Adventures

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…
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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…
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Sailor Girl in Texas

25 March 2016
I flew into Dallas, Texas on Monday on my way to the Caribbean for two VX One regattas. Now I don’t know about you, but having never been to Texas before, I don’t usually immediately associate “Texas” and sailing. My goodness was I way off the mark! It was fantastic to be shown around by Alex Padgett, the coach at Rush Creek Yacht Club (thanks Sammy Hodges for the intro)…
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