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In a frustrating but ultimately happy outcome, media outlet Stuff New Zealand reports how a distress call made in a hurry and not monitored by the sender led Maritime NZ on a wild goose chase, 80 nautical miles further south…
Franco German skipper Isabelle Joschke was rewarded with beautiful spring sunshine and a big, warm and affectionate welcome back to the Les Sables d’Olonne channel today after completing her solo circumnavigation without a final Vendée Globe ranking. Joshcke was forced out of…
Why do we keep trying (and failing) in getting gender equality in elite sailing? Answer: we don’t put females on the helm in the big races there is a perception that females aren’t as good mentally owners and sponsors don’t…
Sailing was never about motoring, never about engine speed: it is about connection to nature, the serenity of the sea and the challenge. So why not get rid of the dirty and loud diesel engine and simply exchange it for…
With an encouraging level of interest from owners and skippers, organisers are optimistic the 25th anniversary of Europe’s longest-running superyacht regatta will attract a competitive range of entries. Organisers have put the focus firmly on the racing in the Bay…
The team at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart were ecstatic about finally getting some classic wooden boats out on the Derwent River: “Now that we have returned our wooden boats to port, we have had a chance to…
Australian Sailing has confirmed that the Australian Yachting Championships will be returning to Hamilton Island for the next two years. The 2021 and 2022 editions of the event will be hosted by Hamilton Island Yacht Club (HIYC) as a part…
Nearly every Vendée Globe, including this ninth edition, has delivered a sting in the tail of one sort or another to unfortunate solo skippers. While the most damaging this time was Boris Herrmann’s collision with a Spanish fishing boat just…
In an expectant hope that Sir Ben Ainslie could inflict the same pain on James Spithill that Spithill inflicted on Dean Barker way back in 2013, it turns out Britannia sadly lacked the speeds in the light airs plus the Ineos…
Disaster movies that include monster waves are a sure fire box office winner; from the Poseidon Adventure to Perfect Storm to Day After Tomorrow. Some of them are good, some of them are bad; remember Pierce Brosnan kite surfing down…
For only fiveUS dollars an entry fee the Worldwide Classic Boat Show is designed to bring the world of classic boats to life onscreen. You are able to travel all over the world to see many of the finest classic…
The Prada Cup Final is not done and dusted yet, and with INEOS TEAM UK marking its first point on the scoreboard, there may still a long way to go. In the first race of the day, Luna Rossa Prada…
'You have to live your dreams, not dream your life away' – was the maxim that drove Manuel Cousin to leave his life as an executive selling forklift trucks to major accounts with Toyota, to move from his native Normandy…
11th Hour Racing Team began planning the build of its new IMOCA 60 in June 2019, before the team had even announced its plans to be entering a team in the world's longest sporting event – The Ocean Race 2022-23….
Victoria’s most talented youth sailors will descend on the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria in April for the return of the Victorian Youth Championships and Coaching Clinic. Running from 15-18 April, the event will be made up of a two-day…
Those fans who missed catching seeing the action of the 2020 Vendee Globe can get their fill in an hour-long feature of the highlights on SBS TV at 3.30pm today. The Vendee Globe, which starts and ends in Les Sables-d’Olonne,…
Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of Sailing in the last 7 days. Chaos on Sydney Harbour brings the 18’s undone. It’s “swim-time”. The Americas Cup Events Committee and the Challenger of Record clash over race dates as…
Prada Cup final will resume on Saturday 20th of February NZT. Race 5 will see Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli facing Ineos Team UK Britannia, the race will start from 4:00PM local time weather permitting, 2:00pm Sydney time. Race 5 and…
After a week of tight racing, Finn Tapper of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia prevailed to win the 2021 Hardy Cup, held at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Teams gathered at the Squadron to celebrate the week’s racing and…
Instead of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart this year, the organisation will host the Maritime Trail, showcasing the rich maritime heritage and culture within Tasmania. History comes alive during the 2021 Maritime Trail, 10 and 11 April 2021,…
This week we take a wonderful journey back to the Whitbread years, and also to some extremely cold climates with legend of The Ocean Race Skip Novak. Skip competed in four editions of the Whitbread Round the World Race before…
Following the press release yesterday from America’s Cup Event Ltd (ACE) that Prada Cup racing would continue to be postponed until the New Zealand government announced Covid-19 alert levels are at level one, the responses from the two competitor teams caused a…
Zhik’s PowerPads have been re-engineered, to create a light, carbon fibre hiking pad, providing improved leg support as well as integral flexion for movement around the boat. In a collaboration with flexible carbon fibre experts Carbitex, the internal carbon pads use…
In a 500 word press release online, the America's Cup Event (ACE) people have managed to give no clear indication of what is going to happen. What appears to have been written by lawyers and public relations people the press release uses…
Here are the highlights of the first two days, Races 1-4, of the PRADA Cup as recorded by Richard Gladwell, Editor, www,sail-world.com New Zealand. Other video by INEOS Team UK.
With four wins on the scoreboard Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli comes away of the first Prada Cup Final weekend having stamped their authority and with the first to seven going to the Match, Ineos Team UKs Britannia's, path gets steeper and…
Sitting around at home with nothing to do? The trans-Tasman Challenge has opened its website for entries for the next race in 2022. The idea of holding a yacht race across the Tasman sea to Mooloolaba originated in the late…
Two years away a new solo sailing circumnavigation race will be heading off. The organisers for this race have intentionally restricted certain parameters to make the race as affordable and as competitive as possible. Global Solo Challenge offer the ultimate…
NSW Police are investigating how a yacht suddenly caught fire at a marina in Sydney's south early this morning (Monday) according to a Nine News report. Emergency services were called to the marina on Fernleigh Road in Caringbah South at…
The original press release regarding this incident noted that the captain of an MSC ship which made headlines after it crashed into a Uniworld river ship in Venice, had been jailed. We have been informed from MSC Cruises that this…
In January the International 5.5 Metre Class Association announced the intention to publish a definitive history of the class. It is being researched and written by Mikkel Thommessen and Matti Muoniovaara. It will be the first definitive history of the…
Authorities in Far North Queensland fear a fisherman missing for more than 24 hours has been taken by a crocodile. Police say the 69-year-old man left his yacht in a 2-metre dinghy to go fishing near Hinchinbrook Island on Thursday…
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and INEOS TEAM UK squared off today to determine the winner of the PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series and the right to face the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand. First day of the PRADA Cup Final…
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli will battle Ineos Team UK on the Waitemata Harbour to become the challenger of the 36th America's Cup presented by Prada. The final is determined by a best of 13 races, so the first to win…
The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT) has emerged victorious at the first event of the 2021 Sailing Champions League – Asia Pacific season with an exciting win in the SCL – AP: Southern Qualifier hosted by the Mornington Yacht…
London, UK: The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) today announced its 2021 world championship season with a 17-event schedule across 11 countries, including the inaugural WMRT Final in Shenzhen, China from 15-19 December. The 2021 season announcement has been made…
The Australian bushfires of 2019-2020 were unprecedented in size and severity, however still very little is understood about how bushfires have affected (and continue to affect) aquatic environments and the people who rely on them. OceanWatch Australia is currently collecting…
Australian Sailing has announced Ronstan will be continuing their partnership with Australian Sailing and the Australian Sailing Team. The sailboat hardware manufacturer has been in partnership with Australian Sailing and the Australian Sailing Team (AST) for over fifty years and…
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