In this week's WoW we look at "What Went Wrong" in the 34th Americas Cup, Alex Thomson gears up for another Vendee Globe but will he make it, the Warren Jones int Regatta in Perth, the Millennium Cup in the Bay of Islands in NZ and Sebastien Destmemau ente...
Skipper os Ragamuffin 100 David Witt explains what happened when they were slam-dunked by the 40 Knot+ Southerly change on the first night of the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. He also announces the future of Syd Fischer and Team Ragamuffin.
In this week's WoW we see the snafu's in the AC in Oman, the wrap of the RORC Caribbean 600, Day 1 of the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series in Oman, the South of Perth Yacht Club's M32 WMRT selection races, the Oceanbridge 2016 Sail Aucklan, 470's W...
In our monthly series "What Went Wrong" North Sails Michael Coxon say nothing this summer as it was all good sailing. He talks extensively on the JJ Giltinan 18 Footers, the Maxis and the changes there, the Etchells and much more. Always informative and ce...
In this week's WoW Perini Navi launch the 128.Foot Superyacht "DAHLEK", the 68th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race is won by "Black Jack", the beautiful superyachts of the St Barths Bucket Regatta, Act 1 of the foiling M32's Extreme Sailing Series, the West...
In this week's WoW theTP 52's of the Super Series are tuning in Valencia Spain, episode #1 of Antarctic Adventurer Skip Novak's Yachting World and Pantaenius Sail and Power Insurance's informative series on "Storm Sailing" (a must watch of all sailors) s...
April 9 & 10 saw the second annual Sydney Sailboat Expo held in Manly.
Over 50 exhibitors saw good constant flow crowds pass through the hill top venue. The weather was stunning.
Boatson.tv was there and here's a clip of just some of the action.o.
This week's WoW starts in the Caribbean with a wrap of the Les Voiles de St. Barth, then to beautiful Port Stephens in Australia for the Pantaenius Sail & Power Insurance IRC Broughton Island Passage Race, then Safran Sailing Team's IMOCA 60 trials fo...
In this week's WoW the TRANSAT is Back, the feeder from Saint-Malo to Plymouth, we preview the Sailing World Cup in Hyeres France, the Panerai Antigua Classic Yacht Challenge, IMOCA 60 Foiling Daggerboards explained, Women's Laser Radial World Championshi...
In this week's WoW we are at the start in Plymouth UK of the "British Transat" the Transat bakerly which has a mixture of the fastest and the historic competing including the "superstar" of yachting Loick Peyron in Eric Tabarly's famous Pen Duick II, Part ...
This week's WoW starts in the "Big Apple" and ends in Bora Bora the tropical paradise. After a disappointing first day of the Louis Vuitton World Series America's Cup Regatta in New York when there was no wind the final day, Sunday, brought some wind and b...
Boatsontv talks to Matt Carroll CEO of Australia Sailing on AS Changes, Rio Olympics and sailing in general. A wide ranging chat on the new set-up of Sailing in Australia an the future initiatives.
Australian Sailors led the medal count in the last Olympi...
Michael Coxon gives an exclusive preview on next week's Land Rover Sydney to Gold Coast Rce to Geoff Waller of BoatsonTV. Two 100 foot super-maxis (Wild Oats XI and Scallywag (ex Rags 100) three Volvo 70, 9 TP 52's!!! and 60 odd others. It will be a great ...
In this week's WoW the Louis Vuitton America's Cup circus is at Sir Ben Ainslie's HQ in Portsmouth and Saturday and Sunday saw close racing in front of the young Royals and an enthusiastic local crowd, while the Tour de France is in the mountains the Frenc...
Wild Oats XI, the super maxi owned by the Oatley family and skippered by Mark Richards, was first out of Sydney Heads, leaving Scallywag (ex-Ragamuffin 100) in her wake. The two had sailed neck-and-neck down the Harbour under Code Zeros, but just as Seng H...
Australian Sailing President, ex CYCA Commodore and owner/skipper of TP 52 Ichi Ban won the 2016 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht race talks to boatsontv's Geoff Waller at the Southport yacht Club about thr race, his win, the Olympics in Rio and the futu...
This week on the WoW North Sails' Michael Coxon (Cocko) is on-board Super-Maxi Wild Oats XI in the RQYS Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Race as it breaks the race record, we preview the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and its boating eye candy, the Extreme Sa...
Five hours after they arrived back in Sydney from Brazil the triumphant Australian Olympic Sailing Team arrived at their Middle Harbour Yacht Club Base to be greeted by their sponsors, family and friends. Boatson.tv was there and Geoff Waller talked to the...
In this week's WoW the SoftBank Team Japan are the first Americas Cup teams to master the "foiling tack" which leads to foiling from start to finish, experience what goes on-board a Super-Maxi in the exciting five minute start dial-up Warwick Rooklyn give ...
In this week's WoW we preview the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Rolex Maxi 72 World Championships in Porto Cervo, Womens' sailing is bolstered by the "M is for Magenta" project in the UK, Pantaenius Sail and Power Insurance presents Skip Novak's "Storm Sailing"...
In this week's WoW the.Louis Vuitton Americas Cup World series was on in Toulon France and the Swedes were motoring, at the Yacht Club Costa Smerelda the Maxis were battling the Mistral in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Rolex Maxi 72 worlds, this month's Ven...
This week on the WoW the Yacht Club Costs Smerelda hosts the Rolex Swan Cup and we have Days 2 & 6, Rolex Big Boats in San Francisco Days 1 & # and Multihulls, the Louis Vuitton Americas Cup World Series Toulon technology explained, Panerai Classic...
Sailing called off due to blustery winds about 30 knots on Sydney Harbour. The regular 18 Footers Sunday Race only 2 boats started. It was held off Rose Bay in the "quieter" end of the harbour.
In this week's WoW the start of the Rolex Middle Sea Race in Malta, Vendee Globe contender Morgan Lagraviere SAFRAN readies for the Nov 6 start, the Vendee Globe Race Village is open, the New Zealand team win the Red Bull Foiling Generation in Newport R.I....
In this week's WoW Emirates Team New Zealand' AC test-boat does a "Fly-By" on the assembled fleet at the start of the "Coastal Classic", Dean Barker's SoftBank Team Japan's Wing Sail explodes and we see how they fix it, the first winner of the Vendee retur...
In this week's WoW Emirates Team New Zealand' AC test-boat does a "Fly-By" on the assembled fleet at the start of the "Coastal Classic", Dean Barker's SoftBank Team Japan's Wing Sail explodes and we see how they fix it, the first winner of the Vendee retur...
North Sails International Sales Manager and Chief Financial Office Trevor Jenkins talk exclusively to the World on Water about new sail technology, Vendee Globe, Americas Cup, Volvo Race, Optius more.
All sailors will get something out of watching these t...
The yachts on Days 3 & 4 are passing the Madiera Archipelego headin south expecting fresher winds for the benefit of the foilers.
Be sure the watch the full report and keep watching www.boatson.tv for more on this great race.
How would you like to give the fleet a 2,000 mile start in your race around the world? Well Didac Costa of One Planet One Ocean has. Full report. Also the latest, Vincent Riou, Alex Thomson and much more.
Banque Populaire leads from PRB. A foiler leading a...
www.boatson.tv's geoff Waller is "In Conversation" with the CEO of the Americas Cup Event Authority Sir Russell Coutts KNZM CBE at Manly Yacht Club at the NSW BIC O'pen Cup. A wide ranging discussion he talks all things youth sailing, NZ sailing, Americas ...
Alex Thomson is over the Equstor romping towards Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town) and getting "righer" as the fleet behind him are battleing the calms of the doldrums. You couldn't get the smile off his face with a hacksaw.
It's all here in today's big Vendee...
In this week's WoW the Vendee Globe is passing through the doldrums heading for the Equator as Brit Alex Thomson leads the huge pack of French sailors, they are not amused, the MC 38 fleet had this year's last event on Sydney Harbour and the Kiwi were supr...
Aas the leaders romp into the Southern Hemisphere one goes home and another (Seb) is playing with us as he has power problems. Conrad Coleman is happy to be back in his home hemisphere.
Days 17 & 18 roundups etc. Worth a look and pass on to friends.
October 30 saw the CYCA Marine Safety Day with commodore John Marcos, Moderator David Salter and panelists, AMSA Peter Kelly, NSW Water Police Paukl Farquharson,Air Ambulance Helicopter Joel Nas and Leon Bush, VMR Andrew Cribb and Kordia Communications Pet...
Overnight Alex Thomspon has called in to Race HQ in Paris to advise that he's hit something with his starboard foiler Moustache Wing. He's still in the race but it's too early to tell if it is a enough to slow him down crippling his leading chances. Once a...
Latest reports on the Vendee Globe where the big news is that Leader Alex Thpmson has hit an "object" and broken off his starboard foil. He will need to stop and cut off the piece still sticking out from the boats' hull. One is reminded of Comanche did the...
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