There’s a powerful community spirit behind the 5,500nm Melbourne Osaka Cup, with support showing up in every port and with every challenge. Whilst Alive may have just overtaken The Secretary, a J44 skippered by Paul Schulz and Dave Kenny, it’s not a true race moment.
For mother-and-daughter duo Annette Hesselmans and Sophie Snijders aboard Fika, a Najad 490, recent days have been a masterclass in patience and persistence.
As the Melbourne Osaka Cup enters its fifth week, the distance between the first and last starter has narrowed to just over 2000 nautical miles, with all now outside Australian waters.
MEDIA RELEASE 3 April 2025 - A wide-ranging field of 33 boats is lining up for the 2025 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race which starts on 11th April at 1pm, the 39th running subject to restrictions on number of entries, as the marina at Coffs Harbour Yacht Club is currently undergoing a refurbishment and the region is still in damage control after Cyclone Alfred.
In the early hours of Sunday, April 6, quick thinking and cool heads aboard Magellan averted what could have been a race-ending rig failure, just off Ambitle Island in Papua New Guinea.
Alive is on the move silently closing in on the fleet and picking off competitors one by one. The race now stretches over 2,500 nautical miles, with boats scattered from Queensland through to Micronesia.
After a season with a variety of conditions, there’s a lot happening going into the final day of racing for the Club Championships this Saturday 5th April.
The Solomon Islands serve as a gatekeeper for the fleet, posing challenges for the most seasoned sailors. Co-skippers Peter Dowdney and Grant Chipperfield made an educated gamble...
It wasn't just the St George Sailing Club social scene that shut down the day the wrecking ball started swinging in 2019, knocking down the old joint and laying the platform for a massive rebuild. The sailing program also took a back seat for three years, meaning dozens of competitors were either lost to the sport, sailed elsewhere or waited until STSC was back up and running.
"Quitting Lasts Forever." True to that spirit, Roaring Forty has re-entered the race at just after 12 on April 2nd after successfully repairing their boom.
The North East Windsport Club (NEWC) brought home a swag of medals from the Australian National Blokart Championships held last weekend at Waratah Bay.
Alive crossed the start line at Portsea in pursuit of the fleet and marking the last start of the 5,500-nautical-mile 2025 Melbourne Osaka Cup yacht race.