Adventures

Interviews with “Boat of the Day” Struntje Light skipper Wolfgang and Martin Hill of Estate Master currently on equal second, with lots of on water footage too! The 2014 Farr 40 world champion Plenty (Alex Roepers, USA), increased its lead in second day of the Sydney Open championship with continued consistency in a fleet of boats very evenly matched for speed. Three more races in…

The Farr 40 Sydney Open regatta, a warm-up for the world championship next week, opened in a light and shifty breeze on Sydney Harbour today with different winners in three short-course races and boats at the front of the 12-boat fleet taking their turn at the back. Check out interviews with Gordon Ketelbey, Jahn Helmut and Guido Belgiorno-Nettis after the racing, as well as stacks of on water…

The Farr 40 Australia Nationals was an awesome event, showing a great resurgence for the class in Australia ahead of the Worlds which will be held out of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron not this, but next week. Ten boats, tight racing and multiple heat winners made for three days of down to the wire racing. Was great to catch up with the winning skipper, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis from Transfusion as…

All the action from day 2 of the Farr 40 Australian National Championships! Can’t wait to head to the dock tomorrow to do the wrap up interviews with the fleet… and of course in just under a fortnight be on the ground for the World Championships! The Transfusion train is steaming away from the other carriages at the Farr 40 National Championship: John Calvert-Jones Trophy, leaving an…

I can’t wait to be on the dock for the final day of racing on Sunday! Check out what happened on day 1 for the Farr 40 Australia Nationals below! – Sailor Girl Two races into the Farr 40’s Australian Championship the fleet was ordered ashore for safety reasons as an afternoon storm approached Sydney from the North West, bringing impressive lighting and heavy rain. The one design…

I took the opportunity today to sit down with Lang Walker to chat about his return to sailing, Farr 40 sailing, why he likes the Farr 40 class in general, and of course the Nationals that are coming up this weekend, ahead of the Worlds in Australia in a fortnight. I am really looking forward to being on the ground for the final day of the Aussie Nationals, and then the pre-Worlds and also the…