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A long-awaited and much-wanted Red Pumps 16ft Skiff Australian Championship was in the spinnaker bag today for Nathan Wilmot, Brett Davis and Malcolm Page aboard Ronstan – right up until their spinnaker cruelly disintegrated 300 metres from the final downwind…
Contemporary boat designs have become sleeker and more angular. Matching this modern aesthetic are the new 490 Series Rectangular Pull-Up Cleats from Accon Marine. For safety and an appealing appearance, the gleaming 152mm, 203mm and 254mm fittings sit nearly flush…
SEEKR by Caframo makes a conscious effort to give back to the community it lives and works in, as well as the land. As it continues to grow in Australia and connect more closely with people who use its Sirocco…
After years of sailing with his father on board his beloved schooner, Argo, based in Sweden, John Ingvar Ravelius has taken part ownership of the boat, alongside his brother and his father and has been updating and refitting her with…
White Bay 6 Azzurro owner and skipper, Shane Kearns, had the Tattersall Cup in his sights during the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The S&S 34 was the last remaining challenger to Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban, before being becalmed,…
It was survival of the fastest in races 6 and 7 of the 2022 Red Pumps 16ft skiff Australian Championship.
For the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the super maxis and racing yachts had to share the media spotlight with a new division of boats. The inaugural Two-Handed Division comprised of a fleet of 17 yachts, each with two…
With boat speeds nudging 26 knots, and a nor’east wind strength not far behind, it was survival of the fastest in Race 6 and 7 of the 2022 Red Pumps 16ft skiff Australian Championship today, hosted by Belmont 16s on…
The Gold Coast’s premier offshore yachting event, Qoin Sail Paradise, has come to an end. A solid south-easterly wind swept across the course during the morning and made for spectacular sailing. Wind gusts up to 20 knots and seas up…
The Excess 11 Bombarda, led by Marco and Lizzy’s team, has won the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) 2021 Multihulls Class B category. Being the only Excess catamaran in ARC 2021, Bombarda departed from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria on November 21, 2021,…
Mark Bradford, skipper of Line Honours winner Black Jack, reflects on the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart, with Peter Gee and Peter Shipway. Bradford discusses Black Jack’s early tactics in the race and the obstacles overcome for owner Peter Harburg and…
Some epic moments on the water in 2021. Who’s ready for more of the same in 2022? Bring it on!
It was a wet and wild first day of racing at Qoin Sail Paradise Regatta at Southport Yacht Club on the Gold Coast. The first two days of racing were postponed as a consequence of the gale-force winds generated by…
With eyes on the dispute for the overall victory between the two 52 footers in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, you may have missed the victory in the inaugural Two-Handed category by Jules Hall and Jan Scholten on J/99 Disko Trooper-Contender Sailcloth…
Stuart Richardson and his crew aboard the yacht Solera has secured a double victory in the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) based team sailed to victory in both the Fully Crewed PHS and…
Alan Punch, an RYA Navigation Instructor with Navathome Australia, gives some sage advice on how to plan for your next sailing adventure. There is nothing like the thought of casting off and going wherever the wind takes you to represent the…
Another double-dose of racing today in the 2021-22 Red Pumps 13ft and 16ft Skiff Australian Championships, with Race 4 going to Belmont’s Insight and heartbreak going to Newcastle Financial Planning Group. Race 5 was also hard fought, with a win…
Belmont, Lake Macquarie: Today the sou’east breezes that fluctuate markedly in strength and direction separated the seasoned campaigners from their younger challengers, following Races 4 and 5 of the 21-22 Red Pumps 16ft Skiff Australian Championship. The yellow jerseys have…
After a 2021 season which comprised only mixed fleet racing under various handicap rules, the J Class have made provisional plans to convene at three key events this season as activity and interest ramps up and key owners and teams return to…
The record Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) fleet is in Puerto Calero and Marina Lanzarote and crews are making final preparations for the 3,000-mile race. Race navigators are studying the latest weather models and the data is predicting a fast,…
The annual Qoin Sail Paradise Yacht Regatta has been postponed today for the second day as a consequence of the gale-force winds generated by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth. “While the wind decreased in strength by a considerable margin, overnight conditions were…
The underdogs had their day today as Domino’s delivered in two races, scoring a 1-2 to take the series lead, while the SailGP crew on Fluid had their first taste of victory. Video by Mark Rothfield, Promocean Media, with aerial…
The Cockburn Sound Regatta, organised by The Cruising Yacht Club of Western Australia, is a four-day event held between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve on the beautiful and protected waters of Mangles Bay off Rockingham. Conditions were light and…
If every underdog has its day, today was it at the Red Pumps 16ft skiff Australian Championships being hosted by Belmont 16s. Unheralded local boat Domino’s delivered a 1-2 punch to be boat of the day and the new series…
The gale force winds that blasted the Gold Coast yesterday caused the postponement of day one of the Southport Yacht Club’s Qoin Sail Paradise Offshore Yacht Regatta. Race organisers had no option but to make the move due to safety…
A 20-knot nor’easter straight from summer’s brochure created a perfect white-capped playing field on Belmont Bay, Lake Macquarie, today for Race 1 of the 2021-22 Red Pumps 16ft Skiff Australian Championships. The top contenders quickly hit top gear, exerting their…
Harry Price’s talent was obvious before he came into the 18s this season as skipper for the long-term sponsor Rag & Famish Hotel. But it’s still hard not to be surprised by just how quickly the level of his and…
A historic former Manly ferry has sunk in Sydney Harbour, following a decades-long push for the dilapidated vessel to be restored. The 99-year old MV Baragoola began taking on water at its mooring beside the Coal Loader at Balls Head…
The request to reopen hearings in relation to protests by Ichi Ban versus Celestial (including Request for Redress) and the Race Committee versus Celestial, was considered by the International Jury for the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania…
Solveig, the famous 71-year-old Halvorsen 36, designed, built and raced by the equally famous seafaring Halvorsen brothers in the early years, crossed the finish line of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race at 08:42.11am this morning to bring the Cruising…
One of the smallest yachts in the fleet, a Sydney 38, has won the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Melbourne to Hobart ‘West Coaster’ Race on handicap. Matt Fahey and his crew of six sailed Faster Forward across the Derwent…
In August 2020, Jules Hall started floating the idea of entering the Rolex Sydney Hobart’s inaugural Two-Handed Division with his sailing mate, Jan ‘Clogs’ Scholten. Along with 16 other entries, the pair made history when they started the race on…
It’s gold, gold, gold for the 16ft Skiff Australian Championships being held at Belmont, Lake Macquarie, from Sunday, January 2, as a host of former Olympic champions feature in the 47-strong fleet. Most attention will be on the all-star crew…
The number one racing boat in Australia was declared overall winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for a third time, Matt Allen’s TP52, Ichi Ban, this morning announced the 2021 winner, so will yet again have its name…
Sydney sailor Felicity Nelson sailed across the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race finish line at 07:34:34am this morning but there was no major celebration in recognition of her milestone 25th Sydney Hobart, as she doesn’t like the fuss. Nelson has…
Tasmanians John Saul and Rob Gough etched their place in Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race history this evening by winning line honours in the inaugural Two-Handed division. The pair, sailing their Akilaria RC2 designed by Frenchman, Marc Lombard, finished the…
Guillaume Leroux’s Class 40 Lord Jiminy has claimed line honours in a challenging Melbourne to Hobart yacht race that was beset by range of strong and light winds, before ending with a perfect afternoon sea breeze in Hobart’s Derwent River….
Friday 31 December 2021 Following protests by Ichi Ban versus Celestial (including Request for Redress) and the Race Committee versus Celestial, held at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania this evening. Date of incident: 27-0130 28 December, 2021 Ichi Ban v Celestial FACTS FOUND: 1. Ichi Ban was beyond…
A boat workshop has caught alight off Sydney’s coast, sending huge plumes of smoke into the air, as over 50 firefighters fight to contain the blaze. Fire and Rescue NSW confirmed the shed caught alight in the suburb of Drummoyne,…
Shane Kearns is still confident that his boat White Bay 6 Azzurro can produce an upset and claim overall victory in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. At 2.20pm, his S&S 34 was 12 nautical miles south of Cape…
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