Sail Paradise 2019
9 January 2019
All of the action from the Pittwater to Paradise Race, and the Sail Paradise Regatta working with the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, and the Southport Yacht…
Rolex Sydney Hobart 2018
23 December 2018
Ways to follow the Sailor Girl this Hobart
Wrapping it up in Hobart for 2018
Tasmanians claim Tattersall Cup in home port
With all boats still racing now outside their handicap times Phillip Turner’s Alive Yachting representing Derwent Sailing Squadron Inc has won the double for the 2018 Rolex Sydney Hobart; the George Adams Tattersall Cup for Overall Winner on IRC and the Charleston…
Rolex Sydney Hobart 2018 preview!
22 December 2018
Four sleeps until Boxing Day!
Here’s the rundown of my
Rolex Sydney Hobart
coverage for this year:
– tomorrow and Christmas Eve; live broadcasts of all press conferences and briefings, tomorrow I will be live on
ABC Australia
at 10am for the national program to give a preview of the race, AND on Christmas Eve I will be taking over the
North Sails
social media channels!
– Boxing…
Big Boat wrap!
13 December 2018
What a day it was this year for the Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge!
We took on a whole new level of broadcasting, and while we did have a few intermissions brought to you by “Telstra” (in the words of David Turton) we still managed to put together a great day, with awesome commentary.
Check out the videos below in order to see what we got up to, and again a massive thanks to…
Sailor Girl to skipper team of sailing stalwarts for live Big Boat Day Challenge broadcast
9 December 2018
Tuesday 11 December marks the final warm-up for the “big boats” before the Rolex Sydney Hobart on a tight and fast-paced track around Sydney Harbour to raise money for SOLAS, the Safety of Life at Sea trust. Four maxis will likely battle for line honours; Black Jack, Wild Oats XI, Scallywag and Infotrack. Wild Oats X with the all female “Ocean Respect Racing” team, Naval Group and Winning…
Big Fella gets first gun of the Etchells Worlds
22 October 2018
Day one of the Etchells World Championship in Brisbane got off to a slow start while competitors waited for the breeze to fill from the south-east.
Race one got underway just before 1500 hours local time (GMT+10) in building pressure at 120 degrees.
With a slight favour on the starboard end of the 1.2 nautical mile line, it was the boats who got away cleanly on the right-hand side who…
Sharp Australian Youth Match Racing Championship
12 October 2018
The Sharp Australian Youth Match Racing Championship wrapped up at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) today in a rainy and shifty decider with multpile lead changes.
I was live for the final race of the petit finals between the CYCA’s Finn Tapper and the Royal Prince Alfred’s Niall Powers, and all three of the final matches between the CYCA’s two top placed teams, Tom…
Hello from Thredbo...
4 October 2018
Sometimes we all need a little time out… For me, I am not one of those people who can sit around doing nothing… well not all the time…
So as soon as I left Hamilton Island this year, for the third year in a row, I headed to Thredbo to ski as much as I could.
Here are just a few of the adventures that I had on water… in a different state!
Video: Last day of the…
