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GOLD COAST. For the second time in three years Shane Kearns' Komatsu Azzurro has powered to overall victory in the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2017, finishing in a corrected time of 3 days 1 hour 40 mins…
Prominent Hobart yachtsmen continue to dominate results in the SB20 one-design sportsboat ‘Cowes Grand Slam’ being sailed on The Solent off Cowes on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. The SB20s are racing as part of…
Another sunny, bright, breezy day welcomed the combined Olympic fleets of Nacra 17, 49er, and 49erFX race boats today as the 2017 European Championship continued in Germany’s North Sea port of Kiel. The 49er and 49erFX entered their second day…
Leg Zero not only takes care of the official qualifying for the Volvo Ocean Race – it’s also the first chance to see the teams in a competitive shakedown against each other. No points will be carried forward to the race…
Entries for Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing close at 2400hrs on Thursday August 3, so Whitsunday Sailing Club organisers urge prospective competitors to go online and enter now rather than miss out. Among those yachties who have already…
LONG BEACH, Calif., July 31, 2017 – Day one of the 29er World Championship, hosted by Alamitos Yacht Club, started a bit like A Tale of Two Cities. Although just a mile apart, the Bravo Course, closer to Seal Beach…
Paul Goodison (GBR) smashes it on the final day of racing at the 2017 McDougall + McConaghy Moth Worlds at Lake Garda against the hottest fleet of Moths ever assembled. Goody (to his friends), is the first foiling Moth sailor…
With a 21-strong record entry, three new boats, a formidable defending title-holder and a two-times runner-up all in the mix, next month’s Euro Car Parks Half Ton Classics Cup has all the ingredients for a memorable championship (Sunday 13th to…
A large contingent of Australian crews, hoping to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, are racing at the 2017 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships. After the first day, David Gilmour and Joel Turner were the best placed in the…
Risør, Norway (July 30, 2017) – After sitting in podium positions throughout this regatta following a hat-trick of wins on day one, the British team GAC Pindar, skippered by Ian Williams, pinched the top spot on the third and final…
Tasmanian SB20 one-design sports boats, Export Roo and Porco Rosso, are equal first on points after day one of class racing at historic Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. Export Roo, skippered by…
Coaches blog #1 Having had the pleasure of coaching the Australian International Cadet Class team for the past few years. I have at each regatta kept a blog going in order to show the loved ones and followers an insight…
Richmond Times – Dispatch. By Bill Lohmann. Three Virginia sailors, including a recently retired teacher from Richmond, were plucked from the cold waters of the North Atlantic on Wednesday after their 40-foot sailboat rolled over in stormy seas 200 miles…
In the closest finish in more than 15 years, the Oatley family’s record-breaking supermaxi, Wild Oats XI, has claimed line honours for the sixth time in the 384 nautical mile Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Race. The 30-metre long, silver-hulled…
Jon Sanders is nearing the end of his 10th circumnavigation of the planet. When things go quite on board, his mind goes into overdrive and he commits his random thoughts to paper – or rather, his computer. This is his…
Cowes, Isle of Wight: Super maxi CQS is back in the water and ready for the Rolex Fastnet Race after a week of maintenance and upgrades in Gosport, on the south coast of England. After sailing to and from the…
The final series of racing at the 2017 McDougall + McConaghy Moth Worlds got underway today in more glamorous conditions on Lake Garda with the Gold, Silver and Bronze fleets released just after lunchtime for four races on two race…
Sailing rally organisers World Cruising Club (WCC) will be hosting a series of forums this autumn set to inspire sailors to extend their offshore cruising boundaries. Each forum will feature a panel of experienced blue water cruisers sharing their personal…
The final series of racing at the 2017 McDougall + McConaghy Moth Worlds got underway today in glamorous conditions on Lake Garda with the Gold, Silver and Bronze fleets were released just after lunchtime for four races each on two…
Featuring hardened media pros from six nations, the group of Onboard Reporters for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 includes award-winning adventure photographers, extreme sports filmmakers, the documentary-making son of a Volvo Ocean Race legend and a former soldier turned journo…
They have led four of this season’s five regattas and twice been within touching distance of overall victory on the last day, but today when they crossed the finish line of the what proved to be the last race of…
Sanxenxo (Spain), 27th July 2017: Yesterday MAPFRE set sail from their base in Sanxenxo, Galicia en route to England, where they are set to take part in the legendary Rolex Fastnet Race, to sail a distance of 605 nm(1120.46 km), which starts in…
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA (July 27, 2017) : The 86-year-old Sparkman & Stephens classic yacht Dorade made yacht racing history in the 1930s and holds a competitive edge over its modern counterparts to this day. The 52-foot wooden yawl arrived in Brisbane earlier…
(Thursday 27th July, Puerto Portal) – Ergin Imre’s Provezza team have been tantalisingly close to winning a regatta twice this season but have not yet managed to close the deal. They go into the final day of the Puerto Portals…
The early morning Peler from the North provided contrasting fortunes for the fleet of 220 Moths racing day 3 of the McDougall + McConaghy Moth Worlds 2017 hosted by Fraglia Vela Malcesine. After a lunchtime break to repair boats and…
Racing at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra Europeans begins on Sunday night (AEST) in Kiel, Germany with a strong fleet of Aussies taking to the water to compete against some of the world’s best across all classes. A field of…
Australia’s most successful ocean racing supermaxi yacht, Wild Oats XI, will return to competition tomorrow as a starter in the 384 nautical mile Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast race. The 30-metre long, silver-hulled racer, which is owned by the Oatley…
A family of four and their Labrador dog were rescued last night (Tuesday 25 July) by the volunteer Lyme Regis lifeboat crew, after their yacht was swamped by waves and sank at Charlton Bay, west of Lyme. The yacht was…
Stuff.co.nz Outgoing America's Cup boss Sir Russell Coutts has been like a “big dog with a bone” since taking over as commodore at a small sailing club on the Hibiscus Coast, north Auckland. The man who skippered Team New Zealand to…
Philippe Briand and Jeanneau have announced their latest collaboration, the 44-feet (13.4-metre) SO 440, a revolutionary new model in the timeless Sun Odyssey cruising boat range that Briand has been designing for the French builder since 2012. Some might presume…
There was still a lot of summer thunderstorm activity in the Lake Garda region but finally, racing got underway today on day two of the McDougall + McConaghy Moth Worlds 2017 hosted by Fraglia Vela Malcesine. The 220 entrants from…
(Wednesday 26th July, Puerto Portals) – Takashi Okura’s Sled hauled themselves up to second place overall at Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week after winning both races on the Bay of Palma today. A pair of precision first leg…
Among the 400 boat fleet setting off from the Solent on 6 August in the Rolex Fastnet Race will be three of offshore racing's most prestigious classes. Grabbing the headlines will be the one design VO65s as the Rolex Fastnet…
On Monday night as I sailed the final leg of the journey the winds were blowing from the NW to the NNW at 15 knots and I was making steady progress towards Albany. I was right on schedule racing along…
Even at one of the most glamorous of sailing venues sometimes mother nature intervenes. A series of summer thunderstorms caused havoc with the regular breezes on Lake Garda putting an end to any chance of racing on day one of…
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 25, 2017)– The waters off Newport, R.I., were alive with 12 Metres when the Newport Trophy Regatta took place over July 21-23. The event, hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht Club, reflected the excitement growing for the 12…
(Tuesday 25th July, Puerto Portals) – Two second places on the Bay of Palma today for Niklas Zennström’s Rán Racing allows the team – that won the last regatta in Sardinia – to extend five points clear at the top…
In a ceremony hosted at Abell Point Marina last week, VMR Whitsundays delightedly announced the arrival of their new rescue vessel. Abell Point Marina VMR 1, as it has been named, has been 10 years in the making and certainly…
Jon Sanders is nearing the end of his 10th circumnavigation of the world. In this blog he ponders on the trade winds. The South Pacific Trade Winds – all the way across the Pacific. First one has to get into…
Lisa Blair, who became the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica on July 21 when she crossed her track below 45 deg South. Last night (July 25) she returned to port in Albany to a raucous reception from a large waiting…
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