Sydney International Boat Show
A stunning winter’s day at Darling Harbour for the opening of the iconic Sydney International Boat Show at Darling Harbour. It looks like the good weather will be with us for most of the show, so no excuses not to…
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Aussies at Governor’s Cup
NEWPORT BEACH, CA (July 26, 2022 – BYC Media Team) — Jet lag for defending champion Jeffrey Petersen (USA) of host Balboa Yacht Club is evidently not a problem as he stands in first place at the end of the…
ILCA 6 Youth World Championship – Days 1 and 2
Shoreacres, TX, USA – The 2022 ILCA 6 Youth World Championship kicked off racing on Monday, July 25 under clear skies with a warm breeze. The sailors were divided into four fleets – one division for the 50 women sailors,…
Phoenix win in Puerto Portals
The Plattner family’s South African flagged Phoenix laid to rest the ghosts of November past when they today clinched the third regatta title of the 2022 52 SUPER SERIES season, the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week, which finished…
Roschier Baltic Sea Race – Overall winner: Silver Moon II (FIN)
Finnish H-323 Silver Moon II, skippered by Salla Kaven has won the Roschier Baltic Sea Race having scored the best time after IRC correction for the new race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Offshore…
US win M32 event in Marstrand
The M32 fleet gathered in Marstrand over the weekend for the 3rd event in the European Series and were joined by teams from the U.S. Reigning World Champions, team Convexity, having had a break since winning the Miami Winter Series…
Roschier Baltic Sea Race: Sweden wins IRC One
Helsinki, 25 July, 2022: The Swedish Farr 400 Wetjob, skippered by Niclas Heurlin is the winner of IRC One for the first edition of the Roschier Baltic Sea Race. Arto Linnervuo’s Finnish Xp 44 Xtra Staerk is second and was…
Fuels ain’t fuels
This article is reproduced from the April 2019 edition of our Cruising Helmsman Magazine. Andrew Norton details the effects ethanol added fuels have on outboard engines and fuel tanks and the result is not good. Norton includes testing procedures and…
Australian Sailing Award Nominations Closing Soon
Nominations for the 2022 State and National Australian Sailing Awards are closing this Sunday 31 July at 8pm AEST. The Awards are your way to acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding organisations and individuals of the Australian Sailing community. Winners of…
SailGP set to deliver milestone event in Clean Energy Journey
PLYMOUTH, GREAT BRITAIN – July 22, 2022 – SailGP will take its biggest step forward in its ambition to be the most sustainable and purpose driven global sports league, with some of the most progressive technological and sustainable clean energy…
52 Super Series – Phoenix takes lead into final day
The Bay of Palma looks like it might deliver a whole new weather scenario for the final day title shoot out at the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. After eight races have been sailed in light to moderate…
French Off Shore Grand Prix – Clean Sweep for JPK
The French Grand Prix of Off Shore racing – The Drheam Cup – recently completed was a tribute to the JPK brand with first, second and third places on the Podium. JPK established some 20 years ago in Larmor Plage,…
Gizzeria KiteFoil World Series – Final Day
The final day of the KiteFoil World Series Gizzeria in Italy produced three highly-deserving winners after a quick-fire Medal Series. By the women’s four-rider final it was well established that port tack was the best way to start on today’s…
MC38 Swish trumps Act 5
Event: MC38 2022 Season Act 5, July 23-24 hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club with racing on Sydney Harbour The lottery that is winter sailing in Sydney toyed with the MC38 fleet for act 5 on Sydney Harbour. At the…
52 Super Series – Comebacks and Consistency Are Key To Podium Spots
With two days of racing still to sail, winners last year Sled have taken control of Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week but only by a couple of points. The US flagged team which are the reigning 52 SUPER…
Baltic Sea Race – I Love Poland takes Line Honours
Helsinki, 24 July, 2022: Volvo Open 70 I Love Poland, owned by the Polish National Foundation and skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski crossed the finish line in Helsinki to take Line Honours for the Roschier Baltic Sea Race at 19:27:35 EEST…
Consistent Interlodge leads 52 Super Series in Puerto Portals
A pair of third places to complement yesterday’s fourth and a win has resulted in Austin and Gwen Fragomen’s US flagged Interlodge taking over the leadership of the Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week in Spain. Since they returned…
Thrilling times as the breeze kicks in at Baltic Sea Race
By the morning of the third day of the Roschier Baltic Sea Race, the new 635 nautical mile event is producing thrilling competition, for both line honours and those in contention for overall wins. The race for line honours has…
Gizzeria KiteFoil World Series – Day 3
Day 3 of the KiteFoil World Series Gizzeria, in Italy, was the most interesting yet, with some significant moves on the leaderboard in warm winds of 12 to 16 knots. The power of the port tack start wasn’t nearly so…
52 Super Series: Phoenix rises from the ashes
After repair work late into the night, as well as remedial work to the engines of their support RIB after two unfortunate crashes within a few hours of each other, the Plattner family’s Phoenix team made a strong start to…
Special 50th edition Fastnet Race for 2023
A year from now the start gun will fire on what will be the most significant, historic edition of the world’s largest offshore yacht race, setting sail from Cowes on Saturday 22nd July 2023 will be the 50th edition of…
Gizzeria KiteFoil World Series – Day 2
Italy: Day 2 of KiteFoil World Series Gizzeria produced slightly lighter winds and threw some subtly different challenges at the 96 riders competing in the south of Italy and winning the first race of the day meant a lot to…
Baltic Sea Race Day 2
The fleet in the Roschier Baltic Sea Race made good progress on the first night, racing west towards Stockholm and just over 15 hours into the 635-mile race, Volvo 70 I Love Poland had raced nearly 200 miles and was…
Performance Cruising Yachts at SIBS
Sydney-based Performance Cruising Yachts will have three yachts on display at the Sydney International Boat Show (SIBS) from 29 July to 1 August, including two debutantes.In exciting news, the company is set to debut its first catamaran – the Dufour…
The Multihull Group – Inspire and Learn
If you are looking for some tips or tricks for your multihull, then please take a look at the TMG Inspire and Learn series of videos here Join TMG in Sydney for the Sydney Boat Show 2022, where the Lagoon…
ILIAD 62 official launch at the show
Next weekend is Sydney International Boat Show and Multihull Solutions encourage you to book your appointments early to view their extensive range on display. The spectacular ILIAD 62 will be officially launched at the show, and this model is available…
Hydrofoiling Longreach 40
The new Longreach 40 is packed full of innovation, from Hydrofoils, to the Diesel Outboard motors to Sharrow propellers, all working together to reduce fuel burn and efficiency to Reach Further and Stay Longer. This family sized cruiser is ideal…
Anchoring skills: expert advice to improve your knowledge
Rachael Sprot, July 20, 2022 Yachting Monthly instructor Rachael Sprot steps aboard to help Sophia Lagus and crew anchor off the beaten track with confidence and improve their anchoring skills. Anchoring is one of the greatest joys of sailing, yet…
Marine Medical Solutions
The marine industry has a new first aid and medical training solution with the official launch of Australian company Marine Medical Solutions. Providing world-class training courses and medical equipment relevant to the marine industry, Marine Medical Solutions has tailor-made offerings…
Kitefoil World Series Gizzeria – Day 1
Day 1 of KiteFoil World Series Gizzeria in the south of Italy asked as many questions as it provided answers for the 96 competitors. Safe starboard tack, or risky port tack at the start? Both strategies were working at different…
Destination Hamilton Island Race Week – Skin checks are back!
Sailors will travel vast distances and boats will be delivered by road and water from far-reaching ports to be part of Australia’s premier destination regatta, Hamilton Island Race Week, from August 20-27. This year is the third attempt to join…
52 Super Series – Palma
Sled Reset On Cue With Portals Practise Race Win Victors overall by one single point on these same Bay of Palma waters last August, Sled proved they have the capacity to triumph once more when they won today’s official practise…
Yacht pounded against road in wild NZ weather
A catamaran has been dashed against a road along Wellington Harbour as the capital is hit by wild weather. Video sent to 1News shows the yacht being repeatedly pounded against the road in Lowry Bay, on the road between Seaview…
Loic Escoffier rescued after capsizing 70 miles south of Fastnet Rock
Loic Escoffier has been rescued off the coast of Ireland after capsizing in his ORC 50 while racing solo in the Drheam Cup. Loic Escoffier, who is the brother of Vendée Globe skipper Kevin Escoffier , was competing in the…
The long-term evolution of SailGP’s Impact League
The long-term evolution of SailGP’s Impact League, a world-first initiative that combines sport and sustainability, has been revealed. Launched one year ago, the Impact League is described as a ‘podium for the planet’, which sees the teams compete across the…
Fleet locked in for 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race
A fleet of 70 boats has been locked in for the 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, which returns on Saturday 30 July. Three 100-foot maxis will lead the charge for Line Honours. John Winning Jr will skipper Andoo…
Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2022 Event 4
July 20, 2022 – Riva del Garda, Italy – There are 28 Melges 24 teams gathered at the Fraglia Vela Riva waiting for the first warning signal of the fourth event of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series, also the…
Mick Hole Winter Keelboat Regatta Concludes on Pittwater
The Mick Hole Winter Keelboat Regatta concluded on Pittwater with two additional sprint races to make a total of five over the last two Saturdays from the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. “Team “DOT” won the “Micko” Regatta as we…
South Aussies add weight to 50th Melbourne to Hobart
Twelve years ago, John Willoughby scored a clean sweep of wins in the testing Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race with his striking red yacht ‘Enchantress’ – and the memory of that race – and its outcome, lingers, bringing the South…
Skipper “well-being”, the new frontier in racing performance
Adding foils to offshore racing yachts has resulted in greater performance, but has also made conditions aboard just that much harder to bear. And to such a degree that the skipper’s ability to exploit these powerful designs has become a…
