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Solo woman leading Golden Globe with 200-year-old weather routing. More storms ahead.
Racing yachts around the world use computerised weather routing programs to optimise courses against satellite weather data. It’s the norm! Both are banned in the Golden Globe but the current leader and only woman in the race, South African Kirsten Neuschäfer, found the perfect…
The Ocean Race Team Holcim sets new record in the Southern Ocean
Team Holcim-PRB remain perfect after record-breaking run The Swiss-flagged Team Holcim-PRB has scored maximum points at the leg 3 scoring gate Two weeks after the start of leg 3 in Cape Town, skipper Kevin Escoffier and his crew mates on Team…
Michelle Lee ocean crossing nearing an end
Australian solo rower, Michelle Lee, is nearing the end of her historic journey to row across the Pacific Ocean, solo, unassisted and with no stops. In what was planned as a 360-day journey, Michelle having recently crossed the 200-day mark can sense her row…
Sydney Harbour Regatta Winners
An ideal autumn day on Sydney Harbour and offshore decided the winners and new Australian and NSW champions in three classes at Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s 2023 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta today. Some of yesterday’s leaders extended today to claim their respective…
Etchells 2023 NSW Championship concludes at Gosford
Main photo: 1st place: First Tracks – Peter Merrington, Ian McKillop & Grant Simmer The Etchells 2023 NSW Championship supported by the Bendigo Bank and hosted by Gosford Sailing Club had no racing on the final day due to a lack of consistent breeze. …
2023 Offshore Superboat Championship – Sun’s out. Guns out!
The title says it all. Despite a less than optimistic forecast, the sun gave a sparkle, and the crews loved it all. Enough breeze, in the 12-15 knot bracket for the majority of the racing, put good lumps on the course. This in turn…
Vale Syd Fischer AM OBE
Yachting legend Syd Fischer passed away on Thursday 23rd February, he was 95. Born 4 March, 1927, Fischer stood head and shoulders above the rest. His work life revolved around the building industry, property development and the marine industry, including…
The Ocean Race 2023 – Wild start to Leg 3 from Cape Town
It was an extraordinary ‘stop-go’ type of start to Leg 3 of The Ocean Race in Table Bay as the five-boat IMOCA fleet set out on their 12,750 nautical mile adventure towards Itajaí in Brazil. The race started with two and a half laps…
Champions crowned in Port Lincoln
The 2023 Australian Yachting Championships, as part of the Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta in Port Lincoln, has come to an end with champions across the range of divisions crowned. The first three keelboat divisions all held racing on IRC as part of the…
Australian Women’s Challenge announced for 37th America’s Cup
Australia is bidding to return to the cauldron of the world’s oldest sporting trophy competition, The America’s Cup, with an Australian Women’s Challenge announced today to compete at the Barcelona 37th America’s Cup in its newest iteration – a women’s regatta in 2024. Australian…
Manly Skiff Club – Longcourse Race 9 – Moonen Leads Start to Finish
Manly 16ft skiff skipper Daniel Turner had one message for the Sail GP fraternity dealing with the chaos on Sydney Harbour at the weekend: Welcome to our world. The Manly fleet has cut its teeth on Sydney’s temperamental summer weather – where a pleasant…
Schnapper Point Regatta Mornington Yacht Club
Mornington Yacht Club held its annual Schnapper Point Regatta on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February, sponsored by Mornington-based Town Planning Co, and supported by Ronstan. The regatta has been run over the last 25 years, providing some serious race experience…
