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Durban's Highway Mail. FAMILIES of the three missing yachtsmen are anxiously waiting to find out more about the overturned hull spotted by a Brazilian navy vessel last week. It is believed that it is being towed back to port today….
The first big hit out of Olympic and Paralympic sailing in 2016, Sailing World Cup Miami presented by Sunbrella, opened up with the 711 sailors being tried and tested in a light Miami breeze. It was a 'head out…
Coopers 62-Rag & Famish Hotel showed her real potential leading into the JJ Giltinan Championship next month with a great return to form to win Race 4 of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Jack Macartney, Peter…
The Smeg team, of Lee Knapton, Ricky Bridge and Mike McKensey, has strengthened its grip on the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship after coming from behind to win Race 3 in a nail-biting finish on Sydney Harbour today. After a disappointing…
One only has to visit Hobart’s Australian Wooden Festival to realise how many fine craft, many built in Tasmanian by great craftsmen from the State’s famed boat-building timbers, there are still in existence. The majority at the Wooden Boat Festival are…
The solo seal ducking traffic in the Hopetoun Channel as 276 boats of all sizes cut through the waters of Geelong’s inner and outer Corio Bay could not be blamed for wondering about the illogicality of humans – it was…
The penultimate day of competition for the two fleets contesting their Australian championships, being held in conjunction with the Festival of Sails presented by Rex Gorell Land Rover, was all about the top boats maintaining focus and consistency. Today’s conditions…
A significant wind-shift from south to north, bringing with it decent breeze, has helped get the fleet moving again on a beat after progress came to a standstill yesterday for some teams. The fleet is now well into the ITCZ…
Johore Bahru, Malaysia (24th January 2016): Twelve of the world’s top match racing teams are getting ready for action at the Monsoon Cup in Malaysia, the season finale of the World Match Racing Tour. Now in its eleventh year, the…
Key West, FL, USA – Lightning, thunder and torrential rain opened the final day today at Quantum Key West 2016, with organizers debating if the conditions were safe to proceed with two races to finish the J/70's, Melges 24's and…
Sailors from 64 nations are gearing up for the first big showdown of Olympic and Paralympic sailing in 2016, with the Sailing World Cup Miami starting in Miami, Florida/USA on Monday, 25 January local time/EST (AEST minus 16hrs). Nearly 800…
The world’s oldest continuously conducted sailing regatta, the Australia Day Regatta, will again be held on Sydney Harbour and offshore tomorrow, January 26, 2016 – for a remarkable 180th year. More than 160 sailing craft, including modern and classic harbour…
Living up to its name, a thunderstorm rolled over Blackwall Reach a few minutes before start time last Saturday. The sea breeze kicked in with 15 to 18 knot gusty conditions which caught out many of the sports boats competing…
The Festival of Sails’ Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race fleet arrived into sunny Geelong throughout Saturday afternoon, slightly weather-beaten and thankful to reach Corio Bay’s calm water having punched into morning rain squalls then 15 knot average headwinds for most…
A number of factors are conspiring to make this year’s Monsoon Cup in Malaysia perhaps the most dramatic and unpredictable finale in the long, illustrious history of the World Match Racing Tour. First is the fact that the top three…
Defending Historical 18 Foot Skiff 2016 Australian champion, John Winning and his crew on Aberdare took out the first race of the 2016 Championship on Sydney Harbour in a runaway victory this afternoon. Even before the Sydney Flying Squadron hosted…
A 50-foot sailing yacht reported missing yesterday morning was discovered run aground off an island between Phuket and Phi Phi. Somboon Chooseng, the owner of Anemone, reported that the yacht had gone missing from Phi Phi Don on Wednesday night, confirmed…
The teams are trying everything to keep their boats moving as they negotiate the light, shifty winds of the Doldrums and its associated rain squalls in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race. Westerly team Derry~Londonderry~Doire is now in…
Ian Williams and his GAC Pindar team are the favourites to return the season finale of the 2015 World Match Racing Tour's Monsoon Cup as ISAF Match Racing World Champions. No one is more aware than the British skipper that…
No wind, rain and the hint of a thunderstorm to come brought the opening day of the Historical 18 Foot Skiff 2016 Australian Championship to a halt on Sydney Harbour this afternoon. Hosted by the Sydney Flying Squadron at Kirribilli,…
Having just returned from the Jules Verne Trophy record attempt, the Spindrift team will be back at sea from the end of January, with Yann Guichard, Dona Bertarelli and their teammates tackling a schedule that will include three different circuits….
GREAT Britain has taken the lead, making up ground on familiar rival Garmin in second position* after it had to carry out a repair to its spinnaker and peel to its medium-weight kite. The wind has lightened further in the…
The British America's Cup Challenger and Land Rover, the team's Title and Exclusive Innovation Partner, have deepened their commitment to creating a sustainable talent programme in sailing with the launch of the Land Rover BAR Academy. This new initiative will…
The teams have been contending with tropical squalls and patchy wind as they close in on the Doldrums in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race. And the next crucial tactical decision soon awaits, with the teams needing to decide…
Bridgetown, Barbados (21 January, 2016): Big winds, big speeds and the fastest ever times ever recorded made the 80th anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Race, one of the most spectacular in history with a total of five records broken, and…
Key West, FL, USA: It's coming down to the wire at Quantum Key West 2016 with several classes to be determined on the final day of racing, Industry Partner Day. Organizers with the Storm Trysail Club held three more races…
The first 24 hours of the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race 7 has seen the teams split as they navigate the tactics of the Lihou Reef, with the option of going to seaward of it, or between two…
To be awarded at the Cruising Club of America's Annual Dinner March 4 in New York, we've announced five major awards for 2015: Blue Water Medal “Without Date” Awarded to Jon Sanders: Recognizing a lifetime of sailing achievements including eight circumnavigations….
Bridgetown, Barbados (20 January, 2016):The 60-mile sprint clock-wise round Barbados has sparked a lot of interest with many of the world’s top speed sailors here on the island including Paul Larsen, Wouter Verbraak, Rob Greenhalgh, Brian Thompson, Lloyd Thornburg, Helena Darvelid, Ned Collier…
The MC38 class is straight back to work after the Christmas break with their Australian title planned for the long weekend of February 5-7, 2016 on shifty Pittwater, an hour north of Sydney’s CBD. Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club will…
Every year Australian Sailing magazine features the results from a number of national championships from around the country in the April/May issue. The feature will include a photo, a few sentences about the regatta, including the highlight of the event…
Key West, FL, USA: Unlike yesterday in the howling wind, today started well in Day Three of Quantum Key West Race Week. During his morning weather briefing, former America's Cup Champion Ed Baird alerted the assembled sailors about the importance…
With over 90 yachts competing in three days of spectacular racing, the Bay of Islands Sailing Week regatta is the biggest of its kind in New Zealand. Yachts of all shapes and sizes – from tiny sports boats to gargantuan…
Newport RI, January 19, 2016: By mid-morning Tuesday, only one week after the entry system opened for the 50th running of the Bermuda Race,107 yachts have started the entry process online to qualify for a place on the starting line…
London, UK (18th January 2016) Kick-off time at the Monsoon Cup, in Johor, Malaysia on 26th January, will see Björn Hansen gunning for his first ever World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) victory and the official ISAF Match Racing World Championship…
Team Phaedo has announced its intention of entering the MOD 70, Phaedo 3 in the 2016 Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race. The boat is currently in Barbados for the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race. Lloyd Thornburg has been campaigning his…
Key West, FL, USA — Quantum Key West Race Week 2016 got off to a rousing start on the City of Key West Day with strong winds welcoming the 133 boats in 12 classes and organizers getting in three races…
Bridgetown, Barbados (19 January, 2016): The final day of the Coastal Series at the 80th anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Regatta, organised by Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, and Mount Gay, concluded in fine style…
Key West, FL, USA: Yesterday organizers with the Storm Trysail Club knew wind conditions would be on the edge off for today, which is why race committee chairman Dick Neville asked principal race officers on all three divisions to complete…
Conditions are shaping up to be ideal for Saturday morning’s mass start of the Melbourne to Geelong passage race for 225 boats, the chief curtain-opener for the Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s annual Festival of Sails presented by Rex Gorell Land…
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