2018 Queensland Clubs Conference

The 2018 Queensland Clubs Conference was hosted by the Southport Yacht Club on the 28th and 29th of July. The clubs Main Beach venue welcomed 60 representatives from over 25 clubs across Queensland and the Northern Territory.
QLD QLD Club News
Tue 31 Jul 2018

The perennial and the bridesmaid vie for Gold Coast race top spot

Bruce Taylor’s hopes for a first major offshore handicap victory with his 40-footer Chutzpah from Victoria hang in the balance with the perennial Komatsu Azzurro, Shane Kearns’ two-time Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race overall winner sliding north and meeting its required average speed target with 60 nautical miles to go, as of 0900 hours on Tuesday July 31, 2018.
NSW QLD
Tue 31 Jul 2018

Get Playing Places and Spaces

Get Playing Places and Spaces is now open for applications. Get Playing Places and Spaces provides funding for infrastructure development so that more Queenslanders can be involved in sport and active recreation. 
QLD QLD Club News
Mon 30 Jul 2018

Black Jack plays the final card

In a gripping finish to the Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, Queensland supermaxi Black Jack match-raced and beat Wild Oats XI to the finish line by just under two minutes over a 384 nautical mile course.
national
Mon 30 Jul 2018

2018 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race light-wind start after delay

The first battle in the Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race went to Jim Cooney’s Comanche, the imposing black and red supermaxi narrowly leading the Oatley’s same-length Wild Oats XI to Sydney Heads on a mild winter day, closely followed by Peter Harburg’s Black Jack, another 100-footer.
national
Sun 29 Jul 2018

ORCV introduces innovative ‘Four + Autohelm' racing

Finding full crew for the growing major racing events market has become challenging Australia-wide, but the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) in Melbourne, Victoria has come up with an innovative solution to keep competitors romping on the offshore racetrack.
VIC
Tue 24 Jul 2018

Four 100ft Super Maxi Yachts head to the Gold Coast in the 33rd Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race

A strong fleet of 55 yachts will be racing in the Annual 384-nautical mile Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. 2018 will host four (4) 100ft super maxi’s. Current race record holder The Oatley Family’s Wild Oats XI skippered by Mark Richards, Jim Cooney’s Comanche, Christian Beck’s InfoTrack and Queensland’s Black Jack, skippered by Mark Bradford.
National
Mon 23 Jul 2018

NT Sailing Team shines in QLD Youth Week

NTST sailors Paris van den Herik and Aden McGrath have just finished 10 days of intense training and racing in Brisbane at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron.
NT
Fri 20 Jul 2018

Bringing Back the Arafura Games: Competition Program Confirmed

The Territory Labor Government is bringing back the Arafura Games, boosting tourism and visitors to the Territory. Minister for the Arafura Games, Ken Vowles, today announced the finalisation of the competition program, which now includes 16 sports.
NT
Tue 17 Jul 2018