Goodbye Billy Barnett
Billy Barnett, OAM, the legendary Sydney Harbour boat builder and 18ft skiff champion, has died in his 103rd year. The funeral will be held on Tuesday 27 March at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium in the North Chapel and a wake…
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Marlay Point Regatta over for another year
On the night of Friday, March 9 115 people attended the 50 year Gala Dinner for the Marlay Point Overnight Race at Sporting Legends in Sale where the history of this great event was revisited with the sharing of many…
Vince Walsh passes
Vincent Michael Walsh, a 50-year member of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, former board member and boat owner, has died, aged 87, sadly missed by his sailing sons: Michael, Mark, Philip and Martin. Walsh, a property developer who lived…
Tough conditions greet sailors on first day of SA Youth Championships
It was a challenging day for sailors on the first day of the South Australian Youth Championships, hosted by the Largs Bay Sailing Club, with only four races sailed for the majority of the classes. There were a scheduled six…
Clipper Race: Cat and mouse start amidst obstacles
Race 9, from Qingdao, China, to Seattle, USA, is officially underway after the thick fog cleared and the wind picked up sufficiently to allow for the delayed Le Mans start to take place at 0800 local (midnight UTC) this morning….
Volvo Ocean Race: Southern Ocean conditions begin to take a toll
The Southern Ocean is beginning to exact a toll on the Volvo Ocean Race fleet as conditions intensify this weekend. The wind is consistently above 30 knots now, with gusts approaching 40 knots and the sea state is rising above…
Greenslade wins Moth Bermuda Nationals
Bermuda: Joshua Greenslade has won the Bacardi Moth Bermuda National Championship after racing was cancelled today due to very strong winds. Greenslade finished 1 point ahead of local James Doughty while Benn Smith, the youngest competitor in the fleet at…
Action-packed Youth Championships head to South Australia
A strong contingent of South Australian youth sailors will take to the water this weekend as the South Australian Youth Championships get underway at the Largs Bay Sailing Club. A total of five classes will be represented with sailors of…
Volvo Ocean Race: Classic Southern Ocean conditions from here to the Horn
The sixth day of Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race dawned with a reshuffle of the rankings as MAPFRE and Dongfeng Race Team shot to the front of the fleet. The two feared red boats were rewarded for choosing…
All square in Sydney as tech2 takes fight to Euroflex
The SuperFoiler title race is on after Euroflex and tech2 finished level at the top on 13 points lighting the fuse for the Expr3ss! SuperFoiler Grand Prix on Sydney.Harbour. “To be equal first after day one, we are happy with…
Epic 30 knot Finn footage may break the internet – but not the sailors
In the tradition of strong wind Finn racing that transcends and inspires generation after generation of young sailors, the on-board videos that have been published over the past few days from the medal race at the 2018 Finn European Championships…
Volvo fleet bouncing off the boundary as cold front approaches
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet continues its relentless charge east, towards Cape Horn on Thursday, enjoying the best the Southern Ocean has to offer. The teams have been skirting the southern race course boundary and racing in strong but manageable…
Volvo fleet turning to the east, pointing to Cape Horn
Four days into the 7,600-mile leg from Auckland, New Zealand, to Itajaí, Brazil, there has been little let-up for the seven teams as they continue to push ever deeper into the Southern Ocean. A north-easterly wind of 20 and 30…
Record number anticipated as IRC's most prestigious championship comes to Cowes
Following its debut as part of Cork Week in 2016 and a stand-alone event held in Marseille in 2017, the IRC European Championship this year will take place out of one of its spiritual homes. Coming to Cowes for the…
Australian Navy conducts anti-piracy patrols in Phillipines
Manila Bulletin. By Nonoy E. Lacson. Zamboanga City – The Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) started yesterday its Second Maritime Security Engagement exercise with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in the waters off Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi in which are aimed…
The America’s Cup Hall of Fame to induct Ken McAlpine in 2018
Bristol, RI – March 20, 2018. The Herreshoff Marine Museum / America’s Cup Hall of Fame welcomes Ken McAlpine to the America’s Cup Hall of Fame as the sole inductee for the Class of 2018. The America’s Cup Hall of…
Ben Ainslie: America's Cup skipper's ambition is to sail round the world
By Rob Dugdale. BBC Sport. America's Cup captain Sir Ben Ainslie says he has not given up his childhood dream of sailing round the world. Ainslie, 41, who won four Olympic gold medals between 2000 and 2012 as well as…
Learn the Racing Rules with David Dellenbaugh
Speed & Smarts compiler David Dellenbaugh has released his latest issue of Learn the Racing Rules. This resource is designed to help racing sailors understand and apply all the right-of-way rules in the 2017-2020 rulebook. The program includes lots of live…
Record numbers try sailing during Volvo Auckland stopover
More than 3000 people tried sailing, many for the first time, with Yachting New Zealand's Volvo Sailing… Have a Go! programme during the Volvo Ocean Race stopover at the Auckland viaduct. Members of the public and school groups went sailing in the…
Borrowed yacht lost after race
SunLive. By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz Imagine if you loaned your yacht to the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club so it could be raced in an international regatta, and it sank – and was unable to be recovered. That's what…
Warming up to cool down – the Volvo Ocean Race fleet dives deeper into the Southern Ocean
The seven teams were level with the southern tip of New Zealand on Tuesday, having knocked off more than 1,000 miles since leaving Auckland on Sunday. Throughout the fleet, reports were of a marked change in air and sea temperature…
Sandringham Yacht Club offers easy ‘try before you buy’ schemes
Sandringham Yacht Club (SYC) has stepped up its campaign to get more bodies on boats of all kinds in Victoria, by looking at the bigger picture and offering ingenious ways of enticing people onto the water without it costing an…
New tracking feature added as NEBO hits 180 countries
Mobile app NEBO has taken the marine world by storm with more than 10,000 skippers across 180 countries now using it to automatically log their voyages. The app has also just upgraded its features to include a unique tracking function…
Postman delivers at M32 Winter Championship
Valencia, Spain (March 19th, 2018) – This winter’s European M32 racing was rounded off in a fashion which the Valencia fleet have become accustomed to as the championship result was clinched on the final beat, of the final race, on…
Registrations now open for Beneteau Pittwater Regatta
The Beneteau Pittwater Regatta is a great day out on the water for Beneteau owners, family and friends. Join in for a fantastic day of racing and a night of live entertainment and dancing. When: Saturday 5th May 2018Where: Royal…
Melbourne Osaka Double-Handed Race will farewell the main fleet on Sunday
Single-handed round the word sailors Jessica Watson and Ken Gourlay will be among those who will farewell 30 sailors from Australia and Hong Kong on Sunday when the Sundance Marine Melbourne Osaka Double-Handed Yacht Race fleet of 15 faces starter’s…
HillPDA Racing claim second Farr 40 national title
Martin Hill’s HillPDA Racing defended its Farr 40 Australian Champion status on Sydney Harbour, four wins and two seconds among eight races tallying up to a final unbeatable score 15 points in the black. Day three video highlights and series…
Turn the Tide on Plastic leads charge as Volvo fleet dives south
An intense start saw the seven-boat fleet – back up to full complement with the return of Vestas 11th Hour Racing – sail straight into a 30-knot easterly just hours after the leg start on Sunday. Monday has brought little let-up…
Slingsby and Jensen to return to Bermuda for Moth Worlds
America's Cup sailors Tom Slingsby and Iain “Goobs” jensen are among the Australian contingent to contest the 2018 Moth Worlds in Bermuda. Here is the event media announcement: HAMILTON, Bermuda — An international fleet featuring the reigning two-time world champion…
Won't you come home Bill Bailey – the wave that was waiting
By Lin Pardey “Have you ever wanted to chuck it all in, give up cruising and move ashore?” I have been asked this question more than once when I happened to meet someone who had just dropped anchor after a…
Avoid the FNQ tourist traps: there is plenty to see
In a quest for the quiet life on the water, many cruisers give any place popular with tourists a wider berth than a category five cyclone. Unfortunately in doing so, they often deny themselves the opportunity to experience some truly…
Iconic Pacific: cruise Fiji's Yasawas
The find of my day: long snout, check; slim body in ringed bony segments, reddish tail, check, check. Solitary and cryptic, absolutely. The reeftop pipefish. Camouflage is one of the distinctive features of pipefish, which seems a contradiction of course….
Another Derwent pennant to veteran Don Calvert
Hobart’s senior racing yachtsman Don Calvert has added yet another two summer pennants to his remarkable career with his 33-year-old Castro 40, Intrigue. Calvert, now in his early 80s, and his long-time crew sailed Intrigue almost perfectly in the perfect…
Isabelle Quigley is Queen of the Harbour for 2018
Twenty one year old Isabelle Quigley became the 18ft Skiffs Queen of the Harbour for 2018 when she teamed with Steve Quigley, Sam Ellis and Scott Babbage in The Kitchen Maker on Sydney Harbour today. The Kitchen Maker and…
Blistering Farr 40 national title day two
Blistering autumn temperatures of 38 degrees and gusty nor’west winds on Sydney Harbour punished Farr 40 crews over four races and spat out those suddenly stranded on the wrong side of a shift on day two of the class’ national…
Cupful of fun for Sail Port Stephens opener
Sail Port Stephens’ cruisy Commodore's Cup regatta is set for its largest ever fleet when the starter’s flag drops on April 9. With entries still open until 5pm on Thursday March 29, almost 60 yachts are already registered. They range…
Jeanneau Sun Fast 3200 ‘The Edge’ takes on the Melbourne to Osaka
Monday 19th March sees the first of the Jeanneau Sun Fast racing yachts start in one of the most challenging double handed yacht races, the Melbourne Osaka Cup. Held every four years, the race covers five and half thousand…
Expect the unexpected as Volvo fleet leaves Auckland for Cape Horn
As the Volvo fleet left Auckland on Sunday afternoon, bound for Cape Horn and Itajai in Brazil, all was not well on board several of the yachts. A virus has swept through the race village, with members of the media…
Heiner leads fleet into Finn Europeans Medal Race
Both Nicholas Heiner, from the Netherlands, and Edward Wright, from Britain, are guaranteed medals at the Open and U23 Finn Europeans in Cadiz after the final day of the Opening Series on Friday. Conditions were again exceptional, with Briton, Ben…
Farr 40 ‘upsy downsy’ National title day one
A high pressure system near New Zealand generated a warm autumn day and cloudless Sydney sky that played havoc with day one of the 2017/18 Farr 40 National Championship: John Calvert-Jones Trophy, on Saturday March 17. Race one had to…
