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On Sunday, November 22nd, 2015 at 4:01:58 GMT, the trimaran Spindrift 2, led by Yann Guichard, crossed the start line that runs from Créac’h lighthouse (Ushant island, France) to Lizard Point (England) for the start of her crewed non-stop circumnavigation….
After several Sydney Hobart Yacht Races, Bellerive yachtsman Tony Williams has elected to contest this year’s Launceston to Hobart for the first time – with good credentials. His Swedish designed and built Martela, an 11.3m X-Yacht, showed she will be…
The Yandoo crew of John Winning, Jim Beck and Cameron McDonald won a dramatic Race 4 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Winning, who has been sailing 18ft Skiffs for 40 years on the harbour, and…
The waiting is almost over. The anticipation is intense. The competition will be tough. The sailors are ready. The fleet consists of many old and new faces, plus a strong local fleet making the best of the opportunity to rub…
Matt Allen has sailed his Carkeek 60, Ichi Ban, took line and overall honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Cabbage Tree Island Race, missing the race record by just over one hour, courtesy of the superb conditions the…
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, the world’s longest ocean race, will stop in the Whitsundays Airlie Beach this January for the first time in its nineteen year history. The biennial 40,000 mile Clipper Race is regarded as one…
Two more first-time skippers and boats for next January’s Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Race will head out of Lake Macquarie on a favourable tide and make their way south to Pittwater for the New Year start of the medium distance…
Until now, the state-of-the art for wind data is a masthead anemometer for the wind around you, and a marine weather forecast or GRIB chart. But the weather forecasts are made hours earlier, and miles away. You could never set…
LMAX Exchange has claimed victory in the third stage of the tenth edition Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race after it crossed the finish line first in Albany, Western Australia at 2143 UTC November 22, (0543 local time, November…
After analysing the latest weather files this morning, Dona Bertarelli, Yann Guichard and their team confirmed a start from Ushant in the next 24 hours on their round-the-world record attempt for the Jules Verne Trophy (the time to beat: 45…
Franck Cammas, one of the most successful French sailors in the world, has done what no one has done before: rounded Cape Horn in a foiling catamaran – a world first! As part of the Julbo Sail Session, Franck Cammas…
While the front of the fleet is hoping to have cleared the last of the very light winds, the boats further back are averaging 10 to 12 knots as they tick off the miles to Albany. The evidence of ClipperTelemed+’s decision…
The final day of the 2015 49er and 49er FX World Championship. The beautiful venue of Club Nautico in San Isidro hosted the 6 day event without a hitch resulting in 16 fairly sailed races, one newly crowned FX champion, and one…
It was more the land of the long grey cloud than the long white cloud today as amid an atmosphere of tradition and fanfare the 2015 Finn Gold Cup was officially declared open on Takapuna Beach, New Zealand. The Rangitoro…
Nick Moloney, professional sailor and renowned ocean adventurer, yesterday set a new sailing speed record in partnership with The St. Regis Macao. Tying the two historic sea port cities together, a 26-mile (42km) route across the Pearl River Delta from…
Competition is hotting up as the teams make their way out of the Southern Ocean chill and get even closer to the warmth of Western Australia. Front three teams, LMAX Exchange,Derry~Londonderry~Doire and Qingdao have all opted to go into Stealth Mode at 0600UTC as…
There are only a small group of professional solo sailors in the world prepared to take on the challenge of The Transat. Among them are two female sailors in the Class40 category, Germany’s Anna-Maria Renken and her boat NIVEA and…
The 2015 49er & 49er FX World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina is now one day away from crowning World Champions, along with announcing three more countries who will be heading to the Rio 2016 games. The Gold fleet was…
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…
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