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Black Jack sailed across the Castray Esplanade finish line in Hobart at 01.37.17 this morning, claiming line honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, in the time of two days 12 hours 37…
The crew on the Botin 80, Stefan Racing, have kept the 100-footers in their sights since the start cannon fired for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 628 nautical mile Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The Queensland boat is skippered…
The line honours winner of the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race should be known early tomorrow morning, so long as the wind does not shut down on the Derwent River. At 4pm today, the three 100-footers – Black Jack, LawConnect and SHK…
Black Jack Yachting owner Peter Harburg joined us on stage in the Hobart Race Village as his Reichel/Pugh 100 – skippered by Mark Bradford – battles LawConnect for Line Honours in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Harburg discussed…
As the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet was hit by a southerly on the first night, Adrienne Cahalan, in a crew of 16, spared a thought for those around her and particularly the crews in the Two-Handed Division….
Overall victory in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is hotting up and “up for grabs”, according to Michael Bellingham, navigator of one of the main contenders, Whisper. Bellingham says the fate of those crews in the Cruising Yacht…
As the sun set on the first day of racing, tacticians onboard Melbourne Hobart yachts began making defining race decision. The critical question for all tacticians was which way to sail past Bass Strait King Island, do we sail the…
Peter Gee and Peter Shipway look back on a more forgiving second night at sea for the fleet in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Peter Dowdney is one of Australia’s most experienced yachtsmen, who should easily get by without a good hot meal while sailing in an event like the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. But even if the thought had passed his mind…
A spectacular fight for line honours up the Derwent River in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race may be on the cards, says Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Commodore, Noel Cornish. At 5pm today, Peter Harburg’s Black Jack was well into the…
Peter Gee and Peter Shipway reflect on a rough first night in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Make or break decision to be made for Hobart fleet The combined Melbourne to Hobart and Melbourne to Devonport fleets had a very civilized start time of 14:30 today in the vicinity of Portsea Pier, allowing for excellent spectator viewing….
88 boats started the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on Sydney Harbour, with a challenging first day for the fleet.
The toll of strong southerly winds and rough seas on the first night of the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race continued to mount, with 24 boats forced to retire by this morning. A thrilling see-saw battle was still developing…
Strong winds and high seas have handed the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet a battering on the first night, with 12 entries being forced to withdraw. Tonight, the forecasted strong southerly that reached up to 30 knots, along with…
Under grey skies and light rain falling, 84 yachts with more than 600 crew onboard, set sail from Port Melbourne in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s annual Cock of the Bay race to Blairgowrie. New arrival to the Victorian…
Moneypenny, Blink and Mako are early casualties of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht race this evening, a strong southerly of up to 30 knots on a heavy seaway has taken its toll this evening. All…
SHK Scallywag 100 skipper David Witt was reminded of how tenuous fortune can be in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, when a furling disaster after exiting the heads cost him the race lead on line honours following a spectacular…
Bruce Gould will this year have the honour of firing the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race replica start cannon at 1pm on Boxing Day to send the 90-strong fleet off and on its way. As Sydney Hobart custom has dictated…
Crews in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race were eagerly bracing themselves this morning for a classic tough start with a forecast southerly set to send them on their way. The Bureau of Meteorology of NSW today confirmed the…
The 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet stands at 91 following the withdrawal today of Jim Cooney’s Volvo Open 70, Willow, and the Infiniti 46R, Maverick 49, owned by Quentin Stewart. Cooney advised the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) that…
On the sail from South Australia to Sydney on board the Northshore 38 Inukshuk, Rob Large (60) and Chris Riggs (63) calculated that they have a century of sailing experience between them. That should come in handy for the sailors,…
Yachts will set sail from Portsea on the afternoon of December 27 to Hobart and Devonport. Preparation for long distance ocean races, particularly those that start in Bass Strait, is onerous in any year. In 2021, with multiple lockdowns and…
Zac Heyes’ first memory of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is of the Boxing Day start, trying to see his father Paul on television somewhere in the fleet. This year, Heyes,18, will finally get to see his dad close up and…
The forecast of strong southerly winds and rough seas may be a concern for many in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for the Boxing Day start; but not for Christian Beck. The owner/skipper of the 100-foot LawConnect, one of the…
Victoria’s yacht racing community will be out in force on Boxing Day for the Cock of the Bay yacht race. After a year of not sailing and in fact not even being able to visit the bay, or your boat,…
Geelong’s iconic Festival of Sails is proud to be supporting a new entertainment program for the 2022 event, unveiling a new CBD initiative, ‘Gigs by Festival of Sails’. The Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s 2022 event will be held from Saturday,…
Ed Psaltis planned to stop sailing in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after 35 starts; he tried, but it didn’t work, and nearing his 39th participation, his enthusiasm for the 628 nautical mile race – and his passion to win…
An elite fleet of 45 boats is set to contest the 2021-2022 Red Pumps Australian 16ft Skiff Championships at Belmont, Lake Macquarie, from January 2-8, following the close of entries yesterday. A further nine boats have nominated for the accompanying…
Having finished second in Australia, Jimmy Spithill now hopes to lead the United States SailGP Team to Grand Final glory on home waters in San Francisco. Jimmy Spithill: We hit a top speed of 53.1 knots (0.1 knots short of…
A dream to sail solo transatlantic is all well and good, but if you’re 14-years-old and your mum says no, it’s time to look for options closer to home. I had lived on a boat since I was two weeks…
Seasickness is caused by the interaction between the organs of balance, the visual and tactile systems and the brain. While being thrown around a boat, our brain cannot reconcile the messages it receives. It is over-stimulated by conflicting information caused…
When Mark Drobitko bought the green and orange yacht he will soon sail in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for the first time, he and his crew were immediately smitten. After the Queenslander purchased the Beneteau First 40 in Southampton,…
Zhik are announced as the Official Technical Clothing Parner of IMOCA Paprec Arkéa, hot on the heels of Paprec and Arkéa announcing the joint Vendée Globe campaign with skipper Yoann Richomme. Yoann (38), an experienced skipper and naval architect, has…
Season’s greetings from World Sailing President: Dear Sailing Family and Friends, As we approach the Christmas and New Year holidays, I would like to extend my sincere greetings and very best wishes to all of our friends, partners and sailors…
A message from 11th Hour Racing Team skipper Charlie Enright: Sitting here at home in Rhode Island and as we head into the holiday season, I’ve been looking back on all that has been done by the team and I’m…
A 278-foot sailing vessel called by many ‘the most beautiful ship in the world’ sailed majestically into ONE°15 Brooklyn Marina at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Sunday morning. The Statsraad Lehmkuhl, Norway’s 107-year-old three-masted tall ship, will be docked at the marina until…
What a week we just witnessed in Sydney, glamour conditions for the Inspire Racing program and if it is even possible, better conditions for the race days on Friday and Saturday. The 16 super talented athletes arrived on Tuesday to…
Many a sailor has asked if there is really any truth to the phrase: ‘Red sky by morning, sailors take warning.’ I have myself, without really knowing with certainty. Asking an expert with thousands of miles of ocean sailing the…
Polyphasic sleep management when sailing single-handed is one of those aspects that terrorises each and every sailor who has not yet sailed by themselves. It is not a simple subject to deal with and requires plenty of practice. It is…
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