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21 February 2016
All the results and all the action with the winners and characters for this year’s JJ Giltinan. First up with the winners, Smeg, Congratulations! Then onto father and son team, Steve and Tom Quigley, runners up and final back to back heat winners, Yamaha, third placed www.AppliancesOnline.com.au including an announcement on Team Ragamuffin, and a look back with Seve Jarvin, skipper of Gotta…
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Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2016 - John Calvert-Jones Day 1

16 February 2016
Interviews for the John Calvert-Jones opening day of the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2016. Interviews with Jeff Carter of Edake, who is fourth overall and won race 3, Helmut and Evan Jahn from Flash Gordon 6 who won race 1, and are third overall (tied for second), Alex Roepers of Plenty who is leading overall, and Wolfgang Schaefer of Struntje Light who is in second overall. I will be back on the water…
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Farr 40 Sydney Open - Day 3

13 February 2016
“Plenty” of consistency today with Alex Roepers and his team wrapping the Sydney Open with a race to spare. Was great to catch up with him on his preparation for the worlds next week, as well as Martin Hill, the skipper of second placed Estate Master, and Evan Walker, the tactician of top Corinthian boat, Edake. The Worlds kick off on Tuesday, to be sailed offshore from Sydney, at the…
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Farr 40 Sydney Open - Day 2

12 February 2016
Interviews with “Boat of the Day” Struntje Light skipper Wolfgang and Martin Hill of Estate Master currently on equal second, with lots of on water footage too! The 2014 Farr 40 world champion Plenty (Alex Roepers, USA), increased its lead in second day of the Sydney Open championship with continued consistency in a fleet of boats very evenly matched for speed. Three more races in…
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Farr 40 Sydney Open - Day 1

11 February 2016
The Farr 40 Sydney Open regatta, a warm-up for the world championship next week, opened in a light and shifty breeze on Sydney Harbour today with different winners in three short-course races and boats at the front of the 12-boat fleet taking their turn at the back. Check out interviews with Gordon Ketelbey, Jahn Helmut and Guido Belgiorno-Nettis after the racing, as well as stacks of on water…
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MC38 Nationals 2016: Final result closer than close!

7 February 2016
A three-way tie for first that was decided on a countback… You can’t get racing much closer than that! Chats with David Chapman, tactician of double-defending team Ginger as well as his skipper Leslie Green, John Bacon the skipper of Dark Star and his “bowman” Callum Cecil who slipped from first to third in the final race, and Will Tiller, the tactician of second placed NZ…
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MC38 Nationals 2016: Day 2 was addictive!

6 February 2016
Day 2 of racing for the MC38 Nationals was just addictive. Tactical and tight, all the way around the track, and man was it great to be in amongst the action (plenty of on water footage!). Today I spoke with Murray Gordon, the tactician from Vino, a new team for him after several seasons with Dark Star. The team managed a win in the first race today. I then spoke with Boat of the Day, Dark Star…
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