http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=635CYCA News Feeden-usThu, 9 Sep 2010 05:17:44 +1000Thu, 9 Sep 2010 05:17:44 +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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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 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.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.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.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.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.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 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.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.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.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.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.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 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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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 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.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.aspThe CYCA-based International Etchells Fifteen, owned by David Clarke and Andrew Smith, has finished at the top of the Sydney Fleet's World Qualifying Series, winning four of the regattas sailed on the Harbour since September.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4075Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Members Lisa and Martin Hill's Estate Master won the third event in the 2008-09 Australian Farr 40 circuit, the CYCA F40 Regatta. Estate Master started out the regatta winning the first race and wrapped it up winning the final race and Boat of the Day for Sunday.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4067Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4069Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCurrent Ocean Pointscore Series leader Julian Farren Price and his crew on About Time had a fascinating day on water and one of the very rare ones where they had a spinnaker to and from Botany Bay.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4064Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAlan Briety's Corby 49 Limit has scored back-to-back IRC wins in the CYCA's Cabbage Tree Island Race for the prestigious Halvorsen Brothers Trophy, sailed off the New South Wales coast over the weekend.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4057Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4056Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4062Sat, 8 Nov 2008 13:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4055Fri, 7 Nov 2008 16:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4054Thu, 6 Nov 2008 11:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspVictorian Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race nominations Shogun and Chutzpah have starred in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria's Bass Strait race from Melbourne to Stanley, the historic port town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, sailed over the weekend. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4048Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours contender Andrew Short Marine-Shockwave 5 really cracked on the pace in today's Gascoigne Cup, the historic short ocean race off Sydney Heads conducted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron since 1886. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4047Sat, 1 Nov 2008 19:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspan historic ocean racing victory, Ian Kiernan's classic timber yacht Sanyo Maris has celebrated the 50th anniversary of her launching with an IRC handicap win in the 414 nautical mile Hempel 35th Gosford - Lord Howe Island Race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4044Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBoat owners planning to be on the start line on Boxing Day, 26 December 2008, for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race have one week left to submit an application for entry with the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4041Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGuido Belgiorno Nettis's and his crew on Transfusion have taken their second title in the Australian Farr 40 2008-09 Circuit in as many weeks. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4040Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Andrew Short has skippered his 80-footer Andrew Short Marine-Shockwave 5 to a emphatic line honours win in the Hempel 35th Gosford - Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, underlining her prospects for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4039Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe maxi yacht Andrew Short Marine-Shockwave 5 has streaked away from the fleet overnight in the Hempel 35th Gosford - Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, opening up a remarkable lead of 75 nautical miles over the second boat, Getaway-Sailing. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4038Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:33:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe classic ocean racing yacht Sanyo Maris is coming out of retirement to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her launching - by competing in two of Australia's toughest races, the Hempel 35th Gosford - Lord Howe Island Yacht Race and the 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4036Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA members will skipper eight of the 14 yachts setting sail next Saturday, 25 October, in the Hempel 25th Gosford Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, the longest annual category 1 ocean race in Australian waters apart from the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4026Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJudging by her speed in last night's St Arnou Twilight Series, Andrew Short's maxi yacht PWC-Shockwave looks set for a record-breaking dash across the Tasman Sea in the Gosford Lord Howe Island Race, starting Saturday week, 25 October. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4025Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA Youth Sailing Academy each school holiday opens its training and coaching facilities to promising young dinghy sailors from clubs in the Sydney metropolitan area, giving them their first taste of keelboat sailing. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4022Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSailors who have made radio contact with the Eden branch of the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol during the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race or on their return passage will be saddened to learn of the death last Friday of Jean Whiter after a brief illness, at the age of 88. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4021Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe battle lines were drawn early with two races remaining on Sunday in the Peppers Farr 40 Port Stephens Regatta, with Transfusion was leading by 10 points from Estate Master and Hooligan both on 24 points. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4018Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe always well-sailed Beneteau 44.7 Mr Beaks Ribs took out a fine double over the weekend in the CYCA's Flinders Island Race, the third long ocean race in the club's 2008-2009 Blue Water Pointscore and Tasman Series. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4017Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe arrival of daylight saving saw the fleet for yesterday's St Arnou Wednesday Twilight Series double in size, with 46 boats and their crews enjoying a perfect spring evening on Sydney Harbour. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4013Thu, 9 Oct 2008 10:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe two Cookson 12s, About Time and Occasional Coarse Language, have been duelling off Sydney Heads for the past eight seasons, but today Warwick Sherman had pleasure in declaring 'it's about time'. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4009Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Guy Stening and his crew of Optimum have maintained their overall lead after two days of racing in the prestigious M30 World Championships being sailed off Newport, Rhode Island. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4007Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith a 5.30pm start and an early twilight there were only 34 starters, but those that managed to get to the start line were rewarded with a beautiful sunny spring evening and a fresh 15-18 NNE breeze.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4005Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor the Blue Water Pointscore race to Bird Island which commenced 30 minutes after the Grant Thornton Short Haul race, a fleet of 19 started including the defending BWPS champion Syd Fischer on Ragamuffin, Andrew Short in his new Andrew Short Marine (Shockwave) and Paul Clitheroe's Balance.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4003Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter four races, Etchells sailing out of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia fleet have opened up an early lead from Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron-based Etchells for the 2008-2009 Kopsen Cup Interclub Challenge.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4006Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSix weeks after the Applications for Entry opened for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2008, applications for entry have been flooding in with the receipt of the fiftieth entry today. Race Organisers are now anticipating a bumper fleet of over 100 yachts.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=4000Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3998Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe winner of the PHS non-spinnaker division, and hence the winner of the Monica Geddes Memorial Trophy was Privateer, owned by Bill Mirow. "It was a great race for us - we didn't realise how well we had sailed until we saw the resultshttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3996Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3989Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3975Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp'It was a great race today. The key to our success was the communication and crew work. We had great spinnaker runs and the breeze stayed in with no holes." said Lachlan Irwin, skipper of Clewless?, Division H winner. "After a light and variable south east wind at the start, the fleet got away nicely. A delightful day of sailing prevailed with a steady 8 knots of wind around the course," said Denis Doyle, owner & skipper of Sextant, Division J third place.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3864Sun, 11 May 2008 18:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWinter Series sponsor, German luxury carmaker Audi, says the new record level of entries is a strong message of support from the CYCA members.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3861Wed, 7 May 2008 13:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"It was a good decision to delay the start as it made for a much fairer race when it started," said Paul Billingham, owner Elusive and winner in Division J. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3846Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3845Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3844Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe unlucky member of the fleet was Outrage, a Duncanson 8, who lost her keel near Steele Point and capsized. All crew members were returned to shore - unscathed but a little damp and Outrage was eventually righted and towed back to the marina.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3840Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"This award is not just for me, but for all of my crew. Without such a terrific crew, I don't think we could have achieved this result," said Syd Fischer, Skipper of Ragamuffin.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3838Sun, 6 Apr 2008 16:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3839Sun, 6 Apr 2008 10:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOne of the up and coming lady skippers sailing on Sunday will be Amanda Scrivenor. Amanda is a CYCA Youth Sailing Academy success story. Having sailed with her family for most of her life, Amanda came to the Youth Sailing Academy in 2007 after her family moved to Sydney from Melbourne. She was part of the Advanced Match Racing squad and had successful regattas in New Zealand (2nd), Malaysia (1st) and placing 3rd in the Australian Women's Nationals and Australian Open.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3834Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAmong the fleet is Nerida, owned by Sir James Hardy, which is returning to sailing after her unfortunate sinking whilst moored in Sydney Harbour in June 2007. Lovingly restored to her finest over a period of six months, Nerida will take to the seas again this Sunday.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3833Thu, 3 Apr 2008 11:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asphttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3832Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAudi Australia's Rosebery dealership hosted the function which also served as a prize-giving ceremony for the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race. Syd Fischer's Ragamuffin was recognised as the line honours winner and the IRC Division 0/1 winnerhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3826Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPlum Crazy will line up with up to a dozen former Sydney Hobart racing yachts built more than 30 years ago in the Great Veterans Race, including former line honours winner Fidelis, handicap runner-up and early Admiral's Cup team member Caprice of Huon and One Ton Cup winner Stormy Petrel.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3825Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA members have won the major trophies in the 60th Brisbane to Gladstone Race, with line honours going to Ichi Ban, Quantum Racing winning IRC overall and Wot Yot placing third. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3822Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Commodore Matt Allen and his defending champion Ichi Ban have taken line honours in the 60th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3821Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp'So it was everyone on deck, harnesses on, we ran through the safety routine. Richard Grimes went over the side to see what was happening down there, and came back and said, 'Nada. There's nothing, there, it's all gone.' Heck, we even sent him back for a second look just to make sure!'http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3823Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis year prize money will be awarded to the top three teams with the entry fee of $500 (for teams aged over 25) and $200 (team aged under 25), returned threefold to the winning team and twice to the runner up while third will pocket their entry fee.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3115Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralia's Katie Spithill and her crew have showed ominous form early in the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta, finishing day one undefeated after seven flights.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3813Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"Shortly after, we saw About Time drop their spinnaker and start to work out from shore and at that point we had a blow out in our spinnaker sheet with the casing splitting, causing an ugly mess and potential issue on the winch".http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3805Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSyd Fischer's Ragamuffin has taken the double in the inaugural Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race after Mr Beaks Ribs' chances of an outright IRC win vanished with the light overnight windshttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3803Sun, 9 Mar 2008 10:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSyd Fisher's TP52 Ragamuffin has taken line honours in the inaugural Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, beating Graeme Wood's TP52 Wot Yot by just two minutes across the line and cementing Fischer's place in history with a ninth Blue Water Champion crown.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3802Sat, 8 Mar 2008 22:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAlready expressing interest in competing is another Hobart winner, Nigel Stoke's Fidelis that took line honours in the 1966 race and last year's Great Veterans Race winner, Kevin O'Shea's Stormy Petrel, which won the 1971 One Ton Cup in New Zealand.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3797Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney-based sailor, Peter Sorensen, has taken the lead in the 2008 Audi IRC Australian Championship, following his outstanding performance with yacht, Philosopher's Club at the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta 2008.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3795Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Commodore Matt Allen's Ichi Ban, Westin Mina Seyahi and Rush Knot emerged at the top of the pile in Division 1, 2 and 3 respectively at the end of the 2008 Emirates Maktoum Sailing Trophyhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3791Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA fleet of 267 yachts from Sydney, Pittwater, Botany Bay and Newcastle clubs, plus a couple of Melbourne boats, contested the regatta which catered for virtually every keelboat class that regularly races in Sydney.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3790Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMore than 50 yachts sailing for, or based at the CYCA will be competing in this weekend's Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta, within a total line-up of more than 260 boats. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3788Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMonday saw the last Mount Gay twilight race of the season, the series finishing on an exciting note with most of the pointscore podium positions decided on the night.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3786Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspJon Short and Miles Bastick's MRX rounded out an excellent seasons sailing on Saturday to take out the PHS and IRC pointscores in the overall Short Haul Summer Series and the IRC Autumn Short Haul Pointscore.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3784Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA division win by Ray Stone at the helm of Razor's Edge and a second by The Tavern, skippered by Ian Guanaria , gave the CYCA a third place overall in the Admiral's Trophy, the major event of Sunday's annual RANSA Regatta on the Harbour. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3782Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter three very different days of sailing both on Sydney Harbour and off Sydney heads, the CYCA's Lang Walker and his team on Kokomo have defended their double crown - the 2008 Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Championship and the 2007 -08 Australian Farr 40 Circuit.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3781Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We are excited about the potential of this race given the expansion of Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club's (NCYC) marina and planned new clubhouse and the fact we have a deep water port close to Sydney, which means families can drive up for the weekend," said CYCA Vice Commodore Garry Linacrehttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3780Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSteady southerly breezes of between 13 and 16 knots on Saturday led to a fast and competitive penultimate Short Haul Race of the season.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3770Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We're delighted to have such strong early interest," says 2008 race director, Mark Greenwood. "It's always been a popular race for East Coast sailors, but having this proof of support from the yachting community is very heartening," he said.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3769Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDedication to improving his sailing skills over the past five years paid a huge dividend for 21-year-old Evan Walker when he outsailed New Zealander Adam Minoprio to win the 2008 Hardy Cup ISAF Grade 3 Match Racing Regatta on Sydney Harbour. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3765Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe annual Farr 40 Sprint Series regatta being hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia this weekend, February 16 and 17, will be used as a warm up event for the upcoming 2008 Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3762Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Leslie Green's Swan 601 Ginger powered through the gloom of a wet and, windy (sometimes windless) day on Sydney Harbour on Saturday to win the Milson Memorial Cup, race six of the CYCA's Short Ocean Point Score. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3755Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRobert Hunt's Adams Offshore 350 Attitude will be the first holder of the Cherana Trophy after taking victory in the final race of the five-race series on Sunday. The Cherana Trophy will be presented by John Keelty at the summer prizegiving.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3754Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMaking a rare appearance this season in Short Haul racing proved a good decision for Denis Doyle with his yacht Sextant, taking out PHS from 2006/7 champion Caprice of Huon (David Champtaloup), which also raced for the first time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3722Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOvernight leader Guy Stening and his team on Optimumm held onto their regatta lead to take the M30 Australian Championship after three days of racing on Sydney Harbour and off Sydney Heads.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3721Sun, 3 Feb 2008 18:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe indomitable Syd Fischer is one step closer to a ninth CYCA Blue Water win after beating the IRC fleet in Friday night's 92 nautical mile race from Sydney Harbour to Flinders Islet off Wollongong and return.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3720Sun, 3 Feb 2008 16:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe ever-keen Australian fleet continues to grow and will offer spirited competition and, as always, great sailing conditions off Sydney Heads, with the racing run by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3717Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn a dramatic turnaround in the Morris Finance Sydney 38 Australian Championship which finished yesterday at Skandia Geelong Week, Alan Brierty's Limit has climbed to the top of the score sheet following Cameron Miles' retirement this morning from race eight.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3711Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTony Kirby, although disappointed to find he had moved down the standings, was pleased to help retain the Teams Trophy for his home club in Sydney, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3712Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We're definitely doing all the other Audi Championship events (Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta in March, Audi Sydney Gold Coast in July and Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in August) and have our eye on the Championship trophy - and the Audi car," Steel said.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3710Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Sydney Cruising Yacht Club of Australia team of Patrice Six (Tony Kirby), Quest (Bob Steel) and Wot Yot (Graeme Wood) has won the hotly contested Teams Trophy at Skandia Geelong Week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3709Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"How do you keep the motivation of the crew and the skipper when the rest of the fleet is nearly over the horizon? A few beers helped compensate, and knowing that you can still win on handicap without ever seeing a competitor".http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3713Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFormer Etchells world champion Cameron Miles and his Sydney crew on Rush have been declared Skandia Geelong Week national Sydney 38 class champions following a three day duel with Alan Brierty's well sailed Limit which finished runner up.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3707Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFormer CYCA Ocean Racer of the Year recipient and Rolex Sydney Hobart overall winner, Bob Steel from Sydney, has taken out the grand prix division of the Audi Series at Skandia Geelong Week today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3706Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt took the little Beneteau 31.7 Velocity 6 hours and 10 minutes to sail the 172nd Australia Day Regatta short ocean race from Sydney south to Botany Bay and return yesterday - but it was well worth the effort! http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3705Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo former Rolex Sydney Hobart winners have claimed first and second in the division 1 series pointscore with Bob Steel's TP52 Quest five points clear of Hong Kong based Karl Kwok who is sailing at this regatta with his latest Reichel/Pugh 45 Beau Geste.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3704Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA's Australia Day short ocean race to Botany Bay and return on Saturday has attracted a record 46 yachts specifically entered for the City of Sydney Sesquicentenary Trophy and the Geoff Lee Trophy. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3702Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAs one of the crew on Jason Muir's Racer XY, Darren "Twirler" Jones was the highest placed CYCA member while the 1999 Etchells world champion Cameron Miles was the best ranked skipper.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3699Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith forecast seas of up to five metres and a 30 knot northerly, the CYCA race committee wisely decided on Saturday to vary the course of the first Short Haul race of the autumn series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3696Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSteel will join other CYCA members, including Graeme Wood (Wot Yot), Tony Kirby and Laurence Freedman (Espresso Forte), at this weekend's Skandia Geelong Week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3697Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYesterday's light air conditions saw two of the Sydney boats, Chris Way's Easy Tiger and Alan Brierty's CYCA registered Limit, battle it out at the top of the fleet with a clear speed advantage over the other eight boats.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3698Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRay Roberts and Quantum Racing also took home the annual Sir Thomas Lipton Perpetual trophy which is awarded to the yacht which cumulatively places best at the Raja Muda, King's Cup and Singapore Straits regattas.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3701Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA yachts intending to enter the 172nd Australia Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour have only until this afternoon, Friday, 18 January to send their entries to the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3695Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Admiral's Trophy was first presented in 1987 and is won by the Sydney yacht club that performs best overall in the eight competing divisions; the best five results are counted. All Sydney yacht clubs are invited to compete.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3690Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney yacht Patrice Six, skippered by Tony Kirby, has clinched victory in the IRC division of the Huon Aquaculture Sailing South Regatta with a last race win on Saturday - with the aid of a crew of mostly Tasmanians. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3685Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania's eighth annual Sailing South Regatta on Hobart's Derwent River yesterday produced a new winner - in fact, a double winner - in the form of Patrice Six, Tony Kirby's Danish designed and built X-41 from the CYCA.. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3684Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe regatta will be only the second contested by Bruce Taylor's latest Chutzpah, the new IRC40 out of Melbourne which was launched mid-October and has been purpose built to try and win the elusive Tattersall's Cup, the silverware awarded to the Rolex Sydney Hobart overall winner.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3606Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:33:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspResplendent in matching red crew shirts, the crew of Wild Oats XI meticulously manoeuvred the 30m maxi around the 12 nautical mile Harbour course in the 18 knot southerly.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3605Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn About Time we were having a close duel with our nemesis, David Beak's Mr Beak's Ribs, when divine intervention played its hand and our car puller on the port genoa track exploded necessitating an immediate tack on to port.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3585Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspReigning Rolex Farr 40 World Champion Vincenzo Onorato and his Mazcalzone Latino team, translated means "little rascals", will be racing alongside their Australian class mates in the upcoming Rolex Trophy One Design series being sailed off Sydney Heads December 7-9.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3581Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThree Cookson 12s have filled the top placings in IRC division 1 of the CYCA's Short Ocean Pointscore spring series, which ended on Saturday with the David Burke Memorial race off Sydney Heads. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3578Sun, 2 Dec 2007 16:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSixteen bids amongst eight bidders vying for the guest places on Wild Oats XI, which will be sailing in its debut race with a brand new rig, have so far reaped more than $1,000 for charity.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3576Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNominations for the 2007 Ocean Racer of the Year Awards, the nation's most prestigious recognition of achievements in ocean racing by Australians, close next Monday.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2794Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBob Steel's latest yacht named Quest is a real winner, the Transpac 52 outsailing a small but elite grand prix ocean racing fleet in the IRC Racing Division 1 at the Savills' 30th annual Short Ocean Racing Championship, sailed off Sydney Heads over the weekend. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3572Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspProminent CYCA member and yachting benefactor Geoff Lee AM OAM has died after an extended illness. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3571Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspProminent contenders for IRC handicap honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race had mixed fortunes in today's opening races of the Savills 30th Short Ocean Racing Championship sailed off Sydney Heads. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3570Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThree of the leading contenders for IRC overall handicap honours in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Yendys, Wot Yot and Limit, will line up this weekend in the 30th annual Savills Short Ocean Racing Championship. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3568Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA-based harbour racing yachts are regular winners in races conducted by other clubs, but last Saturday four took of them took top honours competing with the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3562Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspShorthaul newcomer Bill Bailey's Relish IV scored a third and a second over the weekend to lead the five-race Passage Race series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3559Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"In 2005 and 2006 we were optimised to win the Tattersall's Cup but this year we'll be fully turbo charged for line honours. To match Morna's treble would be a great achievement and a real honour," said Richards today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3551Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe race highlight, as usual was running downwind on a pitch black night through the 30 yachts starting upwind in the Cabbage Tree Island Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3550Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter a week of heavy showers and rain, a bright and sunny Saturday morning greeted the 20 starters in the Ocean Pointscore race to Botany Bay.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3547Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAlan Brierty's imported Corby 49 Limit is the winner of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 180 nautical mile Cabbage Tree Island Race, the last long ocean race before this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in late December. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3544Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe first finishers in the CYCA's 180 nautical mile Cabbage Tree Island Race are not likely to cross the finish line back in Sydney Harbour until late this evening after more than 24 hours of very slow sailing along the New South Wales Central Coast. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3543Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBy 10pm a string of port lights was spread up the northern beaches before being shrouded by the next band of rain moving along the coast.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3542Fri, 9 Nov 2007 21:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA fleet of more than 30 yachts, almost all of them nominated for the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, have entered for this weekend's 180 nautical mile Cabbage Tree Island Race, the last long ocean race and NSW qualifying event before the Hobart Race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3541Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNigel Holman, who skippered his Lyons 40 Micropay Cuckoos Nest to an IMS victory in the tough 1993 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, has died in Sydney's North Shore Hospital.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3540Wed, 7 Nov 2007 22:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe win by Julian Farren-Price's About Time in the IRC division of last Saturday's Gascoigne Cup has strengthened the Cookson 12's grip on the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Short Ocean Spring Pointscore. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3539Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"There were plenty of opportunities to make gains and losses out there. It was great to have Beasho weave his magic and to have Mark helm for us this weekend," commented Kokomo's mainsheet trimmer Richard Allanson.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3535Mon, 5 Nov 2007 11:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCruising Yacht Club of Australia member David Beak today added the prestigious Gascoigne Cup to an impressive list of results so far in the 2007-2008 ocean racing season with his Beneteau 44.7 Mr Beak's Ribs. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3531Sat, 3 Nov 2007 21:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOnce again the heavier classic yachts from a bygone era of boat building will line up with the sleek and modern at 1pm on Wednesday 26 December when the iconic yacht race will showcase Sydney Harbour to the world for the 63rd time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3525Fri, 2 Nov 2007 16:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe super maxi Skandia, one of four major contenders for line honours in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, will return to offshore racing in this weekend's race across Bass Strait from Melbourne to Stanley on the north-west tip of Tasmania. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3524Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspProvisional handicap winners of the Hempel 34th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race are AFR Midnight Rambler (IRC) from Sydney and Dream Lover (PHS) from Brisbane, today joining line honours victor Getaway-Sailing.com as major trophy winners. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3522Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe former round-the-world racing Volvo 60 Getaway-Sailing.com, skippered by Peter Goldsworthy from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, has taken line honours in the Hempel 34th Gosford to Lord Howe Island ocean race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3520Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMatt Allen, CYCA Commodore, SOLAS Trusts chairman and skipper of the Jones 70 Ichi Ban, which will be a starter on the 11th, is proud to today announce that the 2007 event will be known as the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, and that the CYCA will use eBay to auction places aboard competing boats with the proceeds raised going to the SOLAS Trusts.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3516Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Commodore Matt Allen and his team on Ichi Ban have now won the first two regattas for the 2007/8 Australian Farr 40 season.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3515Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe classic veteran yacht Pacha, winner of the Sydney Hobart Race in 1970, has powered into a strong position this afternoon in the 414nm Hempel 24th Gosford to Lord Howe Island ocean race which started from Broken Bay yesterday. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3514Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAmongst the horror of what we had been through in true Aussie spirit, we made the most of the situation and had some fun with the awesome outfits we had been given by the Hotel.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3510Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThose wanting to spice up their festive season by competing in Australia's best known offshore yacht race have less than one week to submit an application for entry.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3509Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe saddest news of the day was confirmation that the Australian crew of Loki, owned by CYCA member Stephen Ainsworth, was unable to recover the yacht before her anchor gave up the battle.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3506Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"The Commodores' Cup is now developing into the major IRC international event for 2008 and it would be great to get as many Australian teams together as possible to compete against countries such as France, England, Ireland and the USA".http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3504Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThat everyone was taken off Loki unharmed is testament to the skill of the Italian Airforce Crew who were flying in peak winds of 45-knots and reduced visibility due to the intense rain and thunderstorms.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3502Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspShortly before 1730 on Sunday evening the Australian yacht Loki, competing in the Rolex Middle Sea Race 2007, lost her rudder north of Golfo di Castallammare, just to the west of Palermo on the northern coast of Sicily.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3500Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis year the fleet is enjoying the competition from Shorthaul newcomers such as Professor Cyril Latimer's Brolga 33 Kurraka and Peter Lewis' Jeanneau 37 Lu Lu Belle and also the return, following a year off, of John Keelty's classic Cole 43 Electra.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3496Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We regularly hit 20-knots of boat speed on the way to Stromboli and expect to be in the low teens most of the way to western corner. The models are showing the wind bending around with us, but I don't think those behind are going to have much fun," says David Sampson, navigator of Loki.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3499Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFollowing confirmation of Wot Yot's IRC and PHS wins, Wood has cemented his top BWPS placing and importantly, his confidence has skyrocketed.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3493Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter three days of racing at Port Stephens on the Central Coast of New South Wales, CYCA Commodore Matt Allen's Ichi Ban has defended its title from 2006 and won the Corinthian Doors Peppers Anchorage Farr 40 Regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3484Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA director Graeme Wood's TP52 Wot Yot took line honours and placed third overall on IRC in the Bird Island Race, the second event in the prestigious Blue Water Pointscore for 2007/8.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3479Sat, 6 Oct 2007 13:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe two TP52, Wot Yot (Graeme Wood) and Ragamuffin (Syd Fischer) early this morning were duelling for line honours in the CYCA's Bird Island Island, the second event in the 2007-2008 Blue Water Pointscore. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3478Sat, 6 Oct 2007 08:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt 80 years of age, Victoria's sea faring senior Lou Abrahams is aiming to set a new benchmark for the most Sydney Hobart Yacht Races undertaken by an individual.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3474Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe victor (Zephyr) and the vanquished (Mr Beak's Ribs) from last Saturday's opening race of the Short Ocean Point Score both scored wins in today's second race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia series. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3470Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA's Amanda Scrivenor finished third in the Australian Women's Match Racing Championship which wrapped up on Port Phillip Bay this afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3462Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEleven boats have retired (RAF) from last Saturday's opening Short Ocean Point Score (SOPS) and Ocean Point Score (OPS) race following the lodging of a protest over a misinterpretation of the mark rounding descriptions for the alternative Sydney Harbour course. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3463Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStrong southerly winds gusting to 35 knots and rising seas off Sydney Heads today forced the opening races for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Short Ocean Pointscore and the Ocean Pointscore to be sailed inshore on Sydney Harbour. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3455Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia officially opens its spring/summer offshore racing season for 2007-2008 this weekend, with the first Short Ocean Pointscore (SOPS) and Ocean Pointscore (OPS) race on Saturday and the Monica Geddes Memorial Trophy Islands Race on Sydney Harbour for the Short Haul division on Sunday. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3454Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe club's board of directors resolved in favour of the new race, the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, being added to the club's sailing calendar as the pre-Easter replacement for the Audi Sydney Southport Yacht Racehttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3453Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe first offshore race of Sydney's spring/summer sailing season, Sydney Amateur Sailing Club's Lion Island Race sailed last Saturday, certainly augers well for the season with a fleet of 33 boats enjoying excellent conditions.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3441Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTo their credit, Stephen Ainsworth's crew did not give up. A conservative estimate would be that Loki sailed an extra 10 miles trying to find a chink in the Teutonic armour, which she almost did at the death when the wind fell so light that Loki had more speed than Glory.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3437Sun, 9 Sep 2007 08:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn Racing, Morning Glory (GER) and Loki (AUS) are locked on 9 points, with the German boat in pole on countback having logged two wins to the Australian boats single bullet.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3436Sat, 8 Sep 2007 12:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEven before the yacht had reached port Oatley declared to his 24-man crew that no effort would be spared in trying to have the 30-metre long yacht repaired and on the start line for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3433Thu, 6 Sep 2007 07:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWild Oats XI, owned Bob Oatley, was some 30 seconds late crossing the line, and by the time the engine was restarted arch rival and near sistership, Alfa Romeo (Neville Crichton, NZ), was in the lead and controlling proceedings on the 30 nautical mile course to Isola Di Spargi and back to Porto Cervo.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3432Tue, 4 Sep 2007 08:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAs well as wanting to win the world championship Oatley sees this regatta as a major step towards his bid this year to score his third consecutive line honours victory in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, which starts on December 26.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3426Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA new knee, a new boat and new sails proved a winning combination for Etchells sailor Peter Gardner on Saturday for the opening race of the Sydney Harbour racing program for 2007-2008.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3424Mon, 3 Sep 2007 08:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMarcus Blackmore's Hooligan was the next best placed Aussie Farr 40, finishing 11th overall with a three point separation back to last year's Farr 40 Worlds runner up, Commodore Matt Allen's Ichi Ban.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3425Sun, 2 Sep 2007 08:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt was a tough day for tacticians on the Oresund Strait on day one of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3423Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"The last two races went well for us with a second and a first. Cocko (Michael Coxon) was doing a great job at the back not only picking the shifts of 30 degrees but seeing the pressure veins as well, not an easy job. Seve Jarvin was assisting with strategy, great to see a former YSA yachtsman working at this level."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3419Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFour Australian yachts, including two representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, will contest the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship in Copenhagen, Denmark, starting this coming Wednesday 29 August and running through to Saturday, 1 September,http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3416Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYendys, Geoffrey Ross' China-built Reichel/Pugh 55, has won the prestigious IRC Racing division of the 2007 Audi Hamilton Island Race in a significant lead-up to this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3415Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:06:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBetween now and December, Witt and his yachting aficionados including John Roe, the current Queensland Reds captain, are going to teach six rugby players who have never sailed before the basics of handling a powerful yacht that was built to sail around the world.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3422Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn a light east sou'easterly breeze, the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week IRC Racing and Performance Racing divisions today strutted their stuff over a 16 nautical mile course while backpackers, boaties and bona fide sailors were melding together at the famous Whitehaven Beach Party. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3413Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Geoff Ross in Yendys, his Reichel/Pugh 55, has taken the overall pointscore lead in the IRC Racing division at the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week with an impressive win in today's 21 nautical mile race around the picturesque islands of the Whitsundays. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3411Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBob Oatley's Reichel/Pugh 60 Wild Oats X has this afternoon set a high bar for future contestants by finishing the 59.9 nautical mile Club Marine Classic Edward Island Race in a fast time of 5 hours 11 minutes 27 seconds. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3410Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Lang Walker has finished second overall in the International Farr 40 One Design class at the Rolex Baltic Week, which ended overnight, despite winning the final race with Kokomo. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3407Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspConditions freshened for day two of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week with plenty of action on the windward/leeward courses for the IRC Racing division.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3405Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWolfgang Stolz and his crew of the Farr 40 Opus One was the team of the day at the Rolex Baltic Week sailed overnight on the Bay of Neustadt. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3404Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAudi Hamilton Island Race Week kicked off today with a colourful spinnaker start for the 25.5 nautical mile Lindeman Island Race immediately off the island resort in Dent Passage, but it ended before it had begun for South Australian boat Hardys Secret Mens Business. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3403Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA entrants Kokomo and Ichi Ban are second and fourth respectively in the International Farr 40 class after the first day of the 4th Rolex Baltic Week being sailed from Neustadt, Germany. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3402Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIrishman Gerald O'Rourke's Cookson 50, Chieftain, has been confirmed as the overall IRC winner of the 2007 Rolex Fastnet Race, with Australian yacht Loki placing fourth overall and second in IRC Class SZ. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3400Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLoki, CYCA member Stephen Ainsworth's Reichel/Pugh 60, is provisionally fourth IRC overall in the Rolex Fastnet Race after finishing at Plymouth last night (Sydney time). http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3399Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCruising Yacht Club of Australia entrant Loki early today rounded the Fastnet Rock in fifth place in the Rolex Fastnet Race IRC fleet as heavy weather and dire forecasts continue to deplete the fleet. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3398Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEarly race leader Alfa Romeo has pulled out of the 2007 Rolex Fastnet Race, joining more than a third of the yachts contesting the event that have retired overnight as storms and gale force winds hit the fleet. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3397Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCruising Yacht Club of Australia entry Loki was caught by a strong ebb tide and swept over the line early at her class start in the Rolex Fastnet Race, which got under way from the Royal Yacht Squadron line at Cowes on the Isle of Wight overnight. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3396Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe record fleet entered for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week will include the best ever gathering of grand prix level IRC racing yachts in Australia, according to the helmsman of one of the leading contenders in that division.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3395Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe RORC race office has announced that today's start of the Rolex Fastnet Race start will be postponed for 25 hours due to the continued severe weather warning issued by the UK Met office. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3389Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe decision was not taken lightly as we really wanted to secure second and sail the last race, however the Fastnet is why we are here in the UK, and given the Irish Sea can be just as bad as Bass Straight at times, the risk of being unprepared is too high.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3390Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo years after his epic circumnavigation in Berrimilla to compete in the Fastnet Race, CYCA member Alex Whitworth is back again for the 2007 edition of Britain's famous ocean race, which starts from Cowes on Sunday. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3388Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney-based Splash Gordon (CYCA) has sailed to victory in the second-last leg of the Audi IRC Australian Championship, following the finish of the Audi Gold Coast Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3379Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspHickman had a couple of coastal pick ups arranged if they'd run out of time to put Brierty on a flight home but in the end, they had a whole hour and a half to spare.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3373Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith little chance of catching Brierty and his experienced crew, which includes sailing master Roger Hickman, a veteran of 30 Rolex Sydney Hobart races, Pescud has had to call for help.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3372Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe magic number of 206 came today when Melbourne yachtsman, Michael Hiatt, registered his recently modified Cookson 50, Living Doll, for the IRC Racing division.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3371Wed, 1 Aug 2007 14:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRick Scott-Murphy's Namadgi from the ACT was declared the overall PHS winner. What makes this win extra special is that Scott-Murphy and his crew don't have the luxury of ready access to their boat.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3370Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis afternoon the top three IRC handicap results in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race were confirmed with Steven David's Wild Joe announced the overall winner, his second win in this race in as many years.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3369Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter leading the fleet out of Sydney Harbour yesterday afternoon, overnight Wild Oats X gave up her lead to Ichi Ban and then Wild Joe but managed to claw them both back and finish with a little breathing space.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3360Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:57:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOne of the consortium's owners, Maurice Cameron, believes the boat has only missed one Sydney Gold Coast in the event's 22 year history, and that was not for want of trying.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3346Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe day was chilly and overcast, the wind was light and very fickle, but there was seldom a thought of giving up racing among the 65 women who today helmed yachts in the closing Ladies Day Race of the Audi Winter Series. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3342Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"Even our esteemed owner shall be fresh from some hard racing at a Swan regatta in Newport Rhode Island, whilst Chris Links shall be jetting in after just having completed the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race on Wild Oats X at the end of this month."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3341Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLife on board this comfortable cruising boat with its two double cabins and master cabin will be pretty civilised with plunger coffee and plenty of water for a "hot top and tail" for the crew coming off watch.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3333Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThere was nothing unlucky about Friday the thirteenth for organisers of the annual Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race with a quality fleet of 71 entering the winter coastal classic which will start from Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Saturday 28 July.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3327Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTrevor Gowland, the esteemed boat-builder and Sydney Hobart winning yachtsman, has died at his home at Point Clare on the Central Coast of NSW at the age of 75 after a brief illness. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3319Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 2007 Audi Winter Series pointscore ended today on a cold and wet Sunday afternoon, with a fickle west south westerly wind that pleased some of the 138 competing yachts and certainly not others. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3317Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe survey outcomes and a full list of new initiatives recommended by the working group and approved by the board for implementation for the 2007/8 Summer Series will be detailed in the next issue of Offshore Yachting magazine.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3314Mon, 2 Jul 2007 14:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 137 boat fleet enjoyed a fast sail with several of the front markers completing the course before the last boat to get away on the handicap start, Wild Joe, actually crossed the start line. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3310Sun, 1 Jul 2007 18:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRob Hanna's latest Shogun was built in Thailand by CMI Builders and launched three weeks ago. It is the only one of its kind in Australia and one of only three in the world.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3308Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis year is the 10th anniversary for this world renowned one design class of yacht and teams from across the globe will meet in Denmark's capital Copenhagen to fight it out for the title of 2007 Rolex Farr 40 World Champion.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3302Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDark clouds over the city threatened to dampen the Audi Winter Series for the third consecutive Sunday but after a light shower they broke up, making way for blue skies and brilliant winter sunshine.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3298Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFollowing Neville Crichton's victory with Alfa Romeo over Australian arch-rival Bob Oatley and Wild Oats XI in the Giraglia Rolex Cup, the tables have turned in the SuperYacht Cup in Palma.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3297Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis morning the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the host club of Australia's premier ocean yacht race, received its first application for entry for the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3295Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWhile Barnes' man overboard resulted in an early soaking, by the end of the race others were feeling a similar level of discomfort with rain falling for most of the day.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3281Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralian maxi yacht Wild Oats XI is being prepared to become the sport's answer to legendary racehorse Makybe Diva by going for a historic third consecutive line honours victory in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3280Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith winds averaging 38 knots and gusting above 50 knots during Friday and Saturday, the low finally moved away from Sydney overnight leaving light to moderate winds for today's race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3276Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAs for dealing with the rough and smooth of Farr 40 racing, Walker was equally candid, "we're a pretty resilient bunch the Aussies".http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3275Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe first of the Pogo 40s, which are all the rage in Europe, is due into Sydney next week and will make its Australian debut in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, the third event in the four part Audi IRC Australian Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3272Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"It's like the sailing in the doldrums . . . like we've been jinxed," said Audi Winter Series PRO Richard Grubb after another frustrating day on the water yesterday watching boats struggle around the shortened coursehttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3269Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspShort is a recent graduate of the CYCA women's program who trained every Friday evening through summer and represented the CYCA in the Marinassess Regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3264Wed, 30 May 2007 14:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStephen Ainsworth has put together a great crew with Cameron Miles as principal helmsman, Adrienne Cahalan and Michael Bellingham in navigational rolls, Stephen Ainsworth on mainsheet, UK local and two times Olympian Andy Beadsworth as tactician along with Sydney sailor Chris Links.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3262Tue, 29 May 2007 10:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPerseverance paid off in today's light air Audi Winter Series race with a nor'easter finally trickling in mid afternoon to reward those crews who had endured the first painfully slow two hours.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3256Sun, 27 May 2007 19:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe larger lightweight boats contesting race 5 of the Audi Winter Series managed to sail by stealth around Sydney Harbour in reasonable time but for the smaller boats it became a test of endurance as the afternoon wore onhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3247Sun, 20 May 2007 16:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe two Australian Farr 40s, one skippered by CYCA member Lang Walker, who led the pointscore after day one, and the other by CYCA Vice Commodore Matt Allen, finished the regatta 7th and 14th respectively.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3248Sat, 19 May 2007 21:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMatt Allen's Ichi Ban (AUS), runner-up at the 2006 Rolex Farr 40 Worlds, took third place, appearing in the top three for the first time in the event.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3246Fri, 18 May 2007 16:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLang Walker's Kokomo fell behind yesterday's top position after a disappointing 13th place in today's first race and a 9th in the second.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3245Fri, 18 May 2007 06:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter day one of Rolex Capri Sailing, sailed in good conditions with a west-southwesterly wind ranging from 8 to 12 knots and reaching up to 18 during the last leg of racing, Australia's Lang Walker, a CYCA member, is leading the Farr 40 division.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3244Wed, 16 May 2007 22:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Vice Commodore Matt Allen, a finalist for Yachting Australia's Male Sailor of the Year Award, which will be announced next week, and club member Lang Walker are in the Mediterranean along with a record fleet to contest the third edition of the Rolex Capri Sailing Week.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3243Wed, 16 May 2007 13:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAppropriately on Mother's Day, lady skippers and co-owners figured among the top divisional placings in today's racing on Sydney Harbour in the CYCA's Audi Winter Series. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3239Sun, 13 May 2007 20:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe original Wild Oats, the last overall winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race under the IOR handicap system in 1993, today showed she is still a good racing boat in winning Division C of the Audi Winter Series on Sydney Harbour. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3227Sun, 6 May 2007 19:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOutside the Members' Bar at the CYCA is a map of Tasmania, carved from Huon pine, on which are recorded the list of yachtsmen who have sailed in 25 or more Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Races. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3226Sun, 6 May 2007 09:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThere was plenty of wind, lots of action, close finishes and protests in today's second pointscore race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Audi Winter Series on Sydney Harbour - and a double win for the Lost Boys Syndicate with their new boat Rum Jungle. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3220Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMartin Hill has capped off an extraordinary weekend of racing on Sydney Harbour by winning the new Farr 40 division of the first pointscore race of the Audi Winter Series 2007.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3210Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe dilemma of not having a yacht to race at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2007 has led to prominent Sydney yachtsman Andrew Short purchasing one of Australia's best-known maxi yachts, Brindabella.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3204Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe classic Sparkman & Stephens-designed 36-footer Stormy Petrel added another fine trophy to her long and distinguished sailing career today when she outsailed a small fleet in the CYCA's annual Great Veterans Race for the Windward Trophy. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3196Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:53:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTen-year-old sailor Grace Franki on Sunday became probably the youngest winning skipper ever of the CYCA's annual Ladies Day Race for the Jill McLay Memorial Trophy. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3195Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNearly 80 women will be at the helm of yachts on Sydney Harbour this Sunday when the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia holds the Ladies Day Race for the Jill McLay Memorial Trophy, also marking the opening of the Audi Winter Series. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3194Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEach year the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia pays tribute to older yachts that competed in early Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Races when it stages the Great Veterans Race on Sydney Harbour. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3193Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Vice Commodore Matt Allen has skippered his powerful Jones 70 Ichi Ban to her second line honours victory in as many weeks in ocean races along the Australian East Coast, today winning the 59th Brisbane to Gladstone Race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3188Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspInnovations for this year's Audi Winter Series, the first for new naming rights sponsor Audi Australia, include a later start at 11.30am to better suit the wind conditions prevalent in winter, slightly shorter courses, two extra divisions and in response to a request from one design owners, an 11.20am scratch start rather than handicap start for the Sydney 38 division.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3181Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt 5pm this afternoon, Audi Sydney Southport entrant Salona, a Sydney boat owned by Phillip King, radioed a Pan-Pan to signal an onboard emergency that has since been resolved.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3177Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter 18 years of trying to win the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's prestigious Blue Water Pointscore Series, it's been a "fairy tale ending" for co-skippers Ed Psaltis and Bob Thomas who achieved worldwide recognition when they won the storm battered 1998 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on overall handicap in their tiny Hick 35.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3175Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"The boat lived underwater. At one stage in the race we had a 20 foot wall of water up each side of the boat," said Freebairn this afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3173Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter closing the gap to less than half a mile this afternoon, Sydney boat Ichi Ban pulled away to claim line honours unchallenged in her debut Audi Sydney Southporthttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3165Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis morning could have revealed a very different story however crews have weathered the tough night remarkably well, considering gusts of 45 knots were recorded.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3162Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspProminent ocean racing yachtsman and 1998 Sydney Hobart Race winner Ed Psaltis yesterday won his CYCA Short Ocean Pointscore and next weekend is looking confidently towards taking out 'the big one', the Blue Water Pointscore. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3133Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter abandoning ship Freebairn flew to Hobart for some soul searching around the docks and it was then, less than 48 hours later, he decided he was going to replace his magnificent timber-hulled 1968 Sydney Hobart overall winner with another classic of Australian yachting - Margaret Rintoul II.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3126Thu, 8 Mar 2007 17:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter a problematic Rolex Sydney Hobart, when Loki suffered damage to a hydraulic ram pipe and picked up some kelp crossing Storm Bay, Ainsworth is looking forward to a busy season in Europe.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3124Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspKwok plans to put plenty of heat on Australia's top IRC contenders, in particular good friend Geoff Ross who owns a Chinese built Reichel/Pugh 55.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3122Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast night's shortened final race of the 2006/7 Mount Gay Monday Twilight Series was an exciting end to the series with dire warnings of electric storms and destructive winds, none of which eventuated on the Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3120Tue, 6 Mar 2007 13:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAlan Kendall's Beneteau 42.S7 Talon was the best placed CYCA boat when final results from the huge Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta were tallied and tonight he was named Overall Winner.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3116Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMany yachts on Sydney Harbour courses failed to finish due to lack of time and the Sydney 38s called off their race realizing that there was no way they would complete within the allotted time frame.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3111Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith three wins from three races, Bob Oatley's 66 foot Reichel/Pugh flyer Wild Oats X dominated IRC division 1 on a windy Sydney Harbour for the first day of the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3109Sat, 3 Mar 2007 19:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBlue skies, 28 degrees and a building north easterly breeze provided perfect conditions for the start of the second Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3110Sat, 3 Mar 2007 19:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt will be 24th edition of the award-winning event, which is sailed on the tropical waters of Queensland's magnificent Whitsunday islands region.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3105Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOnly two points separate the two top placed yachts in IRC Divisions 1 and 3 of the CYCA's Short Ocean Pointscore for 2006-2007 with just one race to sail.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3101Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA's strongest representation will be in the IRC division, which is also the second event in the Audi IRC Australian Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3100Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We're very happy with today's results and will be aiming to do as well tomorrow. Today was a day of working your advantages and holding off challenges", commented Walker who is representing the CYCA.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3096Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMatt Allen's Ichi Ban hit the lead and held off Evolution and Martin Hill's Estate Master for the entire race to take the gun. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3089Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFour Australian teams will be flying the flag in Copenhagen with Matt Allen's Ichi Ban keen to better their 2006 World Championship result of second and bring the Rolex Farr 40 World Champion trophy back to Australia for the third time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3070Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDavid Pescud's Lyons 54 Sailors with disABILITIES is the first entry in this year's Audi Sydney Southport Yacht Race which will start from Sydney Harbour on Saturday 24 March.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3065Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:49:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's strong fleet of Short Haul Division sailors will have a spring in their step on Sunday when they contest the re-sail of the Monica Geddes Three Islands Race on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3055Fri, 9 Feb 2007 23:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOnly two points separate Dick Cawse's Vanguard and Julian Farren-Price's About Time going into tomorrow's final race to decide the winner of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 2006-2007 Ocean Pointscore. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3042Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 171st Australia Day Regatta's City of Sydney Sesquicentenary Cup for the CYCA's Australia Day short ocean race to Botany Bay and return has been won by the Elliott 1050 Spearhead, skippered by Rick Fielding - by a mere 10 seconds! http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3032Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTomorrow's 171st Australia Day Regatta ocean race from Sydney to Botany Bay and return marks the post-Christmas return to the CYCA's closely-fought Ocean Pointscore and Short Ocean Pointscore for 2006-2007. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3031Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNotice of Race for Middle Harbour Yacht Clubs' Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta, scheduled for the 3-4 March 2007, is now available from MHYC and the event website. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3019Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEntries close this coming Wednesday, 17 January for the 171st Australia Day Regatta, including the historic Sydney Harbour event and the traditional ocean race from Sydney to Botany Bay and return. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3018Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Victorian yacht Flirt has won the IRC division of the 2007 Boag's Sailing South Race Week and the prestigious Charles Davies Memorial Trophy despite local Tasmanian yachts ending the dominance of local boats on the finals day of competition. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=3011Sat, 6 Jan 2007 11:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn a tribute resembling Mark Taylor's declaration on equalling Sir Donald Bradman's innings run record, 79 year old Lou has hinted that once he draws level with his old friend's '44' he may hang up his Hobart wet weather gear forever.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2928Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAs she sped towards the finish line off the Opera House on a cold and grey Sydney day, surrounded by a flotilla of spectator craft, the question hung in the air - was this a sign of things to come when in two weeks today, Wild Oats XI lines up for the Rolex Sydney Hobart?http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2916Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"There will a reasonable level of mayhem getting the big boats around the tight course tomorrow, the plan is to stay out of trouble," said Moloney today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2912Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAudi is now the largest corporate supporter of competitive sailing in Australia, a goal the company set itself last year and has now realised with its series of high-profile regattas, as well as its support of the Australian Sailing Team and the CYCA's Youth Sailing Academy.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2904Fri, 8 Dec 2006 09:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFor the crew of Wild Oats XI, which achieved the treble of line honours, an overall win and a new race record in the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart, the Big Boat Challenge will mark the start of the boat's defence preparation.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2901Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter trialling an altered sailing calendar this year, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has announced that its second largest offshore event behind the Rolex Sydney Hobart, the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, will return to its traditional winter timeslot.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2895Mon, 4 Dec 2006 13:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMorag Bheag, a classic yacht designed 43 years ago by Illingworth and Primrose, the Illingworth being Captain John Illingworth RN, founder of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, is still proving a winner at sea. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2894Mon, 4 Dec 2006 13:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWorld class yacht designer since the 1960s, Ron Holland, who designed three Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours winners and one Tattersall's Cup winner, is making a rare appearance in Sydney and has agreed to speak at the CYCA during his visit.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2863Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"Solid tactics and good gear changing kept us safely in front of Sixx, and the seventh place finish with none of the other contenders ahead us was more than enough to secure second overall."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2888Sun, 3 Dec 2006 07:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"By race 9 the breeze had dropped still further to around 12 knots with the sea still short and steep making upwind conditions challenging to say the least."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2886Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBeing a timber boat with a heavy Australian red cedar and Huon pine interior, Maluka weighs only 500 kilos less than owner Langman's better known modified Open 66 Xena, which is 36 feet longer.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2885Sat, 2 Dec 2006 11:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA heavy schedule of international and interstate arrivals into Sydney mixed with the commencement of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's December racing programme next week will, for the 62nd year, set the Rushcutters Bay yacht club abuzz.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2884Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"Down the run we edged in front of Tramp, just missing out on one nice gust to consolidate and remained second at the bottom gate. We managed to pick them off by the second top mark and held our lead down the run to finish."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2883Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"The 30 boat fleet had some great conditions today, with 15-22 knots from the ESE and a short steep sea making upwind sailing demanding but providing great surfing and planing downwind."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2880Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:37:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"The fleet of around 32 boats includes several of our adversaries from the Farr 40 fleet, namely Barking Mad, Groovederci, Mean Machine, Twins and Pegasus."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2877Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwelve Farr 40's are expected to line up at the Rolex Trophy regatta with Lang Walker's Kokomo, the winner of the Savills SORC regatta held on the weekend, eager to make it two in a row.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2876Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race entrant Loki, along with newcomers Quantum Racing and Wot Yot have turned in impressive performances on the final day of the Savills Short Ocean Racing Championship off Sydney Heads.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2869Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo of Tasmania's three entrants in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race set sail from Hobart this evening in the 190 nautical mile Maria Island Race, their qualifying event for the Sydney Hobart. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2866Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo likely high profile entrants for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the Cookson 50 Quantum Racing and the Transpac 52 Wot Yot will make their racing debuts for their new owners in the Savills Short Ocean Racing Championship this weekend. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2865Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFourteen starters once clear were able to steer one close-hauled leg to Bangalley Head and then bear away in the 18kt ENE to Barrenjoey and the finish at the entrance to the Pittwater.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2860Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBut with both ABN AMRO and Maximus not due into Sydney until two weeks before the big race, then having to be reassembled and everything re-tested following their transportation by ship from Malta, the five line honours contenders may not jump into the ring together until Boxing Day. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2848Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:35:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"I'm hoping that both the experienced youth sailors from the CYCA and students from the Blacktown Tutorial Centre will learn a lot from this mentoring programme," he added.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2845Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA World War II hero who sailed in the third Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race back in 1947 will be the Official Starter of this year's 62nd annual ocean classic.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2847Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:30:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspKnee Deep, a West Australian entrant in the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, has taken out the handicap double in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 180 nautical mile Cabbage Tree Island Race sailed over the weekend.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2840Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMany of the smaller Rolex Sydney Hobart entrants are also racing to Cabbage Tree Island including Ed Psaltis and Bob Thomas' AFR Midnight Rambler, which is leading the Blue Water Pointscore after three races.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2838Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:25:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspVictorian yachts entered in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race have dominated IRC handicap results in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria's 152 nautical mile race across Bass Strait from Melbourne to Stanley on the north-west coast of Tasmania. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2829Sun, 5 Nov 2006 10:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAn eclectic mix of yachts built between 1932 and this year, and ranging in size from 9 metres up to 30 metres will bring Sydney Harbour alive at 1.00pm on Tuesday 26 December when this icon of Australian sport starts for the 62nd time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2828Fri, 3 Nov 2006 16:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSo far an outstanding fleet of almost seventy yachts has been nominated for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with only three days to go until the close of applications to enter.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2826Wed, 1 Nov 2006 13:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe smallest canting keel boat planning to race south, Andrew Buckland and Andrew Hunn's Mr Kite 40, has been nominated for its debut Rolex Sydney Hobart as has the first Italian entry for many years, a Swan 45 called DSK Comifin to be skippered by Danilo Salsi.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2813Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspStrewth has a good record in Asia having won last year's Hong Kong - Hainan and this year Kho Samui and now the China Coast and Hong Kong to Vietnam Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2822Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe final day of racing at the Rhodes Waterside Farr 40 regatta and Matt Allen's Ichi Ban has made it two from two in the opening regattas of the Australian Farr 40 season.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2820Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspGetaway-Sailing.com, sailing for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, reveled in the galeforce winds of the first afternoon and night at sea, handling the winds and sea conditions well.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2824Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Volvo 60 Getaway-Sailing.com is expected to take line honours late tonight in the Hempel 33rd Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, but lightening winds in the Tasman Sea appear to ended her chances of a race record. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2818Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 18 yachts in the Hempel 33rd Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race have all weathered a rough night out in the Tasman Sea, with the galeforce winds easing to under 25 knots this morning.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2817Sun, 29 Oct 2006 08:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSurfing downwind before galeforce winds, the Volvo 60 Getaway-Sailing.com has opened up an early lead in the Hempel Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, which started from Broken Bay early this afternoon. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2816Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter carefully assessing the coastal and ocean weather forecasts, Race Director David Slingsby will go ahead with the scheduled start of the 414 nautical mile Hempel Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race from Broken Bay at one o'clock this afternoon. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2815Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe New Zealand maxi and Mike Sanderson's Volvo 70 ABN AMRO One are both currently contesting the Rolex Middle Sea Race and both are booked on a ship to Sydney at the conclusion of this event in Malta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2809Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:02:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAlfa Romeo fulfilled her status as pre race favourite for line honours in the Rolex Middle Sea Race when the sleek 100-footer ghosted across the finish line in Malta at 1442 hours this afternoon.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2810Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:31:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThere is no immediate prospect of the high-pressure system releasing its grip on the weather, so Crichton might well be thwarted once again in his chase for a record.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2808Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"The hull structure is as strong and light as possible so that she will be able to cope with being smashed by big waves in Bass Strait," says Ross, a veteran of 11 races to Hobart.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2805Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:42:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"Neville has done a fantastic job with his campaign. The boat is very narrow, with a big rig. She's a rocket ship in light airs," says Mike Sanderson.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2801Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNot knowing why the incident occurred, Allen kept his foot off the accelerator for the rest of the race and still managed to break the race record, setting a new race time of 8 hours 30 minutes 29 seconds for the 92 mile course to Flinders Islet and return.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2800Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspUp front, the battle is likely to be between the V60 Getaway Sailing (Peter Goldsworthy) and the veteran UBS Wild Thing campaigned by CYCA Commodore, Geoff Lavis.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2799Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspHigh profile Sydney ocean-racing yachtsman Sean Langman will officially launch the 2007 Boag's Sailing South Race Week in late November.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2798Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIchi Ban had a clean start and shot to the lead of the fleet and stayed there for the entire race to take their third race win of the series and the regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2792Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDockside, Hill, a CYCA member along with four of the top five placed skippers, laughed, "It's like being in Melbourne, we had winds from all directions."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2789Mon, 9 Oct 2006 11:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWalker has quietly established his authority in this regatta. After a disappointing start he went through the third round robin undefeated.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2786Sun, 8 Oct 2006 08:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney yachtsman Matt Allen's latest yacht to be named Ichi Ban, the former Volvo 70 Brunel, has scored an easy line honours win in her first Australian ocean race, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Bird Island Race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2785Sat, 7 Oct 2006 22:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis will be Andrew Short's first Farr 40 class event having previously raced his Volvo 60 in the major Australian offshore and northern Queensland events.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2784Fri, 6 Oct 2006 07:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOnce they hit the CYCA dock tomorrow morning, it will be a quick turnaround for Allen and his crew who will only have a matter of hours to click into racing mode for the 7.00pm start of the boat's first race on Australian waters, and the first with owner Allen at the helm.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2783Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:41:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMichael Dunstan, Ben Lamb and Sam Newton were declared winners of the Wotif.com Australian Match Racing Championship following their 2-1 win in a tense final on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2782Wed, 4 Oct 2006 16:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn a count back the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's Michael Dunstan, the defending champion, will tomorrow morning select his opponent from the three other semi finalists, Evan Walker (CYCA) and Torvar Mirsky (RPYC), also on 14 points, and Brad Sheridan.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2781Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt the top end of the scale, three maxis have entered including Neville Crichton's blisteringly fast Alfa Romeo.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2780Tue, 3 Oct 2006 14:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter a trying day of postponements and abandonments as the breeze flicked around the dial, Torvar Mirsky and his team from Royal Perth Yacht Club have inched into the lead in the Wotif.com Australian Match Racing Championship.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2777Mon, 2 Oct 2006 18:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspYoung Royal Perth Yacht Club sailor Torvar Mirsky threw out a strong challenge to his Sydney rivals, headed by Michael Dunstan from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, on the opening day of the http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2776Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNicky Souter today won her fourth successive Australian Women's Match Racing Championship in a dramatic final against Katie Spithill on Sydney Harbour, with the result decided on the fifth and final race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2774Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn a rematch of Saturday's AFL Grand Final, the best from the west coast will meet Sydney's big name match racing sailors on Sunday when the Wotif.com Australian Match Racing Championship kicks off on Sydney Harbour.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2772Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"Pegasus did everything they needed to, picking off boats to surf across the line in second, giving them the regatta by one point from Foreign Affair."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2758Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSydney's offshore yacht racing season began today in perfect conditions - hot and sunny with an 8-12 knot easterly breeze for the opening race in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Short Ocean Pointscore and Ocean Pointscore. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2756Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We have a few new faces on board for this regatta, so we've spent as much time as we could in the last few days trying to gel as a team."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2755Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA's host broadcaster, the Seven Network, and Australia's best known sailor and Club member Iain Murray are back on Sydney Harbour with three of the YSA's most awarded graduates.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2753Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:03:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe CYCA's Youth Sailing Academy will be strongly represented in next week's Australian Women's Match Racing Championship with three CYCA teams and a combined CYCA/Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron crew. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2750Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"This year the club will be among the first places in Australia to see not only our new branding but also the long awaited release of St Arnou packaged beer," says managing director Matthew Beggs.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2748Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:39:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn 1966 the 61-foot triple planked kauri yacht Fidelis crossed the Tasman Sea from New Zealand and showed the world some early Kiwi yachting magic when she took line honours and set a new record in the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race that year.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2746Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEd Psaltis, who won the storm-swept 1998 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, again showed his heavy weather sailing ability on Saturday in sailing his Farr 40 AFR Midnight Rambler to a line honours win. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2741Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:58:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWhile all eyes were on reigning Farr 40 champion Richard Perini heading into the Worlds this week at Newport Rhode Island, it was CYCA Vice Commodore Matt Allen who finished on the podium for the Australians.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2739Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe week-long match within the Racing division between the two competing 98-foot maxis ended with Alfa Romeo claiming the title and Wild Oats XI finishing third.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2740Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA sixth and a seventh in the first two races catapulted Ichi Ban to second overall in the series but in the final race of the day, CYCA Vice Commodore Matt Allen and his crew finished 20th.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2738Sat, 9 Sep 2006 12:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWild Oats XI claimed a double win in the first race of the day.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2737Sat, 9 Sep 2006 11:20:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMeanwhile CYCA Vice Commodore Matt Allen (Ichi Ban) has climbed from ninth to sixth overall following a fourth in race four today.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2736Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA Vice Commodore Allen has as his tactician the experienced Grant Simmer, one of the key crew of Australia II when it won the America's Cup at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1983.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2735Thu, 7 Sep 2006 12:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe leaders of the Racing division fought an interesting battle where some made big gains and others suffered big losses. As expected, it was the two maxis, Alfa Romeo and her near sister ship Wild Oats XI, who stole the show. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2732Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:51:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOn handicap, however, it was Alfa Romeo, with double Olympic Gold and Silver medallist Ben Ainslie calling the tactics.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2731Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo new maxis, Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI and her near sistership, Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo are undoubtedly two to watch.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2727Sun, 3 Sep 2006 18:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLeader from the first day, Richard Perini (Sydney, Australia), saw the regatta lead slip away in a single moment as his Evolution came into the windward mark on port tack, searching for a gap in the wall of boats stacked up on starboard.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2726Sun, 3 Sep 2006 17:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt the end of the day it was the defending World Champion from Australia, Richard Perini and his Evolution that held a one-point lead.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2725Sat, 2 Sep 2006 19:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We commented last night that we wanted to stay away from double digit results and then we ended up 20th just when we needed a solid race," said CYCA Vice Commodore Matt Allen.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2689Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:09:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMatt Allen's Ichi Ban, with Grant Simmer as tactician, captured two second place finishes to help move them into first place.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2683Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe last boat in the inaugural Sydney Mackay Yacht Race has finished the testing 903 nautical mile passage and handicap results have been finalised.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2661Sat, 5 Aug 2006 13:22:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAt 1:07.40 this afternoon, the 30m Melbourne maxi reached Mackay, giving her an elapsed time of 4 days 7 minutes 40 seconds for the 903 nautical mile race which began in Sydney Harbour last Saturday at 1.00pm.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2654Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRoberts' Sydney based DK 46 enjoyed an extraordinary summer of sailing during 2005-06 and he has started the 2006-07 series in similar spectacular fashion with this race the opening race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's offshore calendar and Bluewater Pointscore Series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2651Wed, 2 Aug 2006 08:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"After mixed fortunes on the first lap, the breeze shifted hard left up the second beat. Fortunately we saw it coming and managed to climb to fourth."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2624Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:11:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith six days to the start of the Sydney Mooloolaba Yacht Race, Steven David's canting keel 60-footer Wild Joe today showed exceptional light wind speed to spread-eagle the fleet in the BMW Sydney Winter Series Closing Ladies' Day Race on the Harbour. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2620Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"Doug and Nick's first World Championship win, I can't thank them enough for their efforts and Spiesy was solid all week with boat preparation and helping me with the tactics."http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2595Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspOutstanding, challenging conditions greeted the 102-boat fleet on the first day of one design racing at the New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2605Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRichard Perini's Farr 40 Team Evolution is in Newport, Rhode Island, preparing for the North American Farr 40 Championship which commences Thursday 20 July as part of New York Yacht Club's Race Week presented by Rolex.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2596Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRidulfo's Farr 11.6 Plus 16 is one of a number of newcomers amongst the Sydney Mooloolaba fleet of 39. Ten of those have elected to pass through the finish line at Mooloolaba and continue on to Mackay.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2580Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCommodore Geoff Lavis today announced the Chairmen of various CYCA Club Committees following last Monday's Annual General Meeting, including that of Rear Commodore Garry Linacre as new Chairman of the Sailing Committee. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2579Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:21:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Andrew Short has skippered his Volvo 60 Andrew Short Marine-Club Marine to a runaway line honours victory in the Melbourne to Vanuatu Yacht Race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2557Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAlso starting at 1.00pm on 29 July is the Sydney Mooloolaba Yacht Race which has attracted 26 entries so far including two Victorian entries.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2538Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe 2006 BMW Sydney Winter Series pointscore sailed slowly - very slowly, in fact - to an end today on the Harbour as fickle winter winds went up and down in strength, here and there and everywhere in direction. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2554Sun, 9 Jul 2006 19:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspProtest decisions last night have not changed the overall standings of the top three boats in Divisions D, G and F going into Sunday's final pointcore race of the BMW Sydney Winter Series. However, two yachts now have additional points as a result of being penalised. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2553Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:36:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe second last pointscore race in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 2006 BMW Sydney Winter Series today saw protests involving placegetters in three divisions and just a handful of points between the leaders in almost all ten divisions. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2535Sun, 2 Jul 2006 19:12:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSailing with CYCA clubmates George Snow and Lindsay May, Hill and his crew were delighted with their podium finish in the 635 nautical mile race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2530Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Andrew Short's Volvo 60, Andrew Short Marine, is heading off on its longest voyage since its Round the World Race and members will be able to track its progress.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2521Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBefore Tow Truck is sold to pave the way for Anthony Paterson's next 'project', there is one more box to tick - the CYCA's inaugural Sydney Mackay Yacht Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2519Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter leading the fleet by one point after the first day of racing, Walker's Kokomo managed to hold off the challengers to win the regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2513Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:10:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWith just three Sundays of pointscore racing in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's BMW Sydney Winter Series, the overall pointscore lead has changed in a number of divisions after today's racing.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2512Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:19:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspNeville Crichton's maxi Alfa Romeo has won line honours in the Europe's leading yacht race, the Giraglia Rolex Cup, by a massive margin, but lights winds prevented the CYCA member from getting anywhere close to breaking his own course record for the 243-mile race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2511Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRace two's dying breeze prevented the smaller boats from making an impact and allowed Alfa Romeo to win on corrected time.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2504Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIchi Ban, skippered by CYCA Vice Commodore Matt Allen, started the New York Yacht Club's Annual Regatta with a win and continued its top form to take home the trophy in the Farr 40 division.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2502Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:04:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAfter six races in a wide variety of wind conditions - drifters to howling sou'westers - only a handful of points separate the leading boats in all ten divisions of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 2006 BMW Sydney Winter Series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2499Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:43:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspBill Wild, owner of the Queensland Welbourn 42 Wedgetail, which has performed outstandingly over the last six months, David Pescud (KAZ), and Nick De Laine from the new Stomp 38 Stomp put their hands up for the Sydney Mackay Notice of Race.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2488Tue, 30 May 2006 09:44:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThis year the Yachting Australia endorsed ISAF Grade 3 event will be hosted by the CYCA, which is again expected to field a strong team, this time with the home advantage.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2487Mon, 29 May 2006 16:47:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"With our number 2 headsail gone, there was a gap in our performance in the 12 and 16 knot wind range and we knew we needed to work hard to keep up in those winds".http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2481Mon, 29 May 2006 10:27:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRace 5 of the BMW Sydney Winter Series once again showed promise early on but for the second consecutive week, the mid-afternoon changeover blanketed the morning westerly breeze only this time, the fleet had already passed through the gate.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2479Sun, 28 May 2006 20:54:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt was nonetheless a stunning Sydney autumn day and those competing had plenty of time to appreciate the unseasonably warm temperatures and the backdrop of Sydney Harbour as they drifted around the first lap before Race officials called it a day.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2465Sun, 21 May 2006 19:24:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We were very happy with our speed, especially considering the flat water and lighter airs that are common in Annapolis." http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2463Mon, 15 May 2006 13:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAn unexpectedly warm, strong and gusty wind that swung from west to nor'west on Sydney Harbour at up to 35 knots dismasted two yachts and forced another 21 to retire in today's BMW Sydney Winter Series. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2454Sun, 7 May 2006 18:26:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA has for some time embraced the concept of divisions in each handicap category, so that boats of similar speed may be grouped together. Divisional wins are regarded as the key achievement in the Club's long races, more so than an overall handicap win. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2450Mon, 1 May 2006 14:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspLast year Sail-World.com, the largest sailing news network in the world, launched its World Cruising site. Today it has launched its Australian Cruising site.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2449Mon, 1 May 2006 13:56:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIt is expected many owners will use the Sydney Mackay Yacht Race to deliver their yacht to Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island race weeks.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2446Mon, 1 May 2006 11:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspVeteran yachtsman Nick Cassim, a member of the Cruising Yacht Club for 46 years, today won the club's Great Veterans Race with Lolita, a classic wooden yacht he has owned for 44 years. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2441Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Neville Crichton has skippered his 30m super maxi Alfa Romeo to a first-up victory in Europe, taking out the opening round of the Hublot Palmavela regatta in Spain. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2440Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSylphide, a Sydney Hobart racing yacht of more than four decades ago, will return to competition on Sunday in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Great Veterans Race on Sydney Harbour. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2439Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspQueensland yachts Heaven Can Wait and Corum took line honours and IRC top honours respectively in the Brisbane to Gladstone Race sailed over the Easter weekend. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2434Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralia's most popular winter yacht racing event, the BMW Sydney Winter Series on Sydney Harbour, gets underway this Sunday, 23 April, with the two traditional opening day events, the Ladies Day Race and the Great Veterans Race. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2433Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspIn only their second season in long ocean racing, CYCA members Colin and Gladys Woods have finished a close third overall with Pretty Fly II in the 2005-2006 Blue Water Pointscore, decided on IRC ratings, and also won the Tasman Pointscore on PHS handicap.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2431Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFormer Sydney Hobart ocean racers lining up for CYCA'S Great Veterans Race http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2400Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:32:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspFollowing the success of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's recent Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta, the Club has received confirmation that the event has been retrospectively upgraded from a Grade 3 to a Grade 2 regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2398Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:00:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"We are over the moon...a fantastic result...second last year and today we are the winners...the Top Jocks!" an elated Martin Hill said this afternoon after his Estate Master team won the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Mt Gay Rum Top Jocks Regatta on Sydney Harbour. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2396Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:16:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo more teams of prominent Sydney sailors have joined the fleet for this Sunday's Mt Gay Rum Top Jocks Regatta, sailing the CYCA's fleet of Elliott 6 sports boats. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2394Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRay Roberts, Martin Hill, Michael Blackburn, Sean Langman, Michael Dunstan, Tom King...they are just some of the champion sailors you and your crew could be sailing against in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's fleet of Elliott 6s on Sunday, March 26. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2382Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:08:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA win in yesterday's final race has given Julian Farren Price's About Time a convincing win in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Short Ocean Pointscore for 2005-2006. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2374Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:13:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspDespite a four hour delay because of lack of wind, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia today managed to complete round-robin 2 of the Harken Women's International Women's Match Racing Regatta on Sydney Harbour today. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2373Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspUnless Pretty Fly II scores a non-discardable disqualification in the Gold Coast Race, Woods will be collecting his first significant piece of PHS silverware in the prestigious seven race series.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2368Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspSkandia will start the 386 nautical mile race to the Queensland Gold Coast as the clear line honours favourite with a 38 foot advantage over her nearest expected challengers, the 60 footers Wild Joe, Loki and Vanguard, which will again sail as a Queensland entry.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2363Mon, 6 Mar 2006 10:07:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp"I'm really proud of my team and the supreme effort they have put in. To be able to sail with the same team who won the Worlds and go back now and defend is fantastic", said title winner Perini.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2365Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:05:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo CYCA owner/skippers and their boats were among the winners in successful inaugural Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta over the weekend, with many other Rushcutters Bay-based boats figured in top overall placings. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2362Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:55:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia will be strongly represented in this weekend's inaugural Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta, which has attracted some 220 entries for the four race serieshttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2360Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspTwo days of close one design racing has handed Richard Perini's Evolution a win in the 2006 Inner Circle Rum Farr 40 Regatta.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2358Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:45:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspEminent yachtsman Sir James Hardy, the former America's Cup, Admiral's Cup and Olympic and World Champion sailor, has retired from ocean racing - on a winner! http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2357Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:34:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAbout 80 CYCA members and others, many of them boat owners, last night debated at length the IRC rating rule, in particular, its application to the handicapping of yachts using movable and variable ballast.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2349Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:17:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA new look 'Offshore Yachting', the official magazine of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, is on its way by mail to CYCA members and also will be available on newsstands this week. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2346Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:28:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspRacing on day two was in Sydney Harbour along with its famous harbour traffic - ferries, container ships, the Spirit of Tasmania and even an Australian Navy warship made for interesting sailing with some close encounters for a few Farr 40 crews.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2344Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPrime Time, David Mason's Beneteau 44.7, has won the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 2005-2006 Blue Water Pointscore, the Club's premier ocean racing series - with one race to spare. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2340Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:15:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspPrime Time, David Mason's Beneteau 44.7, has won the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 2005-2006 Blue Water Pointscore, the Club's premier ocean racing series - with one race to spare. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2338Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:01:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's Michael Dunstan today won the prestigious Hardy Cup Match Racing Regatta for the third time in four years, a record unsurpassed in Australian sailing. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2328Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:59:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspMark Dorling and his Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron No 2 team today finished as No 1 finalists in the Hardy Cup ISAF Group 3 Match Racing Regatta for under 25-year -old sailors on Sydney Harbourhttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2326Wed, 8 Feb 2006 23:46:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAn Australia versus New Zealand final is emerging in the Hardy Cup ISAF Grade 3 Match Racing Regatta being sailed on Sydney Harbour, with France thrown in to add to the international status of the event. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2325Tue, 7 Feb 2006 21:50:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia team, comprising Seve Jarvin and his crew of Rob Bell and Sam Newton, scored five straight wins in today's opening day of the Hardy Cup ISAF Group 3 under 25 match racing regatta on Sydney Harbour. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2324Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:40:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWarwick Sherman's Cookson 39, Occasional Coarse Language, has scored a fine overall win in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's ocean race from Sydney to Cabbage Tree Island and back to finish at Newcastle. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2319Sun, 5 Feb 2006 09:48:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA member Ray Roberts heads the leaderboard after the opening two races of the Scotchmans Hill Series at Skandia Geelong Week, sailed off the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria at Williamstown today. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2307Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:23:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Short Ocean Pointscore and Ocean Pointscore racing resume this Thursday with the traditional Australia Day race from Sydney to Botany Bay and return. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2301Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:14:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspAustralia Day, 26 January 2006 marks the running of the 170th Australia Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour, the oldest continuous sailing regatta in the world. A traditional part of Australia Day is the CYCA's ocean race to Botany Bay and return for the City of Sydney Sesquicentenary Trophy. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2293Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:52:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspCYCA members again achieved top results in Hobart's Boag's Sailing South Race Week 2006, with Michael Spies scoring his second successive victory in the regatta with his Beneteau 44.7, Sirromet Life Style Wine. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2286Sat, 7 Jan 2006 09:38:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspA three-day effort to repair the mast of his Beneteau 44.7 Sirromet Life Style Wine yesterday day paid off for Sydney yachtsman Michael Spies when he sailed the yacht to a convincinghttp://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2284Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:29:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspQueenslander Bill Wild arrived in Hobart excited by what his new Welbourn 40 had shown on the last two days of the race, but disappointed that a slow first day for the smaller boats in the fleet had probably cost them a chance to threaten Wild Oats XI for the handicap win. http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2263Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:18:00 +1000http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.aspWhen it comes to ocean racing experience in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht, the Howard family of Newcastle ranks well: 35 races between them, mostly on boats from Lake Macquarie Yacht Club.http://www.rolexsydneytohobart.com/news.asp?key=2196Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:54:00 +1000