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Adventures Weekly: Big Boat Wrap

For Adventures Weekly on 11 December – we recapped a massive week of sailing – well it felt like it after so long! We dived in behind-the-scenes at the Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, including our interviews with all of the skippers, plus our Vendée Globe updates, being on-site for the VX One Australia NSW State Champs at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club – RPAYC and…
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Sail Paradise 2020

Day One: Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta kicks off from Southport Yacht Club To kick off the new decade, the 11thBartercard Sail Paradise Regatta got underway today under a sunny sky in a building nor’easterly breeze with a fleet of 33 yachts. The Race Officer, Southport Yacht Club’s own Mark Dingley opted to start the boats off on a Course 12, the Q1 extended course. Taking…
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Big Boat wrap!

What a day it was this year for the Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge! We took on a whole new level of broadcasting, and while we did have a few intermissions brought to you by “Telstra” (in the words of David Turton) we still managed to put together a great day, with awesome commentary. Check out the videos below in order to see what we got up to, and again a massive thanks to…
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RPAYC Pathways Panel: Lighting of the Fire in more ways than one

Each year the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) holds their annual “Lighting of the Fire” event, a tradition to kick start Friday evening club drinks over the winter season. Last night, 25 May the event was held in conjunction with a fundraiser for the Olympic campaign of Australia’s current “Female Sailors of the Year”, Tash Bryant and Annie Wilmot. The fire…
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