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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Anthony Bell : "It is an against-the-odds victory for us"
Following a three hour hearing at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania before the International Jury, the Race Committee’s protest against Investec Loyal was dismissed and Anthony Bell and the crew of his 100ft maxi were finally declared the line honours victors in the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht (...) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Anthony Bell’s maxi won by 3 minutes and 8 seconds
The closest finish in the last 29 years of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race took place this evening when Anthony Bell’s maxi Investec Loyal fended off repeated challenges from Bob Oatley’s perennial line honours victor Wild Oats XI to win by just 3 minutes and 8 seconds, after 2 days 6 hours 14 minutes and 8 seconds of racing on (...) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart
Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI led the rest of the 88 boat fleet through Sydney Heads
Despite her electric mainsail winch failing just 11 minutes before the start of the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI led the rest of the 88 boat fleet through Sydney Heads. -
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Wild Oats XI starts as favourite this year to beat her own record
Over its sixty-seven year history, the race record Record #sailingrecord at the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has only been broken ten times, an average of once every six and a half years. Given that the current fastest elapsed time of one day, eighteen hours, forty minutes and ten seconds was set in 2005, statistics suggest that the feat (...) -
ISAF Sailing World Championships
Tunnicliffe, Vandemoer and Capozzi Win Worlds
Anna Tunnicliffe’s Team Maclaren of Molly Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi won the the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Women’s Match Racing after defeating Lucy MacGregor (GBR) in four straight matches. -
Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race
Visit Finland ends Gold Coast Australia winning streak by six minutes
In a thrilling end to what has been a gripping race from Tauranga, New Zealand, in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race, Visit Finland has denied the home favourite, Gold Coast Australia, their sixth consecutive victory and a coveted home port win. -
D-One Gold Cup
Tom Slingsby claims the D-One Gold Cup in Fraglia Vela Riva del Garda
Tom Slingsby, world Laser champion from Australia, wins Sunday’s double-point medal race with a formidable lead and claims overall victory in the second edition of the D-One Gold Cup in Fraglia Vela Riva del Garda. Second and third places go to two British skippers, Nick Thompson and Giles Scott, respectively. Andrea Casale finishes (...) -
Australian 18 Footers League
Winning, Hay and Gibson win Australian 18’ championship
Scott Babbage, John Harris and Peter Harris took Race 14 of the Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship today in Gotta Love It 7 but the overall champions are John Winning, Andrew Hay and Dave Gibson in Yandoo. -
Rolex Farr 40 World Championship
Guido Belgiorno-Nettis took his revenge
The nail-biting ended at 4pm, when the Italian yacht Nerone crossed the line three boats behind the Australians on Transfusion. The separation was enough to give Transfusion’s owner Guido Belgiorno-Nettis revenge for last year’s defeat at the hands of the Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori. More importantly it gave him the (...) -
ASP World Tour 2011
Kelly Slater : "I’ve thought about retiring"
The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover is just a few short days away from commencing and the opening event of the season will be headlined by none other than reigning 10-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 39. The iconic natural-footer utilized the off-season to recharge in his adopted homes of Hawaii and California, (...)
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