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A defining split?
With the top three on the Vendée Globe are all making good progress eastwards under Australia their pursuers look set to deal with a windless zone that is forming which…
Setting the vibe for Lepanto Formula Kite Europeans
From September 25th to October 2nd the Greek town of Nafpaktos will host the International Kite Association (IKA) European Championships for the first time. The competition will unfold on a flat-water bay located 250km west of Athens near the ancient city of Patras.
Team Australia’s new world record ratified by WSSRC
This week the World Sailing Speed Record Council sanctioned Team Australia’s passage record from Sydney to Hobart set over 22-23rd February, 2013. The ORMA 60 with its six…
Team Australia “holding on and sending it” into the record books
Team Australia successfully crossed Bass Strait overnight and is now making its way down the Tasmanian East Coast. At 7am their Yellowbrick tracker had them doing 26 knots of boat
Young guns, sailing royalty and double handers vying for prestigious Rudder Cup
Race analysts are predicting good weather and great sailing for the large fleet competing for the prestigious 2024 Melbourne to Devonport Rudder Cup (the Rudder Cup).
Results decided on final day of Sail Melbourne 2024
A windy final day of racing at Sail Melbourne 2024 saw Olympians and up-and-coming sailors come together on the waves, with results in several classes coming down to the final race of the regatta.
CYCA claims 2025 Helly Hansen International
Cole Tapper, Max Brennan, Jack Frewin & Hamish Vass have won the 2025 Helly Hansen International, claiming the Joy Ride Perpetual Trophy for a second time over Jeffrey Petersen, Enzo Menditto, Spencer Kriestein, Justin Callahan, Mitchell Callahan from the United States of America.
Team Australia Harbour Blast
This video has been a few months in the making, basically because we’ve just been so busy, but mainly because we didn’t really have the right stuff to put it
BOQ Team Australia finish first in the 2014 50th B2G Multi Race
BOQ Team Australia led the fleet from the first mark to the finish to take line honours in the 2014 50th Brisbane to Gladstone Multihull Yacht Race at 5:59pm…
2021 Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta – Race 1
Strong winds and big swells tested the Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta fleet, with a pursuit start for Race 1. DIVISION 1 RESULTS (PHS) Eve (Steve Capell) Love & War
Sydney-Hobart winner enters 2025 Teakle Classic Adelaide-Lincoln Race
The iconic maxi yacht and former Sydney-Hobart line honours winner, Brindabella, will compete in next February’s 75th running of the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race.
Audi IRC Australian Champs Day 1: Sailmaker’s Delight
Three drama-filled short course races off Newcastle’s Nobbys beach cracked the lid on the prestigious Audi IRC Australian Championship. Winds S-SE up to 23 knots and choppy…
Bushfire smoke cancels the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge
Australia has been suffering from horrendous bushfires and today the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge was cancelled due to the smoke on Sydney Harbour. Andrea Francolini was there to photograph the
18ft Skiffs: Club Championship, Race 1 & Spring Championship, Race 3
The first championship-style race of the 2022-23 Australian 18 Footers League season was sailed on Sydney Harbour today in a 10-15 knot North east breeze and was…
Airlie Beach Race Week 2020: Full steam ahead
As Coronavirus restrictions continue to ease around Australia, Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) is pleased to announce it is full steam ahead for Airlie Beach Race Week Whitsundays Festival of Sailing.
Sydney Harbour Regatta trophy spoils divvied up
More than 20 clubs from two Australian states and Hong Kong made up 19 divisions for the 15th Sydney Harbour Regatta conducted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) with the
2020 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race cancelled
The 2020 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual 384-nautical-mile challenge due to commence on Saturday 3 October, has been cancelled…
GAC Pindar secures Team Australia Crew for 2014 Extreme Sailing Series
London, 8 January 2014 – GAC Pindar has joined forces with Team Australia, the Challenger of Record for the 35th America’s Cup, for this year’s Extreme Sailing Series and…
Safety Review into the Nexba incident
Australian Sailing is aware of the recent incident involving the FarrX2 “Nexba” when the yacht capsized off Wollongong on the NSW South Coast.
