Yacht rescue in near 50mph winds
Largs and Millport Weekly News. By Calum Corral. During the round Arran two handed yacht race on Saturday 31 August, a yacht with two persons on board suffered from a broken mast in an area one mile south of Little…
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Five new IMOCAs launched in the space of six weeks
After Jérémie Beyou’s Charal, the first new generation monohull launched a year ago, things sped up this summer with the launch of no fewer than five new IMOCAs in just over six weeks… In all, eight brand new IMOCAs will…
Emirates Team New Zealand launches their AC75
Emirates Team New Zealand christened their first AC75 at their team base in the heart of the America’s Cup village in Auckland today. The significant milestone was celebrated with the team, their families, sponsors and suppliers. The boat was christened…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: The Finale
Racing was delayed on the final day of Townsville Yacht Club’s (TYC) SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), as Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson and his crew waited for a 5 knot breeze to filter through, and Division 1 was…
Leaderboard begins to take shape at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Porto Cervo, 4 September 2019. The third day of racing was completed today in the 30th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, an event organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of title sponsor Rolex and…
Seven days to go until the Cannes Yachting Festival
Only seven days left to complete the transformation of the Vieux Port and Port Canto in Cannes which will accommodate almost 650 boats* recently released from the most prestigious French and international shipyards. The show will open for its 42nd…
Ocean Race veterans Charlie Enright and Mark Towill set sights on third race around the world
Two-time Volvo Ocean Race participants Charlie Enright (Bristol, RI) and Mark Towill (Honolulu, HI), co-founders of 1 Degree, announced today that they have formally renewed their team’s sponsorship with 11th Hour Racing for a long-term campaign, with their eyes set…
Ninety sailors at the start of the 22nd Mini-Transat
In less than three weeks, on Sunday 22 September at 14:15 hours local time, 90 sailors (including eight women), will take the start in La Rochelle of the 22nd edition of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère with Las Palmas de Gran…
Exhibition of design ideas for Scarborough Harbour in Moreton Bay
The Moreton Maritime Alliance is hosting an exhibition of design ideas for the future of Scarborough Harbour as part of the Moreton Bay Futures program. As a vital part of the boating infrastructure in the region, anyone with an interest…
Transpac Tahiti Race 2020 comes to St Francis YC
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – After organizing presentations at the Los Angeles Yacht Club in February, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (defending club of the America's Cup in Auckland) in April, and at the start of the 50th edition LA-Honolulu…
Raymarine electronics chosen as standard equipment on Excess Catamarans
ARLINGTON, Va. (September 4, 2019) – FLIR Systems and Excess Catamarans have today announced a partnership between FLIR’s award-winning Raymarine brand and Groupe Beneteau's new catamaran brand, Excess. In an extension of the partnership between the companies, Raymarine instruments will…
FULL HIGHLIGHTS: Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals 2019
Older Swans show the way on lighter second day at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
After a brisk Monday, day two of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup provided lighter 9-13 knot winds veering from west to north. A coastal course for most ultimately headed south around Isla Mortorio before returning to Porto Cervo. This year…
'Landy' wins A Class Worlds Classic Division
Andrew Landenberger, who won a silver medal in the Tornado class at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, has been crowned the World Champion in the Classic Division of the A Class Worlds at Portland/Weymouth in the UK. 'Landy' won the…
Entries open for CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week
Entries are now open for New Zealand’s 'best big-boat regatta' on January 21-24, 2020. Next year's CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week has again been selected to host the PHRF, IRC and Tornado class national championships and regatta chair Manuela Gmuer-Hornell…
Notice of Race for Australian Yachting Championships released
Media Release from Australian Sailing: The Notice of Race for the 2020 Australian Yachting Championships has been released, with online entries now open for what is sure to be one of the most competitive instalments of the pinnacle title for…
PSA to inject more than 400 boats into Australian market for the Laser 2020 Summer of Sailing
Production at the NSW Central Coast factory of Performance Sailcraft Australia is in full swing as the company looks ahead to a busy summer of Laser sailing in Australia. Laser 2020 begins on January 1 with the Australian Laser Championships…
Vesper enjoys beginner's luck at 30th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
For the 47 competitors, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup got off to a superb start today with a northwesterly that built to 20+ knots and a superb beat up the La Maddalena archipelago’s ‘Bomb Alley’. The 30th edition of the…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: Competition and fun factor ramp up
Racing was delayed for an hour as officials waited for a light 5 knot breeze to fill in on Day 3 of Townsville Yacht Club’s (TYC) SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW); and finally, all but Division 1 yachts were…
Asahi Regatta blows out cobwebs … not the budget
What better way to blow out the winter cobwebs, without blowing the budget, than to contest the annual Asahi Regatta hosted by Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC). Alternatively known as the NSW Country Yachting Championships, the event intentionally coincides with…
METS Boat Builder Awards 2019: Foilers on the innovation radar
Last year it was a dynamic new deck layout by Galeon that picked up the Innovative On-Board Design Solution award sponsored by Fusion. As foilers enter the mainstream, will the technology make them a front runner in this year’s Awards?…
WASZP fleet to kick off 2019 season with Sail Sandy Regatta
The Victorian WASZP fleet will kick off its 2019/20 season in October with a big fleet expected to descend on the Sandringham Yacht Club for the 2019 Sail Sandy Regatta. Hosted on 12-13 October, the Sail Sandy event will see…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: New winners and the bets are on
Racing ar Townsville Yacht Club’s (TYC) SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) got underway late today as race officials waited for the light south-easterly wind to fill in, and when it arrived shortly before 12.30pm it was a magic day’s…
Three in a row for Belcher and Ryan as Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima wraps up
Australia's Mat Belcher and Will Ryan won their third consecutive Men's 470 gold medal on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic waters as the Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima event in Japan concluded. Belcher and Ryan won the 470 World Championship…
Largest and fastest gather for 30th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Forty-seven of the world’s largest race boats (plus another six not racing) are gathered in Porto Cervo primed for tomorrow’s start of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. This year’s event marks the 30th edition of this most famous of maxi…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: Lay Day over – racing back on the agenda
Father’s Day lay day is over and the on-water battles resume today at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) with racing on the bay off Townsville to start from 11am this morning. Yesterday competitors enjoyed the Rotary Beer Can Regatta,…
Tower Bridge lifts for Clipper yachts
The sun shone on the thousands of supporters who lined the banks of St. Katharine Docks and the River Thames to witness the Clipper 2019-20 Race departure. Tower Bridge was lifted to mark the occasion and the eleven strong fleet…
Australia primed for medals at World Cup Series Enoshima
Five Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima champions were crowned on Saturday 31 August as the first day of Medal Races sprung some surprises. France's Quentin Delapierre and Manon Audinet claimed a superb Nacra 17 gold, moving up from fifth to…
Regulars and newbies agree it was a magic day at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week
A number of newcomers joined the multitude of repeat offenders for the opening day of Townsville Yacht Club’s (TYC) SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), and although competitors waited for over an hour for the breeze to fill in, when…
Australians continue in top three at World Cup Series Enoshima
The Men’s and Women’s 470 fleet are sailing their third consecutive regatta in Enoshima, Japan; their World Championships concluding on 9 August before Ready Steady Tokyo before the Olympic Test Event, and now the first regatta of the 2020 Hempel…
Aarhus confirmed as Host City for The Ocean Race 2021-22
The Ocean Race will come to Aarhus, Denmark during the spring of 2022, following a popular ‘Fly-By’ of the city during the final leg of the 2017-18 edition of the Race. The success of the Fly-By, where the fleet raced…
Day 2 dawns and crews prepare SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week
Day 2 has dawned bright and clear at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) and already the gauntlet is being thrown down in some divisions where bets are on for the yachties’ favourite tipple – rum and coke – and…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: Division 4’s competition within a competition
Day 2 started much the same as yesterday, except the light breeze came in on cue; Principal Race Officer, Denis Thompson, able to proceed with racing on time from 11am at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, held off Townsville in…
Australian crews lead men's and women's 470 at World Cup Enoshima
The physical limits of the 496 sailors from 46 nations racing at the Hempel World Cup Series regatta in Enoshima, Japan were pushed on Thursday as big waves rolled through Sagami Bay. With thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean…
Platoon takes second TP52 World Championship title after nervy Bay of Palma finale
(Thursday 29th August, Puerto Portals) – Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon team won the Rolex TP52 World Championship title on the Bay of Palma today, but the German-flagged team, led by the Hamburg-based owner-driver did not make it easy for themselves as…
Day 1 and the party has already started at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week
It is only Day 1 and the parties have already started at Townsville Yacht Club’s (TYC) renowned SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), with the Cape Upstart barbecue kicking off proceedings two days in advance and the welcome party held…
HIGHLIGHTS: Final Day – Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals 2019
Only Finns and Boards able to race at World Cup Enoshima
The Men’s and Women’s RS:X and Finn fleet battled against the elements at Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima as wild winds and booming waves hit Sagami Bay. As the seven remaining Olympic fleets were postponed early on in the day,…
Platoon takes control at TP52 Worlds
(Wednesday 28th August, Puerto Portals) – A testing, northwesterly offshore wind of 12-17kts produced fantastic racing conditions at the Rolex TP52 World Championship on the Bay of Palma out of Puerto Portals as Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon took control of the…
Take interesting and informative quizzes on Marine Radio, Racing Rules of Sailing, and Seamanship.
Regular Mysailing reader, Bob Dunne, has created some interesting and informative maritime quizzes which will test your knowledge of a range of maritime matters. There are three separate quizzes on Marine Radio operation (mostly VHF); Racing Rules of Sailing; and…
