The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
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REGATTAS Mark Chew REGATTAS Mark Chew

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.”

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RACING Sal Balharrie RACING Sal Balharrie

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.”

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RACING Sal Balharrie RACING Sal Balharrie

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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