http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=635CYCA News Feeden-usWed, 8 Feb 2012 23:44:11 +1000Wed, 8 Feb 2012 23:44:11 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRoyal Sydney Yacht Squadron race officers brought the Hardy Cup under 25 match racing regatta back on track today after Monday's abandonment due to strong southerly winds.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5598Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe name Rooklyn is synonymous with yachting in Australia - the famous father and son ocean sailors, Jack and Warwick, and now a third generation sailor in Warwick's 19-year-old son Ashlen Rooklyn is in sight on the horizon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5597Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspVice Commodore and chairman of the Sailing Committee Howard Piggott is pleased to advise Cruising Yacht Club of Australia members that an invitation has been extended to the club to enter a team in the fifth Dennis Conner International Yacht Club Challenge Invitational Cup to be conducted from 17- 19 August 2012.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5596Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYoung New Zealander Josh Junior will start favourite in the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's annual Hardy Cup, the prestigious ISAF Grade 3 match racing regatta for sailors under 25, which begins tomorrow on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5595Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney yachtsman Julian Farren-Price has provisionally taken out the Port Hacking Race, the third last race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Ocean Pointscore Series (OPS), sailed in light south-westerly breezes today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5594Sat, 4 Feb 2012 18:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYoung New Zealand skipper Josh Junior has taken the 2012 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, beating local Perth sailor David Gilmour 3 - 1 in a tense and hard fought final.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5593Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Gilmour, and his crew from Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, went undefeated through the third day of the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, to win the round robin stage of the event.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5591Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLocal skipper David Gilmour and his crew have taken sole possession of the top spot on the leaderboard in the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, winning all but one of their races on the second day of the series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5590Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney sailors head the leaderboard at the end of the first day of the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, with Jordan Reece and David Chapman both undefeated after a tough day on the water.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5589Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe tenth annual Warren Jones International Youth Regatta starts on Tuesday 31st January, but in those few years it has built an illustrious history and an enviable reputation.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5588Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian sailors have won medals in two disciplines on the final day of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami, Florida, with Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page claiming Gold in the 470 Men's and Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty picking up Silver in the Women's Match Racing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5583Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWarwick Rooklyn's Bandit has been crowned Melges 24 national champion for the second year running after a stunning series victory.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5585Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn the spirit of the regatta, Jim Farmer's New Zealand Botin & Carkeek 52, Georgia, has sailed the final Festival of Sails race, despite having already won the series, to finish on nine points from eight races, having hit the ball so far out of the park it may never be found.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5584Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Lou Abrahams owned, Mark Bulka skippered 'The Next Challenge' has been crowned the 2012 Sydney 38 national champion with a comfortable 12 point win.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5587Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJim Farmer's New Zealand 52 footer, Georgia, is continuing its march to a Festival of Sails IRC Division A trouncing with six wins from seven races and plenty of breathing space back to Jason Van Der Slot's TP52, Calm, heading into tomorrow's final race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5586Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFour races were completed on day two of the 2012 Sydney 38 Australian Championship off Pittwater, and Lou Abrahams' The Next Challenge team, skippered by Mark Bulka, won the day and continue to lead going into the final day of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club hosted event.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5582Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe local lads haven't yet been able to stave off a foreign raid of results in the Festival of Sails Audi Centre Geelong Premier Racing Division A, after Georgia's triple handicap win on Corio Bay today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5581Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian sailors have celebrated Australia Day in style in Miami with victories aplenty on day four of the ISAF Sailing World Cup's American leg. The Australian Women's Match Racing team of Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty won their way through to the semi-finals.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5580Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo past line honours winners and an overall winner of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Brindabella, Fidelis and Quest, today excelled in their respective fleets of the 176th Australia Day Regatta as yachties celebrated the national day afloat on Sydney Harbour and on an historic strength of ocean between Sydney and Botany Bay.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5579Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRob Hanna's new TP52 Shogun V has taken double of line and handicap honours in its maiden Melbourne to Geelong passage race, the 34 nautical mile course which traditionally marks the start of the Festival of Sails proper.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5578Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis Thursday's 176th Australia Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour will be a showcase of more than a century of Australian yacht design and construction, as well as a near century of development by Sydney's iconic 18-foot skiffs.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5577Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralia's two Women's Match Racing crews will open their 2011/2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup campaigns in Miami, with both crews coming off the back of a strong result in Perth.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5576Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThree Royal Yacht Club of Victoria boats have made a clean sweep of the Melbourne Premier Racing Series, the Festival of Sails opener, on a magic summer's day on Port Phillip.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5575Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe leader board has been shaken up on the second last day of racing at the 2012 29er Australian National Championship, with Jacqui Gurr and Steven Thomas moving into first place after a spectacular day with a third and three bullets.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5574Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOverall standings in the Australian 29er National Championship remain tight with just three points separating second and sixth places, but Felix Grech and Jack Hubbard (NSW) have maintained their lead over second place by four points after Day 3 of racing at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5573Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo DK46s representing the MHYC have dominated the IRC handicap spoils with a 1-2 finish whilst line honours winner Craig Ellis' Elliot 57 'Future Shock' crowned the PHS winner in the 2012 Pittwater to Coffs Race, hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred and Coffs Harbour Yacht clubs.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5572Wed, 4 Jan 2012 22:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDarryl Hodgkinson has capped of a stellar year in sailing by winning the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Blue Water Point Score (BWPS), following Victoire's 17th overall and Division 3 win in the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobarthttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5571Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race came to a conclusion on January 1 at the Royal Club of Tasmania, where the Official Prize Giving took place.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5570Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race was notable for an unexpected winner of the coveted line honours trophy, a worthy overall winner and a slow passage home for the smaller boats.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5569Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThree of the Langman family shared the honour of sailing the last boat to the finish line in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, crossing the finish line at 4.48pm late this afternoon in the time of five days 3hr 48min 22sec.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5568Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith the wind fading for the smaller boats, so this morning (local time) Stephen Ainsworth's Loki was announced the handicap winner of the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5565Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt took Sydney-based Stephen Ainsworth 14 years to claim the elusive Tattersall's Cup, and as he put it so succinctly, "it was a big box to tick".http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5560Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis morning at 8.40am Stephen Ainsworth's Loki was declared the overall winner of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the race he has been trying to win for 13 years finally coming to fruition on his 14th try.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5558Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFollowing a three hour hearing at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania before the International Jury, the Race Committee's protest against Investec Loyal was dismissed and Anthony Bell and the crew of his 100ft maxi were finally declared the line honours victors in the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5555Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspInvestec Loyal is now officially the line honours winner of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after the protest against her by the Race Committee was dismissed by the International Jury.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5553Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThough the two leading boats in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race are separated by 10 nautical miles tonight as they close on Flinders Island at the eastern end of Bass Strait, an epic match race develops between them.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5541Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt 11:00 local (midnight UTC ), Wild Oats XI was leading the drive south in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. She was just setting out to cross Bass Strait with Anthony Bell's Investec Loyal 11 miles astern. These two have now broken away from the fleet with Peter Millard's Lahana third, 39 miles off the lead.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5538Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBob Oatley's Wild Oats XI continues to lead the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet early this morning; Mark Richards has skippered the super maxi to a 10 nautical mile advantage over Anthony Bell's Investec Loyal in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's annual blue water classic after sailing in rough southerly winds overnight.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5537Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 88-strong Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet will kick off this afternoon in a brisk 15-20 knot nor'easterly breeze and enjoy a whale of a ride for the first few hours. But by late afternoon the southerly front that hit Melbourne yesterday will reach the race leaders and by late evening it will have worked its way through the rest of the fleet.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5532Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEach year when the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race competitors head to sea, one of the rare comforts is knowing that the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Radio Relay Vessel is accompanying them; the 'eyes and the ears' of the race until the last yacht reaches Constitution Dock in Hobart - and for two of the team, there will be a special interest in the race - their sons.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5531Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStorms that lashed Victoria last night may cost some of the highly fancied yachts in the Rolex Sydney Hobart their chance of victory.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5530Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLittle has changed with regard to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race forecast as this year's blue water classic looks set to favour the mid-fleet for the coveted Tattersall's Cup win.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5529Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAsk anyone connected with the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia or its famous Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, and you'll find most want to talk about Tony Cable coming up for a record 46th race to Hobart in December - but not him - records don't mean a thing to the yachtie who still retains an air of youthfulness.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5528Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEarly weather forecasts for the Rolex Sydney Hobart delivered to a panel of skippers this morning have ruled out a record run for the super maxis.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5525Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe race for line honours in the 628 nautical mile Rolex Sydney Hobart is pretty straightforward. The fastest and largest boat wins. But winning the race on handicap, the ultimate prize for every ocean racer, is a much more complex business.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5523Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNorthern Beaches yachtsman Marcus Blackmore has successfully defended his 2010 Rolex Trophy - Rating Series title, winning the final passage race up to Long Reef this afternoon to break the tie between his TP52 Hooligan, and the same-design Shogun V, by three points in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia hosted event.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5519Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Victorian TP52 Calm, owned by Jason Van Der Slot and John Williams, has come out and won the first day of the two-day Passage Series in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Rolex Trophy this afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5517Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith only one day of racing left, Rob Hanna's new Shogun V is giving Marcus Blackmore's Hooligan a run for her money in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Rolex Trophy - Rating Series, beating the defending champion over the line and on corrected time in today's passage race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5516Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMarcus Blackmore and his Hooligan crew sailed sharply again today to take the outright lead of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Rolex Trophy - Rating Series on the Macquarie Circle off Sydney Heads.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5514Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth, the newly crowned Ocean Racer of the Year, kick-started his Rolex Trophy - Rating Series campaign in fine style today, opening with a win in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia hosted annual event being sailed off Sydney Heads.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5512Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has presented the CYCA Ocean Racer of the Year Awards this evening at a gala cocktail party. For only the third time in the history of the awards, the CYCA presented the Ocean Racer of the Year Award to two yachtsmen - Stephen Ainsworth and Geoff Boettcher.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5510Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStarting from tomorrow, some of the best known Australian yachts will be on display as they compete for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Rolex Trophy Rating Series in the lead-up to the famous Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5509Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3618Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe crew of Wild Oats XI and Investec Loyal were well within shouting distance as they hit the line side by side for the start of the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour today, but by the finish, 'Oats' was well out of earshot.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5508Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralia's two Women's Match Racing crews have won their way through to the quarter-finals at the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, ensuring that the nation will have a team at the London 2012 Olympic Games.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5511Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTomorrow's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour is shaping up to be a wet and fast ride and a good heavy weather test in the lead up to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5507Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAn electrical thunderstorm brought an abrupt end to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Rolex Trophy, but it made little difference to the Sydney 38 winner, Mark Griffith with his Old School and Guido Belgiorno-Nettis' Transfusion, both of whom had led the two classes from Day 1.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5506Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNext CYCA Medical Management for Mariners Course (MMM) to commence in early 2012.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4787Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMark Griffith and his Old School crew cleaned up at the Rolex Trophy - One Design with three bullets from three races on another day of light winds in the nine race series being hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia off Sydney Heads today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5505Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspReigning Farr 40 world champion, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis started his Rolex Trophy campaign well of Sydney Heads today, bagging two bullets and a second place with his Transfusion to take the early lead of the nine race series being hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5504Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFarr 40 world champion, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis from Sydney, is the headline act of the Rolex Trophy's One Design Series which starts off Sydney Heads tomorrow, alongside the Sydney 38 One Design series, which incorporates the class' NSW Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5503Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNext Tuesday, 13 December, on Sydney Harbour the country's mightiest maxi yachts will rule supreme for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's annual SOLAS Big Boat Challenge.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5502Wed, 7 Dec 2011 13:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has today launched its iconic eBay auction that provides an exclusive opportunity to bid for places onboard one of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race favourites, when they compete in the CYCA's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge - the maxi yacht dash around Sydney Harbour on Tuesday 13 December.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5494Tue, 6 Dec 2011 12:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAFR Midnight Rambler has claimed the overall win, while the super maxi Lahana sailed to a record breaking line honours victory in the 60 nautical mile Lion Island Botany Bay race, the penultimate event of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Blue Water Pointscore Series (BWPS) yesterday afternoon and co-owner Peter Millard claimed ballet was instrumental in the boat's quick finish.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5497Sun, 4 Dec 2011 10:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEastern suburbs yachtsman Julian Farren-Price is proving a force to be reckoned with, today claiming his third win from six races with his Cookson 12, About Time, in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Ocean Point Score (OPS) Race 6.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5496Sat, 3 Dec 2011 19:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis weekend's Lion Island Botany Bay race, the penultimate event of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Blue Water Pointscore Series (BWPS), is an important one, but the deciding factor of the series will be the Rolex Sydney Hobart, and among those keen to test their mettle is Anthony Bell and his all-star cast on the 100ft Investec Loyal.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5495Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRacing forged ahead today in the 2011 Harken International Youth Match Racing Championships, hosted by the RPAYC, with a further 11 flights and both round robins completed on day two, ultimately deciding tomorrow's semi finalists.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5491Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMarcus Blackmore's Hooligan, Darryl Hodgkinson's Victoire and Peter Sorensen's The Philosopher's Club have been announced as the winners of Middle Harbour Yacht Club's 34th Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) early this evening.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5486Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA Victorian yacht that last raced at Hamilton Island has come out and beat the big guns on the opening day of Middle Harbour Yacht Club's 34th Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) which started on Sydney Harbour just before 12.30pm today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5485Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTim Coltman and his crew of Emma Berry and Matthew Clough have won the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship, defeating the defending champion Jay Griffin from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5484Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin and his crew of Joel Turner, Kurt Hansen and Jack Breislin have continued their winning form finishing on top of the leaderboard at the end of Round Robin two in the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5483Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin and his crew of Joel Turner, Kurt Hansen and Jack Breislin are still tied with Tim Coltman and his crew of Emma Berry and Matthew Clough in the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship. Both have ten wins and two losses on their scorecard.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5481Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin, representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA), and Tim Coltman, representing the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, New Zealand are tied on four points at the close of racing on day one in the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship 2011.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5480Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 67th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has once again proven itself a major drawcard among the worldwide sailing fraternity with a fleet of 96 boats anticipated on the Sydney Harbour start line on Boxing Day, 26 December.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5479Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin is back to defend his Musto International Youth Match Racing title on his home turf, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Racing commences tomorrow, Tuesday 22 November and continues until Friday 25 November 2011.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5478Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDarryl Hodgkinson has firmed his chances of winning the 2010-2011 Blue Water Pointscore Series (BWPS) and the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after scoring victory by less than a minute in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 180 nautical mile race Cabbage Tree Island Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5477Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn a fog ridden haze, Leslie Green's Ginger, has scored a double victory in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Ocean Point Score Race 4 to Port Hacking return this afternoon, taking out line and IRC overall honours.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5476Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJustin Pelly's Sydney 36CR Crosshaven has taken line honours and the IRC win in the Grant Thornton Short Haul Night Harbour Race last evening.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5475Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTomorrow evening at 7.00pm, a good fleet of 32 will set off in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 180 nautical mile Cabbage Tree Island Race, a qualifier for the Club's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and a reliable form guide for the 628 nautical mile race which starts on Boxing Day.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5473Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSaturday's race to Pittwater saw 14 yachts line up under grey skies, including solo around the World yachtswoman Jessica Watson and her young crew of 10 others on Ella Bache Another Challenge.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5471Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMerlin, a 15.6m Kaiko-design, skippered by Joseph Earl, won the Morna Cup, which is decided on Performance handicaps, while the IRC division went to Bob Steel's TP52 Quest.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5470Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCurrent Rolex Farr 40 World Champion Guido Belgiorno Nettis' Transfusion (AUS) will lead a bumper fleet of Farr 40s in the Rolex Trophy One Design Series. Nettis will be hoping to best his third place, and is form to do this having recently finished fourth overall in the UNO European Farr 40 Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5489Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter six races and two days of incredibly exciting Melges 24 racing Bandit (AUS814) claims the East Coast Championship over Accru (AUS679) by one point in the Melges 24's.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5468Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAngus Karoll is off to the French Riviera next June after he was named the lucky winner of the CYCA Member Get Member Promotion at the New Members' Cocktail party held on Tuesday evening 8 November.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5469Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBob Steel has scored another trifecta of line honours, IRC and PHS divisional wins with his ever competitive TP52 Quest in today's Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore race. This is the second race trifecta for Steel - two weeks ago he claimed the treble in the 103rd Gascoigne Cup.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5466Sat, 5 Nov 2011 18:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralia's richest horse race has been run and won and now another summer sporting icon is on the radar with the close of applications for entry marking the start of the countdown to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5465Wed, 2 Nov 2011 13:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLeading ocean racing yachtsman and CYCA member Roger Hickman has provisionally won the premier IRC division of the race on corrected time with his 18-year-old yacht Wild Rose. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5464Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Hempel 38th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race has now witnessed The Stick take line honours at the fastest pace in four years. This comes as a reward to owner Richard Christian after a rather disappointing retirement in the 2010 edition of the race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5463Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe leading yacht in the Hempel 38th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, The Stick, at 6.30am today was only 23 nautical miles from the finish of the 414 nautical mile ocean race across the northern Tasman Sea to the World Heritage-listed island.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5461Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThree yachts entered for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, The Stick, Wild Rose and Quetzalcoatl, are tonight leading heading the line honours, IRC and PHS handicap standings in the Hempel 38th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race across the Tasman Sea.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5460Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspProminent ocean racing yachtsman Roger Hickman has shown his sailing skills overnight to bringing his 25-year-old former Sydney Hobart Race winner Wild Rose into top place on IRC corrected times in the Hempel Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5459Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race entrant The Stick is power sailing into the Tasman Sea this afternoon, three hours after the start of the Hempel 38th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race in Broken Bay.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5457Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTriple Laser world champion and reigning ISAF World Sailor of the Year Tom Slingsby is on a high after being named Australia Male Sailor of the Year in the Yachting Australia awards against a particularly tough field at a gala event at Luna Park last evening.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5458Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo past winners of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Wild Rose and Midnight Rambler, are in the small but high quality fleet setting sail from Broken Bay this coming Saturday, 29 October, in the Hempel 38th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5453Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEarly this morning, at 0054 CEST, the maxi Esimit Europa 2, crossed the finish line of the 2011 Rolex Middle Sea Race in Marsamxett Harbour, Valetta, Malta, to take the line honours win. The Slovenian maxi completed the course in an elapsed time of 61 hours, 24 minutes and 35 seconds. In 2010, Esimit Europa2 was also the line honours winner, with an elapsed time of 54 hours, 52 minutes, 32 seconds.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5454Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor over 66 years many yachtsmen and women have foregone Christmas celebrations to prepare for the ultimate sailing test - completing a Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - and with just one week to submit an Application for Entry to the host club, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, time is running out for those wanting to take the race off their bucket list.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5452Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo-times Rolex Sydney Hobart winner Bob Steel today added another famous trophy to his long list of ocean racing successes when his TP52 Quest won the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's prestigious Gascoigne Cup short ocean race off Sydney.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5449Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYachts from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia this Saturday will race off the coast of Sydney for the Gascoigne Cup, a magnificent perpetual trophy first sailed for 125 years ago and which owes its origins to heroic deeds during an historic military campaign in the Sudan.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5448Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspColin Woods' 50 footer Pretty Fly III is coincidentally the 50th applicant for entry for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart to be received by race organiser, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5443Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPaul Billingham and Peter McGee's Bavaria 42 Match Elusive has secured the trifecta of line honours, IRC and PHS divisional wins in today's Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5440Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe team of Ash Rooklyn, Tim Austin and Byron White and Ezra Pritchard have continued the unbeaten record for CYCA to win the 2011 Australian Match Racing Championships on the Gold Coast this week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5441Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast Thursday evening, 13 October, ninety members and guests attended the inaugural CYCA SOLAS Trusts fundraising dinner. Over $5,000 was raised on the evening via the silent auction.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5446Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDay two was 21 races of intense battle in the light to moderate breezes on the Gold Coast Broadwater today with the CYCA team of Ashlen Rooklyn, Tim Austin, Byron White and Ezra Pritchard topping the points table at the completion of the Round Robin phases.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5439Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThere is less than one month until Applications for Entry close for the 67th edition of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and already there is an interesting mix of yachts and people preparing to head south to Tasmania.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5438Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDefending Ocean Point Score (OPS) champion, Julian Farren-Price, is proving difficult to beat once again, winning today's Botany Bay Race overall making it two in a row after taking out the Port Hacking Race two weeks ago.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5437Sat, 8 Oct 2011 18:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Pescud and his Wot Eva crew returned safely to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia just as the provisional winner of the Flinders Islet Race was announced.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5436Sat, 8 Oct 2011 16:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Pescud and his Wot Eva crew from Sydney, who were racing in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 92 nautical mile Flinders Islet Race, are safe and sound after hitting Bellambi Reef just before 3.50am this morning.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5435Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt 0350 hours this morning, a Mayday call was sent from David Pescud's yacht Wot Eva which was competing in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's (CYCA) 92 nautical-mile Flinders Islet Race that started off Point Piper on Sydney Harbour last evening at 1900 hours.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5434Sat, 8 Oct 2011 06:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwenty eight yachts are registered to start in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's (CYCA) Flinders Islet race at 7.00pm this evening, and the question that remains to be answered is: can Stephen Ainsworth and his Loki crew break their own race record, set last October?http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5432Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPaul Billingham and Pete McGee's Bavaria Match 42 Elusive took line and PHS honours in the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore, with the decision to keep wide at the start a sound one.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5431Sat, 1 Oct 2011 19:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJulian Farren-Price won the Port Hacking Race, the second race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Ocean Pointscore Series (OPS) today, with his Cookson 12, About Time - and it was all about time, with the CYCA member taking overall honours by a mere 20 seconds from long-time rival St. Jude.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5427Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe team from University of Technology Sydney skippered by Jay Griffin (CYCA YSA Crew member) together with crew Jackson Cransfield, Kathleen Stroinovsky, Katie Webb, Scott Cotton and reserve Carla Seton, have been crowned the inaugural University Match Racing Champions for 2011 hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5428Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt has taken 15 years, but Stephen Ainsworth's Loki has smashed Brindabella's 15 year-old race record in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Bird Island Race in the early hours of this morning, making it a fourth record for the Sydney thoroughbred, which perfected the race by taking the trifecta - line honours, the record and the overall win.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5424Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Champtaloup's 60 year old Robert Clark designed Caprice of Huon has secured her second consecutive win in the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore Series taking the IRC win of the Night Harbour race yesterday evening.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5425Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBrindabella's 15 year-old race record may come under threat if the Bureau of Meteorology's forecast for the annual Bird Island Race, which kicks off the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's summer offshore season, comes to fruition. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5423Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australian Women's Match Racing Team trio of Olivia Price, Lucinda Whitty (both of whom are CYCA YSA Crew members) and Nina Curtis, defeated the Dutch crew, skippered by Mandy Mulder, two wins to one in the Bronze medal match.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5419Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Sailing Season 2011-2012 has commenced with the traditional season opening race, the 16th Monica Geddes Memorial Trophy - Sydney Harbour Islands Race, being conducted today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5418Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn a reversal of fortunes from the inaugural event two years ago, the Terry McLaughlin-led team from the Royal Canadian Yacht Club persevered today to win the 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex, sailed in Swan 42s. The New York Yacht Club team finished second, with the Annapolis Yacht Club team, third. The final race days' light and shifty conditions gave all 22 teams the opportunity to shift positions on the leaderboard, but in the end most just solidified what they had already earned.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5417Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian sailors are set to race for the Bronze medal on the final day of the ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final after a hard fought semi-final in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5421Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Chamber of Commerce could not have arranged a more spectacular day for the 22 competing yacht club teams, representing 16 nations from six continents, than what was delivered today after a cold front that passed through the area overnight left behind a classic New England fall day to tantalize competitors at the 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5415Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA lack of breeze and fog contributed to a brief postponement ashore this morning to push back the start of the third day of racing at the 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex. By noon, however, the 22 competing yacht club teams had returned to now-familiar territory north of Newport's Pell Bridge and, with two winners in the two races held today, continued the established pattern that has now seen eight different teams win the eight races sailed thus far in the series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5414Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australian crew of Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty sailed consistently well in variable conditions to move from their overnight fourth position to end the round robin phase of the event first overall with nine wins from 10 starts.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5420Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter several days of late summer breeze and sunshine, thick fog rolled into Narragansett Bay, greeting competitors of the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex and forcing a short postponement to today's racing. Twenty-two yacht club teams from 16 countries are here in Newport to contest the second edition of this biennial event.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5413Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWest Australian sailor David Gilmour has won the 2011 Australian Youth Match Racing Championship, defeating CYCA's Jay Griffin in the final.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5416Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspReturning to upper Narragansett Bay for the second day of the 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex has proven beneficial for at least one of the 22 yacht club teams - Royal Canadian Yacht Club - which again displayed remarkable consistency on the race course.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5411Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter several practice days spent familiarizing themselves with the boats and local sailing conditions, the 22 yacht club teams were unleashed for the first day of racing in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex. The event is hosted by the New York Yacht Club at Harbour Court, their on-the-water clubhouse in Newport, Rhode Island.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5409Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian sailors Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty are finalising preparations for the ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final, with racing set to get underway in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5410Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe grounds of New York Yacht Club's renowned Harbour Court clubhouse in Newport, Rhode Island, were filled with sailors from around the world, who are set to begin racing today, Tuesday 13 September (11:00am, NY EDT) in the second biennial New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5408Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo weeks to go until nominations close in the CYCA's prestigious Ocean Racer of the Year Awards. The 2011 Ocean Racer of the Year Awards will be announced on Wednesday 14 December 2011 and the CYCA welcomes nominations from fellow offshore clubs that have suitable candidates that they feel would be eligible for these awards. Nominations close on Friday 18 November.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5406Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Members and their guests enjoyed the CYCA Members' Open Day and the Parade of Sail on Sunday 11 September on a spectacular spring day.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5403Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWell-known Sydney sailors Carl Crafoord and Hugh Brodie are the latest to be inducted into the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Hall of Fame for contesting their 25th Sydney Hobart race in 2010 at the Quiet Little Drink (QLD) cocktail party celebration held last Friday evening at the CYCA.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5405Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEd Psaltis' brand new Ker 40 AFR Midnight Rambler has made a stunning ocean racing debut taking line honours and the PHS Division 1 win in the Sydney Amateur Sailing Club's Lion Island Race, which also marks the start of the CYCA's Ocean Pointscore and Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore Series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5402Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast evening, Wednesday 31 August, Commodore Garry Linacre, together with members of the CYCA Board, provided the team that will represent the club at the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, from 10 -17 September 2011, with an official send-off.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5398Thu, 1 Sep 2011 13:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the organising authority for the 67th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, and Rolex SA of Geneva, the race's naming rights sponsor, have announced the release of the Notice of Race and now invite Applications for Entry.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5396Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWagner's Ride of the Valkyries rang out through a Sydney park today as mourners paid affectionate tribute to larger-than-life ABC chopper pilot Gary Ticehurst.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5394Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDarryl Hodgkinson's Victoire had the IRC Class B series sewn up before today's final scheduled Molle Islands Race, the Sydney plastic surgeon's champion Beneteau 45 remaining on the dock while the rest wallowed about in light winds and drizzle in Dent Passage until racing was postponed.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5389Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA 28-year dream of winning the Grand Prix division at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week has been realised for Sydney yachtsman Marcus Blackmore.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5387Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWhen racing begins on Tuesday, September 13, at the 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex, most of the 22 participating yacht club teams will be fresh from racing at the peak of the sailing season in the northern hemisphere. However, three teams - the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Royal Cape Yacht Club and Yacht Club Argentino - which hail from below the equator, will be coming from winter to summer to race in Swan 42s for the championship title.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5391Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn the penultimate day of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, two premier divisions have all but been run and won while the rest have one race remaining to make a final grab for points before the curtain closes tomorrow.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5386Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn behalf of Gary's widow Teresa, daughter Michelle and son Matthew, they would like to advise CYCA members that a memorial service for Gary will be held in Rushcutters Bay Park on Tuesday 30 August 2011, commencing at 11:30am.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5383Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:33:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMultiple Laser world champion and Rolex ISAF World Sailor of the Year Tom Slingsby has been part of many different race programs. When asked what he believes is the magic ingredient, the explanation for Marcus Blackmore's mind boggling success at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week with his TP52 Hooligan, Slingsby says it's the team.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5385Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn the hard-fought IRC Class B at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, Darryl Hodgkinson's slippery Beneteau 45 Victoire has padlocked the top placing and thrown away the key with today's fifth consecutive handicap win from six starts.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5384Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFrom all the screaming spinnaker runs to Double Cone Island in today's fresh sou'easter, David Turton's Mooloolaba based FT10 Likatiger had one of the most exhilarating rides at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5381Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSecond on the IRC Class A Grand Prix pointscore heading into day four, Stephen Ainsworth's RP63 Loki was the highest profile casualty, less than five minutes after their start in Dent Passage. Gear failure resulted in one of the mast's sweptback spreaders punching a giant hole through the mainsail, the cloth torn to pieces like a cannon ball had been shot through it.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5380Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMarcus Blackmore's all conquering TP52 Hooligan has found itself a worthy opponent. Today Stephen Ainsworth's RP63 Loki evened the tally between the two over a number of events, the current being Audi Hamilton Island Race Week where the two are ruling the Grand Prix division.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5379Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAudi Hamilton Island Race Week's IRC Class A Grand Prix and B riders and starters had their first day of taxing windward/leeward races in bumpy seas and a brisk 18-20 knot south easterly trade breeze.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5373Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRecords tumbled in the 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race, this year's event living up to its reputation as the most gruelling and tactically challenging of the classic offshore races. As usual the 608 mile long course took the boats from the start line off Cowes, Isles of Wight towards the Fastnet Rock off southwest Ireland, back around the outside of the Scilly Isles off southwest England to the finish line in Plymouth. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5377Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe seal was broken off the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week cap with the promise of a just over a week of racing in the stunning Whitsunday Islands group spectacularly previewed with today's opening 23.3 nautical mile Lindeman Island Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5374Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspABC helicopter pilot Gary Ticehurst brought ocean yacht racing, with its dramas and the exhilaration of sailing on the open sea, into the living rooms of millions of people around the world.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5372Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor the first time in more than 50 years, the Rolex Fastnet Race has a back-to-back handicap winner. Following on from her victory under IRC in 2009, this afternoon the Royal Ocean Racing Club has confirmed that Niklas Zennström's Rán (GBR) is once again the overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race and the prestigious Fastnet Challenge Cup. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5376Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSurprisingly the new record went not to Mike Slade's 100 foot supermaxi ICAP Leopard (GBR), which had established the record of 1 day, 20 hours, and 18 minutes in 2007, but the smaller Volvo Open 70 Abu Dhabi (UAE), skippered by double Olympic silver medallist, Ian Walker. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5375Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGarry Linacre, Commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, has announced that Audi Centre Sydney will continue on as the naming rights sponsor of the Audi Winter Series, the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and the CYCA Youth Sailing Academy.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5371Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe record-sized Rolex Fastnet Race fleet set sail from Cowes in classic conditions - a beat westward up the Solent in a building west-southwesterly and sunshine, but with an ominous looking cloud line over the mainland. In the end there were 314 starters, the largest fleet ever to start the Rolex Fastnet Race following the previous record of 303 in 1979. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5370Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFaced with another great weather forecast, 12-20 knots of breeze from the south east, Principal Race Officer Tony Denham chose to send the record race fleet to fight the tide in the Molle Channel to White Rock.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5369Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe largest, most diverse fleet of racing boats ever assembled in the history of offshore yachting will set sail from Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK tomorrow in the Rolex Fastnet Race. As ever, the Royal Ocean Racing Club's biennial flagship event takes the fleet 608 miles along the south coast of the UK, across the Celtic Sea to the Fastnet Rock off southwest Ireland, before returning around the Scilly Isles to the finish in Plymouth.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5368Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe fifth annual Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race is done and dusted for another year. The crews have ventured off to their next port which is either home or onto Airlie Beach or Hamilton Island for race weeks.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5364Mon, 8 Aug 2011 14:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin secured his third consecutive Club Marine NSW Youth Match Racing Championship title with his crew of Alex Chittenden, Jack Breislin and Kurt Hansen. Griffin, representing the host club the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, finished round robin two on top of the leaderboard.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5363Sun, 7 Aug 2011 17:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOlivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty lined up against the Russian crew led by Ekaterina Skudina in the quarter-finals of the Women's Match Racing. The Australian trio lost the opening two races before fighting back to win race three convincingly and take the first to three-wins quarter-final to a fourth racehttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5361Sun, 7 Aug 2011 14:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspByron White and his crew of Hamish Hardy and Tom Koerner representing the host club, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, have finished the first day of the Club Marine NSW Youth Match Racing Championship on top of the scoreboard with seven wins from Round Robin 1.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5358Sat, 6 Aug 2011 18:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMark Richards and his Wild Oats XI crew have set a new Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race record today smashing Lahana's 2010 record by 2 hours, 49 minutes and 2 seconds. The new record stands at 24 hours, 22 minutes and 20 seconds, a record that Wild Oats XI is proud to hold.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5360Sat, 6 Aug 2011 14:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe penultimate round of the 2011 Audi IRC Australian Championship has been run and won with crews making a slow trip north in the annual Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5362Fri, 5 Aug 2011 14:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralia's Women's Match Racing crew of Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty have won their way through to the quarter-finals of the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta, the test event for the London 2012 Olympic Games, following a tense final day of round robin racing on Portland harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5356Fri, 5 Aug 2011 09:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralia's Women's Match Racers have gotten off the mark at the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta, the test event for the London 2012 Olympic Games, with two races wins on the second day of racing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5357Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRacing is underway at the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta, the test event for the London 2012 Olympic Games, with Australia's Women's Match Racers the only crew in action on day one.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5355Wed, 3 Aug 2011 16:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOnly Jonathan Stone's 34ft yacht Illusion (NSW) remains at sea this morning and her arrival will bring the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 26th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race to a close.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5354Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspVictorian yacht Living Doll (Michael Hiatt) has today been declared the IRC overall winner of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 26th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, while Loki (Stephen Ainsworth), last year's winner, is second and Ragamuffin (Syd Fischer) third.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5353Tue, 2 Aug 2011 17:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth and his Loki crew became the third finishers in the slow-going 26th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race this afternoon, when they crossed the Main Beach finish line off Southport at 1.34.06pm after two days, 34min 06sec at sea.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5351Mon, 1 Aug 2011 19:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBob Oatley's Wild Oats XI, skippered by Mark Richards, took line honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's (CYCA) 384 nautical mile Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race this morning at 07.11.27am, finishing the race in one day 18hr 11min 27sec to confirm she is still the fastest super maxi in Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5348Mon, 1 Aug 2011 10:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast night at 9.55pm, Bruce McKay reported his yacht Wasabi had lost her keel while racing in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's (CYCA) 384 nautical mile Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. All aboard are safe.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5347Mon, 1 Aug 2011 00:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBrindabella's 1999 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race record is safe for another year; race leader, Wild Oats XI, is well behind the time of 27 hours 35min 03 sec, the super maxi was just south of Coffs Harbour and 148 nautical miles from the Southport finish line at 4.45pm, so Mark Richards and his crew will saw the record slip out of their grasp at 4.35.03pm this afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5346Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt midnight last night, the 100 footers, Wild Oats XI and Investec Loyal were going at it hammer and tongs in the 2011 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and this morning, very little has changed, only "The Oats" has doubled the lead on her adversary to just over six nautical miles this morning at 7.00am and the smallest boat in the fleet, Aroona, is the overall leader.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5345Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEven though it was only a light 5 knot nor-easterly wind that got the 69 yachts in the 2011 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race away on Sydney Harbour at 1.00pm today, the battle was no less exciting, as Anthony Bell's Investec Loyal and Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI set the scene for a thrilling chase to the finish of the 384 nautical mile race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5344Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTacticians and navigators taking part in the 2011 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race will need to keep their humour well intact if they are to survive the weather conditions that were dished up to them by the Bureau of Meteorology's Michael Logan this morning.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5343Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBrindabella's 12 year old Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race record of 27 hours 35 minutes 43 seconds, looks safe for another year after Michael Logan from the Bureau of Meteorology delivered the weather forecast to 140 competitors at the official race briefing, conducted this evening at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the race organiser.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5342Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe victorious team from San Diego Yacht Club, included the youngest racer in the regatta Nevin Snow as skipper, racing with crew Jake LaDow and Jake Reynolds. The team lost only three races in the Round Robin series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5340Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe competition was very close with three teams tied for the final spot in the Semi-Finals. The final four teams include Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, San Diego Yacht Club and Newport Harbor Yacht Club.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5338Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDuring one of our Coasters Retreat "redundant crew" meetings, Mickleborough popped into the conversation, that he had "once been wrecked on Northern Tasmania". They had, consequently, named the particular place, 'Lanoma Point', after our fishing boat, which was lost."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5341Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe first Round Robin is complete, and the second one is well on its way. The wind is still under 8 knots but with cloud cover so the temperature is comfortable. Racing is close to the Balboa Pier today so spectators on the beach and pier can enjoy the view.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5337Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCommodore Garry Linacre was re-elected to serve a second year of office as senior flag officer of Australia's leading ocean racing club. An election for the position of Vice Commodore was conducted between Howard Piggott and Michael Cranitch. Howard Piggott was declared the Vice Commodore.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5335Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt the close of entries for the 26th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race on Friday, a high calibre fleet of 70, including super-maxi Wild Oats XI, reigning Audi IRC Australian champion, Loki and 'the boat to beat' Hooligan, will head north from Sydney Harbour when the start signal is sounded at 1.00pm on Saturday 30 July.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5332Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWhat a difference one week makes! Last week the final pointscore race of the Audi Winter Series, conducted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, was abandoned due to excessive winds that gusted to 45 knots; and today, the traditional closing Ladies Day race was started in 4 knots westerly breeze that glassed out forcing the abandonment of racing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5331Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTara McCall, Ted Hackney and Felix Grech steered the Wotif.com Elliott to victory in the Kellett Shield fleet racing regatta this weekend.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5334Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspHugo Van Kretschmar will skipper the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's (CYCA) entry. The team includes Robbie Weir, Andrew Copley and Louise Geddes. Van Kretschmar, former Commodore of the CYCA, is enthusiastic about competing at the event: "I am absolutely looking forward to it. It started as a bit of wishful thinking but now we're deadly seriously." http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5330Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 10-race Audi Winter Series, conducted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, was decided before the day started, when the final race on Sydney Harbour today was abandoned due to excessive winds that gusted to 45 knots this morning.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5329Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOnly one week remains before entries close in the 2011 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, and race organiser, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, is anticipating a large fleet of 75 plus yachts will head north on July 30.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5328Fri, 8 Jul 2011 11:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe comfortable and roomy M.V. Coast is pleased to provide CYCA members and their guests spectator access to the start line for the 26th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race on Saturday 30 July.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5323Mon, 4 Jul 2011 13:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAnother warm and beautiful sun drenched winter's day greeted the 126 competitors in race nine of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Audi Winter Series, with moderate afternoon breezes kicking in and giving those slightly heavier boats in the fleet podium places.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5321Sun, 3 Jul 2011 17:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Talented Sailor Squad finished its training season with a fleet racing regatta on the Youth Sailing Academy fleet of Elliott 6s this past weekend. The squad has been coached by Ted Hackney and a team of the Advanced Squad sailors, who have bought these sailors together, many for their first time in keel boats.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5325Sun, 3 Jul 2011 16:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAshlen Rooklyn, Byron White and Hamish Hardy took their Governor's Cup training up one more step with a win in the Captain John Piper Match Racing Regatta. The team have been training mid week and the extra work is showing as they won all of their races today in the second day of the regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5324Sat, 2 Jul 2011 17:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australian Women's Match Racing Team crew of Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty has qualified for the quarter-finals at the 2011 Open European Championships in Helsinki, Finland.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5327Sat, 2 Jul 2011 15:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCommodore Garry Linacre today sent a message to all members of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia informing them the Coronial Inquest into the Flinders Islet incident was held today before Deputy State Coroner Carmel Forbes at the Parramatta Local Court.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5319Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAeolus, the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology was napping for today's Audi Winter Series and by late afternoon those struggling to reach the finish line from Manly were also in danger of nodding off in the balmy winter sunshine.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5309Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDefending champions, Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, have retained the Interclub Challenge after a closely fought battle with the team of 24 sailors from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Youth Sailing Academy Development Match Racing Squad.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5315Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAshlen Rooklyn and his team of Byron White and Hamish Hardy have been out training twice a week in the lead up to their departure for the Governor's Cup in California in late July and it paid dividends over the weekend as the team holds onto first place in the Captain John Piper regatta after one round of competition.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5316Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Women's Match Racing event saw some exceptional competition throughout Kiel Week, with tight challenges, close raising and the early exit of top performers.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5308Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYachting Australia has announced the Australian sailors who will contest the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta 2011, the sailing test event for the 2012 London Olympic Games. In the Women's Match Racing, Olivia Price (CYCA Youth Sailing Academy Member), who has developed remarkably quickly as skipper, will team with Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty for the regatta to be held between 31 July and 13 August and is a key event in the lead up to the 2012 London Olympic Games.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5317Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australian Women's Match Racing Team crew of Nicky Souter, Jessica Eastwell and Lucinda Whitty will line up against the Russian entry skippered by Ekatarina Skudina in the final with the Australians guaranteed at least a Silver medal.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5307Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA stunning light weather Audi Winter Series Race 7 on a sunny warm Sunday was in stark contrast to last week's freeze-out race that served up bucketing rain and big gusty winds in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia hosted 10-race series. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5305Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNothing is stopping Jessica Watson in setting herself more challenges. In just over six weeks' time she, together with four other young crew, will compete in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, as part of their preparation to be youngest crew ever to compete in the Rolex Sydney Hobart.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5304Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor those lucky or unlucky enough to have wangled their way out of the family camping trip this long weekend, the Audi Winter Series brought a decent dose of winter and the most puff seen in six weeks of the pointscore series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5302Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRosenberg got his first ride to Hobart in 1957 on the first ever Singapore entry Bintang Terang (translated, "Bright Star" according to my recent cab driver.)http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5301Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor Phil Molony and the crew onboard Papillon, preparation, a great start and their asymmetric kite made all the difference to winning Division B. "We nailed the start - we hit the line flat out about one second after our allotted time. We had prepared our tactics in advance and it really paid dividends."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5299Sun, 5 Jun 2011 18:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter some fierce competition from Johannes Waimer and the crew of Team Premier, it was Neil Pryde's Hi-Fi that took 1st place in the Racing Class on the final day of racing at the Sawadee.com Regatta Samui.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5297Sun, 5 Jun 2011 16:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn Day 3 the winds blew mighty...yesterday was a rest day...but today, on Carlsberg Race Day in Samui, rest was the last thing on anyone's mind as the crews headed out to sea from Chaweng Beach on the penultimate day of racing. And what a race day it was to be.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5298Fri, 3 Jun 2011 23:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFollowing some fiercely contested sailing on Day 1 of the Sawadee.com Regatta, Day 2 action got underway early today. A day that saw controversy in the IRC-1 Class and Team Premier extending their lead in the Racing Class. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5295Tue, 31 May 2011 23:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDespite a full fleet of matched boats trying to knock Matt Allen's Beneteau 44.7 Zhik Ichiban from top spot in the IRC 1 class, they were not perturbed, and although six boats beat them across the finish line they still managed to claim Race 1 handicap honours by 27 seconds - although the fleet have clearly signaled their intentions.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5294Tue, 31 May 2011 01:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe NSW Maritime was quick to arrive when Ian Oatley's canting keeled Reichel/Pugh 42 capsized after a keel malfunction off the Point at Watsons Bay, shortly before 2.00pm today, during Race 4 of the Audi Winter Series, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, whose officials also attended the scene quickly reporting all were well and safe aboard.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5291Sun, 29 May 2011 17:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, together with sponsor Audi Australia are pleased to release the Notice of Race for the 384 nautical mile Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race to start on Sydney Harbour at 1pm, Saturday 30 July.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5290Tue, 24 May 2011 12:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAnother beautiful sun drenched autumn day greeted the 130 competitors in race three of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Audi Winter Series, and despite the delayed start to racing a full course was sailed in most divisions for the first time this season.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5287Sun, 22 May 2011 18:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA strong crew from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia will contest the second edition of the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex, to be sailed at Newport, Rhode Island, USA, from September 10-17.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5285Wed, 18 May 2011 10:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney's parking woes are well publicised, but for those competing in today's Audi Winter Series race 2 it was a case of having too many vacant spots on the Harbour once the early morning land breeze fizzled out as the temperature climbed.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5282Mon, 16 May 2011 08:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralia and New Zealand have secured a place at the Nations Cup Grand Final in Sheboygan this September following the Oceania Regional Final held at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia this week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5281Sun, 15 May 2011 09:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspClose racing kept umpires and the race committee busy today in day two of the ISAF Nations Cup Regional Final Oceania, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Maiko Sato (JPN) and her team were the big improvers of the day, settling in to match racing and the Elliott 6.0m boats.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5280Sat, 14 May 2011 08:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney Harbour turned on the perfect sailing conditions today for the ISAF Nations Cup 2011 Regional Final Oceania, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5277Thu, 12 May 2011 21:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSix teams will gather tomorrow at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia for their practice session for the ISAF Nations Cup 2011 Regional Final Oceania, sailing in the Elliott 6.0m boats.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5276Tue, 10 May 2011 14:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA team of Seve Jarvin, Ash Rooklyn, Marcus Ashley-Jones, Caitlin Tames, Grace Shipway and Ruby Harrison sailed well in light conditions to finish 3rd overall in the Australian Teams Racing Championships, conducted by Woolahra Sailing Club over the weekend of 9-10 May 2011.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5278Mon, 9 May 2011 16:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA beautiful autumn day signalled the opening race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Audi Winter Series, and what it lacked in breeze was more than made up for in warm sunshine for a perfect Mothers' Day on the water.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5271Sun, 8 May 2011 17:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEight to ten knots of breeze provided the perfect conditions for the last day shootout, off Jomtiem beach in the Gulf of Thailand for the Top of the Bay Regatta, where several classes were relying on today's results and a race drop race to settle the overall series scores, while others, such as IRC 2, were well and truly decided, Aussie Matt Allen leaving the course undefeatedhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5270Wed, 4 May 2011 18:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLimit added yet another trophy to Alan Brierty's cabinet when she claimed line honours in the Visit Indonesia Fremantle Bali 2011 international yacht race. In the process, she shattered Rolly Tasker's 30 year old record for the race, finishing in a little over six days and 5 hours.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5269Tue, 3 May 2011 14:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPhillip Denison's Cavalier 39 - Salthouse Gusto won the Great Veterans race and will have his name engraved on the historic Windward trophy. This year is Gusto's first Great Veterans race having 'come of age' recently and qualifying by having competed in the 1989 Sydney Hobart.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5264Sun, 1 May 2011 17:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOwner Nicholas Jones will be hoping his yacht Amon Ra lives up to her namesake and brings the sun out on Sunday for the Great Veterans Race, conducted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, marking the commencement of the Audi Winter Series 2011http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5263Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFormer Queenslander Marcus Blackmore fulfilled a lifetime ambition when he steered his TP52 Hooligan to victory in the 2011 QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone race, which was announced today when time ran out for the smaller yachts in the fleet.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5259Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPeter Millard and his crew overcame a slow start to crew the Sydney registered super maxi Lahana to a comfortable line honours win in the QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Race earlier this afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5260Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMarcus Blackmore's TP52 Hooligan was crowned the NSW IRC Division 1 champion with a perfect score, winning five from five with Blackmore well pleased. "Yes we did well. The reality is the boat is well sorted and we sailed well.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5256Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith the NSW IRC Fleet sailing an offshore course and the SB3's continuing their National Championship at Salamander Bay, the Performance Racing and Cruising fleets were assigned the inshore course 8, starting in Nelson Bay, then to Salamander Shores, Pindimar Mark, Corlette Mark and back, to the finish line in Nelson Bay.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5257Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRoger Hickman has won the 213 nautical mile Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race overall with his 25 year-old yacht Wild Rose, crossing the Hunter River finish line at 05.44.50 hours this morning.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5250Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth and his Loki crew from Sydney have claimed line honours in the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race tonight, crossing the finish line in the Hunter River at 18.48.23 hours this evening, in the elapsed time of 1 day, 6hrs, 48 mins and 23 secs.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5249Sat, 9 Apr 2011 20:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA battle of wills to win the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race continues up the NSW Central Coast today, as line honours front runner Loki tries to stay ahead on time to overcome the never-ending challenge from her smaller opponent, Victoire, to score overall honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's final Blue Water Pointscore race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5248Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Finals and Petit-Finals of the Princesa Sofia MAPFRE match racing were sailed in perfect conditions after the sea breeze filled in around midday to a steady 7-10 knots.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5251Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCreative, imaginative and concise is the mindset competitors in the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race would have found themselves in overnight, as the 18-boat fleet struggled in the extremely light conditions that had most of the fleet choosing an inshore route, with the exception of Pretty Fly III.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5247Sat, 9 Apr 2011 08:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSix and a half hours into the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 213 nautical mile Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, very little has changed on the race track, as Stephen Ainsworth's Loki continues to lead Syd Fischer's Ragamuffin and Colin and Gladys Woods' Pretty Fly III on the water and there is little change in those behind them.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5246Fri, 8 Apr 2011 19:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA fleet of 18 lined up for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 213 nautical mile Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race today for the midday start and Stephen Ainsworth's Loki powered off the start at the pin end to lead the yachts as they left Sydney Harbour and turned left for Newcastle on the NSW coast.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5245Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAnother full day of racing at the 42nd Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofia MAPFRE in Palma for the 24 Women's Match Racing teams, and after a few postponements while the offshore breeze settled in then switched to a sea breeze, the six teams in the Repechage Group were first up sailing three flights of their round robin.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5244Thu, 7 Apr 2011 10:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMichael Logan, Senior Duty Forecaster for the Bureau of Meteorology, delivered the forecast of light east to south-east winds of 5-10 knots for the start of the race on Sydney Harbour, with the fleet experiencing 10-15 knots east to south-east offshore on Friday with a one metre southerly swell. This means that the race record of 15 hrs, 57 mins and 53 seconds, held by Stephen Ainsworth's Reichel/Pugh 63 Loki, set in 2009, should still stand.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5243Wed, 6 Apr 2011 19:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter a long day on the water, Stage One was completed for the Women's Match Racing at the 42nd Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofia MAPFRE in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5242Wed, 6 Apr 2011 11:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCruising Yacht Club of Australia, together with Naming Rights sponsor Audi Australia, are pleased to advise that the notice of race and entry form for its popular Audi Winter Series, which has been part of the club's sailing calendar for almost as long as the Rushcutters Bay clubhouse has been operating, are now available.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5238Mon, 4 Apr 2011 10:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwenty-four teams from 18 countries are in Palma de Mallorca, Spain to compete for the Women's Match Racing title at the 42nd Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofia MAPFRE. In addition to the individual event title, teams are competing for the overall 2010-2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup (SWC) title.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5239Sat, 2 Apr 2011 11:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast Wednesday evening saw the last twilight race of the 2010/2011 season with 75 yachts sailing in a very light breeze with a few yachts finishing bathed in a glorious sunset.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5240Fri, 1 Apr 2011 11:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt the close of entries, 19 yachts have entered this year's Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, which commences at 12 noon on Friday 8 April. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5236Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSailing under the moniker, No I in Team, and representing Darryl Hodgkinson's Victoire, Sean Kirkjian, Keiryn Cowan and Scott Francis have been crowned CYCA Mount Gay Rum Top Jocks ''Champion of Champions'http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5235Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor the final races of the Grant Thornton Short Haul and Short Ocean Pointscore Series', racing was forced inside the Harbour due to strong south sou'westerly winds averaging 22 knots.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5234Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspKatie Abbott and her crew of Tara McCall, Angela Farrell and Sophie Lahey representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia have been named the winners of the Harken Women's International Match Racing regatta defeating New Zealander Danielle Bowater in the grand final by 2 races to 1http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5233Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWinners and placegetters from each of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's summer sailing pointscores will be out of their comfort zones this Sunday 27 March when they step aboard the CYCA's Youth Sailing Academy Elliot 6's to compete in the Mount Gay Rum Top Jocks Regatta to determine which team will be crowned the CYCA Top Jocks Champion of Championshttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5232Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNew Zealander Danielle Bowater and her crew of Bianca Cook, Hannah Osborne and Katie de Lange have strengthened their lead in the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta after three round robins to lead by two points. Representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Bowater finished the three round robins with a total of 13 wins and two losses. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5231Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNew Zealander Danielle Bowater and her crew of Bianca Cook, Hannah Osborne and Katie de Lange lead the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta by one point after day one. Representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Bowater finished the day with 5 wins and one loss.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5230Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo teams from New Zealand will have a trans-Tasman battle with four Australian teams in the seventh Harken Women's International Match Racing regatta that commences tomorrow, Wednesday 23 March, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA).http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5229Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWinning the final race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Ocean Pointscore Series (OPS) was pivotal for Julian Farren-Price and his well-named Cookson 12 About Time, from the CYCA.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5225Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5254Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAs entries continue to flow in for the fourth edition of the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, competitors and yacht owners have less than 10 days to submit an entry. The 213 nautical mile race will commence at 12 noon on Friday 8 April from Sydney Harbourhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5223Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOlivia Price and her crew of Nicky Souter, Karyn Gojnich and Nina Curtis, representing the Australian Women's Match Racing team have won the Marinassess Women's Match Racing Regatta, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, without dropping a match over two days of tough competition.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5220Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOlivia Price has taken a commanding lead in the Marinassess Women's Match Racing Regatta, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, winning all her matches on Sydney Harbour today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5219Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJon Short & Miles Bastick's Farr 34 MRX secured the IRC & PHS double win in race 14 of the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore Series (SHPS); with David Forbes' Kaiko 52 Merlin taking IRC honours, Quatre Quart the PHS Division 1 win and Kevin O'Shea's Stormy Petrel the PHS Division 3 win in race 11 of the Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore Series (SOPS).http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5217Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBob Oatley's record breaking supermaxi yacht, Wild Oats XI, is about to undergo an upgrade following news that the 30-metre long sloop is to face a powerful foreign challenger in the Rolex Sydney Hobart race later this year.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5218Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter the recent success of the men's match racing teams from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, this weekend will showcase some of the up and coming women's match racers from around Australia when they begin competition tomorrow in the Marinassess Women's Match Racing Regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5216Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYoung Australian of the Year Jessica Watson today confirmed she will race in the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and will skipper the youngest crew to ever compete in the iconic event.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5215Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAlexander Whitworth was awarded the Blue Water Medal for his circumnavigation of the world via the Northwest Passage West to East by the Cruising Club of Americahttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5213Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMiddle Harbour Yacht Club boat The Philosopher's Club has won the Audi Final Drive Challenge of this year's Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta, taking the keys to the major prize of the regatta - a brand new Audi A1.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5210Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMarcus Blackmore's Hooligan has retained its lead in Class A of the Audi IRC Australian Championship, with Stephen Ainsworth's Loki sitting in second place and Michael Hiatt's Living Doll now third overall.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5207Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe final day of racing in this weekend's Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta saw the harbour transformed into a sea of sails as 321 boats across 23 divisions took to the water in light but gusty conditions.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5208Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt 5.00pm, only one of the two races planned for today had been completed on the IRC course. The top contenders in Class A - Wild Oats X (the Bob Oatley owned and Mark Richards skippered Reichel Pugh 66), Loki (Stephen Ainsworth's RP63), Hooligan (Marcus Blackmore's TP52) and Living Doll (Michael Hiatt's Farr 55) - all chose the pin end of the start line with Wild Oats X getting the best start of the group and leading to the first markhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5206Sun, 6 Mar 2011 11:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRound two of Australian grand prix sailing series, the Audi IRC Australian Championship, will be staged on Sydney Harbour and off Sydney Heads this weekend as part of the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5205Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPatrick and Roberta Easton's Beneteau 473 InCahoots scored their second straight PHS win in the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore Series; with Jon Short and Miles Bastick's Farr 34 MRX securing another IRC win.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5201Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWhat a day, what a finish. The nail-biting ended at 4pm, when the Italian yacht Nerone crossed the line three boats behind the Australians on Transfusion. The separation was enough to give Transfusion's owner Guido Belgiorno-Nettis revenge for last year's defeat at the hands of the Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori. More importantly it gave him the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship title.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5200Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAnother fascinating day of dog eat dog at the 14th Rolex Farr 40 Worlds. Two races, two intriguing tales and all square at the top. A more enthralling setting for a final day of a world championship? Get the master of suspense, Hitchcock, to write it better. Defending champions Massimo Mezzaroma & Antonio Sodo Migliori's Nerone (ITA) holds a one-point advantage over the local heroes, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis' Transfusion (AUS). No one else is in sight.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5199Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspConsistency and minimizing damage have always been watchwords at the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds. No less so this year, as the 14th class world championship moves beyond the halfway point. None of the leading three got it completely right. Each bled more points than they would have liked over the course of three testing races. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5198Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMartin and Lisa Hill, with Estate Master (AUS), hold top honours thanks to two impeccable races and a 1-8-1 series. Defending champions Massimo Mezzaroma's Nerone (ITA) showed a crack in their recent cloak of invincibility; a premature start in the day's third race blotted an otherwise impressive scorecard. Finishes of 2-1-10 leaves them in third overnight.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5197Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMartin and Lisa Hill and their youthful Estate Master crew, which includes some of Australia's finest sailing talent, hold top honours after the opening day of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship following today's 1,8,1 results.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5196Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's perennial podium darling Loki looks set to add another victory to her growing list of sailing accolades - a win in the CYCA's Blue Water Pointscore, provided she performs well in the upcoming Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5195Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTomorrow morning the hearts and minds of the crews of the twenty Farr 40s berthed at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron will be focused on one thing: the 2011 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship. The word on the dock is that this championship is there for the taking. There is no clear favourite, figuring the top three proving as hard as guessing the top ten. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5194Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe stage was set for the battle of the Sydneysiders (Griffin V Reece) for 1st and 2nd and the batlle of the Wellingtonians (Coltman v Porebski) for 3rd and 4th. Griffin got off to a great start to the finals taking match one with Porebski doing the same in his match.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5191Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMassimo Mezzaroma's Italian team Nerone has won the 2011 Farr 40 Australian Championship after three days of racing off Sydney Heads. Nerone, who are the defending Rolex Farr 40 World Champions, recorded a scorecard of 6,1,6,1,1,1,6,3, after the eight race series was wrapped up today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5190Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThirteen yachts took to the start line for the Grant Thornton Short Haul Race to Pittwater last Saturday. The fleet got away at 11am in 10 knots of seabreeze which soon built to 20 knots and held in for most of the race, except for the usual quiet patch behind Barrenjoey Headland which presented a challenge for most yachts to get around with a very strong outgoing tidehttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5192Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter three races on the offshore course the leader-board has changed in the 2011 Farr 40 Australian Championship with current Rolex Farr 40 World Champions Massimo Mezzaroma's Nerone from Italy taking the lead. Nerone could not have asked for better results posting three first places today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5189Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney turned on a picture perfect day for the first day of racing in the 2011 Farr 40 Australian Championship. Leading the series after three races is Jim Richardson's Barking Mad from the USA. Richardson is on equal points with defending 2010 Farr 40 Australian Champion Guido Belgiorno Nettis' Transfusion who finished the day with two second places and a fifth.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5188Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:33:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSlow and steady wins the regatta. Jay Griffin and his crew of Henry Kernot, Hamish Hardy and Will Parker sailed well in the extreme light airs which presented themselves on the Auckland Harbour this afternoon to win the 2011 Harken Youth International Match Racing Championships.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5187Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex will host 19 yacht club teams representing 13 nations from six different continents in the ultimate sailing contest among amateur competitors proudly representing their homelands. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5186Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn the other semi final Jay Griffin representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australian beat his opponent Josh Porebski in the first nail-bitter by just 1 second. Wellington's Porebski fought hard in the next to win by a very comfortable 21 second margin. Then in another nail-bitter between this well matched duo Griffin grabbed another important win by just 5 seconds and now takes on Hazard in tomorrows first to win three races finals series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5185Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe standard of competition warming up for the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2011 is as good as it gets with world class helmsmen, A-list tacticians and rock star status crew joining Corinthians with their own ammunition as the countdown to the four day world championship begins.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5181Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSixteen Farr 40 teams taking part in the Farr 40 Summer Sprint Series spent the weekend racing on Sydney harbour in the Sound area and offshore on the Macquarie Circle course. After five long races, with a different winner for each, the winner of the regatta was Lisa and Martin Hill's Estate Master.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5179Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspKiwi David Hazard representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron added another 5 wins today and with a total of 11 wins overall is 1 point clear of the other semi finalists. Australians Jay Griffin and Jordan Reece along with Wellington's Josh Porebski complete the final four with a total of 10 wins each. To break the 3 way tie Reece beat both Griffin and Porebski in today's matches and so qualifies in the second spot. Porebski beat Griffin leaving them 3rd and 4th respectively.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5178Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEach year the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron conducts two prestigious short ocean races for historic trophies, the Gascoigne Cup and the Milson Memorial Cup - and Paul Clitheroe has won them both this season.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5177Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian Jay Griffin and Kiwis David Hazard & Codie Banks are locked together on top of the leader board at the end of day one at the 2011 HARKEN Youth International Match Racing Championships.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5176Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Rendezvous to Hobart 2011 has drawn to a conclusion with the celebratory dinner held at the Shipwrights Arms last Thursday 10th February with 38 sailors from 14 boats attending.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5182Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is next on the rankings at 82nd which includes an impressive second placing at the World University Match Racing Championships held in Greece in July 2010. Griffin and team are also in the top four, after four flights, with 3 wins over Middleton, Reece & Doyle and 1 loss to Codie Banks.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5175Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThree 21-year-old sailors from Auckland's Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron today outsailed their Australian opposition to regain the prestigious Hardy Cup ISAF 3, under 25 match racing event on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5174Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA's Evan Walker has made today's semi-finals of the Hardy Cup ISAF grade 3, under 25 match racing regatta on Sydney Harbour after winning his final match of the round-robin eliminations early last evening.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5173Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian match racing champion Evan Walker this afternoon fought back with four straight wins in the second round-robin of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's prestigious Hardy Cup ISAF grade 3, under 25 match racing regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5172Tue, 8 Feb 2011 19:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNew Zealand skippers Adrian Short and Will Tiller dominated today's opening round-robin racing in the Hardy Cup ISAF grade 3, under 25 match racing regatta on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5171Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian open match racing champion Evan Walker is in winning form to successfully defend the Hardy Cup, the ISAF Grade 3 under 25 match racing regatta starting on Sydney Harbour today, Monday 7 February.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5169Mon, 7 Feb 2011 09:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNoel Cornish and his Sydney 47 St Jude were announced the provisional winners of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Sydney to Newcastle Race this evening at 7.50pm, when four boats of the original 23 starters were still at sea.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5168Sat, 5 Feb 2011 19:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDarryl Hodgkinson and his Victoire crew remained patient to take out the Flinders Islet Race overall today, while Bill Wild and his Rodd & Gunn Wedgetail claimed line honours in the Blue Water Pointscore series race after hanging on all night and early this morning waiting for a decent wind to reappear.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5167Sat, 5 Feb 2011 19:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJustin Pelly and Sean Rahilly's Sydney 36CR Crosshaven sparkled in the Grant Thornton Short Haul night harbour race winning line honours and IRC Division yesterday evening.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5166Sat, 5 Feb 2011 11:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth and his Loki crew from Sydney will be looking to keep their excellent record going when they contest this evening's 92 nautical mile Flinders Islet Race starting off Point Piper at 8.00pm.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5165Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney skipper Evan Walker and his crew from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia have won the 2011 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta. They emerged the winners after a day of hard fought match racing, with the final against Perth's David Gilmour going the full five races.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5164Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian skipper David Gilmour has reclaimed sole ownership of the top rung of the ladder at the end of the third day of the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, putting in a good performance to win five of the six matches he sailed.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5163Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Gilmour is finding it crowded on the top rung of the ladder at the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta after the second day, with New Zealander Will Tiller and Sydneysider David Chapman joining him. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5162Tue, 1 Feb 2011 22:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYoung Australian skipper David Gilmour made a strong start to the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, he suffered only one defeat from eight races, to head the leaderboard at the end of day one.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5161Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRay Roberts TP52 Evolution Racing from Australia hit the line with speed with Neil Pryde's Welbourn 52 Hi Fi (Hong Kong) to leeward, with her bow slightly ahead. Difficult to live in that position for long, and as Evolution Racing rolled over Hi Fi, a tacking duel was instigated.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5159Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEvan Walker and his crew from Sydney's Cruising Yacht Club of Australia sailed a masterful final series to win the Colin Mullins International Youth Regatta, beating local skipper David Gilmour 3 - 1 in the deciding confrontation.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5155Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWarwick Sherman's Cookson 12 Occasional Coarse Language and Michael Selby's X-412 Cyrene 3 secured their first race wins in IRC & PHS Division 1 respectively in today's race eight of the Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore Series, in picture perfect sailing conditions.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5154Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Club of America (CCA) will award its prestigious 2010 Blue Water Medal to CYCA and RANSA member Alex Whitworth for a circumnavigation of the world via the Northwest Passage West to East.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5156Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Gilmour's dominance of the Colin Mullins International Youth Regatta was sufficient on the second day that he was able to forfeit his last two matches, and still head the leaderboard at the end of the triple round robin series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5153Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYoung Australian skipper David Gilmour heads the leaderboard at the end of the first day of the Colin Mullins International Youth Regatta, putting an 8 win - 1 loss scoreline on the board after a testing day afloat.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5152Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 175th Australia Day Regatta, sailed into the nation's history today when more than 160 harbour racing yachts, classic yachts, ocean racers and modern and historical skills celebrated this remarkable yachting anniversary on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5148Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMarcus Blackmore did not have to sail the final race of the Audi IRC Series today, but the Sydney yachtsman said there was no way his crew would miss the final race - and the TP52 Hooligan crew came out and won the final race to make it six wins from eight races to claim a 10 point overall victory of the Division A series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5149Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMore than 50 classic wooden yachts, many gaff-rigged, and several built more than a century ago, will grace the waters of Sydney Harbour to commemorate the 175th Australia Day Regatta tomorrow, Wednesday, 26 January 2011.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5147Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMarcus Blackmore and his highly skilled crew on Hooligan (NSW) racked up two more wins in Class 1 of the Audi IRC Series at Audi Victoria Week, the NSW businessman thriving in winds that gusted to 30 knots on Corio Bay's Outer Harbour. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5146Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBruce Foye from NSW sailed The Goat to a solid victory in the opening race of the Sydney 38 One-Design National Championship at Audi Victoria Week today and backed up with a third place to lead the nine race series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5142Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMarcus Blackmore (Hooligan) came ashore a happier man this afternoon after winning Division A Race 2 and sharing a win in Race 3 of the Audi IRC Series at Audi Victoria Week with the new series leader, Living Doll, owned by Melbournian Michael Hiatt. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5143Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNick Bartels sailed his Cookson 50 Terra Firma from Melbourne to an overall win in Division 1 of the Passage Race at Audi Victoria Week today, while Christopher Opielok (Rockall III) a newcomer to Australia and the event cleaned up in Division 2. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5145Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth sailed his RP63 to a commanding lead to take both line and overall honours in the lone race of the Audi Docklands Invitational this afternoon and his main concern after finishing was "Where am I going to park my second Audi?" http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5144Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Safety of Life at Sea Trusts (SOLAS) has made a donation to Volunteer Marine Rescue (VMR) Whitsunday for $35,705 which will be used to purchase two new outboard engines for VMR1, the 9.8 metre Kevlar Cat used by VMR Whitsunday.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5141Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Member Ray Roberts and his TP52 Evolution Sailing crew set out to defend their 2010 crown at the Royal Langkawi Week Regatta in Asia this week. While that mission was accomplished it nearly all came unstuck when the Australians had to execute a 720 degree penalty for an infringement against their main competitors.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5140Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast chance to register for the CYCA Medical Management for Mariners course which commences tomorrow Tuesday 15 February 2011.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5139Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5137Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith the series now complete, the 30th Pittwater & Coffs Harbour Offshore Series is over for another year with Julian Farren-Price's Cookson 12 'About Time' from the CYCA, the boat built for Coffs Harbour, emulating what he achieved in 2009, picking up the double winning both the coveted IRC 226nm Pittwater to Coffs Harbour race and overall series crowns for the second time in three years.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5135Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOne Australia's oldest yachts still actively racing, the Weene, will compete in the historic 175th Australia Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour on 26 January 2011.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5136Wed, 5 Jan 2011 12:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWild Oats X has crossed the finish line to take line honours in the 30th Anniversary Pittwater to Coffs Race in a time of 23hrs 6mins 12secs. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5134Mon, 3 Jan 2011 08:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt was a bright and windy morning today when boat owners, crews, friends and family gathered on the lawn of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania in warm sunshine for the official prize-giving for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010. The race's rich 66-year history provides for an impressive collection of race booty: intricately crafted silver trophies, hand-carved half models, and unique awards.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5133Sat, 1 Jan 2011 18:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt was 4.00pm at Constitution Dock on New Year's Eve and only four yachts remained at sea in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, but in quick succession, Illusion, Charlies Dream and Polaris of Belmont sailed to the finish line, leaving Wave Sweeper the last yacht to finish the race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5132Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Safety of Life at Sea Trusts (SOLAS) has made a donation to Tasmanian Air Rescue Trust (TART) of $15,056 which will be used to purchase 12 Aircrew Immersion Suits for water borne rescue.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5129Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWhen asked how it feels to win the legendary Rolex Sydney Hobart race, Boettcher's face lit up and he said, "As a kid it's something you always dream of. Just doing the race is fantastic, but to be a winner is the ultimate in sailing for Australian blokes."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5127Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn his 22nd attempt, South Australian yachtsman Geoff Boettcher has finally achieved his longheld dream, winning the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race overall.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5125Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGeoff Boettcher's South Australian yacht Secret Men's Business 3.5 looks set for corrected time honours in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race as the only two other contenders overnight dropped off the pace.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5124Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt was something like a cliffhanger. When five-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI sailed into Hobart early last night at the finish of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, controversy shrouded her as she slipped into Hobart's Constitution Dock.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5123Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We're back and we're just very happy to be here," said Wild Oats XI skipper Mark Richards after the news that a race committee protest had been dismissed and that the 30.48 metre supermaxi owned by Bob Oatley could be officially declared line honours winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5121Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWhat has been touted as one of the toughest Rolex Sydney Hobart Races in recent years, saw the first finisher arrive in Hobart early this evening. The 100-foot super maxi Wild Oats XI blazed up the Derwent River and crossed the finish line off Constitution Wharf at 2037 AEDT with an elapsed time of two days, seven hours, 37 minutes, 20 secondshttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5113Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBob Oatley's champion 100-foot supermaxi Wild Oats XI has reasserted its claim as one of Australia's greatest ocean racing yachts by being first across the Rolex Sydney Hobart finish line.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5112Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt 17.05 this afternoon, Tim Cox AM RANR, Chairman of the Race Committee of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, announced that the Race Committee had lodged two protests; one against Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI and one against Niklas Zennstrom's Rán.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5111Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe attrition continues in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - throughout the night and into this morning, an additional six yachts retired with a grocery list of problems: damaged steering, torn mainsails, broken booms and engine issues. This time, the retirements were among the small to mid-sized boats, bringing to 16 the total number to have retired with 71 boats still battling hard in the racehttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5108Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThere was a further three retirements overnight in the 66th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race among the small to mid size boats, bringing to 15 the total number to have retired with 72 still at sea.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5105Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspConditions appear to be easing at sea but not before the strong gale force south-westerly wind that built to its peak this afternoon claimed another three yachts in the Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5102Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGale force conditions are taking their toll on the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet with five retirements in less than an hour this afternoon as the fleet battles 40 to 50 knot winds off the New South Wales south coast.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5101Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRace day for the 66th Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet dawned cloudy and rainy for the 87 competing yachts. The grey weather added a bit of gloom and foreboding to what may be in store for the crews racing to the finish line in Hobart, 628-miles away.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5096Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Rolex Sydney Hobart, which started from Sydney Harbour at 1pm this afternoon, is shaping up to be two quite distinctive races wrapped into one; the first half, from Sydney Heads to Flinders Island on Tasmania's north-eastern tip and the second, from Flinders to the finish in the Derwent River.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5092Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Mark Richards skippered 100 footer, Wild Oats XI, shrugged off a cheeky challenge from Grant Wharington's Melbourne 98 footer, Wild Thing, to stamp its mark early on the Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours battle.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5091Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAs the rain poured down in Sydney this morning, the Bureau of Meteorology's (BOM) Michael Logan left Rolex Sydney Hobart competitors wondering just what the weather situation would be for today's 1.00pm start and beyond of the famous 628 nautical mile race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5090Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Bureau of Meteorology gave its race outlook to skippers and crews today at the official race briefing, which must be attended by four crewmembers from each boat. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5087Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis year's Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet can anticipate a more traditional upwind ride south with the Bureau of Meteorology today detailing its long range weather outlook with two bursts of strong southerly winds in the first 48 hours and steep seas in Bass Strait promising to test boats and crew.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5082Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspState versus state. Mate versus mate. Not the State of Origin but the battle that is shaping up between New South Wales and Victoria's finest to see who can get their hands on the prized Rolex Sydney Hobart silverware for overall winner, the Tattersall's Cup.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5079Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLimit was the star attraction of the Rolex Trophy as Alan Brierty and his superstar crew got a gun start and cleared out on their main rivals, Brierty making good his threat of yesterday that he would make up for the rest of his series and turn the tables on Loki. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5076Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA spectacular start for passage racing in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Rolex Trophy Rating and Passage Series' today as the combined fleet took off from Watsons Bay sailing sprung sheets as they headed out past North Head on a passage race of approximately 24 nautical miles. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5075Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt was a long day on the water for the reward of just one race in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Rolex Trophy Rating Series today, where Marcus Blackmore and his 'Hooligan' crew sailed into third place to maintain their series lead.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5074Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5069Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA classic Sydney thunderstorm drenched crews racing in the opening day of the Rolex Trophy sailed off Sydney Heads today, Marcus Blackmore's TP52 Hooligan shrugging off the conditions to finish outright leader after two races.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5068Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has presented the CYCA Ocean Racer of the Year Awards this evening at a gala cocktail party at the Clubhouse with the Ocean Crew Person of the Year trophy being rededicated in memory of the late Sally Gordon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5065Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn two days' time, Australia's hottest yachts will take to the water for the Rolex Trophy Rating Series to contest six races over four days from 16-19 December to discover the 2010 champion.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5064Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSupermaxi Wild Oats XI took the gun in today's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, the fourth line honours win in this event for the Oatley family patriarch, Bob Oatley, who steered his silver-hulled 100 footer around most of the Harbour course.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5063Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe annual SOLAS Big Boat Challenge maxi yacht fleet may for the first time in 17 years have to shift their finish line from off the Opera House if a sizable fleet of spectator craft hoping to catch a glimpse of the talk show Queen, Oprah Winfrey, creates a log jam.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5062Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn the lead up to the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds, reigning World and European champion Nerone (ITA) has eaten the rest of the competition alive to take out the Rolex Trophy One Design Series that wound up off Sydney after another day of waiting around for fickle light winds to breathe a bit of life into sails.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5061Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThere are 10 winners here at the 24th Phuket King's Cup and they are Ray Roberts' Evolution Racing (CYCA), Matt Allen's Ichi Ban (CYCA), Peter Dyer's Team Sea Bees, Peter Sorensen's Baby Tonga, Ilya Ermakov's Sarawadee, Paul Brunning's Dondang Sayang, Richard Macfarlane's Aida, Jean Rheault's Souay 1, Hans Rahmann's Voodoo and David Liddell's Miss Saigon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5060Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspReeling off four wins from four races, Nerone from Italy has proved herself a class above the rest in the Rolex Trophy One-Design Series being sailed in Sydney today; Massimo Mezzaroma's world champion taking a commanding 18 point lead after scoring a second place and a win yesterday.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5059Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe polished "out of towners" Nerone gave the local fleet a lesson in racing off Sydney Heads today when they continued their world champion form, winning all of today's four Rolex Trophy Series races and awarding themselves a seemingly unbeatable lead.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5058Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMassimo Mezzaroma's Farr 40 world champion Nerone (ITA) gave the rest of the fleet a lesson in sailing on the opening day of the Rolex Trophy One-Design Series in Sydney today, the only yacht to sail consistently and start their campaign with a five point buffer over World's runner-up, Transfusion, after two races.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5057Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe first sparring match between the 2010 Rolex Sydney Hobart glory boats, the optimised Investec LOYAL and Wild Oats XI, will take place on Sydney Harbour next Tuesday, December 14, in the annual SOLAS Big Boat Challenge maxi yacht race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5056Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Beneteau brethren has come to the aid of stricken South Australian skipper Andrew Saies with Howard Piggott generously offering the mast from his First 40, Flying Cloud, so that Saies' sistership Two True has a chance at making the Rolex Sydney Hobart start line on December 26.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5055Thu, 9 Dec 2010 16:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThere are only one day left to bid on the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's eBay auction that provides an exclusive opportunity to bid for places onboard one of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race favourites, when they compete in the CYCA's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge - the maxi yacht dash around Sydney Harbour on Tuesday 14 December.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5043Wed, 8 Dec 2010 15:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFortunes have changed dramatically for last year's Rolex Sydney Hobart overall winner Andrew Saies whose South Australian Beneteau First 40 Two True has suffered a mast breakage during the delivery to Sydney for the Boxing Day start of this year's ocean classic.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5054Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSailing enthusiasts will be treated to spectacular racing when a world-class fleet lines up for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Rolex Trophy One-Design Series off Sydney from 10-12 December.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5053Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEntries for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race have officially closed with 90 skippers completing the entry requirements for the blue water classic that will start in a blaze of colour on Sydney Harbour at 1pm AEDT on Boxing Day.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5050Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis weekend's 18 mile sausage shaped course for the Ocean Pointscore and Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore and Short Haul series marks the finish of the pre-Christmas Saturday races and heralds the arrival of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's busiest period of the year.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5046Sun, 5 Dec 2010 21:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLang Walker's Kokomo has taken out their second regatta win in a row, winning the Farr 40 Sprint Series this weekend. Farr 40 teams from Australia, New Zealand and the USA have spent the weekend fine tuning crew skills and racing strategies as they prepare for the upcoming Rolex Farr 40 World Championship in February 2011.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5051Sun, 5 Dec 2010 20:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCelebrate Christmas and New Year at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australiahttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5066Sun, 5 Dec 2010 11:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStudents from 14 schools in Western Sydney and Gosford areas were still smiling at the Youth Sailing Academy last week despite the rain reducing visibility and making it a very wet experience on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5052Fri, 3 Dec 2010 16:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australia Network has been granted rights, by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, to broadcast the entire ninety minute start program of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010 to 31 million homes across 45 countries in Asia, the Pacific and the Indian sub-continent, including Australian troops serving in Afghanistan and other parts of the region.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5042Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, the annual maxi race on Sydney Harbour, is shaping up as one of the most colourful in the event's 17 year history. A spectator vessel, MV Coast, is available for CYCA members and their guests to witness the one and only chance to see the line honours form guide for the 66th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race up close and personal.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5038Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's Reichel Pugh 63 Loki takes the double of IRC Gun Boat Trophy for fastest yacht and IRC Overall in the IRC & PHS Ocean Passage Series in the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championshiphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5037Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGotta Love It 7's team of Seve Jarvin (YSA Coach and crew member), Sam Newton (YSA crew member) and Scott Babbage secured the 2010-2011 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship win with another outstanding victory today in Race 4 of the five-race series being sailed on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5034Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's Reichel Pugh 63 Loki, the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship reigning champion, breezed past the competition in today's IRC Ocean Passage Series, with perfect conditions the order of the day.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5033Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Jay Griffin and his team of Henry Kernot and Hamish Hardy, have clinched victory from Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club's Tim Coltman in an epic grand final of the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship, hosted by the CYCA over the past four days.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5032Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA's Jay Griffin will go into the last day of the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship with one win in the semi finals under his belt. Competitors were presented with perfect match racing conditions yet again with the day's program of minor placing sail-offs and round one of the semi finals being conducted in the vicinity of Rushcutters Bay.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5031Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin and his team of Henry Kernot and Hamish Hardy, representing the host club the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, continue to hold the lead after a blustery day two of the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5030Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin (CYCA) and his team of Henry Kernot and Hamish Hardy have been racing every day since mid November with Kernot and Hardy competing in the Australian Match Racing Championship in Hobart as crew for Will Mackenzie and then the next day on to Harken Youth Match Racing regatta at Pittwater to crew for Griffin.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5029Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010 has attracted an impressive fleet of 99 yachts and an astonishing number of new entrants to the timeless blue water classic.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5028Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspToday, nine teams from New Zealand and Australia will arrive at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia to compete in the Musto International Youth Match Racing regatta, with racing commencing Tuesday 23 November through to Friday 26 November 2010.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5025Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter finishing a close second overall in the two round-robins to Australia's high ranked Olivia Price and her crew from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the New Zealand women fought back through today's semi-finals and final to win the title.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5024Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter four grueling days of racing, The Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club team of Tim Coltman, Michael Trudgen, Hana Maguire and Matt Clough have won the 2010 HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship hosted by the RPAYC following a perfect day on Pittwater today with a resounding 3-0 victory over Jordan Reece representing the RSYS.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5023Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspChris Bull's canting keel Cookson 50 Jazz signalled her intentions as the boat that might just beat Stephen Ainsworth's RP63 Loki to the Tattersall's Cup, the stunning silver trophy that is presented to the overall winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart, after claiming the IRC win in the Cabbage Tree Island Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5022Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspVictory tomorrow in the finals of the Hardy's Australian women's match racing championship will be a significant step for the winning crew towards representing their countries, Australia and New Zealand, at the London 2012 Olympic Games.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5021Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDay Three of the 2010 HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championships provided some upsets as the competition gets down to tomorrow's trans tasman final between Jordan Reece (RSYS) and Tim Coltman (RPNYC), who both defeated Stage One leaders Jay Griffin (CYCA) and Codie Banks (RNZYS) in the semi finals raced on Sydney's Pittwater today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5020Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThose flying conditions gave Shortwave the line honours win in a race time of 4 hrs, 25 mins and 19sec, a lead of five minutes from Commodore Garry Linacre and David Fuller's Corby 49 Vamp, with Geoff Lavis' flying toothpick UBS Wild Thing crossing the line a further five minutes behind. David Forbes Kaiko 52 Merlin was fourth over the line with an elapsed time of 4 hrs, 45 mins and 48 seconds.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5019Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBob Oatley's 100ft supermaxi Wild Oats XI, with Mark Richards at the helm, has smashed the Cabbage Tree Island Race record today, finishing the 180 nautical mile race at 10:13:35am, slicing more than two hours off the time set by Stephen Ainsworth's RP63 Loki in the race last year.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5017Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJon Short and Miles Bastick's Farr 34 MRX has continued her early form shown in the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore Series winning the IRC Division of the Night Harbour race yesterday evening.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5018Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australian women's match racing championship on Hobart's River Derwent is looming as a TransTasman duel between New Zealand sailor Stephanie Hazard and Australia's Amanda Scrivenor after the second day of competition.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5015Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA team of Jay Griffin (helm), Hamish Hardy, Henry Kernot and Nick Howe have had a great start to their Harken campaign with 11 wins from 11 starts over two days, the clear leader of Round Robin 1 and early leader in Round Robin 2 with four flights remaining to complete the Round Robin stage.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5016Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA fleet of 36 yachts will set off on this evening's 180 nautical mile Cabbage Tree Island Race, a qualifier for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, both of which are hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5011Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspExperience gained as crew in the Australian open match racing championship sailed on the River Derwent earlier this week paid dividends for women skippers Amanda Scrivenor, Stephanie Hazard and Olivia Price when the Australian women's match racing championship started today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5014Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter Day One of racing - seven of the ten flights in Round Robin One were completed with the CYCA's Jay Griffin and RSYS's Jordan Reece finishing with a perfect five from five to finish on top of the day's racing, with the pair yet to sail off against one another.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5013Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCruising Yacht Club of Australia Youth Sailing Academy graduate Evan Walker yesterday stamped himself as one of the nation's outstanding young match racing helmsmen with a hard-fought victory in the Hardy's Australian match racing championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5010Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe only all-women and only New Zealand crew in the Hardy's Australian match-racing championship have finished top team going into tomorrow's finals on Hobart's River Derwent.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5009Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCruising Yacht Club of Australia skipper Will Mackenzie was the big mover in today's second round of competition in the Hardy's Australian match racing championship on Hobart's River Derwent.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5008Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAn impressive fleet of 17 yachts lined up for this weekend's Grant Thornton Short Haul Pittwater races. A steady 20 knot nor'easter had filled in for the 11am start for the Saturday race from Sydney to Pittwater, which made for a quick transit down the harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5003Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspChampion young Sydney sailor Evan Walker made an impressive return to match racing today (Sunday) with an unbeaten opening to the Hardy's Australian match racing championship on Hobart's River Derwent.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5004Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWellknown British yachtsman Chris Bull today sailed his newest yacht, the canting keel Cookson 50 Jazz, to an impressive victory in the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's classic short ocean race, the Morna Cup.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5002Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPouring rain, 22 knots and 20 non sailors seemed like it could be a recipe for disappointment at the Youth Sailing Academy last Wednesday evening as the Freedman Foundation sailors gathered for the first stage of their sailing program.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=5005Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Member Andrew York, skippering Wizzardry together with fellow CYCA members Matt Ramaley and Craig Young, have been awarded the International Dragon NSW championship on a countback after York and Matt Whitnall, at the helm of Taranui, finished equal on points at the end of the eight heat NSW championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4997Mon, 8 Nov 2010 12:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"When you get out in front, you tend to get the breaks," admitted Leslie Green, owner/skipper of the stunning Swan 601 Ginger which scored the IRC win and finished second on PHS in yesterday's short ocean race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4995Sun, 7 Nov 2010 07:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThirteen Eden Marine High School students made the nine hour trip from Eden (via Canberra) to participate in a week long program of sailing last Monday. The week is designed to thank the Eden community for their valuable assistance provided to all the sailors who stop at Eden both on the way to Hobart and on the return journey.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4999Fri, 5 Nov 2010 16:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA search aircraft from Lord Howe Island late this afternoon located the 'missing' yacht Frantic which had been competing in the Hempel Paints 37th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4994Wed, 3 Nov 2010 17:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPaul Clitheroe's Balance has been confirmed as the provisional winner of the IRC handicap division of the Hempel Paints 37th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, with Chris Dawe's Polaris of Belmont provisional winner of the PHS division.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4993Wed, 3 Nov 2010 11:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspApplications to enter this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race have officially closed, with 102 yachts nominated for the great race south and a thrilling battle for overall honours on the cards.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4992Wed, 3 Nov 2010 11:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBalance, Paul Clitheroe's Beneteau 45 finished the 414 nautical mile race across the Tasman Sea at 10.04am today, but computer predictions indicate the yet-to-finish King Billy, skippered by Phil Barnett, still has a chance of beating Balance for the top position.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4991Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Queensland yacht Ocean Affinity crossed the finish line shortly after sunrise this morning to take line honours for the second year in the 414 nautical mile Hempel Paints 37th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race. Ocean Affinity finished at 06.36.27 this morning, comfortably clear of the Sydney yacht Balance, Paul Clitheroe's Beneteau 45, which is not expected to finish until mid-morning.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4990Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe powerful Beneteau 45 Balance, skippered by Paul Clitheroe, has hit the front as the leading yachts in the Hempel Paints 37th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race tonight sail the final 100 nautical miles of the rugged 414 nautical mile race across the Tasman Sea.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4989Mon, 1 Nov 2010 20:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian sailor Katie Spithill and her crew have won the Silver medal at the 2010 Busan Cup Women's International Match Race in Korea.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4985Mon, 1 Nov 2010 11:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGosford to Lord Howe Island Race officials announced this morning that contact had been made overnight with the Lake Macquarie yacht Frantic which had not reported in by radio or satellite tracker since the start of the race across the Tasman Sea on Saturday afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4982Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspHeavy seas and strong winds in the northern Tasman Sea have forced six of the 17 yachts to retire from the Hempel Paints 37th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4981Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFollowing two days of racing on the Palm Beach circle in Sydney's northern beaches, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis and his Transfusion crew have come out the winners of the 2010 Pittwater Farr 40 regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4984Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe fleet in the Hempel Paints 37th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race has taken a pounding overnight out in the Tasman Sea, with four yachts, including line honours leader The Stick and the classic yawl Veolia Maris, forced to retire.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4980Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 66-footer The Stick led the fleet in the Hempel Paints 37th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, one of the Rolex Sydney Hobart qualifiers, out of Broken Bay early this afternoon, sailing into a freshening nor'easterly sea breeze.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4987Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYoung New Zealander, Phil Robertson has claimed the Asian Match Racing Championship and the invitation to the Monsoon Cup from Australian David Gilmour in Terengganu, Malaysia. Robertson (23) defeated the 19 year old Gilmour in the Final. Gilmour had sailed through the first Round Robin undefeated and finished the two Round Robins in second place, having twice beaten Robertson on the way to the Finals.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4978Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDefending Champion New Zealander, Phil Robertson (12-2) shrugged off his two defeats to David Gilmour (11-3) to finish on top of the round robin standings with Reuben Corbett (NZL) (10-4) third and Wataku Sakamoto (JPN) (9-5) taking the final place in the top four.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4977Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Gilmour is still leading the round robin series with ten wins and two losses. His first loss of the regatta was to the New Zealander, Reuben Corbett where Corbett won the right off the start line and with the strong current, increased his lead taking the race comfortably.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4976Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspHalf a century in design and hull construction separates race handicap favourites Veolia Maris and Balance going into next Saturday's Hempel Paints 36th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, 414 nautical miles across the Tasman Sea.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4973Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDay one of the Asian Match Racing Championship in Terengganu, Malaysia saw David Gilmour and his Team Gilmour complete a successful day of racing finishing at 5-0 and at the top of the board, having beaten both his main rivals, New Zealanders Phil Robertson and Reuben Corbett .http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4974Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThose eyeing off a place on the starting blocks for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race have just one week to submit an application for entry to the host club, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4970Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOcean racing veteran, "Bart" Norman recently enjoyed a surprise 80th birthday party. Joining him were old mates, Colin "Bettsie" Betts and Richard "Sightie" Hammond.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4998Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTelevision and radio financial commentator Paul Clitheroe got an excellent dividend today when his Beneteau 45 Balance won the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's prestigious Gascoigne Cup, the 102nd running of this historic annual short ocean race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4969Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA fleet of 35 yachts will contest the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's Gascoigne Cup, one of the oldest and most prestigious short offshore races on the summer calendar, off Sydney Heads this Saturday.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4968Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4966Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA Development Application received unanimous approval at the October meeting of the Joint Regional Planning Panel (Sydney East Region) conducted last Wednesday evening 20th October, subject to a number of conditions.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4972Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGME Electronics has renewed their sponsorship of the GME Elliott 6.0m, one of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Youth Sailing Academy training vessels for a further 12 months. With over 50 years experience in the marine and electronic business, GME is regarded as the premium market leader of quality innovative electronic products.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4964Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEvolution Racing and Red Kite II continued building their picket fences, while Blondie and Hakawati also claimed a single point.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4962Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCruising Yacht Club of Australia, in conjunction with naming rights sponsor, Rolex SA, is pleased to announce that entries are now open for the Rolex Trophy with the Notice of Race being released today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4961Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRoyal Yacht Club of Tasmania Past Commodore Alastair Douglas delivered a tribute to RYCT member Ross Cubit at the annual Seafarers' Memorial Service held at Triabunna last Sunday, 17 October.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4967Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLisa and Martin Hill's Estate Master have won the 2010 Peppers Anchorage Farr 40 regatta after a three day event that provided a liquorice all sorts of weather for the six teams racing. The final day of racing was held inshore on Port Stephens in a west- south west breeze that began the day at 18 knots and gradually decreased to eight knots for the last race of the regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4960Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe race committee hoisted the postponement flag at 9am today and have been observing multiple forecasts all day and with the breeze consistently above 28 knots and gusts of 40+ knots racing at the Peppers Anchorage Farr 40 regatta has been cancelled for today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4959Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCompetitors and their crews competing in the Grant Thornton Short Haul and Short Ocean Pointscore Series are advised that today's racing has been abandoned and the N over A flags have been flown.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4955Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian Women's Match Racing Team skipper Nicky Souter and her crew Rayshele Martin (CYCA Sailing Administrator), Nina Curtis, Lucinda Whitty (YSA Crew member and coach), Kat Stroinovsky (YSA Crew member) and Amanda Scrivenor (YSA Crew member and coach) were named Female Sailor of the Year following their victory at the 2009 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Sweden.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4958Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCurrent Australian Farr 40 Champion Guido Belgiorno Nettis' Transfusion is leading after three races today with Lisa and Martin Hill's Estate Master second on a count back and Lang Walker's Kokomo third after day one.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4954Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNoel Cornish has sailed his Sydney 47 St Jude to a win in the drawn out Port Hacking Race, the second race of the Ocean Pointscore Series (OPS) conducted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4950Sat, 9 Oct 2010 20:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDenis Doyle and Lynne Smith's X-412 Sextant has taken the trifecta of line honours, IRC and PHS divisional wins in today's Grant Thornton Short Haul Short Ocean Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4949Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth and his yacht Loki have added to their growing record collection, breaking the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 92 nautical mile Flinders Islet Race record after taking line honours in the early hours of this morning at 03.48.44am, completing the race in the time of 7 hours 48mins 44secs to also win the race overall - making it his second race trifecta in 19 months.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4948Sat, 9 Oct 2010 12:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCruising Yacht Club of Australia's premier event, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, has caught the fancy of sailing royalty with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston signing up to crew the British entrant Titania of Cowes.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4946Fri, 8 Oct 2010 11:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe course consists for four full days of sailing with day one being spent as a familiarisation day on keel boats. Two sessions on the water give the sailors a chance to see how the Elliotts work and with an Advanced Squad coach on each boat, it only took the morning session for the sailors to gain enough confidence to venture out again in the afternoon with spinnakers in hand.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4952Fri, 8 Oct 2010 11:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAndrew Short and Sally Gordon will be uppermost in everyone's minds when the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Flinders Islet race starts this Friday evening at 8.00pm; marking the first anniversary of the death of two of the Club's finest sailors.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4945Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We had enough wind changes out there today for a Hobart race," Steve Thomas quipped. "We started the race in light airs and got caught with the wrong headsail up as we went through the Heads. The No 1 light air headsail was up when the squall hit and it can usually only take up to 10 knots but the top speed I saw was 25 knots.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4944Sat, 2 Oct 2010 17:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA pledge of $17,752 was made to Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service with the first instalment of $10,025 being presented recently to purchase a new EAM Aviation T4S Sam series Life Raft for the Service's existing BK117 Helicopter and ten floatation collars.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4939Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian sailors Nicky Souter, Nina Curtis, Olivia Price and Laura Baldwin have won the Bronze medal at the 2010 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Rhode Island, USA.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4938Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspColin and Denise Wilson and their Never a Dull Moment crew were hailed heroes late last evening when they arrived back at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the only crew to finish the Club's Ocean Pointscore Lion Island Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4936Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspParking is ok if you are at the drive-in movies, but it's not much fun when you are trying to win an ocean race that may help deliver you the prestigious Blue Water Pointscore trophy, and along with the other 23 entries in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Bird Island Race, that is what the overall winner, Loki and her crew had to endure throughout the race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4935Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe full moon shone over the thirteen boat fleet on Friday evening 24 September competing in the Grant Thornton Short Haul Night Harbour race, with David Champtaloup's ever consistent Caprice of Huon taking honours in both IRC & PHS division.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4937Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australian Women's Match Racing Team has set up an all-Australian quarterfinal following seeding in the Gold fleet at the 2010 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Newport, USA.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4934Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter finishing day one in a four way tie for second position in the blue group Nicky Souter, Nina Curtis, Olivia Price and Laura Baldwin moved through to the Gold fleet in third position with a seven wins and two losses record.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4933Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSome of the best known grand prix racers in the country will be out to settle old scores when the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's eighty-five nautical mile Bird Island Race starts off Point Piper on Sydney Harbour at 7.00pm on Friday 24 September.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4931Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian crews have made a strong start to the 2010 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Rhode Island, USA, with both Australian Women's Match Racing Team crews well placed after day one of racing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4930Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspClub Marine has become the new naming rights sponsor of the longest running, largest midweek twilight series on Sydney Harbour conducted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4929Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNominations for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's prestigious Ocean Racer of the Year Awards close this Friday 19 November 2010.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4927Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe light air start in 5 knots of east sou'east breeze caught some off-guard with Geoff Lavis' Inglis/Murray 50 UBS Wild Thing and Robert Hunt's Offshore 350 Attitude called OCS by the race committee and were forced to return behind the start line and recommence racing. Philippe Mengual's Beneteau First 40 Paca failed to return to the start line and was scored OCS for the entire race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4924Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4923Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australian Women's Match Racing Team crew of Nicky Souter, Nina Curtis and Olivia Price has won the 2010 Buddy Melges Challenge in Wisconsin, USA, their final event before the 2010 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship begins in Newport, Rhode Island, next week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4921Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Members and their guests enjoyed the CYCA Members' Open Day and the Parade of Sail yesterday, Sunday 12 September on a spectacular spring day.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4919Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSwiss Olympic Star sailor Flavio Marazzi together with his crew consisting of Aussie sailor Andrew Palfrey and Swiss boat builder Christof Wilke dominated the 5.5m World Championship and took the first place overall with a total of 13 points and one race to spare.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4922Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast Friday evening, 10 September, the Quiet Little Drink continued its tradition of honouring those who achieved Rolex Sydney Hobart milestones in the 2009 race, to raise money for the CYCA Youth Sailing Academy and of course to be reunited with long time sailing friends!http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4915Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWithin minutes of the release of the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2010 Notice of Race, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia had received its first five applications for entry, and within 24 hours this figure had climbed to twelve.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4912Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the organising authority for the 66th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, and Rolex SA of Geneva, the naming rights sponsor, have announced the release of the Notice of Race and now invite applications for entry.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4911Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4909Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn the closest ever finish in the four year history of the Audi IRC Australian Championship, Stephen Ainsworth's Loki and Harvey Milne's Aroona went-blow-for-blow in the fourth and final event at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week to decide the winner, and this afternoon, Ainsworth received Australia's richest prize in sailing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4898Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAudi Hamilton Island Race Week saved the best for last with the sun lighting up the turquoise waters and the breezy trade winds bringing the fleet home from the Lindeman Island Race in super quick time to close the curtain on the 27th edition that attracted a strong fleet of 200 boats.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4897Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe closest divisional battle of the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week was within IRC Passage 2 where Harvey Milne's Archambault 31 Aroona from Sydney and the Matthew Owen skippered BH36 Local Hero, racing with a majority ACT crew, fought tooth and nail for seven days over nine races to finish a point apart.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4899Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's Reichel Pugh 63, Loki, has strengthened its grip on the IRC Grand Prix division with a handicap win and a third in today's two windward/leeward races on the eastern course area on the penultimate day of racing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4896Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor the IRC Grand Prix division, race six of the week-long series was a 27 nautical mile course around Ann Island, Spitfire Rock then a reach to Pine Island and a spectacularly quick spinnaker run and finish in Dent Passage off Hamilton Island Yacht Club.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4895Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAudi Hamilton Island Race Week certainly is a regatta of contrasts.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4894Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's RP63 Loki sailed another impeccable race, the 24 nautical mile course taking the Grand Prix fleet around Baynham and Pentecost islands, to maintain their leading edge in the series pointscore seven points clear of the nearest threat, the Iain Murray skippered RP66 Wild Oats X owned by Bob Oatley.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4893Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt might have been Harvey Milne's Sydney based Archambault 31 Aroona's day today but the Matthew Owen skippered ACT entry Local Hero is still narrowly leading the series pointscore with no room for error over the remaining four days of competition due to a meagre one point split.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4892Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis afternoon the Whitsundays were a sailor's paradise with sunshine and enough breeze to get around the track in reasonable time on day three of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4891Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLoki's winning fortunes are unchanged at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week with a perfect series scorecard of three IRC wins from three starts after day two of racing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4887Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe melting pot of keel boats, from Melges to the super sized from around Australia and as far away as the USA, began the week-long regatta with a Dent Passage spinnaker start, most judging the favourable ebb tide as kites were popped for the long run across the Whitsunday Passage to the Molle Islands in a handy 12 knot average sou'east breeze.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4885Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australian Sailing Team has won three gold and one silver medal on a thrilling final day of the 2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, England at the Sail for Gold regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4873Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMichael Hiatt's Farr 55 Living Doll did not let light airs dampen her day, taking a strong grip on the Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week IRC championship today with a line honours and overall win double in Race 4 to take a decisive lead in Division 1.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4870Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Safety of Life at Sea Trusts (SOLAS) has made a donation to Volunteer Marine Rescue Southport of $13,300 to upgrade radio equipment at their Gold Coast base and for their three rescue vessels.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4868Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin and his crew of Ted Hackney and Will Parker, representing the host club, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia have successfully defended their Club Marine NSW Youth Match Racing Championship title after a very close day's match racing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4863Sun, 8 Aug 2010 18:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt 18:11:22 hours Saturday evening, Peter Millard and his crew sailed the 98ft maxi Lahana across the finish line at Keppel Bay just 22 seconds ahead of the Mark Richards skippered Wild Oats X to claim line honours and a race record victory in the fourth Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4864Sat, 7 Aug 2010 21:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin his crew of Ted Hackney and Will Parker, representing the host club, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia have finished the first day of the Club Marine NSW Youth Match Racing Championship with a perfect scorecard of nine wins.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4862Sat, 7 Aug 2010 18:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Members may remember Jamie Dunross, who docked at the CYCA in late April marking the completion of the third leg from Hobart to Sydney of his epic Australian circumnavigation before embarking on the next leg Sydney to Airlie. Jamie was aiming to become the first quadriplegic yachtsman to sail around the world single-handed and unassisted - a feat which he has now completedhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4867Sat, 7 Aug 2010 12:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht race completed, Aroona placed seventh overall and first in division 4. They now sit on 14.74 points on the 2010 Audi IRC Australian Championship leader board, with Michael Hiatt's Victorian Farr 55 Living Doll second on 41.07 points and Stephen Ainsworth's Sydney based Reichel Pugh 63 Loki third on 60.87 pointshttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4861Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin is back to defend his Club Marine NSW Youth Match Racing Championship title this weekend. Representing the host club, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Griffin and his crew of Ted Hackney and Will Parker, come into this regatta match fit having placed fourth in the Governor's Cup held in late July and finishing second in the match racing event at the World University Games held in Greece in June.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4860Thu, 5 Aug 2010 11:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNick Athineos and Rick Christian's modified Steinmann 66, The Stick, formerly a two-time round the world Open 60, has surfed into first place in the PHS division of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4857Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's Reichel Pugh 63 Loki which was launched just prior to the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart has fired the first shot in the season's opening event, the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race which will wrap up at Southport tomorrow, taking out the coveted IRC overall win.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4854Mon, 2 Aug 2010 15:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt this point Stephen Ainsworth's Sydney based RP63 Loki looks to have the IRC overall silverware in the bag, a result which will be confirmed in the coming hours as more in the fleet cross the finish line off Southport's Main Beach.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4852Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis evening at 7.25pm, Bob Oatley's supermaxi Wild Oats XI took line honours in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, the boat's first attempt at the 384 nautical mile race coastal race which is celebrating its silver jubilee.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4851Sun, 1 Aug 2010 19:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe elusive Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race record will remain in place for another year with the current race leader, Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI, still with 37 nautical miles to chew through. They are due to finish after 6pm this evening, more than an hour and a half outside the record time of 27 hours 35 minutes 43 seconds set 11 years ago.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4849Sun, 1 Aug 2010 16:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWild Oats XI's bowman Tim Wiseman is this morning at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney awaiting surgery on his index finger which was injured yesterday afternoon four hours after the start of the 25th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4848Sun, 1 Aug 2010 12:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspQueensland boat Black Jack, skippered by Mark Bradford, has overnight managed to hold back the rest of the 25th anniversary Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race fleet but will have to face relinquishing their lead given the insurmountable waterline length advantage of Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4847Sun, 1 Aug 2010 09:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPeter Harburg's Queensland based RP66 Black Jack is this evening's Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race leader. According to navigator Ed Smyth they were blasting along in 25-28 knots of breeze at 9pm this evening and pointing towards home on record pace.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4846Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJust hours into the 25th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race the situation at the front of the fleet changed dramatically when Wild Oats XI's bowman Tim Wiseman got his hand caught in the mainsheet block.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4845Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRound one of the silver jubilee Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race went to the Victorians, the wily interstaters brazenly beating the Sydney bunch out of the starting blocks on Sydney Harbour today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4844Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWhile the best pressure in this year's 384 nautical mile race will come once the leading crews are ensconced at Southport Yacht Club, supermaxis such as Wild Oats XI only need to average 14.6 knots to claim one of the mighty Brindabella's remaining race records - and they can reach at speeds of 15 knots in just 5 knots of pressure.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4843Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor Wild Oats XI, Bob Oatley's 100ft super maxi, the clear line honours favourite, these weather conditions are perfect for them to break the 11 year old race record of 27hrs, 35 mins and 43 seconds set by Brindabella in 1999.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4841Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCruising Yacht Club of Australia Commodore Garry Linacre is pleased to announce that long standing sponsor Harken Australia have extended their sponsorship of the CYCA Youth Sailing Academy for a further 2 years.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4840Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMembers of The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania elected Graham R Taplin unopposed as new Commodore at the club's 129th annual general meeting held at the Sandy Bay clubhouse on Wednesday 28 July, 2010.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4856Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn their rematches on Sunday, RNZYS and NHYC Segerblom were the winners in the first two races. The winner of the petit final for third place was the Royal Port Nicholson team of Matthew Steven, Tim Coltman and Chris Jones. The New Zealand team won over their neighbours, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia team of Jay Griffin, Will Parker and Ted Hackney, who placed third in the 2009 Gov Cup.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4837Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe team onboard 61 year old Erica J, with Louise Stevenson at the helm got into the fun of the day with each crew member wearing a Lucille Ball blonde wig. The wigs did not hinder their performance as they came up with the win in non-spinnaker Division B.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4833Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn the other semi-final match between NHYC Segerblom and CYCA Griffin, Griffin was a little ahead of Segerblom after the first windward mark. On the downwind leg, Segerblom rolled past Griffin, although Griffin was on the inside approaching the leeward mark and rounded the mark six seconds ahead of Segerblom. At the next weather mark, Griffin continued to lead Segerblom downwind. In an exciting finish, Segerblom passed Griffin downwind to win by six seconds.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4834Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Coach Rob Bell reports that the CYCA team of Jay Griffin, Ted Hackney and Will Parker had another really good day. "The team finished the day with 6 wins and 2 losses and look like we should comfortably make the semi-finals".http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4832Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspChris Segerstom, Conner Bathen and Kieran Chung of Newport Harbor Yacht Club continued hold the lead, winning all of their matches, ending with twelve wins and no losses at the end of the first series. The three teams with eight wins each are the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club and Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. The Mission Bay Yacht Club Team has seven wins.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4831Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Coach Rob Bell reports that the CYCA team had a pretty tough start to the day "The team basically struggled a lot holding a lane downwind which is why they lost two races. The boys sailed really well to finish with four wins, they have stayed very composed and are in good spirits!"http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4830Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMembers of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia elected well known yachtsman and marine industry identity Garry Linacre unopposed as their new Commodore at the club's sixty sixth annual general meeting held on Tuesday July 20 2010.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4827Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt the Annual General Meeting of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, outgoing Commodore Matt Allen announced that Rolex SA will extend its naming rights sponsorship of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and its associated regattas, the Rolex Trophy One Design and Rolex Trophy Rating Series, up to and including the 2015 race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4828Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the organising authority of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, is pleased to announce the Seven Network has been granted an extension of the exclusive rights to broadcast the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race from 2011 to 2015.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4829Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor Dick Cawse, owner of Vanguard, today was one of the most frustrating day's sailing he has ever had. "I'm glad I don't have high blood pressure," Cawse quipped this afternoon. "That was heart attack material!"http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4825Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast chance to register for the CYCA Medical Management for Mariners Course (MMM) commencing next Tuesday 5 October. The course consists of 7 three-hour nights at St. Vincent's Hospital in the Don Harrison Simulation centre followed by a 3-hour practical session taught by Helicopter Rescue Paramedics on board a yacht at the CYCA. It is an essential course for any offshore sailor!http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4636Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith entries having closed at 1700hrs this afternoon, a bumper fleet of 78 has entered the 25th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4823Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPhillip Dennison' Cavalier 39 Gusto, at almost 30 years old by far the senior citizen of division K, showed the whipper snappers how it's done, the "clunker", which was launched in Auckland in the early 1980s by Dennison's father and has remained in the family ever since, making the most of the moderate conditions to score the race win.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4820Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith one week until entries close for the 25th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, this year's race is shaping up to be a record breaker in more ways than one.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4819Fri, 9 Jul 2010 13:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCelebrating his 55th birthday with a BBQ lunch at his new home at Kirribilli, all Clitheroe and his usual navigator could do was look on as Balance negotiated its way around the harbour and into second place in Division B. A joking Clitheroe said this afternoon when he heard the good news "I'm not happy...I am not going to be able to live this one down for at least 12 months."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4816Sun, 4 Jul 2010 17:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn four close races, Hartas defeated Forbes-Smith 2-0 to take 3rd place and Mackenzie and his team of Hamish Hardy and Angus Skorulis, took the regatta from Parker, 2-0.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4817Sat, 3 Jul 2010 16:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 123 starters in today's Race 10 of the Audi Winter Series were blessed with a quick ride around their respective courses when an early sou-westerly breeze of 12 knots clocked left during the start and lifted to 15 knots, providing a fast ride around Sydney Harbour and a great deal of enjoyment for participants.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4812Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Advanced Squad was buzzing on Saturday morning as a perfect day for match racing was forecast with sou'westerly winds of 12-15 knots gusting up to 20knots. Six teams got out on the water early expecting to complete two round robins of the Captain John Piper regatta so that a third round robin and finals could be scheduled for the second day of the regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4813Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSure enough, as the daytime temperatures warmed the breeze headed in the opposite direction and there was a park up in the middle of the harbour, Windex's spinning and instruments showing lots of zeroes while a few on the edges managed to place themselves in the path of a number of private breezes circulating around the course area.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4808Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt this year's Giraglia Rolex Cup, Crichton made it clear that his intentions were the overall win in the distance race. That he achieved this aim at his first true attempt and so convincingly has impressed even this serial collector of race trophies. The 72-foot Shockwave (NZL) finished the 241 nautical mile race in second place on the water, just over an hour after Esimit Europa 2.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4809Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn Wednesday evening 16 June, over 240 CYCA members and their guests were entertained with photos and videos that accompanied stories delivered by Alex and Peter in a laconic style that was sometimes at odds with the places they had been and the feats they had achieved. "That was where Berrimilla had 85 knots..." was just one of the notable quotes from the evening.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4811Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCommodore Matt Allen is pleased to announce that members who attended the Extraordinary General Meeting at the club on Tuesday evening, 15 June, voted unanimously in favour of the Special Resolutions put to the meetinghttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4806Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor Steve Hatch and his crew on M, a Sydney 36 Cruiser/Racer, it was a case of two straight wins in Division D. "Yep, we won last week too - the secret ingredient is wind," said the gregarious racing rules expert.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4802Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe yachts made their way slowly towards the Point Piper start line, knowing apart from light wind they would have to also take on an incoming tide. Without warning, the breeze veered south, just after the 11.30am start, kicking in at a solid 15-18 knots. "It peaked at around 22 knots," Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson said.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4798Sun, 6 Jun 2010 17:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Racing Class was as competitive as anyone could have hoped for. Ray Roberts and his crew were strong all week and in the end Neil Pryde and the crew aboard Hi-Fi had to succumb to the challenge from Evolution Racing. They then made it a night to remember by also winning the 2009-10 'Asian Yachting Champion Skipper and Yacht of the Year', which goes back with them to Sydney, Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4799Sun, 6 Jun 2010 09:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAshlen Rooklyn and his team of Josh McKnight, Jack Hubbard and Angus Skorulis won the Navionics Match Racing Regatta for 2010, beating the higher ranked Jay Griffin and Will Mackenzie.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4800Sat, 5 Jun 2010 19:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast chance to get your tickets in the annual Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Trusts Raffle. The major prize in this year's raffle is a luxury Mudgee escape that includes a two night stay at Evanslea, a 5-star luxury bed & breakfast in Mudgee, with an Audi for the weekend and a private tasting and wine tour at Robert Oatley Vineyards.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4797Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, has today launched the second Cruise to Hobart, that will commence in January 2011, with the release of the Notice of Cruise.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4796Wed, 2 Jun 2010 13:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRear Commodore and chairman of the Sailing Committee Garry Linacre is pleased to advise Cruising Yacht Club of Australia members that an invitation has been extended to the club to enter a team in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup to be conducted from 10-17 September 2011. the Sailing Committee is seeking expressions of interest from CYCA members to submit a team for consideration.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4795Mon, 31 May 2010 12:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Division C fleet with their shortened course were the only ones keeping the race committee busy at the finish line. Howard de Torres' IMX 40 Nips n Tux turned last week's 12th around to come away the divisional winner by a minute from Sam Haynes' Sydney 39 Celestial.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4794Sun, 30 May 2010 19:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSuper maxis Wild Oats XI (Robert Oatley) and Investec LOYAL (Sean Langman and Anthony Bell) have signalled their intentions to head north in the 25th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race with the 11 year old race record of 27 hours, 35 minutes and three seconds, held by Brindabella, to be seriously challenged.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4793Mon, 24 May 2010 12:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe lollipop for the crew on The Goat, was the burst of sou'easterly breeze they caught down the harbour, giving them the break on the rest of Sydney 38 fleet, and enabling The Goat to claim the line and handicap double division win.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4790Sun, 23 May 2010 18:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJay Griffin, Will Parker and Ted Hackney, on the Meridien Marinas sponsored Elliott 6.0m, outsailed the other teams racing for the Kellett Shield today in tough winter conditions.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4792Sat, 22 May 2010 18:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspVice Commodore and Chairman of the Training and Development Committee, Howard Piggott is pleased to announce that Sydney Aquarium has renewed its sponsorship of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Youth Sailing Academy with its sponsorship of one of the YSA Elliott 6s for a further two years.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4789Thu, 20 May 2010 14:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBernie van't hof took out Division A with his Swan 45 Tulip, fending off a challenge from the always well-sailed Loki (Stephen Ainsworth). "St Hillier's Quest and Tulip are the smallest boats in the Division and I wondered what we were doing in it, so it's nice to get a win up against the bigger boats," van't hof said.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4783Sun, 16 May 2010 18:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter a DNF last week in light airs, Cooney was pleased to finished fourth in Division A today, behind the Stuart Dart skippered You're Hired, Vanguard (with Adam Barnes at the helm as owner Dick Cawse was celebrating his 70th birthday in style in Brisbane) and Bob Steel's TP52 Quest.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4777Sun, 9 May 2010 18:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRay Roberts and his Evolution Racing crew from Australia have beaten fellow Cruising Yacht Club of Australia members Matt Allen and his Ichi Ban crew in IRC Racing 1 by a lone point to claim honours in the Top of the Gulf Regatta in Pattaya, Thailand after a week long fight to the finish.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4775Wed, 5 May 2010 11:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWinds of a consistent nature had competitors enthusing about "some of the best sailing we have ever experienced in the Gulf of Thailand," at the Top of the Gulf regatta in Pattaya today and Ray Roberts still has the upper hand in the 'battle of the Aussies' with Matt Allen, CYCA Commodore.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4774Tue, 4 May 2010 16:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIRC Racing 1 saw Evolution Racing, skippered by CYCA member Ray Roberts, take line honours and wins on corrected time in both races today, to lead the standings in the series. Ichi Ban, skippered by CYCA Commodore Matt Allen, took two second place finishes today to leave him in second place overall.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4772Mon, 3 May 2010 13:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThere was nothing wintery about today's Audi Winter Series race which marked a return to summer-like conditions for the fleet of 140 as they drifted leisurely around the course enjoying the unseasonably warm autumn sunshine.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4769Sun, 2 May 2010 18:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe IRC Racing 1 class has attracted a number of the region's leading sailors to compete. The class title is expected to be hard fought by all and in the first race today Evolution Racing (TP52), skippered by CYCA Member Ray Roberts, took line honours but on corrected time came second to CYCA Commodore Matt Allen's Ichi Ban (Beneteau 44.7), with Tantrum, another Beneteau 44.7, taking third.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4768Sat, 1 May 2010 16:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJamie Dunross docked at the CYCA on Friday 30 April marking the completion of the third leg of his epic Australian circumnavigation. He wants to become the first quadriplegic yachtsman to sail around the world single-handed and unassisted.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4771Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4767Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"Typical Winter Series - changeable conditions and very light at times," said The Goat crew member Sam Hunt, describing the 8-10 knot westerly breeze that swerved to the south when a dark rain cloud hovered over Sydney Harbour in the last quarter of the race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4760Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMassimo Mezzaroma's Nerone (ITA) ended the day lauded champion, for the second time (first in 2003), having fought tooth and nail in a gladiatorial arena worthy of a blockbuster film. Guido Belgiorno-Nettis' Transfusion (AUS) were beaten at the last, but certainly not disgracedhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4759Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter an intense day of four races, Guido Belgiorno Nettis' Transfusion on 21 points leads by two points from Massimo Mezzaroma and Alberto Signorini's Nerone with Jim Richardson' Barking Mad (USA) in third on 32 points.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4758Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGoing into day three, with positions unchanged, Transfusion leads Barking Mad (USA) and Nerone (ITA). http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4757Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTransfusion, midway down the start line was in clear air and stayed left up the first beat, slowly working they way through the fleet. At the top mark they were in third place and from there worked up to second at the leeward mark and by the windward mark the second time, they were in the lead, which they held to the finish. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4756Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to announce accounting and business advisory firm, Grant Thornton has extended its sponsorship of the Grant Thornton Short Haul and Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore Series for a further two seasons.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4754Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter five races for the Rolex Farr 40 Pre-Worlds, it was Lisa & Martin Hill's Estate Master (AUS) that finished on top, with Doug Douglass' Goombay Smash (USA), and defending Rolex Farr 40 World Champion, Jim Richardson's Barking Mad (USA) in third place.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4752Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspShogun finished on equal points with Matt Allen and Warwick Rooklyn's Farr 40 Bandit but took the Championship victory from the Sydney boat thanks to their five wins on corrected time from six races, with no drops.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4751Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNigel Stoke's Fidelis from Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron has won the Great Veteran's Race double, taking line and handicap honours and collecting the Windward Trophy for a fourth time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4750Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDue to an incident on Sydney Harbour on Saturday evening an amendment to the Sailing Instruction affecting course has been issuedhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4749Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith another notch on their belts thanks to a third win on the trot in race three, Rob Hanna's TP52 Shogun is leading the Yachting NSW Championship overall pointscore, but after scoring a sixth in race four, Matt Allen and Warwick Rooklyn's Farr 40 Bandit is out to steal Hanna's thunder having narrowed the gap to just one point heading into the final day of competition.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4748Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRound one of the Yachting NSW IRC Championship has gone to the big boats with Rob Hanna's Victorian TP52 Shogun finding the horsepower in the light airs and putting first points on the scoresheet with double victories in race one and two today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4747Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJust one month after returning home from his second circumnavigation, Alex Whitworth and his Brolga 33 Berrimilla, will join eighteen other Sydney Hobart veterans on Sydney Harbour this Sunday 18 April for the Great Veterans Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4746Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspToday skippers and crews are psychologically and physically shifting gears as they prepare for the second half of the week-long Sail Port Stephens regatta and the prestigious Yachting NSW IRC Championship. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4745Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAlyn Oveneden's Let's Go from Port Stephens was second overall, with Philippe Mengual's Paca third. Both Paca and Holy Cow did the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney proud.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4744Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOverall honours on day one went to Tony Kirby's X41 Patrice Six from Robert Curtis' Secret Mens Business 1 in division 1 with Bradley Sewell's Sydney 32 Mainstay picking up the opening division 2 win on corrected time from Keith Masters' Northshore 38, Moet.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4743Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn the evening of Thursday 8 April, 200 members and entrants in the Audi Winter Series attended the launch cocktail party.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4742Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has announced today that an ORCi Division will be included in its prestigious Blue Water Pointscore 2010/2011 Series, which starts with the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race on Saturday 31 July 2010.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4740Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNeil Pryde's Hi Fi (HKG) held off several strong challenges from two TP52s for the IRC Overall win in the 2010 Rolex China Sea Race. This was after the boat clinched the Line Honours win yesterday morning.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4739Mon, 5 Apr 2010 17:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBill Wild (Wedgetail) from Queensland, who finished third on line in the Brisbane Gladstone Yacht Race, just one second behind Spirit of the Maid, has claimed first overall and his first Courier Mail Cup.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4738Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia together with naming rights sponsor Audi Australia are pleased to advise the notice of race and entry form for its popular Audi Winter Series are now available.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4735Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFinally, John Taylor and his resilient crew sailed Taylor's Cavalier 395, Allegro (RSYS), to the finish line of the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race shortly after 4.34pm. The NSW boat finished the 213 nautical mile race, which started on Sydney Harbour on Friday at midday, in 2 days 04hr 34min 52sec.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4729Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith only three yachts left at sea in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia organised race, Geoff Ross' RP 55 Yendys is the provisional winner, from Victoire, which had the bonus of Sean Kirkjian in the afterguard, bumping Bob Steel's TP52 Quest down to third overall. All three are from the host club.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4728Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGeoff Ross's Yendys (NSW) is the provisional overall race winner under IRC while Bob Steel's Quest (NSW) is second overall and provisionally positioned to win the Blue Water Pointscore (BWPS). Only Ed Psaltis/Bob Thomas' AFR Midnight Rambler can spoil the party, but needs to finish the race by 10.29pm this evening to steal the crown in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's prestigious series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4727Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspUnder the guidance of Mark Richards, Bob Oatley's 100ft Reichel/Pugh designed Wild Oats XI, has taken line honours in the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race 2010, crossing the finish line in the Hunter River just after midday at 12.15.30 today, in the time of 1 day 15 minutes and 30 seconds.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4726Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis morning at 7.30am Bob Oatley's line honours chaser Wild Oats XI was sailing off Cabbage Tree Island with an estimated time of arrival at the finish line of the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race of 10.00am - Stephen Ainsworth's race record of 15 hrs 57 mins 53 secs, set with Loki last year, safe for this year.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4725Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIf you happened to be standing on Belmont Beach north of Sydney at 6.30pm this evening, chances are you would see the famous 100ft Wild Oats XI sailing by as she continues to lead the 213 nautical mile Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race which started at midday on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4724Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA fleet of 25 crossed the start of the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race today at midday and it was no surprise to see Bob Oatley's 100ft Wild Oats XI, with Mark Richards at the helm, lead the fleet out of Sydney Harbour in an 8 knot north-north-easterly breeze, the variable pressure, keeping all competitors on their toes.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4723Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4722Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJane Golding, Manager Weather Services for the Bureau of Meteorology delivered the forecast of light to moderate north west to north east breezes for both Friday and Saturday. Crews will have to work hard with winds on the nose all the way up to the turning mark at Crowdy Head.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4721Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIntrepid sailors Alex Whitworth and Peter Crozier have reached their home port of Sydney today, Monday, 15 March 2010, at approx. 1200hrs, ending the second of two remarkable circumnavigations in their little 10m sloop Berrimilla.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4717Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter nine races over three days of racing in Sydney Guido Belgiorno Nettis and the team on Transfusion have defended their 2009 title and won the 2010 Farr 40 Australian Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4718Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAFR Midnight Rambler had two bullets in the last two races taking them into second place on 17 points, but Vanguard was too hot with a scorecard of 2, 1, and 2,1,2,5 to finish the regatta on 13 points and be crowned the CYCA Top Jocks Champion of Champions. Swish rounded out the podium in third on 20 points.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4716Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLisa and Martin Hill's Estate Master, held onto their overnight lead and extended to a four point separation after three races today in day two of the 2010 Farr 40 Australian Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4715Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLucinda Whitty, representing Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, and her crew of Stacey Jackson and Nina Curtis, have won the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta in convincing style with three straight wins in the Grand Final.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4714Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe highly competitive Farr 40 class put everything on the table today when the fleet sailed four races on day one of the 2010 Farr 40 Australian Championship. Defending champion Guido Belgiorno Nettis and his team on Transfusion started the day out with a win in the first race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4713Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSamantha Osborne, representing Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, had a clear goal in her match against Lucinda Whitty - to ruin Whitty's perfect scorecard in the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta. Their match in the final flight of round robin two was a duel with Osborne taking the win by half a boat length.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4711Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe winners of each of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's summer sailing pointscores have already been decided but there will be a war on water on Sunday 14 March for the bragging rights to the team who is crowned the CYCA Top Jocks.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4712Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLucinda Whitty has maintained her unbeaten record in the Harken Women's International Match Racing regatta with another perfect scorecard of 7 wins, giving her an overall total of 16 wins with two flights of Round Robins still to be completed tomorrow.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4710Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLucinda Whitty and Samantha Osborne are locked in a trans-Tasman battle at the top of the leader board at the end of round robin one in the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta, being hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4709Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIntrepid sailors Alex Whitworth and Peter Crozier sailed out of Hobart today aboard their 10m sloop Berrimilla, bound for their home port of Sydney and their home clubs, the Royal Australian Navy Sailing Assocation (RANSA) and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4708Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSome of the world's best women's match racers from Australia and New Zealand shared flights across the Tasman, flying in from Auckland following the New Zealand Women's Match Racing Championship. The highest ranked skipper in the regatta, Samantha Osborne (RNZYS) arrived yesterday, and is looking forward to taking on the Australian's again after finishing in third place behind Katie Pellew and Nicky Souter in the Auckland event.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4707Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe opening two events of the 2010 Audi IRC Australian Championship race have proven that you don't need to be a super maxi to be a serious contender for the national Championship title which is endorsed by Yachting Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4706Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt the close of entries, thirty yachts have entered the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race - the largest fleet assembled for this race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4705Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDivision 1 of the Audi IRC Series at the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta again belonged to Stephen Ainsworth and his well-sailed Reichel/Pugh 63 Loki (NSW) today, his second overall win handing him the Series win after Wild Oats X, (Bob Oatley's Reichel/Pugh 66, suffered generator problems again and shredded two spinnakers, while Geoff Ross' Reichel/Pugh 55, Yendys (NSW) could not keep up the Loki pace.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4703Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's Loki, a Reichel/Pugh 63 Loki (NSW), was first out of Sydney Heads after getting off the Watsons Bay start line quickly at 11.30am, but it wasn't long before Bob Oatley's Reichel/Pugh 66 Wild Oats X (NSW) had overhauled her smaller rival, Richards sailing Wild Oats X up the left hand side of the course, while the chasers headed right.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4700Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian's Nicky Souter and Katie Pellew (nee Spithill) plus Kiwi Stephanie Hazard still lead the Live Sport Telecom New Zealand Women's Match Racing Championships.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4702Sat, 6 Mar 2010 10:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBob Oatley's 100 foot Wild Oats XI will line up for the start of the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race on Friday 19 March at 12 noon, with twenty other yachts who have already confirmed their participation in the third edition of the race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4699Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWithin two hours of winning the Lincoln Week Regatta, Geoff Boettcher's Reichel Pugh 51 Secret Men's Business 3.5 had left from South Australia, making the trek to Sydney, for the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta with the intent to hold his position as leader of the prestigious four-part Audi IRC Australian Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4695Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Member David Clark and his crew on Fifteen have held onto their overnight lead in the 2010 Etchells New South Wales Championship to win after wrapping up the three day series with two races today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4694Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWhitty sailed faultlessly making it through the entire regatta without dropping a single race, to have her name engraved on the trophy for the second consecutive year.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4693Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter finishing day one in second place, CYCYA member David Clark's Fifteen moved into first overall with a scorecard of 22, 1, and 1 in the three races held today and has a one point lead over Peter McNeill's Absolute Pearler going into the final day of the regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4692Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith perfect weather conditions for match racing on Sydney Harbour today, Lucinda Whitty (RSYS) and her crew of Nicky Souter and Katie Pellew achieved the perfect score with nine wins and no losses in the first day of racing of the Marinassess Women's Match Racing Regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4691Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAn ecstatic Ray Entwistle, owner of J/122 Jackpot, has claimed victory in the IRC Division 1 of the Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore series, finishing with a second in today's race. Jackpot finished the series on 17 points, three points clear of Ed Psaltis and Bob Thomas' modified Farr 40 AFR Midnight Rambler in second, with Annette & Robin Hawthorn's Beneteau 47.7 Imagination third on 28 points.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4690Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRPNYC skipper Matt Steven who was recently crowned as Junior OK World Dinghy Champion now has another title to add to the list. Steven won the trans - tasman clash against Cruising Yacht Club of Australia skipper Will Mackenzie in 3 straight races.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4689Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Champtaloup's classic Caprice of Huon sealed the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore IRC Overall Series win with another win in the last race of the season. Jon Short & Miles Bastick's Farr 34 MRX clinched the PHS Overall Series win by two points from John & Kim Clinton's Beneteau Oceanis 50 Holy Cow!.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4688Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWill Mackenzie and his crew of Jamie Woods and Hamish Hardy will represent the CYCA and sail off for the top step on the podium. His opponent will be Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club's Matthew Steven who finished the round robins in first place.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4687Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCurrent leader of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's prestigious Blue Water Pointscore, Syd Fischer, owner of Ragamuffin, was the first to submit an entry for the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, which starts at 12 noon on Friday 19 March.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4686Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australian contingent have set themselves up well early in the regatta. RSYS's Jordan Reece made a flying start to his campaign winning 6 races from 6 starts with one race to go to complete his round. CYCA's Will Mackenzie has also made a strong start with 4 wins from 5 starts.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4685Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDefending champion Lucinda Whitty will compete against fellow Australian Sailing Development Squad members Nina Curtis and Stacey Jackson, in the Marinassess Women's Match Racing Regatta this coming weekend.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4682Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter two days of racing on Sydney Harbour Lisa and Martin Hill's Estate Master have won their second Farr 40 regatta in a row, taking out the 2010 Farr 40 Sprint Series which was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4680Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJosh Junior and his team from the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club of Matt Steven and Chris Jones have successfully defended their title and won the 2010 National Bank International Youth Match Racing Championships in style. Junior and his formidable crew didn't lose a single race in the Double Round Robin series and only one race to second placed William Tiller in the finals this afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4681Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDefending National Bank International Youth Match Racing champion Josh Junior representing the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, has continued his form and still leads overall with an unbeaten scorecard of 17 wins.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4679Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Champtaloup's classic Caprice of Huon has won the IRC division of the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore race 13, continuing the boat's season dominance of this division.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4678Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJosh Junior and his team from the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club in Wellington are back to defend their 2009 title and they have certainly started the right way!http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4677Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBMW ORACLE Racing Team's revolutionary wing sail powered trimaran USA convincingly won Race 2 off Valencia today to win the 33rd America's Cup match outright.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4676Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter back to back PHS wins in the first Passage Series weekend's races last year, Holy Cow! was able to drop its third race result (16th) and its sixth placing on Saturday, with her fourth placing on Sunday enough to hold the lead and achieve the series win with 12 points. Jon Short and Miles Bastick's Farr 34 MRX was second on 16 points with Robert Hunt's Adams Offshore 350 Attitude third on 19 points.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4675Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt will all come down to the last race of the Blue Water Pointscore Series - the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race - to see if Syd Fischer and his TP52 Ragamuffin can claim an historic tenth victory in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's prestigious championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4673Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMichael McMahon's X3, representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, lived up to their name with three consistent days of sailing to win the 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship, hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, on Pittwater today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4671Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMichael McMahon's X3, sailing under the burgee of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, is proving to be the most consistent boat with a win and a third today. X3 holds a slender three point lead over the fleet after Day Two of the Sydney 38 Nationals hosted by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4670Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4669Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:33:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDay One of the Sydney 38 Nationals hosted by RPAYC was a testing day for all teams with a unique weather pattern that saw teams constantly battling to stay "in phase" with the wind.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4668Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYoung Australian sailors have regained the prestigious Hardy Cup ISAF under 25 grade 3 match-racing title from the New Zealanders, with Evan Walker from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Youth Sailing Academy today winning a hard-fought final against Josh Junior from Wellington's Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4666Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo Australians and two New Zealanders will sail off tomorrow in the semi-finals of the Hardy Cup 2010 ISAF Grade 3 under 25 match racing regatta on Sydney Harbour after another day of intense competition between young sailors from New South Wales, Western Australia, New Zealand and the USA.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4665Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMidway through round-robin 2, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Evan Walker and Josh Junior from Wellington's Royal Nicholson Yacht Club have each had nine flight wins, sharing the leaderboard in what looks like being one of the most open contests in years.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4664Tue, 9 Feb 2010 20:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspChesterfield Browne, Mount Gay's International Brand Ambassador from Barbados together with members of the local Mount Gay brand team, were hosted by Geoff Morgan and Andrew Banks onboard You're Hired for the twilight race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4667Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney sailor Evan Walker has thrown down an early challenge to the strong New Zealand contingent on the opening day of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's Hardy Cup under 25 match-racing regatta on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4663Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDick Cawse and his Lyons/Cawse 60, Vanguard, have provisionally wrapped up the 2009/2010 Ocean Pointscore series this afternoon after taking line and handicap honours in the 63 nautical mile Sydney Newcastle race, organised by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4658Sat, 6 Feb 2010 19:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDespite being completely caught off-guard by a weather report that was a bit wide of the mark, Stephen Ainsworth's Loki, with Gordon Maguire at its helm, was successful in winning the line and handicap double in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Flinders Islet race today, missing the race record by just over one hour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4657Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAchieving their first win of the season, Paul Billingham and Pete McGee, owners of Elusive, got their money's worth, making it a trifecta of wins - line honours, IRC and PHS Division in the Grant Thornton Short Haul Night Harbour Race, conducted on Friday evening.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4656Sat, 6 Feb 2010 13:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith the Blue Water Point Score (BWPS) winner likely to come from the present top eight boats, and only eight points separating them, there is a lot riding on this evening's Flinders Islet Race, the penultimate race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's (CYCA) prestigious Series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4653Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn a series that kept everyone guessing, sailors and spectators alike, William Tiller from Auckland's Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, won the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta from club and former crew mate Phil Robertson.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4655Thu, 4 Feb 2010 22:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNew Zealand skippers Phil Robertson and William Tiller continue to make the running at the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, holding first and second places on the leaderboard at the end of the second day.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4652Tue, 2 Feb 2010 20:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3694Tue, 2 Feb 2010 17:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNew Zealand skipper Phil Robertson has signalled his intention to hold onto the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta trophy, by going though the first day of the series undefeated, to hold top place on the leaderboard overnight.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4651Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter six days of intense match racing Nicky Souter, Stacey Jackson and Rayshele Martin finished the regatta in fourth position, one ahead of fellow Australians Lucinda Whitty, Jessica Eastwell and Amanda Scrivenor.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4649Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspKyle Langford and his crew representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, cruised undefeated through the semis and finals of the Colin Mullins International Youth Regatta, to take the trophy at their first attempt.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4648Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspHoward Piggott's new Beneteau First 40 Flying Cloud has taken the dual IRC & PHS Division 1 win in today's Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4647Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspKyle Langford and his crew, representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, are through to the semi-finals of the Colin Mullins Regatta, hosted by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Perth.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4646Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4645Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSkippers Kyle Langford and David Gilmour are setting up a trans-Australia showdown in the Colin Mullins Regatta, the selection series for the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta. Langford and his crew representing Sydney's Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and Perth skipper David Gilmour of the host club, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, both have five wins and one loss at the end of the first day's racing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4644Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspHaving led Division 1 of the Audi IRC Series at Audi Victoria Week until yesterday, Geoff Boettcher and his Secret Mens Business crew from South Australia had just one last chance to regain control in the final Race 6 sailed today on Corio Bay - and their second place overall was enough to overcome yesterday's leader, Terra Firma, to win the trophy.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4643Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLine honours went to Ludde Ingvall's 90-footer YuuZoo which recently contested the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, winning the Geoff Lee Trophy. The City of Sydney Sesquicentenary Cup, for the lowest PHS corrected time among yachts specifically entered for the 174th Australia Day Regatta, was won by Leslie Green's Swan 60 Ginger which finished third in fleet.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4641Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThousands of Australians will celebrate Australia Day afloat tomorrow, 26 January, including more than fifteen hundred skippers and crew competing in the 174th Australia Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour and in the traditional short ocean race from the Harbour to Botany Bay and return.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4640Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFollowing their overall win in the Passage Race yesterday, Geoff Boettcher and his Secret Mens Business 3.5 crew from South Australia meant business in races 2 and 3 of the Audi IRC Championship on Geelong's Corio Bay this afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4638Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSouth Australian Geoff Boettcher and his Secret Mens Business 3.5 crew were declared winners of the Passage Race at Audi Victoria Week last evening after the 335-strong fleet finished the 34.3 nautical mile race from Williamstown to Geelong.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4637Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAll eyes were on the clash of the titans in the racing class. Ray Roberts put Evolution Racing into the box position at the start, and although neck and neck with Neil Pryde's Hi Fi up the first beat, they held a slight advantage at the windward mark.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4634Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMembers of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania will attend a formal club dinner, this Thursday 21 January, to mark the 100th anniversary of the granting of the Royal Warrant allowing the club to be known as The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4635Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4631Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Cruising, together with 6 boats from RPAYC, spent the weekend of the 9th and 10th January as guests of the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club. We took the easy option of sailing north in two legs, overnighting in Pittwater and then riding an ESE breeze the 48nm to Newcastle.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4629Sat, 9 Jan 2010 18:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney Harbour and the coastal stretch of the Tasman Sea between Botany Bay and Port Jackson will play host to the 174th Australia Day Regatta - the world's oldest continuously conducted sailing regatta - on Tuesday, 26 January 2010.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4630Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith all boats safely home, Dark & Stormy Witch, the Murray Custom 37 owned and skippered by the RPAYC's Bruce Staples and Jim King has taken out the coveted IRC overall handicap honours in the 2010 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4626Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWild Oats XI finished the Pittwater to Coffs Race today crossing the line at 10:03am in a time 21hrs 3mins 57secs, some two and a half hours outside the record.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4625Sun, 3 Jan 2010 13:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith both the Governor and the Premier of Tasmania in attendance, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race came to a close today when the prizes were presented to all the winners of the 628 nautical mile race at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, in Sandy Point, Hobart.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4622Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA spectacular fleet of 50 yachts will start in the first ocean race of the new decade starting tomorrow, the 2010 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Offshore race at 1pm, off Broken Bay.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4624Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAndrew Saies' Two True survived a protest this afternoon to be confirmed as overall winner of the Tattersall's Cup, the major prize in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for the overall IRC handicap winner.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4620Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAndrew Saies' new boat Two True this afternoon became just the fourth South Australian yacht to win the Rolex Sydney Yacht Race overall, but the win did not come without a long wait and plenty of angst.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4617Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAndrew Saies' newly launched Beneteau First 40 Two True has been declared the overall winner of the 65th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after a protest against him over an incident on Sydney Harbour soon after the start was dismissed by the five person international jury this afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4616Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn its 10th anniversary year, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Safety of Life at Sea Trusts (SOLAS) has made a pledge to St Helens Marine Rescue Association Inc (TAS) of $20,000 as seed funding for the purchase of a new RIB.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4621Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPeter Rodgers did not quite take in the fact that he had provisionally won the PHS class overall in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race when he moored at Constitution Dock just before midday today; maybe the slight head injury he sustained yesterday during the race had affected him.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4614Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAs the remainder of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet trickles across the finish line, Andrew Saies' Beneteau First 40 Two True has moved into contention for the overall win. But first they have to survive this morning's 10am protest.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4613Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA pod of dolphins off Bicheno on the Tasmanian east coast, the biggest that veteran yachtsman Roger Hickman has ever seen, stopped him in his tracks on board the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race entrant Audi Centre Melbourne yesterday.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4607Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMark Richards, the skipper of Wild Oats XI, the four-time line honours winner and record holder of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, vowed to return next year after finishing second to arch rival and near sistership, the New Zealand supermaxi Alfa Romeo, just after midnight this morning.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4597Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA remarkably relaxed and fresh looking Neville Crichton steered his 100 foot supermaxi Alfa Romeo into Constitution Dock this evening after taking line honours in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4596Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNeville Crichton's New Zealand supermaxi Alfa Romeo has taken line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, crossing the finish line opposite Castray Esplanade on the Derwent River at 22:02:10hrs for an elapsed time of 2 days, 9 hours, 2 minutes and 10 seconds.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4593Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDespite a lead of about 14 nautical miles over four-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI, and only 70 nautical miles to go to the finish of this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Alfa Romeo skipper Neville Crichton is leaving nothing to chance.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4589Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA little known yacht named St Jude is leading the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on handicap late this afternoon; the Sydney 47 owned by Noel Cornish contested the race for the first time last year and was not expected to be at the front end of the star studded fleet.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4581Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMike Slade, the skipper of the British maxi ICAP Leopard concedes that Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo may have opened the winning lead in the dash for line honours in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4580Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith winds swinging to the north-east in the vicinity of South Cape just after midday, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is really on, as Alfa Romeo extends her lead over ICAP Leopard and Wild Oats XI in the race of the 100 footers to be first yacht to the finish line in Hobart.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4578Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNeville Crichton's Alfa Romeo is leading the hunt for line honours victory in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race early this morning, but it is a three-boat war on the race track, as only five nautical miles separate the New Zealand leader from ICAP Leopard, owned and skippered by Mike Slade from the UK and four-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI, skippered by Mark Richards (NSW).http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4576Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe start is less than three hours away and it's not just the crews on the 100 yachts participating in the 65th Rolex Sydney Hobart who are making their final preparations - those from the organisers, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA), the Principal Race Officer and his team, the International Jury and those on the Radio Relay vessel which accompanies the fleet to Hobart are all busy too.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4569Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe low pressure system remnant of a tropical cyclone crossing the continent is setting up a tricky wind pattern for the Rolex Sydney Hobart race, for its Boxing Day start.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4567Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe new OCF teddy bear - Dr Fredrick Bear will be gearing up for his first Rolex Sydney Hobart challenge as a crew member on the IMX Yacht - Nips N Tux, skippered by Sydney Plastic Surgeon, Dr Howard de Torres.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4572Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis morning the Bureau of Meteorology's Rob Webb delivered his Christmas news to those taking part in the 65th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, a mixed bag of weather, which will give every boat in the 100-strong fleet opportunities to make their mark.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4562Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThirteen days after dismasting in Bass Strait on the delivery sail from Melbourne to Sydney, the Etihad Stadium maxi is now looking like a 98 foot ocean racing machine again.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4561Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGeoff Ross, the skipper of the Reichel/Pugh 55 Yendys and outright winner of the race in 1999 reckons that not even Nostradamus could predict the winner of this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart. "This is the most competitive race I've sailed in 15 years of sailing to Hobart," he says.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4558Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 65th Rolex Sydney Hobart is shaping up as another uncharacteristically straightforward sleigh ride south for the big boats with the weekend's forecast nor'easter putting Wild Oats XI on track to finish four hours ahead of its own race record, according to at least one forecast model.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4557Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThey judged the Shark Island start perfectly, were the third yacht heading out of Sydney Harbour and then Alan Brierty and his Limit crew mowed down the JV 72 RÁN, gybing inside her under spinnaker, with the finish line in sight, catching a nice puff to beat RÁN, and more importantly, Loki, their main adversary for the series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4554Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's Loki has thrown a spanner in the works of near-sistership Limit, owned by Alan Brierty, today taking control of the Rolex Trophy Rating Series after winning the 27 nautical mile Passage Race which started on Sydney Harbour in a fickle west of sou-west breeze.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4550Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNeville Crichton and his Alfa Romeo crew made short work of Day 1 of the Rolex Trophy Passage Series, taking line and handicap honours in today's 27 nautical mile Passage Race. The 100 footer from New Zealand took just one hour 48 mins 25 secs to complete the course, also picking up the coveted overall IRC handicap win.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4549Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4551Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter heavy rain that left a millpond, delaying racing by nearly two hours today, the two Divisions contesting Day 2 of the Rolex Trophy Series finally started with breeze just before 1.00pm on the Macquarie Circle off Sydney Heads.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4546Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo of the major players did not make the start line and two other highly fancied entries did enough damage to warrant pulling out of Race 2 of the Rolex Trophy Rating Series which started today on the Manly Circle just north of Sydney Heads.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4544Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has presented the CYCA Ocean Racer of the Year Awards this evening at a gala cocktail party at the Clubhouse and for only the fifth time in the history of the Awards, a woman has been recognised for her dedication to the sport of sailing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4543Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNeville Crichton's 100 foot Alfa Romeo has sounded the warning bell for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart, capitalising on a costly mistake aboard Wild Oats XI to take a resounding victory in the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4541Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMartin and Lisa Hill and their Estate Master crew won the Farr 40 class, while a bunch of Tasar sailors won every race of the Sydney 38 class to each win their class in the Rolex Trophy One Design series' sailed over the last three days.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4539Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt this stage, the ever optimistic Wharington, believes that it could be do-able. "Based on what we saw with the rig plans today, there are no insurmountable problems with the use of the replacement mast at this stage" he said.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4538Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney is forecast to be bathed in sunshine and the expected winds are set to create the perfect playground for the maxis contesting Tuesday's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, one of the big boats' key Rolex Sydney Hobart shakedowns.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4536Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGrant Wharington and his Victorian based crew, together with the Southern Spar engineers, will work through a range of options to conclude what might be the easiest and best way to cut a replacement mast in half to make the transport of it from the South of France a more simple exercise.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4534Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter a very long night and day at sea with no mast, the Etihad Stadium (formerly known as Wild Thing) maxi crew has split in two groups at Eden on the NSW South Coast.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4535Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt was a day for families at the Rolex Trophy One Design Series, as husband and wife team Martin & Lisa Hill (Estate Master) and the father and son owned The Tavern (Ian and Shane Guanaria) scored three wins from three races each in the Farr 40 and Sydney 38 classes respectively this afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4533Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor Grant Wharington's Etihad Stadium maxi (formerly known as Wild Thing), it's been a long day on the water motoring along at not much more than 8 knots (just under 15 kilometres an hour), but Eden is within reach, and they expect to be in the marina on the NSW South Coast by around 5:30pm this evening.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4532Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4531Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGrant Wharington and his crew have a slow day ahead on the water today as the Etihad Stadium (formerly Wild Thing) motors to Eden after dismasting yesterday 10 miles off Deal Island*.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4530Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGrant Wharington's 98 foot supermaxi Etihad Stadium has lost its rig 10 miles off Deal Island*http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4529Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn some close racing on The Sound at the entrance to Sydney Heads, Martin and Lisa Hill and their Estate Master crew from Middle Harbour Yacht Club have come out on top after three races on Day 1 of the Rolex Trophy One-Design series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4528Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe super sized and super quick are quietly assembling in Sydney Harbour for one of the greatest days on the Australian sailing calendar, the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge maxi boat race. starting at 12.30pm on Tuesday 15th Decemberhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4527Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor UK entries Ran and ICAP Leopard, an unforeseen shipping delay has cost them two weeks preparation time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4526Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCommodore Matt Allen achieved a clean sweep of IRC1 division in the 23rd Phuket Kings Cup Regatta, scoring eight wins in his Beneteau First 44.7 Ichi Ban.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4522Sun, 6 Dec 2009 11:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRelishing the lighter conditions, Sextant together with George Girdis' Jarkan 12.5 Marloo, Scott and Troy Dillon's Beneteau 44.7 CMist and Steve and Michelle Hatch's M, led the fleet out of the harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4521Sat, 5 Dec 2009 18:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith slightly sloppy conditions and only a little swell remaining from last night's southerly, it was a case of patience and working the boat gently around the course for the crew of Vanguard.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4520Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, MP today announced the Sailors with disABILITIES (SWD) Rolex Sydney Hobart crew for 2009 on the International Day of People with a Disability, at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australiahttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4525Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Commodore Matt Allen is dominating IRC1 division in his Beneteau 44.7 Ichi Ban in the 23rd Phuket King's Cup Regattahttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4517Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe exclusive opportunity to bid for a place on one of Australia's best known ocean racing thoroughbreds for charity is now open. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia today listed guest places on Wild Oats XI, LOYAL, Lahana, Wild Thing, and Ichi Ban for its SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Tuesday 15 December 2009.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4516Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBalance beat Bill Ebsary's well sailed Beneteau First 44.7 Le Billet in both the IRC and PHS divisions, robbing Ebsary of the chance at a fourth win on the trot in this Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4514Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith Gordon Maguire at the helm, Loki finished the series on nine points with a clean sweep of wins, five line honours and handicap victories from five races. They opted not to sail the sixth and final race as they couldn't be beaten at that point.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4513Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3888Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 32nd Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship got underway off Manly Beach this morning under a blanket of a sea fog that rolled in and shrouded the Sydney coastline before slowly burning off to produce a stunning spring day. In chilly conditions due to the temperature inversion, the IRC division 1 grand prix fleet lined up for the regatta opener in a respectable 12-14 knot sea breeze. Stephen Ainsworth's Reichel Pugh 63 Loki let its waterline length and top notch crew work do the talking as they put plenty in the bank for the first two nautical mile windward beat - and never looked back.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4512Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJosh Junior and his crew of Matthew Steven and Chris Jones, representing Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, have won the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship in convincing style.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4511Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSaturday's forecast 15-25 knot nor'westerly breeze and high temps will well and truly iron out any wrinkles when the two fleets contesting this weekend's Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship, hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club for the 32nd time, take up position in Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4510Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJosh Junior, representing Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, finished the round robin stages in first place, and he elected to sail against Scott Burling (RNZYS) in the first of the semis (Stage four), leaving William Tiller (RNZYS) and Will Mackenzie (CYCA) to battle out the other semi final.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4509Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWill Mackenzie and his crew of Will Parker and Hamish Hardy representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia consolidated their position and finished the round robin stages in third place with 7 wins and only 2 losses today in the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4507Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith many of the races very close and penalties being carried to the last down wind run, boats were engaging in some spectacular down wind gibing duels in an effort to wipe off penalties before the finish line.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4506Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe spotlight is well and truly on the impending line honours tussle as Bob Oatley's Reichel Pugh 100, Wild Oats XI, is prepped for an unprecedented five in a row, the mighty Sydney maxi edging closer to Morna/Kurrewa's all-time record of seven non-consecutive titles. The difference this year is that the current race record holder is not the only standout big boat in the pack.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4505Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEd Psaltis and Bob Thomas' AFR Midnight Rambler are locked in a three way tie with Matthew Short's TP52 Shortwave and Ray and Sandra Entwistle's J/122 Jackpot on nine points in IRC Division 1 of the Grant Thornton Short Ocean Spring Pointscore.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4500Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4499Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, the annual maxi race on Sydney Harbour, is shaping up as the most explosive in the event's 16 year history. A spectator vessel is available for CYCA members and their guests to witness the one and only chance to see the line honours form guide for the 65th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race up close and personal.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4498Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspHoly Cow! John & Kim Clinton's Beneteau Oceanis 50 revelled in the weekend conditions in the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore series scoring two well deserved wins (on PHS) having picked the correct course on both days for the races to and from Pittwater.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4497Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn an impressive lead-up to their Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race campaign, Paul Clitheroe and his amateur crew provisionally won both divisions with Balance from another Hobart contender, Annette and Robin Hawthorn's Beneteau 47.7 Imagination.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4496Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNicola Smith is Alaska bound after she was named the lucky winner of the CYCA Member Get Member Promotion at the New Members' Cocktail party held on Tuesday evening 10 November.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4495Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to announce that the Notice of Race is now available for the Rolex Trophy.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4494Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDespite Loki's record breaking run in the Cabbage Tree Island Race yesterday, Bob Steel's Quest, last year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race winner, arrived at the Sydney Harbour finish line in time to take overall honours in the race, denying Stephen Ainsworth his wished-for race trifecta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4488Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:33:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"Gentlemens' sailing," was how Dick Cawse described conditions after sailing his Lyons/Cawse 60 Vanguard to a line and overall honours double victory in today's 30 nautical mile Botany Bay Race, sailed from Sydney Harbour to Botany Bay (south of Sydney) and return.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4487Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Champtaloup's 58 year old classic Caprice of Huon has won its fifth consecutive Grant Thornton Short Haul race on IRC and is now in the enviable position of leading both IRC & PHS Divisions of the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore Series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4490Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth and his Loki crew smashed the Cabbage Tree Island Race record today, finishing the 180 nautical mile race at 12:32:47pm, slicing more than one hour off the time set by Bob Oatley's super maxi Wild Oats XI in the race last year. It was a tidy day's work for Loki; a Reichel/Pugh 63 from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the organisers of the race, setting a new time of 16 hours, 32min, 47sec to best the 30 metre Reichel/Pugh designed Wild Oats XI, by one hour 26min 1sec in ideal conditions.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4486Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast week, the CYCA Youth Sailing Academy hosted 21 students from Eden Marine High who enjoyed four days of learning to sail on the Elliott 6.0m yachts.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4491Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:33:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA fleet of 34 yachts will set off on tonight's 180 nautical mile Cabbage Tree Island Race, a qualifier for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, both of which are hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4485Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspHot nor' westerly winds blew through club doors on Melbourne Cup Tuesday 3 November scarcely drawing a comment from the 120 members and guests that had gathered to celebrate the race that stops the nation.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4493Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspClean Up Australia founder and round-the-world yachtsman Ian Kiernan has cleaned up again in the Hempel Paints 36th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, steering his classic yawl Sanyo Maris to its second successive IRC handicap victory in the ocean race across the northern Tasman Sea.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4483Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOcean Affinity, Stewart Lewis' Martens 49 from the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, became only the second Queensland yacht to take line honours in the Hempel Paints 36th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, when she crossed the line off Lord Howe Island's coral lagoon last evening at 9.12pm.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4482Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCruising Yacht Club of Australia and naming rights sponsor Rolex are delighted to announce an impressive fleet of 116 has been nominated for the impending Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, one of the world's most highly regarded ocean classics.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4480Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCruising Yacht Club of Australia has today announced that nominations are open for its prestigious Ocean Racer of the Year Awards. CYCA welcomes nominations from fellow yacht clubs that have suitable candidates that they feel would be eligible for these awards.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4479Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australian Farr 40 fleet kicked off the 2009-2010 season this weekend with the annual Farr 40 Pittwater regatta hosted by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club on Sydney's northern beaches. Transfusion, owned by Guido Belgiorno Nettis and helmed by CYCA Commodore Matt Allen in Belgiorno Nettis's absence, won the event with an impressive scorecard of six first places and two second places in the eight race series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4478Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt the fine old age of 51, the wooden yawl Sanyo Maris is on track for a second successive IRC win in the Hempel Paints 36th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4477Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspQueensland yacht Ocean Affinity is leading the fleet and placed first on progressive IRC handicap positions after the first night at sea in the Hempel Paints 36th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4476Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYachtsman and founder of Clean-up Australia, Ian Kiernan, is confident he can achieve another 'clean-up' in this year's Hempel Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race with his classic boat Sanyo Maris.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4475Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMusto Australasia has been awarded the rights to provide clothing merchandise and staff uniforms to Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Additionally, Musto joins the family of CYCA Youth Sailing Academy sponsors through its sponsorship of an Elliot 6.0m training yacht and the Musto International Youth Match Racing regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4474Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYou've got to be in it to win it! Those wanting to conquer the Mount Everest of ocean racing - the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - have just one week left to submit an application for entryhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4472Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Member Neville Crichton's Reichel Pugh designed 100 ft maxi, Alfa Romeo, is leaving a trail of smashed race records across the Pacific as she heads towards a head to head battle with Robert Oatley's Wild Oats XI in December's Rolex Sydney Hobart. The Kiwi yacht demolished the race record at the weekend (23 October 2009) in New Zealand's HSBC Coastal Classic, following the annihilation of the TransPac Race Record in July.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4473Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTop prize of the event, the Rolex Middle Sea Race Trophy and Rolex Yacht-master Chronometer for finishing first overall under IRC Handicap went to Andres Soriano, skipper and owner of the 69-foot Mills designed Alegre.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4471Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's historic Gascoigne Cup sailed into its second century today with victory going to prominent yachtsman Tim Cox in his J35 Soundtrack, with son Edward at the helm.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4469Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwenty-five years on from its line honours victory in the great Australian ocean classic, iconic Kiwi yacht Lion New Zealand has this week been stamped the 60th applicant for entry for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2009.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4468Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis Saturday, 24 October 2009, will see the 101st race for one of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's most historic trophies, the magnificent Gascoigne Cup. The 2009 Gascoigne Cup will mark 124 years since it was first presented in 1886, as it was not awarded during the war years. This will also be race three in the Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore Series (CYCA).http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4467Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspICAP Leopard (GBR) was first home at the 2009 Rolex Middle Sea Race taking the award for line honours. Try as they might, Mike Slade's all-star crew were unable to crack the nut that is Rambler's course record.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4466Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThai Airways International has renewed its sponsorship of Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Youth Sailing Academy for a further two years. Thai Airways is one of nine Elliot 6.0m sponsors and has been a sponsor since 2007. General Manager Australia, Korakot Chatasingha said he was proud to be associated with the CYCA and its youth development programs.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4465Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"In the IRC Division the crew of Caprice of Huon enjoyed their fourth consecutive win, with Denis Doyle & Lynne Smith's X-412 Sextant second and the fastest boat around the course Rod Wills' X-43 Great Xpectations placing third," said David Champtalouphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4463Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRichard Grubb, an honorary life member of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, has been awarded the 2009 Australian Yachting Volunteer Award. The CYCA Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Trusts received the President's Award in recognition of the significant contribution made to search and rescue organisations Australia wide and supporting families who have lost loved ones at sea in a Yachting Australia sanctioned race, since its inception ten years ago.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4462Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe families of Andrew Short and Sally Gordon wish to advise those who would like to help celebrate the lives of Andrew (Shorty) and Sally (Sal) are invited to do so at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA), 1 New Beach Road, Darling Point, on Tuesday October 20 from 2.00pm onwards.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4460Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFriendly, reliable, effervescent and happy-go-lucky is how Sally will be remembered by family and her many friends at the CYCA, which she joined in 1993 as a fresh-faced rookie, and the Double Bay Sailing Club, which cancelled racing on Sunday in her honour. The CYCA also cancelled Saturday's Ocean Pointscore and Short Haul races as a mark of respect.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4459Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAndrew always freely gave encouragement and advice. He had a huge smile that would light up the bar and he was an unending contributor to the sport and to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, his yacht club since 1990. 'Shorty', as he was best-known, was dynamic, cool as ice under pressure, egoless, cheeky as they come and a good mate to so many.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4458Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis afternoon, Matt Allen, the Commodore of the CYCA held a press conference at the Club in Darling Point, announcing that the owner/skipper of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Andrew Short and crew member Sally Gordon had perished when the 24.4 metre yacht hit rocks and ran aground at Flinders Islet at approximately 0255 hours this morning.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4455Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt approximately 0255 hours this morning, a red flare was sighted from a yacht competing in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's (CYCA) 92 nautical-mile Flinders Islet Race that started off Point Piper on Sydney Harbour last evening at 20.00 hours. At 0317 hours this morning, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) advised the CYCA Race Officer, Denis Thompson, that a crew member from the 24.4 metre yacht PriceWaterhouseCoopers, owned and skippered by CYCA member, Andrew Short, had activated an EPIRB.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4453Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspToday's scheduled Ocean Pointscore Race and Grant Thornton Shorthaul Pointscore Race have been postponed.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4454Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGME Electronics has renewed their sponsorship of the GME Elliott 6.0m for a further 12 months. Anthony Dunn, Director of Standard Communications/GME, said their ongoing sponsorship of the CYCA Youth Sailing Academy is vital to the continued success of the sport of sailing in Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4452Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe first race of the Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore series was raced on Saturday 3 October 2009 in wintery conditions and was conducted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club. In what is becoming a tradition for this race, the southerly winds and squally rains greeted sixteen competitors.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4449Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor the first time ever, the line honours and overall handicap winners of Britain's famous Rolex Fastnet Race will contest the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in the same year. Mike Slade's Farr 100 ICAP Leopard and Niklas Zennstrom's JV72 Rán, the line honours and overall winners respectively of this year's Rolex Fastnet Race, will make their way to Sydney to compete in the 65th edition of the Australian blue water classic which starts at 1pm on 26 December from Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4448Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPeter Millard and John Honan's 98ft maxi Lahana has won line honours in the 85 nautical mile Bird Island race early on Saturday morning in a race time of 9 hours, 38 mins and 37 secs, outside of race record time. Syd Fischer's TP52 Ragamuffin took first place in the IRC Division, winning the Janzoon Trophy.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4444Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe first race of the Ocean Pointscore series, the Lion Island race, was unable to be sailed due to the strong westerly winds and rough offshore conditions on Saturday 26 September. An alternate three lap harbour race was sailed.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4445Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCharisma, the S & S 57 owned by Spanish banker Alejandro Perez Calzada, sailing under the burgee of Royal Nautical Club of Barcelona, has arrived in Sydney three months prior to the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2009. Charisma will be the second Spanish yacht ever to have applied for entry to compete in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, adding to the strongest international line-up in years to contest the 628 nautical mile ocean classic.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4443Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA 27 strong fleet will continue their preparations for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in this weekend's 85 nautical mile Bird Island Race. With strong winds predicated over the weekend, the 13 year old race record of 7 hours, 42 mins, 15 secs could be in jeopardy.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4442Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAndrew Plympton, President Yachting Australia presented the Australian Youth Match Racing Cup to Will Mackenzie and his CYCA team of Ted Hackney, Sean O'Rourke and Kurt Griffiths and their coach, Seve Jarvin.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4440Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Sailing Season 2009-2010 commenced with the traditional season opening race, the 14th Monica Geddes Memorial Trophy - Sydney Harbour Islands Race, conducted on Sunday in brilliant spring conditions. The race also marked the start of the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore Series, with a fleet of 52 yachts taking to the start line.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4436Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA's Will Mackenzie and his team of Ted Hackney, Kurt Griffiths and Sean O'Rourke have finished day one of the championship undefeated after eight flights were completed in Day One of competition.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4435Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOver 200 members and guests hit the dance floor at the CYCA on Friday evening to rock the night away with the famed Australian band The Wolverines at the Clubhouse party organised by the CYCA's Associates Committee.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4439Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo teams will represent the CYCA at the Australian Youth Match Racing Championship, hosted by Sandringham Yacht Club over the next four days.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4434Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA SOLAS Trusts Raffle was drawn on Friday 11th September at the Quite Little Drink raising $8,000 for the charity. "Thanks to all the supporters who donated prizes for the raffle. Congratulations to all the lucky winners. Thank you to everyone who dug deep and purchased raffle tickets and to our team of raffle ticket sellers for donating their time. The money raised has exceeded our expectations," said Commodore Allen.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4429Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe classification where the duelling would go closest to the wire looked to be Mini Maxi Racing. Tight battles looked likely in both Mini Maxi Racing (Owner/Driver) and the larger overall Mini Maxi Racing 00 group. The Owner/Driver contest was between Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo 3 (NZL) and Hap Fauth's Bella Mente (USA). The stakes were high; the pressure was on.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4426Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast Friday evening the Quiet Little Drink celebrated its 40th anniversary and paid tribute to those who achieved Rolex Sydney Hobart milestones with the 2008 race, to raise money for the CYCA Youth Sailing Academy and of course to be reunited with long time sailing friends!http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4431Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEnrol today for the first CYCA Medical Management for Mariners Course (MMM), commencing on Tuesday 6 October 2009.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4427Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA Breakfast Club, through their ongoing fundraising activities have presented their most recent donation to the CYCA, that being a new data projector unit for the Freya Room.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4428Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSeve Jarvin and his crew of Sam Newton, Steve Jarvin and Graeme Sutherland, representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) have won the 2009 Australian Match Racing Championship today on Pittwater.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4424Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTry Crewing Day seeks to encourage new crew members to experience the sport of sailing and to provide yacht owners with the opportunity to find new crew members, who will be encouraged to join CYCA.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4420Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe final races of the round robins were completed this morning, with Dunstan adding two wins to Jarvin's one win and therefore finishing the round robins in first place. Jarvin finished second, Walker third and Chapman fourth. Mackenzie will sail off for fifth and sixth place against Murray Gordon from RPAYC.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4419Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNicky Souter and her crew of Nina Curtis and Nicole Douglass, representing Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club and Australian Sailing Development Squad, have won the compasscard Australian Women's Match Racing Championship, after a countback rule was used to break the tie between first and second.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4417Thu, 3 Sep 2009 18:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRacing was delayed this morning for over one hour as the wind shifted from NE to SE and requiring the course to be re-laid. Racing got under way at 1115hrs with the match up of the day between ASDS members Lucinda Whitty and Nicky Souter. Whitty caused an early upset out-sailing Souter on each leg, and securing herself a spot in the top four, giving Souter a huge wake-up call that anything can happen heading towards the finals.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4416Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian Sailing Development Squad member Nicky Souter and her crew of Nina Curtis and Nicole Douglass, representing Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, have a commanding lead in the compasscard Australian Women's Match Racing Championship, after finishing day two with another perfect scorecard of six wins.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4414Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAs a sponsor of the CYCA, Meridien Marinas will be showcasing their signature development 'Port of Airlie' on entry to Coasters Retreat from 14 September - 28 September.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4422Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian Sailing Development Squad member Nicky Souter and her crew of Nina Curtis and Nicole Douglass, representing Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, have a commanding lead in the compasscard Australian Women's Match Racing Championship, after finishing day one with ten wins.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4413Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Monica Geddes Memorial Trophy is the traditional Summer Season opening event, and this year the race will be conducted on Sunday 20 September.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4412Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt the close of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week tonight, Rod Jones from Queensland, the inaugural winner of the Audi IRC Australian Championship in 2006, was announced the winner of the coveted title for a second time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4411Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor the ten teams competing in the compasscard Australian Women's Match Racing Championship, yesterday's training session conducted on the Youth Sailing Academy's Elliott 6.0m was vital. The training session was conducted in Rushcutters Bay in strong westerly breezes and proved challenging for crews, especially the six teams who have elected to sail the championship 3-up, the same format as required for the Olympic Match Racing in 2012.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4407Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMelbourne 55-footer Living Doll, launched 10 months ago by Michael Hiatt and sailing for the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, has finished top scoring boat in IRC grand prix division 1 at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4410Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFollowing an extremely slow finish in Dent Passage in "ordinary" breeze the final series results were a lottery, according to the eventual Performance Racing division 2 winning skipper and CYCA member Andy Kearnan.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4408Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith just two days of racing remaining at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, it is going to be a fight to the finish to see which boat and crew will win the last round of the Audi IRC Championship to claim the Perpetual Trophy designed by designed by John Woulfe and the major prize of an Audi A6 allroad Quattro valued at $115,000.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4406Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspToday the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week fleet of 194 split, the Performance Racing divisions enjoying some round the cans action on the eastern course, the Cruising Divisions setting off at a leisurely pace from Dent Passage for their 12 nautical mile pursuit race and the IRC and Passage Divisions racing a stunning shortened course to Baynham Island in what was the best breeze of the week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4405Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWithin hours of the release of the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2009 Notice of Race, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia had received its first four applications for entry, and this figure has now climbed to eight.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4402Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspResults for yesterday's opening race for the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week IRC grand prix division 1 boats shuffled overnight following arbitration between Stephen David's Reichel Pugh 60 Wild Joe and Graeme Woods' JV52 Wot Now, and the discovery of a rating office error that has affected Wild Oats X's handicap placings.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4401Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn behalf of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, I would like to invite you all to attend the upcoming Boat Owners Forum on Wednesday 16 September, from 7pm onwards.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4400Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt his sixth attempt Melbourne sailor Michael Hiatt has won the 20th annual Airlie Beach Race Week. He sailed his Farr 55 Living Doll to a final race victory on Pioneer Bay, by just 40 seconds on handicap from CYCA member Ray Robert's Evolution Racing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4399Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn this morning's three lap race, Living Doll Michael Hiatt's Farr 55, took line honours and a handicap win from CYCA member Ray Roberts' Cookson 50 Evolution Racing. Russell McCart's Farr 40 Night Nurse was third on handicap.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4395Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the organising authority for the 65th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and Rolex SA of Geneva, the race's naming rights sponsor, have announced the release of the Notice of Race and invite applications for entry.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4394Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTen teams are now lining up for the compasscard Australian Women's Match Racing Championship for 2009. The event is gearing up to be an exciting one with the four Australian Sailing Development Squad crews who have recently returned from a very successful two months in Europe.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4393Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis afternoon the Royal Ocean Racing Club, organisers of the biennial British 608-mile classic offshore race, confirmed that Niklas Zennström's Ran 2 is the overall handicap winner of the 2009 Rolex Fastnet Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4392Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspProperty developer Mike Slade's ICAP Leopard secured a second consecutive line honours victory in the Rolex Fastnet Race in the early hours of this morning. With the mixed conditions the 100ft super-maxi was considerably behind the course record she set two years ago. Arriving at the Plymouth breakwater finish line at 00:09:36 GMT, her elapsed time on this occasion was 2 days 11 hours 9 minutes and 36 seconds, compared to 1 day 20 hours 18 minutes and 53 seconds in 2007.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4388Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt 00:26 GMT this morning Mike Slade's 100ft supermaxi ICAP Leopard was the first boat in the 2009 Rolex Fastnet Race to round the Fastnet Rock off the coast of southwestern Ireland. In a 10-15 knot westerly breeze, Karl Kwok's Farr 80 Beau Geste passed at approximately 04:44 GMT, followed by the IRC Class SZ leader on handicap, Niklas Zennström's Judel-Vrolijk 72 Ran 2 at 05:08 GMT.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4387Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Alex Whitworth, Peter Crozier and Alex's Brolga 33 Berrimilla are once again in the thick of the Rolex Fastnet Race. Regular readers will recall how in 2004/5 Alex and Peter in Berrimilla completed the 2004 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, sailed half way round the world, came 11th on handicap in the 2005 Fastnet race, then completed their circumnavigation to contest the 2005 RSHYR, all in 12 months.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4386Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Rotary Club of Sydney Cove has donated $10,000 to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Safety of Life at Sea Trusts (SOLAS), from the monies that were raised as part of the annual Rotary Charity Regatta that the CYCA hosts each November. The CYCA has hosted the Rotary Charity Regatta for the past 11 years.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4384Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAll prospective competitors are reminded that entry forms for the forthcoming 2009/10 Summer Season are now available online under the relevant series, or from the Sailing Office.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4381Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Neville Crichton's Reichel Pugh Alfa Romeo III has made a stunning debut in the Copa del Ray Regatta (conducted from 3-7 August 2009) in Spain with the New Zealand yacht dominating the event and winning the regatta with a comfortable nine point margin after winning six of the event's ten races.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4380Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspParticipate in the CYCA Canada and Alaska Tour 2010 that will depart Sydney on 3 September 2010. For only $7,250 per person you can now jump onboard this ultra luxury cruise on Silversea's Silver Shadow.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4296Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMorning dockside rumours of delays and divisions of boats having to kedge on the start line were roundly proven wrong as the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet, as well as spectators along the Cowes shoreline, enjoyed a magnificent, colourful spinnaker start. Thankfully the unfavourable forecast for the start - no wind followed by a south westerly filling in from the west - had not panned out, with instead a welcome 10 knots from the east propelling the 300 strong fleet westwards down the Solent.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4382Sun, 9 Aug 2009 14:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Member Neville Crichton's 71 foot Reichel Pugh designed mini maxi Alfa Romeo is still on top of the IRC leaderboard at the Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre regatta after finishing second in the coastal race, behind Hap Fauth's 70ft Reichel Pugh BellaMente.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4377Fri, 7 Aug 2009 13:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Member Neville Crichton has just debuted his new 71 foot pocket maxi Alfa Romeo winning its first four races whilst competing in the 2009 Copa del Rey in Majorca. This win comes hot on the heels of Crichton's win in the Transpac Race in his 100ft Alfa Romeo and proves that he will be one man to watch in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race when he brings the 100 foot maxi Alfa Romeo to Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4390Thu, 6 Aug 2009 21:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn the deciding race of the Club Marine NSW Youth Match Racing Championship, Jay Griffin and his crew of Will Parker, Keiran Searle and Jack Hubbard chased Jordan Reece and his Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron crew around the course and finally overtook them on the last downwind leg, winning by a few metres to take out the Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4373Mon, 3 Aug 2009 15:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Australian Sailing Development Squad (ASDS) crew lead by Nicky Souter has won the 2009 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Lysekil, Sweden, beating local sailor Marie Bjorling in the final.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4370Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Member Ray Roberts' Evolution Sails Finishes Second Across the Line in the 3rd Brisbane to Keppell Island Tropical Yacht Race. At 2129 hours on Sunday 2 August, CYCA Member Ray Roberts and his Evolution Sails crew sailed across the Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race finish line to place second in the 26 yacht fleet.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4374Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSunny conditions and moderate westerlies look to greet the strong line up of youth sailors competing this weekend in the Club Marine NSW Youth Match Racing Championship. Nine teams will come together from the youth academies at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC), Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) for the two day event to be held at CYCA in its fleet of Elliott 6m boats.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4368Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFollowing the announcement of final results in a protest-riddled Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, organised by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Rod Jones' Archambault 40 Alegria leads Graeme Wood's Judel Vrojlik 52 Wot Now by a whisker heading into the final round of the national Audi IRC Australian Championship at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4376Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt midnight last night Ian Kiernan and Tiare Tomaszewski's Tasman Seabird Sanyo Maris retired just south of Cape Byron due to wind conditions. Sanyo Maris was expected to arrive at Southport at approx. 8.25am this morning. This meant that The Rum Consortium's Davidson 12 Phillips Foote Witchdoctor was the last yacht to finish the 24th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race at 9.31pm on 28 July 2009.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4365Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA change of helm for the CYCA Associates Committee occurred with Pam Messenger handing over the reigns of President to Janey Treleaven at the Associates AGM on 27 July 2009.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4369Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt 1300hrs this afternoon, Ed Psaltis and Bob Thomas's modified Farr 40 AFR Midnight Rambler was declared the IRC Overall Winner of the 24th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. After a long tough and hard race, but one that was strangely emotional, owner Ed Psaltis was very pleased to be informed of his IRC Overall win by Commodore Matt Allen.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4364Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe predicted south/sou'westerly winds have arrived and are helping the remainder of the fleet arrive in Southport. At 0830hrs 49 boats had arrived in Southport, with the remainder of the fleet expected to arrive steadily over the course of the day and into the night with the last boat expected to cross the finish line tomorrow at approx. 11.50am.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4363Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRobert Oatley's Wild Oats X, skippered by Mark Richards has added another line honours win to their ever increasing record list, crossing the finish line of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race at 2.29pm in a race time of 2 days, 1 hr, 29mins and 23 seconds. Wild Oats X crossed the finish line with their number 2 headsail and mainsail full of westerly breeze.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4362Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAs the leading boats in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race have rounded Cape Byron, it's a tacking duel between Wild Oats X and Loki. After 50 hours of racing, could it all come down to a photo finish?.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4361Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRobert Oatley's Wild Oats X, skippered by Mark Richards has maintained their strong position, leading the fleet of the 24th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. She is currently 4 nautical miles SE of Cape Byron and is expected to finish early afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4360Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRobert Oatley's Wild Oats X, skippered by Mark Richards is currently leading the fleet of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. She has picked up some boat speed and is sailing at 10.8 knots.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4359Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia held the 16th Annual Associate Committees 'Parade of Sail' on Sydney Harbour on Sunday 26 July, continuing its long history of tradition with the Blessing of the Fleet by the RAN Chaplain Barrie Yesberg and the use of flag etiquette during the Salute to the Commodore.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4372Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPeter Millard and John Honan's Lahana, a potential line honours winner, has retired from the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht race after sustaining deck damage. Whilst the crack is not major, the owners decided to return to port to further assess the damage.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4358Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's Loki is in a battle with Mark Richards skippered Wild Oats X. Both boats have sailed within the rhumbline and are now starting to go further offshore with Loki being the furthest out. Both Loki and Wild Oats are experiencing boat speeds of 9-10 knots.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4357Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race commenced in light ESE breeze of 3-5 knots with a strong ebb tide and in glorious sunshine at 1pm today. A total of 80 boats took to the start line with a total of 859 crew on board the yachts.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4356Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race fleet will exit Sydney Harbour in light conditions making the start at 1pm today off Nielsen Park a very tactical one.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4355Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRob Webb, Senior Duty Forecaster, Bureau of Meteorology, announced the conditions that the fleet of 80 yachts may experience over the race period. For the start of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race at 1pm on Saturday 26 July, light nor'westerly winds of approx 5-10 knots are forecast. The outlook for Saturday appears to be mostly fine with a maximum temperature of 18C.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4354Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRoyal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's team of William Tiller, Harry Thurston and Shaun Mason, win Governor's Cup, with the CYCA team of Jay Griffin, Will Parker and Kieran Searle third.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4353Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"Given the wind conditions, lady skippers had a testing first beat up to Garden Island. The light spots in the breeze tended to favour the bigger spinnaker division boats. It was a great race in Spinnaker Division 1 with Vanguard skippered by Amanda Wilmot finishing first, after being dealt a hefty handicap. She was able to come from behind and overtake the Sydney 38s," concluded PRO John Hurley.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4350Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA team has enjoyed the second round robin, comfortable in the Governor's Cup 21's and looking forward to the finals. Coming through the second round undefeated, sees the CYCA team comfortable with their position and positive going into the finals tomorrow.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4351Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn the first six races of the second round robin, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is now undefeated. The most exciting race of the third day occurred in the fourth flight of the second round robin, when CYCA gained a considerable lead on the unbeaten Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's Men's team. At one point the CYCA had a fifteen boat length lead on RNZYS as they approached the weather mark. CYCA was able to win that race, so RNZYS is no longer undefeated.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4349Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt the sixty fifth Annual General Meeting of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia held on Tuesday 14 July 2009, members of the CYCA board for 2009/10 were declared.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4348Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAlfa Romeo, CYCA member Neville Crichton's Reichel Pugh 100, set a new elapsed time record for monohulls in the Transpacific Yacht Race by making the 2,225-nautical mile crossing in 5 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes and 20 seconds .http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4352Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"It just goes to show how essential good crew work is. We have had some strong women in key positions on the boat throughout the season and the trust we have instilled in them has paid off," said Michael Cranitch, Owner Broomstick, Winner Division A, Audi Winter Series 2009http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4343Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe second round robin of the Captain John Piper regatta began with briefing on the deck with Australia II skipper, John Bertrand, who came to share some of his sailing experiences with our youth sailors.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4345Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith entries having closed at 1700hrs this afternoon, a bumper fleet of 81 has entered the 24th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4342Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith entries closing this Friday 10 July at 1700hrs for the 24th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to have received 70 entries with more entries anticipated prior to the close of entries. The annual pilgrimage north commences at 1pm on Saturday 25th July.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4341Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe penultimate race, Race Ten of the Audi Winter Series 2009 saw a beautiful, nice clear day on Sydney Harbour. The predicated light westerly breezes were present early in the morning but by the time racing started the breeze had swung to the south west and racing commenced in 15 knots. A fleet of 135 yachts made the start line with a full course being sailed on course A.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4336Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Captain John Piper Regatta, sponsored by CYCA member, Dean Harrigan is conducted over two weekends and is an important development regatta for the squad with State and National Championships coming up.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4338Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Members Martin & Lisa Hill (Estate Master) and Lang Walker (Kokomo) placed 9th and 16th respectively, with fellow Aussie Guido Belgiorno-Nettis and his Transfusion crew the highest placed Aussie in 8th place in the Rolex Farr 40 World Championships held in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy over the past five days.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4333Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith another week of winter rains and then sun, Race Nine of the Audi Winter Series 2009 saw early rain showers clear just in time for the start of racing. The largest fleet of the Audi Winter Series to date of 148 yachts took to the start line. Racing commenced on time in 7-8 knots of westerly breeze with Course A being sailed. PRO John Hurley said that today's wind conditions were light and they continued to lighten throughout the afternoon, making the decision to shorten the course a popular one.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4331Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA YSA team are currently placed second behind the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's Youth Development Group sailors in the annual Interclub Challenge regatta after the first two rounds of fleet racing on Sydney Harbour in Elliott 6 sports boats, with the Squadron's teams on top on each day of the regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4332Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4329Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWestpac Rescue Helicopter Service (Hunter Region) is the latest recipient of a donation from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Safety of Life at Sea Trusts (SOLAS).http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4334Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:33:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOnly five days to go until the CYCA SOLAS Trusts Raffle is drawn. Get your tickets today! The major prize is a cruise for two onboard the Queen Victoria, sailing from Sydney to Fremantle, departing on 20th February 2010. The package also includes one night's post cruise accommodation in Perth and airfares from Perth to Sydney, supplied by EseaCruising.comhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4328Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"It was a fantastic day on water today. It's the first race of the season where the breeze was consistent right from the start - it started out very fresh and continued to hold throughout the day. The conditions today were perfect for MRX, a 20 year old 34ft yacht. We have been competing with bigger boats in our division that are 40-45ft and this has made for pretty tough racing throughout the winter series just to try to keep up with them." said Jon Short, MRX, Winner Division Jhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4324Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn Friday evening, over 75 20 Year Plus members & their partners enjoyed their annual dinner, officiated by Commodore Matt Allen. David Champtaloup was the guest speaker for the evening and shared his experiences of the 2009 Club Marine Cruise to Hobart.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4327Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Advanced Squad sailors at the Youth Sailing Academy endured the most difficult conditions they have encountered for some time on Saturday in the Navionics Match Racing Regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4326Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"Our fantastic crew made no mistakes today. The crew is not the same every week, but they did a sensational job displaying great sailing strategy. The Audi Winter Series is such great fun - we are sailing with a great bunch of people and great yachts to compete against on Sydney Harbour. What more could you want?," concluded Geoff Morgan, You're Hired, Winner Division Ahttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4322Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter taking the trifecta of line honours and IRC overall wins and a new race record in the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, Stephen Ainsworth's Loki is ready to do it all again in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, commencing at 1pm on Saturday 25 Julyhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4321Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Members Professor Peter Numa Joubert OAM, and Robert Bruce have been honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours (General Division).http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4320Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA members have success in the 8th Sawadee.com Koh Samui Regatta. Andrew Short's Oceanis 461 Constanza won the Bareboat Charter Class, achieving a clean sweep with seven wins in a row. Short has dominated this class over the last couple of years. In the Racing Division, Ray Roberts' Quantum Racing finished second behind Neil Pryde's Hi-Fi, with Matt Allen's Beneteau First 44.7 Ichi Ban fourth.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4319Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Interclub Challenge consists of three regattas held at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Each club submits two teams for each regatta. The first regatta of the series was held at the CYCA on Sunday 7 June. Conditions were perfect for the Youth Sailing Academy Development Squad sailors with an 8-10 knot north westerly breeze.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4317Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We are first timers to the Sydney 38 One Design class, having recently purchased Wild One. To come away with a win in this fiercely competitive division is great!" said Larki Missiris, owner Wild Onehttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4315Sun, 7 Jun 2009 17:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOffshore Yacht Owners Association is pleased to announce that a limited number of owners will be able to fully measure their yachts to the ORC International Rule (ORCi) during the week of 15 June at Woolwich Dock. This will enable yachts to compete using ORCi in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race in July.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4312Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA Winter Ball attracted a great crowd yet again this year, with many notable guests including 5 past Commodores. The New Trocadeo Dance Band provided terrific music that had everyone up on the dance floor until midnight.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4311Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPRO John Hurley commented on the day's racing "The fleet experienced one of the best beats possible in the easterly breeze that they could have hoped for. The breeze was consistent throughout the day, which meant some boats finished relatively early and in most divisions there was not a lot of time difference between the place getters."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4306Sun, 31 May 2009 17:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe maxi yacht Zana that also raced under the name Konica Minolta will be overhauled by new owners Peter Millard and his brother in law John Honan to compete in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, her maiden voyage for the new owners under her new name Lahana.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4301Mon, 25 May 2009 11:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"It was a day of mixed fortunes for us. In the lighter breeze, Icom Utopia is quicker than the bigger boats, but in heavy conditions she is a lot slower," said Peter Messenger. "By the time we had started a lot of the fleet was ahead of us, but they got parked at the Cannae Point mark. We seemed to pass the majority of the fleet before we'd even completed lap one."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4300Sun, 24 May 2009 17:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBy race 4 the competition was heating up and all seven boats finished with just over a minute seperating the first and last boat. The top two boats were tied and the next two boats only one point back. Race 5 saw two of the top four boats infringe on the start line, both having to take 720 degree turns when issued red flag penalties from the umpires.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4304Sat, 23 May 2009 12:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4302Fri, 22 May 2009 12:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Member Roger Ramsay won Division 2 of the Tahiti Pearl Regatta 2009, in his yacht Paloma Blanca, a Jeanneau 45.2, that was purchased in the US in 2008. Ramsay and his crew were the only non-French speaking yacht to take part in the regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4325Fri, 22 May 2009 10:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is delighted to announce that Noakes' compasscard will be the naming sponsor of this year's Australian Women's Match Racing Championship to be hosted by the club from 30 August - 3 September 2009.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4298Wed, 20 May 2009 09:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4297Wed, 20 May 2009 09:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRace Three of the Audi Winter Series 2009 commenced in 7-8 knots of sou'westerly breeze with a full course being sailed on course A. One of the largest fleets of the Audi Winter Series 2009 of 139 yachts started racing at 1125hrs for the Sydney 38 One Design Division and 1130 hours for the remaining divisions.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4294Sun, 17 May 2009 17:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe rain cleared early this morning and which allowed for the breeze to fill in, just in time for the start of racing. PRO John Hurley commented on the day's racing "Everyone was very pleased to see the rain go away and for the breeze to fill in. As the breeze was coming in from the sou'east, course B was chosen, and the breeze continued build throughout the day to a top of 18 knots.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4288Sun, 10 May 2009 17:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEager sailors have flocked back to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia for the winter squads which celebrated the start of the season with a welcome breakfast last Saturday.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4290Sat, 9 May 2009 17:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member and Platu newcomer Ray Roberts (Wikki Quantum Racing), who has campaigned with distinction over many years across Asia in the IRC racing classes was leading defending champion Scott Duncanson (The Ferret) by three points. With Duncanson OCS and finishing sixth, Roberts came up with the race & series winhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4287Wed, 6 May 2009 16:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn Thursday 5 May, over 45 new members together with their proposers and seconders were welcomed to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia by Vice Commodore Garry Linacre, flag officers of the Club and management.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4289Wed, 6 May 2009 10:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThere was no stopping CYCA Commodore Matt Allen's Beneteau 44.7 Ichi Ban and his Aussie crew including wife Lisa Allen and Michael Spies. Five wins out of five races secured them the Racing Class title and added further silverware to the trophy cabinet.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4286Mon, 4 May 2009 13:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRace One of the Pointscore of the Audi Winter Series 2009 commenced in 8-10 knots of sou'easterly breeze. Racing commenced on time for the fleet of 125 yachts, with a full course being sailedhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4284Sun, 3 May 2009 17:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLAST OPPORTUNITY TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS TO THE CYCA WINTER BALL - SATURDAY 30 MAY. Don't miss your chance to dance the night away at the CYCA Winter Ball. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4293Sun, 3 May 2009 11:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn the Yachting NSW IRC Championship, 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart winner, Quest took out division one, with the Sydney 38, X3, helmed by Commodore Matt Allen for fellow CYCA member Michael McMahon, laying claim to the number one spot in IRC division two.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4282Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Audi Winter Series 2009 will consists of 11 pointscore races with the first of the pointscore races commencing on Sunday 3 May at 1130hrs. Over 150 yachts have entered the Audi Winter Series thus far.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4281Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe season opening of the Audi Winter Series - the annual Great Veterans Race and the Ladies Day Race were greeted with wild westerly winds. 50 yachts started in the Ladies Day, with fourteen Veterans taking to the water. Racing commenced on time in an 18-24 knot westerly.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4280Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOver 85 yachts will take to the water this Sunday 26 April for the annual CYCA Ladies Day Race, which is sailed in conjunction with the Great Veterans Race, and marks the opening of the Audi Winter Series 2009. Ladies Day sees women skipper yachts to compete for the Jill McLay Trophy.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4278Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith the weather forecast for Sunday showing moderate westerly winds, the stage is set for the grand dames of yachting to launch the Audi Winter Series with The Great Veterans Race. Among the fleet is Southerly, owned by Don Mickleborough, which first sailed south in 1958, where she almost sank off Bermagui.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4277Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn Monday evening, 20 April 2009, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, hosted an information forum to discuss the possibilities of the re-establishment of the Admiral's Cup. Approximately 35 CYCA members, guests and interested parties, heard from Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) CEO Eddie Warden Owen.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4283Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast Friday evening 17 April, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia hosted a dinner to thank retiring Principal Race Officer, Life member Richard Grubb. Richard had served the CYCA for over thirty years, 28 years of which were spent as the CYCA's Principal Race Officer.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4276Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspI would like to invite members, yacht owners, skippers, potential crew members and other interested parties to attend a forum to discuss the future of the Admiral's Cup to be held next Monday 20 April at the CYCA, 6pm for 6.30pm start.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4273Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspChampion Sydney blue water yacht racing skipper Ray Roberts successfully steered his high performance Cookson 50 Quantum Racing to an outstanding win in the 61st Brisbane to Gladstone race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4271Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNicky Souter and her team of Samantha Boyd, Hanna Nattrass and Lilly Taylor (Australian Sailing Development Squad) have today been crowned the winners of the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta, defeating Katie Spithill 3-2 in the Grand Final. Souter caused an upset winning over Spithill who had led the regatta with a record of 17 wins and only one loss for the entire regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4268Wed, 8 Apr 2009 17:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn the evening of Tuesday 7 April, the CYCA and its naming rights sponsor Audi Australia launched the Audi Winter Series 2009, Australia's most established and largest ongoing winter sailing series, which falls annually in between offshore seasons and attracts fleets over 150 to Sydney Harbour weekly.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4269Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspKatie Spithill and her team of Olivia Price, Laura Baldwin and Rayshele Martin (Australian Sailing Development Squad) have sailed for the second day in a row with no losses to secure first place in the regatta going into tomorrow's Grand Final.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4267Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, through its Toga Hospitality sponsorship, have been able to provide a scholarship to a young student from Father Chris Riley's Eden Learning Centre in Macquarie Fields to attend the upcoming School Holiday course. For Christian Wakefield, this scholarship could change his life forever.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4272Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspKatie Spithill and her team of Olivia Price, Laura Baldwin and Rayshele Martin have sailed a day with no losses on the board in the second day of competition at the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4266Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe opening flight set the standard for the Regatta with some impressive tactics on display. Match 5 saw a tactical battle between Osborne and Spithill, with Osborne trailing on the first downwind leg.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4260Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Justin Graham, aboard his Swarbrick JS9000, wins the Sydney Amateurs Sailing Club (SASC) 2009 Super 30 Summer Championship sailed on Sydney Harbour over the last 3 months.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4274Sat, 4 Apr 2009 14:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn Tuesday evening, 31 March 2009, Commodore Matt Allen presented twenty members with their specially struck 50 Year Members Badge. The CYCA Board approved the new category of membership in early 2009.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4264Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSince the announcement that match racing will be included into the sailing regatta at the 2012 Olympics, never has the competition in women's match racing been so fierce. With last year's champion and world number 1 ranked women's match racer Claire Leroy not making the trip down under, the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta is up for the taking.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4258Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"I wanted the 'Wild Oats' styled trifecta!" said Stephen after being told of his win earlier this evening. "Loki performed terrifically in the very favourable breeze. We were running and reaching all the way. It was a pretty wild ride."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4255Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's Loki has won line honours in the second Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, crossing the line at 03:57:53 this morning. In doing so she has created a new race record of 15hrs 57 minutes and 53 seconds.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4254Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's Loki is currently leading Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race and is about to round the mark off Crowdy Head.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4253Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth's Loki, Rob Hanna's Shogun and Andrew Short's Andrew Short Marine Shockwave 5 started down the pin end of the line and got off to a flyer.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4252Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"If you have the timings all right, you will have a tailwind on the way up and a tailwind coming back down to Newcastle," said Julie Evans in this morning's briefings.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4251Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Bureau of Meteorology's Acting Manager Weather Services, Deryn Griffiths, is anticipating a strong southerly change for Sydney this evening, which will ease by the noon start time, but may still allow for a spinnaker start in Sydney Harbour on Friday 27 March in a 20-25 knot S/SE breeze. This will then ease to 15-20 knots later in the afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4250Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4249Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe battle for the IRC Overall Winner for the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race is a tough one to call. Given the right conditions there are several yachts that could be crowned the overall winner of the race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4248Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIndustry leader Noakes Boat & Shipyards has responded to boat owners' needs by creating a new do-it-yourself work area at Berrys Bay, North Sydney, and has once again invested heavily to minimise the operation's environmental footprint.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4263Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Mount Gay Rum Top Jocks Regatta was sailed in ideal conditions - 8- 10 knots of nor'easterly breeze in Rushcutters Bay on Saturday. The Ragamuffin team won, after a tough battle with Team Brilliant and collected their Mount Gay Rum and the trophy - a framed pair of Jocks!http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4244Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTen winners and placegetters of the CYCA Summer Sailing Program will tomorrow (Saturday 21 March 2009) compete in the Mount Gay Rum Top Jocks Regatta to determine who will be the Champion of Champions.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4241Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspChris Rockell has become the first CYCA member to introduce and propose a new member to the club as part of the newly launched Membership Promotion.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4240Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Mount Gay Monday Twilight Series came to an end last night in a beautiful evening on the harbour, with the final pointscore places being decided in most cases in the last race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4239Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:33:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA late rush of entries on the closing day for paperwork has seen the second Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race fleet climb to 26. The Audi Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race marks the close of the prestigious Blue Water Pointscore Series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4238Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"The last race was a nail biter from start to finish, with some exciting tactical racing against Julian Farren-Price's About Time, Annette & Robert Hawthorn's Imagination, Warwick Sherman's Occasional Coarse Language and Stephen Thomas' Blackadder just to get out of the harbour", said Ray Entwistlehttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4236Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLucinda Whitty has taken out the Marinassess Women's Match Racing Regatta for the second year running sailing an excellent regatta over two days. With the second round robin not fully completed, the ISAF scoring system had to be used to calculate the results which produced a three way tie and top places decided on a count back.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4234Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOne of the major events on the social calendar, this is a night not to be missed and is a wonderful way to catch up with old friends, make new friends and enjoy a great meal, wine and music. Join us at the CYCA Winter Ball, Saturday 30 May 2009, from 7pmhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4232Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLess than four weeks to go in the CYCA exclusive membership promotion which gives members the opportunity to go into the draw to win a luxurious 9 night, all inclusive Silversea's Silver Shadow cruise along the Inside Passage to Alaska for two people including return economy class airfares from Sydney.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4230Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Members Brett and Karen Pearce have been crowned overall champions of the 2009 Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta, and will walk away with a brand new Audi Q5 compact SUV as their major prize.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4226Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Mount Gay Rum Top Jocks Regatta will be conducted on Saturday 21 March 2009 and is designed to find the 'Champion of Champions' and is sailed on the YSA fleet of Elliott 6's to ensure a level playing field.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4225Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter leading the series yesterday, Bob Steel and his Quest crew nearly came a cropper when they dropped down the leaderboard in Race 5 with a sixth place finish, letting their nearest rival Wot Now (Graeme Wood) which was two points behind them, into the top spot.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4224Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Great Veterans Race is open for entry to yachts that competed in a Sydney Hobart Race and are over 30 years of age. The race is a non-spinnaker race, sailed in a relaxed atmosphere, around the harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4223Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt 12.15 racing got under way in an 8-10 knot nor'easterly and strong outgoing tides. The predicted swells were not to eventuate leaving almost flat seas and the breeze was a little shifty but maintained its nor' easterly flow throughout the day.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4222Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEntries for the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Race close on Friday 13 March 2009 at 1700 hours.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4219Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn a cool cloudy day, over 30 yachts took to the start line in tricky weather conditions. The weather & wind conditions were dominated by a strange high pressure system and ridge, which produced the forecast NE breeze, which then swung to an easterly breeze for the start of racing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4217Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGuido Belgiorno Nettis's Transfusion has taken the double by winning both the 2009 Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Championship and the 2008-09 Australian Farr 40 Circuit after racing wrapped up today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4216Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAn opportunity to donate money to the Victorian Bushfire Disaster Appeal is available at the CYCA via reception, or at the Sydney Hobart Bar. Monies raised will be donated to the Red Cross, the organisation the Victorian Government has selected to administer its emergency response.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4212Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4213Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor Trim owner Shaaron Walsh, Saturday's race was the boat's first outing as owner. Whilst she wasn't onboard for Saturday's race, her crew did an exceptional job to come from second last to cross the start line to finish second behind Cmisthttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4211Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA's Jay Griffin finished fifth in National Bank Youth International Match Racing Championships hosted by Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron from 11 - 15 February 2009.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4215Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter two days and eight races in wet and cold conditions on Sydney Harbour Ivan Wheen's Sputnik has won the annual Farr 40 Sprint Series. Both days of racing were intense with soggy and shifty conditions being served up on the iconic Sydney Harbour. The swell just inside Sydney Heads made for tough tactical decisions on Saturday and the swinging breezes on Sunday created headaches for the race committee.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4209Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBecause of heavy seas and strong easterly winds offshore which made mark laying difficult, race officer Peter Hemery elected on a harbour course for the fleet, with the breeze ranging between 14 and 22 knots on a cool, wet and windy 'summer's day'.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4208Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt each mark, 1363 Crunchie (Olivia Price) had increased her lead on the fleet and by 1:50:51pm crossed the line over a minute ahead of 1338 Intergalactic Cookie Monster in second place with 1334 Ace 33secs behind them in third place.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4214Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4203Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Beak's Mr Beaks Ribs holds a three point advantage over Ed Psaltis & Bob Thomas' AFR Midnight Rambler after the Flinders Islet was conducted on the weekend.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4206Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAs the gun went, most of the fleet was at the boat end. Interestingly the fleet split into an inshore group and an offshore group, and it was going to be very hard to tell who had picked right until we saw some crossings.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4207Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Audi Winter Series 2009 will consist of 11 pointscore races in addition to the traditional opening and closing Ladies Day races and Great Veterans Race, beginning on 26 April and concluding on 19 July.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3771Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJohn Keelty's Cole 43 Electra scored a convincing handicap win in Friday night's Grant Thornton Short Haul pointscore race. After sailing just a few races this season, Electra enjoyed the 15 to 20 knot northerly winds which saw the fleet complete the course in just over 2 hours - in stark contrast to the often windless Friday night races competitors have become conditioned to expect!http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4204Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn Friday 27 March the CYCA's Blue Water Pointscore fleet will embark on the final of the seven-race series, the second Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, which will finish in spectacular fashion in the Hunter River.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3718Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNineteen-year-old New Zealander Adrian Short outsailed favourites CYCA's Evan Walker and Nicky Souter on Sydney Harbour today to score an upset victory in the prestigious Hardy Cup ISAF Grade 3 under 25 match-racing regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4201Thu, 5 Feb 2009 18:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspScoring five straight wins, defending champion CYCA's Evan Walker dominated yesterday's third day of racing in the Hardy Cup ISAF Grade 3 under 25 Match-Racing Regatta on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4200Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA's Evan Walker and New Zealander Phil Robertson are just half a point apart going into the third day of the prestigious Hardy Cup, the ISAF Grade 3 Under-25 match-racing event on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4199Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWalker, representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, finished with 4.5 points, just ahead of Australian women's match-racing champion Nicole Souter and Amanda Scriveno, both on four points.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4198Tue, 3 Feb 2009 12:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith the start line just off Shark Island those that chose the eastern channel experienced a more NNE breeze with those yachts starting further right into the western channel experiencing a NE, which dropped off shortly after the start forcing them to tack back to pick up air.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4197Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA team came together for the event and although starting slowly in round robin one, they polished their performance to have a more successful round robin two, finishing in fourth place after the double round robin. The top four boats then proceeded through to the finals on day four of the regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4196Mon, 2 Feb 2009 12:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn its 10th anniversary year, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Safety of Life at Sea Trusts (SOLAS) has made a pledge to St Helens Marine Rescue Association Inc (TAS) of $20,000 as seed funding for the purchase of a new RIB.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4618Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe official film of the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will be shown on the Seven Network this Sunday,1 February, at 3.30pm.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4194Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBill Bailey, a prominent CYCA member for over 30 years passed away last weekend. Bill was a very keen sailor who sailed several Sydney Hobarts, Lord Howe, Mooloolooba, Coffs Harbour and Southport yacht races.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4193Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMichael Hiatt and his Living Doll crew displayed nerves of steel yesterday, making a comeback to steal the Audi IRC Division 1 series from under the nose of CYCA's Graeme Wood and his Wot Now crew - the two finished second and third respectively in Race 6 to finish the series on tied points, Hiatt coming out on top with one more win in his score to settle the series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4192Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWinner of the City of Sydney Sesquicentenary Cup, the prestigious trophy for the overall Performance Handicap winner of the Australia Day short ocean race from Sydney to Botany Bay and return, is St Hilliers Quest.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4190Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA's Stephen Ainsworth and his crew on Loki win the Skandia Docklands Invitational earning them the rights to have the name of their impressive new Reichel Pugh 63 engraved on the perpetual Docklands Invitational trophy. The overall win was secured with a perfect record of two wins in Wednesday's two races, after racing was abandoned on Day 2 of the regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4188Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Grant Thornton Shorthaul Pointscore restarted on Saturday 17 January 2009 with the inaugural running of the Botany Bay return race. The fleet faced strong southerly winds of over 20 knots and a 3 metre swell as it bashed down the coast to the relative calm of Botany Bay before turning around and surfing back to finish in Rushcutters Bay.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4187Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt's four-in-a-row for CYCA's Ray Roberts' Quantum Racing after an expected stiff battle for the Prime Minister's Challenge Trophy fizzled out on the final day of the Royal Langkawi International Regatta yesterday.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4185Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Members Byron White and Jay Griffin are currently placed fourth in the two person dinghy 420 class at the OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championship 2009.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4184Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4183Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA's About Time, Julian Farren-Price's Cookson 12 has taken out the coveted IRC overall handicap honours in the 2009 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4182Sun, 4 Jan 2009 18:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart has been a milestone with a high-quality fleet of 100 boats including eleven overseas entries, an unexpectedly close line honours battle at the head of the fleet between the maxis Wild Oats XI and Skandia and four of the sensationally fast downwind TP52s filling the first four placings overall on handicap.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4180Thu, 1 Jan 2009 17:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThreatening skies complemented a sombre mood as skippers, crews and volunteers gathered together dockside to pay tribute to the six sailors who have lost their lives during the Sydney to Hobart ocean racing classic ten years agohttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4179Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Short family's TP52 Shortwave, from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, has smashed the 12 year-old record for the Melbourne to Hobart West Coaster Race by 5 hours 32 minutes and 01 seconds.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4171Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOne of Sydney's most successful yachtsmen, Bob Steel, today completed a rare double in the history of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race when his latest Quest was declared the overall winner of the 2008 race, the winner on corrected time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4162Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor the true believers, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2008 is not the heavy weight contest at the front of the fleet. This year it's the tight competition among the 50-footers for the ultimate prize, the Tattersall's Cup, for the winner on corrected time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4148Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFar from a procession, the two maxis have been locked in a tense match race all day, with the advantage swinging from one to the other.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4147Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt has been a mixed night for some of the favorites over the past 12 hours, with some gaining ground and other leaving themselves with a mountain to climb today to get back into contention.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4146Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwelve hours into the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and 25 miles off Jervis Bay Ian Kiernan's stunning Tasman Seabird Sanyo Maris retired from the 628 nautical mile race with a broken goose neck.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4145Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAs the two canting-keeled maxis Wild Oats XI (Bob Oatley) and Skandia (Grant Wharington) swapped the lead overnight as the Rolex Sydney Hobart pace slowed with the nor'easter fading along the south coast of New South Wales, drama was unfolding further back in the fleet.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4153Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"This is the most comfortable first night we've ever had," is how 26 Rolex Sydney Hobart race veteran Bruce Taylor summed up life on board his IRC 40 Chutzpah this afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4142Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn a 12 knot nor'easterly breeze and with the drone of a dozen helicopters overhead, the huge fleet made allowance for the outgoing tide and managed a clean start from both lines with Wild Oats XI charging to Sydney Heads in clear air ahead of Grant Wharington's former line honours winner Skandia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4141Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLeslie Green's Swan 60 Ginger has won the final race today of the Rolex Trophy Passage Series. The win was enough to edge out the 80-footer Andrew Short Marine Shockwave 5 and claim the Series outright.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4131Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGraeme Wood's TP52 Wot Now has claimed IRC Division 0/1 overall honours in the Rolex Trophy sailed outside Sydney Heads, fighting off a serious challenge from Syd Fischer's like boat Ragamuffin to win by three points.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4130Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGraeme Wood's TP52 Wot Now has finally outsmarted and outsailed the crafty Syd Fischer's Ragamuffin as the two TP52s continue their relentless tussle for handicap pole position heading into the Rolex Sydney Hobart start next week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4129Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThere was plenty of spray off the bow as boats hurtled down waves on the downwind legs sent the photographers into a frenzy as the two divisions racing on the Macquarie Circle made the most of the fresh conditions.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4125Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn day one of the Rolex Trophy eighty-one year old Syd Fischer and his crew on board Ragamuffin threw down an early challenge to the rest of the fleet preparing for the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in eight days time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4123Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA tonight presented the CYCA Ocean Racer of the Year awards. In a first for the Awards, the CYCA has introduced the category of Ocean Navigator of the Year, which aims to recognise the integral role that navigators play in the navigation of a yacht and vital race tactics.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4122Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race sailed onto the harbour-side doorstep of the Sydney Central Business District today with a group of prominent skippers and sailors engaged in a press conference preview amid lunchtime strollers outside the historic Customs House at Circular Quay.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4124Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspToday's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge broke the bad weather spell of the past few years with Sydney turning on a postcard day for the biggest racing yachts gathered in Sydney for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4121Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Club Marine 2009 Cruise to Hobart is an initiative of the CYCA Cruising Committee. Introduced into the 2008/2009 sailing calendar, the Club Marine 2009 Cruise is the result of a strategy to offer members of the club and other cruising enthusiasts the opportunity to take part in an organised long coastal cruise that conforms to a list of objectives.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4120Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSeventeen big boats ranging in size from the super quick TP52s up to the 30 metre maxis will go head to head tomorrow on Sydney Harbour in the annual pre-Rolex Sydney Hobart spectacular.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4119Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor the third and final day of action in the Rolex Trophy One Design Series, the two fleets returned to the Macquarie Circle for their final races of the series. Inside the Harbour the breeze was kicking up its heels. Offshore, the Sydney 38s and Farr 40s enjoyed a fantastic racetrack with a 15 knot sou'west breeze and flat waters compared to the rolling seas of day two.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4115Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:33:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe ever-changing weather conditions had the Rolex Trophy One Design race committee busy re-laying marks and kept competitors on their toes with today's winds a bit like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates - you never knew what you were going to get.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4114Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDay one of the Rolex Trophy One Design Series delivered tough conditions for the Farr 40 fleet. With gale force winds predicted offshore Principle Race Officer Denis Thompson made the call early to bring racing into the Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4113Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThree Olympians will add a touch of glamour to this weekend's Rolex Trophy One Design Series which starts tomorrow when a fleet of seven Farr 40s take to the waters off Sydney Heads in what is forecast to be a heavy air regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4110Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4116Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia was today advised by Aussie skipper Mark McRae that the Russian Open 85, Trading Network / Alye Parusa was being officially withdrawn from the Rolex Sydney Hobart starting list.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4103Tue, 9 Dec 2008 15:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4102Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMichael Hiatt's brand new Victorian Farr 55 Living Doll was club racing last Saturday on Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay when the breeze freshened to 20 knots. Hiatt's crew bore away then heard a loud bang, which they initially thought was the forestay breaking. Instead they found their 23 metre tall mast had compressed 100mm at the deck.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4100Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4098Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSaturday 6th December saw the last race of the Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore and Ocean pointscore series. The race committee had a difficult decision to make. Although it was blowing 10-12 knots from the west in the harbour there was no wind reported offshore. A southerly was predicted at noon and so the start was delayed for its arrival. After a 40 minute wait the committee and competitors were getting frustrated in the 36 degree heat with hot westerly winds.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4097Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe exclusive opportunity to bid for a place on one of Australia's best known ocean racing thoroughbreds for charity closes today. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has listed guest places on Wild Oats XI, Skandia, Ichi Ban and Andrew Short Marine Shockwave 5 for its SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Tuesday 16 December 2008. Bidding closes at 5pm AEST on 8 Decemberhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4083Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore race on Saturday (6 December) was the 9th of the season and the last to count toward the Spring Pointscore. First place under PHS went to Peter Lewis in Lu Lu Belle, competing in their first Short Haul race of the season. Niel Burling in the well sailed Baltic Lady took second and are the winners of the Spring Pointscore. Caprice of Huon was third.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4096Sun, 7 Dec 2008 12:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt was a dramatic final race at the 22nd Phuket King's Cup, when CYCA's Ray Robert's DK46 Quantum Racing out sailed two Hong Kong Grand Prix racers, Paul Winkelmann's TP52 Island Fling and Neil Pryde's Hi Fi, to snatch a narrow victory on count back.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4095Sun, 7 Dec 2008 10:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn IRC 1 Class, Allen's Beneteau First 44.7 Ichi Ban leads the series after an impressive record of handicap wins in all races. In second place is Rob Bottomley's Beneteau First 47.7 Sailplane, followed by Ben Copley's Swan CS42 Katsu.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4094Fri, 5 Dec 2008 12:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTime is running out to win some great prizes in the annual Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Trusts Raffle! Support the charity that supports you and you could be sunning yourself on Hamilton Island for 5 nights staying at the Reef View Hotel. Raffle will be drawn on 16 December.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3983Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter yesterday's two wins from three races and a punishing night sail in atrocious conditions including lightning and rain squalls, the Julian Freeman helmed Wot Now lost none of its momentum on the race track today, winning two from three and beating Syd Fischer's near sistership Ragamuffin by eight points once the final results for the six-race series were tallied.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4087Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspConditions for day one of the two-day Championship were fluky with plenty of south to south east puff out of Rose Bay for the passage race start at midday, while the IRC fleets offshore found themselves languishing in an uncomfortable chop and an easing breeze that was clocking left then right midway through race 2.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4084Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWill Tiller and his team of Daniel Pooley and James Maloney from Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron have taken out the Bavaria Yachts International Youth Match Racing Championship in shifting conditions that required the course to be re-laid several times during the day.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4082Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) is proud to announce it has been given the rights to be the Organising Authority to host the Australian Womens Match Racing Championships by Yachting Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4081Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol has implemented new Offshore Tracking Procedures as introduced by the NSW State Rescue Board from 1 December 2008.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4092Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn 25th November the CYCA Cruising Committee hosted an information evening entitled "From twilights to grand prix", a presentation by Michael Spies, Julian Plante, and Michael Coxon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4089Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo renowned NSW yachtsmen and Sydney Hobart Yacht Race winning skippers in the 1950s and 1960s, Graham Newland and Alby Burgin, have set sail for the final time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4080Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn exactly one month's time, Sydney Harbour will come alive as the second largest Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet in a decade sets off for the annual summer blue water classic.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4079Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLine honours and provisional first place on IRC corrected time went to Bellerive Yacht Club member David Creese with his recently acquired Sydney 38 Creese Property, the former Sydney yacht Transfusion, with Rolex Sydney Hobart entrants She's the Culprit and Pisces placing second and third.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4076Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:00:00 +1000