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Festival of Sails 2025 On Track for Record-Breaking Regatta
Main Photo: 2024 Festival of Sails | Photo: Salty Dingo | The 2025 Festival of Sails is set for a record-breaking turnout, with more than double the regatta entries compared to this time last year. This exceptional early interest includes boats from top clubs…
AUSTRALIAN 18 FOOTERS HEAD TO ITALY
Main Photo: Defending Champion Finport Finance | Photo: SailMedia | The Australian 18 Footers League will continue its international 18ft skiff program when a strong 10-team challenge heads off for the European Championship, which will be sailed on Lake Garda, Italy from July…
18ft Skiffs Outstanding 2023-24 Performance by the Young Rookie Team
Main Photo: Lazarus and The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines racing to the wing mark at Rose Bay during the Spring Championship – Photo by Frank Quealey One of the real highlights of the Australian 18 Footer League’s 2023-24 Sydney Harbour season was the outstanding…
BIA and AIE join forces to support apprentices
Main photo: AIE apprentices at Blacker Marine Customs in Mackay The Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA) has announced a partnership with the Australian Institute of Engineering (AIE) aimed at enhancing support for boating industry businesses in regional areas,…
2023 Offshore Superboat Championship – Sun’s out. Guns out!
The title says it all. Despite a less than optimistic forecast, the sun gave a sparkle, and the crews loved it all. Enough breeze, in the 12-15 knot bracket for the majority of the racing, put good lumps on the course. This in turn…
Getting Sendy on the Second Day of Sail Melbourne
The upper edge of a low-pressure front sitting off the south coast of Tasmania served up big winds and a bouncy sea state across Port Phillip on day two of Sail Melbourne 2023. The annual event, hosted by Royal Brighton Yacht…
The world’s first cargo vessel with Wind Challenger sails into Newcastle
SHOFU MARU, the world’s first cargo vessel (bulk carrier) with Wind Challenger (a hard sail wind power propulsion system) sailed into Newcastle Harbour on 24 October. The Wind Challenger was developed mainly by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and uses…
Harry Price & ‘The Rag’ – a winning 18 footer combination
Main photo: Southerly spinnaker run action One of the highlights of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2021-22 season was the performance of the talented rookie Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price, Josh McKnight and Harry Hall against the world’s best and most…
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…
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week: Big day out at The Strand
Main photo: The fleet had to round a mark near The Strand at Townsville. Photo Scott Radford-Chisholm A spectacular sight awaited locals and tourists who were out and about on The Strand at Townsville, where they were treated to racing at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race…
From rust to trust as Sail Port Stephens enjoys action-packed start
It was a day to clear the rust, but also to show some trust, as Sail Port Stephens turned on a spectacular opening day for the Bannisters Port Stephens Commodores Cup 2021. Racing on the icon Pub-to-Pub course began in light nor’westerlies, allowing an…
Have your say – Snapper Island
Public exhibition extended to 12 February 2021 Have your say – Snapper Island Discussion Paper The Harbour Trust is seeking feedback on a discussion paper for Snapper Island, Sydney Harbour, and a supporting draft (non-statutory) Conservation Management…
