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Darmanin and Bundock selected for Olympic Test Event
June 26, 2023
Main photo: Darren Bundock with Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin (Nacra 17) competing at 2022 Kieler Woche in Kiel, Germany. Photo by Beau Outteridge / Australian Sailing Team. Lisa Darmanin. Photo by Beau Outteridge / Australian Sailing Team Australia has announced its final selection…
2023 Offshore Superboat Championship – It’s in the Spirit at Hervey Bay
June 26, 2023
It comes down to this. Amongst the many, there were two little children on the side of the road enthusiastically waving their ‘Welcome Offshore Superboats’ sign as the armada of vessels and hot rods completed their lap of Hervey Bay’s streets immediately after the…
Close racing and close encounters of the Orca kind
June 26, 2023
The Ocean Race Leg 7 from The Hague to Genova Two of the VO65 boats racing in The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint have had direct encounters with Orcas in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Gibraltar. On their approach to Gibraltar, Team JAJO…
Rose climbs the heights to win Superyacht Cup Palma 2023
June 26, 2023
Three days of inspiring racing at Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 concluded today with the 24m Farr-designed Rose becoming the first Wally Yacht to win Europe’s longest-running superyacht regatta. The St. Regis Race Day finale delivered another instalment of the excellent race conditions that the…
First Tracks win International Etchells 2023 Coffs Harbour Championship
June 26, 2023
Peter “Billy” Merrington, Steve “Mothy” Jarvin and Ian McKillop on AUS1485 First Tracks have won the International Etchells 2023 Coffs Harbour Championship offshore from the Coffs Harbour Yacht Club. With a picket fence scorecard, 1, 1, 1, 1, [2], the only boat to take…
Ocean Race Sailors struggle … Dude, there is no more Nutella!
June 26, 2023
Main photo: The Ocean Race 2022-23 Leg 7 Team Malizia. Rosalin Kuiper at the bowsprit. Photo Antoine Auriol / Team Malizia / The Ocean Race Fleets making steady, if slower than desired, progress towards Genova If there wasn’t already enough urgency…
BRIG is back!
June 22, 2023
Main photo: The first containers of BRIG boats arrive at Sirocco Marine South Sirocco Marine is thrilled to announce the long-awaited return of BRIG rigid inflatable boats to Australian shores, receiving the first two containers of brand-new BRIG boats to…
It’s on again! The South Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
June 20, 2023
After a super-successful Regatta last year, we are excited to extend a warm invitation to women sailors to participate in this year’s South Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (SAWKR). The Regatta is being held over three days on the October long weekend.
Female 18 Footer Opportunity
June 18, 2023
Main photo: Two all-girl teams at the Giltinan Championship in 2013. Photo by Frank Quealey photo The League’s search is on for 2023-24 season Female participation in sport in 2023 is reaching very high levels of achievement and spectator approval as…
Last Sailor in Golden Globe Race 2022 finishes with no food
June 16, 2023
Main photo: After 277days the last Chichester, Jeremy OLLEANNA crossing Les Sables d’Olonne finishline. Photo: JL Lhomond It’s all over! Once again, the third edition of the Golden Globe Race has delivered an incredibly spectacular human adventure that no one could ever have imagined…
Farewell ‘Gentleman’ Jim
June 15, 2023
Vale Jim Hardy Sir James Hardy, perhaps the best-known Australian yachtsman of the 20th Century, has died peacefully in Adelaide aged 90. The three-time America’s Cup helmsman, Olympian, world champion and Admiral’s Cup winner embodied the Corinthian ideals of the sport during a time…
SCIBS ends on a high for Highfield
June 15, 2023
Main photo: Julien Carussi and Peter Pembroke, Highfield Boats Highfield Boats had an outstanding result at this year’s Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show, 25 to 28 May. According to Peter Pembroke, Highfield Australia’s National Sales & Marketing Manager, SCIBS 2023 was…
