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Australian 18ft
Jessica Watson rides an 18ft Skiff
The fantastic solo Round-the-World deeds of then 16-year-old Jessica Watson have been well documented. They have been subsequently rewarded by the Australian Government last week when she was awarded the honour of being declared ‘Young Australian of the Year’. -
Zhik Moth Worlds
Nathan Outteridge is 2010 Moth world champ
Hugs and Champagne welcome the newest Moth World Champion Nathan Outteridge (AUS) to his home shores in Lake Macquarie, Australia. Entering the day with an 11-point lead over 2nd place fellow Aussie Joe Turner, Outteridge sailed a conservative 4-races to closeout a winning (...) -
ASP World Junior Title
Alizee Arnaud clinched the overall ASP Women’s World Junior Title
South African dark-horse Bianca Buitendag (ZAF), 17, won the Billabong ASP Women’s World Junior Championships today in a hard-fought final over French talent Justine Dupont (FRA), 19, in two-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at North Narrabeen while Alizee Arnaud (FRA), 20, clinched the overall ASP Women’s World Junior Title with her (...) -
International 14
Massey & Wilsdon secure the 14 class Australian championship
Defending champions and current world champions in the International 14 class Archie Massey and Dan Wilsdon won the final race of the series to secure the 2010/11 Australian championship sailed in Gulf St Vincent, South Australia. -
Rolex Sydney - Hobart
Geoff Boettcher : "It was a tough one"
Geoff Boettcher’s South Australian yacht Secret Men’s Business Business #Business 3.5 was announced this afternoon as this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Overall winner. Secret Men’s Business Business #Business was the 14th boat across the finish line in a race where just finishing was an achievement. (...) -
Rolex Sydney - Hobart
Mark Richards : "the result is a good one"
“We’re back and we’re just very happy to be here,” said Wild Oats XI skipper Mark Richards after the news that a race committee protest had been dismissed and that the 30.48 metre supermaxi owned by Bob Oatley could be officially declared line honours winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht (...) -
Rolex Sydney - Hobart
Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI first boat to Hobart
Bob Oatley’s champion 100-foot supermaxi Wild Oats XI has reasserted its claim as one of Australia’s greatest ocean racing yachts by being first across the Rolex Sydney Hobart finish line. -
Rolex Sydney - Hobart
YuuZoo’s Rolex Sydney Hobart woes
After losing two men overboard within five hours of the Rolex Sydney Hobart start yesterday afternoon, YuuZoo skipper Ludde Ingvall didn’t think things could get much worse. -
Sydney - Hobart
Wild Oats XI leads fleet out of Sydney Harbour
The Mark Richards skippered 100 footer, Wild Oats XI, shrugged off a cheeky challenge from Grant Wharington’s Melbourne 98 footer, Wild Thing, to stamp its mark early on the Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours battle. -
Rolex Trophy
Hooligan wins Rolex Trophy
Limit was the star attraction of the Rolex Trophy as Alan Brierty and his superstar crew got a gun start and cleared out on their main rivals, Brierty making good his threat of yesterday that he would make up for the rest of his series and turn the tables on Loki.
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