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Strong wind and a big swell have halted once more racing at the 40th edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai. The 200 crews were forced to stay ashore, waiting for the weather to improve. A great opportunity to…
Teams of talented teenage sailors from secondary schools in New South Wales, Tasmania, VIctoria and the ACT are flying to New Zealand today (Friday) to prepare for the Australia versus New Zealand 2018 Interdominion Schools Team Sailing Championships. After training…
Derwent Sailing Squadron and Huon Yacht Club’s traditional lead-up to the official opening of Southern Tasmania yachting season, the Pipe Opener Series and Cock of the Huon regatta, celebrated its 50th anniversary last weekend, with an added status. Hobart’s Combined…
At 20:00 UTC on 26th September, Golden Globe Race HQ in Les Sables d'Olonne received a request from the manager of the 32ft sailing yacht Selene for assistance from any GGR yacht in the area because her skipper Kjell Litwin is…
No racing for the opening day of the 40th edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai. An Easterly wind, exceeding 30 knots, a confused sea state out on the bay forced the race organisers to keep the boats at…
Following its Annual General Meeting held during this month’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the International Maxi Association, the World Sailing-recognised body that oversees maxi yacht racing globally, has announced its prize winners, voted in a new President and published its…
The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) in Canberra has just confirmed that Gregor McGuckin, the second Golden Globe Race solo sailor to have been dismasted in the South Indian Ocean, was picked up safely from his yacht at 12:10 UTC today….
The weather is pure Cote d’Azur in Cannes, sunny and summery… Ideal conditions for the grand rendez-vous that every year reunites hundreds of classic yachts’ lovers. The crews are itching to start racing on the stunning bay of la Napoule…
The Courier.co.uk. By Jim Millar Two people have been arrested after a yacht was allegedly stolen from Arbroath marina at the weekend. The drama unfolded when Montrose and Arbroath lifeboats were called out at 7am on Monday morning just north of…
NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 24, 2018) – An eight-race series held Friday through Sunday (September 21-23) on Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay determined title holders for the 2018 12 Metre North American Championship. The event, hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht Club…
Monday, September 24, 2018 | Copenhagen, Denmark: Two months after completing the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race around the world in fourth place aboard team AkzoNobel, two key members of the squad have set their sights on competing in the next…
Christmas is a busy time for Melbourne’s Ocean Racing Club of Victoria and among its high profile events is the 195 nautical mile Melbourne to Devonport Race for the Rudder Cup, starting 27 December each year. Colloquially known as the…
In the fast-paced world of production yachts a five year old design may be considered past its use-by date. But when such a yacht is built by Fountaine Pajot and designed by Berret-Racoupeau, the utility of this 13.3 metre catamaran…
“No worries” said the skipper, a noted marine biologist, already in the water, “You don’t find stingers out in the open ocean. Just jump in, you’ll be fine.” Famous last words in my experience. On one memorable occasion a few…
After finishing her 2016-17-summer contract with the Australian Antarctic Division, former multihull ocean racing sailor and cofounder of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival, Cathy Hawkins, sailed monohull, Abel Tasman, 4,427 nautical mile from Australia to Kushiro, Japan. From July she…
A multinational search operation is now under way to rescue injured Indian solo sailor Abhilash Tomy from his dismasted yacht in the Southern Ocean some 1,900 miles SW of Perth at the extreme limit of immediate rescue range. The 39…
James Hodgson, Harry Hall, Ryan Wilmot and Charlie Gundy have crushed the Final Day of the Australian Match Racing Championship, to defeat the previously unbeaten DownUnder Racing, 3-1 in the Finals Series to become Australia’s newest National Champion after gear…
On the opening weekend of the 2018-19 Farr 40 season, a gala ball brought past and present class champions and current one design crews together in Sydney to mark two decades of Australian racing. A crowd of 120 spent Saturday…
September 22, 2018 (CHICAGO, IL, USA): Day Three of the M32 World Championship was another day of shakeups in the standings. With a fleet of twelve eager competitors, general recalls quickly became the norm and no one was left out…
Fountaine Pajot has just unveiled a stunning new 45-foot sailing catamaran at the 2018 Cannes Yachting Festival. Set to become the leader in its class on the world cruising market, the New 45 incorporates a bold design, unprecedented living space,…
A man has died after a sailing boat capsized off Sydney’s south this morning. Emergency services were alerted after a woman swam to shore from the capsized vessel at Boat Harbour, near Kurnell, about 5am (Monday 24 September 2018). A…
September 23, 2018 (CHICAGO, IL, USA): Following four days of intense racing, Rick Devos’s REV clinched their first title as M32 Corinthian World Champions, silently sweeping the fleet and sailing a tremendously consistent event in Chicago, IL. Mirroring the accomplishment,…
The Sun Odyssey range continues to impress with some different thinking packed into a performing hull form. Following on from the worldwide success of the SO349 there is some similarities in this 45 footer but, markedly, mainly in the guise…
On a recent cruise to northern Queensland on the sailing catamaran Velella, sailors from other yachts often showed me their newly-found treasures over sunset drinks and were curious about what they had found. This first article is one of a…
Having a pet on board is a much debated topic. Many cruising folk will say that having a pet on board will tie you down and is too much work. They say that international border crossings are difficult and you…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Trusts raised just under $30,000 at a dinner held at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) on Friday evening. Among those attending were Sir James and Lady…
The waters approaching Örö are treacherous. Submerged rocks abound and, if you do not pay attention to your charts, you will end up swimming in the cold Baltic Sea. It makes sense, then, that the inhabitants of this Finnish island…
As winter approaches, it can be tempting to pack up the sailing gear and go into sailing hibernation until spring. That is what we used to do when we were still working: sailing was for weekends or holidays between October…
Day 4 of the rescue of injured Indian Golden Globe Race solo sailor Abhilash Tomy from his dismasted yacht Thuriya approximately 1,900 miles SW of Perth Western Australia. The French fisheries patrol vessel Osiris reached Tomy’s yacht at 05:30 UTC…
Chicago, USA: Day two of the M32 World Championship was a drastic change of pace from yesterday’s light-air affair, as westerly winds in excess of 25 knots upset the leaderboard and tacticians worked hard to stay in phase all day…
Early today, Golden Globe race headquarters finally received a satellite text message from Abhilash Tomy, the injured Indian solo sailor dismasted in the South Indian Ocean some 1,900 miles south-west of Perth, Australia on Friday. “ACTIVATED EPIRB.CANT WALK.MIGHT NEED STRETCHER…
Harry Price’s DownUnder Racing crew have continued their winning streak from Day 1 to head into the final day of competition at the Australian Match Racing National Championship undefeated, winning the round robin stages 14-0. New Zealand’s Jordan Stevenson also…
Quantum Racing may have won the 2018 52 Super Series Championship title, but unsailable light winds on the last day of Valencia Sailing Week denied her crew the chance to pitch for their fourth regatta win of the season. Luna…
Porto Cervo, Italy: After three days of racing, the seventh edition of the Perini Navi Cup drew to a close today with the 50-metre Silencio winning the Cruiser Racer division, while The Maltese Falcon triumphed in the Corinthians Spirit yachts…
Australian, British and Brazilian competitors clinched Gold at the Para World Sailing Championships as the regatta drew to a close in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. After five days of competition in variable breeze, 2016 Paralympics sliver medallist Matt Bugg (AUS) snapped…
Australia’s highest ranked match racing team, DownUnder Racing, helmed by Harry Price, took a clean sweep on Day 1 of the 2018 Australian Match Racing National Championship, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. DownUnder Racing, which regularly competes…
Solo sailors in the 2018 Golden Globe Race have been hit by a vicious storm midway across the South Indian Ocean and the 70 knot winds and 14m seas have left India's Abhilash Tomy, and Ireland's Gregor McGuckin, dismasted, and…
Porto Cervo, Italy: The fleet of Perini Navi yachts once again took to the waters off Costa Smeralda for the second day of racing in the seventh edition of the Perini Navi Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda…
Lake Michigan showed a different side on Friday as strong winds whipped up just off of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA at the Para World Sailing Championships and after days of light, challenging breeze, gusts of up to 35 knots were recorded…
In updated Golden Globe Race news, there has been no further communication with Abhilash Tomy, the 39-year old Indian Golden Globe Race skipper, since his dramatic text message at 12:09 UTC today: Rolled. Dismasted. Severe back injury. Cannot get up….
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