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November 15, 2024

Main Photo: SAILING – Pittwater Regatta 2024 | Photo: Andrea Francolini |   Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) welcomes Pantaenius Australia aboard as long term naming rights sponsor for the Pittwater Regatta, with continued support from Sydney Marine Brokerage for the NSW ORC Championship,…

November 15, 2024

Energy Observer, via its subsidiary EOConcept, a pioneer in sustainable maritime solutions, has launched the Energy Observer 2 project in 2022 with the ambition of designing the world’s lowest-carbon cargo ship. EO2, an advanced demonstrator combining cutting-edge engineering and innovative technologies, aims to transform maritime transport towards low-emission solutions. This…

November 15, 2024

Marine Rescue NSW’s 24/7 search and rescue capability enabled its highly skilled volunteers to complete a record 388 missions in October, including 94 emergency responses. This surpassed the previous busiest October record of 384 missions set in 2023.

November 15, 2024

Main Photo: Women’s Squad for Andoo Team Australia | Photo: Nic Douglass @SailorGirlHQ | The Andoo Team Australia Challenge campaign for 2024 UniCredit Youth and Puig Women’s America’s Cup has wrapped up, marking a memorable chapter in Australia’s return to the most prestigious competition…

November 14, 2024

Main Photo: Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing in Marseille, France on 26 July, 2024 | Photo: World Sailing / Lloyd Images| The Nacra 17 European Championships is set to commence in Palermo, Sicily, marking the first major international regatta for Australian sailors in the new…

November 14, 2024

Main Photo: AWBF 2025 Official Launch – November 2024 | Photo: Wilkography | The Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF) is excited to launch its 2025 Festival Program, proudly presenting “The Pacific” as its central theme. The festival will showcase this vast ocean region’s cultural…

November 1, 2024

The Vendée Globe is not only an exceptional human and sporting adventure. Behind each race also lies a major scientific contribution, often unknown to the general public. Since 2015, the IMOCA Class has been working closely with UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) to make…

November 1, 2024

Team Brady, the E1 team owned by the NFL icon Tom Brady, has been crowned Champions of the Water in the inaugural E1 World Championship, the world’s first all-electric raceboat series.  Following races across five iconic global cities around the world, including Jeddah, Venice…

November 1, 2024

The 10th edition of the Vendée Globe, which starts from Les Sables d’Olonne on November 10th, features a record-equalling entry of six female skippers to match the last race in 2020-’21. This time the female contingent is led by the British veteran Sam Davies on Initiatives-Coeur…

November 1, 2024

With the conclusion of the 2024 Melbourne Boat Show, the organiser, the Boating Industry Association of Victoria, deemed the event a great success. The Show started with a spectacular site set-up by the 100+ exhibitors, across seven full marinas, and over a kilometre of…

November 1, 2024

Emirates Team New Zealand concluded a historic chapter, winning the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup after an epic final showdown in Barcelona against the Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia, in a single race that ebbed and flowed from the outset but ultimately saw the…

October 29, 2024

Sydney, by any measure, is a wonderfully exciting place to be. With a vibrant lifestyle coupled with an abundance of achingly beautiful natural harbours and waterways, it’s like no other place on earth. Those who live there have a close bond to the ocean…