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IRC crews primed for Sail Port Stephens
Sail Port Stephens is ready and waiting to offer those crews priming for the Audi IRC Australian Championship in Newcastle the perfect chance to fine-tune; a state title just…
Project Speed Update: Touchdown For The Pilot
…He finally touched down in Auckland this week from Australia, where he has been playing his part in the planning and design of the Wind powered Land speed record attempt…
Fruit Salid 3 determined to be in the mix in Rolex Sydney Hobart
When Mark Drobitko bought the green and orange yacht he will soon sail in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for the first time, he and his crew were immediately
MC38 momentum at Sail Port Stephens
The McConaghy 38 class is gaining momentum and at this year’s Sail Port Stephens the current Australian fleet is set to compete in their own one design division, a…
Pittwater to Coffs: Line honours to XS Moment – Jupiter wins overall
Fortune favoured the sticklers in the 2024 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race; just three entries hung on in the light to non-existent breezes, Ray Hudson’s XS Moment taking line honours just after midnight last night, while the two-handed crew of Ian Smith and Billy Sykes on Jupiter crossed the line second to claim overall honours.
Two-handed magic set to ignite high sea drama in Rolex Sydney Hobart
For Lincoln Dews, the challenge of racing in the Two-Handed Division of the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will not only be historic, but “enormous” – for him, his
Opportunity may well be knocking for small boats in Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
As the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet settles into its first night at sea after the start, don’t be surprised if some of the smaller boats like White Bay
Entry open for Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta
The Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta will take place on the weekend of 4-5 March, with online entry now open and the Notice of Race published for the largest annual keelboat regatta in NSW, organised by Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) since 2006.
Pantaenius sponsors Port Stephens Trophy & Commodores Cup
The Australian boss of the newest player in the boating insurance market, Pantaenius, is a well-known yachtsman who sized up Sail Port Stephens and decided it ticked a lot…
Hamilton Island Race Week entires surpass 200, could be capped
Entries for Hamilton Island Race Week 2021 have surged past 200, leaving regatta organisers to consider placing a cap on the final fleet number. The largest Race Week fleet to
Transfusion’s fifth Farr 40 trophy triumph
Guido Belgiorno-Nettis’ Transfusion team has pulled off a trifecta of Australian titles and claimed a record five National Championships: John Calvert-Jones Trophy crowns since the series’ inception in…
Double-handed Ryujin wins Apollo Bay Race
Sailed double-handed by owner Alex Toomey and crew-mate Andrew Hibbert, Ryujin has won the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) 2022 Apollo Bay Race, in which Margaret Rintoul V (Damien King) took line honours in a close race across the board.
2014 JJ’s and the Kulmar Family
2014 JJ GILTINAN 18ft SKIFF CHAMPIONSHIP (proudly presented by Sydney City Marine) THE KULMAR FAMILY – JJ GILTINAN 18ft SKIFF CHAMPIONS OF 1976 [Source: Frank Quealey / Australian 18 Footers League]
Killer whales, giant swells and stunning sunsets accompany Lisa Blair on home run for new sailing record
Solo sailor Lisa Blair is on the home straight of her newest sailing record, briefly accompanied by intrigued Orcas after she rounded the southern tip of New Zealand off Stewart Island and is now crossing Cook Strait to the North Island and entering the potentially most treacherous leg of her Auckland-to-Auckland record attempt.
The islands have it as Sail Port Stephens fleet heads offshore
The 2021 Sail Port Stephens regatta switched to island time today for Race 2 of the Commodores Cup, with the fleet heading seawards for a race course where Mother Nature
Day 1 Bannisters Port Stephens Commodores Cup
From rust to trust as Sail Port Stephens enjoys action-packed start It was a day to clear the rust, but also to show some trust, as Sail Port Stephens turned
12′ skiff Interdominions: Kiwis smash Aussies and sweep all silverware
New Zealand has resoundingly beaten Australia in the 12′ Skiff Interdominions, the world’s premiere 12′ skiff regatta. Just quietly, it was a bit of a downtrou at 404 points…
Building female sailing in the Oceania region via ILCA4 pathway
Say what you want about the biggest class in the world, but it’s the biggest for a reason – the pathways available in the ILCA class can take you from a young sailor in your early teens, right through until the day you decide to sail off into the sunset instead.
Airlie Beach Race Week: Tight racing on windward/leeward courses
Racing on Day 5 at Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) started later than the planned 10am, as competitors and officials alike again waited for a constant light breeze to fill in – and their patience was rewarded – shortly after midday racing was underway on a spectacular sunny day in the Whitsundays.
Antipodes moves up ladder at Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week
It’s Day 3 at Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 and the forecast is for nice south-easterly trade winds again – 17-20 knots and gusting to 28 during the afternoon, making it three days in a row of hard but enjoyable sailing – lay day tomorrow will be welcome by all for a little R&R.
