505 Nationals – Day 3
Day 3 Races 4 and 5 Well, I promised breeze for day 3 and I lied. The beautiful sunny conditions Qld is renowned for were blocked by cloud all day. As a result, the thermal didn’t eventuate, and racing was…
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Leg two starts with difficult choices ahead
After being buffeted by strong trade winds for the duration of the short stopover, the waters off Mindelo, Cabo Verde were relatively calm on Wednesday for the start of Leg 2 of The Ocean Race. The short stopover marked the…
iQFOiL Lanzarote International Games 2023 – Day 1
Spain’s World ranked number one female Pilar Lamadrid (ESP) and GBR’s Sam Sills made the best starts to the Lanzarote iQFOil Games. Lamadrid leads the women’s field after a solid opening day whilst Sills proved unbeatable winning all four of…
Ocean surface currents
Ocean surface currents are the movement of water at the surface of the ocean. These currents are driven by a variety of factors, including wind, tides, and the Earth’s rotation. They can be divided into two main categories: wind-driven currents…
Shifting gears – Leg 2 presents challenges to IMOCA sailors
After a week of solid trade wind action in Cabo Verde, the forecast for the start of Leg 2 is much more benign – light NE winds of 5 to 8 knots. In fact, the weakening trade winds are likely…
Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 is open for business!
Entries have opened for Superyacht Cup Palma, the highlight of the Mediterranean superyacht calendar, with the Notice of Race now available for the 21-24 June celebration of sail. Over a dozen prospective entries have declared an interest in joining the…
505 Australian Champs – Day 2
Day 2 Races 1-3 It was a busy day today for the 505 fleet. The race committee went for three races in anticipation of some difficult conditions later in the week. As expected, conditions were similar to yesterday, but this…
Bay of Islands Sailing Week celebrates milestone 20th regatta
The 20th anniversary edition of NZ’s biggest multi-day keelboat regatta – Bay of Islands Sailing Week – begins with Registration today. Racing will take place throughout the spectacular Bay of Islands over three days from Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th…
505 Australian Championships – Invitation Race
Day 1 – the Invitation race Like any good invitation race, you take what you want from the form on display. What they do well is open the door to speculation. As expected, conditions were pretty mild. 8 knots from…
Festival of Sails – Pardon the Intrusion
Luke Reinehr and the crew on his S80, Intrusion, will arrive at Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s Festival of Sails with a target on their backs, having won their 15th Victorian S80 Championship on Port Phillip last week. Intrusion won five…
UN Secretary-General – “Ending the ocean emergency is a race we must win”
At The Ocean Race Summit Mindelo, the UN chief added: “Working as one, it is a race we can win” ‘Ending the ocean emergency is a race we must win, and working as one, it is a race we can…
Cape to St Helena – an epic ocean adventure
JOHANNESBURG, 19 January 2023 – St Helena Island may be one of the most remote inhabited islands on the planet, but for the crews who have just tackled the 2022 Cape to St Helena yacht race, it’s been a thrilling…
Cruising the Queensland Coast Book
Cruising the Queensland Coast is a cruising guide for yachts cruising the Queensland coast, written by Greg Luck, the owner of Curlew Escape. Each of the 13 coasts, from the Gold Coast to the Cooktown Coast, is covered in detail,…
505 Australian Championships preview
The 2023 Ronstan Australian Championships start today at Darling Point Sailing Squadron in Manly Queensland, (the one with the blue roof). Like many classes, it has been a while since the 505 have been able to conduct a National Championships…
SailRacing back on track in Manly16s
It says a lot about Sail Racing’s ambitions and expectations that a top 10 finish at the Australian 16ft Skiff Championships came with a tinge of disappointment. The Felix Grech-skippered boat finished a creditable sixth overall after winning heat two…
Pen Duick VI and Pata Negra celebrate in Grenada
Sunday 22nd January, Grenada: Marie Tabarly’s 73ft ketch Pen Duick VI (FRA) finished the RORC Transatlantic Race on Sunday 22nd January in an elapsed time of 13 days 19 hours 33 mins 53 secs. Proudly displaying the flag of the…
ALPS RACING (SUI) wins Act 1 of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup in Miami
An usually very light wind week in Miami, Florida, for the first event of the 2023 Youth Foiling Gold Cup, the 69F series reserved for the Under25 sailors. The eight teams attending, representing six nations, were only able to enjoy…
Team JAJO wraps up second place in VO65 class
As Paul Meilhat’s Biotherm (fourth place) and Benjamin Dutreux’s GUYOT environnement – Team Europe (fifth place) completed the IMOCA rankings overnight, the Dutch Team JAJO earned a strong second place finish in The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint, behind Poland’s WindWhisper…
18ft Skiffs: NSW Championship
NSW Championship, Race 5Race Sponsor: Fisher & PaykelSunday, 22 January, 2023Sydney Harbour The Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton officially became the 2022-23 NSW 18ft Skiff champions after today’s final race of the championship was…
Team Holcim-PRB win leg 1 of The Ocean Race
11th Hour Racing Team secures second place over Team Malizia French skipper Kevin Escoffier led his Swiss-flagged Team Holcim-PRB to victory in leg one of The Ocean Race in the early hours of Saturday morning. It marked the end of…
50th Australian Hobie Cat Nationals Report
Over the summer holidays in Australia, the 50th Australian Hobie Cat National Championships took place in Jervis Bay, NSW; home of the 20th Hobie 16 World Championships. The eight day regatta hosted a total of 130 entries, the largest multihull…
Golden Globe attrition, frustration and barnacles fueling the GGR mindgame!
Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Friday, 20th of January 2023With Elliott out of the race and Jeremy beaten by barnacles, there are now just five contenders left for the GGR trophy in Les Sables d’Olonne and two sailors in Chichester Class…
Eight boats still racing in the RORC Transatlantic Race
Friday 20th January, Day 13 Update 1200 UTC: Following the announcement of Teasing Machine’s overall win in the RORC Transatlantic Race, three more teams have finished the 3,000-mile race across the Atlantic Ocean. As with every boat that arrives in…
High anticipation for 2023 Finn Gold Cup in Miami next week
Back in the day, Miami OCR in January always marked the traditional start of the northern hemisphere Finn season, so it with some anticipation that the Finn class returns to Miami next week for the 2023 Finn Gold Cup, the…
The Ocean Race – It’s not over til it’s over
There’s a cat and mouse battle at the head of both fleets as the leaders weave their way towards Cabo Verde The winning IMOCA is expected to finish near midnight GMT in Cabo Verde, with Team Holcim-PRB maintaining speed and…
Teasing Machine IRC Overall Winner – 2023 RORC Transatlantic Race
RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim, racing his NMYD 54 Teasing Machine (FRA) is the overall winner under IRC for the 2023 RORC Transatlantic Race Teasing Machine lifted the RORC Transatlantic Race Trophy at Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina…
18 Footer championship season ‘hots up’
Although the Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton have already secured a victory in the 2022-23 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship, Sunday’s final race of the championship still holds tremendous importance for all the leading teams…
Rush hour in the RORC Transatlantic Race
Wednesday 18 January, Grenada: Following the finish of Volvo 70 I Love Poland (POL), four more monohulls completed the RORC Transatlantic Race in the space of just nine hours. Tired, but elated, the teams have joined in the celebrations at…
NZ F50 is undergoing damage assessments after wing struck by lightning
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor SailGP The New Zealand F50 is currently undergoing damage assessments after the top of the 29m wing was struck by lightning shortly after the Singapore Sail Grand Prix ended on Sunday. The strike occurred when…
First entries received for inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race
The first entries have been received for the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC), and Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) hosted inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race, due to start on Saturday, 7 October 2023, at 1pm. Postponed in…
IMOCAs set torrid pace in the Atlantic
The IMOCA fleet is sailing fast towards Cabo Verde, with the VO65s holding close The Swiss-flagged Holcim-PRB team remains at the head of the IMOCA fleet on Wednesday as all five boats are setting a blistering pace directly towards Cabo…
Raining Medals on Final Day of Sail Melbourne
It was raining more than just medals on the final day of Sail Melbourne, with multiple classes tasked with navigating heavy rain and a two-meter sea state to decide podium positions. The weather was too risky for the 49er and…
Inaugural Sydney Superyacht festival is set to launch in March
Sydneysiders are invited to participate in a range of special events in what will be the Ultimate Marine Lifestyle Experience. 2023 will see a new event on the social calendar – The Sydney Superyacht Festival. From Friday 17th March until…
69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup in Miami
The Youth Foiling Gold Cup 2023 started today in Miami, Florida, with Act 1 of four. The Youth Foiling Gold Cup is the successful 69F circuit reserved for under 25 sailors. It is made of four events, two in Europe…
Entries open for Sydney Harbour Regatta
The Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta will take place on the weekend of 4-5 March, with online entry now open and the Notice of Race published for the largest annual keelboat regatta in NSW, organised by Middle Harbour Yacht…
Plymouth Fastnet 500 Entry now open
Plymouth Fastnet 500 – entry opens on Wednesday Jan 18th 2023. The Royal Western Yacht Club will once again host the Plymouth Fastnet 500 race in August 2023. RWYC Commodore, Chris Arscott said, “The ‘500’ had its inaugural race in…
Oyster World Rally sets off across the Atlantic
The fleet of British-built Oyster yachts taking part in the Oyster World Rally 2022-23 has set off on the next passage of their round the world circumnavigation. The yachts departed from the V&A Waterfront Marina at Cape Town, where they…
Duelling through the Straits
Crews break out of Med and into the Atlantic after two days of gruelling conditions… Day two of The Ocean Race had the fleet searching for calmer waters by heading towards the Spanish coastline to avoid the worst of the…
I Love Poland win the IMA Transatlantic Trophy
The Polish National Foundation’s Volvo 70 I Love Poland (POL), skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski crossed the finish line outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada on Tuesday 17th January 2023. Taking Monohull Line Honours in under nine days, the…
Sail Melbourne scorcher sets up spectacular finale
Sail Melbourne was back in all its glory today, with Royal Brighton Yacht Club hustling and bustling to the sounds of sails slapping, rigging clanging and competitors chatting on the penultimate day of racing. The regatta has been a mainstay…
