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It's that time of year!

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2018 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race promises to be another pot boiler, with one of the strongest-ever fleets chasing line honours and the overall win to secure the Tattersall Cup. A fleet of 91 will take to the 628-nautical-mile journey – those from NSW, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria joining the international set…
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Rolex Sydney Hobart: less than one month to go, live press conference video and interviews

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…
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My wrap of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2016 on NC Sports

My segment wrapping Audi Hamilton Island Race Week that first aired on the NC Sports show just over one month go, 16 September 2016, to over 20 million viewers across various networks, including the Sky Network. My piece covers the on and off water action, including Beau Geste’s third Aussie IRC Nationals win in a row, the picturesque racing to the grand prix match racing between maxis…
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Rolex Sydney Hobart 2015 - Launch

The launch of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR) for 2015 was held today at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. I took the opportunity to catch up with Mark Richards (Richo) multiple overall winner handicap and line honours with Wild Oats XI (WOXI), Roger Hickman (Hicko), last year’s overall winner, and Shane Kearns (Kearnsie), the winner of the Sydney Gold Coast race ahead of…
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