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#KeepingYouCovered

21 December 2019
64 videos in total, a three-hour pre-start live show talking with over 35 boats through the fleet, start commentary for ABC Grandstand, a world first with live offshore drone coverage of the middle to smaller sized yachts off the coast of Sydney, over 15 hours of live coverage including finishes with over 50 yachts right throughout the fleet in Hobart… This was the core of the “Keeping…
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Smoke on the water

10 December 2019
For the first time in the 26-year-history of the Big Boat Challenge, the race has been abandoned due to safety concerns following the settling of thick smoke from the Australian bushfires over the Sydney basin and a serious lack of visibility. “It was really suggested to us from harbour control that perhaps we shouldn’t be racing” said Race Officer, Denis Thompson. “The smoke…
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40th Edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race wraps up in Malta!

27 October 2019
Over the past few days I have managed to wrap all of the stories that we looked into at the start of the race, and in the case of the first all-female team, a story that I looked into at the conclusion of the Rolex Fastnet Race. Black Sheep take RORC Overall Season I caught up with Jake and Trevor from Black Sheep as they docked and startedcelebrating their Royal Ocean Racing Club…
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Wizard, Wild Joe and the waiting game...

24 October 2019
As our attention starts to turn from line honours bringing the overall and IRC winner back into primary focus, it is becoming more clear that the 40th Edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race will be a small boat race. IRC Divisions 3, 4 and 5 are pushing back to the top of the leaderboard, with BeWild the Swan42 currently leading IRC Overall and Division 4, with last year’s overall winner…
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Rambler 88 take the gun - will they take the double?!

22 October 2019
While they finished 160 nautical miles in front of the next boat, the team were well behind their own record time set in 2007 when they took both line honours and IRC of 1 day 13 hours 55 minutes and 3 seconds. Live line honours finish – Rambler 88 Nic Douglass, the Sailor Girl was live at the finish thanks to the Royal Malta Yacht Club and the Rolex Middle Sea Race.
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Rolex Middle Sea - In the hot seat!

22 October 2019
BeWild the Swan42 continues to lead on IRC, Rambler 88 has moved up to second as they head into their last 200 miles with pace, and Sunrise Racing Team, the JPK 1180, the same design as last year’s winner, and the boat I delivered to Malta have moved up to third. Update from Marsamxett Harbour and the Rolex Middle Sea Finish Line Check out my full recap of the second 24 hours of the…
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First 24 hours of the Rolex Middle Sea - Strait Up!

21 October 2019
Rolex Middle Sea Race 2019 – Day 1 The Swan 42 out of Italy owned by Renzo Grotessi currently leads overall on IRC, followed by the French IRC52 Arobasa2 and the Cookson 50 Kuka 3. More in my update recapping the start, and following the boats through the Strait. https://www.facebook.com/sailorgirlHQ/videos/2349372858658385/ Interview with Richard…
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Two races are better than one!

2 August 2019
The Lendlease Brisbane to Hamilton Island and Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel races are away from the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in perfect downwind conditions with a 12-15 knot sou’easter looking likely for the majority of the courses. “What more could you ask for in an ocean race, a nice spinnaker start and a forecast of pleasant downwind sailing” said Katie…
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