The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
2024 Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta Wrap
The Regatta courses took participants to Manly for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday races. Each day, with a lot of east in the breeze and big tides, decisions taken on which side of the harbour to work shaped the results and helped a lot of others decide what they will do next time.
Olympic Opinions
“…Of all the many anachronisms at the modern Olympics, sailing is perhaps the most conspicuous of all: a continuing sop to super-rich men who founded the Games and still just really love yachts, basically inaccessible to most of the countries in the world, even the ones with a viable coastline.”
This Way Up
“If you’d told me a month ago that we’d place fourth overall at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta racing FAIR WINDS I’d have said you were dreaming. Perhaps I still am.”
Unchanged since 1849, this was something new
Turns out you can teach an old Regatta new tricks. For the very first time, The Balmain Regatta includes a Work Boat Convoy.
Coutas Take On Sydney Harbour and Pittwater
After two years of planning thirteen Couta Boats travelled from Melbourne along with two crews from Perth for the 2022 Sydney Harbour Gaffers Regatta.
Magical Mahurangi
The mid 1990’s. Two locals begin rowing round a few of the older boats asking if anyone might be interested to participate in the revival of a Regatta based at Mahurangi. The rest is history.
Get Me To Bribie
Can we draw your attention to the smile on the chap, about to christen the bow of his boat with a bottle of beer. Sums it all up. Priceless.
Noosa Gaff Rig Regatta
The Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club held the inaugural Noosa Gaff Rig regatta in 2019 in conjunction with a local charity on the banks of the Noosa River…And now there are plans to do it again.
Classic DIV HIRW 2021 : Are You In?
In Breaking News // This morning SWS spoke with HIRW Regatta Director, Denis Thompson and asked the question: “Denis, what would it take to get a Classic Division at Hamilton Island in 2021?" His reply? “It only takes seven.” We only need seven boats to have a Division, but to make it interesting, let’s aim for 20!
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