racing began over the weekend at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Buzios, Brazil, with Sydney cousins Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin leading the charge for the OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Sailing Team. The Hobie 16 crew had the…
Instead of staff layoffs, leading marine electrical systems supplier, Outback Marine, has tackled the economic downturn head on – moving to more economically viable premises so each of its valued employees keeps their job. In a reverse of what is…
When entries closed at 1700hrs on Friday, a bumper fleet of 81 had entered the 24th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. Commenting on the high level of entries, Vice Commodore and Chairman of the Sailing Committee Garry Linacre said…
At the suggestion of a few of their members, the Women's International Match Racing Association has added a crew database to their website. This feature will allow skippers looking for a crew for an event to post a “crew wanted ad” and sailors…
Dan Slater slipped from the lead after day four of the six day 2009 Finn Gold Cup World Championship on now. The kiwi is now in 6th place with one more day of qualifying races ahead of the medal race…
Sailing amidst the current economic climate can be tough & demand close to the wind tactics but Windcraft is again at the front of the pack and has been able to grow and forge ahead. Windcraft will have on display…
Australian crews lead the way in 49er and 470 men's fleets The Australian Sailing Team's 49er crew of Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen and 470 pair of Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page have continued their onwater form on day four…
Meridien Marinas are running a competiton to win free berthing for 25 years. To enter, all you need to do is visit the Meridien Marinas stand at the Sydney International Boat Show from July 30 to August 3. www.meridien.com.au www.sydneyboatshow.com.au
The Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club – Youthsail Holiday Sailing Program during the Queensland school holidays was again a resounding success with close to 80 children between 6 and 16 years undertaking an introduction to the Yachting Australia ‘Get Into Small…
Alfa Romeo has been averaging 16.5 knots, which is over 2 knots faster than the Los Angeles to Hawaii Transpacific Yacht Race previous monohull record pace set by Morning Glory in 2005. The super maxi clipped off 431 nautical miles…
The OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Sailing Team is in final stages of preparations for the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships with racing getting underway on Saturday in Buzios, Brazil. The team of ten athletes and three coaches has…
A total of 16 boats and over 70 people participated in the 3rd Seawind Whitsunday Rally held recently from June 20 – 27, finishing in perfect Whitsunday weather with beautiful warm sunshine and calm seas. The fleet started with at…
In 2009, Artemis Ocean Racing aims to promote British short-handed sailing talent, through a team structure that recruits skippers for particular periods and events. This team concept is the core of the campaign strategy with a clear objective of developing…
Alinghi, the Defender of the 33rd America's Cup, launched its new 90ft catamaran today on Lake Geneva, Switzerland, by helicopter. At 16:00 this afternoon, Alinghi 5, the Swiss America's Cup Defender's new catamaran, was lifted out of the tent where…
Relentless, the modified Nelson Marek One-Design 35 has crossed the most meridians, but somewhere around 140º west, the Criminal Mischief crew will say “Aloha! See you in Hawaii!” to Tim Fuller and Erik Shampain on Relentless. Alfa Romeo, is flying…
With entries closing this Friday 10 July at 1700hrs for the 24th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to have received 70 entries with more entries anticipated prior to the close of…
Ten of Australia's best young sailors are nervously awaiting the opening races of the 39th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships in Armacao de Buzios, Brazil. With racing set to start in less than 24 hours, hopes are high…
Bright Ideas ELB has donated two of the new McMurdo FAST FIND 211 Personal Location Beacons (PLBs) to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. The FAST FIND is said to be the most compact PLB available on the market today and at…
Dan SLATER (NZL) heads the leaderboard but on the same points as Zach RAILEY (USA). Ed WRIGHT (GBR) moves up to third. Race wins on Wednesday went to Eduard SKORNYAKOV (RUS) and Marin MISURA (CRO). Wednesday dawned as most days…
In a similar 10-18 knot Sirocco as yesterday, the leaders of the ORC International Worlds fleet have sailed the first half of their 87-mile offshore race, with Piero Paniccia's Cookson 50 Calipso IV leading the fleet around their turning mark…
An Australian team skippered by Katie Spithill stole the show in a five-match thriller on Day 5 of Match Cup Sweden to claim victory. Spithill and her crew of Stacey Jackson, Olivia Price, Sam Boyd, Jess Eastwell, and Nicole Douglass…
Tactics for protecting your lead and clear air on the run, by David Dellenbaugh. One thing I hate on a reach or run is when the boat behind me sails higher than I want to sail. This forces me to…
Life is never dull in the challenging role of tactician, reports Tony Bull. THE ROLE of tactician is arguably one of the most critical on the boat. As the name implies, he or she is responsible for positioning the boat…
After two races sailed in a moderate southerly, Zach Railey (USA) has taken the lead at the Finn Gold Cup in Vallensbaek, Denmark. The first race went to Giles Scott (GBR), leading from start to finish, while the second race…
Two races have been completed in the ORC International World Championship, and provisional results indicate George Andreadis' GS 42R Meliti IV leads Class A on scores of 3-1. In Class B, Guiseppe Guiffre's M37 Low Noise won yet another race to have…
Leading sailing holiday company Sunsail turns 35 this year and tocelebrate, they have announced a special offer of 35% off selected last-minutebookings from their base in the Whitsundays, north Queensland. All customers have to do is call Sunsail and ask about…
It is understood that AMIF CEO Sherry Donaldson is no longer employed by the now defunct organisation. AMIF and Donaldson had come under fire in recent years over a variety of issues, notably concerns expressed by industry players and various…
Alfa Romeo logged 269 nautical miles from Sunday's 1300 start through the Monday 0600 roll call. Neville Crichton's super maxi is averaging 14.6 knots, nearly a knot faster than Morning Glory's average during her Transpac record-breaking run in 2005. A…
Judith Thomson describes the last leg of a two-and-a-half-year voyage. Across through Shark Bay, we were chased by a squall until we dropped anchor in the lee of intense red Pindan sandhills. The cliffs jutted above narrow creamy beaches and…
How did you get into sailing and why? When I was in grade three, a classmate took me for a sail in his sabot. That was in Cairns in 1958. I have been in and out of boats ever since. And…
How did you get into sailing and why? I started when I was 16 at Port Hunter 16-foot skiff club at Stockton, Newcastle. This probably came about because my father was a tug boat master on Newcastle Harbour. Actually, in…
How did you get into sailing and why? About 60 years ago when as a teenager, I played truant from a boring workplace and ran away with a colleague to have a sail in his Diamond yacht. I often wonder…
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