News & Events
Lazy Dog catches the trophy on Pittwater
February 7, 2022
Owners Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart and the rest of the Lazy Dog team from Middle Harbour Yacht Club opened the MC38 class’ 2022 season soundly with a four-point win on Pittwater in gusty sou’east winds and dark cloud banks that dumped rain squalls,…
2022 Gladstone Ports Corporation Surf to City Yacht Race
February 4, 2022
The 2022 Surf to City yacht races were sailed from the Gold Coast to Shorncliffe on Saturday January 22 incorporating both inshore and offshore fleets. There were 75 entries with some late withdrawals. The delivery south on the Friday proved to be an endurance…
MarineVerse Cup VR Sailing Game
February 4, 2022
MarineVerse Cup is an authentic and approachable competitive VR sailing game that brings multiplayer sailboat racing to every VR headset owner. 3 boats, 7 locations, tutorials and various game-modes make it the best VR sailing game. Daily and weekly races, with varying…
Tasars wild and windy week of racing
February 1, 2022
Tasars enjoyed a wild and windy week of racing at their 47th Australian Championships held in Port Lincoln, SA over the New Year. Taking victory were 2015’s World Champions and former VIC Sailors of the Year, Chris Dance and Peter Hackett from Mordialloc SC,…
Smartgyro Supplies New SG20 Stabilization Solution for High Tech Marine’s Custom-Made Monaco Firefighting and Rescue Patrol Boat
February 1, 2022
Italian high-performance tender builder selects innovative stabilizer unit for installation on Monaco Government vessel due to its unique maintenance and roll reduction benefits High Tech Marine (HTM), manufacturer of technically-advanced tenders, has selected Smartgyro’s innovative stabilization solution for its new firefighting and rescue patrol…
J/70 NSW State Championships
January 31, 2022
Reg Lord’s Juno has prevailed over a small but competitive fleet to capture the 2022 J/70 NSW State Championship title contested on Sydney Harbour. The three-day series hosted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron was raced in predominantly SSE breezes that swung up to…
Festival of Sails Delivers Spectacular Day as Division Winners Decided
January 27, 2022
It was another magnificent day on Corio Bay for the final day of racing at the Festival of Sails. Racing got underway on time with the yachts heading out for a special course out the channel in a building sea breeze. The sailors couldn’t…
Sailors treated to sensational sea breeze on Corio Bay
January 25, 2022
After a slow start to the day at the Festival of Sails the action picked up throughout the afternoon with the sailors heading out just after lunch in a building sea breeze. The racing yachts, multihulls, cruising boats and double handers started off in…
Siblings seize the day at Flying 11 Australian Championships
January 24, 2022
With Queensland to host the Olympic sailing a decade from now, it’s possible that some of our future representatives were competing in the Allen Flying 11 Australian Championships at Gosford Sailing Club last week. It was watching the 2000 Games in Sydney that ignited…
Patience key on Day Two of Festival of Sails
January 24, 2022
The second day of racing at the Festival of Sails kicked off with the Middle Distance Race getting underway in a light and fickle northerly wind. Five fleets took off across two different start lines to make their way out of Corio Bay. The…
Olympians Return to Racing for Day 1 of Sail Melbourne 2022
January 14, 2022
Matt Wearn Sail Melbourne has kicked off and welcomes the return of several Olympians including Tokyo ILCA 7 Champion, Matt Wearn. Following the event’s cancellation in 2021, sailors have flocked to Royal Brighton Yacht Club and the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria for an…
Yacht gutted by fire at Thai marina
January 13, 2022
A luxury catamaran has gone up in flames at a marina in Pattaya, Thailand, causing an estimated 18 million baht (AUS$740,000) of damage, according to media reports. The fire broke out on a yacht at the Ocean Marina Yacht Club in Sattahip district, the…
