Vicsail debuts new Sly 43
Having seen the new Sly43 at the Pittwater Marine Expo, at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, I thought “wow something different from Italy.” She is a little less beamy than the current range of new boats and has some serious…
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Australian Sailing Team signs up for ISAF Sailing World Cup, Sail Melbourne
The Australian Sailing Team and Australian Sailing Squad’s en masse entry for the ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne, December 7-14, 2014, raises the competition bar among the Olympic classes and gives aspiring sailors the chance to challenge their heroes….
Oracle Team USA sailing team members keep busy around the world
Following a remarkable America’s Cup victory just under a year ago, ORACLE TEAM USA sailors have spent much of 2014 competing individually at various events around the world, looking to keep their skills sharp against top-flight competition. The results have…
Eleven-year-old holds third place at Melges 20 Worlds
Riva Del Garda, Italy – After Garda’s past rainy days and a short morning postponement ashore, the 57-strong Audi Melges 20 World Championship fleet welcomed plentiful sunshine and a nice 8-10 knots of breeze to the Lake Garda racing arena….
New atlas of Southern Ocean marine life released
A new atlas, providing the most thorough audit of marine life in the Southern Ocean, was published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Leading marine biologists and oceanographers from all over the world spent the last…
Strong fleet lining up for 2014 Inner Spring Regatta
The 2014 EnviroPacific Services Inner Spring Regatta to be held this coming weekend is shaping up to be better than ever! With 21 entries received and crews representing seven yachts clubs from Port Stephens, Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Sydney plenty…
First entries in for Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race
The chairman of the organising committee for the 34th Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour race and skipper of the multihull record holder are the first entries for the New Year offshore event starting January 2, 2015 off Barrenjoey Headland….
Australians close in on lead at 18 Footers International Regatta
After Tuesday's wild racing in the 13th annual 18' Skiff International Regatta it was apparent that old boats aren't necessarily a problem as long as you keep them upright. Howie Hamlin, a six-time winner of the event, is in first…
America's Cup wants 10K free hotel rooms
With three years remaining in the lead up to the 2017 America’s Cup, an event for which hosting rights are still being vied over by Bermuda and the city of San Diego, the president of the San Diego Sports Commission says…
Improved performance, but Aussies stumble on final day of Extreme Series
After a much-improved showing at the Extreme Sailing Series in Cardiff, the Australian GAC Pindar team stumbled on the final day but managed to avoid the wooden spoon. The down-side of winning a day's racing is that you are no…
Nominations now open for 2014 Ocean Racer of the Year Awards
Nominations are now open in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Ocean Racer of the Year Awards. The awards will be announced on Thursday 11 December 2014 and the CYCA welcomes nominations from fellow offshore clubs that have suitable candidates…
2014 Inner Spring Regatta – good times to be had this weekend in Newcastle.
The 2014 EnviroPacific Services Inner Spring Regatta to be held this coming weekend is shaping up to be better than ever. With 21 entries received and crews representing seven yachts clubs from Port Stephens, Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Sydney, plenty…
Southport Yacht Club accredited as an International Clean Marina
The Southport Yacht Club (SYC) on Queensland’s Gold Coast has today been accredited as a Level 3 Clean Marina. The International Clean Marinas environmental program is administered by the Marina Industries Association (MIA). Achieving a Level 3 accreditation requires a…
Leading British woman sailor heading to 14 Worlds in Geelong
English skipper Katie Nurton has just joined the growing number of registrations for the 36th International i14 World Championship to be held at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club in Australia from 3rd to 17th January 2015. Nurton is a member…
Giant 75 metre cargo net retrieved 5 nm offshore in NSW waters
Shipping, boating and fishing crews have been urged to retrieve gear lost overboard rather than leaving it to become an offshore hazard, following a Marine Rescue Port Kembla operation to retrieve a large cargo net on the weekend. NSW Police…
Two Extreme teams win sportsmanship award for helping rival
WHITLEY, 25 AUGUST 2014: Series Main Partner to the Extreme Sailing Series, Land Rover, has awarded the third ‘Above and Beyond’ Award in Cardiff, United Kingdom to Sir Ben Ainslie’s J.P. Morgan BAR team and Oman Sail’s shore crew after the…
Wilmot superb in light winds as GAC Pindar takes first win of the Extreme season
Australians are supposed to be poor sailors in light airs, but no-one told Nathan Wilmot. As Cardiff Bay glassed out and 11 Extreme 40s struggled to maintain momentum, the 2008 Olympic 470 champion pulled off three excellent starts in a…
Fitzgibbon and Tesch win gold at IFDS Worlds
London 2012 Paralympic Gold medallists Daniel Fitzgibbon (NSW) and Liesl Tesch have won the 2014 IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships in Halifax, NS, Canada over night. The Australian Sonar Team of Paralympians Russell Boaden (WA), Jonathan Harris (NSW) and Colin…
Australian IRC Championship to be held at Hamilton Island in 2015
Yachting Australia has announced that the 2015 IRC Australian Championship will be held at Hamilton Island. The Hamilton Island Yacht Club last hosted the championship in 2012. History was created at that event when Marcus Blackmore took out the IRC…
Saga of sailing at Bellerive Winter Series
Longtime Bellerive Yacht Club member Chris Sheehan has added another trophy to his ten year association with his Young 88, Saga, winning Division 2 of the club’s Winter Series which ended on Sunday. A fleet fleet of 27 boats turned…
Coffee with the umpires – a good way to get future calls right
The Extreme Sailing Series has been responsible for some very good innovations such as stadium racing, where they have brought the contest to within metres of the public. But a small, almost unseen initiative is one that could be worth…
Better day at Extreme Series as Australians bounce back
The second day of the Extreme Series in Cardiff was a lot kinder to Team Australia's GAC Pindar. Bouncing back from a port-starboard collision with Groupama in the final race yesterday, the Nathan Wilmot-helmed team scored a third and three…
Cruisers and multihulls add to Hamilton Island Race Week
It was the year of the cruisers at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, though the word ‘cruise’ is misleading. A cutthroat finish to the regatta on day six, Saturday August 23, 2014, brought out this division’s competitive edge at the…
Practical Boat Tips: Anti-skid on stair treads
Instead of non-skid tape, these treads have been sanded. Sand is more durable than anti-skid tape which tends to wear unevenly and can look scruffy in highly trafficked areas. Unlike anti-skid tape that sometimes lifts at the edges, there’s no…
What happens when sailors leave the water and climb on bikes?
Five Extreme Sailing Series sailors and five members of the press joined elite British cycling squad Team Raleigh for a criterium-style race around the streets of Cardiff. Watch some excellent sailing and cycling footage and listen to interviews as the…
Kyle Langford talks about the Oracle America's Cup program
Kyle Langford, the wing trimmer on Oracle Team USA when it won the America's Cup in 2013, is mainsail trimmer on Oman Air at the Extreme Series in Cardiff. In an exclusive interview with mysailing, he talked about the Extreme…
Major collision ends forgettable day for Team Australia at Extreme Series
“Not my finest hour,” was how 2008 Olympic 470 gold medallist Nathan Wilmot described a collision with Groupama on the first day of the Extreme Series in Cardiff. Trailing at the back of the fleet in the ninth and final…
Holt's 25 year dream comes true at 505 Worlds
Mike Holt has spent most of his life dreaming about becoming world champion and today it came true with victory in the final race of the SAP 505 World Championship in Kiel. Together with crew Rob Woelfel, Holt went into…
Octogenarian Leslie Green crowned MC38 Australian champion
After playing bridesmaid at both Audi Hamilton Island Race Week and the Australian Championship last year, Octogenarian Sydney yachtsman Leslie Green and his Ginger crew were today crowned the MC38 Australian champions for 2014, at Hamilton Island. Ginger had enough…
Hamilton Island saves the best weather for the last day
The best of winter sailing in the Whitsundays capped off racing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. Bucket loads of sunshine and puffy 18-20 knots of SSE tradewinds farewelled the fleet from Dent Passage for the final time this series….
Australia wins Cadet Worlds for first time in 27 years
For the first time in 27 years an Australian crew has won the International Cadet World Championship, with brother and sister Thomas and Sophie Alexander from Royal Geelong Yacht Club winning the 2014 championship at Weymouth, England, overnight. The teenager…
Six teams to contest the 35th America's Cup
Six teams have entered the race for the 35th America’s Cup: ORACLE TEAM USA (USA), the defending championArtemis Racing (SWE)Ben Ainslie Racing (GBR)Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL)Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA)Team France (FRA) “It’s exciting to look at the roster of…
Cyclosail at Extreme Series throws sailors, cyclists and scribes into a hot pot
GAC Pindar is the sponsor of Team Australia's Extreme Series campaign. They also sponsor Team Raleigh, currently the leading cycling team in the British Premier series. So it made sense to bring both teams together at Extreme Series Cardiff to…
Visit Pacific paradise Vanuatu, an exotic and exciting land
It’s the people. If I were to end with that sentence alone I would still not have missed the essence of our experience in Vanuatu. Certainly when assessing a nation as a cruising destination, one must include the white sand…
Octogenarian on verge of being named MC38 Australian champion
With only one race remaining in the 12-race series, octogenarian Leslie Green and his Ginger crew are on the verge of being crowned the MC38 Australian champions for 2014, following two windward/leeward races at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week today….
Foreign affairs at Hamilton Island Race Week
Each year Aussie sailors travel from the furthest states of Tasmania and Western Australian to be part of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in sunny Queensland. Joining them in 2014 is a smattering of international crews including a number of…
Rugged up and reefed down at Hamilton Island Race Week
Rugged-up crew, reefed sails and rockin’ downwind rides on the penultimate day of racing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week replaced the lazy start to the six day series last Sunday, August 17, 2014. There was a buzz around the…
Six teams in winning position at 505 Worlds
After a day of races at the SAP 505 World Championship somehow Mike Holt and Rob Woelfel have managed to cling on to a slender 2-point lead in Kiel, Germany. In the first, medium-airs race it was the up and…
Holt and Woelfel take the lead in big breeze at 505 Worlds
Mike Holt and Rob Woelfel have rocketed to the top of the leaderboard of the SAP 505 World Championship after winning a breezy race in Kiel, Germany, today. They sit just two points ahead of their training partners, the British…
Still time to sign up for 2015/16 Clipper Race
The world’s longest ocean race, uniquely for amateur sailors – the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is now 70% full for the 2015-16 edition, following a surge of crew sign-ups. The 40,000 mile, eleven month long event, known as…
