Time to sprint for Clipper crews
The final chance for bonus points in the race to New York is underway, with the majority of the Clipper Race fleet in the midst of the Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint on Day 8 of Race 11: Nasdaq Race. PSP…
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Dongfeng leads Volvo Ocean Race fleet past Fastnet Rock
The Volvo Ocean Race’s overall leaders Dongfeng Race Team were at the head of the fleet on Monday as the teams passed the iconic Fastnet Rock off Ireland’s southern tip. With just under 24 hours of Leg 10 complete less…
Volvo Ocean Race organisers eye off Newcastle as Australian host port
Rumours of an Australian stopover for the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race have gathered pace following a report in the Newcastle Herald of a visit to the city by VOR executives, including former Australian Sailing magazine contributor Jordan…
Port of Newport disinvites famous Tall Ships, but trying to salvage visit
KUOW.org. By Tom Banse. The Port of Newport on the Oregon coast has revoked a docking permit for a pair of tall ships based out of Aberdeen, Washington. Efforts to reach a compromise between the port and the ships' operator…
Italians victorious at Melges 24 Worlds
Victoria, Canada: On the final day of the 2018 Melges 24 World Championship the fleet of 41 teams from five nations finally received what they were expecting from Victoria – 15-20 knot winds, blazing sunshine, blue skies and great speed…
Clipper Race: Bonus point bets pay off
After a week of racing around the clock in Race 11: Nasdaq Race, the Clipper Race fleet has been keeping everyone guessing as to their Scoring Gate tactics. The Scoring Gate allows the first three teams that reach it to…
Slow start as Volvo Ocean Race fleet drifts into Leg 10 to Gothenburg
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet had a slow start to Leg 10 as a high-pressure system brought bright sunny skies and warm weather but very little breeze to Cardiff on Sunday afternoon. With nearly no wind at the scheduled 1500…
Belcher and Ryan victorious at World Cup in Marseille
Philipp Buhl (GER), Emma Plasschaert (BEL), Jorge Zarif (BRA), Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) and Great Britain's Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre were crowned 2018 World Cup Series champions. The final day of competition was plagued with a light…
Winners declared at 28th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
The three-day six-race 28th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta on Port Phillip in Melbourne wrapped up today when the final two races decided the outcome of two open divisions and the S80 Division, the best five results counting in the Royal…
Melges 24 Worlds – rain in Victoria pays off for Monsoon
Victoria, Canada: It is eventually champagne sailing in Victoria on the penultimate day of the 2018 Melges 24 World Championship: the breezy conditions in the waters of Victoria's Outer Harbor allowed for the completion of two races and brought important…
Clipper Round the World: Scoring gate mystery
The Clipper Race fleet leading pack has left the Caribbean behind and arrived in the Atlantic Ocean proper, but with many teams remaining in Stealth Mode, a mystery over whether anyone will go for the bonus points on offer in…
Volvo Ocean Race: Every point counts as teams prepare for Cardiff start
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…
My Song and Savannah victorious at Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta
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…
World Cup Series: First medals decided in Marseille
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….
Teaser: yacht test coming in August issue Cruising Helmsman
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…
More breeze equals more races and new leaders in Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
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…
Italian Altea sets the pace at Melges 24 Worlds
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….
Smuggler wins Sydney Noumea Race
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…
Sprint finish confirmed for Clipper finale in Liverpool
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…
Dongfeng comes from behind to win Sky Ocean Rescue In-Port Race
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…
Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta – double wins for My Song and Savannah
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…
World Cup Series: Putting the hammer down in Marseille
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…
Light breeze escape on Day 1 of Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
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…
Clipper yachts fly past Jamaica in race to New York
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…
Every point counts from Volvo In Port Race Cardiff
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…
Successful launch for the IMOCA Globe Series
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 launches MM50
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…
Snakes, ladders and flying fish for Clipper crews
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…
Atlantic Cup Leg 2 complete – Toothface 2 and Dragon round out the podium
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…
The dark side of life on a superyacht: Slave conditions and mysterious deaths
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…
Frantic takes line honours in Sydney Noumea Yacht Race
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…
Battles begin to unfold at Marseille World Cup Final
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…
2018 Melges 24 World Championship – the only Italian crew takes the bullet
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….
Duke researchers aid in high seas rescue
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,…
2018 World Cup Series Final – last run before Hempel Sailing World Championships
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…
Lovely tradewind sailing for Sydney Noumea Yacht Race competitors
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 on an angle as Clipper boats beat upwind
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…
Eärendil wins leg 2 and extends lead in Atlantic Cup standings
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,…
Volvo Ocean Summit a platform for innovation and change
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 41st Three Peaks Yacht Race set to start in the UK
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…
