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Sydney Harbour Regatta Winners
March 6, 2023
An ideal autumn day on Sydney Harbour and offshore decided the winners and new Australian and NSW champions in three classes at Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s 2023 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta today. Some of yesterday’s leaders extended today to claim their respective…
Etchells 2023 NSW Championship concludes at Gosford
February 27, 2023
Main photo: 1st place: First Tracks – Peter Merrington, Ian McKillop & Grant Simmer The Etchells 2023 NSW Championship supported by the Bendigo Bank and hosted by Gosford Sailing Club had no racing on the final day due to a lack of consistent breeze. …
2023 Offshore Superboat Championship – Sun’s out. Guns out!
February 27, 2023
The title says it all. Despite a less than optimistic forecast, the sun gave a sparkle, and the crews loved it all. Enough breeze, in the 12-15 knot bracket for the majority of the racing, put good lumps on the course. This in turn…
Vale Syd Fischer AM OBE
February 27, 2023
Yachting legend Syd Fischer passed away on Thursday 23rd February, he was 95. Born 4 March, 1927, Fischer stood head and shoulders above the rest. His work life revolved around the building industry, property development and the marine industry, including…
The Ocean Race 2023 – Wild start to Leg 3 from Cape Town
February 27, 2023
It was an extraordinary ‘stop-go’ type of start to Leg 3 of The Ocean Race in Table Bay as the five-boat IMOCA fleet set out on their 12,750 nautical mile adventure towards Itajaí in Brazil. The race started with two and a half laps…
2023 Yacht Sales Co Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race entries open
February 24, 2023
Entries have opened and the Notice of Race published for the Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race, due to start at 11am on Friday 4 August 2023. The 530 nautical mile race, inaugurated in 2019 and organised by Royal Queensland Yacht…
Sail Port Stephens thrilled to welcome sports boats
February 24, 2023
Like sausage rolls and sauce or apple pie and icecream, Sail Port Stephens and sports boats have been inextricably linked since 2016, and race organisers are looking forward to another great series with the thrill machines scheduled for 19-21 May 2023.
Champions crowned in Port Lincoln
February 24, 2023
The 2023 Australian Yachting Championships, as part of the Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta in Port Lincoln, has come to an end with champions across the range of divisions crowned. The first three keelboat divisions all held racing on IRC as part of the…
Australian Women’s Challenge announced for 37th America’s Cup
February 24, 2023
Australia is bidding to return to the cauldron of the world’s oldest sporting trophy competition, The America’s Cup, with an Australian Women’s Challenge announced today to compete at the Barcelona 37th America’s Cup in its newest iteration – a women’s regatta in 2024. Australian…
Manly Skiff Club – Longcourse Race 9 – Moonen Leads Start to Finish
February 21, 2023
Manly 16ft skiff skipper Daniel Turner had one message for the Sail GP fraternity dealing with the chaos on Sydney Harbour at the weekend: Welcome to our world. The Manly fleet has cut its teeth on Sydney’s temperamental summer weather – where a pleasant…
Schnapper Point Regatta Mornington Yacht Club
February 20, 2023
Mornington Yacht Club held its annual Schnapper Point Regatta on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February, sponsored by Mornington-based Town Planning Co, and supported by Ronstan. The regatta has been run over the last 25 years, providing some serious race experience…
Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race
February 20, 2023
Main photo: Front – Nick Bice, David Snoad, Matiu Te Hau, Davin Conigrave, Josh Hinks, Caillin Howard, Adam Common. Back – Steve Kemp, Jamie Beavis, Tim Cowen, James Paterson, Gordon Maguire, Steve Dunn, Ryan Houston, Geoff Boettcher Geoff Boettcher’s 52-foot Secret Mens Business has…
