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Anniversary Sydney Harbour Regatta open for business
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s longstanding Sydney Harbour Regatta celebrates 15 years as Sydney’s premier keelboat series across the weekend of March 7-8. In all but one of the six racing categories on offer the starting list began to fill as soon as entries opened.
Its all about the women at the Heaven Can Wait Charity Dinner
Women will feature strongly at this year’s Heaven Can Wait Charity Dinner to be held at the Royal Motor Yacht Club (RMYC) Toronto on Friday February 21. The dinner – like the Heaven Can Wait Charity Sailing Regatta, is a fund raiser for the…
Cape2Rio 2020 Second Start – The Race Is On
With the First Start cruisers a week into the much revered Cape2Rio 2020 yacht race and by now all firmly set with bow to final destination, it was time to unleash the serious racers and record chasers into the competition. The day started with…
Night racing on Lake Macquarie to challenge sailors
The fourteenth running of the most unique sailing event on Lake Macquarie – the Heaven Can Wait Charity Sailing Regatta (HCW), is scheduled for February 22-23, 2020. It will again raise funds for the Hunter Branch of Cancer Council NSW and their Home Help…
Cape2Rio2020 First Start
Years of preparation, dreaming and hard work came to fruition for 13 of the participating Cape2Rio2020 teams, as they took to the blue and rather calm waters of Table Bay, hoisting their sails and embarking on Start One of this adventure of a lifetime,…
Cape2Rio2020 First Start on 4 January 2020
The Cape to Rio Yacht Race is South Africa’s premier ocean sailing event and is the only transatlantic race to take place in the Southern Hemisphere. It has been held roughly every 3 years since 1971. This famous yacht race connects the cities of…
Firefighter family day on the water
A message from Above & Beyond Boating … In light of the current situation with the bush fires devastating NSW, Neil Driscoll from Above and Beyond Boating is organising a family day for the RFS volunteers to spend time on Sydney Harbour or Pittwater.
NSW favouritism for 16ft skiff nationals has QLD underdogs barking
Main photo: Southern Beaches Rugby. Photo by Michael Chittenden. Talk of NSW entrants dominating the Australian 16ft Skiff Championships at Port Stephens from January 4 has a quietly confident Queensland contingent relishing the prospect of taking underdog status into the state-of-origin battle. Fresh from…
National E dinghies 54th Australian Championships
National E dinghies The 54th Australian Championships for the National E dinghies (formerly known as Lazy Es) will be held at Gosford SC from 6 to 10 January 2020. It will be a significant regatta for South Australian David Wise who has been National Champion over a dozen times…
Mike Gaffikin brings 50 Years in Sydney’s Marine Industry to Empire Marina Bobbin Head and celebrates with a Boutique Boat Show
From his seaside hometown of Bournemouth, UK, to an Outboard and Chainsaw Mechanic in Bayview, to opening Mike Gaffikin Marine, the last 50 years in the Marine industry have been good to Mike – and he shows no signs of stopping yet! Mike Gaffikin…
Top entries and still time to come on board Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship
A healthy fleet of IRC/ORCi yachts is set to line up in the Premier division at the 42nd running of the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) over the weekend of 23 and 24 November – and it…
Tough conditions for the J/70 Australian Championships regatta
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA), home of the famous Sydney to Hobart offshore race, hosted the J/70 Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour on the weekend of October 19 and 20. A strong shifty westerly wind blowing from the land provided tough conditions…
