Demolition derby at 49erFX Worlds in Miami
Clearwater, FL. Day two of the 2016 World Championships appeared sunny, with a chance of another windy day. The FX girls were proposed to go out at 11 am, but were held for a bit on shore due to that…
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Sydney Sailboat Expo covers dinghies, skiffs, multihulls and trailables
The 2016 Sydney Sailboat Expo will be held on the 9-10th April 2016 (10am to 4pm) at the International College of Management, Sydney (ICMS) in Manly. The 2016 Expo has something for everyone and MySailing.com.au is pleased to be a…
LIVE STREAM: 18 Footers JJ Giltinan Championship
The Australian 18 Footers League 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship sponsored by appliancesonline.com.au, runs from February 12-21, 2016. The championship, which has been the world’s major 18 Footer championship since it was first sailed on Sydney Harbour in 1938,…
JJ Giltinan – Stephen Quigley has an eye on the future
One of the most respected men in 18 Footer Racing is the 1996 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff champion Stephen Quigley, who will line up as skipper of Alcatel One Touch in the 2016 regatta, sponsored by appliancesonline.com.au, which starts on…
Record speeds in Clipper Race as boats round southern waypoint
Strong winds in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race have led to some thrilling racing conditions for the Clipper Race fleet, with teams recording speeds of over 32 knots near the virtual mark at the most southern point…
Perfect start for 49er and Nacra 17 defending champions in Florida
UPDATE: The 2016 Nacra 17, 49er, and 49erFX World Championships kicked-off at Clearwater, Florida, USA overnight (Tuesday, 9 February 2016 EST local time) but only one race was completed in the 49er and Nacra 17 fleets. Racing had to be…
Noakes supports outstanding 18 Footers youth team
Sean Langman, Managing Director of the Noakes Group, is one of Australia’s best known sailors/yachtsmen with a record of high achievement in numerous classes of sailing boats. Aside from his wonderful record of achievement on the water, Sean has always…
Hot August Night is 2016 winner of Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy.
Hobart yachtsman Nat Morgan and his crew of Hot August Night should be celebrating their Royal Hobart Regatta Combined Clubs Harbour Race today with a good old cuppa. The reason? This evening Hot August Night was declared the 2016 winner…
Clipper yachts turn the corner as testing conditions continue
The New Moon signifies a new beginning and for many cultures, today represents a New Year. For some teams, turning the most southerly waypoint in the extended route of the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race will be symbolic…
Cruising the kingdom: searching for paradise in Tonga
For some sailors the Kingdom of Tonga is just a stop on the coconut milk run; another country to check off the list and a spot to provision in the rush across the great Pacific Ocean in one frenzied season….
How do long distance sailors cope with different port authorities?
In Aden, Yemen, the local navy commander told us we would have nothing stolen from our sailing boat because the local pirates had told him we were their friends. But, he warned, we could have our throats cut if we…
(Not) going my way? Taking the guesswork out of hitching
Bathed in the soft light of a new day, Playa Zipolite some 80 kilometres east of Puerto Escondido on Mexico’s southwest coast, looked like a poster child version of today’s modern Corona beer billboards. But unfortunately, the beer commercial comparison…
North Sails and Glenn Ashby join forces to develop the Worlds fastest One Design multihull sails
Newport, RI (February 8, 2016) – In an exciting development for the future of One Design multihull sails, Glenn Ashby, world class sailor and multiple multihull world champion, has teamed up with North Sails to develop and market the Glenn Ashby…
Cruising over? Time to do an end of season safety check
The Boat Owners Association of the United States have released a reminder and useful instructions on how to check a lifejacket. The instructions concentrate on the popular yoke-style inflatable life jackets that keep you cool on a hot day and…
Entries open for Port Douglas Race Week
For those in the south anticipating a cold, wet winter, perhaps a trip to Port Douglas for the Mickey Ink Port Douglas Race Week would be the solution. Held in the beautiful tourist town north of Cairns every year, with…
ABC's Australian Story explores the loss of yachtsman Andrew Witton
When Coffs Harbour handyman and avid surfer Andrew Witton left Australia in 2006 it was supposed to be the trip of the lifetime. His plan was to sail across the South Pacific, visit friends in South America and then make…
Lumix wins final 18 Footer hit-out before JJ Giltinan
Today’s Australian 18 Footer League’s President’s Trophy race was the final hit out for all teams prior to the start next Saturday of the 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour and it also solved a problem for…
Intrigue’s Bruny Island line honours upset
Senior Hobart yachtsman Don Calvert has achieved another outstanding result with his Castro 40, Intrigue, this morning outsailing bigger yachts to take line honours in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s 90th Bruny Island Race. Calvert, who turned 80 last…
Bucking Bronco seas test Clipper fleet ten days from Da Nang
The Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race has continued at a fast pace. Derry~Londonderry~Doire maintains the fastest time across the Ocean Sprint, with eight teams now having completed the time trial, and it continues to lead this race by…
Ginger’s MC38 Australian Championship trifecta
The comeback king and kid climbed back from an almost insurmountable five point deficit yesterday to deliver Ginger a trifecta of Australian Championship titles, decided on the finish order in the last race. Leslie Green, Ginger’s owner/driver, is this evening…
Nothing sinister about Rio Notice of Race says World Sailing
Almost from the moment Rio was confirmed as the venue for the 2016 Olympics, there has been criticism of the sailing venue. Chronic pollution has been recorded, including pathogens in the water that would close beaches in most other parts…
Women in Sailing Championship kicks off on Port Phillip
The 2016 Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series kicked off on Sunday February 7, with the Women in Sailing Challenge (WISC). Hosted by the Sandringham Yacht Club, this first stop of the series saw 18 boats and nearly 100 women hit…
Rookie 18ft Skiff crew impresses in lead up to World Championship
One of the big surprises of the 2015-2016 Sydney 18ft Skiff Season has been the impressive form of a totally rookie Mojo Wine crew, who performed so well at the recent Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour. Skipper James…
Nacra, 49er and 49erFX Worlds hold special importance for Aussies
It is World Championship time again for the Australian Sailing Team with the 2016 World Championships for the Nacra 17, 49er, and 49erFX (9-14 February 2016) kicking-off at Clearwater, Florida, USA on Tuesday, 9 February 2016 EST local time. Six months…
A northerner is head over heels down under
Not so long ago my life was very different from how it is today. Not so long ago I would not have believed if someone had told me it was about to change the way it has changed. My life…
Lee Knapton going for a unique double at JJ Giltinan Championship
Many Australian 16ft Skiff champions have become highly successful 18ft Skiff sailors over the century plus history of 18 Footer Racing on Sydney Harbour, but until now no skipper has ever become both Australian 16ft Skiff champion and JJ Giltinan…
Women and Girls in Sailing launch annual sailing event
The Women and Girls in Sailing (WGIS) highlight regatta for racing keelboats, the Port Phillip Championship Series, kicked off yesterday, Friday 5th February, with the launch of the series being held at Sandringham Yacht Club. Not only did this launch…
MC38 Australian Championship super tight at the top
Six races into the MC38 class’ 2016 Australian Championship the pointscore is tighter than a tenor’s trousers. Howard Spencer’s Menace (NZL) leads John Bacon’s Dark Star (RPAYC) by one point four races shy of the series’ conclusion tomorrow, Sunday February…
Clipper fleet battles through 50knot storms towards Vietnam
Teams have been facing blustery conditions more reminiscent of the tough Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race as winds hit 50 knots gusting and high surf speeds are reached on route to Da Nang, Vietnam. IchorCoal Skipper Darren Ladd, in seventh but…
Menace takes the lead on a dramatic day one at MC38 Nationals
The MC38 owner/driver who best hung onto the tiller and the crew that kept the boat on its feet in the screaming downwind rides survived and outshone the fleet on an action-packed day one of the class’ Australian Championship. During…
Rough ride for Clipper fleet as they head south for Ocean Sprint
As the fleet heads south for the first time this year the broad reaching champagne sailing experience enjoyed for much of the past two weeks is over. Winds died off overnight and have now built back strongly, shifting to a…
Sam Gilmour wins Warren Jones Regatta
Sam Gilmour, of Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, maintained the momentum that got him to the top of the leaderboard at the end of the round robins, to go on and win the Warren Jones International Regatta. The final featured…
Sam Gilmour leads Warren Jones regatta after two round robins
Local skipper Sam Gilmour has come out on top of the ladder after two round robins in the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta. He and his Neptune Racing Team, representing Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club ended the qualifying series with…
Clipper front-runners gear up for ocean sprint
A swift turn around Amianan Island has seen half of the Clipper Race fleet gybe to the south-west as the teams head for the Ocean Sprint course and next waypoint off the south coast of Vietnam. Spinnakers are down and…
‘The Ultimate Challenge’ is a challenge for life – 300 pre-entries for Finn World Masters
Those who have sailed the Finn through an Olympic campaign know it well as ‘The Ultimate Challenge’. This moniker has stuck with the class through generations and remains as true today as it ever was – except perhaps more so,…
VOR boat entry costs slashed by half, confirms PwC report
ALICANTE, Spain, February 4 – At a time when rival global sports events are struggling to contain spiralling costs, a report by independent auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has praised sailing’s premier round-the-world event, the Volvo Ocean Race, for halving the price…
Nikata's Mike Broughton walks the RORC Caribbean 600 course
“The RORC Caribbean 600 is attracting some of the world's best yachts. Top professionals who have done the race before have often found it a tougher race than they had anticipated,” comments Mike Broughton, navigator for the 8th edition of…
500 days to go to race one of the America’s Cup Match
The defending champion of the America’s Cup, Oracle Team USA, will face the top challenging team in race one of the America’s Cup Match presented by Louis Vuitton in 500 days, on Saturday, June 17, 2017. Racing will take place…
French dominate record fleet of 27 (so far) for 2016/17 Vende Globe
A top class sporting line-up with no fewer than nine nations taking part, Race HQ based at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, multi-screen international TV broadcasts, innovative digital and media arrangements… The eighth Vendée Globe already looks like being…
Artemis Racing launches second America's Cup turbo
Artemis Racing has made a flying start to 2016, relocating the team’s sailing operations to Bermuda, and perhaps even more significantly, launching its second turbo development boat of this America’s Cup campaign. The new boat, nicknamed ‘T2’, was launched…
