The latest news from the world of yachting and sailing including yacht & dinghy reviews, cruising and destination information plus the latest boating gear as well as inshore and offshore racing updates and regatta schedules. All things Sailing, Sail Racing, Sailboats and more.
When the Extreme Sailing Series gets underway on Sydney Harbour tomorrow, there will be happy memories for three of the high-profile competitors. Roman Hagara and Hans Pieter Steinacher (Red Bull) won Olympic gold medals in the Tornado class at Sydney…
In the closest of shaves, Nick Press/Andrew Stevenson (Sydney Sailmakers) won the NSW 12ft Skiff Championship defeating Brett Hobson/Brad Phillips (Garde) by one point to take the title ahead of the 12ft skiff Interdominion to be sailed on Sydney Harbour…
Wet, wild and windy conditions forced race management to cancel the first day of racing on Sydney Harbour at the Extreme Sailing Series presented by Land Rover, with the city’s famous 'Southerly Buster' playing havoc on the racecourse before the…
A classy rating series fleet is taking shape for Victoria’s longest running annual sporting event, the Festival of Sails regatta January 17-26, 2015. The fabric of IRC racing in Australia has altered in the last couple of years, particularly at…
SOLAS Big Boat Challenge (SBBC) winner, Wild Oats XI, will take to the water for her final Rolex Sydney Hobart limber up, joining 30 others in the two-day CYCA Trophy–Passage, starting Saturday near Shark Island at 11.00am. Wild Oats XI…
A new range of interactive cruising guide apps for iPad has just been launched by the Island Cruising Association (ICA). The Sail Fiji cruising guides are the first of their kind – a new breed of up-to-date digital navigational aids…
Hear what Nathan Wilmot, Tom Slingsby, Sir Ben Ainslie and the other skippers had to say about racing in Australia. Does Tom Slingsby really keep an eye on Ben Ainslie to “see which way to go”?
The penultimate day of the qualification series at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne saw extreme sailing come to Port Phillip with high wind speeds of around 22 knots and gusts up to 30 making for some exciting racing, but…
Roger Hickman has been named the ocean racer of the year by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, at a gala cocktail party hosted at the club this evening. The CYCA Ocean Racer of the Year Awards recognises yachting excellence…
A large spectator fleet watched Bob Oatley’s 100 foot maxi Wild Oats XI declare that Sydney Harbour is still her back yard, the brand new, revolutionary American upstart, Comanche notwithstanding. Wild Oats XI sliced across the finish line beside Fort…
Sir Ben Ainslie, the most successful sailor in Olympic history, exchanged his deck shoes for football trainers today as he took part in a Laureus-supported project to help young people in Sydney. Ainslie, who won medals at five consecutive Olympics…
Exeter shipyard Exeter Maritime Services (EMS) located at Gabriel’s Wharf on the Exeter Canal is breathing new life into a damaged steel Challenge 72’ sailing yacht, formerly part of Chay Blyth’s legendary fleet built to sail around the world against…
Team Brunel are just ahead in the race to win Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race and join Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing at the top of the leaderboard – but the sprint into Abu Dhabi still looks too close…
WindRider revolutionised hydrofoil sailing in 1998 with the original RAVE hydrofoil trimaran. Based on feedback from RAVE owners, WindRider has created the RAVE V, an innovative design which addresses requested improvements through updated technology with these key objectives: Easy to…
The Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 departure stopover in Alicante generated a boost for the Community of Valenciana valued at €66.3 million and €89.3 for Spain as a whole, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers economic impact study released on Tuesday. The study,…
With less than two years to the start of the Vendée Globe, Bruno Retailleau, President of the Saem Vendée, gave a complete rundown of the situation concerning the eighth Vendée Globe at the Paris Boat Show this afternoon (Tuesday). As…
With summer holidays and the festive season approaching, Abell Point Marina marina promises to keep your vessel safe and save money this summer season. Abell Point Marina is rated to safe Australian Standards and has a history of safe cyclone…
Emirates Team New Zealand have made the decision to not participate in Act 8 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Sydney this week. Their decision was made immediately after the choice of the host venue for the 35th America’s Cup…
ABU DHABI, December 8 – Team Vestas Wind is ‘exploring the opportunity’ of re-entering the Volvo Ocean Race with a new boat just over a week after their Volvo Ocean 65 ran into a reef in the Indian Ocean.. With…
Premier Ship Models is a London-based retailer of model ships and kits. Initially trading from stalls at boat shows across the UK, this company is now an example of how local businesses can achieve international trade through developing an online…
Despite all the pe-race hype about the new 100ft super-maxi Comanche, it was the 10-year-old defending champion Wild Oats XI which won bragging rights in the SOLAS Big Boat Race on Sydney Harbour. Abandoning his usual position at the pin…
The Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club’s Youthsail program recently rewarded each of the primary schools in the region a Yachting Australia Tackers Sailing Course to be used as an award for a student aged 6yrs to 12yrs for their efforts…
The McConaghy built Kaiko designed Merlin owned and skippered by Olympian David Forbes finished last weekends Bird Island race in 1st place in division 1 and third overall in IRC. David and…
Skipper Nathan Wilmot and his GAC Pindar team, sailing under the Team Australia flag, will return home for the final leg of the Extreme Sailing Series looking to finish with a flourish in front of the home crowds of Sydney…
Every Volvo Ocean 65 in the Volvo Ocean Race is equipped with a Cape Horn Xtreme 330. Watch the video to get an inside look at the MAPFRE team’s watermaker.
Shifty conditions and a cool and crystal clear Melbourne day greeted all the Olympic events racing off Sandringham Yacht Club on day two of the ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne. Southerly winds 8-10 knots built late in the day…
The 16th Annual Seawind Pittwater Regatta, hosted by Multihull Central on the 28th & 29th of November 2014, was a huge success once again, with a fleet of Seawind catamarans parading down Pittwater just north of Sydney harbour in perfect…
Yachting Australia, in partnership with the Member Yachting Associations, has moved closer to providing a “best practice” governance framework and delivering a cohesive whole of sport approach to optimise the future success of Australian sailing and boating. At a Special…
The nation will get their first look at Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze-Clark’s new super maxi Comanche in race mode tomorrow, when the 21st SOLAS Big Challenge starts on Sydney on Sydney Harbour at 12.30pm, in a prelude to the…
Hundreds of entries were received for the chance to win a Guest Sailor spot on an Extreme 40 when the ESS comes to Sydney later this week. The lucky winner was Allan Schepers who nominated is son Aaron to receive…
The Australian Sailing Team (AST), in conjunction with Nautica, are proud to announce their partnership with Melanoma Patients Australia (MPA), the non-profit organisation offering a national network of support and information to melanoma patients, their families, carers and friends. The…
The ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne opened on Port Phillip for the 21st time today. A dry day with cool southerly winds 8-14 knots and reasonably calm water created the perfect entrée before the main dish, which starts tomorrow,…
In 2014, the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta has implemented widespread changes to its class structures, all based on a burning desire by race management to offer close-hauled parry between similarly competitive craft. By the end of Race Day One, a…
On Sunday 25th of October 2015, as tradition dictates, the Transat Jacques Vabre will rally to a coffee producing destination. After more than a week of celebrations around the Paul Vatine harbour in Le Havre, the four classes taking part…
The final day’s racing was set up beautifully to host some epic, close-quarters King’s Cup clashes. Winds were good, crews were psyched, and the final day didn’t disappoint. Saturday saw all classes come to a close with a total of…
The Extreme Sailing Series provides probably of the best spectator experience in the world of sailing. Ten or more high-performance, 40 foot long catamarans are crammed into a restricted space with spectators literally only metres from the action. You can…
Bellerive Yacht Club’s Jeff Cordell and his Mumm 36, Host plus Executive, have emerged as the top performing yacht in Group 1 of the pre-Christmas racing for the Combined Clubs Harbour Series. Host Plus Executive did not win a race…
Careful sailing, exceptional crew work and a new Code Zero have contributed to Robin and Annette Hawthorn’s runaway victory in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s painfully slow Bird Island Race this weekend, with Anthony Bell’s Perpetual Loyal taking line…
NZ Herald. By Paul Lewis: It will be fascinating to see whether the event or events Team New Zealand might bring to Auckland under the banner of the America's Cup are enough to plunge the Government's hand back into the…
After a perfect morning with bright sunshine and moderate breezes, the weather turned ugly at Sail Sydney on the final day. With just 10 minutes before the afternoon session was scheduled to start at 2pm, a thunderstorm swept the harbour…
Read all of the latest sailing news
View more
Dinghy and Yacht Racing News
View more
News from the offshore world
View more
Cruising Stories from around the world
View more
The latest boats and yachting gear
View more
Watch everything sailing and boating
View more