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August 2, 2024

BIA President Adam Smith with 2024 Boating Industry Sustainability Award winner Alan Steber, General Manager Steber International. The Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA) today announced Steber International as winner of the Boating Industry Sustainability Award for 2024 at the Opening of the 55th Sydney International…

August 2, 2024

BIA President Adam Smith with 2024 Apprentice of the Year and NSW Apprentice of the Year – Michaela Douglas. Third-generation boating industry family member and apprentice Marine Mechanic Michaela Douglas of Douglas Marine, Pittwater, today won the BIA Apprentice of the Year 2024 Award. BIA President…

July 31, 2024

Main Photo: Voltstar Yeah Baby and URM Group at the Start of the 2024 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race | Photo: Andrea Francolini |  Twin brothers Louis and Marc Ryckmans’ Voltstar Yeah Baby is the Overall Winner of the Peter Rysdyk Memorial Trophy for the 2024 Noakes Sydney…

July 31, 2024

The Hansa World & International Championships 2025 is set to sail into action from March 23 to March 30, 2025, at the prestigious Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, located at 16 Mitala Street, Newport, NSW, Australia. The Notice of Race has now been published,…

July 31, 2024

Team Brady has sealed victory at the E1 Monaco 2024 presented by BRETT following a weekend of fiercely competitive racing on the shores of the glamorous principality.  The team – owned by NFL legend Tom Brady who was in Monaco to witness the win…

July 31, 2024

Almost 60 Marine Rescue NSW volunteers took part in a major multi-agency training exercise at Coffs Harbour today with vessel crews involved in a simulated on-water search and rescue exercise (SAREX) along with NSW Water Police, PolAir and NSW Air Ambulance while Marine Rescue…

July 31, 2024

Main Photo: Competitive racing in tropical paradise | Photo: Andrea-Francolini |  SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2024 sold out in an unprecedented 12 minutes – minus a few seconds – but it’s more than the sailing that attracts competitors, their families and friends to…

July 31, 2024

It is with great excitement that the Royal Western Yacht Club announce The Round Iceland Challenge’25. The Round Iceland Race (RIR) will be in its…

July 22, 2024

Power Equipment, a leading distributor of power solutions in the industrial and marine sectors, has announced an exclusive distributor agreement with Australian generator manufacturer Eniquest The Eniquest generator range, which currently includes the Husky, Ranger and Stockman models, will be available through Power Equipment…

July 22, 2024

Main Photo: Energy Observer in Paris in 2017 | Photo: Energy Observer Productions – Jérémy Bidon | Energy Observer, the emblematic laboratory vessel of the energy transition, will dock in the heart of Paris on the evening of July 28, 2024 for a stopover of…

July 22, 2024

Main Photo: In-Port Race in The Hague, Netherlands | Photo: Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race |  The Ocean Race is announcing a new transatlantic, fully-crewed race for the IMOCA class for the summer of 2026. The event is a celebration of the ocean…

July 22, 2024

SailGP sits at the very apex of yachting. Teams of supremely talented athletes, racing state of the art foiling catamarans at high speed on tight courses. On and off the water excellence, innovation and transformation are the very essence of everything SailGP aspires to…