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With just two legs remaining in the Volvo Ocean Race the battle for the overall prize is tighter than ever, with three teams fighting for first place and a fourth crew still in with a shot at the podium. As…
Porto Cervo, Italy: Sardinia put on her best show today, providing sunshine and a mistral wind for the final day of the 11th Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of title sponsor…
After a series of delays and postponements, the wind started to stabilise at around 13:30, enabling the Nacra 17, Men's RS:X and Women's RS:X to sail in wind conditions that varied from 5-7 knots with differences over the race track….
Click on the link below and check out this little video teaser of a boat test coming up in Cruising Helmsman August issue, due out mid-July. The Sydney International Boat Show is nearly here, where this yacht and many others will…
Race officials and competitors alike were pleased with their handiwork on the penultimate day of the 28th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta, as light winds of up to 5-10 knots held throughout the day allowing three races to be completed, bringing…
Victoria, Canada: After two days at the 2018 Melges 24 World Championship, in which there was more waiting than racing, the winds today allowed for the 41-boat fleet to complete three more races to increase the tally to five races….
Sebastian Bohm’s Rogers 46 Smuggler is the IRC overall winner of the PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race, the race committee comfortable the Sydney boat can’t be toppled though the majority of the fleet is still to finish the epic ocean…
In just 50 days’ time, the Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race will be reaching a thrilling climax as the fleet sprints up the River Mersey in a spectacular first-time crowd-facing finale which will conclude outside the historic Royal…
The top three teams in the In-Port Race Series for the Volvo Ocean Race held down the podium positions on Friday afternoon in Cardiff, as Dongfeng Race Team made a pass on the last lap of the race course to…
Porto Cervo, Italy: The Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta got underway today with two coastal races held, both of which were won by My Song in Class A and Savannah in Class B after the Race Committee made the decision to…
Marseille was picture perfect for the fourth day of racing at Sailing's World Cup Series Final as the opening series for the RS:X Windsurfers and Nacra 17 multihull concluded. Italy's Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti sailed a day they will…
Competitors held out for nearly four hours waiting for wind to appear on Day 1 of the 28th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta being held on Port Phillip in Melbourne, but it was worth the wait when finally race officials from…
Whilst yesterday's game of snakes and ladders continues to disrupt the leaderboard, Day 4 of Race 11: Nasdaq Race has seen the majority of the fleet converge for the first time since the race started. For the teams that decided…
It’s getting tense now as we reach the stage in the Volvo Ocean Race where every single point counts. The top three teams in the race are heading into the final two legs separated by just three points on the…
On crossing the line at 0817hrs this morning (Thursday) after 3 days, 19 hours and 17 minutes of racing, Paul Meilhat and Gwénolé Gahinet (SMA) won the Monaco Globe Series, the first leg of the new IMOCA world championship. Less…
JL Audio has announced the launch of a new 2.8-inch weatherproof, powered marine source unit. The MM50 is described as “a high-performance, single-chassis, powered source unit with outstanding audio performance and advanced audio features, specifically designed for marine applications”. Australian…
The early divide in the fleet has led to more shake ups on the Race 11: Nasdaq Race leaderboard as teams complete their third full day of racing. Whilst the podium places have remained consistent for the second day in…
Portland, ME (June 4, 2018) – All teams have now finished what many teams called a brutal Leg 2: NYC-Portland in the 2018 Atlantic Cup. Joining the French/Italian team, Eärendil, on the podium are Boston based Toothface 2 and Mystic, CT based Dragon Ocean…
Daily Mail By: Rebecca Evans Mixing with A-listers, receiving four-figure tips and following the sun from the Caribbean to the Med. All the while aboard one of the most luxurious superyachts money can buy. If there's a better place…
Michael Martin’s Newcastle TP52 Frantic is the line honours winner and new record holder of the PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race, riding the sou’east tradewinds conveyor for most of the four days two hours 23 minutes they spent between the…
Sailing's World Cup Series came alive on Wednesday as the medal hopefuls battled it out at the front of their respective fleets in a steady breeze and under blue Marseillaise skies. Day one of the competition saw the competitors…
June 6, 2018 – Victoria, BC, Canada – Long day on the water and only one race completed for the Melges 24 fleet, facing extremely challenging conditions with light and shifty breezes in Victoria for the 2018 Melges 24 World Championship….
The Duke Chronicle. By Shannon Fang A research trip recently turned into a rescue mission for Duke scientists. The research cruise, the R/V Sally Ride, approached a ship stranded at sea in the equatorial Pacific. The catamaran had a broken mast,…
After a series of global events, Sailing's 2018 World Cup Series will draw to a close in Marseille, France as the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition venue hosts the Final. Numerous Olympic medallists, World Champions and World Cup Series…
Four yachts have now past the halfway point and the prediction is for themajority of the 20-boat fleet racing to New Caledonia to beat the 25-yearold race record in the Sydney Noumea Yacht Race. While the Auckland Noumea fleet has…
Life at an angle continues on Day 2 of Race 11: Nasdaq Race from Panama to New York, with the Clipper Race teams calculating their best approach to the first mandatory gate between Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. The fleet…
Portland, ME (June 4, 2018) – Eärendil skippered by Catherine Pourre of France and Pietro Luciani of Italy won leg two of the Atlantic Cup, a 360-nautical mile leg from New York to Portland. The win marks back to back offshore wins for the team,…
Following a video address from Prince Charles, announcements from the Welsh Government, Iceland Foods and new microplastics data from the Volvo Ocean Race Science Programme all helped advance the growing movement to turn the tide on plastic. At the event,…
The annual Three Peaks Yacht Race takes place from 17.00 on June 9th starting in Barmouth, where eight teams will gather to tackle one of the worlds oldest and most prestigious adventure races. The race is now in its 41st…
Fountaine Pajot’s latest sailing catamaran, the Astréa 42, has won a major international marine award being voted “Multihull of the Year” by the prestigious French Voile magazine and Le Monde du Multicoque. The catamaran has burst onto the world stage…
With less than month to the start of the Golden Globe Race from Les Sables d’Olonne on July 1st, skippers are working feverishly to complete their preparations ready to take part in the Suhaili 50 Falmouth Parade of Sail celebrations…
Italian syndicate Sardinia Challenge has announced that it will Challenge for the America's Cup in Auckland in 2021. It joins the other formally announced challengers Luna Rossa (Italy), Ineos Team UK (Great Britain) and American Magic (US). There are rumours…
Marine Business Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) in NSW is co-ordinating a coastal clean-up effort in the wake of last week’s loss of 83 containers from a ship en route to Port Botany. The State Marine Pollution Controller role has…
June 5, 2018 – Victoria, BC, Canada – Light breeze was the protagonist of the opening day of the 2018 Melges 24 World Championship in Victoria BC, Canada, where forty-one crews from five countries gathered to determine who will be the next one…
Although the Clipper Race fleet spent the majority of the race to Panama in close quarters, it only took minutes for a split to emerge in Race 11: Nasdaq Race to New York – the second stage of the USA…
A record 10 Class40s have entered the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race and more are expected to take up the tough 1,800 nautical mile non-stop race. Starting and finishing from Cowes Isle of Wight, the course takes the fleet…
Portland, ME (June 4, 2018) – The 2018 Atlantic Cup fleet is steaming ahead for Portland, Maine after pounding upwind the past 48-hours. After suffering damage both #37 First Light and #81 Esprit Scout made the decision last night to retire from Leg 2 and seek refuge in Newport, Rhode Island in…
June 4, 2018 – Victoria, BC, Canada – A second day of racing yielded three more races in light and tricky conditions to conclude the five race series at the Melges 24 Canadian Championship 2018, organized by the Royal Victoria Yacht…
In four days’ time, just shy of 30 crews from around Australia and New Zealand will set sail in the 28th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta, hosted by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, speaking volumes for the growth of serious female sailing…
Australian sailing great Iain Murray believes the establishment of the Barranjoey Pin alumni program brings sailing into line with other iconically Australian sports and lays a foundation from which subsequent generations can launch. Murray – a 2008 Olympian, America’s…
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