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An 18ft Skiff Adventure: Queen of the Harbour

19 March 2018
Wow. Yesterday’s adventure was definitely epic. The “Queen of the Harbour” on the International 18ft Skiff​ Yandoo with Woody, Burgers and Cam finishing a close third across the line (28:59)! Just awesome boats, insane rides and brilliantly close racing as you can see in my little clip here! Congratulations to the “Queen” Issy Quigley​ and The Kitchen Maker Skiff…
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Volvo Clean Up: Lovers of sailing show their love for the ocean

11 March 2018
I was at Takapuna Beach this morning with a number of people who love sailing, but most importantly – love our oceans and our planet. Sailors and shore crew from Turn the Tide on Plastic, Vestas 11th Hour Racing, Team AkzoNobel and Brunel Sailing were amongst the crowd, as well as notables from Yachting New Zealand and Australian Sailing. “There is definitely an agenda to have a…
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On board with Vestas

9 March 2018
Vestas 11th Hour Racing are back on the water, and today I joined them for their first race since returning to the Volvo Ocean Race, the official practice race. It has been an amazing effort from the whole team, on and off the water, and I know I am not the only one hanging out to see the blue boat back in the mix of the action. Live coverage starts at 1345 local NZ time tomorrow for the…
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Australian Laser Masters Championship 2018

8 February 2018
I am covering the Australian Laser Masters Championship at Mooloolaba over the 9-12 February while my Dad is competing. Keep scrolling to see the updates below as they happen… Report for 9-10 February The Australian Laser Masters Championship kicked off in Mooloolaba on Friday with 162 competitors in three fleets; the Standards, the Radial Apprentice, Masters & Grand Masters, and…
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175th Festival of Sails

29 January 2018
What an Australia Day Weekend, starting in Melbourne and heading over the Geelong on the 175th Rex Gorell Land Rover Festival of Sails Passage Race with Rolex Sydney Hobart winners, Ichi Ban, and then two days of covering over 300 boats racing on Corio Bay and outside the channel from the Royal Geelong Yacht Club! Great to bring so many of adventures to you thanks to Pantaenius Sail & Motor…
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Australian Yachting Championship 2018

22 January 2018
Matt Allen and his Ichi Ban team, recent overall winners of the Rolex Sydney Hobart continued their winning streak to take the Australian Yachting Championship on both IRC and ORCi at the Sandringham Yacht Club in Melbourne yesterday. Geoff Boettcher’s South Australian boat, Secret Men’s Business finished second on IRC with Tony Kirby’s Patrice third on IRC and second on ORCi, and…
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Reminders of mortality

14 January 2018
From reports direct from Hollywood Boulevard that they had abandoned ship in Bass Strait and were helicoptered to safety, to a man overboard and retrieval on Scallywag while leading the Volvo Ocean Race – today was definitely an interesting day in sailing – and high on the stress radars for a few of us. The low down on Hollywood Boulevard A crew member believes that a yacht sank in…
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Rolex Sydney Hobart start!

27 December 2017
Wow…… that was definitely the slowest start I have seen for the Rolex Sydney Hobart, and consequently the start with the most mix ups in the pecking order to what was expected. The fleet are now headed down the East Coast of Australia in a gradient nor’Easter which is set to build and give the sailors some more “send it” conditions that are generally expected for the…
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