News & Events

September 20, 2019

Main photo: Reigning Men’s 470 World Champions Mat Belcher and Will Ryan Reigning Men’s 470 World Champions Mat Belcher and Will Ryan and back-to-back Laser European Champion Matt Wearn have today been announced as the first athletes selected to the Tokyo 2020 Australian Olympic…

September 19, 2019

The VHF marine radio network used by boaters along the NSW coastline is being extended, with work under way to upgrade coverage on the South Coast. The network, owned and operated by Marine Rescue NSW, covers the state’s coastline with the South Coast work…

September 18, 2019

The Notice of Race has been posted and entries are open for the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s inaugural ‘Ladies of the Sea’ coaching regatta. The two day event on Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 6 is open to keelboats, and one design Elliott…

September 17, 2019

Main photo: SV Monsoon in the 1974 Westcoaster off South Cape. Photo courtesy ORCV The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, and will be marked in a variety of ways, including a gathering of past commodores, members,…

September 12, 2019

The most delicate part of the marine salvage operation which has been unfolding at Pittwater in the past 23 days has been completed without a hitch. Transport for NSW Acting Director NSW Maritime Mark Hutchings said the sewage truck filled with around 10,000 litres…

September 12, 2019

Ten volunteers from Marine Rescue NSW have won a prestigious international rescue award for saving the lives of three seriously injured men on board a sinking boat in the dark off the NSW Mid North Coast. The crew members from Marine Rescue Port Macquarie…

September 12, 2019

To start on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on 30 January 2021, the inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2021, organised by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) in NSW in association with the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS), is already gaining momentum with…

September 10, 2019

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the National Search and Rescue Council’s (NATSAR) Australian Search and Rescue Awards. The awards are presented on behalf of the NATSAR Council in recognition of outstanding contribution to search and…

September 9, 2019

LEG 1: THE ATLANTIC TRADE WINDS RACE 1 – DAY 5 The eleven Clipper Race teams enjoyed a real thrill-ride during the fifth day of racing as they zoomed through the start of the Ocean Sprint. Wind speeds of over 40 knots with a…

September 9, 2019

Shane Kearns’ lovely and well-travelled Sparkman & Stephens 34 is the first international entry in the New Caledonia GROUPAMA Race 2020, due to start Sunday June 21 off the capital Noumea and take the fleet in an anti-clockwise direction around the main island, passing…

September 9, 2019

Race or cruise? Handicap or scratch? There is one boat design frequently seen on Sydney Harbour that is superbly suited to all of these! The Cavalier 28 was, from its inception in the early 80s, as the New Zealand Davidson 28, designed for both…

September 6, 2019

Main photo: Lady Denman and the Crest in the grounds of the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum, circa 1990. Photo John Settree Along the coast of New South Wales, in any river, stream or creek protected from the summer nor’easters and the winter southerlies, and…