Hamilton Island Race Week 2018
19 August 2018
Day 1 – 19 August
Day 1 of Hamilton Island Race Week kicked off today with the sou’easterly trades arriving just after the first round of starts for the Hamilton Island (Cruising) divisions.
I was live to watch the breeze fill through the second largest fleet in Hamilton Island Race Week history (233 boats), and captured some of the key moments of the day in a gallery of…
The battle for line honours in the Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race concluded in the early hours of this morning, with Black Jack Yachting taking the line honours win from Wild Oats XI for the first time.
Live coverage of the #NoakesSGCYR line honours finish
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Interview with Daryl Wislang of…
A quick stopover at The Hague
29 June 2018
On my way home from the Newport Bermuda Race I stopped in at The Hague to catch up with the Volvo Ocean Race sailors post-race and post celebratory hangovers.
I interviewed nine sailors, live and uncut, eight of who I spoke to in Alicante before the race start.
To hit the ground running on my just over 24 hour stopover at The Hague, I caught up with Kyle Langford and Pete Burling, who have both…
The "breakaways": The first five home to Bermuda
19 June 2018
The adventures continue for the Sailor Girl in Bermuda for the finish of the 51st edition of the Newport Bermuda Race.
Leaving most of the fleet far behind in light winds, George David’s Rambler 88 crossed the finish line off St. David’s Lighthouse at 5:51:51 Eastern daylighttime on Sunday evening.
The first pack consisting of five boats including Rambler 88 managed to get through the…
Newport Bermuda Race - The Adventure Begins...
17 June 2018
The 51st edition of the Newport Bermuda Race is underway and we have been in the midst of the action from Newport and now from in Bermuda.
Check out some of the videos and images below from registration and interviews with competitors, right through to our live coverage of the start, which went for all two hours and fifty minutes to cover every single sequence for the seventeen classes.
LIVE! The…
The Dock MooloolabaAustralasian Etchells Championship wrapped up on Sunday 10 June, with seven potential winners from the 44 boat fleet, and just one race to sail for the seven race series.
The intensity of the day was reflected in three attempts to get the race away, with the fleet eventually getting away with a clear start off a U Flag on a course set at 150 degrees with a 1.5 nautical…
Day two ofThe Dock MooloolabaAustralasian Etchells Championship kicked off on Saturday 9 June, and the race committee and race management team did a great job to get three races in the bag with one left to sail on the final day today. The breeze was far steadier than day one, shifting from 190, through to 120 as the land heated up ranging from 7-9 knots.
Race four started in 8 knots at…