Finn Tapper of CYCA wins 2021 Hardy Cup
Tapper beats nine other talented teams at the historic match racing regatta hosted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 7 – 11 February 2021.
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75 Years of Sailing the Parramatta River
Concord & Ryde Sailing Club (CRSC) has been sailing the Parramatta River between Putney and Rhodes since 1945.
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Super Sydney Harbour Regatta entry open
Four state championships and the addition of Super Group racing to Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Sydney Harbour Regatta will intensify the kaleidoscope of colour and course area changes will spread the action around the natural amphitheatre of Sydney Harbour over the two-day series, March 6-7, 2021.
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Rock Solid’s long-awaited nationals victory
Rock Solid has faced 16 consecutive Adams 10 Australian championships and finally the Middle Harbour Yacht Club boat owned by Mitch Miller and Andy and Ben Gunton prevailed at Lake Macquarie, by the slimmest margin.
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Melges 24s Lake Bound for State Title
Three-time Australian Melges 24 champion Chris Links is putting the finishing touches on a revamped boat and oiling his joints as he prepares to return to the tough one design class after a lengthy break.
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Sail Port Stephens welcoming entries for April regatta
With safety plans in place and fingers firmly crossed, Sail Port Stephens is accepting entries for its 2021 regatta in April and once again aiming to provide an unforgettable sailing holiday for crews aboard everything from small dinghies to family cruiser-racers and IRC racing yachts.
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Breakout Series Postponed
The Breakout Series, already postponed from August 2020, will not go ahead in January but will be rescheduled for August 2021.
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NSW Update: Restrictions for the Christmas 2020 period
Yesterday, the NSW Government released an update to the public health order and restrictions for residents over the Christmas 2020 period.
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COVID-19
Northern Beaches Cluster update
Australian Sailing is closely monitoring the most recent COVID-19 outbreak on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
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InfoTrack beats Black Jack again in Near-Perfect Performance
InfoTrack owner Christian Beck and his crew continue to firm as the ones to beat for line honours in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after they produced a near-perfect performance to win the 2020 Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Tuesday.
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Exciting Cabbage Tree Island Race start gives a taste of things to come
If the events of 2020 dampened any memories of grand-prix yacht racing on Sydney Harbour, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore Cabbage Tree Island Race start has brought them flying back in truly spectacular style.
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Lazy Dog looms over Act 6 and MC38 season pointscore
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Lazy Dog team closed out the 2020 MC38 calendar with a third series triumph, giving Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart’s crew the overall season trophy from six acts.
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Extreme Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship tests crews
Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) coincided with Sydney’s record-breaking hot weather weekend, 28 crews enduring 40 knot gusts for race two and brutal temperatures in the low 40s both days of the longstanding annual series.
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Harken Open Championship 2020 - Winners Crowned
The final day of racing saw a light to moderate NE breeze on beautiful Pittwater for the Grand Finale of the inaugural Harken Open Championships.
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Port Stephens Yacht Club Marine Outlet Womens' Series
In a first for the Club, there will be a Womens' series conducted concurrently with the Summer Pointscore.
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Gweilo claims IRC victory in Bird Island Race
Matt Donald & Chris Townsend’s Gweilo has held off six rival TP52s and a plethora of strong challengers to claim IRC victory in yesterday’s Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore (Audi Centre Sydney BWPS) Bird Island Race.
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Bolle Australia Match Cup
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to announce an exciting new event scheduled for November 2020. In partnership with Bolle eyewear, the Club will host a new open match racing regatta, the ‘Bolle Australian Cup’. The regatta will be contested over four race days from 24 to 27 November with up to 20 teams invited to participate.
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Lazy Dog wins and InfoTrack debuts
Sydney returned to deep winter for the MC38 class’ penultimate act of their 2020 season, temperatures in the low to mid-teens with rain and southerly gusts up to 30 knots on Sydney Harbour blowing up Ginger’s kite and sending hundreds of litres of saltwater cascading over the decks of the eye-catching 38 footers.
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