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In 1994, while backpacking around Australia and eager for adventure, I signed up as crew on Aphrodite, a handsome 44 foot cutter rig from Melbourne embarking on an intrepid five month voyage to Italy. At the time I had no…
Don’t be surprised when you’re out on the water this summer if you find yourself talking to the MET. “MET” is the acronym for “Maritime Enforcement Team” – a new, highly visible flying squad of Maritime Safety Queensland enforcement officers…
Did you know that, by 2021, your lifejackets will need to comply with Australian Standard 4758.1? Did you also know that lifejackets made to Australian Standard 1512 have been using a standard that is eleven years out-of-date? The humble lifejacket,…
Today’s Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, on Sydney Harbour, has been abandoned due to safety concerns. Spectator, public and competitor safety remains at the heart of all races the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) runs and with thick smoke…
After a three-week game of cat and mouse across the Southern Ocean, between the two leading Clipper Race teams, it was Qingdao which clinched a narrow victory. The team, flying the flag for China’s sailing city, pipped closest rival Ha…
There was absolutely no stopping Jeff Carter and the Edake crew today as they smashed out two quick wins in races five and six, putting them so far ahead they had won the regatta before the last race had begun….
Challenging Auckland wind and waves played their part in determining the outcome of the Hyundai 49er, 49erFX & Nacra 17 World Championships. We have three winners, but anyone watching the groundbreaking live coverage will know that there were no runaway…
After two outstanding wins in the first two races of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship, Winning Group went into today's Race 4 on Sydney Harbour as a hot favourite to extend her lead in the championship and didn't disappoint her…
The Sail Brisbane regatta concluded today on the waters of Waterloo Bay, hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. The event was the Queensland Championships for the VXOne class, as well as the International 29ers, and joining them were strong…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, December 12, 2019 — Coast Guard air and surface crews and the crew of the passenger ferry Kydon combined efforts to rescue two boaters from a sinking catamaran Friday night, approximately 10 nautical miles north of…
“Dodeka” in Greek means “twelve” in English and there are 12 islands in this island chain that parallels the adjacent west coast of Turkey. Close together, they provide protection from the summer meltemi wind and create short sailing legs for…
Can you be debris free when you go yacht racing? Well of course you can, however the aim of this article to is give you ideas on how to reduce your debris when you go racing or even cruising. Plastic…
Four of the world’s top maxi yachts will race in Tuesday’s Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour, the last big hit-out before the Rolex Sydney Hobart. Wild Oats XI, Black Jack, SHK Scallywag and InfoTrack, plus Naval…
The much-anticipated duel between the Aussies in the Nacra 17 at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland lost its lustre today, with Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin sitting in second place while the Outteridge…
The breeze was a little softer than previous days and at times extremely unpredictable and shifty, but somehow the class acts continue to prove that they’re still the class acts, able to cope with any slings or arrows that are…
At 00:52:47 on Friday, Rodney Bay welcomed the first arrival of ARC 2019; French flagged Hallucine, led by experienced ocean sailor Régis Guillemot, had a great blast across the Atlantic, clocking up a record day of 385nm at an average…
French Wally 100, Dark Shadow, sailed by Andre Auberton-Herve (FRA) and Yerin Hobson (AUS), finished the 2019 RORC Transatlantic Race on Friday in an elapsed time of 13 days 9 hours 11 mins and 3 secs. “I did the Transat…
After 31 days, 20 hours 43 minutes 50 seconds at sea, François Gabart and Gwénolé Gahinet (MACIF) took second place in the Brest Atlantiques crossing the finish line on Saturday at 07:43:50; 2d 21h 19m 4s after the winner, Maxi…
Professor Ian Snape and his co-owner Gary Kuehn bought their 10.6m Elan S4, Frontline, in 2016 and will be on the start line of this year’s Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart (L2H) race; Tasmania’s longest offshore race. Offshore racing…
The first day of the Farr 40 Pittwater One Design trophy was held on the Palm Beach circle, with a nice nor’ easter of 5-8 knots providing perfect conditions for the class’ final regatta of the season. PRO Steve Merrington…
The first day of Gold fleet racing brought mixed results for Aussie teams chasing podium places at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland. Leading the Aussie pack in the 49er Gold fleet are the…
On the fourth day of the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships, the race for the titles and Olympic qualification is beginning to take shape as the fleets split into their respective Gold fleets. 49er – Germans…
Less than three days after Maxi Edmond de Rothschild crossed the line in first place, Brest is now preparing to welcome the two remaining trimarans to complete the Brest Atlantiques podium. Since MACIF’s pit stop in Cape Town, it Actual…
Unlike many previous years, when the organisers prayed for a breeze, there was too much wind for many of the boats, as the fleet contesting the 33rd Phuket King’s Cup Regatta prepared to race on Friday morning. Only five of…
Day 3 of the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland is complete, although it's been a busy evening in the protest room. The end of the Qualifying Series in any Olympic-class World Championship is always…
Swedish VO65 Childhood 1, skippered by Bouwe Bekking, has taken Line Honours in the 2019 RORC Transatlantic Race. Childhood 1 crossed the finish line outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada in an elapsed time of 11 days 11…
A battle royale is brewing between high-flying Aussie sailors in the Nacra17 Class at the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland. After a tough day’s sailing in light fickle conditions Australian Sailing Team entries Nathan…
It is always exciting when you sail somewhere new that demands a fair bit of effort and an outer reef escapade rates high in our book. Sailing to secluded Great Barrier Reef sections most other visitors never get to see…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia will bring sports fans from across Australia and around the world closer to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race finish line than ever before thanks to support from the Tasmanian Government. Hobart and Tasmania…
Francis Joyon left Mauritius on 21st November accompanied by Christophe Houdet, Bertrand Delesne, Antoine Blouet and his son, Corentin, to set a new reference time on a highly unusual route for modern ocean racers taking them from Mauritius to Ho…
They’ve done it! After 28 days, 23 hours, 24 minutes and 46 seconds at sea, Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier, accompanied by their media man Yann Riou, are the winners of Brest Atlantiques. Having crossed the finish line this morning…
It has been a feature of the Nacra 17 fleet in Championships to date that the favourites rise to the challenge and begin the series strongly. None more so than the never-ending saga for British nomination to the Tokyo Olympics…
4 December 2019, Phuket – Thailand’s former world Optimist champion and two-time Asian Games gold medalist Noppakao Poonpat transferred her skills from the small boats to the big ones to register a first and second in the two races held…
At just after 2:30pm local time yesterday (03 December, 2019) the Neel 47 trimaran Minimole crossed the ARC+ Finish Line in Rodney Bay Saint Lucia, claiming line honours and leading the arrival of the 2019 rally into Rodney Bay –…
At 20h UTC, Yann Guichard, Spindrift 2’s skipper, made the decision to turn around and end the current Jules Verne Trophy record attempt. A difficult decision following a sudden loss of control, which required the intervention of two sailors at…
The Ocean Race will come to Auckland, New Zealand, during the 2021-22 edition of the fully-crewed, round the world race. As The Ocean Race approaches its 50th anniversary, the event will be returning to New Zealand for the 12th time….
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) is calling for volunteers to help support their 2020 Summer of Sailing program which will see some of the world’s best sailors arrive in Geelong, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. About 500 volunteers are…
An innovative and informative three-in-one boating book has just been released, designed to save mariners time, money and space. Mariners Diary 2020, written specifically for Australia and New Zealand, brings together important information into one concise, comprehensive and easy-to-follow book. …
Newport Beach, CA – The Notice of Race and Registration pages for entry are now available for the 73rd edition of the 2020 Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race. These can be found on the event’s new website at nosa.org,…
Perth’s Mounts Bay Sailing Club has been swarming with activity over the last few weeks as a number of the world’s best sailors arrive ahead of the 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds, which run from 9-18 December. Among the fleet…
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