Day one of the J70 Australian National Championship kicked off on Saturday 3 April in an 8 to 10 knot onshore northerly.
Vamos from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia skippered by Tim Ryan, with his team of Rob Greenhalgh, Charlie Gundy and Jess Grimes lead after a perfect scorecard on day one with three bullets.
In the first race, Vamos led around the top mark followed by…
Wild Finish to Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta 2021
5 January 2021
The twelfth edition of the Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta concluded today in a strong and gusty southerly, with the sporty conditions testing the sailors who did take to the water to race.
“It’s called Sail Paradise, not Survive Paradise”
commented Race Officer, Southport Yacht Club’s own Mark Dingley at the skippers briefing ahead of racing, where the organisers opted to keep the…
Adventures Weekly: "Season One" recap
26 June 2020
We have done a show every week since 27 March, so we wanted to take the opportunity to take a look back at what we are calling “Season 1” before we kick straight back into live interviews with Andrew Palfrey and Iain Murray next week from 1700 AEST Friday / 0800 BST!
A big thanks to all of our amazing guests in season one for sharing their stories and their passion for our amazing…
Adventures Weekly: Sail Port Stephens special
24 April 2020
Adventures Weekly – 24 April 2020 with a focus onSail Port Stephensthanks toPantaenius Yacht Insurance, where we would all rather be right now!Lots of guests including PRO Denis Thompson (in case the Aussies are missing his voice over the radio),Stacey JacksonfromNautiBags, and Scott McRae fromSons Of Beacheswho played a special tune for…
#KeepingYouCovered
21 December 2019
64 videos in total, a three-hour pre-start live show talking with over 35 boats through the fleet, start commentary for ABC Grandstand, a world first with live offshore drone coverage of the middle to smaller sized yachts off the coast of Sydney, over 15 hours of live coverage including finishes with over 50 yachts right throughout the fleet in Hobart… This was the core of the “Keeping…
Cowes Week catch-ups
4 September 2019
While I am still collecting the majority of my Cowes Week adventures to share with you all, here is a little bonus! Yes the return of my podcast which started about 5 years ago, and dwindled off as I was asked by my followers for more video content, and of course more live coverage.
But do you know what… there is something special about being able to “listen in” to a…
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…
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…
