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As the fleet for Hamilton Island Race Week 2015 continues to grow at a record pace, a new trend is emerging. A sizeable increase in interest in the regatta from ‘highway helmsmen’ – trailable yacht owners. This unexpected surge of…
He sailed three times around the world without stopping and has circumnavigated a total of nine times without major incident. But luck ran out for famous Australian solo sailor Jon Sanders yesterday when his yacht began to fill with water…
This week, two World Cruising Club rallies converged on Marina de Lagos in southern Portugal marking the end of their multi-leg journeys to the Algarve. ARC Europe began six weeks ago in Nanny Cay, Tortola and Portsmouth, Virginia and the…
The 9th annual Seawind Whitsunday Rally, hosted by Multihull Central last week, saw over half a dozen catamarans and thirty crew enjoy island hopping around the beautiful Whitsunday Islands for a week of social racing, sundowners plus onshore and offshore parties….
Martime Executive Two New Zealand sailors and their Mexican skipper have been rescued from a liferaft 280km south of the tiny Pacific Ocean coral island Niue after their yacht caught fire just after midnight last night. The 15m United…
Many people sail in their local waters, dreaming of one day being able to sail across an ocean. Well, maybe now you can. Cruising Helmsman has received a request from noted doctor Alan Profke looking for crew to assist in…
Water Police currently searching the water after a yacht was located washed up near Mallacoota this morning. Crew on an abalone boat spotted the yacht on the rocks around 9.45am and raised the alarm. It’s believed the boat belongs to…
Mailonline. By Jane Flanagan. When Peter and Carly Hill set sail around the coast of South Africa, it was supposed to be just another trip to add to their long list of adventures. But the journey turned into a nightmare when…
Hot on the heels of recent success by Team SCA in the Volvo Ocean Race, Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek organisers are proud to welcome the all-female “Sailescapes Farrgo Ladies” team to the regatta this year. Led by local sailing…
The Scottish Herald newspaper is reporting a dramatic step taken by the small town of Portsoy to ensure nothing upsets the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Traditional Boat Festival on July 4 and 5: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/ If you are not a believer…
Wicklow Sailing Club, in association with the Royal Ocean Racing Club and Royal Irish Yacht Club, gives notice that the 2016 Round Ireland Yacht Race is scheduled to start from Wicklow Bay at 14:00 hrs on Saturday 18th June 2016….
Great Sandy Straits Marina, 26 June through 12 July inclusive. After success here in 2014, resulting in a $321 donation to Marine Rescue Hervey Bay, Great Sandy Straits Marina welcomes the Floating Impressions ‘Boatique’ Exhibition on SV CatNirvana back to the local area….
The Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) of Australia has announced its partnering with the 2015 Port2Port Down Under Rally, which will take place during October and November 2015. Every year around 200 privately owned cruising yachts and catamarans participate in the…
PHUKET, Thailand – The Thai island of Phuket is preparing for an influx of visitors in July, as more than 500 sailors and spectators from around the world head to the Island to compete in the Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket…
A few weeks ago we ran the story (see Related Content) of the cruising catamaran that hit rocks near Phuket. Thanks to Bob Mott of www.chartercatamaran.com and Gren Fordham of www.southeastasiapilot.com we now have an update and it sounds as though the rocks…
Following a three-day weather delay, crews of yachts taking part in World Cruising Club's annual ARC Portugal waved good bye to Plymouth's Mayflower Marina for the first leg of their sail south to the Algarve coast of Portugal. High winds…
It will be four years since the last but it is a welcome return to the Australian National Maritime Museum. Today (Thursday) the ANMM launched its 2016 Classic and Wooden Boat Festival, announcing that the event will take place Friday…
The Petersville Regatta is returning to the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Sailing Calendar. The regatta will be held from 27 – 30 December 2015 and is set to be reinstated as the club’s flagship annual event. The Squadron hopes the regatta…
We have received an update on the beached yacht in Phuket from Bob Mott of Charter Catamarans. The original story is attached (see Related Content) but in a nutshell two Australians paid a deposit on the yacht, took it for…
The Royal Yacht Club of Victoria has announced the replacement and extension of its current marina with the latest in floating marinas. Being the oldest royal yacht club in Australia, 'Royals' believes it has an understanding of the requirements needed…
Bay of Plenty Times. A yacht missing at sea may never be found, after the revelation the locator beacon transmitting its position is no longer with the boat. Two men who had planned to travel from Opua to the Marlborough…
Anyone who has sailed to the Louisiades at the whip end of the PNG 'tail' knows the struggle these villagers have day-by-day. Many people pay respect to these islands by providing goods, food, medicines and services when they can and…
Yachts sailing under the flags of 20 different nations and crews from many more, set sail from Nanny Cay, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands on Saturday 9 May for their offshore adventures as part of two World Cruising Club…
Bob Mott, who runs Charter Catamaran in Thailand has sent us photographs of a cruising catamaran that has been severely holed after a collision with an unchartered reef near Phuket. Bob reports that the owner, Andre, is a French Canadian…
A bumper fleet of over 50 boats from 20 different countries will take part in World Cruising Club's Spring rallies – ARC Europe and ARC USA – set to depart on Saturday 9th May. Venturing west to east across the…
According to The Guardian newspaper, a six-year-old French girl died from hypothermia on Thursday after a yacht she and her family were on capsized during the night off the mid-Atlantic Azores islands. “The little girl spent seven and a half…
So you are in the chandlery looking at two shackles: same size, both galvanised and they both look strong. The rated shackle (the one with a painted pin usually) is $10, the other one is only $3.50. Tony Little’s photo…
The entry form and Notice of Race for Airlie Beach Race Week 2015 are online and organisers are expecting a good roll up for the annual event’s 26th edition, with some well-known multihulls among the early entries already received. Open…
Dorset Echo A YACHT escaped its moorings, ran aground and sank off Portland Breakwater. While heading out on routine training on Tuesday evening, Wyke Reis Coastguard Rescue team spotted the yacht in Portland Harbour. On investigation it was found the…
How does a charter company celebrate its 30th birthday? For Cumberland Charter Yachts the answer is to give away free hampers with every charter. How quickly time has passed for Terry Kemp and the crew at CCY. Little did he…
Solar? Wind? Engine? A recurring question in the cruising fleet is how best to connect a variety of charging methods to charge the batteries. Here is what regular CH electrical writer John Tylor has to say: “This is an interesting…
This month’s tip is relevant to any rig with stainless steel fittings on aluminium, but I particularly want to highlight a problem with modern production boats. Many of these have stainless steel slides in the lower side of the boom…
Like me, Kim Klaka has never fully understood the recommendation to have a safety harness clipping point near the companionway. Kim writes: “I realise you are extremely vulnerable when exiting and entering the cabin, but there is a much safer…
The Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa and her crew have departed New Zealand, on its way to leaving the Pacific Ocean for the first time in her 40-year history. The canoe’s master navigator, Bruce Blankenfeld, will use traditional Polynesian navigation techniques to…
The call has gone out for entrants to join in the newly introduced Classic Yacht Class for the 9th annual SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week. Yachts with time on their side and built for racing in an earlier era…
The World Cruising Club, organisers of the annual Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC), have announced that they will be taking over the events and activities of Sailing Rallies Ltd, including delivery of this summer's Baltic 4 Nations Rally. World Cruising…
Here's a great idea that could never work in Australia because of Federalism. A cruising route with secure moorings and marinas at regular intervals (perhaps in co-operation with New Zealand, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island) would encourage international and local…
A German man who was sailing from west Africa to the Caribbean island of Trinidad is missing after his yacht washed up in Guyana, officials say. Axel Verlohr had been sailing aboard the catamaran yacht which authorities found vandalised on…
Multihull Solutions continues to expand its ventures in the Asia Pacific region with the announcement of its major sponsorship of the Sail 2 Indonesia Cruising Rally. The rally is a four-month adventure that sees a large contingent of power…
The Guardian. By Oliver Milman. The monetary value of the world’s oceans has been estimated at US$24tn in a new report that warns that overfishing, pollution and climate change are putting an unprecedented strain upon marine ecosystems. The report, commissioned…
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