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Blown out yesterday. 30 knots of Mistral kept the boats in the harbor all day. Some of us from the Kiwi Magic team went to our friend Anna Gambiagi's house in Valbonne for a great lunch with a little …

Only one race today at the Rolex TP52 Global Championship. But what a race. No huge change in the leaderboard, but when you get to see TP52s screaming downwind in 20+ knots, that seems a minor detail. Peter de …

Last weekend’s Audi Invitational Regatta, organised by the Yacht Club Porto Rotondo, was the last event of the season in the official Swan 45 Class Mediterranean Circuit. Vittorio Codecasa’s Jeroboam Ca’Nova emerged as this year’s overall Med Circuit Champion …

In sharp contrast to the miserable weather on Thursday, the skies were clear and the sun was shining bright on Friday morning. Unfortunately, strong mistral conditions were howling over the Bay of Cannes, with winds gusting to 35 knots …

BYM News has donated its web casting service to help the Heaven Can Wait Yacht Race organisers raise money for an Australian cancer charity. The 24 hour race starts Saturday at noon Australian time, but BYM News will be streaming …

With the winds dropping the daily runs have been reduced from 240 nautical miles to fewer than 160 nautical miles as the fleet scramble to try to position themselves in the best location to maximise the gain from the …

InBox, the prototype for the Bob Perry–designed Far Harbour 39, will return to the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis (Maryland) after a year of cruising in Caribbean and European waters. Many of you learned about the boat when it …

The crème of the TP 52’s from 11 nations; the world’s finest skippers, tacticians and crews; the Rolex Global TP 52 Championship 2007 is the class’s reply to a fantastic Med season, and Mean Machine is ready for the …

The Heaven Can Wait 24 hour race was conceived and promoted by Lake Macquarie resident, keen sailor and cancer survivor Shaun Lewicki as a major annual sailing event on the lake. The aim is to promote sailing, the Lake Macquarie/Newcastle/Hunter …

The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) is on course for a record entry, with 240 yachts confirmed to take part in this year's transocean cruising rally from Gran Canaria to St.Lucia in November, topping the previous maximum of 234 …