Ten Great Races… Yes, this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart yacht race marks the tenth Great Race that we have covered, our first was 2012, and with 2020 missed because of you-know-what, 2022 is our milestone year.
The coverage was huge, and I am not sure you will be able to watch it all – but if you are keen it is laid out below for your viewing enjoyment below the event wrap so…
Rolex Sydney Hobart 2018 preview!
22 December 2018
Four sleeps until Boxing Day!
Here’s the rundown of my
Rolex Sydney Hobart
coverage for this year:
– tomorrow and Christmas Eve; live broadcasts of all press conferences and briefings, tomorrow I will be live on
ABC Australia
at 10am for the national program to give a preview of the race, AND on Christmas Eve I will be taking over the
North Sails
social media channels!
– Boxing…
Sailor Girl Live: Rolex Sydney Hobart 2016
22 December 2016
Wow……… We interviewed 30 boats before the start, we were there live for the start when CQS “capsized” and Beau Geste was second out of the heads, and then when Perpetual Loyal broke the record in Hobart. We were live for the next 13 boats across the line, and then in Customs House for some chat and banter. “Sailor Girl Live! Brought to you by Zhik” was…
Live for the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge 2016!
14 December 2016
Wild Oats XI won the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge today on line honours for an epic ninth time after a close boat on boat match up with fellow maxis Perpetual Loyal and Scallywag.
There were plenty of lead changes over the entire race, right through the fleet, with Perpetual Loyal leading the early stages of the race, and Beau Geste up in third at times.
The fickle conditions kept us all on our…
Rolex Sydney Hobart: less than one month to go, live press conference video and interviews
30 November 2016
Today marked the run into Boxing Day with the official media launch of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2016.
Yes we are less than one month out from the “great race”, and yet it feels like yesterday.
I took the opportunity to catch up with Paul Clitheroe, the owner/driver of Balance, the TP52 that took the overall IRC win and Tattersall’s Cup last year and also Mark…
My last interview with Roger "Hicko" Hickman
10 October 2016
I was approached by Sandy Eastman to provide this interview that I did with her partner, the late Roger Hickman and Shane Kearns at the RSHYR launch in 2015 for the “Growing Teams” and “Kickstart-Factory” websites, two projects to help those with ideas to move forward.
What I didn’t know along with many, was that this interview would be the last time I would have the…
Rolex Sydney Hobart 2015: wrap and final interview for 2015
31 December 2015
Wow…. I wrapped up the Rolex Sydney Hobart for 2015 on board Primitive Cool this afternoon at Constitution Dock, and then just when I thought I was finished for 2015, I ran into the Balance team, winners on IRC for this year’s Hobart at the airport.
Check out my wrap, and my final interview for 2015, a chat with this year’s Tattersall’s Cup winners.
For the me, 2015 meant…