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RPAYC wins New Caledonia Youth Match Racing
RPAYC Team led by Will Dargaville has won the New Caledonia Youth Match Racing Championships, in a thrilling come from behind finals victory. Report by coach Tom Spithill: The final day of racing at the New Caledonia youth match racing…
Belcher and Ryan extend lead on second day of 470 Worlds
Mat Belcher and Will Ryan at the 2015 Worlds. Photo AQUAZOOM/Ronan Topelberg. Racing got underway in around 8-10 knots, decreasing to 6 as racing wrapped up. Different sides paid at different stages of the race, mixed up with a reasonable…
Zhik is set to launch its ocean racing and cruising gear
A recent trip to Zhik headquarters gave the Yaffa sailing media team a heads-up on the latest sailing gear being launched for the summer season. After much research and development by this Australian company, Zhik have produced in-house its competition…
WA’s Blue Water Season opens with the Roland Smith Ocean Race
The Roland Smith Ocean Race opened the Quantum Sails Blue Water Series for the Siska Trophy on Saturday 10 October. Conducted by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, the 80 nautical mile race began off Fremantle and took the yachts south…
After two decades, sailing by the stars is back at the Naval Academy
The Washington Post. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff. Almost 20 years after the last class of midshipman at the Naval Academy learned how to navigate by the stars, celestial navigation has once again entered the classroom. The renewed focus on the old has nothing…
Clipper fleet facing winds in excess of 50 knots in 12 to 24 hours
The Clipper fleet is making good progress in some fairly gruelling conditions, with strong winds and gusts around 50 knots predicted for the eastern group over the next twelve to 24 hours. For the two western boats, Qingdao and LMAX…
Spindrift gets ready for Jules Verne record attempt
Spindrift 2. Photo Eloi Stichelbaut. To undertake the crewed around-the-world record is as much about the human adventure as it is a technical and sporting challenge. The men and women working alongside Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard at Spindrift racing…
Clipper boats that went east are bracing for strong winds
Some of the fleet have been experiencing a period of light winds, but strong conditions associated with the front appearing are due to fill in over the next 24 hours with gusts of up to 50 knots being predicted for…
No Australians in International Sailor of the Year nominations
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and Rolex are pleased to announce five male and five female nominees for the 2015 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards. Set to be held on Tuesday, 10 November 2015 in Sanya, China,…
Perfect start to 470 Worlds title defence for Belcher and Ryan
Launching off the beach into the warm azure waters off Haifa Bay, the 2015 470 World Championships got underway today in Israel. The 470 Men were split into yellow and blue fleets for 3 races, with the 470 Women contesting…
Complicated weather patterns pose challenges for Clipper skippers
The weather is set to be complicated over the next few days, creating the first major transition area of the race, and some tactical dilemmas for the teams. The eastern group of the fleet is about to sail into an…
Ginger wins MC38 Spring regatta on Pittwater
Ginger took out the MC38 Spring Regatta on Pittwater by two points, earning skipper Leslie Green the highest honour and high praise from one of sailing’s greats. “Leslie is a real inspiration, we don’t like losing to him but if…
Cleopatra reigns again in Hobart Combined Clubs Channel Race
Three weeks ago the Mumm 30, Cleopatra, was declared Cock of the Huon in a lead-up regatta to the summer sailing season and yesterday she reigned again with a convincing victory in the first race of the Combined Clubs Long…
82-year-old circumnavigator loses everything when boat sinks in North Sea
Harrier approached by the rescue vessel. Photo BBC. An 82-year-old man who spent more than 18 hours adrift in the North Sea was forced to watch as his yacht sank while being towed back to safety in Norway. Julian Mustoe…
Henri Lloyd Sydney pop-up sale for two weeks only
Sailors love a bargain and the Henri Lloyd bi-annual warehouse sample sale is on again in a pop-up venue in Crows Nest, Sydney. The pop up sale starts this Thursday 15th October and runs until Saturday 31st October – perfect…
Minoprio defeats Swinton in final of Argo Gold Cup Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda – Adam Minoprio is a past match racing world champion (2009) but hasn’t sailed a regatta this year. Today he made an emphatic statement in his return to the helm. Minoprio’s BlackMatch team from New Zealand defeated Keith…
California college denies proposed yacht club because it's “offensive”
BIZPAC REVIEW. by Steven Glick, Campus Reform. At Pitzer College’s weekly student Senate meeting this past Sunday, a proposed Yacht Club was turned down on the grounds that its name was offensive. “Student Senate voted against this club instatement last night,…
'First Fleeter' on display for opening day at RYCT
The gaff-rigged cutter Terra Linna that sailed in the first Opening Day of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania season in 1880 today joined more than 220 yachts, motor yachts and off-the beach dinghies in celebrating the start of the…
Clipper Race fleet gets tactical with Scoring Gate
As the crew gradually settles into the life of ocean racing again, attention has now turned to the tactical decision of whether or not to go for the Scoring Gate (shown on the Race Viewer). This would allow the first…
Belcher aims for six in a row at 470 World Championships
The Road to Rio will be tough here at the 470 World Championship, with just six nation places up for grabs in the 470 Men and 18 nations fighting it out. In the 470 women the percentages get even harder,…
Sun, smiles and sails for day one of Club Marine Series
The Club Marine Series is well known for filling Port Phillip Bay with a sea of sails and smiles. It prides itself on being the premier keelboat regatta in Victoria and this year with 105 entries across the blue and…
About Time takes out the Lion Island Race again
For the second year in succession, Julian Farren-Price has sailed his Cookson 12, About Time to victory in the Lion Island Race, the opening race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2015-2016 Ocean Pointscore (OPS). Farren-Price, who won his…
World Match Racing Tour and M32 Series announce plans for 2016
The World Match Racing Tour announced its plans for 2016 yesterday at the Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate event on the 2015 World Match Racing Tour. Håkan Svensson and his team at Aston Harald AB led the meeting with…
Bad day in the office for Blu Moon sees Maidollis take the lead
Changing the hierarchies in Luino where exploiting the Inverna between 5 and 12 knots – southerly wind typical on Lago Maggiore – the Coppa Lino Favini, event valid as the final act of Audi tron Sailing Series Melges 24 and…
Canfield leads top four into semi finals at Argo Group Gold Cup
The Semi Finals of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup features a past World Match Racing Tour champion, a two-time runner-up, a 12-time entrant and a young gun aiming to upset the balance. Crews led by skippers Taylor Canfield, Adam…
Pittwater antipasto plate served for MC38 Spring Regatta day one
Pittwater served up its usual antipasto plate of varying wind strength and direction on day one of the MC38 Spring Regatta, the penultimate event of the 2015 Australian season championship. In light and shifty nor’easters the combination of tactician David…
Gotta Love it 7 wins first race of new 18 Footers season
The Australian 18 Footers League’s 2015-2016 Season started on Sydney Harbour today when a fleet of 14 teams faced the starter in the R. Watt Memorial Trophy race. A crew change and a new skipper but a great first up…
Close battle at the front as Clipper fleet closes in on Cape Town
As the crews continue to acclimatise to the tumultuous conditions in the South Atlantic Ocean, the strong winds are helping the fleet make steady progress towards Cape Town, with leader Garmin closing in on the 500 nautical mile mark in less than…
Blu Moon takes an early lead at Copa Lino Favini
The adversity of the weather did not prevent the holding of the first races valid for the Coppa Lino Favini, final round of the Audi tron Sailing Series and the Melges 24 European Sailing Series. The balance for the end…
Keith Swinton moves into quarter finals at Argo Group Gold Cup
Keith Swinton’s Black Swan Racing from Australia and Chris Steele’s 36 Below Racing from New Zealand have advanced to the Quarter Finals at the 67th annual Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate event on the 2015 World Match Racing Tour….
WMRT goes into repercharges at Argo Gold Cup
Argo Gold Cup. Photo WMRT. HAMILTON, Bermuda – With six of the eight quarterfinalists set at the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup, all eyes are on the Repechage Round to see which two crews will join the action slated for…
Belcher and Ryan aiming for hat-trick at 470 Worlds in Israel
Belcher and Ryan lead the 470 fleet in Rio. Photo Jesus Renedo/Sailing Energy/ISAF. The 2015 Men’s and Women’s 470 World Championships will get underway in Haifa, Israel from Monday, 12 October 2015 with Australian Sailing’s dual World Champions Mat Belcher…
Great weather for Opening Day and Channel Race in Hobart
If this week’s twilight yacht races are any indication, the stage is set for a great summer of sailing on Hobart’s River Derwent, with the colourful Opening Day on the river tomorrow and the Channel Race on Sunday. In fact,…
First leg of Mini Transat reviewed as prizes are handed out in Lanzarote
The Real Club Nautico de Arrecife hosted the prize giving awards ceremony for the first stage. Ocean racing seems much better in fine weather. This was certainly the case for the competitors taking part in the Mini Transat îles…
Entries available for Olympic classes at ISAF World Cup Melbourne
Entries are now open for all Olympic Classes via the ISAF website for the 2015 ISAF SWC – Melbourne Regatta. Unlike past years where the event has controlled the entry process, this year the ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne…
Spithill to lead all-Australian team in Extreme Series Sydney
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…
Oman Sail reports man overboard off the coast of Croatia
Dubai: Oman Sail crew member Mohammad Al Alawi was declared missing off the coast of Croatia on Wednesday after falling overboard. A team statement said French skipper Sidney Gavignet of Oman Sail’s flagship trimaran Musandam reported a man overboard at…
Wind gusts up to 28 knots make for an eventful opening day at Argo Gold Cup
Eric Monnin and his team in action during qualifying at the Argo Group Gold Cup © Charles Anderson / RBYC HAMILTON, Bermuda – The 67th annual Argo Group Gold Cup commenced today with wind conditions that kept crews on their…
Registrations now live for Optimist Nations Cup
Optimist Sail Melbourne. Photo Jeff Crowe/Sport the Library. The Notice of Race and Online Entry for the inaugural Optimist Nations Cup have opened today, Thursday 8th October 2015. Expressions of interest for the Optimist Nations Cup have smashed expectations of…
