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Hanse rally Port Stephens: 25 Sep 08; Hanse rally Port Stephens Balmy summer-like conditions greeted a record fleet of 16 Hanse yachts that took part in a sail away from Pittwater to Port Stephens on Sept 13-14. It was the second annual sail aw ...

2009 Yachts: 23 Sep 08; December's Australasian Yachting will feature new boats for 2009. Many of the big builders are planning exciting boats for next year and we highlight the best. X-Yachts will unveil some new offerings and a particular boat of ...

Tall ship in Sydney: 16 Sep 08; Australasian Yachting went aboard one of the largest tall ships in the world, the 103m Libertad. The Argentinean Naval vessel arrived on Sydney on Tuesday 16 September as part of its world voyage. Classed as a fully r ...

Hopes fade for missing yacht: 16 Sep 08; The search for the missing yacht Blessed Be off the east coast of Australia has been suspended.The extensive search lasted eight days and, at its peak, 21 aircraft and two NSW police vessels assisted.Yachts ...

Families of missing yachtsmen still optimistic: 12 Sep 08; The search for two missing yachtsmen in the yacht Blessed Be has been scaled back in terms of numbers of planes, but their families still remain optimistic they will be found alive, asking other yachtsmen and the public to keep a ...

Meet Australia's sailing medallists: 11 Sep 08; You can meet Australia’s Olympic Gold Medallist sailors and find out how to get involved in sailing at the Middle Harbour Yacht Club summer open day on Sunday 14 September. Members of the Australian Sailing Team, ...

Win a camper by following the yellow brick road: 9 Sep 08; Visitors to Melbourne Leisurefest from 2 to 5 October will have a chance to win a Sturt camper by attending the show and following the yellow brick road passport competition.The Sturt Off-Road Camper, courtesy of Outba ...

A cruiser-eye view of the 2008 Sydney International Boat Show: 9 Sep 08; The Sydney International Boat Show rolled into town recently - the 20th show at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour.Inside was nearly 30,000 sqm of exhibition space housing more than 800 boat ...

Charter rally fun in the Whitsundays with Bavaria Yachts: 8 Sep 08; Bavaria Yachts Queensland and Bavaria Charter Australia still have a few spots left on their production boat rally from December 4-11 in the Whitsundays. The rally is designed to showcase these popular German-built cru ...

On Test next month in Australasian Yachting: 5 Sep 08; The radical new Moody 45 DS was launched at the Sydney International Boat and received plenty of attention. Featuring bulwarks, a walk-in deck saloon and copious amount of cabin space the appeal of this new design wi ...

Audi Hamilton Race Week car winner: 2 Sep 08; A very successful Audi Hamilton Race Week 2008 concluded with a glitzy Presentation Dinner in the island's convention centre, attended by 800 sailors and celebrities. The star prize was the Audi A4 2.0 TDI multitronic sedan ...

Cougar's kettle boils: 30 Aug 08; Hamilton Island Race Week, Saturday 30/8, from Bob Ross - Alan Whiteley 's Sandringham YC Cougar II crew "cruised" around the 23n mile Molle Islands course to clinch overall victory in the IRC Grand Prix division one at ...

Newest Grand Prix racer: 30 Aug 08; Racing aboard the newest and flashiest Grand Prix boat at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, the $1.8 million speed machine Secret Mens Business3, is an amazing experience, writes Kevin Green. The custom built Reich ...

Victorians 'sticking it to 'em': 29 Aug 08; Hamilton Island Friday, August 29, from Bob Ross - Alan Whiteley’s TP 52 Cougar II from Sandringham YC, with a fifth and a first in the two short-course windward-leeward races, extended her scoreboard lead in the &ldqu ...

Biminis and barbies to windward: 28 Aug 08; Despite some boats sporting barbeques and biminis a race is very much still a race, as our crew on Harmony Kick-Back found out as we wrestled with a strong three knot tide pushing us up on the line in a stiffening southerly ...

Black Jack hits back: 28 Aug 08; Hamilton Island, Thursday, September 28 - from Bob Ross: Peter Harburg's Reichel/Pugh 66 Black Jack, which lost two minutes returning from a premature-start recall, grabbed a last-ditch 20sec line honours win in race six of the IR ...

Surprise, Surprise Rock: 27 Aug 08; Three of the yachts in the "grand prix" IRC division one fleet, Shockwave, Quest and Living Doll, were among five in the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week fleet to hit and/or bounce off Surprise Rock in round-the-islands ra ...

Scores levelled: 25 Aug 08; Hamilton Island, Monday 25/08, from Bob Ross: Bob Oatley's Reichel/Pugh 66 Wild Oats X levelled the line honours score at two-all with hot newcomer Black Jack, a two-year younger R/P 66 canting keeler owned by Peter Harburg of ...

High dramas at Hamilton Island: 24 Aug 08; Hamilton Island Sunday, from Bob Ross: Michael Hiatt's modified Cookson 50 Living Doll today bounced back from the disappointment of disqualification in race one to yesterday win both short-course races in the IRC Grand Prix divis ...

Sterling Silver Opening: 23 Aug 08; Hamilton Island, Saturday: The 25th edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, with a record fleet of 225 boats, began suitably in silver-sparkling conditions with a brisk 15-22 knot sou'-easter and sunshine for the 23n mile Linde ...

Star win secures sixth medal for GBR sailing team: 21 Aug 08; Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson won Team GBR’s fourth gold medal at this Olympic regatta, in a Star medal race with many twists and turns. In a fresh east-sou’easterly breeze of 12-15kts and large rolling wav ...

Australians’ silver Tornado team: 21 Aug 08; Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby secured silver in a thrilling medal race today for the Tornado catamaran class, demonstrating all the excitement and adrenalin that multihulls have to offer. In a fresh breeze around 15kt ...

Eve of Tornado and Star medal races: 20 Aug 08; Australia’s Tornado team go into the medal race within striking distance of the gold medal. Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby trail the Spanish team of Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz by just three ...

RS:X sailboard medals: 20 Aug 08; Australia’s Jessica Crisp had a day she might rather forget today for the RS:X Women’s medal race, but it could have been a lot worse. Crisp sailed three laps instead of two around the slalom course, and ha ...

Third sailing gold for GBR: 19 Aug 08; Paul Goodison did what he had to do to secure his first Olympic medal – and Great Britain’s third at this regatta – in the highly competitive Laser class. Going in to the medal race, Goodison had buil ...

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