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Originally we had planned to run the Clean Up Flotilla in Phuket, however current travel restrictions means we have moved this years Flotilla to the Whitsundays, where it all started for Ocean Crusaders. As a skipper in the Whistundays working…
The 2020 South Pacific Laser Masters are being hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron from 07 – 10 August 2020 (Laser Forum on 06 August 2020). The Laser 4.7, Laser Radial and Laser Standard fleets will compete at the Royal Queensland Yacht…
A race around the Isle of Wight on Saturday 1st August will see the return to competitive racing at the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) – the first since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The race will replace the originally…
The International Cadet Class 2020 Australian Championship at the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria have been shifted to a more traditional set of dates, following the cancellation of the Worlds amid the Coronavirus crisis. The Worlds were planned to follow…
Hallucinations are common and one experienced campaigner thinks short-handed offshore sailing helped prepare her for motherhood. Short-handed sailing is growing in popularity in New Zealand and that will only increase with the inclusion of a mixed two-handed offshore keelboat event on…
Australian Sailing in collaboration with Australian National Maritime Museum are excited to announce that nominations are open for the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. The Australian Sailing Hall of Fame, now entering its fourth year, is the peak recognition for…
Earlier this year, SEA EAGLE II, designed by Dykstra Naval Architects and Mark Whiteley, was transferred from the shipyard’s headquarters in Vollenhove and launched in Amsterdam. Her three carbon Rondal masts and booms were installed and tuned at Royal Huisman’s…
June 16, 2020 -Torbole, Italy – While the Covid-19 emergency seems to be heading towards a natural solution, the International Melges 24 Class Association is preparing to return where it has written the most exciting pages of its history: the…
The International 5.5 Metre Class Association and Yacht Club Sanremo are delighted to announce that entry is open for the 2020 European Championship in Sanremo, Italy from 23-29 August. Registration and measurement will take place from Sunday 23 to Monday…
In less time than it takes to fly from Melbourne to Airlie Beach you can fly to New Caledonia and practice your school day French, experience French cuisine and Pacific Island culture. The dictionary defines a rally as a call…
Multihull Solutions will host a special “Open for Inspection” event in Sydney on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June to showcase two popular Fountaine Pajot catamarans to the public. The event has been scheduled in response to huge demand and…
In parts 1 – 3 we have explored the purchase, haul out and delivery from Sydney to Brisbane of the World’s First TP52, a vessel we rescued from becoming scrap. When we last left the boat, it had just arrived…
Mr. Patrick Corrigan, AM is an Australian businessman, focused mainly in the freight industry, an art collector, jazz enthusiast and philanthropist, who was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia medal in the 2000 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Fortunately,…
Inside the Games. By Michael Pavitt. Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto has said the rescheduled Olympics will be a “simplified Games” with the official claiming 200 ideas are being considered on how to achieve this and reduce costs. Tokyo 2020…
Team Ronstan athletes and Olympic Gold Medal winners Tom Slingsby and Tom Burton talk to Ronstan’s Stephen Brayshaw. What does the sailing journey of an Olympic champion look like? Get your Laser and Moth game on with training tips and…
The 128-year history of Australia’s 18 Footers is famous for having generations of a family competing over many years. Occasionally, even two generations are competing together or against each other at the same time. What sets the Kulmar family apart from…
Auckland welcomes the news that the Government is granting border exemptions to two of the syndicates competing in the 36 America’s Cup. The move paves the way for American Magic and INEOS Team UK to proceed with planning to move…
Sydney, NSW – 10 June 2020 – MySail Pty Ltd, a web app designed to help skippers, crew and clubs connect and communicate, has today launched new features to support contact tracing requirements for sailing. Designed to help skippers easily…
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard successfully rescued four mariners aboard the overdue sailing vessel SS Chuckahui Kai, approximately 74-miles south of Oahu, Tuesday. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry (WPC 1124) evacuated the four mariners and a…
The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club cordially invites entries from yachts to the 14th edition of the Hong Kong to Hainan Race. This biennial Offshore Category 1 race is a classic 390nm downwind passage to Sanya, on the island of Hainan in southern…
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is searching for the overdue private sailing vessel SS Chuckahui Kai between Oahu and Maui, Monday. Crews aboard an Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules plane, the Cutter Oliver Berry (WPC 1124), Cutter Kittiwake (WPB…
Sydney, Australia – 10 June 2020 – The Women’s Laser Regatta, hosted by Double Bay Sailing Club, will be held on September 26 and 27, 2020, being the first Australian Laser regatta of the 2020-21 season. After the success of the…
With five months to go to the start of the Vendée Globe, almost all of the competitors have relaunched their boats and restarted their preparation for the ninth edition. Now is the time to look at some of the details…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) announce further changes to some of its key events during June and July as the season progresses and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve. The club continues to monitor the latest advice from the…
Mastercard tell us certain things are priceless and some things may well be. Uplifting experiences from the benefits of privilege seems to be the thrust of that campaign, but we are talking about boats and there is nothing priceless about…
Since the first recorded 18 Footer races on Sydney Harbour in 1892, the boats were individually owned by wealthy or even struggling owner/skippers and were emotionally named. Naming Rights sponsorship in 18 Footers began during the 1960s when companies realised…
At midday on Monday 23 March Commodore Gary McNally rang the bell at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club to signal the beginning of a new watch, due to COVID-19 restrictions. The club was officially closed and all regular activities were…
5 June 2020 At 3pm today Tasmania will join all other States and Territories by allowing intrastate travel and staying overnight which is a boon for recreational and commercial boating. Boating Industry Association President Darren Vaux said the ongoing easing…
The past few months have been a difficult time for the team, as it has been for everyone around the world. Trying to manage the risks and dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic whilst having to deal with the issues…
KODIAK, Alaska – Coast Guard Seventeenth District command center personnel coordinated efforts with motor vessel President Eisenhower to rescue a 67-year-old man from his disabled and adrift 38-foot sailing vessel Miss Lilly, located roughly 500 nautical miles south-southwest of Dutch…
The US Coast Guard in California had a busy few days! SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies responded to a report of an explosion aboard a vessel near Avalon Saturday. At approximately 10:55 a.m., Coast Guard…
Three members of the sailing community have been recognised for services to sailing in the Queen's Birthday 2020 Honours. Mr Glenn Bourke AM, Mr Patrick Bollen OAM and Mrs Jean Wilmot OAM all from New South Wales were among the…
The Panama canal could be described as the world’s biggest shortcut, or the world’s shortest big cut. For circumnavigators on the popular tradewind route from east to west, fondly described as the ‘barefoot route’ or ‘coconut milk run’, it provides…
By Dana Goward 06-03-2020 05:21:45 www.maritime-executive.com The locations of twelve ships as reported by their Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) were thousands of miles in error. Most were displayed as circling an area northwest of San Francisco according to the environmental…
Australian Sailing is today mourning the loss of one of the legends of our sport, John Cuneo OAM. John was one of Australia’s most decorated sailors. He won National Championships in the Sharpie and lightweight Sharpie classes in the 50’s…
With sailing clubs around Australia focused on attempting to restart operations as COVID-19 restrictions begin to lift, Australian Sailing has made the decision to delay the implementation of the change to Rule 46 until 1 January 2022. This will give…
From the moment James Joseph Giltinan conceived the idea of having a Worlds 18 Footer Championship, and the Australian 18 Footers League conducted the first championship regatta for the trophy, on Sydney Harbour in 1938, the League has always been…
As Coronavirus restrictions continue to ease around Australia, Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) is pleased to announce it is full steam ahead for Airlie Beach Race Week Whitsundays Festival of Sailing. To be held from 6-13 August, the annual event will…
Department of Transport and Main Roads Department of Maritime Safety Queensland NOTICE TO MARINERS 191 of 2020 Issued by Brisbane Issued by Brisbane Maritime Region on 1 June 2020 Area: Brisbane pilotage area Locality: Mooloolah River Bar Activity: Aid to…
The cast included world and Olympic champions, husbands and wives, Ocean Race sailors and some as young as nine and they combined to put on a spectacular weekend of teams racing in Kerikeri. At the end of nearly 90 flights…
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