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Spectacular week of racing comes to fading finish at Sail Port Stephens
April 11, 2022
Main photo: Fareast 28R National Champion Cool Runnings. Image Hover UAV As so often happens in yacht racing, the story is denied a fitting finish due to a lack of wind when it’s needed most. And it was certainly the case at Sail Port…
Champion racers prepare at Rivergate
April 11, 2022
Seven high-profile racing yachts are berthed at Rivergate Marina & Shipyard, completing final preparations ahead of the 2022 Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race which begins on Good Friday, 15 April. Matt Allen’s TP52 Ichi Ban commands its fair share of attention at Rivergate, alongside fellow champion…
Black Jack clean sweeps Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race
April 11, 2022
After taking line honours and setting a new race record in the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race yesterday, Peter Harburg’s 100ft Black Jack has today been declared the overall winner of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) 226 nautical mile…
Welcome home P&O’s Pacific Explorer for a chance to win a cruise
April 11, 2022
P&O Cruises Australia is very excited to be welcoming Pacific Explorer back home to Sydney on April 18. In the great maritime tradition of our harbour city, the boating community can share the excitement as Pacific Explorer becomes the first cruise ship…
P&O Cruises Australia confirms flagship Pacific Explorer will arrive in Sydney April 18
April 11, 2022
In keeping with Sydney Harbour’s rich maritime heritage, on April 18, P&O Cruises Australia’s flagship Pacific Explorer will return home to lead the restart of cruising in Australia. Pacific Explorer’s arrival after an absence of more than two years will be embraced by cruise…
World’s first ocean crossing by a solar-electric autonomous vessel
April 8, 2022
Fort-de-France, Martinique – (7 April 2022) – Mahi Two, a Torqeedo-powered uncrewed surface vessel (USV), has become what is believed to be the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean using only solar power. The autonomous robotic boat left the coast of Spain in September…
New dog learns old tricks with detector dog elite fleet
April 8, 2022
Australia’s frontline detector dog program remains at 42 strong after detector dog Velvet retired and new graduate Finlay joined the ranks. First Assistant Secretary of Biosecurity Operations at the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Colin Hunter said detector dogs and their handlers…
Incat Tasmania’s hull 097 heads to South Korea
April 7, 2022
Australian high speed craft specialist Incat Tasmania is breaking new ground with its latest high speed catamaran, a 76 metre fast ferry for Seaworld Express Ferry of South Korea. Just as Incat led the way with the world’s first car-carrying high speed catamarans in…
Commodores Cup finale is yacht racing at its best
April 7, 2022
Queensland has Surfers Paradise, NSW has Sailors Paradise. It’s located just outside the headlands of Port Stephens, where a cluster of Hawaiian-style islands from the set of Jurassic Park create an idyllic racecourse for yachts competing in the Sail Port Stephens Commodores Cup. Today,…
Australian sailor Lisa Blair beating Russian record in solo Antarctica circumnavigation
April 6, 2022
Australian solo sailing record holder Lisa Blair is 400 nautical miles ahead of her Russian record rival’s time as she hits the half-way mark, rounding Cape Horn, in her attempt to set a new world record for circumnavigating Antarctica solo and…
Quest wins inaugural 2022 Pallas Cup
April 6, 2022
Three of Sydney’s finest TP52 high performance yachts compete in an adrenaline-fuelled afternoon on Sydney Harbour. Quest won the inaugural Pallas Cup, an exclusive sailing event held on Tuesday 15 March, hosted by leading specialist property lender Pallas Capital. The 20…
Sail Port Stephens off to gentle start and bunched finish
April 5, 2022
Rarely has there been a parting as sweet as watching 120 yachts slide down a sparkling Port Stephens under spinnaker in Race 1 of the 2022 Bannisters Port Stephens Commodores Cup. Three days earlier it was blowing 40 knots from the south, whipping up…