News & Events

August 2, 2021

Fremantle Sailing Club are immensely proud and pleased to join in the announcements and congratulate Matt Wearn in winning Gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the Men’s Laser Class. Matt showed strong resilience fighting back to finish inside the top four in…

August 2, 2021

Matt Wearn has maintained Australia’s Olympic dominance in the Laser, winning the nation’s third consecutive gold medal in the class. Wearn overcame a nervous start to the regatta to completely dominate the middle and late stages and had the Gold wrapped up in advance…

August 2, 2021

Foreshore Marine Exhaust has continued its export drive into south-east Asia winning some major contracts in 2018-2020. Brad Gorman, Managing Director of FME took up the challenge to develop unique exhaust systems for the Singaporean Navy for four of their 22-metre high-speed patrol vessels, each…

August 2, 2021

Multihull Solutions and The Yacht Sales Co have opened a new Sales Centre in Singapore to cater for the strong demand for quality new and pre-owned yacht sales. The new office is based at the exclusive ONE°15 Marina in Sentosa Cove and led by…

July 29, 2021

Congratulations to Zach Taylor of Georgia, USA, who received the traditional congratulatory kisses from Ernest Hemingway look-alikes after winning the 2021 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe’s Bar in KeyWest, Florida. Taylor was among 137 contestants in the cornerstone event. Ernest Hemingway look-alikes proved…

July 29, 2021

Beachgoers in Florida were shocked to find a human hamster wheel washed up on the beaches of Flagler County during a July weekend. Powered by single man, a survivalist named Reza Baluchi, this was his third bubble-style vessel. His previous two vessels had resulted…

July 29, 2021

Journalist, Olympian and Laser designer Bruce Kirby passed away on 18 July, aged 92. Canada born, Kirby was first a newspaper journalist in Ottowa before specialising in sailing journalism and yacht design. Kirby was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2012.

July 29, 2021

Day Three Arco (ITALY) – With south winds from 5-15 knots, the qualifying series is now complete after three days of racing in the 2021 ILCA 6 Youth World Championships on Lake Garda. All fleets have completed five races and the Gold Fleet is…

July 29, 2021

Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard (GCCM) have announced an exciting new advancement at the award-winning Australian refit and repair facility, increasing their superyacht lifting capacity to 300-tonne and setting a new city record for the largest vessel ever to be raised on the…

July 28, 2021

The countdown is on as the 2021 Great Barrier Reef Festival is just days away! Thousands of visitors are set to arrive on the Whitsunday coast for this annual event and are looking forward to a long weekend of family fun,…

July 26, 2021

Bermagui Boat Harbour is one of five waterways set to benefit from one of the biggest ever programs of fully funded dredging to be carried out by the NSW Government. NSW Maritime Executive Director Mark Hutchings said a total of $6.2 million worth of…

July 23, 2021

AkzoNobel has become the first paints and coatings company to follow up on its commitment to setting science-based sustainability targets by announcing carbon reduction targets for the full value chain. The company has aligned its own sustainability ambitions with the Paris agreement, which aims…