News & Events

October 24, 2022

SHOFU MARU, the world’s first cargo vessel (bulk carrier) with Wind Challenger (a hard sail wind power propulsion system) sailed into Newcastle Harbour on 24 October. The Wind Challenger was developed mainly by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and uses…

October 24, 2022

Tickets are now on sale for the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix The world’s most exciting racing on-water – SailGP – returns to Sydney Harbour this February. Tickets are now on sale for the event of the Aussie sporting summer, taking…

October 24, 2022

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has been named co-host of the 2022 World Match Racing Tour Final. Organisers of the World Match Racing Tour today announced the Final has been re-scheduled to 13-18 December in Sydney, where the 2022 Match Racing World Champion…

October 24, 2022

The 2022 Princess Owners’ Rendezvous at Hayman Island in the Whitsundays was held in picture-perfect conditions, with 14 boats and more than 90 owners and their families and guests from all over the east coast and New Zealand, drawn by the genuine camaraderie and…

October 21, 2022

Celebrating 180 years of the iconic passage race! Geelong’s Festival of Sails will be celebrating a major milestone when it returns in January 2023, as it salutes the 180th anniversary of its iconic Passage Race between Melbourne and Geelong. The Passage Race normally attracts more…

October 21, 2022

Cards are reshuffled and more breakage as the South Atlantic starts testing boats and sailors on their way to the Southern Ocean, and the next film drop in Cape Town. The southern hemisphere has not been overly welcoming, and the…

October 20, 2022

After the first day of racing at the 2022 iQFOiL World Championships was abandoned due to no wind, it meant that there would be just the one day to arrange qualifying for the Gold Fleet. This was always going to mean there would be…

October 20, 2022

Triple Olympic medalist Mat Belcher OAM has announced his retirement from Olympic sailing. Australia’s most successful Olympic sailor, Belcher had been considering a tilt at the new Mixed 470 class at the Paris 2024 games before calling time on his decorated career today. Belcher…

October 18, 2022

Main photo: Young soldiers who just enlisted in Lismore, being taken downriver on the Captain T Fenwick to get a steamer to Sydney and then off to WWI. The Hunt Collection is a stunning hardcover, glossy print book containing dozens of beautifully…

October 17, 2022

Main photo: Breiana Whitehead IKA Worlds Day Six. Photo by Robert Hajduk Aussie Breiana Whitehead has capped off a magnificent week at the Formula Kite World Championships finishing seventh after a rollercoaster Semi Final series. The final day started with consistent…

October 17, 2022

The 2022 Sail Sandy Regatta has been run and won, with Optimist sailor Callum Simmons being crowned boat of the regatta after a dominant display over the entire weekend. Callum Simmons being presented with the award for champion boat of the regatta by Sandringham…

October 17, 2022

Andoo Comanche skipper John Winning Jr says he is “pushing the limits” of the famous 100-foot maxi, after claiming the overall victory in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s inaugural Tollgate Islands Race. The VPLP 100 took Line Honours in the 260 nautical mile race,…