Cruising News

The McConaghy built Wild Oats XI has done it again! At 7:22am (AEST) December 29th Wild Oats XI sailed into Hobart taking its 6th Rolex Sydney to […]

In a siege that lasted nearly two weeks, forces of Somalia’s semiautonomous Puntland region raided a hijacked ship Sunday and safely rescued 22 hostages who had been held captive […]

Specializing purely in ocean sailing opportunities, OceanCrewLink.com is a new online directory of sailors and opportunities, which aims to connect boat owners with offshore sailing crew. […]

North Sails announced today, December 12th, that Volvo Ocean Race skipper and veteran sailmaker Ken Read will return to North Sails in the role of president […]

After a journey of over 3,300 nautical mails Class 40 Vaquita has taken line honors at the ARC 2012, having sailed from Gran Canaria in just […]

If you are – or intend to be – on your way to Australia by sailboat, be prepared for authorities searching for drugs. It appears that […]

Ocean yachtsman Marc Guillemot, skipper of the French racing yacht Safran, was fined £9,381 and made to pay costs of £4,125 for travelling the wrong way […]

Hero or hijacker? The question has swirled around night watchman Todd Tholke, who filed a $200,000 salvage claim after finding the French America’s Cup World Series […]

November 24, 2012 was the day that VESTAS Sailrocket 2 took speed sailing into a whole new era. Having already broken the existing outright world speed […]

It was announced at noon today, November 25th, at the skippers briefing in Las Palmas that the start of the ARC will be delayed for the […]