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With the Extreme Sailing Series moving to the hydro-foiling GC32 catamaran in 2016, German naval architect and GC32 designer Martin Fischer talks through the technicalities of how these unbelievably fast rocketships rise up out of the water and fly across…
The 2015 Finn Gold Cup at Takapuna Boating Club is now just five days away. Measurement and registration begin on Saturday with the opening ceremony on Saturday evening. Practice is almost over with the Pre-Worlds ending up a pretty windy…
The 2016 Bay of Islands Sailing Week is shaping up to be an international affair, as the regatta's popularity continues to grow overseas. Already one of the most popular events on the New Zealand yachting calendar, the annual Bay of…
Competitors in the RORC Transatlantic Race, jointly organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club and the International Maxi Association, are making their way to the start from Marina Lanzarote with many of the international fleet sailing thousands of miles to…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Sydney Hobart Safety of Life at Sea Trusts, in undertaking further efforts to support volunteer groups around Australia, have funded the upgrade to a motor vessel, used for rescue duties at the Australian Volunteer…
The International Fireball Association of Australia (IFAA) is proud to have Gill Marine sponsoring the 50th running of the Australian Championship. The championship is being run at one of the class’s favourite venues, Lake Cootharaba near Noosa in Queensland. The…
The qualifying series could not have been more challenging for the teams vying for Gold fleet inclusion, Olympic berths, and Olympic selection. Starting the day, the teams vying for Olympic berths were huddled at the top of the 49er leaderboard,…
After a highly anticipated build up, the western half of the Clipper Race fleet braced against a ferocious Southern Ocean storm in the last 24 hours and has come out smiling. As the front, which brought winds of up to…
The Bureau of Meteorology launched a new video as part of its cyclone awareness campaign aimed at improving understanding of tropical cyclone warnings. The launch comes after the release of the Bureau of Meteorology’s Tropical Cyclone Outlook earlier this month,…
Buizen Yachts Director and Proprietor Mr Steve Howe has today announced that the company will close its manufacturing facility in Terrey Hills, Sydney, effective from the 1st December 2015. Mr Howe said that the decision was a very sad and…
Sydneysiders will get to see a mini-preview of the Rolex Sydney Hobart when a fleet of 35 lines up for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Cabbage Tree Island Race, to start near Point Piper on Sydney Harbour at 7.00pm…
It has been 35 years since the Finn Gold Cup was last held in New Zealand waters. Back in 1980 it was also held at Takapuna Boating Club, the hosts for the 2015 edition. A lot has changed in 35…
Match racing champion Kate Spithill and Volvo Ocean Race sailor Stacey Jackson will head-up an all Australian crew as the wild card entry for the 2015 Extreme Sailing Series Act 8, Sydney presented by Land Rover. It will be the…
Long-time Sailing TV portal, www.boatson.tv (established 2007), advises that its weekly half hour sailing news programme, ‘World on Water’, will be seen on Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth community TV stations from Sunday, 29 November, with Sydney and Adelaide in the…
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Day two of the 2015 49er and 49er FX World Championship. Day one proved challenging for most teams out on the waters off San Isidro. Many sailors noted the brown tint to the water makes it extremely…
At the 2014 ISAF Annual Conference in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, the Equipment Committee recommended the new Nacra 15 for the Open Multihull event at the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship. Nacra Sailing's Gunnar Larsson gave an update on the…
The sun is shining and life at sea has been brighter and steadier, however a powerful incoming front, likely the strongest experienced so far in this race with gusts forecast to reach 80 knots, will soon put drastic change to…
Christmas holiday season is one of happiness and generosity and while Cruising Helmsman December issue wants to make sure it remains so, it also wants to marinise it. The editor has compiled his favourite items gathered during the year that…
Laser, an Australian electronics company, is a major supporter of Big Ws 'Win big' promotion leading up to Christmas. During the promotion anyone purchasing more than $100 worth of home entertainment products (including Laser Smart Sleeves perfect for yachties) can…
It was a tricky first day for Australian Sailing crews at the 2015 49er/FX World Championships, which kicked off at Club Nautico in San Isidro Buenos Aires, Argentina on Monday, 16 November 2015 local time (16 – 21 November 2015)….
Kiwi brilliance overcame six Australian MC38 crews at the closing event of the class’ inaugural five part championship series that began last February. Howard Spencer’s Menace, sailing for Royal Akarana Yacht Club, scored game, set and match when the crew…
Tasmanian vigneron and yachtsman Neil Snare has had a vintage year, producing fine Tasmanian Pinot Noirs from his Southern Midlands vineyard and today skippering his yacht Winstead Wines to a double handicap victory in the Maria Island ocean race. Winstead…
Hobson’s Bay skipper Bruce McCraken won his second Lipton Cup in succession this weekend after winning all four races on IRC in the First 45, Ikon. Robert Date sailed a fine series in the TP52 Scarlet Runner to record line…
It is only after having crossed the finish line that Ian Lipinski (Entreprises Innovantes) could savour his victory after the duel with Julien Pulvé (Novintiss). But it was difficult! The last three race days have been hell for those…
Starting at 0830hrs this morning at Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club in Causeway Bay, 232 boats gathered on two start lines in 8 to 10kts of easterly breeze hoping to be able to race the full 26nm circumnavigation to starboard….
With one week to go before the ARC 2015 fleet leave Las Palmas for Rodney Bay in Saint Lucia, crews from the 179 yachts already berthed in the marina took part in the official ARC 2015 Opening Ceremony. The final…
The 2015 Finn Gold Cup starts in Takapuna, New Zealand in just over a week. There are nearly 90 pre-entries from 29 nations. It is the biggest event of the year for the senior fleet and for many a crucial…
Five Australian Sailing crews, including Olympic gold medallists Nathan Outteridge (NSW) and Iain Jensen (NSW) will contest the 2015 49er/FX World Championships with racing starting today, Monday, 16 November 2015 local time (AEDT = +14hrs). The 2015 49er/FX World Championships…
Multihull Solutions in conjunction with Yachtshare has announced a new syndicate opportunity of a new NEEL 45 cruising trimaran based in Queensland. The syndicate gives cruising enthusiasts the chance to own a share of “one of the world’s most acclaimed…
Merlin, the Kaiko 52 owned by Olympic gold medallist Dave Forbes and skippered by Joe Earl, has won the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Port Hacking Race today, after a race-long battle with second placed Swish, Frantic and The Goat….
Tasmania’s fastest ocean racing yacht, Cougar II, has wound up her local preparation for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race with a decisive line honours victory in the Royal Yacht of Tasmania’s 180 nautical mile Maria Island Race. Skippered by Beaconsfield…
A steady consolidation and playing the numbers game for the season’s second half has seen Robin and Clare Crawford’s MC38 Assassin climb into bed with the top ranked crews and today on Sydney Harbour they took out ‘boat of the…
Bruce McCraken, Ikon, flew straight to the top of the Division A IRC leaderboard with three wins from three starts. Robert Date’s Scarlet Runner was next with Reverie (Alan Woodward) third at the end of the first day. As racing…
Defending champion Thurlow Fisher Lawyers team of Michael Coxon, Dave O’Connor and Trent Barnabas sailed a near faultless race in a 20-knot Southerly wind to win a dramatic Race 3 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today….
Arriving in the small hours of the Guadeloupean night, the Nautipark skipper finishes as the unchallenged winner of the Mini Transat îles de Guadeloupe. Despite an unscheduled stop on the outskirts of St. Francis, following a chance encounter with a…
ALICANTE, Spain, November 13 – The careers and contributions of two Volvo Ocean Race legends have been celebrated at the ISAF Annual Conference in Sanya, China today. Sailing’s governing body has announced that it is inducting the late Sir Peter…
Yachting Australia will conduct a review into the safety practices of sailboat racing in Australia and also develop a Safety Management System Guide for clubs, utilising grants received from the CYCA SOLAS Trusts. The grants were announced at the recent…
In 2007 the International Sailing Federation celebrated its centenary and to mark the occasion, introduced a Hall of Fame. Olin Stephens, Dame Ellen Macarthur, Paul Elvström, Barbara Kendall, Eric Tabarly and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston were all inducted in the first…
The careers and contributions of two Volvo Ocean Race legends have been celebrated at the ISAF Annual Conference in Sanya, China today. Sailing’s governing body has announced that it is inducting the late Sir Peter Blake (NZL) and Torben Grael…
Frédéric Denis, from La Trinité in Brittany, France, has won the Mini Transat after crossing the finish line off the Iles de Guadeloupe first, at 09:12:30 GMT (05:12:30 local time in Point-à-Pitre) on Friday November 13. After his 3rd place…
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