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White Noise blitzes opposition in ORCV’s 49th King Island Race
Main photo: The end destination – beautiful Grassy Harbour. Photo by ORCV media – King Island Race Daniel Edwards’ White Noise has blitzed the field in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s 49th Melbourne to King Island Yacht Race, taking out AMS, IRC, PHS…
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli win the Prada Cup
21st February 2021 The G.H. Mumm Champagne was flowing for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli who sailed to victory today in the PRADA Cup Final. The Italians winning the Series 7-1 over INEOS TEAM UK, now move onto the America’s Cup Match, the ultimate goal four…
18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Race 9
The defending Australian 18ft Skiff champion tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake retained the title when the team won the 2020-2021championship, which concluded on Sydney Harbour. 2020-2021 Australian champions, from left Lewis Brake, Charlie Wyatt, Jack Macartney tech2 finished the…
Catalan fire-fighter Didac Costa, 20th in the Vendée Globe
Didac Costa, a Spanish skipper with an international reputation He may be relatively small in stature, quiet and reserved in nature but the Catalan fire-fighter Didac Costa once more captured the hearts and minds of the Les Sables d’Olonne public and…
Boating Hardware Sabre State Championship at Perth Dinghy Sailing Club
Main photo: Start Heat 3. Lindsay Preece Ironbark Photos Heats 3 & 4 State Championship held at Perth Dinghy Sailing Club On Saturday 6th February with weather unpredictable due to a low off the coast and winds predicted to be around 15-20 knots Easterly,…
2021 Historical 18 Footer Australian Championship
By Bob Chapman, Sydney Flying Squadron. Main photo: Tangalooma and Top Weight crossing tacks in Race 1. Photo Bruce Kerridge. The 2021 Historic 18 Footer Australian Championship for the Galloping Ghost Trophy was conducted by the Sydney Flying Squadron (SFS) in conjunction with the…
Kojiro Shiraishi takes 16th in Vendee Globe
First Asian skipper ever to finish the Race Kojiro Shiraishi, the 53-year-old Japanese solo skipper of DMG MORI, crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne at 10:52:58hrs UTC this Thursday 11th February to take 16th place in the Vendée Globe…
Pip Hare first British skipper to finish the Vendée Globe
British solo skipper Pip Hare, 47, fulfilled the dream that she has held since she was a teenage sailor in her native East Anglia, England when she crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race at 00:57:30…
Vendee Globe: France v Switzerland match race for 17th place
After 93 days of racing on the Vendée Globe there is a head to head, France v Switzerland match race for 17th place. Racing in near identical Finot Conq IMOCA Stéphane Le Diraison and Alan Roura have been duelling within two miles of each…
Vendée Globe: Battle to the end on Biscay
After the finishes on Saturday, Jérémie Beyou in 13th and Romain Attanasio in 14th arriving in Les Sables d’Olonne’s channel at either end of the day, six more skippers are due to finish this week, among them France’s Arnaud Boissières and Stéphane Le Diraison, Switzerland’s Alan…
Adams 10 Rock Solid’s long-awaited nationals victory
Rock Solid has faced 16 consecutive Adams 10 Australian championships and finally the Middle Harbour Yacht Club boat owned by Mitch Miller and Andy and Ben Gunton prevailed at Lake Macquarie, by the slimmest margin. The new Australian Adams 10 national champion beat the…
MC38 Lazy Dog’s ominous season opener
Quentin Stewart and Shaun Lane’s Lazy Dog team showed once again they are in a different realm, dropping just one race win from seven starts in the MC38 class’ opening act hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club. Act 1 full…
