Just a short time from entries opening for Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) 2025, keen competitors started committing to the fun event and with 60 entries received to-date.
After taking line honours in the 2025 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race late last night, Koa, owned by Andy Kearnan and co-skippered by he and Mark Griffith, was today declared overall winner of the 226 nautical mile east coast classic.
While there was plenty of drama and tension in the 16s, the 13s' title race was a little more routine after a season of dominance from the Harken 13ft Skiff Team.
There’s a powerful community spirit behind the 5,500nm Melbourne Osaka Cup, with support showing up in every port and with every challenge. Whilst Alive may have just overtaken The Secretary, a J44 skippered by Paul Schulz and Dave Kenny, it’s not a true race moment.
For mother-and-daughter duo Annette Hesselmans and Sophie Snijders aboard Fika, a Najad 490, recent days have been a masterclass in patience and persistence.
As the Melbourne Osaka Cup enters its fifth week, the distance between the first and last starter has narrowed to just over 2000 nautical miles, with all now outside Australian waters.
MEDIA RELEASE 3 April 2025 - A wide-ranging field of 33 boats is lining up for the 2025 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race which starts on 11th April at 1pm, the 39th running subject to restrictions on number of entries, as the marina at Coffs Harbour Yacht Club is currently undergoing a refurbishment and the region is still in damage control after Cyclone Alfred.
In the early hours of Sunday, April 6, quick thinking and cool heads aboard Magellan averted what could have been a race-ending rig failure, just off Ambitle Island in Papua New Guinea.
Alive is on the move silently closing in on the fleet and picking off competitors one by one. The race now stretches over 2,500 nautical miles, with boats scattered from Queensland through to Micronesia.