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Sailors treated to sensational sea breeze on Corio Bay
January 25, 2022
After a slow start to the day at the Festival of Sails the action picked up throughout the afternoon with the sailors heading out just after lunch in a building sea breeze. The racing yachts, multihulls, cruising boats and double handers started off in…
Siblings seize the day at Flying 11 Australian Championships
January 24, 2022
With Queensland to host the Olympic sailing a decade from now, it’s possible that some of our future representatives were competing in the Allen Flying 11 Australian Championships at Gosford Sailing Club last week. It was watching the 2000 Games in Sydney that ignited…
Patience key on Day Two of Festival of Sails
January 24, 2022
The second day of racing at the Festival of Sails kicked off with the Middle Distance Race getting underway in a light and fickle northerly wind. Five fleets took off across two different start lines to make their way out of Corio Bay. The…
Olympians Return to Racing for Day 1 of Sail Melbourne 2022
January 14, 2022
Matt Wearn Sail Melbourne has kicked off and welcomes the return of several Olympians including Tokyo ILCA 7 Champion, Matt Wearn. Following the event’s cancellation in 2021, sailors have flocked to Royal Brighton Yacht Club and the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria for an…
Yacht gutted by fire at Thai marina
January 13, 2022
A luxury catamaran has gone up in flames at a marina in Pattaya, Thailand, causing an estimated 18 million baht (AUS$740,000) of damage, according to media reports. The fire broke out on a yacht at the Ocean Marina Yacht Club in Sattahip district, the…
Fire breaks out at Ferretti factory
January 13, 2022
A fire has broken out at the Ferretti shipyard in Cattolica. The video footage shows flames engulfing one boat and firefighters on the scene. According to news outlet, Corriere Romagna the fire destroyed a 30-metre…
Billionaire’s superyacht sinks tanker in Bahamas
January 13, 2022
An American billionaire’s superyacht struck a gas tanker off the coast of the Bahamas on Christmas Eve, causing the tanker to sink. Maritime Management LLC, who owns the tanker, reports that its 160ft tanker Tropic Breeze was struck by superyacht Utopia IV and sunk off the coast of…
16ft Skiff nationals decided as three-boat battle fades with breeze
January 9, 2022
Main photo: IMEI. Photo Mark Rothfield A regatta like this deserved an exciting climax, not an ‘anti’ one, yet the wind gods could blow no more yesterday after giving their all during the 2022 Red Pumps 13ft and 16ft Skiff Australian Championships held by…
Geelong yacht takes double win in Sydney to Hobart
January 7, 2022
Main photo: Stuart Richardson’s ‘Solera’ crew collect their trophies in Hobart. Photo courtesy of Rolex Sydney Hobart / Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Stuart Richardson and his crew aboard the yacht Solera have secured a double victory in the annual Rolex Sydney…
Survival of the fastest at windswept 16ft Skiff Australian Championships
January 7, 2022
Main photo: NFPG at 25 knots. Photo Mark Rothfield With boat speeds nudging 26 knots, and a nor’east wind strength not far behind, it was survival of the fastest in races 6 and 7 of the 2022 Red Pumps 16ft Skiff Australian Championship, hosted…
ANMM Tall Ships Small Ships storyteller tour
January 7, 2022
Tall Ships Small Ships is a character-fuelled take on some of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s most intriguing floating exhibits. Performer Jo Henwood brings to life stories and fascinating details of these iconic vessels in a tour based…
Smallest boat Vertigo wins the Melbourne to Devonport yacht race
January 3, 2022
Main photo: Vertigo skippered by Tim Olding wins the 2021 Rudder Cup. Photo Michael Currie Female Dominated Crew Take The Rudder Cup Royal yacht Club of Victoria will be cheering for one of their own this morning. Tim Olding’s Summit 35…
