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Barker Maritime Scholarship Beckons as Job Opportunities Grow
The number of people working as marine transport professionals may have fallen over the past five years, but the tide is turning and the industry is now expecting jobs growth. The Australian Government Jobs Outlook has forecast around 2,000 job openings over the five…
Sydney International Boat Show Opens Next Week
1 – 5 August, ICC Sydney and Cockle Bay Darling Harbour The Southern Hemisphere’s biggest and most comprehensive recreational marine exhibition opens next week at the ICC Sydney and Cockle Bay Darling Harbour, and promises to satisfy everyone who loves boating,…
100th entry sends Airlie Beach Race Week into ‘Overdrive’
Whitsunday sailor Rupert King is the 100th entrant to the 2019 Airlie Beach Race Week, with his performance cruiser Overdrive. Deciding he was “over” driving, the former truck driver built the Richard Edlin-designed 10.6 metre trimaran after falling in love with her sistership. “I was…
A Sad Day for Ronstan
Today the Ronstan team mourns the passing of Ron Allatt, who died peacefully with his wife Jan at his side, on the 19th July, 2019. Ron was 89. Stan LeNepveu Left and Ron Allatt Right Together with Stan LeNepveu, Ron was the “Ron” in…
Greet the Chilean Navy Tall Ship Esmeralda
In 2019 the tall ship Buque Escuela Esmeralda of the Chilean Navy is undertaking her 64th training cruise & will visit both Australia and New Zealand. Esmeralda is a steel-hulled four-masted barquentine with 335 crew, is 113m long and has a mast…
40th birthday for a legendary yacht at Hamilton Island Race Week 2019
One of Australia’s most successful maxi yachts, the vintage Bumblebee IV, will celebrate its 40th birthday at Hamilton Island Race Week next month. Now owned by well-known offshore sailor Graham ‘Scooter’ Eaton and based on the Gold Coast, the sleek 73-footer, which contested the…
Dates announced for 2020 Festival of Sails
The 2020 dates for Australia’s oldest annual sporting event, the Festival of Sails in Geelong have just been finalised with tens of thousands of people expected to enjoy Australia Day festivities along the Geelong Waterfront from January 25 to…
$200,000 Marine Rescue command and control vehicle on the road
NSW Minister for Emergency Services David Elliott today officially handed over a new $200,000 Mobile Incident Command Vehicle to Marine Rescue NSW. Mr Elliott joined Member for Tweed Geoff Provest, Marine Rescue NSW Commissioner Stacey Tannos, Directors Ken Edwards and Robert Wilson; and volunteers…
Jason Falinski MP demands Telstra provide phone reception at Cottage Point
Northern Beaches MP, Jason Falinski is demanding action from Telstra to upgrade phone reception in Cottage Point. This call comes off the back of a tragic death which may have been avoided if the area had adequate phone reception. A Cottage Point resident suffered…
Volunteers wanted to spot stray marine creatures
James Cook University Redmap James Cook University scientists are recruiting people to train to log sightings of misplaced sea creatures after receiving new funding. JCU’s Associate Professor Jan Strugnell runs the Queensland arm of the Range Extension Database and Mapping…
Darren Vaux appointed President of the Boating Industry Association Ltd
BIA’s new President Darren Vaux Much respected industry leader Alan Blake has stood down as president of the BIA after 6 years, and 9 years as a director prior to that. President Blake has presided over significant changes and challenges in the Association’s history…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week après Cape Upstart
It started nearly four years ago pre-SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), and its quickly becoming an institution with competitors, whose first questions to Townsville Yacht Club (TYC) organisers include, “Is Cape Upstart on again?” Blame it all on a past competitor, Jason Antill.
