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by Duncan Johnstone www.stuff.co.nz Team New Zealand will start their defence of the America's Cup in a year's time but mystery continues to shroud yachting's pinnacle event. The America's Cup match starts on March 6, 2021 and the next…
The Boating Industry Asociation Ltd (BIA) advises that there are no plans to cancel any of its boat shows. This applies to its portfolio of Rosehill, Adelaide, Sydney & Brisbane. The BIA considers the situation in relation to the Coronavirus…
The Federal Government this week announced plans to support recycling programs and infrastructure in Australia. Whilst much of the talk from the Federal Government is about dealing with food and packaging plastic, the Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA) is advocating…
Nacra 17 sailors Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin have been announced as the latest selections to Australia’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic sailing team. “I’m excited but also relieved we get the opportunity to fight for a gold medal,” 28-year-old Darmanin said….
Entry for the Whitsunday Airlie Beach Festival of Sailing opened on 1 March, 2020 and can be found online, along with Notice of Race, easily found on the Home page of the official Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) race website. The…
The 12th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 attracted 73 boats from 22 nations and competitors from 37 different countries The fleet was made up of professional sailors and boats, as well as corinthian amateurs who love their offshore racing….
The annual Multihull Solutions multihull boat show and open day will be held on Saturday 28 March at The Boat Works in Coomera. There will be multihulls on display to suit all budgets from AUD$200,000 to $2.1million, including the new…
18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Race 5 (resail) & Race 9 Sunday, 1 March, 2020 Sydney Harbour The Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Trent Barnabas became the 2019-2020 Australian 18ft Skiff champion following two more impressive performances in…
Ben Ainslie and the British team wasted no time establishing themselves as the ones to beat this season as they put on impressive performances throughout Sydney SailGP to claim their first event title. In the first match race of SailGP…
The overall winner of the 12th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 was Tilmar Hansen's TP52 Outsider (GER), skippered by Bo Teichmann; the first German boat to lift the RORC Caribbean Trophy, breaking a seven-year winning streak of winners from…
Sir Ben Ainslie had a debut to remember as he skippered the Great Britain team to victory in all three races on Day 1 of the season-opening Sydney SailGP leg, but homegrown fans need not despair, with Tom Slingsby's Australia…
GKSS Match Cup Marstrand was today announced as the new name of the Swedish world championship event of the 2020 World Match Racing Tour, this year hosting its 26th edition from 1-5 July. The event will be sailed in M32…
In the early hours of the fifth day of the RORC Caribbean 600, a fantastic battle came to a dramatic conclusion – in the 18-strong IRC 1 fleet, two yachts rose above the rest to fight for the class win,…
2020 promises to be a busy and exciting year for the teams in the IMOCA class with two solo transatlantic races: The Transat CIC in May and the New York-Vendée-Les Sables d’Olonne in June, followed by the legendary Vendée Globe…
For the second year in a row, David and Peter Askew's Volvo 70 Wizard (USA) has taken Monohull Line Honours in the RORC Caribbean 600. Adrian Keller's Nigel Irens-designed catamaran Allegra (SUI) is the provisional winner of the MOCRA Class….
The message to politicians is clear – keep your grubby hands off our boats! A proposed boat tax by a County in Virginia in the USA has failed after a strong backlash. Let's hope politicians around the world – who…
Melbourne Australia. February 28, 2020. It may have been a case of “saved by the wind” for Rio Olympic champion, Marit Bouwmeester. The three-time world champion led by 24 points over night but saw her margin trimmed to just two…
Day 3, 26 February 2020, Antigua. Peter Cunningham's MOD70 PowerPlay (CAY), skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield has taken Multihull Line Honours in the 2020 RORC Caribbean 600 just four minutes ahead of Jason Carroll's MOD70 Argo (USA). Giovanni Soldini's Maserati…
Matt Allen's Ichi Ban continued its winning ways with another division one IRC win today, solidifying their position on the top of the tables going into the final day of racing. Geoff Boettcher's Secret Men's Business finds itself still in…
LONDON – February 26, 2020 – With all eyes on Sydney as SailGP returns this week, the global championship today announced comprehensive broadcast coverage for the start of Season 2, which will feature the most immersive, multi-platform experience the sport has…
At Double Bay Sailing Club this morning, Ian Chesterton, Chef de Mission for the Australian Olympic Team, announced four more sailing athletes are bound for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, to be held from 24 July to 9 August. Tess…
Ocean Crusaders spend our entire working life removing debris from waterways across Australia. In an 11 day clean up recently of the Cooks River in Sydney, we removed an astounding 13.8 tonnes of debris. The fact we probably missed 95%…
Melbourne Australia, February 27, 2020. Rio Olympic Champion, Marit Bouwmeester (NED), is putting on a sailing masterclass at the ILCA Laser Radial World Championship in Melbourne. She had a hiccup in Race 8 when a massive wind shift caught her…
Matt Allen's Ichi Ban has held off a fast finishing Secret Men's Business to clinch its second Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta in a row. Geoff Boettcher and the Secret Men's Business team won the first of two races on…
Matt Allen's Ichi Ban has added another picket to its Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta score, giving them the edge over rivals Secret Men's Business as we head into the second half of the event. The traditional Teakle Classic Lincoln…
London, Tuesday 24th February: The Race Around has today confirmed the first competitor campaigning to be on the start line of Class40s new around the world race. Having spend a decade on the Multi50 “Arkema”, Lalou Roucayrol embarks on a new adventure…
February 25, 2020 – Three days out from the eagerly anticipated first event of SailGP Season 2 in Sydney and the Great Britain SailGP Team, presented by INEOS, are ready to race. Helmed by the world’s most successful Olympic…
After a sublime start and a reach up to Barbuda in beautiful conditions, the majority of the fleet experienced the first trap of the course. Just before sunset on the first day, the wind shadow of Barbuda enveloped the armada….
The Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), hosted by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) each year, has deservedly earnt the reputation of being the largest all-women keelboat regatta in the world, with numbers in this 30th edition having the potential to…
Townsville Yacht Club is set to open entry for SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) on 1 March, and rather than risk missing out as some did last year, many fingers are poised, ready to click the online entry button. …
Bloomberg. By Eben Novy-Williams As the International Olympic Committee looks ahead to the Summer Games with trepidation, it does have something that could cushion the blow in case of cancellation: a $897 million ($AUD 1.33 billion) reserve fund to help…
Will the three-boat Queensland team of young sailors coming to the 2020 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour next month (14-22 March), lead to a stronger challenge by the northern Australian State’s once mighty record of development and…
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has had significant interest from yacht clubs all over the globe, entering teams into the revamped 2021 Youth America’s Cup. With the initial entry period closing Saturday 29th February, the RNZYS can confirm that…
Melbourne Australia. February 25, 2020 With all six qualifying races completed, the three pre-event favourites have established a clear lead at the 2020 ILCA Laser Radial World Championships being sailed at Sandringham in Melbourne. Rio Olympic champion, silver medallist at…
Close and competitive sailing was on the menu for the first day of the Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta, with a mix of results across the four divisions. The day greeted sailors with a fickle outlook early on as the…
Antigua 24 February: Sparkling conditions prevailed for the start of the 12th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. The impressive 73-boat fleet gathered outside Antigua's English Harbour, relishing the prospect of racing 600nm…
Having spent the last five years living onboard Leventeia, a Beneteau Oceanis 43, having a great time sailing from Gibraltar to Turkey, we decided to join five other boats to cruise in company through the Red Sea and out into…
In May Port Douglas Yacht Club will host 2020 Quicksilver Port Douglas Race Week “Racing the winds of paradise for the Clipper Cup”. The regatta is to be staged over five days starting on Tuesday May 19 and concluding Saturday…
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