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Moneypenny crowned overall winner of 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast
Sean Langman’s Reichel/Pugh 69 Moneypenny is the overall winner of the 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. This is Langman’s third win on IRC in the race which he now sponsors, as Managing Director of Noakes Group. He won on Grundig Xena (2001) and Grundig (2003), also winning…
Andoo Comanche wins Line Honours in 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast
Andoo Comanche has claimed Line Honours in the 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, on the legendary boat’s return to the Australian racing scene. The VPLP 100, skippered by John Winning Jr, crossed the line in 1 day, 17 hours, 55 minutes and 43…
A Viking Tragedy
It’s not a Hollywood blockbuster yet but in the backwaters of Sydney Harbour a tragedy is unfolding of the Viking kind. People would have noticed or visited the Gokstadt replica 800 A.D. 23m. Viking ship at the ANMM some years ago. Built in Perth…
MC38 Swish trumps Act 5
The lottery that is winter sailing in Sydney toyed with the MC38 fleet for act 5 on Sydney Harbour. At the shortened series end, Steven Proud’s Swish held the narrowest margin win over the defending team, Marcus Blackmore’s Hooligan (RPAYC). A countback separated the…
Patriot the clear winner in a race of snakes and ladders in ORCV Winter Series
Main photo: Blue skies and good winds with the fleet start. Photo ORCV Media Local knowledge as the winds softened gave Jason Close, skipper of the J133 Patriot the advantage to win overall in a fleet of 34 yachts in Saturday’s ORCV Winter Series…
Tom’s Pacific Journey
By the time you read this I’ll be making my way west towards the setting sun, while watching the South American continent slowly sink behind Maiwar’s stern. My time in Peru has been an adventure in itself, I will be sad to leave my…
Aussies off to a flying start at 2022 European Championships
Main photo: Australian Sailing Team & Squad competing at 2022 49er, 49erFX & Nacra 17 European Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. Photo by Beau Outteridge / Australian Sailing Team A wide range of conditions in Aarhus, Denmark tested all on the opening day of the…
Full Steam Ahead for Lady Hopetoun
April 2022 saw the culmination of Sydney Heritage Fleet’s SWAP program This saw the successful re-float of 1927 steamship John Oxley from atop its work barge, and replacement with the 1912 Sydney Harbour ferry Kanangra. This was a huge job that has involved an…
Norwegian Sun cruise ship collides with iceberg near Alaska
The Norwegian Sun cruise ship has cancelled its nine-night trip through Alaska, after the vessel crashed into an iceberg off the Alaskan coast. Incredible footage has emerged of the incident, which shows the Norwegian Sun smashing into a ‘growler’ near the…
Team Australia wins Sail GP event at Chicago’s Navy Pier
“Never count us out,” a smiling Team Australia skipper Tom Slingsby told AFLOAT Magazine last week in Chicago, Illinois. The Australian team had just mounted an improbable comeback by stealing upstart Canada’s thunder with an impressive win in the Chicago Finals in the high-powered…
MC38 Act 4 home club victory
MC38 2022 Season Act 4, June 18-19 hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club with racing on Pittwater The 2021 MC38 season champion and home club team has taken their first scalp for 2022 on Pittwater by four points. Marcus Blackmore’s Hooligan, sailing…
TAG tops Etchells Winter Waterloo Cup on home waters
The Etchells Winter Waterloo Cup was raced on 11 and 12 June at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. Todd Anderson, Lucas Down and Curtis Skinner sailing on TAG AUS1330 won the event by two points over day one leaders, Lisa Rose AUS1449 helmed by…
