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Academy graduate Emma Rankin stars in her 18ft skiff debut
Main photo: Emma, Tom and Cam after their first race on October 8. Photo by Jess Nearn Emma Rankin, before Sunday’s Race 2 of the Spring Championship. Photo Frank Quealey Twenty four-year-old Emma Rankin is 163cm tall and weighs just 62kg, but she showed…
The Best Kept Secret on Pittwater for only $300 p.a.
Get ready for the ultimate sailing experience with the best-kept secret of Pittwater – all yours for just $300 pa! Dive into a world that’s “relaxed and friendly,” where every day feels like a holiday. Imagine yourself participating in exhilarating TWILIGHT…
Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race Winners – let the celebrations begin!
Main photo: Crew of Frantic, Skippered by Mick Martin, awarded the Sir Lipton Cup Trophy as winners of the inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2023 Three vessels are home in the inaugural Sydney to Auckland Race. First home for the Line Honours prize…
Best crew work pays dividends at Sydney Harbour Sprint Series
Main photo: Bluetack and Toybox 2 at close quarters. Photo by MHYC Although challenging due to changing conditions, competitors enjoyed a beautiful spring day for the first round of the Sydney Harbour Sprint Series (SHSS) 23/24, which commenced with three races starting from midday…
Hot racing for Superboats in hot sun at Lake Macquarie
Absolutely so. It was both close and interesting as mechanical issues plagued many a craft, and fortunes were won and lost out on the track. Exactly as it should be… Adam Shulz Councillor Adam Shultz, attended Friday evening’s meet and greet held at Empire…
Tom Robinson Rescued
“As usual, I had been in the nude most of the day, as chafe is always an issue and, in those conditions, it only takes a few days to run out of dry clothes. Once inside the cabin I contemplated closing the hatch, but…
Manly 16s Club Championships
Sail Racing skipper Felix Grech was so ill the night before the start of Manly’s club championship opener, it was touch and go whether he’d make it to the start line. One lap into the first of two races, Grech was feeling even sicker…
Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race make for the corner
Four of the five competitors elected to go the Southern side of the Rhumb Line in the dash to the top of New Zealand. By and large, you’d have to say it paid. Painkiller, the Bavaria 51 from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron was…
Inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race gets underway
And they’re off! At 1300hrs AEDT on October 7, 2023, the yachts and crews in the inaugural Sydney to Auckland Yacht Race left Sydney Harbour, bound for Auckland. Their start, adjacent to the famous Sow and Pigs near the Heads of the iconic harbour,…
18ft Skiffs Spring Championship – Race 1
Main photo: Australian champion Finport Finance wins Race 1 of the Spring Championship. Photo by SailMedia The Australian 18 Footers League’s 89th consecutive 18ft skiff racing season began on Sydney Harbour when the club staged Race 1 of the 2023-24 Spring Championship, which resulted…
Coronial Findings into Boating Incident
The BIA acknowledges the Deputy State Coroner in NSW Magistrate Kennedy’s efforts to investigate matters surrounding a tragic boating incident off the NSW mid north coast on 26 January 2020. The Coroner found Alan Bruce Beeby died as ‘a result of…
World record holding sailor Lisa Blair unveils shocking extent of microplastic pollution
Australian world record solo sailor Lisa Blair has revealed the shocking extent of microplastic pollution in the Southern Ocean in the most comprehensive data collection achieved with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), recorded during her non-stop record winning race around Antarctica in…
