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Rugged-up and reefed at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
Rugged-up crew, reefed sails and rockin’ downwind rides on the penultimate day of racing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week replaced the lazy start to the six day series last
Pittwater to Coffs race winners confirmed, one yacht still to finish
Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs race prizewinners confirmed, one yacht still to finish Julian Farren-Price’s evergreen steed of 14 years, About Time, delivered the Sydney owner and crew a third
T-shirt upwinder for Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race
The blocking pattern of a huge stationary high pressure system over the Tasman Sea is going to decide conditions for the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race fleet of
18 Footers AUS: W.C ‘Trappy’ Duncan Memorial Trophy
[Frank Quealey | 18footers.com.au. 30 November 2014] Strong wind specialists David Witt, Tom Clout and Matt Wark thrived on the conditions today to bring home their 18ft Skiff, Smeg, winner
WINNERS – Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship 2022
For the first time in 30yrs of the event, racing was abandoned late in the afternoon on the final day before any racing took place due to weather conditions in Pittwater. As a result, the final placings were based on the team’s Round Robin results and placings in the Semifinals, which saw Ethan Prieto-Low from Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club crowned the 2022 Winner! A well-deserved win.
The 18-footer legend continues – Iain Murray: A winner who keeps on winning
When Iain Murray graduated from the Cherub and 12ft skiff classes to join the 18 footer ranks as a 17-year-old in the 1976-77 season, with the sponsorship support of local TV station Channel 7 for his self-designed and built Color 7 skiff, nobody could have predicted the enormous influence he would have on the class, and the world of sailing, over the next 47 years – and still going strong.
Magnetic Island Race Week 2015 – Sorensen’s Club leads
Peter Sorensen and his The Philosopher’s Club have cause for big celebrations today after winning on both IRC and PHS, Race 3 of the SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week. That
Alive smokes the Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Yacht Race
Under a bright blue moon and still with wind on their side, Philip Turner’s 66-footer Alive claimed an unopposed line honours victory and may have also cleaned out the Club
Airlie Beach Race Week Photos: Friday 12 August 2016
Airlie Beach Race Week started today, and one of our fav photographers Andrea Francolini Photography was there to snap the action. Check out the pics! Results: http://www.topyacht.net.au/results/2016/abrw/index.htm
Airlie Beach Race Week Photos: Friday 12 August 2016
Airlie Beach Race Week started today, and one of our fav photographers Andrea Francolini Photography was there to snap the action. Check out the pics! Results: http://www.topyacht.net.au/results/2016/abrw/index.htm
Sydney to Auckland Yacht Race in time for the 36th America’s Cup
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, together with Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are organising the Sydney to Auckland Yacht Race to conveniently tie in with the 36th America’s Cup
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2023 – entry opens in one week
Entry for Townsville Yacht Club’s (TYC) SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2023 will open in one week’s time at 10am (Queensland time) on 1 March – so if you want to be there, you will need to be fast on the button; within 15 minutes of entries opening last year, the event was at 50 percent capacity and less than four hours later, was a complete sell-out.
Let’s talk about… Vomit
There are people out there in the big wide sailing world who claim that they have NEVER felt the need to discharge the contents of their stomachs while getting pummelled about on the water in heinous conditions. They are, for the most part, the same people who also claim they never feel their gizzards tumbling round their insides even when the conditions are calm.
Vision Surveys Airlie Beach Race Week 2014: tough racing in strong wind and tide
The Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week fleet continued to experience strong winds and close racing on the penultimate day of the seven-day anniversary event. With the Sports Boats
Sam Haynes reflects on Sydney Hobart Yacht Race win
In 2021, TP52 Celestial was denied the honour of winning the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on IRC corrected time due to a penalty for an infringement of the racing rules. But in 2022, Celestial owner and skipper Sam Haynes held the perpetual trophy Tattersall Cup aloft after he and his crew of 14 completed the race in an adjusted time of 2 days, 16 hours, 35 minutes and 26 seconds.
Cream of yachting to take on Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race
One of the most formidable fleets on record is to line up in the chase for line and overall honours in the 2022 Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race, Peter Harburg’s super maxi Black Jack heading the crème de la crème of yachting for Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) 226 nautical mile race, to start on Friday 8 April.
Line honours to Beau Geste in the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race
Guided by a full moon and making the most of the warm NE breeze the international crew of 17 on Karl Kwok’s 80-foot maxi Beau Geste took line honours tonight
Vision Surveys Airlie Beach Race Week 2014: size isn’t important for this ship of mates
Size really doesn’t matter at the Airlie Beach Race Week when you have as much fun as the Royal Brighton Yacht Club’s Where’s Wal? crew. They have been towing their
What is the America’s Cup? A brief history guide
The genesis of the America’s Cup goes back to August 1851, when the yacht America went to the Isle of Wight to compete in the 100 Guineas Cup. The trophy
Red Bull Youth America’s Cup – Practice Photos
[Header Image: ACEA / Gilles Martin-Raget] The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup is getting closer (1st – 4th of September) and the teams are out there training hard to be
