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Spithill to steer Team Australia
Don’t be fooled by the title! Jimmy is steering the ORMA 60 Trimaran Team Australia (owned by Sean Langman) in the Pittwater to Coffs… Not a newly formed Team…
WASZP & SAILGP partnership to launch new competition format
…to introduce a WASZP Grand Final Event and Global Qualification Series, beginning in 2025 with the first event staged during the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix Sydney (8-9 February).
Aussies kick things off with a bang at ILCA 7 World Championships
With Olympic Gold Medalist Matt Wearn (AUS) out of the competition, this leaves things wide open for other Australian sailors to leave their mark on the international stage at the…
Champions crowned on final day of Sail Sydney 2024
The final day of Sail Sydney 2024 saw a light to moderate north-easterly breeze dominate the forecast as sailors finalised their campaigns across Rose Bay and Botany Bay.
Co-skippers tackling the seas with novel approach
Co-skippers Saskia Groen-In’t-Woud and Maud Demazure are tackling the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race as a qualifier for the Melbourne to Osaka race.
Optimist Nationals to be held at Royal Yacht Club of Victoria in Williamstown
One of Australia’s biggest junior sailing events will head to the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV) this summer as the 2020 Gill Optimist Australian & Open Championships descend on
Ginger’s MC38 Australian Championship trifecta
The comeback king and kid climbed back from an almost insurmountable five point deficit yesterday to deliver Ginger a trifecta of Australian Championship titles, decided on the finish order in
25th Anniversary – Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
Organisers hope up to 30 teams representing every Australian state and territory plus an international team from New Zealand will head out on Port Phillip Bay over the June long…
The Best Australian Race
…There are heaps of races that take place every week in Australia. Fleets racing in size battle for the ultimate glory with boats ranging in
Maverick wins Port Phillip Double-Handed Perpetual Cup and KISS Graduate Skippers First Double-Handed Race
Melbourne was at her autumnal best on Sunday the 18th of May delivering ideal conditions for the 2025 Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) Double-Handed Yacht Race around Port Phillip.
Michael Coxon: Four times world 18 footer champion, but….
Competing in a sailing class like the Australian 18 footers, which has a 131 years old history, it’s not surprising that there are many skippers who were ‘in the…
Record Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta jubilee fleet
…25th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta, June 6-8, 2015 on Port Phillip hosted by the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, Melbourne, Victoria A record 26 crews sailing for four states…
Belcher and Ryan headline 2014 Yachting Australia Awards
Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan have added to their rapidly growing number of accolades, taking out the Male Sailor of the Year award at the 2014 Yachting Australia Awards in
18 Foot Skiffs: When things go pear shaped
The competitors racing the 18ft skiffs each weekend in the Australian 18 Footers League’s fleet on Sydney Harbour are very talented and prepared to go ten-tenths to claim…
Menace lines up for MC38 Australian Championship
Howard Spencer and his MC38 Menace crew are in Sydney (Pittwater) ready to rumble in the MC38 Australian Championship over the next three days. Hosted by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht
18 Footers Club Championship Final this Sunday on Sydney Harbour
One of the Australian 18 Footers League’s most important events of each season comes to a conclusion this Sunday (February 20) on Sydney Harbour with the final race of…
Poole and Borch Fastrack to Quarter-Finals
Sydney, Australia (15 December, 2022) – USA’s Chris Poole/ Riptide Racing and Denmark’s Jeppe Borch / Borch Racing excelled in perfect conditions again on Sydney Harbour today, finishing at the…
The 2021-22 League 18 Footer Season Review
When the Smeg team with Charmaine Hill on board won last Sunday-week’s Queen of the Harbour race on Sydney Harbour, it brought a very successful Australian 18 Footers…
Unprecedented wins race to King Island
While the eastern seaboard has faced the hostility of Cyclone Alfred over the last week, the Melbourne to King Island fleet had a superb sail in near perfect conditions in the 54th anniversary of the race.
