Each year the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) holds their annual “Lighting of the Fire” event, a tradition to kick start Friday evening club drinks over the winter season.
Last night, 25 May the event was held in conjunction with a fundraiser for the Olympic campaign of Australia’s current “Female Sailors of the Year”, Tash Bryant and Annie Wilmot.
The fire…
MC38 Nationals 2017: Ginger takes fourth in a row
19 February 2017
The final day of racing at the MC38 Nationals was as unpredictable as they come with the remnants of an overnight southerly front, storm activity, and an ever-attempting sea breeze.
Regardless of the fickle breeze, and finding themselves in some tricky situations, the defending champions on Ginger, skippered by eighty-something-year-old Leslie Green are again the champions, for the fourth year in…
Day 2 of the Capital Insurance Brokers ACT Optimist Championships wowed the “stadium” crowd on the lawns of the Canberra Yacht Club today with 126 boats racing in fifteen to thirty knots of nor’westerly on Lake Burley Griffin.
“I have never seen an Opti go so fast” said Matthew Owen, Opti parent, experienced sailor and CEO of the Canberra Yacht Club who was back to…
Operation "Beard off"
10 September 2016
Tom Spithill, an amazing contributor to the sport of sailing is losing his beard, and maybe his hair (?) to raise money for IDS and Soldier On – Helping our Wounded Warriors!
You can donate here: www.gofundme.com/operationbeardoff
Amazing effort so far Tommy, with $11,600 being donated in person at The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club – RPAYC and online! Was also an amazing excuse for a…
