News & Events

June 11, 2021

North Sails is hosting an Open House Day at their Sydney Loft on Saturday 3rd July at 10:00am. North Sails is recognised internationally as one of the leading sailmakers for buying new sails and professional sail repair. Since first founded by Lowell North in…

June 11, 2021

Day one of the Etchells Australian National Championship kicked off on Thursday 10 June and it is tight at the top following some high scoring results, across the board. Not unbefitting to a National Championship, the conditions were testing for competitors and the race…

June 11, 2021

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is now welcoming entries for the 2021/22 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore. After a disrupted calendar in 2020/21, a full schedule is planned for the prestigious Pointscore this year, beginning with the 2021 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht…

June 10, 2021

The second leg of The Ocean Race Europe finished in Alicante, Spain on Wednesday, the culmination of three days of tight racing between the 12 international crews since they left Cascais, Portugal on Sunday afternoon. The second leg of the inaugural edition of the…

June 9, 2021

The Sydney Festival of Boating will be four days of exhibitions, festivities and a celebration of the boating lifestyle at Darling Harbour from 29 July to 1 August. Exhibition space inside the Halls of the International Convention Centre in Sydney sold out more than…

June 8, 2021

A day after leaving Cascais, Portugal on the second leg of The Ocean Race Europe, the race’s 12-boat fleet battled fierce headwinds in the Gibraltar Strait – the narrow and congested waterway dividing mainland Europe from north Africa – on their way to Alicante,…

June 7, 2021

Ocean Guardian, manufacturers of Shark Shield Technology, the world’s only scientifically proven and independently tested electrical shark deterrent technology, have announced for commercial sale the new LR1000 Shark Barrier, designed as a replacement for physical exclusion nets, shark nets and drumlines. In 2020, Australia…

June 7, 2021

Main photo: Camaraderie and competitors of all standards are highlights of the MYC Women’s Keelboat Regatta, with Stacey Jackson hiking the bow for Team Knot Shore, helmed by Kristen Davidson. Entries will open this month for the third Mooloolaba Yacht Club (MYC) Women’s Keelboat Regatta,…

June 3, 2021

Main photo: The finish of Leg One of The Ocean Race Europe from Lorient, France to Cascais, Portugal. Austrian team stuns VO65 fleet in photo finish for The Ocean Race Europe The opening leg of The Ocean Race Europe came to…

June 2, 2021

Aquafighter® actively removes bound, suspended and emulsified water out of diesel fuel directly in the tank and keeps it water-free at all times. Aquafighter works best when placed into a clean fuel tank where it captures and eliminates water directly in the tank and…

June 2, 2021

AkzoNobel’s next generation Micron® 99 AkzoNobel continues to set the standard for yacht antifoulings with the latest addition to its renowned International® Micron® range. Micron® 99 incorporates unique Self Polishing Copolymer (SPC) and Biolux® technology to create a continuous polishing action, so that the…

June 2, 2021

Main photo: The Ocean Race Europe. Leg 1 from Lorient, France, to Cascais, Portugal. On Board Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team Leg One is likely to be decided in the final hours with one last hurdle between the fleet and the finish line…