High Drama at Cape Horn for two more boats in the Volvo Race.
Early in leg 7 leader MAPFRE experiences a mast track failure and the crew had a shore team of three flown in to Ushuaia Argentina waiting for them to round the Cape so that they could fix the ...
Well Leg 7 has had it all. Of the seven yachts in the fleet only two (Brunel and Dongfeng) are still fully operational and battling it out for the line honours. The rest of the fleet (five yachts) are either retired or damaged.
Going forward one third of t...
This weeks' World on Water TV News Show follows all the wrecked boats in the end phase of Leg 7 of the Volvo. The most dramatic was Vestas which was dismasted, the leader MAPFRE had troubles with its main track on the mast which came apart and when the mai...
Marcus Blackmore purchased the European TP 52 Champion AZZURRA (built 2015) and renamed it as part og his Hooligan family. Paul Westlake Vice President of North Sails works the Main Sheet on-board and here he takes us on a full Boat deck tour explaining in...
Formally Super Series Champion Azzurra Local yachtsman Marcus Blackmore has brought it to Australia to boost the many TP 52 fleet. Main Sheet Trimmer and North sails VP Paul Westlake took us on a exclusive personal tour explaining the workings of this cham...
Martin Baum of Global Boating Insurance Company Pantaenius talks boat insurance with the World on Water sailing TV Channel.
Get up to date with the latest in insurance options in this informative discussion.
More at www.boatson.tv the leaders in Sailing vi...
In this week's WoW TV News Show
Niklas Zennstroms' Carkeek Design Partners new Fast 40+ RAN 7 hits the water in readiness to its first race this weekend. And it looks sleek and fast. Its keel bulb is painted gold as a token to RAN the Swedish Water God no...
All the boats went through the Doldrums and after that acres of sea-grass requiring them to keep checking their keels and rudders. Also the crews find ways to pass the time in smooth seas and no winds. So Charles Caudrelier can do the Rubix Cube behind his...
David Witt talk exclusively to WoWTV about Leg 7 Auckland to Itajai and the dramatic Man Overboard tradgedy involving his long time sailing friend John Fisher.
He tells us how it happened and the unsuccessful retreval attempts made by the whole Scallywag c...
In this week's WoW TV:
The 52 Super Series have their Coastal Race
The finish of Leg 9 of the Volvo in Cardiff is an all Dutch affair as Brunel beats the "Paint Truck"
Dee Caffari in Turn The Tide on Plastic may not be winning on the water but her message ...
Dick tells of the race in 1962 when a new, young Australian team faced the might of the New York Yacht Club and its defender weatherly. Sit frank Packer's gretel was a close contender and in a reaching race Mosbacker paused and Storrock and his crew pounce...
In this week's WoW TV:
Royal Akarana Yacht Club's Auckland to Noumea Race starts in appaling conditions
Melges 32 World League Toscana
PAC 52 2018 CAL Week Marina Del Ray Race One
Finn World Masters Spain Results
Volvo Leg 9 Finish Report Cardiff Wales
Tec...
Leg 10 started in the Volvo race on a bight, sunny windless day with a fierce tide. First it pushed Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag close to being over the line and in their efforts not to go over they infringed Dee Caffari's Turn the Tide (?) on Plastic and they h...
Leg 11 the final hit out in this edition 2017-18 Gothenburg to the Hague and middle mark is in the harbour of Aarhaus, Denmard. The yachts had to enter the inner harbour and round a mark whilst the crown on-shore cheered them on.
Dongfeng, MAPFRE, local en...
In this weeks' WoWTV:
Dongfengs' VOR in 7 minutes
Drama in the Clipper RTW Race
IFCA Slalom World Championships Day 1&4
Exss Lagos Portugal
Britain's INOES Team UK lays it out on the line
And a "quiet" day on the water at Cowes... It's Round the Island...
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In this week's WoW TV:
First video of any of the teams in the 36th Americas Cup trialling their "Test Boat". INEOS Team UK testing their 28 Foot Foiling Mo...
There are 5 "Super-Maxis" racing in the world and 4 are in Australia competing in the 2018 Noakes Sydney-Gold Coast Yacht Race.
The other is in Hong Kong and the Skipper David Witt after newly finishing the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race is in Sydney overseeing ...
This is a very important discussion between Tom Erman of Sailing Illustrated and Bill Canfield of the Virgin Islands Sailing association on their submission to the World Sailing organisation on changing how Sailing is administrated as clearly the current s...
In this week's WoW TV:
The Whitsunday Sailing Club conducted the 30th Airlie Beach Race week in the wonderful Whitsunday Islands on Queenslands Tropical Barrier reef
The RORC Sevenstar Round Britain Race started from Cowes and the weather was frightening
S...
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In this week's WoW TV:
The first clash of the top TP 52's in australia at the Airlie Beach race week. Matt Allen's Ichi Ban (Number One) and Marcus Blackmore...
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In this week's WoW TV:
First video of Emirates Team New Zealand's test rig for the canting foil for all the AC 72 boats. The system is explained and now we ...
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In this week's WoW TV:
US America's Cup winners Larry Ellison and his Kiwi CEO Sir Russell Coutts whose team lost the Cup to ETNZ in Bermuda with their foilin...
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In this week's WoW TV:
Next week the great French atlantic Crossing race t...
The 2018 Single Handed Route du Rhum Destination Guardaloupe is on on November 04.18 and here is our first report. It includes video reports on the Race Village in Saint Malo, thousands of visitors, English interviews with Sam goodchild, sam Davies and Phi...
"World on Water" November 02.18 Global Sailing News
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In this week's WoW TV:...
The Route du Rhum starts on Sunday Nov 04 and over 100 boats will start. Interviews of Armel Le Cleac'h the Vende Globe winner and Francois Gabart the Jules Verne fastest roind the world winner.
Hundreds of thousands of French fans are ate the Race Village...
Day before Race start, Saint Malo Marina by Ais, International skippers talk, Aerials on Francois Garart's MACIF 30m Tri and on-board an IMOCA 60. Fast action.
Well it's "Race Day" and the boats leave teir marina through the lock and head to the starting line.
At 1400 the gun goes off and the 2018 Route du rhym Destination Guardaloupe is off.
The "Ultimates" blast off followed by the other multis, IMOCAS, and the...
"World on Water" November 09.18 Global Sailing News
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This what happened in...
He led from the second night all the way to within one mile of the finish and then Francois Gabart MACIF was passed by Francis Joyon IDEC SPORTS and won by 7 minutes and 8 seconds.
But he was sailing a crippled boat fron night One.
Here he tells the full s...
* Giovanni Soldini is first over the line in the RORC Transatlantic
* Australia's SAILGP team talk and test their new F50
* The America's Cup Challengers trophy the Prada Cup is unveilled in Monaco
* 2018 Sir Peter Blake Trophy in New Zealand
* We profile ...
Once again from the busy Sail Loft of North Sails Sydney Boss Sailmaker Michael (Cocko) Coxon gies his experrt preview of the big race which starts on December 26th next. % 100 Foot Super-Maxis will battle out the quest for Line Honours. Cocko give the for...
"World on Water" December 21.18 Global Sailing News
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This what happened in...
5 Days before the start to the 2018 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race the World on Water talks to the owner of Super Maxi COMANCHE on thwir preparations, hopes and team.
Jim Cooney tells all.
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