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Buoyed Up in Canberra!

8 December 2017
The Buoyed Up Fundraiser was a fantastic event at the Canberra Yacht Club this week with guest speaker Jimmy Spithill. For me personally, it was humbling to be back at one of my home Yacht Clubs and help with the work that they are doing to make positive change through the sport of sailing. Buoyed Up with Tackers, is an initiative which assists vulnerable, at-risk children aged 7-12 years to…
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ACT Optimist Champs 2016 day 1

29 October 2016
Day 1 of the Capital Insurance Brokers ACT Optimist Championships got underway today, with a record-breaking one design fleet of 126 boats on Lake Burley Griffin. What an amazing sight it was to see all 126 competitors and their families readying for racing, even with a breeze that was delayed. Kids played soccer, while parents relaxed on their deck chairs waiting for the breeze to fill in. The…
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ACT Optimist Championship: Optis set to go “on tour” at the end of October

17 October 2016
By Ally Bryan For Optimist sailors in NSW, the coming of spring marks not only a change in water temperatures on the coast for the better, but the opportunity to travel to regattas including the ACT Optimist Championship on 29 and 30 October. Sailed on the waters of Lake Burley Griffin from the family-friendly Canberra Yacht Club, this annual regatta is a key event for many Optimist families…
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Adventures of a Sailor Girl #6

18 May 2014
Great to catch up with Andrea Francolini on all of his adventures on and off the water, including rebuilding schools in Pakistan. We also touched based with Ashley Stoddart live from the European Training Centre, following her fantastic results in Europe, and Matt Owen, the CEO of the Canberra Yacht Club on everything that is happening in the nation’s capital, including some great work with…
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