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The first four days of light, variable winds appear to have played into the hands of Golden Globe Race leader Mark Slats, the Dutch transatlantic rowing record-holder and his secret weapon – a pair of giant sculling oars. Slats overtook…
Marstrand, Sweden (July 5, 2018) – The final fleet races concluded this morning, leaving defending World Champion Torvar Mirsky at the top of the seeding going forwards in this competition, however the stories of the day were defined by fantastically…
According to a report in the Tribune 242 by Natario McKenzie, the Bahamas Government is considering new ways to extract revenue from visiting yachts. McKenzie reports that the newly-appointed transport minister, Renward Wells, said he will look to introduce Family Island…
With the announcement of the Sun Odyssey 410, the iconic line of sailing yachts by Jeanneau continues to evolve. Now in its 8th generation, over 17,000 yachts have been sold since the creation of the Sun Odyssey range and they…
It may be the 4th of July but it's not so much independence day for the Clipper Race fleet as they are still racing in two fairly tight packs. Five teams went for the Scoring Gate but with only points…
The Hague, Netherlands – With the final deadline now passed for committed entries to submit their measurement and certificate data, The Hague Offshore Sailing World Championship is in final preparation for the fleet of 90 yachts from 15 nations to…
With over 500 million plastic straws being discarded every day globally and each straw taking up to 450 years to start to degrade, the team at Abell Point Marina felt like it was time to take environmental action. With 27…
Marstrand, Sweden (July 11, 2018) – Reigning Match Racing World Champion Torvar Mirsky (AUS) laid his mark on the opening round of the 2018 season as he won two from two to kick start his title defence, beginning at GKSS…
The Daily Mail reports of a terrifying incident during an event at the Travemünde Woche in Germany in which an RS Aero sailor was rammed by the tall ship Mare Frisium. According to the report, the male sailor could be heard…
A split is starting to divide the fleet as teams make their Scoring Gate decisions, but with only 20 nautical miles (nm) separating first and fifth, it's still anyone's race. Unicef Skipper Bob Beggs, whose team has slipped from first…
Hobart’s Sandy Bay Sailing Club has a remarkable record in producing Australian and World champions in various off-the-beach racing dinghies, and this week another team of talented and dedicated young sailors is heading overseas for another World championship. Four crews…
A partnership agreement has been made with the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA), which provides the exclusivity to use the IMOCA 60 for crewed round the world yacht races. Last week, during the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race…
After nearly a week at sea racing around the clock in Race 12: The LegenDerry Race, the majority of the Clipper Race fleet is separated by just 55 nautical miles (nm) which will make the upcoming Scoring Gate tactics interesting…
While most of the 220,000 people attending the biennial MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival will marvel at the intrinsic beauty of the timbers used in, and the loving craftsmanship that is lavished on, the hundreds of wooden boats displayed, there…
Despite 21 past British challenges, 167 years has passed and Britain has still not won the trophy. The current holders Emirates Team New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron have accepted the British challenge. In the few months…
A record four 100-foot yachts are preparing to take on the Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, now sponsored by The Noakes Group, on Saturday 28 July. The race currently has 54 yachts entered. The headline of the 384-nautical-mile race, part…
They have 30,000 miles to sail over the next 9-10 months, but judging from the start today of the 2018 Golden Globe solo non-stop around the world yacht race from Les Sables d’Olonne, the leaders will be fighting over every…
Dutchman Nico Poons and his crew on Charisma triumphed at the end of a thrilling final day in the 2018 RC44 Marstrand Cup, which came down to the last run of the 12th and last race in sparkling sunshine off…
With one race lost yesterday, six were held on the final day of the GC32 Lagos Cup, event two of the 2018 GC32 Racing Tour. This saw the full schedule of 20 races completed, but two races short of this…
After three years in the development phase, Marcus Blackmore’s Hooligan racing team are hitting regular sixes in the MC38 class in 2018, the combination of tactician Tom Slingsby and mainsail trimmer Paul Westlake key to the winning blueprint the chuffed…
Heavy fog is making visibility tough for the Clipper Race teams in the middle of the North Atlantic, but the racing remains close as the majority of the teams continue to hug the Northerly Ice Limit on Day 5 of…
AMSA inspectors boarded the Australian-flagged MV Tomin in the Port of Yamba, New South Wales, on Monday and detained the vessel because AMSA suspected the vessel to be unseaworthy, substandard and a threat to the marine environment. AMSA considered the…
A public tip-off had three boats searching for a potentially sunken vessel off a Port Macquarie beach, Laura Telford of Port Macquarie News reported. As a result of the call, just after 1.30pm, Port Macquarie Marine Rescue began an emergency…
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has released its report into the grounding of the Clipper yacht CV24 on Cape Peninsula in South Africa on October 31, 2017. The full report is available here. Summary On the first night of…
Isle of Wight County Press. By James Woolven. BEMBRIDGE RNLI Lifeboat had a busy call out last night (Saturday) for what was the final shout for the lifeboat's retiring coxswain. With less than six hours before Steve Simmonds retired after…
You have both been at the helm for 14 hours. You’ve both got your hands covered in grease, up to the elbow deep inside the guts of your sick engine. Two exacting hours later and you’ve finally got her purring…
The stunning islands of the Caribbean sweep across the Atlantic in a shower of emerald pearls from the throat of Southern USA to the cleavage of South America. The tranquil Caribbean Sea on the leeward side licks at her white…
How can I tell the story of Clair de Lune? How can one old timber sailboat cause so much emotion? This story is a rescue mission, an impractical, expensive adventure that we simply felt compelled to do. The restoration of…
If you anchor often enough a time will occur when your yacht is brought up abruptly against the hold of your chain and anchor. Initially it might be a gentle bump but, as the wind increases, it can become quite…
Last year Jasna and I were hired to deliver a 3 million dollar yacht 2000 miles from Tahiti to Fiji. When I met the owner, I asked whether he had paper charts on board. His rather condescending reply was “no….
Our boat, Blue Pelican, is a Pearson 424 ketch. My wife Jody and I have been continuously cruising her for seven years, mainly east coast USA and Caribbean. In 2015 we transitted the Panama Canal and sailed Blue Pelican across…
“Breathe through your mouth,” I said as I tilted Captain Hunk’s head forward and pinched the soft part of his nose. I kicked the scallop bucket under his dripping blood. Three of the seven scallops we had caught snapped shut….
The 30th of June 2018 marks the end of the initial challenging period for the 36th America’s Cup presented by Prada, which commenced on the 1st of January 2018. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron confirms three Challenges have been…
Marstrand, Sweden: Torbjorn Tornqvist and his crew on Artemis Racing continued their progressive form on a closely-fought third day at the RC44 Marstrand Cup off Sweden's west coast, moving from second place to first overall after nine races. The dark…
Franck Cammas’ Norauto powered by Team France continues to hold a comfortable lead at the end of the penultimate day of racing off Portugal’s Algarve coast at the GC32 Lagos Cup, second event of the 2018 GC32 Racing Tour. It…
It took until the final In-Port Race, but Dee Caffari’s Turn the Tide on Plastic moved off the bottom of the race leaderboard on Saturday, after securing sixth place in the Volvo Ocean Race. The day started with SHK/Scallywag and…
The Golden Globe led to Britain’s Sir Robin Knox-Johnston becoming the first man to sail solo nonstop around the globe – and had French sailing icon Bernard Moitessier continue east after rounding Cape Horn to make a second loop around…
It’s been a bumpy time for many of the Clipper Race teams as they braced themselves for a second day on the ‘roller coaster’ Gulf Stream. The competition remains tight on day four of Race 12: The LegenDerry Race with…
Liverpool 2018 is diverting to St. Johns in Newfoundland in order to medevac crew member Dominic Littlewood. He is a type 1 diabetic who has been suffering with sea sickness, which has affected his management of blood glucose levels. After…
Phuket, Thailand – With less than one month to go, the 15th Anniversary Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek is shaping up nicely, say the organisers, with a healthy entry list and crews from more than 20 countries already signed up…
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