News & Events
Superyacht joins growing list of entries for Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Race
February 16, 2021
Race Start: 1300hrs, Friday 26th March, 2021 Entries are flowing in fast for the 36th running of the East Coast classic race. Originally starting the day after the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race, crews would gather on Pittwater for the very…
Catalan fire-fighter Didac Costa, 20th in the Vendée Globe
February 15, 2021
Didac Costa, a Spanish skipper with an international reputation He may be relatively small in stature, quiet and reserved in nature but the Catalan fire-fighter Didac Costa once more captured the hearts and minds of the Les Sables d’Olonne public and…
Boating Hardware Sabre State Championship at Perth Dinghy Sailing Club
February 14, 2021
Main photo: Start Heat 3. Lindsay Preece Ironbark Photos Heats 3 & 4 State Championship held at Perth Dinghy Sailing Club On Saturday 6th February with weather unpredictable due to a low off the coast and winds predicted to be around 15-20 knots Easterly,…
2021 Historical 18 Footer Australian Championship
February 14, 2021
By Bob Chapman, Sydney Flying Squadron. Main photo: Tangalooma and Top Weight crossing tacks in Race 1. Photo Bruce Kerridge. The 2021 Historic 18 Footer Australian Championship for the Galloping Ghost Trophy was conducted by the Sydney Flying Squadron (SFS) in conjunction with the…
Kojiro Shiraishi takes 16th in Vendee Globe
February 14, 2021
First Asian skipper ever to finish the Race Kojiro Shiraishi, the 53-year-old Japanese solo skipper of DMG MORI, crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne at 10:52:58hrs UTC this Thursday 11th February to take 16th place in the Vendée Globe…
Pip Hare first British skipper to finish the Vendée Globe
February 13, 2021
British solo skipper Pip Hare, 47, fulfilled the dream that she has held since she was a teenage sailor in her native East Anglia, England when she crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race at 00:57:30…
PROPSPEED announces significant global expansion
February 13, 2021
Propspeed, leading innovator of underwater foul-release coatings, announced a massive investment in global expansion. Building on the brand’s recent…
Super Sydney Harbour Regatta entry open
February 10, 2021
Four state championships and the addition of Super Group racing to Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Sydney Harbour Regatta will intensify the kaleidoscope of colour and course area changes will spread the action around the natural amphitheatre of Sydney Harbour over the two-day series, March…
Vendee Globe: France v Switzerland match race for 17th place
February 10, 2021
After 93 days of racing on the Vendée Globe there is a head to head, France v Switzerland match race for 17th place. Racing in near identical Finot Conq IMOCA Stéphane Le Diraison and Alan Roura have been duelling within two miles of each…
Business Opportunity at Botany Bay YC
February 9, 2021
After 10 years servicing the yachts and small boats of southern Sydney, Grant McKellar and Col Cole of Endeavour Marine Services are downing tools and moving on. Operating out of facilities at Botany Bay Yacht Club (BBYC), on Kogarah Bay, the…
Spectacular Parade of Sail on the River Derwent
February 9, 2021
Mild weather and favourable breezes provided the perfect conditions for the 2021 Parade of Sail on the River Derwent. Over 120 boats of all sizes graced the harbour, sailing on a route to maximize viewing vantage points for the crowds of…
Vendée Globe: Battle to the end on Biscay
February 9, 2021
After the finishes on Saturday, Jérémie Beyou in 13th and Romain Attanasio in 14th arriving in Les Sables d’Olonne’s channel at either end of the day, six more skippers are due to finish this week, among them France’s Arnaud Boissières and Stéphane Le Diraison, Switzerland’s Alan…
