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An extraordinary era in Australian yacht design, building and ocean racing came an end yesterday, 27 July 2015, with the death in Sydney of Magnus Halvorsen, just short of his 97th birthday. The record set by Magnus and his brother…
When the 52 SUPER SERIES fleet of 11 TP52s gather for next week’s Mediterranean summer showcase regatta, the 34th Copa del Rey MAPFRE, series leaders Azzurra will be bidding to win their third regatta in a row and the fleet…
With one day of racing left at the RC44 Marstrand Cup on Sweden's west coast, the two Vladimirs' teams are vying for the lead. This morning Vladimir Liubomirov's Bronenosec Sailing Team was ahead by a mere point, an opening race…
Sopot, Poland (30th July 2015) Veteran Polish match racer and America’s Cup helmsman Karol Jablonski skilfully played the gusty conditions today to lead the twelve strong field of teams at the end of Day 2 of Qualifying at the 2015…
Sweden lived up to the tourist brochures on day two of fleet racing at the RC44 Marstrand Cup. The boats headed out to the west of Marstrand Island where they were treated to three races in a 8-14 knot northwesterly,…
There was a sense of anticipation about day 1 of the Bullitt GC32 Sailing Cup Kiel. The Kieler Fjord is the narrowest race course that the fleet of high-speed GC32s has yet encountered, so the five teams were keen to…
Jim Hunt (GBR) has taken the lead for the first time at the OK Dinghy World Championship in Puck, Poland after only one race was sailed on the third day. André Budzien (GER) drops one to second and Bo Petersen…
Navionics has announced new updates to Australia and New Zealand charts as well as recent innovations and expanded compatibility. SonarChart for Garmin GPS This version of the SonarChart HD bathymetry map, customized for use with several Garmin GPS chartplotters and…
Overnight in the Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race the fleet fanned out and race leader Alive added more distance to the separation between them and Peter Harburg’s Juan K 70 Black Jack which is in pursuit. At…
Sopot, Poland (29th July 2015) – The World Match Racing Tour’s tenth stage of the 2015 season, the Energa Sopot Match Race – set sail today. The twelve competing teams finished the first half of Qualifying in a day of…
Andre Budzien (GER) has taken the lead at the OK Dinghy World Championships in Puck after two more races were sailed in an extremely shifty offshore breeze. Jørgen Svendsen (DEN) moves up to second while Charlie Cumbley (GBR) stays in…
Just one point separates the top three teams after the opening day of fleet racing at the RC44 Marstrand Cup. Three races were held today in 10 -15 knots winds with grey overcast conditions in the morning giving way to…
Matt Owen, the CEO of Canberra Yacht Club, doesn’t need many excuses to get out of the chilly capital city in August, and this year the Hamilton Island IRC Australian Championship is the bonus offering at the prestigious annual Hamilton…
Magnus Halvorsen, who with his younger brother Trygve aboard their 39ft double-ender Freya won consecutive Sydney-Hobart races in 1963, 1964 and 1965 – an unmatched record to this day – has died in Sydney, aged 96 years and 11 months….
Coaches blog #2 from Tony Bull in Italy. Buongiorno Well we are settled in Riva with three days training under our belt. We have had some big sessions, the amazing part of this location is how pleasant it is to…
Matthew Diebel, USA TODAY. A cat that crawled aboard a boat that then sunk to the bottom of an Arizona lake is lucky to be alive after being underwater for at least an hour, according to local media. The brown-and-white…
The 9th Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race is underway and front runners Alive and Black Jack have broken away from the bulk of the fleet in the light easterly breeze and headed close to shore at Bribie…
Bronenosec Sailing Team once again demonstrated its boat-on-boat skills, enabling the Russian team to consolidate its lead in the 2015 RC44 Match Racing Championship following the first day of competition at the RC44 Marstrand Cup. A chilly overcast morning with…
The America’s Cup is delighted to partner with Bermuda’s iconic Hamilton Princess & Beach Club as the Official Hotel of the 35th America’s Cup. The Hamilton Princess & Beach Club – the “Grand Dame of Bermuda” – recently celebrated its…
Bo Petersen (DEN) opened his 2015 OK Dinghy World title challenge with two race wins from two races after an epic day on the water in Puck, Poland. The 94 strong fleet had everything from 3 to 33 knots and…
London, UK (28th July 2014): Reigning ISAF World Champion Ian Williams starts as favourite for the Energa Sopot Match Race, the fourth World Championship Event and Polish leg of the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) which starts on Wednesday this…
Honolulu, Hawaii – Boats from the two classes that symbolize Transpac more than any other have taken the top of the leaderboard in the 48th edition of this biennial ocean racing classic. Local-based James McDowell on his Santa Cruz 70…
When Queenslander Damian Suckling hits the water with Another Fiasco at Airlie Beach Race Week in August, he will be happily swapping one style of sea life for another. Suckling spends most of his life aboard ships for employer Offshore…
Multihull Solutions is bringing one of the world’s most popular sailing catamarans to the Sydney International Boat Show this weekend, as well as showcasing the highly acclaimed range of TAG Yachts. The company will exhibit the Fountaine Pajot Helia 44…
Sailors with disABILITIES participated and completed the 2015 LandRover Sydney to Gold Coast Yacht Race with a crew of fifteen on board Kayle, a 52ft Lyons grand prix offshore racing yacht purpose-built for disabled people. According to the CYCA, “The 384…
Now that the Volvo Ocean Race has finished and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing has won the trophy, we have a look back at the race. This edition of the VOR saw the introduction the one design concept. Was it a…
What was promisingly looking like a fast run up the coast in tomorrow’s Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race has been scratched by a high pressure system hovering over the race course. Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson forecasts a light…
As the early entry discount end date of August 1 fast approaches, Townsville Sailing Club are sending out invitations to all Australian and international Tasar fleets to register for this year’s SeaLink 43rd Tasar Australian Championships being held from September…
Monday, 27 July 2015: A special contract signing ceremony today has finalised a sponsorship agreement for the Vietnamese city of Da Nang to be a Team Sponsor and the official South East Asia Host Port of the 2015-16 edition of…
Racing resumes on the 2015 RC44 Championship Tour with the third event of the season starting tomorrow on the picturesque holiday hotspot island of Marstrand on Sweden's west coast. Attracted to Scandinavia by Torbjorn Tornqvist's Artemis Racing, that fields two…
Racing at the OK Dinghy World Championship begins on Tuesday, but on Monday the practice race was held in a moderate to strong southerly. Ninety-three sailors are now entered for the week. The race was started after one general recall…
Black Jack, the V70 owned by Queensland yachtsman Peter Harburg, has been declared overall winner of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 384 nautical mile 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. In a David and Goliath battle to…
An error in recording the finishing time has meant Peter Harburg and his V70 Black Jack, have not won the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 384 nautical mile 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race – instead Shane Kearns’…
Extreme winds forced the cancellation of racing at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Portsmouth on Sunday, but didn’t dampen enthusiasm for a Royal visit from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. With no racing to close out…
Hamburg, 26 July – The Australian crewed British sailing team GAC Pindar were forced to pull out of the final day of the Extreme Sailing Series in Hamburg following a collision with SAP Racing. The incident occurred at the start…
Anthony Bell’s Perpetual Loyal has taken line honours in the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race late this evening, crossing the Main Beach finish line of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 384 nautical mile race overall at…
It’s often said in some genres of sailing “there are no seconds”. That wasn’t the case on Sunday for the Fourth and Fifth Heats of The Pantaenius Western Australian State IRC Championships where seconds were everything both on the water…
The 2015 OK Dinghy World Championship was opened Sunday evening in the picturesque town of Puck in north-eastern Poland. It is 22 years since the class last held its world championship in Puck, and when more than 100 sailors from…
In 2014, Mark Hipgrave and two friends set off from Queensland to deliver his Beneteau 36 The Healer to New Plymouth in New Zealand for the start of the Solo Tasman Race. He employed professional weather router Bob McDavitt to…
July 2015 – The Royal Langkawi Yacht Club’s (RLYC) redevelopment of its club and marina which began in February 2015 has progressed with excellent results. The redevelopment to enhance the club’s facilities and services has, along the way, been reassessed…
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