AdventuresYacht

Big Fella gets first gun of the Etchells Worlds

22 October 2018
Day one of the Etchells World Championship in Brisbane got off to a slow start while competitors waited for the breeze to fill from the south-east. Race one got underway just before 1500 hours local time (GMT+10) in building pressure at 120 degrees. With a slight favour on the starboard end of the 1.2 nautical mile line, it was the boats who got away cleanly on the right-hand side who…
Read more
Adventures

VX One Midwinters - Final day

15 June 2016
After nine races over three days of racing at the VX One Midwinters from the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, it all came down to the final race between two local sailors, Brett Whitbread on SuperVax and the Angry Beaver skippered by Daniel Alcock. The first race on Monday, the seventh in the series was started in an eight to ten knot southerly, not at all what was forecast. Michael James on…
Read more
Adventures

VX One Midwinters - Day 1

11 June 2016
Day one of the Australian VX One Midwinter Championships kicked off today at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron with two races in variable conditions. While the breeze was light, the racing was tight among the fleet of eleven boats (a record for Australia), one of the biggest draw cards for owners in this new and exciting one-design class. Race one got away just after 1300 hours in a slowly…
Read more