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New Zealand

Heart Stopping Hit

I don’t know how this can keep happening. How dare local councils put power lines where there are going to be boats coming and going!!! It happened at the A-Class

Australian News

Chesty View

LSD’ers continue to send us stuff and today we received a video from Timothy Dawson who was on bow of the XP44 Toy Box 2 in this years Pittwater to

The Ocean Race

VOR: Team SCA Update

Weather: Partly cloudy and warm-ish Position: 4th—neck and neck with Alvimedica No breakages No injuries MANY MANY MANEUVERS!!!! A story of 66 sailors racing around the world in one of

The Ocean Race

VOR: Dongfeng Update

DOCKSIDE EMOTION TURNS IN TO ONBOARD ACTION AND FOCUS LATEST from the team at 1830 CET: Dongfeng in to 2nd place as they follow Mapfre with a tack south away

The Ocean Race

VOR: Team Alvimedica Update

October 12, 2014 Weather: Perfectly pleasant 12 knots of wind, clear skies, and bright moon. Position: 150 ENE of Gibraltar [hdwplayer id=4] There seems to be a great variety of

Audi China Coast Regatta 2014 – Day 3

The wind gods resumed normal service this morning with a 10-12kt north easterly across the Lamma patch, allowing RO Inge Strompf-Jepsen to set a three lap 1.3nm windward leeward for

The Ocean Race

Volvo Ocean Race. Start Leg 1

It has begun – the Volvo OCEAN RACE is underway. Finally! And whoops… Team Vestas, Chris – not the start you want! Vestas were pinged for being over the line

Audi China Coast Regatta 2014 – Day 2

It was a long and trying day for the Race Officer at today’s Audi China Coast Regatta, with a dearth of breeze in the Lamma patch forcing Inge Strompf-Jepsen to

The Ocean Race

Leg 1 Crew List

It’s almost time! Check out the crew lists for each boat of the Volvo Ocean Race. Dongfeng Race Team Charles Caudrelier, Pascal Bidégorry, Martin Strömberg, Eric Peron, Thomas Rouxel, Kevin

Audi China Coast Regatta – Day One

Race Officer Inge Strompf-Jepsen was out on the water early this morning to check out conditions for the first day of Audi China Coast Regatta. With the IRC Racer divisions

Audi Hong Kong Kettle – Day One Update

The inaugural edition of the Audi Hong Kong Kettle kicked off at 1030hrs yesterday, with a long islands race starting in front of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s Kellett Island

Marking the Mainsheet

With a rig capable of rotating freely, a common challenge in the Laser is setting the mainsheet correctly downwind. Having the boom out past 90 degrees can be effective to

New Zealand

Hauraki Singlehanded Series

The Hauraki Singlehanded Series (HSS) links singlehanded races from five Auckland-area clubs into a fun and competitive series. The 2014-15 HSS will consist of seven races from October to April,

International News

Go Dad Go!

The Laser Masters Worlds are currently happening on the other side of the world (Hyères, France), with most of the racing taking place whilst us Aussie’s and Kiwis are in

Audi Hong Kong Kettle starts tomorrow!

Entries have closed for Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s flagship Audi China Coast Regatta and inaugural Audi Hong Kong Kettle. The latter will commence on Thursday 9 October with a