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Presenting Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024
Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) is pleased to announce the addition of naming rights sponsors Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay to Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 and also announces that entries have already broached 60 for the 36th running of the event,…
Ginan wins prestigious King Island Trophy
Main photo: Ginan, overall winners of the 2024 Melbourne to King Island Ocean Yacht Race. Photo Steb Fisher Turquoise blue skies and seas, local cheeses, freshly caught crayfish and sizzling rib-eye steak greeted the nearly 200 sun-drenched yachties when they finished the 2024 Melbourne…
49erFX World Championships: Harding and Wilmot Finish Fifth
Main photo: Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot. Photo by Sailing Energy Ascending Australian 49erFX team Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot have wrapped up a helter-skelter World Championships with a fifth-place finish in Lanzarote. The result is a breakthrough for the young Australian Sailing Team…
Chinese boats fire water at a Philippine vessel
China’s coast guard has fired water at a Philippine boat in the disputed territory of the South China Sea. Earlier, the Philippines accused China of “dangerous manoeuvres” after their coast guard vessels collided in the area on Tuesday.
Challenge breaks Conspiracy’s stranglehold on Sydney 38 One-Design NSW Championship
Main photo: Challenge gave nothing away. Photo by Andrea Francolini, MHYC “It’s an unbelievable feeling,” were the first words Greg Croak spoke ashore after his Challenge crew broke Conspiracy’s stranglehold of the Sydney 38 One-Design class at their NSW Championship on the weekend. Challenge…
Firecracker storms home to take inaugural Fareast 28R Australian Championship
Main photo: Firecracker won the first class Nationals. Photo by Andrea Francolini, MHYC Three of the boats contesting the inaugural Fareast 28R one-design Australian Championship won two races each and it literally came down to the last race as to whose name would be…
Five Up Racing on Sydney Harbour
Celebrating sisters in sailing on International Women’s Day From the moment your toe hits the deck you know you are in for a treat sailing Sydney harbour. Sapphire skies and crystal blue waters dance with a sea that sparkles and waltzes. …
Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta: It’s a wrap!
Main photo: Adams 10s – Artemis with red kite. Photo by Andrea Francolini, MHYC Today’s weather was a turnaround from yesterday’s wet blowy day at the 2024 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta, a glorious north-north/easterly wind on a sunny hot day made a…
Tanilba Bay Big Boat Regatta
Excellent conditions for Tanilba Bay’s Big Boat Regatta saw a record 42 boats head out onto the Bay at Port Stephens NSW. The regatta was sponsored by Coastal Real Estate of Tanilba Bay in association with Andrew Hawkins BoatCrewGear.com. With a steady 6-8 knot…
French skipper Charles Caudrelier wins ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE solo multihull race around the world
Arrivée du 1er avant jury de l’Arkéa Ultim Challenge-Brest, Charles Caudrelier, Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, aux pontons, ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE – Brest, le 27/02/24 French solo racer Charles Caudrelier, skipper of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild crossed the finish line off the coast of…
Tom Robinson officially the youngest person to row the Pacific Ocean
Tom Robinson is a 24 year old adventurer and boatbuilder from Brisbane, Australia. In 2022 Tom set off from Peru, in a boat he designed and built, on his most ambitious adventure yet – to become the youngest person ever to…
Cargo ship hits bridge, causing fatalities
The owner of a cargo vessel has been detained after a ship hit a bridge in Guangzhou, south China, causing the bridge to part-collapse and resulting in the death of at least five people. Chinese state media reports that the container ship collided with…
