Action from Bundaberg Sailing Club regatta
Some of the action on day 1 of the Bundaberg Sailing Clubs 2015 regatta.
Reports, Happenings, Events
Some of the action on day 1 of the Bundaberg Sailing Clubs 2015 regatta.
One of the most unique races in the world has wrapped up this week on the tiny island of St Barths, called the St Barths Bucket Regatta
By now you've seen the pictures, heard the story and probably watched the video of when the Volvo Ocean 65 ran aground on a reef near Mauritius last year. Team Vestas Wind was torn nearly in half, losing most if its stern, stranding the crew on a tiny isl
It looks like hydrofoils really are the future of sailing, especially for the younger generation who care about nothing, but speed.
In what's being likened to a soap opera tv-series, the Team New Zealand Americas Cup skipper is now calling in the lawyers to settle a bitter dispute amongst the ranks.
Change is in the wind for the month-long Sail Mooloolaba celebration of sailing regatta which is held each year throughout June.
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Still reeling after last the news of Sailing's axing from the 2020 Paralympic games in Tokyo? Same here, but there's good news! No, it's not back in the games, but there is a chance for it to be!
Mooloolaba Yacht Club and Mates4Mates have joined forces for a regional wounded veterans sailing program.
A casual afternoon on the water ended in tragedy for a young sailor and his mate, when their Flying 11 capsized on Lake Macquarie this week.
It's a sad day for the sport of sailing, (and for 7 a-side football) as it was booted out of the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo due it not being 'fresh enough'.
Well, muddy is the least of their problems if the current state of Guanabara Bay is anything to go by.
The Farrawa Cup Series concluded with the 67th Bunbury and Return Ocean Race over the weekend of 17-18 January. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club is proud to host the annual event, WA's oldest blue water event. The 169 nautical mile race is rewarding and ch
Bundaberg Sailing Club members successful at Aust. titles.
The international sailing communities eyes are on Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club in Victoria this week, as their favourite little boats are flying around the bay during in the 2015 Moth Worlds.
After a foggy start in Abu Dhabi earlier this week, the crews aboard Volvo Ocean 65's are still putting along very slowly in winds of 2 knots at most.
Someone obviously turned on a very large light at the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club in Victoria, because hundred of Moths are currently flying in from all over the world!
Right now the crews of the 117 yachts entered in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart are hard at work, prepping for the journey down Australia's East coast, across Bass Strait to the Derwent River in Hobart.
One of the sports most exciting classes of sailing, the Extreme 40 has just completed a year long series that took the fleet around the world, racing over 230 races in 8 locations, all culminating in an epic finale right here in Sydney.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you rigged your trailer-sailor on the ramp (like many do), and hoisted the sails? Would you be able to sail that trailer right down the ramp?
While belting along at 19 knots last week, the Volvo 60 Team Vestas Wind ran into the Cargados Carajos Shoals in the Indian Ocean, 430 km north east of Mauritius. Tearing the stern of the multi-million dollar boat to pieces and leaving the crew left stran
WA's offshore fleet was blessed with ideal conditions for the two-day Rockingham Race Weekend off the coast of Perth, WA. Hosted by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, the event is part of the Farrawa Cup Series.
Thirty one yachts are gearing up for the Rockingham Race Weekend, hosted by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club. Contested off the coast of WA, racing will be on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November.
This week an accountant from New Zealand has one-upped Sailor of the Year, Jimmy Spithill in one of the most unique races ever seen in sailing.
Gone are the days of brightly coloured storm sails in ocean racing, in this years Volvo Ocean Race, yachts will be using kiteboarding gear to get home!
After only 7 days at sea, 54 year old French Sailor Lo?ck Peyron has broken the race record in what is considered one of the most gruelling races on earth, the Route Du Rhumb.
The 2015 Sydney to Mooloolaba Yacht Race Notice of Race has been released today by the event organisers Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) and the race partner club, Mooloolaba Yacht Club (MYC).
It's barely three days into the epic Transatlantic race, the Route Du Rhum and already 17 of the 91 entrants have abandoned their race.
During January, 2015
Team Vodaphone is being fitted out with some high tech radio controlled gear so it can be sailed via smartphone, over their new 4g network.
Winners were announced, nominees were stoked to be there, and at the end of the night everybody left proud of the sport of sailing. But who won!
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Never before have sailors been confronted with such a technical marvel, with good looks to match. The highly polished black carbon hull reflects every detail of the water surface below it, and those sails. Oh those sails! Made by North there's barely a wr
"Sailing is part of who I am. It's an addiction. It's in my blood. My Name is Oli Tweddell, and I sail for Australia."
With a couple of months to go, the 2014 Rolex Sydney to Hobart is heating up with several big name entries already on the list to make the overnight journey from Sydney, across Bass Strait to Hobart.
In the sailing world, it's all about flying. Every boat imaginable is being outfitted with hydrofoils, from Optimists to 72ft Americas Cup challengers, you name it, they've slapped a foil underneath.
Despite lighter than preferred conditions in Spain this week for the first days racing of the Sailing Worlds, Aussies are currently in the lead with two first places in the Laser, and Finn classes.
Townsville Sailing Club announced today they have been awarded the hosting rights for the 2015 Tasar Australian Championship.
After several months of no-news about the Americas Cup, this week a press conference was held in London to discuss plans for the 35th Americas Cup Challenge. Streamed live, the conference contained a few little tidbits of information for those of us sitti
It's the trip of a lifetime, twelve months at sea on one of the most incredible yachts still sailing today, the Young Endeavour.
The last day of racing delivered enough weather challenges to force changes to the podium places in many of the six divisions racing in the 8th SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week.
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A combination of perfect racing conditions, no mistakes, great boat speed and a focus on a goal was all that was needed for the multihull Fantasia to take on the biggest of the monohulls and win.
The breeze is pumping and the north Queensland sun is blazing as crews competing in the 8th SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week prepare for five days of hot competition starting tomorrow. Townsville's most famous sailing son, Will Oxley, was on hand at the
The warm north Queensland welcome mat is out for the large monohull and multihull fleet competing in the 8th SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week which starts tomorrow.
It's been a week of ups and downs for the sailors competing in Audi Hamilton Island Race Week with light winds at the beginning of the event, and strong gusty conditions to end it.
Light winds have hampered racing off Hamilton Island with the first two days of racing being held in winds in the sub 5 knot range, allowing the high performance divisions to shine.
Entries for this year's SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, being held from 28th August to 2nd September 2014, close this Friday, 22nd August.
The Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week fleet continued to experience strong winds and close racing on the penultimate day of the seven-day anniversary event.
For those sailors who saw the forecast and the rain, and decided to stay tucked up onshore today , they missed out on a perfect final racing day for the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week.
Five, Four, One, BOOM! The cannon off the Hamilton Island Yacht club will be firing in a couple of days time for the 2014 Audi Hamilton Island Race week.
Day 4 of the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week saw the monohull, multihull and Sports Boats fleet saw the record fleet encounter another day of challenging racing conditions and plenty of action.
With Lay Day almost over the 135-boat record fleet competing in the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week regatta and the Whitsunday Sailing Club race management team are starting to turn their attention towards the next three day's weather and races
Tony Kirby's Ker 46 Patrice showed the IRC fleet how it is done when they took centre stage on Pioneer Bay today in the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week winning two from two races to remain in first overall.
The weather models said there would be wind and rain today, and they were right as the south-east kicked up high on Pioneer Bay for Day 1 of the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week.
The record fleet of 135 monohulls and multihulls have spent today carefully checking and re-checking every piece of race equipment as they prepare for tomorrow's start of the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week regatta.
The Multihull Racing Division for this year's Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week, which starts on Saturday, has attracted a surprising and impressive team of sailors to its ranks.
The close of entries for this year's SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, which is being held from 28th August to 2nd September 2014, is just around the corner.
There is just one day left for skippers to enter their boat in the record-breaking Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week being held from 8th to 15th August 2014.
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