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Final Hamilton Island Race Week blast
A final blast to the Molle Islands and back in trade winds up to 22 knots closed out the 38th Hamilton Island Race Week and decided the trophy winners in divisions where the top placings were still up for grabs. The near 180-strong fleet…
Shell Cove Sailing Club Maiden Sail
The Shell Cove Sailing Club – the newest sailing club in NSW. Australia’s great ocean race, sailed from Sydney to Hobart … no, that was another time long ago, however, the enthusiasm of the inaugural Shell Cove Sailing Club regatta was…
Tricks of the tide take teams to the top at Hamilton Island Race Week 2023
Sailors were rewarded for keeping their eyes out of the boat on the second day of Hamilton Island Race Week. Yesterday’s opening day reminded all sailors of the challenges of the tides here – meaning if they are not working for…
Matt Wearn Wins Gold at Maiden World Championship
Perth’s Matt Wearn has broken through for his maiden ILCA 7 World Championship, breaking a run of three consecutive silver medals. The World Championship Gold will sit neatly alongside the Olympic title he collected at Tokyo 2020 and sets him on…
Sailing World Championships The Hague: Price and Haseldine Win Bronze
Main photo: Haseldine and Price on the podium. Photo by Sailing Energy Australia’s 49erFX team of Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine have won a bronze medal at the 2023 Sailing World Championship, a best-ever World Championship performance by Australian sailors in…
Airlie Beach Race Week: Victors reap the spoils
Main photo: Andy Duffield sailed his Weta Wee Tri to a big win. Photo by Shirley Wodson The final day and no wind to speak of on the horizon on an otherwise beautiful sunny day, as officials at Whitsunday Sailing Club’s (WSC) 35th Airlie Beach…
Aussies dominate North American Hobie 18 Championships
The 2023 Hobie 18 and Hobie 17 North American Championship was held from 31st July to 4th August at Lake Quinault in the Olympic National Park about 3 hours east of Seattle in Washington state, USA. Lake Quinault is a large freshwater lake surrounded…
World Championships Day 4: Riding the Magic Carpet
Main photo: Mara Stransky (ILCA 6). Australian Sailing Team competing the Sailing World Championships in The Hague (8-20 August 2023). Photo by Beau Outteridge / Australian Sailing Team The Hague’s famous “Magic Carpet” tidal flow wreaked havoc with the afternoon session at the…
Winners announced for Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race
URM Group is the Overall winner of the 2023 Peter Rysdyk Memorial Trophy for the 2023 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, while Andoo Comanche has claimed Line Honours. This is the first in the six-race Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore 2023/24. Philosopher, sailed by David Henry…
Andoo Comanche wins Line Honours in 2023 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race
Andoo Comanche has claimed Line Honours in the 384 nautical mile Noakes Sydney Gold Coast, for the second year in a row. The VPLP/Verdier Maxi 100, skippered by John Winning Jr, crossed the line at 4.34am in 1 day, 15 hours, 34 minutes and 33…
Was there ever a doubt Team Australia wouldn’t pull off The Italian Job?
On the final day of the Queensland State Championships at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Rod Waterhouse came to MB and myself with a proposal: head to Italy for the Hobie 14 Worlds, clean up the podium, get the job done. Sounds easy…
18-Footer Quality Continues
Line up of champions in the League’s 2023-24 fleet For the past 88 years, the Australian 18 Footers League on Sydney Harbour has been the home of some of the world’s greatest sailing talent and the 2023-24 season, which will begin…
