Bad memories buried in middle of Atlantic Ocean
ALICANTE, Spain, May 21 – Team Brunel’s Bouwe Bekking was embroiled in the battle for the Leg 7 lead in the Volvo Ocean Race on Thursday, nine years to the day when he was at the centre of one of…
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Zhik's Kiama jacket designed to be warm, waterproof and stylish
The Zhik Kiama jacket is designed for inshore and general purpose sailing in mild to moderate conditions. It offers flexibility and all-round wear for either a quick sail round the harbour, or going ashore to the shops. With a long…
Missing Kiwi yacht may never be found after EPIRB goes missing
Bay of Plenty Times. A yacht missing at sea may never be found, after the revelation the locator beacon transmitting its position is no longer with the boat. Two men who had planned to travel from Opua to the Marlborough…
Light winds encourage different tactics en route to Bali
While the Fremantle-Bali Race frontrunners Indian and Walk on the Wild Side continue their express train ride the leaders of the main following fleet Audeamus and Sue Sea are choosing to adopt opposite courses as they prepare to sail around…
McMillan to head Oman Sail's GC32 program
Oman Sail has launched a brand new campaign named the ‘Sultanate of Oman’ for the inaugural Bullitt GC32 Racing Tour, starting next week in Austria. Leigh McMillan, Oman Sail’s champion skipper with two Extreme Sailing Series titles under his belt,…
Zennström ‘s Rán keeps cool under pressure to retain TP52 regatta lead
Two second places today, both of them hard earned from intense, close boat-on-boat combat, keep ice cool Niklas Zennström ‘s Rán crew on the top of the 52 SUPER SERIES’ Ford Vignale Sailing Week. After a chilly opening day, the…
Dean Barker named CEO and skipper of Softbank Team Japan
SoftBank Team Japan will be led by Dean Barker, who has been appointed skipper and CEO of the Japanese challenger. Barker brings over 15 years of America’s Cup experience to the Japanese team, including having sailed in four America’s Cup…
Brenta 80 to be displayed at the Cannes Boat Show
After four decades in the yachting industry, boatbuilder Michael Schmidt continues to design and build yachts to delight boat owners. His new build the Brenta 80DC, a vespa green, 80-foot sail superyacht is being built at his new boatyard, Michael…
SE trades keep record hopes alive for Fremantle-Bali front-runners
For the yachts Indian and Walk on the Wildside which are both now in the middle of the ocean and halfway to Bali the magic time they will have their eyes on will be 9:30am WST Sunday 24th May. A…
Maxi yachts prepare for Volcano Race Start
One of the world’s most spectacular offshore yacht races sets sail on Wednesday, 20th May with the International Maxi Yacht Association’s Volcano Race, organised in collaboration with the Yacht Club Gaeta EVS and Base Nautica Flavio Gioia. The secret of…
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing struck by sea sickness
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet was still locked together no more than four nautical miles (nm) apart after more than a day and a half of racing in Leg 7 on Tuesday, with overall leaders Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian…
A consistent opening day sees Ran take the lead in Valencia
With all of the pressure and excitement of opening day of the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES applied it was Niklas Zennström’s Rán crew on their new, recently launched Vrolijk design which rose best to the multiple challenges, posting an impressively…
Ronstan release new range of waterproof gear bags
Sailing clothing and gear needs to stay dry until use and Ronstan has introduced a range of tough weatherproof bags fitr for purpose. Each bag features multiple weather resistant pockets and compartments arranged for easy access and dry results, as…
Long wait over for BliSS skipper
This weekend’s Brighton Ladies Skippers Series (BLiSS), May 23-24, 2015 will bring together women skippers and a mix of sailors from yacht clubs around Port Phillip and Western Port regions, and launch a new Off the Beach (OTB) category for…
Mini Transat Race moved forward to September 19
For the 20th edition and the second time, the Mini Transat -îles de Guadeloupe returns to its origins with a start from Douarnenez (France). The Breton harbour will see the fleet of 84 solo sailors set off on the 19th…
Countdown till Marion Bermuda Race start begins
In a mere month, fifty sailboats will hit the line in Buzzard’s Bay for the Marion version of the “Thrash to the Onion Patch” in the 20th Marion to Bermuda Race. The 118-foot “Spirit of Bermuda”, the island’s sail training…
Over 100 entries from 23 countries for 2015 ORC World Championship
As of 15 May last week, the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona (RCNB), organiser of the Barcelona ORC World Championship, has closed its official registration period for this event. This decision was made by Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) and RCNB…
Fremantle – Bali leaders ahead of 2013 race record with 900nm to go
Forty eight hours into the 2015 Fremantle to Bali Race and Rally and already the lead boats Walk on the Wild Side and Indian are well up the Western Australian coast making very quick passage with both marginally ahead of…
Sailors selected for 2015 Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea
Three sailors are the first Australian athletes selected to compete at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. As the Australian Olympic Committee announced today, Carissa Bridge, Mark Spearman and Thomas Vincent will compete at the Games,…
Sydney set to greet Oceans of Hope yacht
Oceans of Hope, the 67-foot yacht undertaking the first global circumnavigation with a working crew that includes people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), is set to arrive at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia this weekend. Oceans of Hope, sponsored…
World's first ocean cleaning system to be deployed in 2016
Boyan Slat, 20-year old founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, today announced that the world’s first system to passively clean up plastic pollution from the world’s oceans is to be deployed in 2016. He made the announcement at Asia’s…
Taylor Canfield defends Congressional Cup title
Taylor Canfield successfully defended his Congressional Cup title in a thrilling five-day series off the California coastline, completing the opening stage of the 2015/16 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) season. Twelve skippers from nine nations competed in the 51st edition…
Volvo Ocean Race remembers Hans Horrevoets
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet marked a sad anniversary early on Leg 7 on Monday as they raced across the Atlantic, nine years to the day that the last sailor to lose his life in the event was drowned. Dutchman…
Neel 65, the largest production build trimaran, will debut at Cannes
The Neel Trimaran's workshop, based in La Rochelle France, will present its first Neel 65, flagship of its range. The first unit of the series will be launched on May 28 this year in La Rochelle. The Neel 65 inherits…
2015 52 Super Series sets the highest level yet
Who will take first blood in Valencia? What will the biggest and most competitive 52 SUPER SERIES fleet of TP52s be like?How close will racing actually be?How much difference will there be between the nine new boats?What's to choose between…
Team NZ silence wastes PR gold
We have all done things in our past we don't like to be reminded of, but surely winning the America's Cup is not one of them. Last week we all basked in the memories of one of the country's greatest…
Team New Zealand start America's Cup catch-up game on the water
Team New Zealand are upping their sailing programme as they play a game of catch-up on the way to the next America's Cup in Bermuda in 2017. With most of their rivals already well under way in working out on…
Team Oz has been accepted for the Tour de France Voile
The newly rebadged Tour de France/Voile fleet will begin from Dunkirk France on July 1st. For the first time the event is being held in the exciting and new DM24 trimaran and will comprise both coastal distance courses and spectacular…
Indian and Walk on the Wild Side fight for lead in Fremantle – Bali race
At 9:00am WST this morning 19 May, almost 24 hrs since the 1440 nm race commenced, the fleet leader Indian owned by Craig Carter was 130nm off the Western Australian coast sailing a NW course at approximately 16.5 knots. In…
Entries open for QLD IRC States and Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta
The Queensland IRC State Titles and Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta 2015 (SCOR) is fast approaching. Sunshine Coast Yacht Club has been selected to host the Queensland IRC State titles in July. This championship regatta will be run on 4th &…
Silver for Lilley in Junior Finn Europeans
Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) has secured his third Finn European title and his second in Split after a medal race that was filled with drama and tension. Josh Junior (NZL) took the silver while Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) took bronze. Arkadiy…
Mapfre leads Volvo fleet into the Atlantic for final crossing
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, USA, May 17 – Spanish boat MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP), winners of the in-port race a day earlier, were again the class act as they led the six-boat Volvo Ocean Race fleet out of Newport at the start…
Boettcher's new boat for Hamilton Island and IRC Championship
Most owners left last year’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week tired, tanned and happy after a week of winter Whitsunday racing, appreciating their boats would be safely delivered or trucked home. Most owners aren’t South Australian yachtsman Geoff Boettcher and…
Countbacks decide Autumn Short-Handed winners on the Derwent
Countbacks were needed to decide the overall winners in three of the six divisions after Sunday’s fifth and final race in the Derwent Sailing Squadron/Quantum Autumn Short-Handed Series. Instead of the forecast 10 knot breeze on the River Derwent, the…
Wild Oats XI heads to Los Angeles for the Transpac 2015 race to Hawaii
Australia’s most successful supermaxi ocean racing yacht, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI, entered the first stage of a new challenge today when she was shipped out to America’s west coast. The sleek, silver-hulled yacht is bound for Los Angeles to…
Fremantle to Bali Race and Rally gets underway 48 hours later
Finally the 2015 Wonderful Indonesia Fremantle to Bali Race and Rally got underway after two days of postponement with boats setting off to Bali, Indonesia at 10am this morning. Indian, owned by Craig Carter and helmed by Paul Eldrid for…
Canfield defends Congressional Cup title in California
Long Beach, California, USA (17th May): Taylor Canfield successfully defended his Congressional Cup title in a thrilling five-day series off the California coastline, completing the opening stage of the 2015/16 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) season. Twelve skippers from nine…
Frostad sets target of eight to ten boats for next Volvo Ocean Race
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, May 16 – Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad unveiled an exciting, high-tech future for the event to stakeholders in a presentation on Saturday and set an ambition of eight to 10 boats for the next edition…
Mapfre wins Newport version of the VOR in-port race
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, USA, May 16 – Spanish boat MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP) dominated from start to finish to claim their first victory in the Volvo Ocean Race in-port series here on Saturday, watched by a packed dock of thousands of…
Jake Lilley into medal race at Finn Europeans
For the first time this week, Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) has taken the lead at the Finn European Championships in Split, Croatia. Josh Junior (CRO) has dropped to second while Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) remains in third but has considerably closed…
