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At the 0800 UTC position update Le Cléac'h moved into first place for the first time since losing the lead to Thomson two weeks ago. The change in frontrunner came almost three weeks into the solo round the world race…
Local Western Australian rider Andy Hansen revelled in the relatively light conditions on his home track to convincingly claim the Australian title. Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club in Rockingham, the two day regatta was mainly sailed in 10 –…
After last season’s success of the World Match Racing Tour’s first event in the Australian sailing hot spot of Fremantle the WMRT is proud to announce that it is coming back for seconds. The first event of the 2017 WMRT…
The sole British skipper in the solo round the world race has made impressive speeds since breaking the appendage on November 19, not only holding off the attack from second-placed Armel Le Cléac'h but also setting a new race record…
Chris Bake seemed to light the touch paper on board his Team Aqua during the second day of fleet racing at the RC44 Valletta Cup. The longest serving team in the RC44 class' 10 year history was in a different…
On Friday afternoon, ORACLE TEAM USA donated a second batch of 15 Optimist dinghies to a Bermuda sailing club. The boats have been completely refurbished to ‘better than new’ condition by the ORACLE TEAM USA boat-builders after being rescued from…
Three big names of New Zealand yachting have signed up to join Ludde Ingvall’s super maxi CQS, and will be on the boat for its first competitive outing, the Round White Island Race, starting in Auckland on Friday (25th) morning. Chris…
Yesterday evening, at 21:00 GMT, the final ranking of the day reinforced Sébastien Josse in second place. At that time, the solo sailor was 96 miles behind leader Alex Thomson and had a few miles on third placed Armel Le…
Earlier this month, at Gorinchem the Netherlands, the Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands Brett Mason and Damen Shipyards Group CEO René Berkvens gave a celebratory send-off to the Dutch royal sailing yacht Oranje bound for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival….
Hanse is the German yacht brand that has rocketed the Hanse Group and Team Windcraft in Australia to success over the past couple of decades. The upward trend looks set to continue thanks to a recent 12 million Euro investment…
Queenslander Robbo Robertson enjoyed a race-long battle with two other Beneteaus to take out the Cabbage Tree Island Race, his Beneteau 40, Bravo staving off challenges from the Black Sheep and Ariel, to claim Race 4 of the Cruising Yacht…
Ramrod, built down the Huon of timber and fibreglass almost 20 years ago, yesterday was declared overall AMS winner of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s 180 nautical mile TasPorts Maria Island Yacht Race. Hobart chartered accountant and RYCT member…
A countback was needed to determine the winner of the Lipton Cup for 2016 when Bruce McCraken’s Beneteau First 45 and Rod Warren’s J111 both ended the series on nine points. McCraken’s Ikon won the countback and with it, the…
After weeks of strong winds and near-survival conditions, today’s Race 4 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship was sailed in a typically moderate summer North East wind on Sydney Harbour. The 2016 JJ Giltinan champion Smeg team of Lee Knapton,…
Following years and months of planning, two weeks of preparations and provisioning and final hours of farewells, the yachts taking part in ARC 2016 made their way out of Muelle Deportivo in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria this morning. There…
A shifty 10-15 knot southerly tested sailors on day three of the 2016 Harken International Youth Match Racing Championships with semi-finalists decided. Race Officer Ted Anderson pushed through to complete the Round Robin, Quarter Finals and 9th– 12th place sail…
The Royal Yacht Club of Victoria’s annual Lipton Cup Regatta kicked off today in light southerlies, but such was the intensity at the start of the combined division A and B fleets in the first race of the day, that…
Hobart yachtsman Peter Cretan missed being aboard his yacht Tilt when it took line honours in the 180 nautical mile TasPorts Maria Island Race today – because he was to sing with the TSO choir in the famous Wagner opera, …
Hakata Bay in Fukuoka was the scene for the historic first ever day of America’s Cup racing in Japan and it was Land Rover BAR who finished day one of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Fukuoka racing…
British sailor Alex Thomson was forced to slow his 60ft foiling yacht today after hit a submerged object in the South Atlantic. One of the boat's two foils, which help lift it out of the water to give it more…
The stage is set for the final weekend of racing in the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series. The ultimate event is taking place in Fukuoka, Japan this weekend, the first America's Cup racing in Asia, and showcase event for…
Averaging over 22kts of boat speed during the mid-afternoon hours, Vendée Globe leader Alex Thomson is revelling in his first contact with a low pressure system, 600 miles NE of Rio, which may provide record breaking conditions over the coming…
UPDATE: Following on from the collision that his boat experienced early in the race off Portugal, and after sailing to the island of Fernando de Noronha and diving twice to inspect what was happening under his hull, Bertrand de Broc,…
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Perth is pleased to be hosting another showcase of sailing on the Swan River. A selection of WA’s IRC Big Boats will be joined by a fleet of four M32’s for stadium style racing…
Alex Thomson was expected to lead the Vendée Globe across the Equator during the early evening UTC, the first British skipper ever to lead the solo non-stop around the world race into the Southern Hemisphere. The last British skipper to…
The experienced crew of Jack Macartney, Mark Kennedy and Dave Ewings gave a brilliant performance of heavy weather sailing when they combined to bring Coopers 62-Rag & Famish Hotel home as winner of Race 3 of the NSW Championship on…
The Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600 has just been named IRC Boat of the Year by the UNCL, “Union Nationale pour la Course au Large.” The UNCL judging panel is composed of journalists from a variety of marine media. This award…
The Royal Prince Alfred Yachts Club is pleased to announce the opening of their new offshore yacht race which will finish at Southport Yacht Club on Queensland’s Gold Coast for 2017. The new race to Southport presents a warm water…
December Cruising Helmsman means two things: lots of Christmas ideas plus a trailer sailer feature stories. Do not worry there is plenty for all those grouches or keelboat owners as well. Every December, editor Phil Ross presents those interesting items…
From the yacht production company that brought you the concept of a deck saloon, Jeanneau's latest range of production yachts appears to be phasing this concept out. Or, at least, taking it to a new level. The Yacht 54 is…
World Sailing, the world governing body for the sport, the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) and the Global Kitesports Association (GKA) have today signed an important memorandum of understanding to record a new governance structure for Kiteboarding. Kiteboarding on water is…
British skipper Alex Thomson is up to second place in the Vendée Globe, the speed advantage of his Hugo Boss is telling in the NE'ly trade winds. But the coming hours will be fascinating, as the leaders of the 29…
The meeting of the World Sailing Council has concluded in Barcelona, Spain after two days of discussions, debates and presentations at the 2016 Annual Conference. More than 1,000 delegates gathered in Barcelona to join the conversation and the meeting of…
George Andreadis (GRE) has been awarded the Beppe Croce Trophy, which honours an individual for their outstanding voluntary contribution to the sport of sailing. The trophy, which was first awarded in 1988 in memory of Beppe Croce, World Sailing President…
The duel between Vincent Riou and Armel Le Cléac'h at the head of the Vendée Globe fleet has swung in favour of the foiling Banque Populaire VIII skipper Le Cléac'h as the NE Trade Winds strengthened this afternoon 280 miles…
The CEO of the Boating Industry Association (BIA) is inviting boating industry, yachties, boaters and other stakeholders to complete a survey that will inform the South Australian Boating Strategic Plan to boost boating participation and guide investment in maritime infrastructure…
The Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600 has just been named IRC Boat of the Year by the UNCL: 'Union Nationale pour la Course au Large'. The UNCL judging panel is composed of journalists from a variety of European marine media…
Perhaps it will be a question asked for years to come. ‘Where were you when you heard the 2016 US Election result?' Twenty eight solo ocean racers might reply with their specific memories of being all at sea, between the…
A previous winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart and the Rolex Fastnet races, Ludde Ingvall last week revealed his new challenger to Wild Oats XI's domination of the race south to Hobart. On his website https://www.bigboatracing.com, there is plenty of detail…
A reunited crew of Chris Nicholson, Ricky Bridge and Mike McKensey scored a convincing win with Smeg in today’s Race 2 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour. When the team’s regular skipper Lee Knapton was unable to…
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