The 2013 Top of the Gulf Regatta was hosted by Ocean Marina Yacht Club in the Gulf of Thailand and showcased an exciting four days of racing for 11 classes. With boats ranging from Optimists to dinghies, beach catamarans, keelboats and multihulls, and the ...
Welcome to the 20th edition of the Singapore Straits Regatta, the third part of the Asia Sailing Circuit for the Perpetual Cup series, which includes the Raja Muda and Phuket's King's Cup. Sailors from Singapore and abroad will compete in 9 races over 4 da...
As the brisk North Easterly was holding up, PRO Simon James made the decision for the entire fleet to venture out and race on the offshore courses. Hurried repairs were conducted overnight on damaged sails and everyone returned to fight another day. The IR...
Both Newcastle RNLI's inshore and all weather lifeboats were launched in rough weather at 9am this morning following reports that a man had entered the sea after his dog and had got into difficulty. However the search was stood down at 10.30am after the co...
Race organising club Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's Damien Devine predicts the 33rd Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race. The start was at 1300 January 2nd 2014.
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The Inaugural Qatar Optimist Cup started today, in warm and hospitable Doha on the north eastern Arabian peninsular. Qatar hit the headlines when it won the bid to host the football world cup in 2022. Hosting top level sporting events, including the Asian ...
The start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart on a sparkling Sydney Harbour was very fast. A reach down the habour was led by Wild Oats XI from Perpetual LOYAL and Beau Geste. The first two maxis (100 footers) were chased by and nearly caught by Karl Kwok's new 80 ...
The top RSHYR Maxi Skippers Mark Richards Wild Oats XI, Anthony bell Perpetual LOYAL and veteran Syd Fischer face the cameras and talk up their chances and down their rivals. The weather bureau gives a "not happy Jan" forcast for the race.
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Overall winner of the 1997 Hobart with his then new Farr 49, Karl Kwok returns to the Rolex Sydney Hobart fold with his brand new Botin 80, Beau Geste, which his team has been busy putting together this year and was launched in New Zealand on 21 November. ...
Accidents can and do happen on yachts even when they are at the marina. Sharon Atkinson breaks her ankle when cleaning the bilge on a Clipper 68. She will not be going to Hobart but has been offered a place should the boat enter again. Considering the weat...
The skippers Matt Allen Ichi Ban, Tony Kirby Patrice, Roger Hickman Wild Rose, New Zealander Jim Delegat Giacomo (formerly Groupama) and German Jens Kellinghusen Varuna all discussed their chances and their oppositions. All agree that currently the weather...
The second part of the round table saw participation from Guillermo Altadill, Joan Villadelprat, Joan Porcar and Santi Serrat:
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Clouds and no wind brought frustration in the morning of day four in Palamós following the strong N wind on Wednesday that left the fleets ashore. The expected early morning wind did not blow as forecasted due to the clouds and it looked like another day ...
GAES Christmas Race second day in Palamós started with a strong SW wind expected to blow until midday and then begin to lose strength. The Race Committees were at the racing areas ready to give starts at the scheduled times but drizzles brought big change...
A decision made by the Gotta Love It 7 team shortly after the start was a critical factor in the skiff's easy victory in Race 2 of the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. The Gotta Love It 7 crew of Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbag...
We walk down the 45 metre super-light carbon fibre mast and the lift out of the newly "enhansed" Wild Oats XI now dubbed "The Swiss Army Knife." Bow, side daggerboards, canting keel with a torpedo bulb with "wings" and a centre mounted single rudder. Phew!...
A large crane lifts Wild Oats XI's new ultra-lightweight, 45-metre
high, carbon-fibre mast from the yacht for final inspection and
preparation prior to their entry in the 2013 Rolex Sydney Hobatt Yacht Race.
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Dongfeng Race Team's brand new Volvo Ocean 65 racing boat came through an ocean test-drive with flying colours. Rick Deppe was on-board to see the boat's innovative features put to the test in the English Solent.
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This month we have a Sailing Arabia the Tour special. It's the story of an extraordinary and unique event, a sporting first in the Middle East. 9 teams. 15 days. 8 stops. 760 nautical mile race down the arabian peninsula.
Sea Master Sailing celebrates the most exciting America's Cup in history. We look back from the Louis Vuitton through to the nail biting winner takes all finale. We then travel onto Cascais, Portugal for the RC44 Championship Tour and onto Nice, France for...
On this month's Sea Master Sailing we begin in Wales where Cardiff Bay was the host of the sixth act of the Extreme Sailing Series. We head south to the Mediterranean where the next generation of international stars were competing at the ISAF Youth Worlds....
Wild Oats XI Takes Round One as Shogun V Wins SOLAS Big Boat Challenge. It has been a long time coming - but at last we have seen Bob Oatley's six time Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours winner, Wild Oats XI, go head to head against Perpetual LOYAL, widely t...
the Nacra 17 funals were a "survival" course at the ISAF SWC Melbourne. In the end both the Nacra 17 and 49er FX Races proved to be a battle with the elements for most crews, as winds gusted above 25kts making for a real test of boat handling. Darren Bund...
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