The final day of action at Hamilton Island Race Week 2024 pushed all the way to the wire, with match racing finishes pushing right to the end in multiple divisions as placings remained in contention across all divisions.
It was a fitting end to a great Race Week, with the 2000 sailors, 22 volunteers and locals embracing the event in its full scale, from the racing to the on shore community and…
Black Foils win at home
24 March 2024
New Zealand’s ‘Black Foils’ – driven by Peter Burling – today claimed victory in front of an adoring hometown crowd at the the second-annual ITM New ZealandSailGrand Prix in Christchurch.
After the cancellation of racing yesterday,SailGPimplemented a ‘Super Sunday’ race format, consisting of three fleet races and then a winner-takes-all final podium…
Fairytale in Sydney
26 February 2024
Tom Slingsby and his Australian crew have been crowned champions of the KPMG AustraliaSailGrand Prix I Sydney, flying home in front of an ecstatic and vibrant ‘Genesis Island’ crowd and a jam-packed Sydney Harbour to clinch the sensational win from Denmark and New Zealand in the three-boat final.
With the home crowd cheering them on, the Australia team finally secured its first…
SheSails Leadership Conference 2023 - My Take Aways
4 October 2023
Over 450 participants joined this year’s SheSails Leadership Conference 2023, a 1.5-hour event, delivered by webinar, focused on professional and volunteer pathways for women in the sport of sailing and aimed to inspire those interested in beginning or furthering a career in the industry to achieve their goals.
Featuring an incredible lineup of keynote speakers from the Australian Sailing Team…
SIBS 2023
8 August 2023
Many have suggested to me over the past few years that boat shows, in Australia at least, have been showing less and less sailing. I think we would all be lying to ourselves if we argued against that.
Cue the inaugural Sydney International Boat Show 2023 Discover Sailing & Paddling Hub, which included not only a space to showcase sail and paddle, but a stage in public domain in front of…
WMRT Quarter Final in Sydney to continue in solid southerlies
17 December 2022
The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) Final will continue today in Sydney in the fourth day of solid southerly conditions. Theunusual run of summer southerlies has resulted in an incredible display of heavyair sailing for the event finale, which will conclude tomorrow from the Cruising YachtClub of Australia (CYCA).
Highlights video
The repechage round yesterday was…
Live Coverage of the World Match Racing Tour Final
14 December 2022
Adventures of a Sailor Girl is excited to be providing live coverage of the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) Final from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) from Friday 16 December through to 18 December, which will cover the repechage round through to the finals.
Ten teams from seven nations are in contention to become Open Match Racing World Champion, using the CYCA’s fleet of…
Peter Merrington and his team of Ian McKillop and Steve “Mothy” Jarvin onFirst Tracks AUS1485slipped into first place after the second day of the Etchells Australian Nationals sailed on Friday 11 June with scores of [15], 1, 8, 2, 8 (19).
It was also the first day of the Etchells Australasian Championships which are sailed each year from Mooloolaba Yacht Club. With all races…
Day one of the Etchells Australian National Championship kicked off on Thursday 10 June and it is tight at the top following some high scoring results, across the board.
Not unbefitting to a National Championship, the conditions were testing for competitors and the race committee. The breeze was shifting right through the north-north westerly quadrant, with 300 to 010 seen on the compass over…
