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Writing in Newport, Rhode Island's Daily News, staff reporter Matt Shelley broke the story of sailors behaving badly. Seven people “connected to” the Volvo Ocean Race were arrested after a confrontation with local police, which began when a fire alarm…
NZ Herald. By Bernard Orsman. The Government has confirmed funding for the America's Cup with $100 million set aside in the budget. When a final agreement for the location of the America's Cup costing $212 million was confirmed in late…
Entries for the 2018 Ponant Sydney Noumea Yacht Race have closed and on Saturday June 2, following a 25-year hiatus, a multi-state Australian and New Caledonian fleet of 24 boats will bring life back to one of Australia’s oldest ocean…
Yachting New Zealand has come out in support of the Wynyard Hobson Application for the America’s Cup infrastructure and event, including the following: the construction works for operations as well as the plan to host events under the unitary plan…
The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama is shaping up as one of the most exciting finishes of the Clipper 2017-18 Race so far, with the teams closer than ever off the coast of Mexico. Though Qingdao and Dare…
With a membership of 1500, Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) is one of Australia’s largest yacht clubs, with a strong interest in training and education in sailing. Women are often considered an underrepresented segment in the yachting community. According to…
The margin between the first seven teams in Leg 10 of the Clipper round the world race tightened considerably overnight, almost halving to just 18 nautical miles (nm). Qingdao remains in the lead for a tenth consecutive day, but Skipper…
ATL Composites will be exhibiting at Booth #314 IN THE SUPERYACHT & MARINE PAVILION at this year’s Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show from Thursday May 24th thru Sunday May 27th. “We are really looking forward to this year’s 30th Anniversary…
Wyndham Harbour Marina on Port Phillip has opened its 24/7 fuel dock, a significant useful addition to this boating area, welcomed by yachties, boaties, commercial vessels and Coast Guard services. “Boaties can now access reliable, competitively-priced fuel, 24/7, including high…
Former round the world race winner, illbruck will join other V.O.60s: SEB, Assa Abloy and Amer Sports One on the startline of the Legends Race this summer. All four boats raced together in Volvo Ocean Race 2001-02. In total the…
Skipper Alex Roepers and his team on Plenty put forth one of the most impressive performances in the history of the Farr 40 North American Championship, posting a tremendous score line en-route to a commanding victory. Roeper steered Plenty to…
After two weeks of racing around the clock in Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge, the top seven Clipper Race teams find themselves even more tightly compressed than ever approaching the doldrums off the southern coast of Mexico. Despite having…
Spectra Watermakers has released its Connect controller that will allow users to control, monitor and run a watermaker remotely from a phone, tablet, computer or from the Connect touchscreen. Its One-Touch Fill Tank feature will fill your yacht's water tanks…
If you want an AIS installation, without the need to replace an existing chartplotter, Digital Yacht has simple and inexpensive devices that can be placed in line to turn current equipment into a state of the art AIS receiver or…
Multihull Solutions is gearing up for record interest at the 2018 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show on the Gold Coast from 24-27 May. Two of the yacht agency's Fountaine Pajot catamarans will be at its marina stand on Marina Pier…
There are many reasons you should know all you can about your yacht's insurance cover. Chief amongst them is the value your cover provides: most agreements are set at market price, or a like-replacement vessel. But only one has an…
Since the launch of Nautilus Marine's app 'The Helm', which gives boaters quick and wasy acces to the full spectrum of marine services via their smart phone or tablet devies, healthy numbers of Nautilus Marine Insurance members and other boaters…
After days of speculation and carefully monitoring the looming wind hole off the coast of Mexico, it seems the Clipper Race fleet was let off lightly by the wind gods, with many teams experiencing a shorter time than first predicted…
The Australian Sailing Team’s Matt Wearn has captured his second major title of the season, closing out the 2018 European Championship at La Rochelle in France in emphatic style overnight (AEST). Wearn battled through a tense week-long tussle with New…
Excitement is certainly building for the biggest one design foiling event ever seen, as preparations for the 2019 International WASZP Games move into overdrive. WASZP in conjunction with the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club are planning a stunning seven day…
Hobart sailor Felicity Allison celebrated Mother’s Day today with a win in the SB20 sports boat division of the Derwent Sailing Squadron’s Autumn Short-Handed Series, with her husband Will as crew, helming the rather appropriately named boat, Cook Your Own…
Anyone has the right to start a petition. However, when it’s as misleading as the one about the equipment for the 2024 Sailing Olympic Games, it deserves a response. Some of the impressions that you might have from the petition…
It all came down to the final top mark rounding of the final race at the RC44 Portorož Cup: Team CEEREF of local host Igor Lah picked up a penalty and completing a mandatory turn dropped her to last place….
The Clipper Race fleet has spent much of the 12th day of Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge either desperately holding onto leaderboard positions or making gains on race leaders as the giant wind hole slows progress, compressing the fleet…
Two new teams have added their names to the list of race winners today at the RC44 Portoroz Cup in Slovenia; from the eight races put to bed, six teams have scored bullets. Having been briefly held ashore, the RC44…
The American modified Volvo 70, Warrior, sailed by Stephen Murray Jnr., has taken line honours in the 2018 Antigua Bermuda Race, crossing the finish line at 7:57:48 local time local time on Saturday 12 May 2018. Warrior has set a…
It is the penultimate day of races here at La Rochelle, France and nice wind allowed all sailors competing at the 2018 Laser Senior European Championships to complete the two scheduled races, with 10 now put to bed. 2018 Laser…
The Frers 57, designed by Mani Frers, who follows in the footsteps of his famous father, German, flew to Australia from his home in Italy to attend the launch. Also on hand were noted builder John McConaghy and Jono Morris,…
Hamilton, Bermuda: Taylor Canfield and the USone Sailing Team have captured the 68th Argo Group Gold Cup with a 3-1 victory over Johnie Berntsson’s Swedish crew. Canfield won the venerable King Edward VII Gold Cup for the second time, following…
The appointment of the Arbitration Panel for the 36th America’s Cup presented by Prada has been announced today by the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand and Challenger of Record, Luna Rossa Challenge in accordance with the requirements of the Protocol…
The looming wind hole off the coast of Mexico has so far been relatively kind to the Clipper Race fleet during Day 11 of Race 10; The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama, with teams opting for the inshore…
Slovenia continued to deliver on day two of the RC44 Portoroz Cup and with another light forecast; competitors and the race committee were relieved to arrive in Marina Portoroz this morning to find a solid north-easterly. Anticipating that this welcome…
The turbo-charged Volvo 70 Warrior, sailed by Stephen Murray Jr., has set a blistering pace in the 2018 Antigua to Bermuda Race, covering 770 miles in 45 hours of high speed racing in the Atlantic Ocean, and is due to…
aylor Canfield (USA), Johnie Berntsson (SWE), Torvar Mirsky (AUS) and Lucy Macgregor (GBR) have won their quarterfinal matches at the Argo Group Gold Cup. Hamilton Harbour produced a south/south-westerly breeze between 8 and 13-14 knots; slightly more stable in direction…
he Final series of the Laser Europeans started today in La Rochelle, France, and 9-15 knots allowed sailors to complete two new scheduled races, being 8 now in total. Weather is being fantastic and the 300 plus sailors are enjoying…
OC Sport, the creator and organiser of the Extreme Sailing Series™, has announced today that it is cancelling the fifth Act of the 2018 season due to be held in St Petersburg, Russia from 9-12 August. The company said a…
With less than a week until the 2018 Finn World Masters opens in El Balís, Spain, there are an impressive 352 entries from 32 countries – falling a few boats short of the record set in Torbole in 2016 –…
Just in case you are a little confused or unsure what the Finn class is and what it stands for, here is a Finn 101 tutorial that will hopefully clear up any misunderstandings and misconceptions. We’ve tried to use the…
Light wind tactics remain the central theme on the tenth day of Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge as teams seek to maintain the best possible course ahead of an upcoming wind hole off the coast of Mexico. At what…
After the first night at sea for the international fleet in the Antigua Bermuda Race the pace is relentless. The leading teams Warrior and Varuna are now over 300 miles offshore, blast reaching through two metre swell in the Atlantic…
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