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Manly 16s Club Championships
Sail Racing skipper Felix Grech was so ill the night before the start of Manly’s club championship opener, it was touch and go whether he’d make it to the start line. One lap into the first of two races, Grech was feeling even sicker…
Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race make for the corner
Four of the five competitors elected to go the Southern side of the Rhumb Line in the dash to the top of New Zealand. By and large, you’d have to say it paid. Painkiller, the Bavaria 51 from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron was…
Inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race gets underway
And they’re off! At 1300hrs AEDT on October 7, 2023, the yachts and crews in the inaugural Sydney to Auckland Yacht Race left Sydney Harbour, bound for Auckland. Their start, adjacent to the famous Sow and Pigs near the Heads of the iconic harbour,…
18ft Skiffs Spring Championship – Race 1
Main photo: Australian champion Finport Finance wins Race 1 of the Spring Championship. Photo by SailMedia The Australian 18 Footers League’s 89th consecutive 18ft skiff racing season began on Sydney Harbour when the club staged Race 1 of the 2023-24 Spring Championship, which resulted…
Coronial Findings into Boating Incident
The BIA acknowledges the Deputy State Coroner in NSW Magistrate Kennedy’s efforts to investigate matters surrounding a tragic boating incident off the NSW mid north coast on 26 January 2020. The Coroner found Alan Bruce Beeby died as ‘a result of…
World record holding sailor Lisa Blair unveils shocking extent of microplastic pollution
Australian world record solo sailor Lisa Blair has revealed the shocking extent of microplastic pollution in the Southern Ocean in the most comprehensive data collection achieved with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), recorded during her non-stop record winning race around Antarctica in…
Gosford SC Sailor wins Team of the Year
Logan Radford and crew win team of the year for NSW and ACT Logan Radford, who is a local sailor and instructor at the Gosford Sailing Club has won the title of Team of the Year along with…
CYCA Flinders Islet Race
A second Overall win for URM Group and another Line Honours for Andoo Comanche in 2023 Flinders Islet Race Anthony Johnston’s Reichel Pugh 72 URM Group has notched up its second Overall victory in the second race of the 2023/24 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore, the…
Australia still on pole position despite missing out on the win in Taranto
Light winds in Taranto make for a frustrating day for Australia as it continues to search for its first win of Season 4 TARANTO, ITALY – Sunday 24 September, 2023 – A frustrating day saw Tom Slingsby’s Australia team miss out on the…
Manly 16ft Skiff Club’s 101st season: New boat, new name, same old result
Defending 16ft national champion Nathan Wilmot picked up where he left off last year, finishing with a win and a runner-up placing as Manly 16ft Skiff Club’s 101st season officially kicked into gear on Saturday with back-to-back pointscore races. Just eight months ago, skipper…
Costa Rica’s Golfo Dulce awarded certification as a Whale Heritage Site
Costa Rica’s Golfo Dulce has been awarded certification as a Whale Heritage Site. It is the only Whale Heritage Site in Latin America and one of only eight fully accredited Whale Heritage Sites worldwide. The news comes from the World Cetacean…
Carnage in St Tropez as Kiwis suffer catastrophic end to race day 1
Main photo: An aerial view of the damaged New Zealand SailGP Team F50 catamaran after racing on Race Day 1 of the France Sail Grand Prix in Saint-Tropez, France. Photo: Ricardo Pinto for SailGP. SAINT TROPEZ- 09 SEPTEMBER, 2023 – The Australians managed to…
