Put females on the helm
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…
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Walk on through electric avenue with Elan
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…
Superyacht Cup: one European regatta determined to go ahead
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…
Tasmania's Parade of Sail goes off without a hitch
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…
Head north to Hamilton Island for Australian Yachting Championships
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…
Four weeks later, yet every Vendee finisher still has a story
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…
Prada Cup fizzle? 7:1, what's next?
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…
How well are big waves depicted in movies?
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…
If you can't get to a boat show – let the boat show come to you
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…
Prada Cup Final Day 3: A win to the Brits but Italians in control
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…
Manuel Cousin home 23rd in Vendée Globe
'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…
Australian Championship Race 9 – 21/02/2021
11th Hour Racing Team's IMOCA 60 boat build
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….
Victorian Youth Champs Head to Royal Yacht Club of Victoria
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…
Vendee Globe feature on SBS today
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,…
Sailing World on Water Feb 19.21 18 Footer Capsize, ACE v COR The Fight, Skiffs at speed
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 is go – tomorrow
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…
Tapper tops Hardy Match Racing Challenge
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…
Maritime Trail in lieu of wooden boat fest sponsored by ATL
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,…
#36 | Off Watch – From Whitbread races to ice adventures with Skip Novak
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…
So it is on, but not yet – or will it?
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…
Lighter, stronger, safer hiking pads from Zhik
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…
So, is it on or is it not?
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…
WoW PRADA Cup Days 1 and 2 Races 1-4. Wednesday Racing Postponed .
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.
Ouch – four: zip. Luna Rossa coming up roses
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…
Solo Tasman Challenge 2022 is open for entries
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…
Aussie applies for Global Solo Challenge 2023
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…
Luxury yacht sinks due to fire
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…
MSC Cruises fined for seawall crash, but will pursue further enquiries
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…
Photos and stories sought for definitive International 5.5 Metre history
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…
Crocodile attack feared as authorities search for missing fisherman
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…
Prada Cup Final Day 1: Two bullets for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli
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…
Australian Championship Races 8 – 14/02/2021
Love it or hate it, tomorrow's Prada Cup promises interesting racing
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…
Tassie team wins Sailing Champions League – Asia Pacific opener
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…
World Match Racing Tour announces 2021 season
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…
OceanWatch Survey: Bushfire impacts on aquatic environments
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…
Prestigious seamanship award goes to worthy Australian winner
Remember the yacht Showtime capsizing during its return journey from competing in the 2019 Sydney Hobart? It lost its keel in Bass Strait and, although all the crew were able to clamber out and hold onto the hull, the conditions…
Covid restrictions have led to an action-packed end of season in Perth
The Swan River Sailing Championship Weekend is back for 2021, with another triple-banger of three regattas to be held over one weekend in March 2021 at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club. After a false start in 2020, Friday 19th March…
Ronstan re-signs sponsorship with Australian Sailing
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…
