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NZ Herald. By: Cheree Kinnear Yachting New Zealand boss David Abercrombie has slammed the America's Cup class rule for not allocating a specific position for female sailors. The AC75 class rule, written by Emirates Team New Zealand in conjunction with Luna…
World Sailing is currently reviewing the equipment to be used in sailing events at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028. As the following statement from Australian Sailing outlines, an equal number of medals for men…
RACE 10 DAY 7: TACTICAL SPRINTING After one full week of racing in the Garmin American Challenge, nine of the eleven Clipper Race teams have now embarked on the first bonus point scoring opportunity of Race 10, the Elliot Brown…
On Friday at noon UTC, Brunel had a 12-mile lead over Dongfeng. 24 hours later the advantage is less than three miles, with the red boat in sight and sailing directly behind Bouwe Bekking, making up distance slowly but surely….
The wind has returned on Day 5 of Race 10 – the Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama, but yesterday's wind hole off the Californian coast has made a big impact, with the Clipper Race fleet more compressed than…
Tropical sunshine and 18 knots of solid trade winds piping up to over 20 knots in gusts blessed KPMG Race Day, the last day of action at Antigua Sailing Week. The final awards ceremony and party will take place tonight…
The 15th Sail Racing PalmaVela regatta may have endured a little more rain than expected today but racing remains extremely tight going into Sunday’s finale. In IRC and ORC4, the top two boats are tied on points going into the…
Those who were around for the glory days of the Clipper/Kenwood and the heyday 12 metre America’s Cup times will no doubt remember Phil Uhl, whose beautiful photography bought these events to life – and now will host a solo…
The former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Administrator of the United Nations Development Program has accepted the offer from Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton to become an ongoing advocate of the team and its objectives towards defending…
Azzurra consolidated her lead in the very hot TP52 class thanks to a first and third from the two windward leeward contests sailed today on a grey Bay of Palma. The top three boats emerging at this curtain raising early…
Twelve days into the 5,600-mile sprint from Itajaí in Brazil, the quick sailing through the trade winds was continuing Friday – although lighter winds lay in wait further down the track, meaning Brunel's lead of seven miles is far from…
The forecasted light wind has arrived and is slowing the progress of the Clipper Race fleet as it races past San Francisco on Day 4 of the 4,100 nautical mile Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama….
Johnnie Walker Race Day marked the penultimate day of racing at Antigua Sailing Week, and after thunder and lightning, ominous skies and squally conditions were forecast for the morning, racing was postponed for two hours before the international fleet of…
The Mumm 36 was designed by Farr as a highly competitive boat to sail at grand prix level at reasonable cost. CORUM is that and then some. Starting life as an Admiral's Cup racer she has since been extensively modified…
Innovative mobile app NEBO continues to shake up the international marine industry with a new collaboration established with global yacht charter companies Sunsail and The Moorings. The world-leading yacht charter and flotilla companies have integrated NEBO into their operations to…
It has been a day of learning for the Clipper Race crews, with the majority of teams dealing with a series of 'kitemares' as the fleet entered the waters off California on day three of Race 10: The Garmin American…
From July 30 – August 12, 2018, the Aarhus International Sailing Center will welcome 1,500 sailors from around 100 countries and an estimated 400,000 visitors. The sailors will be fighting for two prizes – medals in Aarhus and qualification for…
Gothenburg – May 3 2018: Telefónica Blue will join former race winner Ericsson 4 on the startline of the Legends Race this summer. She is the second Volvo Open 70 to confirm her entry in a fleet which will consist of…
At 1300 UTC every team apart from Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag had broken the magical mark of sailing 500 miles in 24 hours, lapping up the fast sailing that the stable north easterly breeze has granted them. Dutch-flagged Team Brunel continued…
Azzurra solved an early morning problem which might have jeopardised the first racing day of the 2018 season and went on to win the first race for the TP52 class at the 15th Sail Racing PalmaVela regatta on the Bay…
Fifty-seven boats contested the Beyond Bank Regatta which was hosted by Batemans Bay Sailing Club over the weekend of April 28th and 29th. Crews came from Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and everywhere in between. Saturday was not the most pleasant day…
There's been an early win for the Clipper Race teams that opted to stay inshore after yesterday's Le Mans start to the 4,100 nautical mile Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama. After choosing to head south…
Stage leaders Team Brunel continue to set the pace as they blast along at more than 22 knots, matching the wind for speed, and holding a narrow 15-mile jump on second-placed Dongfeng Race Team. The top trio, which also includes…
A custom build and designed specifically with charter in mind, she was launched in 1997 and refit in 2017. The extensive refit works included a new teak deck, interior varnish, a new galley set-up with top-of-the-line appliances, reconditioning of the…
1 May 2018 Dear Board, Council and Committee members and MNAs, Over the past month, there has been a major debate surrounding the revision and selection process of our events at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. With the upcoming Board…
Yesterday, the goal for the leading group was to be the first to pick up the northeast trade winds and Brunel has done just that. “Not very stable trade winds, very shifty and cloudy,” skipper Bouwe Bekking reported on Tuesday…
The preliminary results of the Volvo Ocean Race Science Program found 360 particles of microplastics per cubic metre in the sample from the South China Sea, an area that feeds into the Great Pacific Ocean Gyre. The Great Pacific Ocean…
Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama is officially underway after the Clipper Race fleet had a successful Le Mans start off the northwest coast of the USA. Although the fleet remains close together, a split has…
Beds on Board, the sharing economy platform that connects guests and owners for stays on boats, welcomes the release by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) of the consultation draft of the proposed “Marine Safety (Short term marina accommodation)…
Auckland, New Zealand – In just over 10 months’ time the International OK Dinghy fleet will descend on Auckland, New Zealand, to contest the 2019 OK Dinghy World Championship, bringing with them the friendship and competitiveness that make the OKs…
PATTAYA, Thailand – The 2018 Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina has lived up to its reputation for delivering close and competitive racing, and this year the weather made the racing even tougher. Over the past four…
The Clipper Race fleet is making good progress towards the start line of Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge to Panama, after bidding Seattle a fond farewell. Visit Seattle gave its home port one last show by winning the short course…
PATTAYA, Thailand – All the fleet are playing catch-up in their respective series after two days of unseasonal weather in the Gulf of Thailand and race officers on the keelboat and multihull, dinghy and Optimist courses were eager to get…
Just over a week into Leg 8 from Itajaí, Brazil, to Newport, USA, Charlie Enright’s American crew crossed into the northern hemisphere at 10:39:40 UTC followed closely by Team Brunel and Turn the Tide on Plastic. MAPFRE, Dongfeng Race Team…
Vestas 11th Hour Racing has had a productive 24 hours on Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race, cutting its deficit to leader Turn the Tide on Plastic in half. Now trailing by just 5 miles, and sailing in more…
PATTAYA, Thailand – The blue skies and tropical conditions for which the Top of the Gulf Regatta is known failed to show up on Day 1 as a downpour which started the evening before never let up all day, making…
Eight gold medals were decided on the penultimate day of racing at the third round of Sailing's World Cup Series in Hyères, France. Six Medal Races produced six final podiums with the other two gold medals being claimed by…
INEOS, one of UK’s and the world’s largest petrochemicals and manufacturing companies, is launching a challenge for the 2021 America’s Cup. INEOS has formed INEOS Team GB to compete for the trophy and is committed to spending £110 million –…
Dee Caffari’s crew set themselves up as the most easterly boat as the seven-strong fleet climb up the coast of Brazil bound for the finish in Newport, USA, some 4,000 miles away. Caffari and Turn the Tide on Plastic navigator…
A grand gathering of IRC boats is expected in Cowes mid-June for the first IRC European Championship ever to be held on the Solent. This stretch of water represents the spiritual home of IRC, the rating rule which the Royal…
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