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NZ Opti Nationals: The Wrap

[Source: NZIODA]The 2014 Toyota National Optimist Championship final day was a real thriller on both the open and green fleets. We were once again treated to a great breeze. Peaking

Byte CII World Championships 2014 and 2014 Youth Olympic Games Continental Qualifier

Fraglia Vela Riva del Garda, Riva del Garda / April 22nd – 27th, 2014 All at Riva del Garda for a place at the Youth Olympics Twenty-four nations with only

NZL Sailing Team Update: Early leaders in the 49er and RS:X

The final regatta of the 2013-14 season of the ISAF Sailing World Cup is underway with great conditions for day one of racing in Hyeres, France today. The NZL Sailing

Kiwi kid youngest ever to race alone across Tasman

On Tuesday 22nd April 2014, nineteen-year-old New Zealander Cory McLennan will make history by becoming the youngest person ever to attempt the Solo Trans-Tasman Challenge yacht race. This gruelling yacht

NZ Opti Nationals: Day 3

A good 12 to 15 knots blew in across the Manly shore line from the west for Day 3 of the Opti Nationals combined with a step chop, it made

Upper Harbour Match Race

Hobsonville Yacht Club Match Race 2014 Post by Hobsonville Yacht Club. The stage was set, there were prizes (thanks Westpark Chandlery), teams organised and the draw completed. Two Young 88s

BOQ Team Australia finish first in the 2014 50th B2G Multi Race

BOQ Team Australia led the fleet from the first mark to the finish to take line honours in the 2014 50th Brisbane to Gladstone Multihull Yacht Race at 5:59pm on

Team Beau Geste wins 2014 Audi IRC AUS Champs!

Team Beau Geste has done it! They have won the 2014 Audi IRC Australian Championship! LSD was there. We were amongst it! Thanks to the amazing crew on a fantastic

Three Audi champions crowned in Newcastle

Two crucial final races off Newcastle’s Stockton beach on Easter Sunday completed the eight-race Audi IRC Australian Championship and three new national champions have been crowned. Team Beau Geste’s division

Audi IRC Australian Championships

Byte CII Oceania Regional Qualifier for 2014 Youth Olympic Games

Brisbane, Queensland April 19, 2014: The first day of the Byte C11 Oceania qualifier for the Youth Olympic Games was contested in a light breeze. This event is used to

Ex Charter BYTE CII packages available.

PSA currently have a number of ex charter BYTE CII packages available for purchase. The package includes a complete BYTE CII ready to race with a foil bag and beach

Geste about there in the Audi IRC Australian Championship

Karl Kwok’s TP52 Team Beau Geste sailing for the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club with a bunch of Kiwis on board is closing in on Australia’s premier IRC handicap trophy,

Mother ship shootin’ for championship success

Called the ‘mother ship’ because it’s “mum’s boat” is a Beneteau 40.7 called Schouten Passage racing in the division with the most entries at the Audi IRC Australian Championship being

NZ Opti Nationals: Day 2

[Source: NZIODA] Day 2 of the Toyota National Championship got off to a great start with a huge pod of dolphins putting on a magnificent display just off Manly Beach.

Rolex China Sea Race: First Arrivals

[Source: Regattanews.com] At midday on Saturday, five of the 34-strong international fleet had completed the 27th Rolex China Sea Race. 87-year old Syd Fischer’s Maxi Ragamuffin 90 claimed line honours at 22:51.18 local

Audi IRC AUS Champs – The Videos

Day 1 and Day 2 videos. Check them out! Day 2 Day 1

Good Friday casts light winds over Audi IRC AUS Champs fleet

For a bunch of diehard yachties Good Friday was spent out on the brilliant deep blue ocean off Newcastle contesting day two of the Audi IRC Australian Championship. Race four

Rolex China Sea Race

[Source: Regattanews.com] Ragamuffin 90 has sealed line honours at the 2014 Rolex China Sea Race having led the entire 565-nm race from the start in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong to the

NZ Opti Nationals: Day 1

Day 1 of racing got underway after the morning’s delay to allow those unable to reach Manly due to yesterday’s weather. See a video of Auckland’s wild weather HERE Conditions

Pirate Steve’s Easter Prognosis

Sometimes I think a TRS (Tropical Revolving Storm) behaves a little like a cue ball on a billiard table. This latest little event, Tropical Cyclone Ita, cued off in that

Audi IRC Australian Champs Day 1: Sailmaker’s Delight

Three drama-filled short course races off Newcastle’s Nobbys beach cracked the lid on the prestigious Audi IRC Australian Championship. Winds S-SE up to 23 knots and choppy seas created plenty

NZ National Interclub Teams Racing Champs

[Source: NZIODA] The NZL Optimist Yachting Trust congratulates Murrays Bay No 1 Team – Jackson Keon, Kerensa Jennings, Min So, Courtenay Reynolds-Smith and Josh Armit for a great effort to

Sydney 38 Victoria State Titles

[Source: Rowan Simpson] In the tightest contest in the history of the championship, Challenge was ultimately crowned the winner of the 2014 Quantum Sails Sydney 38 Victorian Title hosted by