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My favourite M-Class photos

I recently posted some photos of M-Class racing from Sunday 10 December, and loads of people contacted me to tell me their stories from years gone by, all involving their

Black Jack wins SOLAS Big Boat Challenge

It’s great to see that Black Jack (Peter Harburg / QLD) won the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, but it was disappointing that there were only three teams and four boats

Job Listing: North Sails is hiring!

It’s the end of the year, so why not fulfill your new years resolution of mixing it up and creating yourself a new career with North Sails in Auckland! Check

Auckland Skiff Championship Videos and Photos

Honda Marine (18′ Skiff) and The Fraudster (12′ Skiff) were the winners of the 2017 Auckland Skiff Championship! Check out the videos created by Josh. Photos by Suellen > Results

M-Class Photos

It was a pretty chilled out photo session for the final day of M-Class racing for the season. Plenty of laughs by the rad peeps who sail these amazing classic

CYCA Trophy: Andrea’s Photos

It’s shooting season in Sydney! And when I say shooting, I mean photo and when I say season, I mean the build up to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

Youth sailors take control of Maersk Line

The 18′ Skiff Maersk Line has a new crew on board with Peron Pearse taking the helm for the first time this season. Pearse, originally from Western Australia, sailed a

The Auckland America’s Cup Vision

Check this out for the potential Auckland location for the America’s Cup. Now let’s sit back and hope it all goes to a semi-decent and acceptable plan. Is Team New

Lego 2-in-1 The best of two racing worlds

Lego has finally upgraded its beach cat and moved into offshore racing! The 2-in-1 kit claims to “enter [you] into the world of water sports” and gives you the option

D Day

Today is the day we learn the fate of the America’s Cup in Auckland. Today is America’s Cup D Day, circa Auckland 2017. Will it be the dream location that

Magical Etchells

They really are stunning… Etchells are one of my favourite classes and on Monday night, Andrea Francolini (one of our much loved photographers) was on Sydney Harbour snapping the Etchells

A long way from home

This Irishman is a long way from home, but New Zealand has become a place of refuge, after snapping his mast in the Vendee Globe Race, and before forced to

This or That: AC Boats

We’ve started a new game, because we like interaction! This or That. At random times we will post a This or That to our Facebook page asking our “likers” if

The Art & Science of Sails

Hey guess what… It’s almost Christmas time… So if you need gift ideas, check out this beauty. The Art and Science of Sails, Revised Edition, is written by Tom Whidden,

2017 Rolex World Sailors of the Year

Well he’s done it again. “Pistol” Pete Burling is (again) the hottest, I mean, the best sailor in the world, according to those that voted for the Rolex World Sailor

Dinosaur Sailing

The internet provides us with lots of laugh out loud moments, and today this on popped up on my newsfeed. Sometimes it’s the simple things that can make you giggle.

ORMA60 v. MOD70

They are set to have a serious hoedown for the PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic (on Friday 20 October), but first, the ORMA 60 Frank Racing and MOD70 Beau Geste will go head to head

Stickers and stuff

This is a shout out to Anarchy Racing and to everyone who has a Live Sail Die sticker on their boat, trailer or car. I always get pretty chuffed when

Artemis Racing: Fast or Faster

Are you wondering if Artemis Racing will be back for the 36th edition of the America’s Cup? Well keep on wondering. They have released a statement saying that unless the

Andrea Francolini’s Favourite Photos

We often talk about Sydney photographer Andrea Francolini because his photos are just so darn good. So we asked him to send through his more favourite sailing photos that he