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Geotherm successfully defends 12ft Skiff Australian Championship
Main photo: Geotherm blasting down a run. Photo by David Killoran Defending champions Brett Hobson and Peter Nicholson (Geotherm), won the last race of the 12ft Skiff Australian Championship sponsored by Your Move Conveyancing, to clinch the title…
Farr 40 Nationals
Main photo: Alan & Tom Quick’s Outlaw – 2024 Farr 40 Australian Champions The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s representative OUTLAW has won the championship title at the Farr 40 Nationals in Sydney, Australia, after two days of intense racing. The regatta was held…
Pittwater to Coffs: Line honours to XS Moment – Jupiter wins overall
Main photo: XS Moment (11744) in good shape after the start. Photo Andrea Francolini, RPAYC Fortune favoured the sticklers in the 2024 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race; just three entries hung on in the light to non-existent breezes, Ray Hudson’s XS Moment taking…
Remembering Andrew ‘Plymo’ Plympton
Main photo: Fittingly, Plymo aboard ‘Admiral’ with JB. Photo courtesy Mitch Batson Our great sailing friend, raconteur, business associate, administrator, chairman and successful past president of two sports, passed away on Sunday after a long battle with cancer – he was 74.
SWAP DAY – The Happiest Day of the Year at Manly 16ft Skiff Club
Former Manly 16ft skiff sailing champion Joe Turner thought he had his day all mapped out when he woke Saturday morning. Breakfast at his cousin’s place – the Clancys – was to be followed by a trip to Warringah Mall to pick up a…
Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 goes green
Main photo: Adam Janczyk is hoping to provide strong competition at ABRW. Photo by Andrea Francolini As entries continue to flow in, it is with great pride Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) announces that Ocean Dynamics and Mount Gay Airlie Beach…
Cruising Association urges vigilance for Orca Encounters in The Bay of Biscay, Iberian Peninsula and Strait of Gibraltar
As the cruising season arrives along the Atlantic coasts of France, Portugal, Spain and through the Strait of Gibraltar, the Cruising Association (CA) urges vigilance for potential orca encounters. The CA continues to share information on precautions and protocols to minimise the risk of…
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…
