Spirits were high at the Gunboat factory as we launched the third Gunboat 68 of the series! This launch carried particular significance as a marker of adaptability beyond the typical call of duty, even for yacht building. Gunboat Managing Partner, ...
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Cancelled Hamilton Island Race Week 2020
The Queensland Government has recently declared numerous COVID-19 hotspots and yesterday announced the inclusion of Greater Sydney. In light of this announcement and despite our best intentions to host the event, our Race Management team who are so vital to ...
Read More »America’s Cup Rialto
America’s Cup Rialto is a new series for the 36th America’s Cup, and will publish each day an Americas’s Cup boat sails – with images of the day. Usually there will be a morning report (NZT) based on when the ...
Read More »M32 series 2020
The sun came out for the weekend and gave the seven boat fleet the best Newport has to offer. Five races sailed in 14-17 knots on Saturday and four races on Sunday with the fleet being treated to a nice ...
Read More »2020-2021 Vendee Globe
Celebrating singlehanded sailing and the 2020-2021 Vendee Globe Summer may be in full swing in the northern hemisphere, but here in the COVID-19 capital of the world it’s largely missing a critical element: organized sailboat racing. Yes, some events are ...
Read More »2020 ROLEX Swan Cup
Bringing those passionate about the ocean and racing together, over 60 yachts are set to compete in this September’s edition of the much-loved regatta in Sardinia. Nautor’s Swan is delighted to announce that the 2020 edition of the beloved Rolex ...
Read More »Airlie Beach Race Week
Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) officials are pleased to announce that a healthy fleet of 70 boats will take part in the 32nd running of Airlie Beach Race Week Whitsundays Festival of Sailing, where a week-long sailing program and a fabulous ...
Read More »New Garcia Explocat 52
Garcia Yachts presents the Explocat 52, the ultimate aluminum exploration catamaran. Already sold in six units, she completes the range of Garcia Exploration monohulls. Solid, safe, comfortable and performant Solidity and structural rigidity of aluminium: The choice of aluminium increases the ...
Read More »MC38 2020 Season
Close to two years of shooting for a MC38 one design class top result finally yielded Steve Proud’s Swish team the main prize, on dreary Pittwater in the shortened five-race Act 4 winter pointscore. “We’ve had a couple of thirds ...
Read More »IMOCA Globe Series Championship 2018-21
With a little over three months to go until the start of the ninth Vendée Globe and following the preparatory Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne event run earlier this month, the championship ranking that groups together the IMOCA skippers has been turned ...
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