Another fun exciting yacht sailing and racing week in the Whitsundays for the annual Hamilton Island Race Week . Over 200 yachts competed across multiple boat categories, including Grand Prix and Super Yachts, along with a range of more humble yacht classes. The Vodafone trimaran was a spectacle when it got onto the plane and […]
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Are we losing some of our most experienced sailing instructors due to the cost of compliance to a British training scheme? The Royal Yachting Association , better known as RYA, is the United Kingdom’s national body for all forms of boating, including dinghy and yacht racing, motor and sail cruising. This association runs a training […]
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The Sydney International Boat Show is a fun event to wander around and appreciate the beautiful new yachts and cruisers and DREAM… It’s on from 28th July to 1 August at Darling Harbour marina – highly recommended. Yachting Australia will have an exhibit at the show promoting the new National Keelboat Scheme for people wishing to learn to […]
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A couple sailing the Pacific from San Diego to Australia made it all the way to Australian waters, but unfortunately, their yacht was grounded on the Great Barrier Reef off the cost from Bundaberg. The couple were safely rescued after abandoning ship on to the life raft.
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Laura Dekker is on a quest to become the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the world. She departed the Mediterranean in August 2010, sailing a route across the Atlantic, through the Panama Canal, and west across the Pacific to French Polynesia. Unlike our Jessica Watson, Dekker is in no hurry and is cruising along and stopping […]
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In a world first attempt to circumnavigate the world in a solar powered boat, the Turanor has arrived in Brisbane on a stopover. It is the biggest solar-powered ship in the world. MS TÛRANOR PlanetSolar is a multihull vessel topped by a large array of photovoltaic solar panels, constructed Germany. The multihull will be home […]
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Tony Nusco, who is imployed by Maritime Services, has spent more than three decades mapping the harbour floor, making sure shipping lanes are clear for the giant cruise ships as well as commercial and navy vessels. Mr Nusco and his team of three from Sydney Ports have all but completed the first three-dimensional digital map of […]
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HMAS Adelaide was scuttled on Wednesday (April 12 2011) by controlled charges on board the vessel. Time ran out for the “No Ship Action Group”, trying to stop the scuttling of HMAS Adelaide off Avoca Beach, after failing in their court action bids. However, in an ironic twist, the scuttling was delayed by over an hour, as a […]
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HMAS Adelaide left Sydney Harbour on Monday under tow on its way up the coast to Avoca beach. The ex-Navy Ship will be scuttled on Wednesday off Avoca beach to become a marine reef – to promote bioversity and fish habitat. The Ship was decommissioned at Pyrmont Wharf over several years, stripping it off dangerous elements such […]
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