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Dreamtime awakened
If ever the cliché “labour of love” applied to the restoration of a vessel, then the 67-foot sailing yacht, Dreamtime takes the title. For never was a yacht, once abandoned on ‘death row’, so fortunate to find an admiring owner with the determination to bring her back to her beautiful best.
Phil Robertson “Pretty Sweet” on the SuperFoiler
Phil Robertson, skipper of Record Point in the Australian SuperFoiler Grand Prix Series is hoping to improve on his overall fifth place at the final event on Sydney Harbour this
Academy graduate Emma Rankin stars in her 18ft skiff debut
Twenty four-year-old Emma Rankin is 163cm tall and weighs just 62kg, but she showed everyone, on Sydney Harbour last Sunday week, that she is up for the challenge when she led her Shaw and Partners Financial Services 18ft skiff team into fourth place.
Great Britain SailGP Team and Emirates Announce Three-Year Partnership
…Under the agreement, Emirates will become the sailing team’s first-ever Title Sponsor starting with the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix on Sydney Harbour, taking place February 18-19…
18ft Skiffs: NSW Championship, Race 1
The Noakesailing team of Sean Langman, Ed Powys and Josh Porebski had to battle hard against some strong challenges before taking out Race i of the 2021-22 NSW 18ftf Skiff
100 Day Countdown is on for Geelong’s Mega Event Weekend
The countdown is on with Wednesday, October 18 marking 100 days until Geelong’s two hallmark major events – the Festival of Sails and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race – are set to ignite the Geelong waterfront, across the January 26 long weekend.
Olympic Champion Matt Wearn Continues Winning Streak at Hyères
Olympic champion Matt Wearn (WA) continued his winning streak at the French Olympic Week Hyères, finishing first in both his fleet races on the second day of the regatta.
International Women’s Day: Celebrating women of sailing!
It’s International Women’s Day and there has never been a more exciting time for women in sailing.
Women Making Waves
“It’s a man’s world” no longer and out on the water more and more women are taking the helm and enjoying all the freedom and empowerment that boating has to
Rolex Sydney Hobart: ALIVE almost certain to claim the Tattersall Cup
With a reef in their main and coming in hot, ALIVE stormed up the Derwent River and were behind URM Group on IRC overall before boosting ahead and then becoming becalmed, but not before they slid into the top spot.
Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race Winners – let the celebrations begin!
Three vessels are home in the inaugural Sydney to Auckland Race. First home for the Line Honours prize was Geoff Hill’s 72-footer, Antipodes. As such, they set the race record for the course at 5:03:37:57.
Waterhouse and Darmanin finish fifth at World Championships
Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin have finished fifth at the Nacra 17 World Championships, after a testing final day saw them move up one spot at the conclusion of the Medal Race.
Sailing A-listers join New Caledonia Groupama Race
Noumea’s Port Moselle is bustling on the eve of the sixth New Caledonia Groupama Race for a strong fleet of 23 boats, half of those from Australia and New…
Andoo gets the gun in Race 2 at the 2024 JJ Giltinan 18 Foot Skiff Championships
The Winnings 2024 JJ Giltinan Championship produced another cracking 18ft skiff race on Sydney Harbour today when the defending champion Andoo team scored a brilliant, but narrow, victory over a gallant Rag & Famish Hotel in Race 2 of the international regatta.
Another Chapter wins slow dance in Melbourne to King Island Race
Another Chapter, Neil Sargeant’s Beneteau 44.7, has won the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s slow and fluctuating Melbourne to King Island Yacht Race, while Paul Buchholz’s Extasea took line honours.
Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta: Overcast day fails to dampen great racing
Despite moody skies and rain showers, the opening day of Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta 2024 was nothing short of exciting as gusting winds to 30 knots hit Sydney Harbour forcing the best out of all yachties and their boats.
2023 Sailing World Champs: AUS Update / Rough and Tumble Aussies up for the Fight
Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine backed up their solid opening day performance with another three keeper scores in the 49erFX to finish day two of the 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships in third place.
Shell Cove boat harbour welcomes its first boat
SYDNEY, 29 OCTOBER 2021 After 30 years in the making, the Illawarra and South Coast’s new regional boat harbour welcomed its first boat today as the new harbour foreshore precinct
The Admiral’s Cup Returns
…Germany has won four times, USA and Australia three times each, with
Belmont 16s celebrating a century of sailing in style
A century of sailboat racing on Belmont Bay, Lake Macquarie, will be celebrated on October 8-9, with Belmont 16s staging a major two-day regatta for its dinghy classes and 16-Foot skiff fleet.
