USA Olympic Athletes get a pay rise
The USA appear to be taking a leaf out of the GBR Olympic game plan and ramping-up the money it gives to to Olympic athletes… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleVendee Globe – The big slow
D38 : Alex Thomson is doing his own race… by VendeeGlobeTV The last 24 hours have been the slowest yet during this Vendee Globe solo round the world race… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK...
View ArticleAmerica's Cup – Rod Davis returns to sharpen Kiwi Match-racing skills
Long time Team New Zealand coach Rod Davis has rejoined Emirates Team New Zealand as Match Race Coach as the team transitions from testing to training in the coming months in preparation for America’s...
View ArticleAon Youth Worlds – Nacra 15’s get a solid work out in Practice Race
After being assigned their new Nacra 15 catamarans, the crews at the Aon Youth Worlds got a wild welcome in the Practice Race sailed off Torbay, on Thursday. The twin trapeze multihull proved to be a...
View ArticleThere is no ‘Rolex Sydney Hobart Anonymous’
Let’s be frank, when it comes to ocean racing, some people are just a bit obsessive – they turn up to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia year after year for their annual fix of salt water mayhem –...
View ArticleLand Rover BAR – Giles Scott helms T3
The America’s Cup teams are not allowed to launch their new AC boats until after the 27 December, so BAR are training in Bermuda with their T3 AC45X test boat until then For the rest of the story from...
View ArticleVendée Globe – Light winds for Banque Populaire and Hugo Boss
Banque Populaire and Hugo Boss are sailing in a complex weather system in a light wind zone. The first one to get out of it will have a nice north-westerly flow on the edge of the high pressure system....
View ArticleA miserable overnight training session for Wild Oats XI
A miserable overnight training session for Wild Oats XI as she is prepared for the Rolex Sydney Hobart race. With rain pouring down, and a cold, blustery south-easterly wind blowing, Rolex Sydney...
View ArticleRolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – Final preparations for 91 boats
Ten days out from the start of the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, 91 yachts are making final preparations to their boats ahead of the arduous 628 nautical mile race – difficult in the rain,...
View ArticlePlus Day for Coville in Record Race
(December 15, 2016; Day 38, 22:38 UTC) – With 4549 nm to go, Thomas Coville (FRA) and his 31m maxi trimaran Sodebo Ultim’ has finally stopped the bleeding in his attempt to break the solo round the...
View ArticleAirView Media highlights of the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge
Jonathan Whitty is known to many as the Skipper of the 18-Footer, Line 7. He also runs https://airviewmedia.com.au!AirView Media!new . Whitty was out on John Winning’s RIB piloting his drone, and...
View ArticleJoyon Ready to Launch Record Attempt
(December 15, 2016) – Francis Joyon, his onshore router Marcel van Triest, and the crew of five on the 31.5m maxi-trimaran IDEC SPORT have taken the decision to set off tomorrow morning to tackle the...
View ArticleYouth World Championships – First results posted
The first day of racing is underway for the 2016 Aon Youth Worlds in Auckland, New Zealand… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View Articletryin’ harder
Local Knowledge About 5 years ago, a group of Trimaran sailors said SEE YOU LATER to the St. Pete NOODS. We took our fleet and winter regatta to the Sarasota Sailing Squadron which has hosted us – at...
View ArticleOld Guard Returns to Emirates Team New Zealand
Emirates Team New Zealand has significantly bolstered the teams ranks by signing one of the country’s most successful America’s Cup campaigners, Murray Jones, to help guide the team in the most...
View ArticleSignificant Rule and Game Changes
The following list is a quick overview of the significant changes in the 2017-2020 edition of The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). These are changes from the 2013-2016 edition, and are excerpted from...
View ArticleAon Youth Worlds – Images from Day 1 – RS:X
Sail-World NZ’s editor, Richard Gladwell was on the water for Day 1 of the Aon Youth World sailing Championship off Torbay on Auckland’s North Shore. Here’s the gallery of images from the RS:X...
View ArticleBreezy for Start of Youth Sailing Worlds
Auckland, New Zealand (December 16, 2016) – It was a dazzling debut for the Nacra 15 as sailors got their feet, and everything else, wet on day one of racing at the 2016 Aon Youth Sailing World...
View ArticleFight Begins for Jules Verne Trophy
(December 16, 2016) – At 08:19:00 UTC* in the first glimmer of light this Friday, IDEC SPORT crossed the start line off Ushant at more than twenty knots in her dash to grab the outright round the world...
View ArticleAon Youth Worlds – Images from Day 1 – 420, Laser Radial and 29er
Sail-World NZ’s editor, Richard Gladwell was on the water for Day 1 of the Aon Youth World sailing Championship off Torbay on Auckland’s North Shore. Here’s the gallery of images from the 470’s 29ers...
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