Planning, training, preparing and more planning, training and preparing for a Ocean Race be it fully crewed, four + auto pilot or double handed. This article talks about what your plan should include.
Late on Sunday July 28, 2019, Wild Oats X, the Oatley family’s Reichel Pugh 66 skippered by Mark Richards, took line honours in the Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race for the third time - and on ‘Ricko’s’ birthday.
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club and Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are excited to announce that the Notice of Race for the 1250nm Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2021 is now available.
In 2016, Yachting Tasmania and all other Member Yachting Associations (MYA’s) agreed to move towards a new governance model under the banner of “One Sailingâ€.
Qantas is on a mission to help brighten the futures of regional communities. Their new Regional Grants Program will provide financial, flight and marketing support to community groups and organisations to help further their causes and set them up for success.
Challenging conditions look set to test the 76-strong 2019 Noakes Sydney to Gold Coast Yacht Race fleet. The Noakes Sydney Gold Coast starts tomorrow, Saturday 27 July at 1300hrs AEST.
They say that rainbows are lucky and for some they were but for others taking part in last Saturdays 3rd CPYC State Time Trialling event they are still chasing that elusive win
Over 60 participants from 53% of the Queensland Sailing Clubs participated in this years Queensland Clubs Conference making it the biggest conference yet. It was a great weekend full of presentations from industry experts, case studies of success stories shared by fellow clubs and insights and updates on relevant topics from key Australian Sailing Staff.
The official book launch of THE GWEN 12’s IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA was held at the Brighton and Seacliff Yacht Club on Sunday 21 July. Former Gwen 12 sailor, John Gratton won two consecutive Gwen 12 State Championships in 1972/73 and 1973/74. John is the author of the book and he has done a stellar job researching, compiling, writing and publishing the history of The Gwen 12’s in SA.
The Queensland Sailing community celebrated its night of nights with glitz and glamour at the 2019 Queensland Sailing Awards. Hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron on Saturday 21st July 120 guests celebrated the success, achievements and contributions of 63 finalists across 17 award categories.
Territory sporting clubs, organisations and individuals are set to benefit from sport and active recreation grant funding programs now open for applications.