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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…
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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…
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The Cure for Clark - Winners decided at The Dock Australasians

11 June 2018
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…
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NZ take the lead at The Dock Australasian Championship

10 June 2018
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…
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Light and lumpy for day one of The Dock Etchells Australasians

9 June 2018
Day one of The Dock Mooloolaba Australasian Etchells Championship kicked off on Friday 8 June with three races in quintessential Mooloolaba lump, and a shifty breeze starting at 160 swinging to 100 degrees with 5 to 12 knots at times over the day. Race one started right on time at 160 degrees and 1.8 nautical miles with the boat end looking favoured for angle and pressure. Matthew Chew and his Gen…
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The PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race start

4 June 2018
The start of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 1064 nautical mile PONANT Sydney Noumea Race kicked off at 1000 AEST on 3 June 2018. I caught up with three skippers, Tony Kirby (Patrice, current line honours and IRC leaders), Seb Bohm (Smuggler), Shane Kearns (Komatsu Azzurro) and the RO Denis Thomson before they departed the CYCA, and then was live for the start itself. It was wet, windy…
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One week until Etchells battle for ‘The Dock’ Australasian Championship

30 May 2018
In just over one week, forty-two Etchells from Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong will battle off the famed Mooloolaba beachfront for The Dock Mooloolaba Australasian Etchells Championship. With five previous Etchells World Champion skippers, as well as multiple National and prior Australasian Champions, the regatta is certain to be one to watch. Leading the way in the star-studded fleet is…
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RPAYC Pathways Panel: Lighting of the Fire in more ways than one

26 May 2018
Each year the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) holds their annual “Lighting of the Fire” event, a tradition to kick start Friday evening club drinks over the winter season. Last night, 25 May the event was held in conjunction with a fundraiser for the Olympic campaign of Australia’s current “Female Sailors of the Year”, Tash Bryant and Annie Wilmot. The fire…
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Newport RI; "small town - big heart"

20 May 2018
It was pretty surreal to return to Newport three years on for the return of the Volvo Ocean Race. This time around, my adventures were thanks to Argo Group, one of the sponsors for the local heroes of Vestas 11th Hour Racing, headed by Charlie Enright and Mark Towill, with another local, Nick Dana on board. Nick perfectly describes Newport RI as “small town – big heart”. Hope you…
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Argo Group Gold Cup 2018

8 May 2018
The Argo Group Gold Cup is back! And it is my absolute pleasure to be on the ground for the return of this event as an official commentator, 30 months after I was helping out with the last edition. Check out the event wrap below, and then scroll down to re-live all of the action from start to finish! Hope to see you next year for the Argo Group Gold Cup! The event in a nutshell! [EVENT WRAP…
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