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13′ Skiffs Australian Championship Final
2024 National 13ft Skiff Champions: Theo Franklin & Coby Napper It was widely predicted the fight for the 13ft Australian Championship would go down to the final minutes of the final day and so it proved as CyberTechGroup pulled off a stunning come-from-behind…
2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race Winners
Main photo: Alien wins the Heemskirk Trophy for a fifth time in the 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race. Photo by Michael Currie Alien wins record-breaking fourth Heemskirk Perpetual Trophy and Peccadillo smashes multihull record in 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race After a…
ILCA Australian & Oceania Championships – Final Day
Matt Wearn has clinched the Australian & Oceania Championships after a tight battle with New Zealand sailor Tom Saunders. A cracking 18-22 knot southerly with a big steep swell meant it was a physical day on the water. “It’s always really nice to get…
Eleven strong Clipper Race Fleet say farewell to City of Newcastle
The 1pm gun from Newcastle’s Fort Scratchely was a fitting farewell signal to over 200 sailors on eleven identical yachts as they set off on their sprint to the Whitsundays in the second race of the Australian leg in the Clipper Around the World…
2023 ORCV Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race Westcoaster – Wrap-up and Results
Main photo: Alien competing in the 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race. Photo Michael Currie Skippers, sailors, supporters and plenty of locals finally got to soak up some Tasmanian summer sun in the Willie Smith Race Village in Hobart on Sunday afternoon for the…
Alien Wins 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race
Alien wins record-breaking fourth Heemskerk Perpetual Trophy and Peccadillo smashes multihull record in 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race After a gruelling last 24 hours of sailing in winds gusting greater than 40 knots and battling 4 to 5 metre seas along the South…
2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Wild and wet and windy… and so happy to finish
Main photo: Relentless waves and squalls at the Organ Pipes. Photo ROLEX/Kurt Arrigo Chris O’Neill’s harrowing account of his last night at sea in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race was one that many sailors in the event…
78th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Tenacity Conquers All
Main photo: The “Organ Pipes” of Tasmania’s Cape Raoul are a welcome sight for fatigued crews approaching the final stretch in the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Photo by Kurt Arrigo. The 78th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will go down in history…
Vanessa Dudley completes her 25th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Main photo: Vanessa Dudley celebrating her 25th Rolex Sydney Hobart at the 2023 Prizegiving Ceremony with her medallion. Photo: CYCA/Ashley Dart When the modified Joubert 42, Tilting at Windmills, docked in Hobart this afternoon, crew member Vanessa Dudley became just the third woman to…
Veloce 4 takes line honours in the 2023 Ronstan Cock of the Bay Race
Main photo: Veloce 4 taking out the 2023 Cock of the Bay Line Honours. Photo Michael Currie The weather gods have been causing havoc across Australia this week but there was nothing they could do to dampen the spirits of the 2023 Ronstan Cock…
18ft Skiffs NSW Championship – Final Result
Main photo: Yandoo, 2023-24 NSW 18ft Skiff champion. Photo by SailMedia Andoo and Finport Finance shared the race honours, but it was the Yandoo team of John ‘Woody’ Winning, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake who became the 2023-24 NSW 18ft Skiff champions at the…
49er and Women’s iQFOiL Paris Olympic quotas secured on final day of Sail Sydney
Main photo: Jim Colley and Shaun Connor (AUS) sailing the Men’s 49er at 2023 Sail Sydney (11-17 December 2022). Photo by Beau Outteridge Australia added two more Paris 2024 Olympic nation quotas on the final day of Sail Sydney, with the 49er and Women’s…
