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It's that time of year!

28 November 2018
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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Sharp Australian Youth Match Racing Championship

12 October 2018
The Sharp Australian Youth Match Racing Championship wrapped up at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) today in a rainy and shifty decider with multpile lead changes. I was live for the final race of the petit finals between the CYCA’s Finn Tapper and the Royal Prince Alfred’s Niall Powers, and all three of the final matches between the CYCA’s two top placed teams, Tom…
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The PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race start

4 June 2018
The start of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 1064 nautical mile PONANT Sydney Noumea Race kicked off at 1000 AEST on 3 June 2018. I caught up with three skippers, Tony Kirby (Patrice, current line honours and IRC leaders), Seb Bohm (Smuggler), Shane Kearns (Komatsu Azzurro) and the RO Denis Thomson before they departed the CYCA, and then was live for the start itself. It was wet, windy…
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The start of the "Great Race"

26 December 2015
Join the Rolex Sydney Hobart adventure live from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia for all of the on-the-dock action right through the fleet, from Richo to Hicko, Tasmania to Airlie, and maxis to thirty-something footers! It’s all on, brought to you by Zhik, and an awesome team of guest hosts joining the Sailor Girl, including Harry Bethwaite and Rob Douglass. Thanks to our other major…
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Action from the CYCA: Musto International Youth MR

1 December 2015
Harry Price and his team of Murray Jones, Ben Robinson and Jack Hubbard took the win in the Musto International last week. Was great to catch up with the team on the ground to chat about the season, and what is up next! More adventures… www.AdventuresofaSailorGirl.com @SailorGirl218 – Facebook/Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat Thanks for joining the adventures – Sailor Girl xx PS Pam Scrivenor, I…
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Adventures of a Sailor Girl #7

25 May 2014
Great to catch up with Finn Mrugalla all the way from Kiel, Germany on all that is happening on the German sailing scene, and the upcoming events for the European skiff circuit. We also joined the host on her adventure on the Thompson 8, Zippier, as well as her interviews with strangers on their thoughts about sailing! Fun in the Autumn sun! [soundcloud…
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