News & Events
Airlie Beach Race Week 2021 entries open
March 2, 2021
Entry to Airlie Beach Race Week 2021 is open and organisers at Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) are confident of large numbers following the success of last year’s event, one of the rare major sporting events to go ahead in Australia since March 2020, and…
Australian Wooden Boat Festival Maritime Trail
March 1, 2021
Unique ‘Behind-The Scenes’ Wooden Boat Opportunity Jay Lawry of Wilson’s Boat Yard, Abels Bay The Australian Wooden Boat Festival team has developed another compact event to help alleviate the ‘withdrawal symptoms’ suffered by many of those who missed the Covid-cancelled biennial…
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli win the Prada Cup
February 22, 2021
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
February 22, 2021
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…
Boat Shows 2021
February 19, 2021
The BIA (Boating Industry Association) has declared an optimistic outlook for boating events in 2021 with both Sydney and Brisbane shows slated to go ahead. BIA President Darren Vaux said the Board of Directors were confident measures taken throughout 2020 had put the organisation…
The Bobbin Head Cruising Club Perpetual Fundraising Prop
February 18, 2021
In 2015, an old prop was found in the Clubroom cupboard (by Commodore Bruce Callaghan), polished up and timber mounted (by Past Commodore Roy Bowyer) to create – The BHCC Perpetual Fundraising Prop and confirm the statement that “Everything is of value”! BHCC has a constitutional…
Superyacht joins growing list of entries for Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Race
February 16, 2021
Race Start: 1300hrs, Friday 26th March, 2021 Entries are flowing in fast for the 36th running of the East Coast classic race. Originally starting the day after the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race, crews would gather on Pittwater for the very…
Catalan fire-fighter Didac Costa, 20th in the Vendée Globe
February 15, 2021
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
February 14, 2021
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
February 14, 2021
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
February 14, 2021
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
February 13, 2021
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…
