Sailors are urged to think about their connection with the place where we spend time and gain enjoyment and remember the ocean every day, not just World Oceans Day by cultivating a daily awareness of the seas, sailors and other water sport enthusiasts can make small decisions that have a cumulative impact on these invaluable ecosystems and become more conscious of their impact on the fragile…
Magpie wins Etchells Gold Coast Championship
29 May 2023
Graeme Taylor and his team of Richie Allanson and James Mayo sailing AUS1486 Magpie from the Mornington Yacht Club have taken the International Etchells Class Gold Coast Championship, sailed 27-28 May from the Southport Yacht Club, with two race wins on the final day of racing.
Full Results
First Day
The first day of the 2023 International Etchells Class Gold Coast Championship was sailed…
This Sunday May 29, 21 year old Australian, Xavier Doerr, will commence “The Little Aussie Lap”, a solo non-stop unassisted circumnavigation of Australia in his 21ft Mini Transat yacht, Waterline.
He will attempt to beat the World Speed Sailing and Guinness World Records as the fastest and smallest racing yacht to complete the lap of Australia.
Lisa Blair, who holds the current record for…
Double-handers make the cut
30 April 2022
Eligible two-handed entrants will be able to compete for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) most prestigious trophies. This will include the George Adams Tattersall Cup (awarded to the overall winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race), the John H. Illingworth Challenge Cup (awarded to the Line Honours winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race), the Peter Rysdyk Trophy…
Day One - Mubadala United States SailGP
28 March 2022
Day one of the Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix brought the action on San Francisco Bay. Japan and Australia share the top of the results, with both teams showing they want momentum going into Sunday’s final. Jimmy Spithill and USA SailGP Team played it more conservatively, opting to “protect the asset”. They sit in seventh place overall with a 5, 7, 5 today, and with it all to do…
I prefer to be in the position as favourite because we have proven we can perform under pressure time and time again.
Tom Slingsby, Driver Australia SailGP Team
All eight drivers shared their thoughts on Friday morning ahead of the SailGP Season 2 Grand Final at the Mubadala United States Sail Gran Prix in San Francisco.
Tom Slingsby and the Australian team are being billed as favourites…
HOW TO FOLLOW TOKYO 2020 – FULL RESULTS, SCHEDULE & MORE!
Matt Wearn has wrapped up the gold medal in the Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition, making him the third consecutive Australian to have achieved the feat.Denmarks’ Anne-Marie Rindom could have done the same in the Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial, but for a big…
First Tracks storm home to take win
14 June 2021
Peter Merrington and his team of Ian McKillop and Steve “Mothy” Jarvin on First Tracks AUS1485 took the wins in the Etchells Australian Nationals and the Australasian Championships on Sunday 13 June winning the final race of the regatta over Martin Hill’s Lisa Rose AUS1484, and Mark Bradford’s Pie AUS947 which were also the overall regatta placings.
Race 8
The fleet were sent out…
Featured Image by Bob Martin for SailGP
TARANTO – June 5, 2021 – Hundreds of on-water spectators and a packed shoreline witnessed the return of Jimmy Spithill’s United States SailGP Team and Nathan Outteridge’s Japan SailGP Team as they dominated the opening day of the Italy Sail Grand Prix in the vibrant Southern Italy city of Taranto, finishing on even points at the top of the…
