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The Auckland Noumea Yacht Race makes a welcome return this week after a six-year absence but it's hoped this year's edition isn't as dramatic as the last. The monohull Beau Geste sent out a distress call when it suffered major hull damage and…
Preparations are well underway for Australia’s premiere maritime event, the MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival, which will again grace Hobart’s magnificent waterfront from 8 to 11 February next year. “Dozens of wooden boat enthusiasts from the festival’s next featured nation,…
The Sydney Noumea Yacht Race, Australia’s longest fully-crewed yacht race, begins at 1pm on Saturday June 2, 2018 on Sydney Harbour, and across the fleet several rare father-and-son bonding sessions will also commence. Marcus McKay and his son Jai, 18, Marcus’ brother…
A man has escaped serious injury after falling 12m on to his boat while out on the Broadwater near Southport. Emergency services were called at about 11am on Tuesday to assist the man who had fallen from the mast of…
The top three teams in the Volvo Ocean Race are within three points after Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel won Leg 9 into Cardiff, Wales to vault into contention for the overall race win. The Leg 9 results also mean a…
SAMUI, Thailand – Early morning thunder and lightning made way for a wet and breezy start to Day 2 of the 2018 Samui Regatta. The four classes lined-up in 10 knots of wind topping out at 15, and it was…
Gothenburg – 29 May 2018: Green Dragon, the first Chinese-backed entry in the Volvo Ocean Race, will join Volvo Open 70s Telefónica Blue and race winner Ericsson 4, plus a host of other historic boats from previous races on the…
May 29 2018 – Jersey City, NJ – A little under 40 nautical miles remain for the leading boats in the 2018 Atlantic Cup! #145 Eärendil, leads #127 Amhas by some six miles as they race north along the New Jersey coastline…
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (May 29, 2018) – With a fleet of 11 Class40s competing in the Atlantic Cup, the French team #145 Eärendil skippered by Catherine Pourre and Pietro Luciani, crossed the Angola Cables finish line first at 17:02:46, with an…
The full fleet of seven Volvo Ocean Race boats has now arrived in Cardiff, Wales, with David Witt’s Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag the final team to cross the finish line in Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The team finished…
Preparations are underway for the Australian International Cadet team as training ramps up ahead of the upcoming World Championships in Germany later this year. The team of eight boats and 16 sailors was selected following the qualifying stage during the…
SAMUI, Thailand – The big guns of Asia's racing scene have descended on the Thai tropical island of Samui for the 17th Samui Regatta and the final race in the 2017/18 AsianYachting Grand Prix. Despite an unfortunate cancellation from Frank…
May 27 2018 – Charleston, SC – In the last 24-hours of the Atlantic Cup there's been a significant consolidation in the fleet. Yesterday afternoon the boats were sailing north fast and furiously and were divided into three strategic camps –…
Less than a mile separated Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 frontrunners Team Brunel and team Akzonobel on Monday as the teams prepared to enter the final 100 miles. After almost eight days of intense racing across the Atlantic from Newport,…
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David Fuller and his international crew of 11 are heading to Townsville Yacht Club’s SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, preparing to take on Paul Clitheroe’s Balance and others in the IRC division – and to experiencing the annual event, now…
Advertisement This 33 metre (108 feet) ketch is in great condition and ready for an adventure. The vessel was built in 1986 in Fiji as an island trader and subsequently converted into a luxury 12 berth cruising boat. The…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has released the Notice of Race for the 2018 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – and already 10 yachts have registered to enter what is arguably the world’s toughest offshore racing challenge. The 2017…
On Lake Garda today, the Schneiter family’s Team Tilt, managed by father Alex and steered by Olympic 49er sailor son Sébastien, was crowned first ever GC32 World Champion. Apart from a brief falter in today’s final race, the Swiss team…
May 27 2018 – Charleston, SC – The first 24 hours of the 2018 Atlantic Cup have been intense. Since leaving the maritime city of Charleston, South Carolina the 11 Class40s competing to cross the Angola Cables Finish Line in New…
Hobart’s winter yacht racing started on Sunday, in classic end-of-autumn/early winter weather – fog on the hills around the city, a wind chill factor of close to zero or below, and a shifty northerly breeze on the River Derwent. Well…
Team AkzoNobel and Team Brunel were racing practically neck and neck on Sunday as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet geared up for a nail-biting Leg 9 finale. With less than 300 miles remaining to the finish line in Cardiff, Wales,…
Quartz Africa After years of being on the decline, piracy off the coast of Somalia is making a comeback. The number of incidents in the Horn of Africa region doubled in 2017 compared to the previous year, according to the…
ABC Gold Coast. By Tom Forbes. Overseas billionaires and their superyachts could soon be heading down under to explore Australia's 'virgin' cruising grounds, if they are handed a tax break by the Federal Government. Under current laws, foreign-owned yachts…
Stuff.co.nz Norway is seriously considering an America's Cup challenge for Auckland 2021. It's new ground for a proud sailing nation but Christian Loken, 40, and Petter Morland Pedersen, 34, believe the land of vikings has the technology and expertise to have a decent crack at…
Zulu Waterways is an Australian made online cruising guide, written by sailors for sailors. With a focus on anchorage information, it covers a range of essentials such as navigation advice and marina details, to everyday things like taps, bins and…
On Sunday 3rd June, nine double-handed crews will set sail at the start of the Monaco Globe Series, a brand new 1300-mile race in the Mediterranean – and in this magnificent setting, the battle looks like being exciting. This new…
inners of the 34th Medemblik Regatta were decided in the Medal Races of the regatta sailed from 22 to 26 May 2018 after a week of difficult conditions, but the sun made up for it on the final day. Joost…
The leading boats in the Volvo Ocean Race have left Friday’s record-breaking conditions in their wake as they bump into a ridge of high pressure that is beginning to slow their progress towards the finish in Cardiff. The leading boats…
Going into its final day, this inaugural GC32 World Championship appears to be a two horse race, but with five races still to sail, in theory the top 11 teams remain in with a chance of victory. Nonetheless two teams…
Quantum Racing stands on the cusp of their first 52 SUPER SERIES regatta in more than a year after posting a super consistent 1,3 on the penultimate day of the 2018 season opening Sibenik 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. The…
A contributor to Cruising Helmsman has sent us these worrying images. He bought a brand new portable generator so he could do some maintenance on his yacht without having to rely on shore power. He prefers not to name the…
The fourth day of racing was about qualifying for the Medal Races, with some having to work hard to get a spot in the top 10, including in the Laser, Nacra 17 and 49er classes where there were some interesting…
The 1988 Olympic Finn gold medallist, Spain’s Jose Luis Doreste, has won the 2018 Finn World Masters at El Balís, Spain after the holding on to his narrow points lead on the final day. Antonio Poncell, from Chile, sailed the…
Over the course of 18 months, Wright of Passage students will completely refurbish a 53ft Herreshoff ketch, and sail the yacht from Sydney to Hobart to take part in the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in February 2019. Round 1 participants…
Team AkzoNobel set a new record for the greatest distance sailed in 24 hours in the history of the Volvo Ocean Race on Friday, eclipsing the previous mark and smashing past the 600-mile barrier as they rocketed through the North…
Lake Garda lived up to Garda Trentino’s tourist brochure today with sun, 15-18 knot southerly Ora winds enabling the flying catamarans to hit 30 plus knots on day two of the GC32 World Championship. After completing today’s full five race…
If the largely amateur French team on Paprec finished the third racing day of the Sibenik 52 Super Series Sailing Week in raptures after a well-earned victory, the hard driving Terry Hutchinson, skipper and tactician of Quantum Racing may take…
Towering clouds over the towering mountains surrounding Lake Garda made conditions challenging for competitors and race management on the opening day of this inaugural GC32 World Championship. After a delay as the wind off Riva del Garda went through its…
(Thursday 24th May, Sibenik) – After a beautifully scenic 30-nautical-mile coastal race tour of the islands off Sibenik, third place across the finish line sees reigning TP52 World Champions Platoon step up to lead the hotly contested first regatta of…
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