News & Events

November 1, 2024

Team Brady, the E1 team owned by the NFL icon Tom Brady, has been crowned Champions of the Water in the inaugural E1 World Championship, the world’s first all-electric raceboat series.  Following races across five iconic global cities around the world, including Jeddah, Venice…

November 1, 2024

The 10th edition of the Vendée Globe, which starts from Les Sables d’Olonne on November 10th, features a record-equalling entry of six female skippers to match the last race in 2020-’21. This time the female contingent is led by the British veteran Sam Davies on Initiatives-Coeur…

November 1, 2024

With the conclusion of the 2024 Melbourne Boat Show, the organiser, the Boating Industry Association of Victoria, deemed the event a great success. The Show started with a spectacular site set-up by the 100+ exhibitors, across seven full marinas, and over a kilometre of…

November 1, 2024

Emirates Team New Zealand concluded a historic chapter, winning the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup after an epic final showdown in Barcelona against the Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia, in a single race that ebbed and flowed from the outset but ultimately saw the…

October 29, 2024

Sydney, by any measure, is a wonderfully exciting place to be. With a vibrant lifestyle coupled with an abundance of achingly beautiful natural harbours and waterways, it’s like no other place on earth. Those who live there have a close bond to the ocean…

October 23, 2024

Making Waves Foundation (MWF) is thrilled to announce the successful launch of its Winds of Change Lite program in Brisbane, marking a significant expansion of its youth empowerment initiatives in the region. This new program, a condensed version of the renowned Winds of Change…

October 23, 2024

AkzoNobel’s yacht coatings business has opened its first Yacht Paint Application Center (YPAC) in the Asia-Pacific region to offer world-class product and technical training alongside the latest cutting-edge digital paint application tools. The new state of the art facility, located in the world-renowned Gold…

October 17, 2024

The Coomera Marine Precinct The Marina Industry Association conducts a comprehensive economic survey of the Health of the Australian Marina Industry every two years. The…

October 17, 2024

The America’s Cup e-Series culminated today in a groundbreaking event that blurred the lines between the virtual and real worlds of sailing. eSailingCentral (Liam Dimock, New Zealand, 14) and Booshify (Robbie Wooldridge, New Zealand, 19), the top two finishers in the inaugural e-Series championship,…

October 17, 2024

SailGP has confirmed that its new high-speed T-Foils will be added to its entire international fleet of F50s in January 2025, ahead of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Auckland. SailGP CEO Russell Coutts said the development would be a ‘game changer,’…

October 17, 2024

In the full glare of the world’s media spotlight, in a race sandwiched between the opening two races of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match, Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli beat Britain’s Athena Pathway to win the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup after…

October 17, 2024

Main Photo: Making Waves Foundation Regatta| Photo: Salty Dingo| The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia proudly hosted the 7th Making Waves Regatta, featuring a thrilling day of sailing, lively entertainment (from our school group Canterbury Boys High School and The Royal Australian Navy Band),…