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Rushour crew safely back in Noumea

17 June 2025
The Rushour crew safely returned to Noumea following the capsize of their vessel at approximately 1.15AM this morning. Timeline of events The New Caledonia Groupama Race organizers were informed last night at 1:20AM of the activation of two distress beacons by Rushour, which was leading the race on line honours at the time. Following the alert, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) took…
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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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