News & Events

August 13, 2019

Ocean Active Hardware is proud to present Dacoblue flexible and collapsible jerrycan bladder bags, one of our most exciting products for the boating community.  Designed to make re-provisioning and storage of water and diesel more simple while yachting, Dacoblue bags can carry up to…

August 13, 2019

New LightHouse Bermuda 3.10 operating system update unlocks exciting new sailing features on Raymarine Axiom multifunction displays Sailing to Bermuda is an exciting way to experience the island’s vibrant blue waters and dramatic scenery.  And the best way for sailors to…

August 12, 2019

Christine Roberts Two new staff appointments have recently been made at Sydney’s Middle Harbour Yacht Club, located at The Spit, Mosman. Christine Roberts has joined the team as Membership and Marketing Coordinator and brings over five years of relevant industry experience to the role…

August 12, 2019

Main photo: Carrera S and Ponyo (Photo Andrea Francolini, ABRW) Cruising boats such as Eve, Vanilla 2 and White Swan are providing the glamour at Airlie Beach Race Week, the multihulls and today’s weather are the glitz factor, and in fact the entire 114…

August 7, 2019

In the midst of launching its new Category 3 event, the Coastal Sprint Series, aimed specifically at helping crews make the move into ocean racing, the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) is pleased to announce online entry is open and the Notice of…

August 7, 2019

Australian National Maritime Museum opens ground-breaking new exhibition ANMM Bligh Exhibit – Hero or Villain? The Australian National Maritime Museum will open their latest exhibition Bligh – Hero or Villain? this week – the first major exhibition the Museum has created after…

August 7, 2019

At the Zhik 29er World Championship in Gdynia, Poland, Australia’s Archie Cropley and Max Paul combined skillfully on a tough Baltic coast track to finish sixth in the open results from a starting list of 175 skiff teams. Zhik 29er World Championship – Cropley…

August 7, 2019

Marine parks helicopter patrols across North Queensland are continuing to catch fishers out poaching in green zones, with several offenders fined and convicted last month. A series of no-take green zone poaching offences recently went before the Cairns, Townsville and Mackay Magistrate Courts, with fines up to $2850 and…

August 7, 2019

Sebastian Bohm’s Rogers 46 Smuggler pocketed all the key trophies in the 13th Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race, redemption for three years ago when a penalty cost the crew first place on corrected time. The start of the annual Royal Queensland Yacht…

August 7, 2019

Organisers from Townsville Yacht Club (TYC) are thrilled to announce that entries for SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) have reached capacity before the event’s closing date; with more than a dozen boats waitlisted should space become available at ‘Maggie Island’. “Apart from all…

August 7, 2019

The Boat Works has doubled in size to 54 acres (218,530-square-metres), and is on track to welcome the first superyachts to the new purpose-built facility by summer 2019. The Boat Works superyacht yard, with private investment of more than $100 million, will create thousands…

August 6, 2019

Photo at top: Wayfarer crew in the 1945 Sydney-Hobart race. Left to right: Geoff Ruggles, Len Wilsford, Brigadier Arthur Mills, (behind him Peter Luke, Bill Lieberman, a lawyer and Freddie Harris, who was a fruit and flower agent. Geoff Ruggles, one of two surviving…