Cruising News

All Kitesurfing Windsurfing Surfing Stand Up Paddle Power Boats Sailing Fishing Foiling Wing Foiling Weather
Portugal Match Cup - Leader takes a nose dive - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Portugal Match Cup - Leader takes a nose dive

Portimao Portugal Match Cup. Day three and a surprising turn of events for Adam Minoprio and his ETNZ/BlackMatch crew....

Clipper 09-10   Wild ride in Atlantic crossing - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Clipper 09-10 Wild ride in Atlantic crossing

Clipper Race 09-10 fleet has had a lively 24 hours with the crews on their final ocean crossing of the 35,000-mile race....

Australia's first climate change adaptation conference opens next week - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Australia's first climate change adaptation conference opens next week

First international conference tobe held in Australia to discuss the science and options for adapting to climate change...

Medical Management for Mariners - a vital course for a longer voyage - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Medical Management for Mariners - a vital course for a longer voyage

CYCA and St Vincents Hospital are offering a course for sailors, Medical Management for Mariners...

Crystal Blues - tales from the Sungai Tulia River in Borneo - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Crystal Blues - tales from the Sungai Tulia River in Borneo

Neil and Ley Langford continue their tales of cruising in Borneo on their yacht Crystal Blues, anchored on Sungai Tulia...

Fines for 98 leisure craft, with hypothermia warning - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Fines for 98 leisure craft, with hypothermia warning

People in leisure craft needed to be aware of safety, and particularly hypothermia, at this time of year....

World Blind Match Racing Championships - Day Three - Cruising News
General
Cruising

World Blind Match Racing Championships - Day Three

IFDS Blind Match Racing World Championships. - Another day of light winds on Lake Garda...

Clipper 2010 - Fleet flying downwind - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Clipper 2010 - Fleet flying downwind

30-40 knot winds from a low pressure system are helping to speed the fleet towards Ireland....

Clipper 09-10: Where is Spirit of Australia? - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Clipper 09-10: Where is Spirit of Australia?

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. Race 12 Cape Breton Island to Kinsale, Ireland Day 6 report....

Deep thinking on the world's oceans - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Deep thinking on the world's oceans

World's scientists whose field of interest extends into the uncertain world below about 2000 metres met in Hobart this w...

Newport Bermuda Race - Carina wins Lighthouse - Nine boats to finish - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Newport Bermuda Race - Carina wins Lighthouse - Nine boats to finish

Carina has won the St. David's Lighthouse Division in the 2010 Newport Bermuda Race, nine boats still on the course....

International Match Racing Academy launches at Portimao - Cruising News
General
Cruising

International Match Racing Academy launches at Portimao

Portimao, Portugal Match Cup, Stage 4 is home to a new international match racing Academy launch today....

Portimao Portugal Match Cup crew line up - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Portimao Portugal Match Cup crew line up

Portimao Portugal Match Cup, Stage 4, has attracted some of the world's most talented crews to the Algarve....

Clipper 09-10: Narrow escape for Spirit of Australia - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Clipper 09-10: Narrow escape for Spirit of Australia

Clipper 09-10: Favourable conditions have led to exceptionally fast progress for the fleet...

Local tourism operators keeping an eye on Great Barrier Reef's health - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Local tourism operators keeping an eye on Great Barrier Reef's health

Local tourism operators are keeping an eye on Reef health...

Tracking takes centre stage at Optimists events - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Tracking takes centre stage at Optimists events

Tracking takes centre stage. Optimist North American Championships in Canada feature live tracking....

Sons of Sindbad - Alan Villiers focuses on the maritime Middle East - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Sons of Sindbad - Alan Villiers focuses on the maritime Middle East

Villiers (1903-1982) decided to travel to Arabia to record what he believed were the last days of merchant sailing....

Sailing Tip of the Week: Weather Helm vs Lee Helm- and how to use them - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Sailing Tip of the Week: Weather Helm vs Lee Helm- and how to use them

Here Grant Headifen continues his sailing tips, this time considering Weather Helm vs Lee Helm:...

One Girl's Ocean Challenge does the Bermuda Ocean Race - Cruising News
General
Cruising

One Girl's Ocean Challenge does the Bermuda Ocean Race

The little 6.5m Mini Transat rolled out of Ashbridge's Bay Yacht Club, heading to Annapolis for the Bermuda Ocean Race...

Farr 30 Canadian National Championship - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Farr 30 Canadian National Championship

The Farr 30 International One Design Class Association announce the 2010 Canadian National Championship...

PCYC Open Regatta - July 10-11 - Cruising News
General
Cruising

PCYC Open Regatta - July 10-11

The Port Credit Yacht Club invites you to the 2010 Open Regatta and IRC Canadian Championship on July 10 and 11....

Dinghy Danger - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Dinghy Danger

Dinghy danger was underlined when Falmouth Coastguard had to rescue 5 children, from 4 to 8, when blown out to sea.....

Boats collide, but life saved because of life jacket - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Boats collide, but life saved because of life jacket

Another example of an incident that may have had a much more serious outcome had he not been wearing the lifejacket....

Clipper Race 12: Cape Breton Island to Kinsale, Ireland - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Clipper Race 12: Cape Breton Island to Kinsale, Ireland

Clipper Race 12: Cork has emerged from Stealth Mode and the fleet has the Irish target firmly in their sights....

Cruising with Eye Candy - Volcano to Mainland Italy - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Cruising with Eye Candy - Volcano to Mainland Italy

Andrew and Clare Payne continue their tales of sailing in the Mediterranean in their yacht Eye Candy, now in Italy...

Gibraltar-Morocco Yacht Rally - 'the most sociable' - Cruising News
General
Cruising

Gibraltar-Morocco Yacht Rally - 'the most sociable'

Up to 50 yachts sailed from Gibraltar to Morocco last weekend in what has become THE yacht rally in the western Med...