Sea Shepherd leaves Sydney Harbour
The Sea Shepherd vessel, with its formidable camouflage paint, on its way out of Sydney Harbour on a stunning sunny Friday afternoon.

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Sydney Harbour Radar – Blues Point Tower
Sydney Harbour has a new “safety feature” – the NSW Maritime radar located atop of the Blues Point Tower at Blues Point – just north west of the Sydney Harbour bridge. The radar was commissioned in May 2011, after much debate through the North Sydney council approval process over several years. This new multi-million dollar […]

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Xtreme Motor Bikes on the Harbour
Sydney saw an unusual combination of MotorCross Bikes performing breath taking stunts at Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour.  As part of the RedBull X-Fighters program, the exhibition of aerial motorcross was a competition for riders to perform tricks to gain maximum points. The Sydney Harbour event was the finale of the 2011 series held in […]

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Brothers to power from Sydney to Perth in RIB
The Jenkins brothers (Phil and Peter) plan to power their way from Sydney to Perth in a rigid inflatable boat (RIB)  ‘over the top’. They left Sydney after the Sydney International Boat Show on August 1 and expect to take approximately 10 weeks. They will make numerous stops on the voyage for fuel, food & […]

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Hamilton Island Race Week
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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British Dominance  Cause for Concern for Our Experienced Sailing Instructors?
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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Sydney International Boatshow – yachts and cruisers to dream
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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Pacific Cruise ends on Great Barrier reef
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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Dutch 15 year-old solo circumnavigator Laura Dekker arrives in Tahiti
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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