This Month
MA Financial supersizes marina fund with mega Gold Coast deal
The case for the $500m marina fund is the lack of berths relative to the number of boats needing space, and the squeeze is particularly acute for superyachts.
February
SailGP’s first-ever woman driver is making history for South America
Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Martine Grael says mastering the grand prix has been a humbling experience.
January
Mike Lynch super yacht builder sues billionaire’s widow for $785m
The Italian Sea Group has filed a claim in a court in Sicily, alleging that the crew and the super yacht’s holding company were responsible for its 2024 sinking.
December 2025
Master Lock Comanche takes line honours in Sydney to Hobart
It was a three-way race on Sunday, with the victor holding off SHK Scallywag 100 and defending champion LawConnect to nab its fifth win.
Rose petals scattered for victims as Sydney-Hobart pays tribute to Bondi
As the bluewater classic got underway on Boxing Day, competitors scatted petals as they passed the iconic beach where 15 people were killed.
Bill owns the oldest Sydney-Hobart yacht. He’s going on his other one
Famed boat maker Bill Barry-Cotter’s Sydney to Hobart yachts couldn’t be more different. One is a luxury 100-footer, the other was built in 1904.
Uncomfortable, potentially deadly – and addictive to this fundie
Highly Sprung wants to win its first Sydney to Hobart. Most of the preparation for the crew, led by Pallas Capital’s Mark Spring, has taken place on shore.
The irresistible allure of the Sydney-Hobart race
These sailors have faced the most deadly of this annual crossing of the Bass Strait. They’re ready to do it again.
The untold story of the most lethal Sydney to Hobart race in 26 years
The 2024 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race was the most calamitous in more than a quarter-century. This is the untold story of how it unfurled.
November 2025
Yachts are becoming bigger and more expensive – and sales are booming
But, according to brokers, closing a deal is still dependent on the weather. Three weekends of sun in a row can be seriously helpful when it comes to selling.
September 2025
Super yacht scion offers $27.5m Point Piper boathouse with plans
Only in Sydney: a boatshed has hit the market with a $27.5m guide, while former NSW governor Dame Marie Bashir lists her Palm Beach weekender.
January 2025
Tom Slingsby sets his sights on home victory at Sydney SailGP
The 2024-25 season will be a gruelling test for the 12 national teams competing, up from 10 in Sydney last year, and the 450 people who circle the globe with them.
December 2024
LawConnect wins line honours in tragic Sydney to Hobart
The supermaxi was first across the River Derwent finish line on Saturday in a race marred by the death of two sailors.
Two deaths and a remarkable survival in Sydney to Hobart yacht race
Two men died in similar circumstances while another was forced to unclip himself from a safety line and drifted more than a kilometre in cold water.
Two dead as wild weather hits Sydney to Hobart yacht race
One sailor each on Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline were killed after being struck by the boom, a large horizontal pole at the bottom of the sail.
Reigning overall winner Alive retires from Sydney to Hobart
The 66-footer retired off Wollongong with engine issues around 4pm on the first day of racing, with Master Lock Comanche in a comfortable lead.
‘Worst forecast ever’: Sydney-Hobart set for broken boats, fast time
Reigning line honours skipper Christian Beck says “the odds of boat damage are very high” in this year’s blue water classic.
Legends line up to be the ‘real’ winner of the Sydney to Hobart
Can Love & War, a classic yacht being skippered by the grandson of its original owner, win the Tattersall Cup for the fourth time?
October 2024
This Aussie banker jacked it in for an Arctic journey like no other
Keith Tuffley, a former Goldman Sachs Australia boss, gave up an exec role at Citi in London to sail his schooner on a four-month voyage in the Arctic. But his adventure had a purpose, too.
August 2024
‘In a class of its own’: a radical new racing yacht sets sail
Two driving forces of Australian sailing have come up with an ingenious new type of craft, with a specially designed keel.
