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Day two of the Farr 40 One Design Trophy brought a secondary surge of high winds associated with a cold front and low pressure system to the south and the cancellation of all remaining races leaving Kokomo the victor based…
Strong Southerly winds, gusting to more than 30-knots, made 18ft Skiff officials think long and hard before making a decision on whether to conduct the Alf Beashel Memorial Trophy race on Sydney Harbour today. Following the abandonment of last Sunday’s…
More than two decades after she won the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on IMS corrected time, the Bellerive Yacht Club syndicate-owned Filepro yesterday showed she is still competitive and, in fact, a fine winner. Filepro, skippered by Darren Clark, won…
Their match racing skills and achievements over the years are unrivalled. Now they’re back in Korea for the Busan Cup Women's International Match Race, the 4th event of the 2016 WIM Series. But are double World Champion Claire Leroy of…
The second ever Around Australia Yacht Race is set to depart Sydney Harbour on August 5th 2017. With three early entries all dreaming of competing and completing this amazing race, the event is ‘Full Steam Ahead’. A lot of people are worried that…
When the new De’Longhi 18ft Skiff was christened at Double Bay last Sunday, it continued a wonderful corporate support of an iconic 125-year-old Australian sport. Gregg Lawrance, Channel Manager Specialist & Independants, poured the traditional champagne over the bow of…
The Volvo China Coast Regatta got underway on Saturday in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Haima which brought Hong Kong to a standstill just 24 hours before; including the forced cancellation of the Regatta’s Welcome Drinks and Skipper Briefing. It…
A guest helmsman and rock star team have finally broken Kokomo’s shackles and at the half way point of the season opening One Design Trophy they are in control of the Farr 40 fleet. Lang Walker’s Kokomo has competed sporadically…
A fleet of 141 boats started this morning's PIC Coastal Classic Auckland to Russell yacht race, in conditions that can only be described as any sailor's dream, with the wind coming from the South-West, and with just the right amount…
The handicapper is doing something right when the top four Couta Boats finish the Wattle Cup pointscore tied on equal points as they did on Sunday October 16 after a smoky passage race to Mackerel Beach at on Pittwater’s western…
Good steady breeze greeted the nineteen yachts manoeuvring before the start of the Groupama New Caledonia race. I was reporting on the race as a guest of Tourism Nouvelle Caledonie and this was a great way to start my visit….
On Sunday (23 October), the Australian 18 Footers League will stage the Alf Beashel Memorial Trophy race on Sydney Harbour. It’s a race that is conducted annually and has a special place in the League’s heart as it honours one of…
Winners of four of the five regattas this season, Quantum Racing were crowned 2016 52 SUPER SERIES champions in Cascais, Portugal on Saturday evening. The American-flagged team – who has also won the circuit in 2013 and 2014 – secured…
In an attempt to get today’s 18ft Skiff Major A. Frizelle Trophy race started, race officials trialled a new scheme when they directed all teams to use their ‘Storm’ (#3) jib and reef their mainsail by 800mm. Race officer Doug…
Derek and Martin Sheppard’s Beneteau 45 Black Sheep has claimed overall honours from Chinese Whisper and St Jude, while Giacomo took line honours in the lengthy Newcastle Bass Island Race, which came to a conclusion when Komatsu Azzurrro finished at…
Bendigo Yacht Club got this season’s sailing and competition under way with events over the weekends of September 31 to October 2 with their ‘Ice Breaker’ Regatta, and Official Season opening on Saturday October 8. The Ice Breaker, run over…
Two crewmen were injured, another was tossed overboard as strong and gusty north-westerly winds again battered Hobart’s Combined Clubs yachting fleet today with consistent winds of 20-24 knots and gusts reaching 40 knots. “Unfortunately, another torrid race day on the…
Conditions off the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur coast turned light for day three of Marseille One Design, providing a challenge for GC32 Racing Tour competitors and race officials alike. After leading a race which was cancelled yesterday and coming second in the…
Each Volvo Ocean Race entry in the 2017-18 race, in addition to their Volvo Ocean 65 monohull racing around the globe, will also have an M32 catamaran shipped from port to port as part of their sponsor inventory. The specific…
Sébastien Josse made it into the famous channel in Les Sables d’Olonne late on Thursday afternoon aboard Mono60 Edmond de Rothschild. Live from the drone on Facebook, which Sébastien will carry with him on the Vendée Globe from 6th November,…
The chances of Azzurra halting the regatta winning run of 2016 champions Quantum Racing were given a boost today when the team from the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda sailed to a first and second place in modest breezes at the…
After a day and a half of France’s second city being battered by gale force winds, Marseille One Design, the last event of the 2016 GC32 Racing Tour, got going this afternoon with three races successfully sailed. Following this morning’s…
Safety is the key to the November issue of Cruising Helmsman. To that end we have practical articles covering a broad range for safe cruising. Anchoring expert Jonathan Neeves presents his proven method of anchoring that throws out all those…
The second ever Couta Week, the precursor to the 2017 Couta Boat class nationals, began on Sydney Harbour last Friday and this weekend’s Wattle Cup is the culmination of a timetable of racing and social occasions organised by the national…
If someone told me six years ago that I would be writing about how inspiring New Zealand sailing was, I would have probably laughed out loud. But here I am, pen to paper, fingers to keys, about to explain why…
During the day we have many visual clues to help us determine where we are and avoid collisions. At night the whole game changes. You lose the ability to quickly see and assess the situation. Many navigators rely on their…
Galeforce northerly winds gusting to 50 knots on the River Derwent and in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel played havoc with Hobart yachts in their first long race of the season, forcing half the fleet to retire from the Channel Race. Out…
The Australian 18 Footers League’s 82nd season of continuous 18ft Skiff Racing got away to a flying start today when the club staged the R. Watt Memorial Trophy 3-Buoys race on Sydney Harbour in a 20-knot plus North East wind….
Menace’s heavy air prowess on day one of act one of the MC38’s four-part Summer Championship series gave them an advantage the local lads couldn’t close-up during a second breezy Pittwater outing, this time north-east winds up to 22 knots…
Darryl Hodgkinson has sailed his canting Cookson 50, Victoire, to a two second win over Paul Clitheroe’s Balance in the Lion Island Race, the season opener of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Ocean Pointscore Series (OPS). Balance, a TP52,…
Australians should start preparing for a return to a more active tropical cyclone season in 2016–17, according to the Bureau of Meteorology outlook released today. Climate Prediction Services Manager Dr Andrew Watkins said Australians should expect an average to…
Day one of act one of the MC38 2016/17 Summer Series Championship was a test of boat handling with south-east winds up to 28 knots sorting out the slick from the sloppy when it came to crew work in the…
Hobart boat owners, their crew and families celebrated the Opening Day of the 136th Yachting Season the River Derwent today with a massive fleet of more than 250 craft saluting the Governor of Tasmania, Professor Kate Warner, in a spectacular…
The weather forecast for the day gave a prognosis of very light and shifty winds. But when the fleet came out to the race area just outside the beach of Ibiza the conditions presented beautiful wind of 7-10 knots in…
Sail Portugal – Visit Madeira face a race against time to get their GC32 catamaran back into action after it was damaged in a wet and wild penultimate day of Act 7 on their home waters of Lisbon. With a…
Less than two years out from the Aarhus 2018 Sailing World Championships, World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, is pleased with the excellent progress being made by the Aarhus 2018 Organising Committee and local authorities. Set to…
With a lead of more than 60 points as they start the final regatta of the 2016 52 SUPER SERIES – the EGNOS 52 SUPER SERIES Cascais Cup in Portugal – Quantum Racing seem set to have a straightforward task…
After a test race this morning to try and get sailing in front of downtown Ibiza’s boardwalk the racing had to move outside of the harbour in search for stronger and more stable breeze. This became the start of some…
Swiss team Alinghi sailed a near-perfect day to consolidate their Act 7 lead as Lisbon delivered perfect conditions for the Extreme Sailing Series™’ fleet of ‘flying’ catamarans. The veteran crew, led by co-skipper Arnaud Psarofaghis, only dropped three points from…
By now many readers may well be aware of the death of Jim Kilroy. The US real estate magnate most known in Australia for his fleet of yachts named Kialoa. Unfortunately I was overseas when I heard the news but,…
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