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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
New race record in Hobart for Wild Oats XI
At 07.23.12 AEDT Bob Oatley’s, Reichel/Pugh designed, 30.48m (100-foot) maxi Wild Oats XI crossed the Hobart finish line at the end of the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart, to take line honours in the 68th edition of the 628 nautical-mile race, and set a new race record Record #sailingrecord in the (...) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Rolex Sydney Hobart : Wild Oats XI flies out to sea
The start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race did not disappoint today and in perfect gusty southerly 20-25 knot winds, under a sunny sky, the 76 yachts in the Cruising Cruising #Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual race, popped kites and Code Zeros at the start, making for a spectacular (...) -
ASP World Tour
Joel Parkinson Wins 2012 ASP World Title
Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, has claimed his maiden ASP World Title today at the final stop of the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) season, by winning the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons. The Billabong Pipe Masters was also the third and final leg of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing (...) -
Moth
Joshua McKnight wins 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth World Championships
The 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth World Championships went down to the wire and were decided in the very last race in fabulous conditions. Joshua McKnight kept his calm, sailed nearly flawlessly and prevailed over fellow countryman Scott Babbage with two bullets in three races. Rob Gough had a very good last day and snatched third place overall from (...) -
Giltinan Championship
Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage successfully defended their title in the Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship
Gotta Love It 7 dominated the regatta with six wins from the seven races to finish with an overall score of six points. Second overall was Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Trent Barnabas) on 22 points, followed by Appliancesonline.com.au (Micah Lane, Paul Montague and Tom Anderson) on (...) -
ASP
Leila Hurst and Caio Ibelli are the 2011 ASP World Junior Champions
Caio Ibelli (BRA) and Leila Hurst (HAW) have claimed the Men’s and Women’s ASP World Junior Titles at the Billabong World Junior Championships today. The pair join a prestigious list of former ASP World Junior Champions, including: Adriano De Souza (BRA), Joel Parkinson (AUS), Andy Irons (AUS), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) and Sally (...) -
A Div Catamaran Australian Championsyhips
7 times A-Cat World Champion Glenn Ashby won 2012 Australian Nationals
Last night, seven times A-Cat World Champion Glenn Ashby (Emirates Team New Zealand America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup team, and winner of 14 multihull World titles and two Olympic Silver medals) won the 2012 John Cootes Furniture Australian A Class Championships. Ashby declared this star-studded fleet ’the best (...) -
International Fireball World Championship
Britons Gillard and Brearey clinch Fireball Worlds in nail biting finish
The final day of racing to decide the 2012 International Fireball World Champions could not have been scripted to be more tense or exciting. Tom Gillard and Sam Brearey of Great Britain went into the final day with a four point lead over arch rivals, Robin Inns and Joel Coultas of Australia. But there was another element to the equation in the (...) -
Fireball International Week
Four time world champions Chips Howarth and Vyv Townend seal victory
Mandurah delivered on the third and final day of racing of Fireball International Week incorporating the Australian Championships. Three races were completed in winds ranging from 13 – 20 knots and a bumpy sea in Comet Bay. The fleet of 65 boats from 8 countries headed out in partly cloudy conditions and a building sea breeze, (...) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Stephen Ainsworth’s Loki declared overall winner of Rolex Sydney Hobart
This morning at 8.40am Stephen Ainsworth’s Loki was declared the overall winner of the Cruising Cruising #Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the race he has been trying to win for 12 years finally coming to fruition on his 14th (...)
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