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“It was fast and furious and if I wore a pacemaker it would have needed new batteries,” said owner of the Farr 40 Zen, Gordon Ketelbey, at the end of the class’ Aberdeen Asset Management NSW State Title opening four-race…
St George Midnight Rambler (Ed Psaltis/Michael Bencsik/Bob Thomas) won the Sydney Wollongong Race, the last of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Ocean Point Score series, but the celebrations were loudest on Julian Farren-Price’s About Time after a landslide fifth…
Brisbane, Australia, March 21, 2015 – It was a day of high-drama out on Waterloo Bay, as day two of the 2015 18ft Skiff Australian Championships got underway. In the rigging yard the crew of overnight leader Gotta Love It…
Lloyd Clark and Andrew Hunn’s Farr 40 Voodoo Chile sailing for Tasmania beat the host state’s majority line-up to be declared NSW champion at the penultimate contest of the one design class’ 2014/15 season. The Aberdeen Asset Management Farr 40…
Brisbane, Australia, March 22, 2015 – Squalls and unsettled weather greeted crews on the final day of competition at the 2015 18ft Skiff Australian Championship on Waterloo Bay, Manly. Between rain fronts the bay was barely ruffled by constantly shifting…
Sarah Parker and her crew of Evelyn Foster, Clare Costanzo, Rachel Bower and Lauren Crossman from the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club capitalised on their dominant performance of yesterday to take out the Marinassess Women’s Match Racing Regatta hosted by the…
One of the principles behind Les Voiles de St. Barth since the event's creation back in 2010 is that all the boats, whatever their size or rating, are allowed to have free expression. In this way, in addition to the…
On 19 September 2015, there will be 84 competitors heading out to do battle with the Atlantic for the 20th edition of the Mini Transat. As was the case in 2013, the race will set sail from Douarnenez in north-west…
ALICANTE, Spain, March 20 – A massive one kilometre-wide iceberg has forced the Volvo Ocean Race to change the positioning of their ice gates to keep the fleet clear of trouble in the Southern Ocean on Leg 5. The berg…
Part One: The Beginning and Skill Development The Dinghy Academy in Valencia is going from strength to strength. Established two years ago by 2000 Olympic Finn silver medalist Luca Devoti as a way to develop the skills of aspiring Olympians…
Brisbane, Australia, March 20, 2015 – The Australian 18 Footers League today took to pristine Waterloo Bay, Manly, to contest the 2015 18ft Skiff Australian Championship. Under calm seas, crews dealt with warm weather on the first day of competition,…
Sunday should see Cheminées Poujoulat in the Mediterranean. Some time Sunday. It is hard to be precise because the Barcelona World leaders Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam are forecast to have only light winds for their passage of the Gibraltar…
ALICANTE, Spain, March 19 (AFP) – Volvo Ocean Race’s six-strong fleet were stuck in Groundhog Day as they raced through the South Pacific – and they were not particularly enjoying the experience on Thursday. In the famous Hollywood film, the…
There may be some truth in the perception that life at the front of the Barcelona World Race fleet inherently feels better than that in any of the other current positions. True, most would swap with the Cheminées Poujoulat duo…
Bermuda will be the venue for the 35th America's Cup. It's a brand new race track for foiling multihulls, and Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) were the first to test it back in January. It was immediately clear that it would…
The Dinghy Academy in Valencia was established in 2013 by 2000 Olympic Finn silver medalist Luca Devoti as a way to develop the skills of aspiring Olympians in a group training environment. It receives a range of funding including support…
Judge Joseph C. Spero has ordered marshals to release Oracle Team USA's foiling AC45 which was seized on March 9 during a dispute with fired grinder Joe Spooner. Spooner is claiming at least $725,000 in compensation for wrongful dismisal (see…
The 2015 QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race is the sixty-seventh time that Queensland’s oldest ocean race will set sail on Good Friday. In a year when ocean races seem to be being cancelled due to lack of entrants, it…
Australia has produced two race winning skippers in the history of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and now Wendy Tuck will be looking to add a further victory after being revealed as the first Australian woman to skipper…
ALICANTE, Spain, March 18 – Iker Martínez (ESP) returned to the helm of MAPFRE to take the first day lead as the closely packed fleet headed out of New Zealand on Wednesday, having been delayed three days by Cyclone Pam….
The Race for Water Odyssey expedition has begun in Bordeaux with an aim to draw up the first global assessment of plastic pollution in oceans. In 300 days, over 40,000 nautical miles will be traveled, punctuated by 11 scientific stopovers…
Oyster Yachts announced its largest yacht in partnership with Humphreys Yacht Design and commencement of build. “We are delighted to build the new Oyster 118 in Britain at our own Southampton facility,” says CEO David Tydeman. “We have been working…
New Zealand Herald. By Rob Kidd. A top Auckland doctor charged over a serious boating incident in which a man was left bleeding in the water may escape without a black mark against his name. Dr Anthony Ronald Bierre, 61,…
AP San Diego. By Bernie Wilson. SAN DIEGO — A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered attorneys for America's Cup champion Oracle Team USA and Joe Spooner to meet during the next two weeks to discuss a settlement of…
Brisbane, Australia – The stage is set for a thrilling weekend of competition sailing on Waterloo Bay, Manly, when The Australian 18 Footers League return to Brisbane for the first time in 20 years to contest the Australian Championships. Racing…
The 2015 San Fernando Race, which will start in Hong Kong on Wednesday 1 April, marking the 20th edition of this 480nm Category 1 offshore race, albeit with the 2003 edition falling victim to the 2003 SARS epidemic. With the…
Cruising Helmsman contributor Robert Latimer recently returned from Vanuatu. He was touring the islands for his not-for-profit charity Medical Sailing Ministries when Cyclone Pam hit. Here is his story of the storm and its aftermath. — Like many sailors, as…
The Yachting NSW Youth Sailing Team (YST), is one of the most successful youths sailing teams in the country. The team is well known as a training ground for some of Australia’s best sailors with members winning State, National and World…
Airlie Beach Race Week 2015’s onshore program is to receive a makeover, while the racing program will remain as sound as ever, according to Whitsunday Sailing Club Commodore, Bernie van’t Hof. Van’t Hof says he is well aware the ‘Tropical…
The Farr 40 fleet is preparing for this weekend’s Aberdeen Asset Management NSW Farr 40 title as the precursor to next week’s season finale, the John Calvert-Jones Trophy national title fight when a new Australian one design champion will be…
Cheminées Poujoulat, Barcelona World Race leaders, are expected to make their tack towards the Mediterannean this evening, albeit still with about 1100 miles to sail to Gibraltar. Current routing has them into the Med on Sunday 22nd March. The final…
Talented teenage sailor Sam King yesterday retained the Laser 4.7 State championship on Hobart’s River Derwent, winning six of the eight races conducted over the weekend by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. King and 28 other young Laser sailors…
Volvo Ocean Race’s six-strong fleet finally headed out of Auckland on Wednesday morning after the Leg 5 departure was delayed 67 hours to avoid the worst of Cyclone Pam. However, the crews, led out of the ‘City of Sails’ by…
Crusader, the Greg Elliott designed 35ft E35 Super Sport has won the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (RPNYC) Central Triangle fully crewed Race 2015. The yacht took overall line honours and the series win on both PHRF and IRC. This…
New Zealand’s uncrowded waters are fast becoming a home away from home for some of the world’s most exquisite superyachts. Marine Tourism boost in New Zealand continues with a record 57 superyachts visited New Zealand during the superyacht season (April…
As the entry list for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2015 continues to grow at an inspiring rate, the organisers have already excelled when it comes to the party scene, and the launch of the regatta. They have engaged an…
Following latest information on the development of Cyclone Pam, Race organisers have announced that Leg 5 from Auckland, New Zealand to Itajaí, Brazil, will now start on Wednesday, 18 March at 09:00 NZDT “We see a significant change between leaving…
With race leader Cheminées Poujoulat now at less than 2000 miles to the finish line in Barcelona and Spirit of Hungary now safely passing Cape Horn early this morning, the Barcelona World Race fleet is all safely in the Atlantic….
Underneath the principal Sail Port Stephens label a number of subsidiary competitions will play out, the perfect symbiosis of classes utilising the framework of an established event while the event attracts entries and reaps the kudos of hosting major titles….
Their Barcelona World Race has proven a challenge above and beyond that of some of their rivals. Seasoned Hungarian veteran Nandor Fa and hard driving, young Kiwi Conrad Colman formed their partnership just weeks before the start, setting off round…
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