ITS OFFICIAL – THE 2020 Hansa SKUD18 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE HELD AT 2020 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta Its official, the “2020 Hansa SKUD18 Australian National Championships” is approved by the International Hansa Class Association. The International Hansa Class Association have jumped onboard with the 2020 SKUD18 Australian National Championships at Southport Yacht Club…
The Boat Works welcomes the newest heavyweight in town, weighing in at 150 Tonnes. Australia’s sprawling 55-acre shipyard and marina, The Boat Works is proud to announce the arrival of the Gold Coast’s largest ship lift, the 300 Tonne marvel named “Rhino” for its grit and hauling power. With 2.8m wheels and a stonking 12 metres in height, towering over the newly…
This weekend 2nd, 3rd & 4th of August Southport Yacht Club (SYC) is hosting the biggest come together of disabled sailors, racing the fformer Paralympic class SKUD 18 yachts, since the lead up race for the Rio games. Racing south of Crab and north of Wave Break Islands on the Broadwater’s Deep Hole. Competitors from…
Barry Cuneo’s TP52 Envy Scooters finished first TP from the 11 competing in the 384-nautical-mile race, sailing into the IRC overall top spot not long after line-honours winnerWild Oats X. Pushing them all the way from the Sydney Harbour start on Saturday July 27 was Matt Allen’s Botin 52 Ichi Ban, which finished second TP over the line…
After a flurry of front runners and TP52s made their way through the start line last night and early this morning, the stream of competitors slowed over lunch as the westerly breeze died and slowed progress for the remaining fleet. In the early afternoon however the south easterly filled in once again and is now…
On day three of the ocean passage that began in Sydney Harbour on Saturday July 27, light south-westerlies have slowed progress for the 55 yachts yet to finish, while those crews already entrenched at Southport Yacht Club who have one hand on a handicap victory quietly celebrate their good fortune. Barry Cuneo’s TP52 Envy Scooters…
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. Wild Oats X’s official finish time for the 384-nautical-mile season-opener was 10:28:27 pm, giving them an elapsed…
The biggest fleet in more than a decade, 11 TP52s and a very different upfront tussle for line honours among the 60-footers are just some of the anticipated highlights of the Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race starting at 1pm on Saturday July 27, 2019 from Sydney Harbour. With Australian-registered supermaxis away contesting the Transpac…
One of Australia’s most successful maxi yachts, the vintage Bumblebee IV, will celebrate its 40th birthday at Hamilton Island Race Week next month. Now owned by well-known offshore sailor Graham ‘Scooter’ Eaton and based on the Gold Coast, the sleek 73-footer, which contested the inaugural Race Week in 1984, will be back this year for…
Entries are now open for the Gold Coast’s 2020 premier sailing event the Bartercard Sail Paradise, Australia’s east coast sailing scene will become even more exciting next summer with the staging of the 11th Bartercard Sail Paradise series on the beautiful Gold Coast. The last few years we’ve had amazing feedback on what a great…