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After yesterday’s mark drama, today was far calmer on the offshore course as the 2024 Australian Yachting Championships and SailFest Newcastle Regatta completed two final windward-leeward races to decide the silverware. The light-air specialists seized their chance to move up…
Translated 9 ITL (09) has retired from the McIntyre Ocean Globe Race with hull damage. The current IRC leader of Leg four has been forced to divert to Portugal after a heavy broach in 50 knot gusts slammed them down,…
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeA Coruña – Thursday April 4th. At 11:09 am local time, after 158 days and 44 minutes at sea, François Gouin crossed the finish line of the Global Solo Challenge claiming 5th place with…
Australians seized two medals and the overall trophy at the 53rd Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofía Regatta on the shores of Spain after an immense performance from the team. Breiana Whitehead won the Women’s Formula Kite in dramatic fashion whilst Zoe Thomson…
The second act of the Pallas Capital Gold Cup wrapped Sunday as part of SailFest Newcastle and the IRC Yachting Championships. The eleven strong TP52 fleet completed two races off Nobby’s Beach in light breeze and a much more settled…
Racing on Day 1 of the SailFest Newcastle Regatta, incorporating the 2024 Australian Yachting Championships and Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup Act 2, was abandoned this morning ahead of predicted strong winds and hazardous sea conditions. Weather models indicated that…
By World Sailing Poland’s Lukasz Przybytek and Jacek Piasecki made a vital move to the top of the 49er Skiff leaderboard on a light-wind day four of the World Cup Series event at the 53 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca by…
The Stockholm Archipelago Raid 2024 will be a four day event from the 22nd to the 25th of August with registration, safety control and team breifing on the 21st. Sign up started on the 2nd of April and a cap of 30 teams will…
Charting a safer course off our coast By WA Department of Transport Skippers navigating the coast off Quinns Rocks are the first to benefit from the Department of Transport’s (DoT) digital transformation of its nautical chart series. DoT Maritime Executive…
Iwata, Japan / Wessling, Germany (3 April 2024) – Torqeedo, the global market leader in marine electric mobility, today announces the successful closing of the acquisition by Yamaha Motor. The closing of the share purchase agreement with German engine manufacturer DEUTZ…
Olympic selection pressure launches Aussie to the top. By World Sailing Australia’s Mara Stransky has responded to the pressure of a close Olympic selection battle by moving to the top of the ILCA 6 dinghy leaderboard after a sunny, sea…
Malcesine (Garda Lake) – Never stop flying over the water, never stop experiencing the 69F Class, that, for its fourth year of activity, is ready to rock in an exciting racing season, divided into three different series of regatta: the…
All Up For Grabs – Thanks To Weak Azores High In McIntyre Ocean Globe Race Continuing the theme of crazy, unusual weather all around the world during the 2023 McIntyre OCEAN GLOBE – a weak convoluted AZORES HIGH is handing…
Aussie 49er pairing Jack Ferguson and Max Paul lead after 3 bullets. Breiana Whitehead 2nd in Kite. Mara Stransky 2nd in ILCA 6. Matt Wearn 3rd in ILCA 7 By World Sailing Great Britain’s Olympic hopeful Micky Beckett took advantage…
An elite fleet of offshore racing thoroughbreds is assembling at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) this week ahead of the Australian Yachting Championships starting Friday, April 5, as part of the annual Newcastle SailFest Regatta. Included will be a dozen…
In the dynamic landscape of marine technology, Cyclops Marine has rapidly emerged as one of the foremost innovators. In five short years Cyclops has impacted every section of sailing. Wireless load sensing is fundamentally changing the way sailing is done….
By America’s Cup Media As the business end of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup nears, all the teams have spent the month of March getting ready for the arrival and final preparations of their new AC75 yachts. These yachts…
We have 3 of the 14 Aussie ILCA 7s in the top 6 after Day 1. With gusts to over 30kts at times and a big, untidy swell which has been built up by nearly two weeks of strong winds…
Defending champions Brett Hobson and Peter Nicholson (Geotherm), won the last race of the 12ft Skiff Australian Championship sponsored by Your Move Conveyancing, to clinch the title and the Norman Booth Trophy again, in an event that came down to…
Huge numbers are gathering on the island of Palma off Spain, with a staggering 46 Australian entries among the 1,100 athletes on over 850 boats and boards set to start racing at the 53rd Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofía Regatta tonight. Australia…
Defending champions, Brett Hobson and Peter Nicholson (Geotherm) have extend their lead on Day 2 of the 87th 12ft Skiff Australian Championship at Lane Cove, sponsored by Your Move Conveyancing. A further two races were sailed today, with Geotherm (Sydney Flying…
Riccardo Tosetto makes sailing history: the 6th Italian ever to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeRiccardo Tosetto made history today as the sixth Italian to have completed a solo and non-stop around-the-world sailing circumnavigation….
Concord Ryde Sailing Club (CRSC) has stepped into an exciting new partnership with the Making Waves Foundation (MWF). Participants of MWF’s Wright of Passage program have been welcomed as members of the club to experience the excitement of sailing. Volunteers…
Crossing the Ditch for Climate Action Now Acclaimed Australian Solo Sailor Lisa Blair is set to depart from Sydney on Monday 1st April to attempt the World Sailing Speed Record as the fastest person and first woman to sail solo,…
With two races away on Day 1 of the 87th 12ft Skiff Australian Championship at Lane Cove, sponsored by Your Move Conveyancing, reigning champions, Brett Hobson and Peter Nicholson (Geotherm) own the top of the leaderboard after winning the opening race…
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeRiccardo Tosetto is less than a day of sailing away from making a lifelong dream come true. Just over 30 miles (at time of this post) separate the young Italian skipper from completing his…
The award-wining Hanse 510 will headline Windcraft Yacht’s impressive line-up of yachts at next month’s Pittwater Sailing Yacht Show. Windcraft will also display the latest models from its other well-known European marques Dehler, Moody and Solaris in what’s aimed at being a much more relaxed…
An expertly custom-crafted Schionning catamaran will sail the world with ease, thanks to the strong, durable DuFLEX Build System. A highly-customised Schionning Solitaire 1520 cruising catamaran is taking shape on the Gold Coast, in the talented hands of the team…
The all new Seawind 1170 will make its official Australian boat show debut at the Sanctuary Cove Boat Show May 23-26 with exclusive distributors, Multihull Central. In a new major strategic move for the Australian owned manufacturer, Seawind has opened…
With the growing competitive appeal of the CIC NORMANDY CHANNEL RACE 2024, the deadline for registration has been extended to 1 April to ensure that everyone has a chance to secure a golden ticket for this star event. Indeed, thirty…
Next week the International Maxi Association’s inaugural Caribbean Maxi Multihull Series (CMMS) has its deciding event in the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival, taking place out of Nanny Cay, Tortola over 2-7 April. Open to yachts of 60+ft the…
London silver medallist Olivia Price will return to the Olympic stage after being selected to the Australian Olympic Team by the Australian Olympic Committee for this year’s Paris Games, 12 years after becoming the youngest female sailor to win an Olympic medal….
By Cyclops Marine Meet Brent and Ana. Last year, they won our Magic Number video competition. Since then they’ve completed their first circumnavigation onboard their Lagoon 440 Catamaran ‘Impi’. Now they’re getting ready for their second! We caught up with…
JAMESTOWN, ST HELENA (March 27, 2024) – Just nine months remain until the starting gun fires for the iconic Cape to St Helena Yacht Race. Competitors have until 1 November to enter the challenging 1,700 nautical mile (3,060km) journey across…
Emirates Team New Zealand’s Women and Youth sailors have begun their on water training onboard the one design AC40 ‘Te Kākahi’ in fresh conditions on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour this week in preparation for the Puig Women’s America’s Cup and Unicredit…
If you can face watching the highlights from the SailGP at the weekend, here they are. Personally, I find it hard to watch.! SailGP’s second visit to New Zealand was packed with drama from the beginning, with Emirates GBR crashing…
Former Manly 16ft skiff sailing champion Joe Turner thought he had his day all mapped out when he woke Saturday morning. Breakfast at his cousin’s place – the Clancys – was to be followed by a trip to Warringah Mall…
By Di Pearson Our great sailing friend, raconteur, business associate, administrator, chairman and successful past president of two sports, passed away on Sunday after a long battle with cancer – he was 74. At this point, Plymo might say, “I’m…
The 2024 US National Championships and the WASZP Americas are unfolding under the radiant skies of Hawaii, setting the stage for a showcase of some of the best WASZP sailors in the world in an amazing venue. This year’s event…
Fleet Crossing Equator Fight for Every Mile in Leg 4 McIntyre OGR. Sweltering Doldrums Sun Scorches Sailors. It proved another ‘challenging’ week for the McIntyre Ocean Globe crews as they navigated their way through the potholed doldrums, crossing the Equator…
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