I am back on the rock!
Great to be back at Marstrand, in time to catch up with the semi-finalists, 36 Below Racing (taking down Williams 3-0), US One (defeating Wallen 3-0), Redline Racing (coming back against Martinez 3-1) and Waka Racing (smashing Guichard 3-0), who will battle it out through to the finals, and onto the winner-takes-all million dollar prize tomorrow!
Seriously amazing!
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Wow! What a race, definitely one for the “bucket list”, the Round the Island Race.
I think I “picked” the year to do it too, with plenty of breeze on, and plenty of action on board the winning First 40 La Reponse (you can find two live broadcasts from on board via Facebook below) as well as following the record-breaking win of the Mod 70 Phaedo 3.
Check out the video, which…
NC Sports broadcast 17 June 2016
3 July 2016
My broadcast on the Nautical Channel Sports show on 17 June!
Check out the previews for the Extreme Sailing Series and Kieler Woche, as well as reports on the Australian Sailing Team‘s progress leading into Rio 2016, and my personal concerns about Rio (not pollution but rather violence) following Liesl Tesch‘s confrontation in the streets of the Olympic city a fortnight ago……
VX One Midwinters - Final day
15 June 2016
After nine races over three days of racing at the VX One Midwinters from the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, it all came down to the final race between two local sailors, Brett Whitbread on SuperVax and the Angry Beaver skippered by Daniel Alcock.
The first race on Monday, the seventh in the series was started in an eight to ten knot southerly, not at all what was forecast. Michael James on…
VX One Midwinters - Day 2
13 June 2016
Pipeline Drillers takes the VX speed record of 24.7 knots
It was breeze on for day two at the VX One Midwinters, sailed from Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. The 11 boat fleet managed to get in four races in an 18-20 knot sou’wester, with plenty of action and close finishes.
Andrew York was “Boat of the Day” with a 1, 3, 1,1 on Speedwagon.
“Play of the Day” went…
VX One Midwinters - Day 1
11 June 2016
Day one of the Australian VX One Midwinter Championships kicked off today at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron with two races in variable conditions. While the breeze was light, the racing was tight among the fleet of eleven boats (a record for Australia), one of the biggest draw cards for owners in this new and exciting one-design class.
Race one got away just after 1300 hours in a slowly…
A new adventure with NC Sports
7 June 2016
I have joined the Nautical Channel (NC) Sports team as of the beginning of June as their new sailing correspondent to an audience of over 22 million people on televisions globally (mainly in the northern hemisphere at present).
Check out my segment on the YANMAR Moth Worlds, the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in New York, and what is up next for me and make sure you watch the full…
Goodison takes his golden moth
29 May 2016
Paul Goodison said he wanted a gold moth, and the 2008 Olympic Gold Medallist in the Laser kept his cool today to do just that, despite young gun Rashley, speedster Greenhalgh (who won the only race today) and stalwart Babbage doing all they could on the race track.
The final points were Goodison (22), Rashley (25), Greenhalgh (26), Babbage (34) after thirteen races, with race 14 and eventually 15…
Moth Worlds - Hayama Japan - Day 4
28 May 2016
Paul Goodison (20 points), Chris Rashley (22 points), Rob Greenhalgh (25 points) and Scott Babbage (30 points) could all win the Moth Worlds tomorrow with three races yet to be sailed. Greenhalgh sailed exceptionally well today to take a 1, 2, 1 with Goodison taking the other heat win. It’s all on for tomorrow, with Greenhalgh on point in the lighter weather, but also the one sailor in the…
