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By Mark Smith, Engineering Surveyor I recently visited a local marina, and out of curiosity, conducted a spot check on the shoreconnections. I was amazed to discover over 85% of connections were unsafe!It seems boaties are either unaware, or simply…
Sunday’s Race 1 of the NSW 18ft skiff Championship is the first step of a long campaign towards becoming the world’s best team at the 2023 JJ Giltinan Championship next March on Sydney Harbour. With the return of the triple…
23 November 2022French skipper Yoann Richomme joined the very elite group of solo ocean racers to have twice won their class on the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe today, when he brought the new build Lombard Lift 40 V2 Paprec-Arkea through…
A strong fleet with an international flavour and multiple former winners and record holders is preparing to take on the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. 118 boats are entered for the 77th edition of the Cruising Yacht Club of…
23 November 2022-Britain’s Pip Hare 12th, rising Star Rookie Haryada 14th, and Italy’s Giancarlo Pedote in 16th in the IMOCA class -Yoann Richomme looks set to take Class40 title this afternoon, as battle for seconds rages between Italy’s Ambrogio Beccaria…
The final stage in the process for changing class rules, World Sailing approval, is complete and the new class rules are in effect. The new rules are posted here and other technical documents here. Each proposed rule change was designed…
Western Australian Zoe Thomson has rounded out a consistent week at the ILCA European Championships, finishing eighth overall at the regatta in Hyeres, France. The Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club athlete maintained her form across challenging conditions in a six…
World Sailing has partnered with the Global Wingsports Association (GWA) and the International Wing Sports Association (IWSA) to support the development of one of the fastest growing sailing disciplines. Under a new governance structure for the sport, World Sailing will…
After five action packed days in Taiba at the Copa Kitley GWA Wingfoil World Cup Brazil we finally arrived at the deciding heats of the 2022 Surf Slalom championship on Sunday. Men’s 2022 Wingfoil Surf-Slalom World Championship podium:1 Titouan Galea…
Entrants in the 183rd Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta on 30 January 2023 will have the chance to win several major spot prizes totalling well over $10,000 in value, plus much more, thanks to the generosity of the event’s sponsors. Regatta…
21 NOVEMBER 2022Thomas Ruyant, solo skipper of LinkedOut, was unofficially crowned ‘King of the Transats’ when he won the 38 boat IMOCA class on the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. Hollow eyed, wobbly legged and exhausted this morning after setting…
After an epic climax to the Surf-Freestyle championship on Friday, focus shifted to the Surf-Slalom fleets on day four of the Copa Kitley GWA Wingfoil World Cup Brazil. It was crunch time for Titouan Galea and Flora Artzner who have…
Auckland – 21st November 2022 Emirates Team New Zealand have suffered damage to the bow of their AC40 today after an early start testing on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf in some top end conditions. In recent weeks the Emirates Team New…
Australian Sailing CEO Ben Houston has been named as a finalist for the Australian Institute of Sport’s Award for Leadership at the 2022 AIS Sport Performance Awards (ASPAs). The ASPAs return after a COVID-impacted lay-off in 2021, and will celebrate…
Sunday, 20 November 2022Sydney Harbour The Yandoo 18ft skiff team of John (Woody) Winning, Fang Warren and Josh Porebski became the 2022-23 Spring champions after 30-35 knot westerly winds battering Sydney Harbour forced the abandonment of today’s scheduled final race…
37th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers Sets Sail FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESunday 20 November 2022It was an exciting start to the 37th edition of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) today, Sunday 20 November, from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, as a…
For the first time in 30yrs of the event, racing was Abandoned late in the afternoon on the final day before any racing took place due to weather conditions in Pittwater. As a result, the final placings were based on…
20 NOVEMBER 2022A record sized entry of 38 boats at the start line in Saint Malo on Wednesday 9th November looks set to produce the closest and most exciting finish to an IMOCA race in the 44-year history of the…
In the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe French solo skipper Erwan Le Roux sailed Koesio across the finish line first in the OCEAN FIFTY fleet this morning at 10:50:52 UTC (06:50:52 local time) narrowly beating second placed Quentin Vlamynck (Arkema)…
There were big scores all around on the penultimate day of the ILCA European Championships in Hyeres, France, with the results shaking up the overall event leaderboard. Following an early start, three races were completed for both the ILCA 6…
Race Day Saturday 19 November 2022 Tough Day on the River Strong and gusty north-easterly winds of around 25 knots roughed up the fleet in the Combined Clubs Harbour Series racing conducted by Bellerive Yacht Club on Saturday. Several boats…
The first day of Finals racing got underway at the ILCA European Championships in Hyeres, France, with the wind conditions continuing to mystify both sailors and the Race Committee. The ILCA 6 fleet only completed one race today due to…
Les Sables d’Olonne: A successful rescue operation for Tapio Lehtinen took place in the Southern Indian Ocean, with Kirsten Neuschäfer the first to reach his position and take him to safety aboard her racing yacht, Minnehaha, before transferring him onto…
Arthur Le Vaillant brought his 21-year-old Ultim, Mieux, through the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe finish line in sixth place this afternoon. From fourth in Class40 in 2018, it is something of a step up for the 34-year-old skipper from La…
Qualifying concluded today at the ILCA European Championships with just one race being completed in funky conditions. The off-shore Mistral direction persisted during the morning, however following a postponement due to the strong winds, the wind dissipated and became very…
Les Sables d’Olonne: Tapio Lehtinen was sailing toward Australia in the Southern Ocean, when at 0654 UTC, he activated Asteria’s EPIRB, 460 nautical miles south-east from Port Elizabeth in South Africa, while racing in the solo Golden Globe Race. The…
With 1,000 miles to go on the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, the IMOCA title is in the balance, as leader since the start and outstanding pre-race favourite, Charlie Dalin (Apivia, was passed this morning by Thomas Ruyant (LinkedOut). Ruyant seems…
Legendary French skipper, Francis Joyon, sailed to fourth place in the 12th edition of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe when he crossed the finish line off Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe this Friday morning at 02:56:40hrs UTC (22:56hrs Thursday local time)….
After three full power Freestyle events in the 2022 season, Mikaili Sol and Gianmaria Coccoluto were crowned as the Qatar Airways GKA Freestyle-Kite World Champions on Saturday 12th November in Taiba, Brazil. Following earlier events in Salinas del Rey, and…
Tom Saunders picked up the big prize, the Orbit World Travel New Zealand Sailor of the Year Award, at the annual New Zeeland Aon Yachting Excellence Awards tonight local time. Late last year, the 30-year-old became just the second New…
Following a short postponement, racing got underway in Hyeres, France for day two of the ILCA European Championships in another strong Mistral breeze. The westerly wind pushed in hard but fell off throughout the day to keep sailors on their…
The Ultim 32/23 podium for the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe was completed yesterday (Wednesday) when Thomas Coville brought the Sodebo Ultim 3 through the finish line off Pointe-a-Pitre at 1952hrs UTC (1542hrs local time) 10 hours and fifty minutes…
Day One of the Copa Kitley GWA Wingfoil World Cup Brazil burst to life yesterday for the final round in Taiba. Paula Novotna has already sealed the deal on her first world title in the women’s Surf-Freestyle. Find out about…
Ice Yachts raises the bar after the success of the award winning IceCat 67 with the development of a 72-foot super hi-tech catamaran created in collaboration with thedesign firm of the eclectic architect Lucio Micheletti.The Ice Yachts shipyard is already…
Yann Guichard, Dona Bertarelli and nine other sailors will make up thecrew of ‘Sails of Change’ for their next attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy,an award for the fastest non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of theworld. Several years of hard work…
Two brand new, current Leopard models are now open for booking through Whitsunday Rent a Yacht; “Lady Lynne”, a Leopard 46 Powercat and “Orion”, a Leopard 42 Sailing Catamaran. By adding new vessels to their fleet, Whitsunday Rent a Yacht’s…
Matchless sails south from Whitsundays to compete in QOIN Sail Paradise 2023 The countdown is on and with just under 60 days to go over 40 of the best Grand Prix level offshore racing yachts from Brisbane, the Gold Coast…
Australia’s sailors came out firing in Hyeres, France on day one of the Senior ILCA European Championships, with three sailors coming home with race wins. After spending the last week training in a predominately on-shore easterly breeze, the Aussies found…
It’s a long way from the shores of the Baltic Sea to Moreton Bay in Queensland but sailors know an exceptional yacht when they see one – as evidenced by the strong interest shown in the new Hanse 460 at…
Western Australia’s cruising enthusiasts have the opportunity to inspect two of the world’s most popular sailing catamarans in Mandurah in November. Multihull Solutions is showcasing the Fountaine Pajot Isla 40 and NEEL 43 trimaran at the Mandurah Offshore Fishing and…
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