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SailGP Perth – Season 6 Launch
The fastest boats in the world are back on the water as SailGP opens a new season at full speed. The Perth event will kick off 2026 with two days of racing in Fremantle on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 January.
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Yachting Journalists’ Association voting opens
The finalists of the Yachting Journalists’ Association’s Yachtsman of the Year and Young Sailor of the Year 2025 awards have been announced.
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Rag & Famish Hotel 2025-26
North Sydney’s Rag & Famish Hotel has been an 18ft skiff sponsoring partner with the Australian 18 Footers League since 1996 when the late George Calligeros, the hotel’s owner, decided to financially support his son’s sailing career.
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Malizia Explorer and Under The Pole join forces
The sailing research vessels Malizia Explorer and Under The Pole are teaming up for an expedition to Antarctica. The mission brings together an international crew, including Under The Pole co-founders Emmanuelle and Ghislain Bardout.
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2026 Australian Contender Nationals Day 3
It’s the final day of the 2026 International Contender Australian Championship at SLMASC, and the tension on the water is at an all-time high! We have just two races left to decide the national rankings.
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Live Ocean: Through the “Hole in the Rock”
Swim4TheOcean swimmer Jono Ridler swam through Northland’s iconic Motukokako Hole in the Rock yesterday evening, a symbolic moment in the 1,000-mile mission to build nationwide support for a healthy ocean and an end to bottom trawling.
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SailGP: Black Foils fill coaching gaps
The Black Foils sailing team will have the support of experienced coach Matt Steven and Olympic silver medal winner Will McKenzie in the Coaching Booth this season.
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Announcing the Clipper RX Ocean Racing Yacht
After 30 years circumnavigating the planet the world’s most challenging ocean adventure has announced a multi-million GBP investment in an exciting new yacht design for the next-generation 12-yacht fleet.
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Entry open for 79th Block Island Race
The historic Block Island Race, hosted by the Storm Trysail Club, returns on Friday, May 22, 2026, ushering in another season of premier offshore competition for sailors from across the Northeast and beyond.
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Back-to-back history for Jono Pank at Bloody Mary
Jono Pank has become the first sailor to win back-to-back editions of the GJW Direct Bloody Mary, the sixth event in this season’s Seldén Sailjuice Winter Series. Pank helmed his Firefly to victory crewed by Isobel Bretherton.