Sydney to Hobart – yacht racing and the spectator fleet
The start of Sydney to Hobart 2011 Yacht Race was a stunning event  as usual.  The super maxis had the size and speed to lead the 86 yachts out of the Sydney Harbour. The other excitment often over looked is the mahem, bravery, jockeying, and sometimes fear, is within the spectator fleet jostling to a […]

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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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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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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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