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The sun was out, but shame the wind didn’t want to play ball for the penultimate pointscore race of the Land Rover Winter Series, forcing Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson to shorten the course when the wind fizzled out on…
The second-ever Around Australia Yacht Race is set to depart Sydney Harbour on the 5th August 2017. Being the longest coastal race in the world makes it unique, however, there is another feature of this race that will set it…
Our boat was sailing on a piece of silk, the water so calm it looked like one massive piece of glistening cloth. The boat rose and fell as though the ocean was breathing. No faster than a walking pace we…
Greece has not had good press lately and the Ionian Islands, as one of the more traditional cruising destinations, might seem a bit unexciting in our fast world of newer, further, better. But, they are not Greece’s favorite cruising ground…
I had been looking for a crew spot for an ocean crossing for a few weeks. An off-chance reading of the notice board in the Whangarei marina office started a conversation with the crew of an American ketch that was…
The human eye is exposed daily to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) with the main source our sun. Despite information campaigns, the general understanding of sun-related damage remains minimal at best. The aim of this short review is to highlight some of…
It was late in May and we found Pearl quietly floating in her pen awaiting her next charter adventure. It was terrific to be on a boat again and looking forward to a few days afloat. She was very clean…
Back in 2015 Cruising Helmsman attended the weekend-long Shagger's Rendezvous as part of its continued support for the ‘exclusively, non-exclusive’ yacht club originally formed in 2009. While attendance numbers were down that year, countering its normal trend of rising each…
When sitting around a cruisers’ campfire the mere mention of grab bags can certainly be one way to start a conversation. My grab bag was inherited from the previous yacht owner. Before moving my boat to its new home port…
The 300 and 600W Watt and Sea cruising hydrogenerators are claimed to be effective at producing charge for your batteries at a range of speeds from 2 to 10 knots. They are light, compact, easy to install and built from robust materials,…
Ichi Ban, the 60’ Australian yacht well known in this part of the world, has announced its participation in September's Groupama Race. The 'fight' with the maxi Beau Geste Racing from Hong Kong and the trimaran Orma 60 Team Vodafone…
The trade winds arrived just in time for the final day of racing at the Mark Foy Worlds in Fiji. With 20knots on the course the fleet finally got to unpack their little rigs for a day of thrills and…
Four: That is the number of ballasts allowed by the new measurement rules for the latest generation IMOCA 60. It is a step towards simplification, as the measurement rules previously allowed eight separate tanks. But what is the exact…
(Tuesday 28th June, Sardinia) – Provezza finished last month’s Scarlino Cup regatta under a cloud. On the last run of the last race they slid down the leaderboard from a respectable fourth to a disappointing eighth. Ergin Imre’s team bounced…
After 50 hours at sea on leg two of the 2016 Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, Yoann Richomme on Skipper Macif 2014 is holding onto the lead he grabbed earlier in the 430-miles stage from Gildas Morvan on Cercle Vert. This…
The Danish long-time World #1 Camilla Ulrikkeholm Klinkby showed today in Finland that routine and experience are key factors in match racing. With five wins she’s the only undefeated skipper, already sitting alone at the top of the leader board…
In light of the damage caused to Coffs Harbour marina when a severe east coast low hit the region earlier this month, the finish of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s signature offshore event is moving to Southport on the…
Foiling Week, the first and only global event dedicated to foiling boats, their sailors, designers and builders, today announced the Forum Programme for its 2016 Lake Garda event. The Foiling Week Forum is a unique event that creates an opportunity…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA), Youth Sailing Academy today announced their upcoming regatta schedule for 2016/17 along with a new partnership with Long Beach Yacht Club (LBYC). The Youth Sailing Academy’s (YSA) regatta schedule for 2016/17 features four…
The 2017 Festival of Sails is getting a remodel with the addition of a new Grand Prix Series to open the timetable and a mass Saturday finish of racing preceding a huge closing party for thousands of sailors and their…
Max Wallenberg, from Switzerland, kept the lead after the second day of the Optimist World Championship 2016, in Vilamoura, Portugal. Malaysian Muhammad Fauzi Kaman Shah is 2nd and Singapore’s Daniel Hung is 3rd provisional overall. The second day of Optiworlds…
Already approaching Start Point this morning after a brisk, upwind first night of Stage 2 of the Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, the solo skippers are having to work hard because the gusty southwesterly breeze is so irregular, oscillating back and…
The first event of the 2016 Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is beginning tomorrow on the Finnish waters of Helsinki. A dozen teams will fight in the Helsinki Women’s Match, for their share of the valuable WIM Series…
Speak to any athlete and ask them about a moment that defines their career. Whether it happened five days, five months, five years or even fifty years ago the chances are the memory of that moment is clearly engraved in…
Fremantle Sailing Club’s Arlene race opened the 2016 Valmadre Series on a wet and blustery winter’s day. Heavy rain fell soon after the start, obliterating the shoreline and presenting a challenge to leaders to find the first mark when visibility…
A milestone was achieved last week – McConaghy Boats shipped out the first 20 WASZP foilers to customers in Italy, Spain, UK, Bermuda, New Zealand and the USA. The joint McConaghy-KASail project was conceived five years ago by Andrew McDougall, designer of…
Day two of racing started in similar conditions to yesterday. But as the racing was underway the breeze built to a steady 12 knots and swung to the right. It appeared to be the perfect conditions for the New Zealanders…
Race 8 of the Land Rover Winter Series was one for those whose boat and crews thrive in light fluky airs and so those boats prospered in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia hosted series today. Sailed on Sydney Harbour…
Just three days after reaching Cowes on the Isle of Wight after one of the toughest opening legs in the long history of the Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, the fleet set sail this afternoon on what promises to be another…
Oman Air were today crowned kings of Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series following a tense finale that saw them only just manage to hold off a late charge from rivals Red Bull Sailing Team. Morgan Larson’s men went…
Day two of the Mark Foy World Championship started off as a happy one for the Triple M and Alcatel teams as their container arrived after being delayed at sea. With little over an hour till the start to unpack…
Having barely had time to recover from one of the hardest opening stages in the long history of La Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, the 39 skippers in this four-stage solo grand prix are now readying to leave on stage two….
Extreme Sailing Series maestro Morgan Larson will take his Oman Air team into the finale of Act 3, Cardiff in pole position following a masterclass of big breeze sailing. Larson’s expert crew have impressed throughout the thrilling regatta, rarely finishing…
Perfect conditions welcomed the fleet to Fiji for the Mark Foy Championship and round three of the Triple Crown Trophy. After settling in to Fiji time, racing got underway at 1:30pm in a 12knot sea breeze and two windward/leeward races….
A Clipper Round the World Yacht Race crew member has been successfully medevaced off a yacht in the North Atlantic Ocean with the help of ClipperTelemed+, the race’s Emergency Medical Support Partner, and the Canadian Defense Department, which carried out…
ARC Europe 2016 ended with a packed final prizegiving dinner at Marina de Lagos on Sunday 19 June where close to a hundred crew from twenty-three yachts enjoyed a celebratory end to what has been a memorable rally. Being a…
Nearly six days since the off, American businessman George David’s world-famous maxi yacht Rambler 88 has been officially declared the outright winner of the 2016 Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race. In what has been one of the toughest ever editions…
The greatest stage in international sport, the Olympic Games, is a pressure cooker. While many wilt under the weight of expectation on their Olympic debut, two brothers from Brazil would shine. With the city of Angels their backdrop, The Grael…
The top French sailors in the Figaro class dominated the first leg of this year’s Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, with Erwan Tabarly, nephew of the great Eric Tabarly, winning the stage on board Amor Lux. This was an incredibly tough…
The young guns of Land Rover BAR Academy got their first taste of how intense the Extreme Sailing Series can be as Act 3 got off to a sensational start in Cardiff. With the 2016 season resuming in the Welsh…
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