Double handers Henry and O’Shea claim inaugural Australian Ocean Racing Championship. Sailing Mistral double handed throughout the series, Rupert Henry and Greg O’Shea won the inaugural Australian Ocean Racing Championship (AORC), the Sydney pair applauded during the prize giving at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) in December.

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Jan 11, 2025 · IMEI surfs into lead as Hervey Bay becomes heavy. One of the cushier jobs at Queensland’s Hervey Bay is to be a surf lifesaver at a beach with no surf – until yesterday, that is, when the waterway bared its fangs for the penultimate two races of the 2025 Hervey Bay Boat Club 13ft and 16ft Skiff Australian Championships.

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Oct 16, 2024 · Highlights of the 2024-25 summer season are the League’s 90th birthday celebrations over three-days from Friday 31 January to Sunday 2 February, the return of the Australian Championship to Brisbane for the first time in 35 years, and the 76th J.J. Giltinan World Championship on Sydney Harbour from 8-16 March 2025.

Keep an eye out for the hammerheads and turtles and embrace everything Hervey Bay throws at you – on and off the water. That’s the advice from eight-time Australian 16ft champion – and Hervey Bay specialist – Lee Knapton as a big fleet prepares to head to Queensland for a regatta with a difference.

Jan 19, 2025 · Tom Slingby’s Flying Roo has sailed to victory in SailGP’s Auckland debut. Championship Sunday rounds out a wet and wild weekend in the City of Sails – with eight races staged on the shortest course of the 2025 Season. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND January 19, 2025 NZT The ITM New Zealand Sail Grand ...

Scarlet Runner, the Carkeek 43 skippered by Rob Date from the Sandringham Yacht Club, has dominated the 52nd Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, winning line honours for monohulls and is the provisional handicap winner of the 52nd Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race.

Sailing some 17,000 nautical miles to take part in the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race may not seem like the perfect preparation for a race that is a mere 628 nautical miles (1,170km) long.

DUBAI, UAE- 24 NOVEMBER 2024 – Tom Slingby’s Australia Team’s hopes of making the Podium Final came crashing down, with the team missing out on making the final by one crucial point.