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On the Vendée Globe front line, the Christmas truce is over. Days of light winds and mild temperatures have been summarily replaced by 30-35 knot winds. Deep reefed sails are the order of the day. It is cold, miserable and…
Alive, skippered by Duncan Hine, is leading the TasPorts Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race (L2H) on line honours. A late entry in the race, Alive, a Reichel-Pugh 66 sailed by a Tasmanian crew pulled together from some of the boat’s…
Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ IV) shows again today why he is the leader of the Vendée Globe as he has positioned himself well to take the best advantage of a long awaited low pressure system which will finally break up…
Guillaume Leroux’s Class 40 Lord Jiminy took line honours in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s “Rudder Cup” Melbourne to Devonport Race, crossing the finish line at 10.45.55 this morning. That gave the boat an elapsed time of 23 hours…
Perfect wind conditions over choppy seas greeted the 19 starters in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s “Rudder Cup” Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race this morning. Northerlies blowing 25 to 35 knots allowed for a fast reach from Portsea to…
Charlie Dalin (APIVIA) goes on the record as the Christmas Number 1 on the Vendée Globe rankings after being granted a narrow lead today while nearest rival Yannick Bestaven climbs north on Maître CoQ IV in search of a fast…
Stuff Sports Queenstown ratepayers have coughed up more than $23,000 to pay for storage and legal fees for an Auckland millionaire’s abandoned yacht. The Queenstown-Lakes District Council is trying to sell ex-America’s Cup yacht NZL-14, which is moored in Queenstown…
Stuff NZ Italy's Quantum Sails President Vittorio d’Albertas and his colleague Pietro Pinucci have spotted a setup problem on INEOS Team UK which is slowing the boat, preventing it from foiling. British website Sailweb reported the theory is that the problem in…
With the remnants of a northerly wind pattern likely near Mornington Peninsular tomorrow (Dec 27), the 22 starters in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s Melbourne to Devonport Race should enjoy a fast start as they head out of Port…
Under clear blue skies and with Melbourne’s Port Phillip bathed in sunshine, a record fleet of 112 yachts, carrying 618 crew, set sail on Boxing Day in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s annual Cock of the Bay race. Paul…
Compared with the last two editions of the Vendée Globe which, by Day 45, had both been distilled down to high octane drag race sprints across the Pacific to Cape Horn, at the front this ninth edition is increasingly becoming…
BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 12-22-2020 03:35:00 Russia's Admiralty Shipyard has launched one of the most unusual ships to go down the ways in 2020. The future Severnyy Polyus (North Pole), also known as Project 00903, is as much a floating installation as it is…
Chesapeake Bay Magazine A 25-foot sailboat was reduced to a charred and sunken hull at Eastport Yacht Center this week, after marina management says the boat’s operator stayed aboard overnight with a camp stove. Apparently the sailboat was never authorized…
Leader Yannick Bestaven is being forced to play chicken with the Vendée Globe’s ice zone limit in the South Pacific as he seeks to extricate his Maître CoQ IV first from a frustrating anticyclone which is offering unusually light to…
The future of metocean data acquisition could be small, cheap and numerous, according to startup Sofar Ocean. The company has now released over 1,000 of its affordable Spotter drifter buoys, primarily in the Pacific, and it plans to use the…
Victoria’s yacht racing community will be out in force between Christmas and New Year as sailors shake off the cobwebs after a long winter in lockdown. More than 120 entries have been received for the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s…
The Vendée Globe seems set to deliver a South Pacific Ocean cliffhanger worthy of Christmas Holiday week fireside viewing as the front-running group tries to negotiate a large, tricky high pressure system which is blocking their route east. If the…
Media release issued by MBIE on December 22, 2020: New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE),the Defender of the America's Cup Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) and America's Cup Event Limited (ACE), the body set up by ETNZ…
Yannick Bestaven, who has been at the front of the fleet for four days, passed the Antimeridian at 1337hrs UTC this Sunday afternoon with his lead now extended to 120 nautical miles over second placed Charlie Dalin. Of the mental…
No winner in Auckland today for the PRADA Christmas Race as the breeze dropped away after the start of race 1 and there was not enough to complete the 4 races scheduled for the day. Race 1 between Emirates Team…
Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia, 20 December 2020 It has been a very special ARC this year, smaller in numbers, but not diminished in spirit. The determination and camaraderie of all those involved, the sailors, supporters, hosts and helpers has…
Situated on the gateway to the famous cruising mecca of the D’Entrecasteaux channel, the redevelopment of Margate Marina, just south of Hobart presses ahead. This substantial project represents one of Tasmania’s biggest recreational boating investments. Late last year saw the…
Inside the Games. By Michael Houston. A third of Japanese residents want Tokyo 2020 to be cancelled due to fears that incoming foreign travellers could cause another spike of COVID-19 cases, a new survey has revealed. The poll conducted by…
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard assisted three people aboard a sailing vessel taking on water 37 miles southeast of Charleston, Friday. A Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew arrived on scene and lowered a dewatering pump…
LONDON – December 18, 2020 – SailGP today announced two new venues that will be added to the European leg of the global championship’s second season in 2021. In two firsts for the league, SailGP will visit Saint-Tropez on the…
Aurora orange Handsmoke, LOTs 060 and 061 Media Release from Ross Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer of WesCom Signal and Rescue: It has come to our attention that a small percentage of LOT 060 and LOT 061 of the Aurora Orange…
It is with great regret that the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia announces that the 76th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will not be proceeding in 2020. The impact of COVID-19 that has disrupted sporting events around the globe for…
As if written into the script, the final race was the one that mattered when it came to who would take the PRADA America’s Cup World Series Auckland trophy. With Emirates Team New Zealand and American Magic on even points,…
Italian sailor Claudia Rossi is new to the world of offshore, but she’s quickly fallen in love with the double handed discipline. She’s teamed up with good friend Matteo Mason to form Big Wool Sailing Team, as the duo look…
The 2020 RORC Yacht of the Year, winning the Somerset Memorial Trophy is the British JPK 10.10 Jangada, owned by Richard Palmer. Racing with Jeremy Waitt as crew, Jangada was the overall winner of the RORC Transatlantic Race and winner…
The first three Vendée Globe boats are into the Pacific Ocean today and have passed the midpoint of the 24410 nautical miles race-course around the world. Yannick Bestaven, the skipper of Maître Coq IV, who has had a very consistent…
Marine Weather University has had a big year. Launched just six months ago, veteran meteorologist, Chris Bedford and 2x America's Cup winning navigator Peter Isler teamed up to provide the best marine weather education on the planet. Today MWU’s university-level…
Yesterday, on the opening day of racing among the four America's Cup syndicates, the British Team INEOS failed to finish both races, citing problems with the foil arm mechanism on their boat. The mechanism is “supplied equipment”, meaning all boats…
Reports are emerging that the CYCA will be forced to cancel this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after an outbreak of COVID19 on Sydney's Northern Beaches. There are always a good proportion of sailors from that area, especially Pittwater,…
Four match races have been held on the second day of the PRADA ACWS Auckland on race course C, the preferred playing field as it brings the racing right into the heart of the Waitematā Harbour, with a shifty and…
Yannick Bestaven, skipper of Maître CoQ IV took the lead of the Vendée Globe early this morning. And though the 47-year-old from La Rochelle, who is sailing a 2015 launched boat, has threatened the lead before, sailing an accomplished, express…
A Raymond Island yacht owner got a shock when she found the koala perched on a railing while sailing at Gippsland Lakes, Victoria. The local Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, shared the image of the koala in its new digs…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. British skipper Sir Ben Ainslie has opened up on his team’s America’s Cup struggles, insisting they are surmountable. INEOS Team UK had a disastrous official practice period, plagued by breakdowns that saw them have just one…
The first racing day of the PRADA ACWS Auckland has just concluded and New York Yacht Club American Magic is leading the provisional ranking after winning both the matches they raced today. In second position comes Emirates Team New Zealand…
Performance Sailcraft Australia (PSA), the Australian based builder of ILCA Laser dinghies, has appointed Ian Douglas as General Manager after the departure of long time GM, Chris Caldecoat, earlier this year. Growth in demand for PSA products more than doubled last…
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