After three weeks sailing off Lorient designed to validate the completion of work carried out since her South African stopover in December, the maxi trimaran Groupama 3, skippered by Franck Cammas, is today beginning a stand-by period for a fresh attem...

Mauro died suddenly of cardiac arrest in Subic Bay, on 13 January 2010 . Our departure date from Subic had been set, and we were sharing a final 'goodbye' meal in Subic with Father Michael Duffin, a long time friend we met on our first visit to the Ph...

Hello to anyone thinking they would like to enjoy some yacht racing in Japan.  I have attached the Kansai yacht club “White Sail” PHRF race calendar below and hope you would like to join us. I will be out there for each of the posted races...

It is that time again and we thank the Kansai Yacht Club for preparing the  ”Around Osaka Bay’ yacht race once again.The race start line is set for 19:00 June 5th. The Time Limit (Deadline)  is 16:00 June 6th.At time of written this memo...

Sailing Japan this week means sitting at my computer in Hyogo, Japan and supporting the Auckland – Fiji – Denarau yacht race as best I can.  A good friend of ours Brian Petersen is racing aboard Ran Tan II an Elliot 15.3 racing yacht. B...

The 2010 Okinawa – Tokai Ocean race. 沖縄-東海ヨットレース 2010.It is great to see this Japan based Category 3  ocean race added back on the Sailing Japan off shore racing calendar. It has been too long since we last saw the race and w...

The ultimate challenge for the two Queenslanders was to be the 2010 Fitzroy Yachts Solo Tasman Challenge from New Plymou Direct Link Comments

Rod and Martha Harper have brought their Farr 1106 Pub Talk' from Wollongong for their first Sail Port Stephens Direct Link Comments

Canadian native John Dennis is set to take on the challenge again his entry in the 2010 Velux 5 Oceans. Direct Link Comments

A broken mainsheet did not stop Graham Buckeridge and his crew from a line honours victory in the opening race Direct Link Comments