News Archive

In the Wake of Shackleton - so far so good By Lee Mylchreest, 8:30 AM Wed 30 Jan 2013
To honour his remarkable 800 nautical mile voyage across the Southern Ocean, Ernest Shackleton's feat is being recreated. Australian Tim Jarvis is leading the expedition in the Alexandra Shackleton, a purpose-built, exact replica of Shackleton’s 22.5-foot (6.9m) lifeboat, James Caird across the same stretch of open ocean and then attempt to cross the rugged peaks of South Georgia, as they did. ...[more]

Goss in sailing kayak round Tassy - Going tough but half way there By Stuart Elford/Sail-World Cruising, 9:44 AM Fri 25 Jan 2013
British sailing legend Pete Goss and his mate Andy Warrender have gone overboard in a dramatic incident that could have spelled the end of their journey, but they have rounded the Southern Capes of Tasmania that mark the halfway point in their 1500 km circumnavigation of the Apple Isle by sailing kayak ...[more]

Goss in sailing kayak round Tasmania - Going tough but half way there By Stuart Elford/Sail-World Cruising, 6:11 AM Fri 25 Jan 2013
British sailing legend Pete Goss and his mate Andy Warrender have gone overboard in a dramatic incident that could have spelled the end of their journey, but they have rounded the Southern Capes of Tasmania that mark the halfway point in their 1500 km circumnavigation of the Australian island state by sailing kayak ...[more]

Maserati almost becalmed at Cape Horn By Nancy Knudsen, 6:29 AM Wed 23 Jan 2013
The yacht attempting to become the fastest ever sailing boat to sail from New York to San Francisco - a route that includes the usually dreaded Cape Horn - was almost becalmed as they approached the Horn. ...[more]

Young Endeavour: 25-year celebration and you are invited! By Young Endeavour, 3:30 PM Tue 22 Jan 2013
The Young Endeavour Youth Scheme, a not for profit organisation giving young Australians an inspirational experience at sea aboard sail training ship Young Endeavour, is celebrating its 25th birthday. ...[more]

UK Sailmakers gives Yassine a new mast for 150nm Laser sail record By Nancy Knudsen, 11:33 AM Thu 17 Jan 2013
In December we ran a story about how a young Moroccan sailor was in Thailand training to sail a 150nm course in a tiny Laser to break the world record. His problem was, his mast was broken and he couldn't afford a new one. Now, thanks to our Asia Editor Guy Nowell and UK Sailmakers Hong Kong representative, Barry Hayes, who read the story, things are looking up for Yassine Darkaoui. ...[more]

UK Sailmakers gives Yassine a new mast for 150nm Laser sail record By Nancy Knudsen, 9:55 AM Wed 16 Jan 2013
In December we ran a story about how a young Moroccan sailor was in Thailand training to sail a 150nm course in a tiny Laser to break the world record. His problem was, his mast was broken and he couldn't afford a new one. Now, thanks to our Asia Editor Guy Nowell and UK Sailmakers Hong Kong representative, Barry Hayes, who read the story, things are looking up for Yassine Darkaoui. ...[more]

Solo sailor Jeanne Socrates rounds Cape Horn 'in glassy seas' By Nancy Knudsen, , 7:15 AM Wed 9 Jan 2013
This week, in the dark of almost midnight, Jeanne Socrates, 70-year-old solo sailor extraordinaire, successfully rounded Cape Horn in her 38ft yacht Nereida and changed course to begin her crossing of the South Atlantic, at the very end of Day 78 of her third attempt at a nonstop, unassisted, solo circumnavigation. ...[more]

Looking back to 2012's sailing adventurers By Nancy Knudsen, , 10:34 AM Tue 1 Jan 2013
Two words that come to mind when you think of sailing are 'freedom' and 'adventure'. Just stepping onto the boat can give you a sense of both, but in 2012 there were those who took their adventure seriously. Here's a round-up of the most adventurous non-racing sailors of the year, some of whom were attempting to be the 'first', some trying for speed records, others just sailed for the love of it ...[more]

Italian sailor to challenge New York to SFO record By Sail-World Cruising, , 9:20 AM Mon 31 Dec 2012
Famed Italian sailor Giovanni Soldini best known world-wide for his courageous rescue of French sailor Isabelle Autissier in a remote part of the South Pacific during the 'Around Alone' circumnavigation race, begins a new adventure today from New York. With a crew he will attempt to break the New York to San Francisco Speed Sailing Record via Cape Horn. ...[more]

Goss and Warrender start their sailing kayak adventure round Tasmania By Nancy Knudsen, , 8:55 AM Mon 31 Dec 2012
British hero sailor Pete Goss - the sailor who turned his downwind racer into stormy seas in the Southern Ocean for two days to rescue fellow competitor Raphaël Dinelli in the 1996 Vendée Globe solo around the world yacht race - has had a bumpy start with his friend Andy Warrender as they set off yesterday (Saturday 29th December) to complete their circumnavigation of Tasmania by sailing sea kayak ...[more]

Yassine to attempt 150nm Laser sail - once his mast is fixed By Nancy Knudsen, 6:32 AM Sun 23 Dec 2012
Last week we told how Andrew Lewis sailed a Laser from Tobago to Trinidad, a route which took him through open ocean and a distance of 50 nm. Now there's a Moroccan sailor, Yassine Darkaoui, who wants to sail a 150nm course from Phuket, round the island of Ko Ta Ru Tao and back to Phuket. There's just one problem - his mast is broken. ...[more]

Hero sailor to circumnavigate Tasmania in sailing kayak By Nancy Knudsen, 6:54 AM Fri 21 Dec 2012
Sailing hero Pete Goss - the sailor who became a world-wide celebrity hero when he rescued fellow competitor Raphaël Dinelli in the 1996 Vendée Globe solo around the world yacht race - is off on another adventure. He and his friend, long-time kayaker Andy Warrender, are preparing to circumnavigate Tasmania in sailing kayaks. ...[more]

Chinese solo sailor caught in the Doldrums By Sail-World Cruising, 6:39 AM Tue 18 Dec 2012
What's disturbing a Chinese solo sailor attempting to sail a circumnavigation of the world non-stop and unassisted in a Class 40 racing boat, is not gales or cyclones, but no wind - or little wind - at all, according to his land-based support team. ...[more]

Tobago to Trinidad in a 14ft Laser By Nancy Knudsen, 8:03 AM Fri 14 Dec 2012
Just when you think that all the records have been set, when everybody has conquered almost everything in the world of the cruising sailor - the oldest - the youngest - the first-ever, along comes another, because there's always some new remote first-ever that hasn't yet been done. This time it's sailing a 14ft Laser from Tobago to Trinidad in open seas off the north-east coastline of Venezuela. ...[more]

Shackleton re-enactment scheduled for January By Nancy Knudsen, 9:53 AM Tue 4 Dec 2012
He is an environmental scientist and adventurer, not primarily a sailor, but nevertheless it was Tim Jarvis whom Alexandra Shackleton, granddaughter of the legendary Ernest Shackleton, approached to go sailing. The idea was to celebrate the centenary of her grandfather's amazing sail in Antarctic waters to rescue his crew, by a re-enactment. ...[more]

'Never give up' sailing adventurer past the equator, now for Cape Horn By Nancy Knudsen, , 6:50 AM Sun 2 Dec 2012
It's a case of 'Never give up!' Jeanne Socrates, solo sailing adventurer on her Najad 380 Nereida, has just passed the equator in her third non-stop attempt to solo circumnavigate the world unassisted. ...[more]

Australia’s Paul Larsen sails at 68 knots!! By The Sail-World team, 11:48 AM Tue 27 Nov 2012
For anyone who is happy crossing oceans at six knots, it's hard to get your head around the idea of sailing at 68 knots, but that is what Australian Paul Larsen has just done on his Vestas Sailrocket 2, breaking and then re-breaking his own newly established speed records on Namibia’s Walvis Bay. ...[more]

Done the Northwest Passage, off to Antarctica - South African sailor By Nancy Knudsen, , 6:21 PM Mon 12 Nov 2012
South African sailor Ralf Dominick, a sort-of-solo sailor has just finished 40,000nm voyage which included transiting the once-dreaded Northwest Passage, and he must have liked it, because next he is off to cruise Antarctica! ...[more]

Jeanne Socrates, indomitable, sails again By Nancy Knudsen, , 7:49 AM Mon 5 Nov 2012
She's off to circumnavigate the world again, this time non-stop. Fit, strong, athletic 70-year-old Jeanne Socrates, dogged by mostly mechanical problems in her earlier attempts, is again attempting to sail around the world solo and non-stop. If you ever doubted she had the stamina to do it, this hitch-filled beginning will put you straight, told in her own words: ...[more]

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