Recently added articles from Offshore Yachting:
Win a cruise on the Queen Victoria in SOLAS raffle.(Safety of Life at Sea)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2009 ... The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has announced the launch of its annual Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Trusts Raffle with the major prize of a cruise for two onboard the Queen Victoria, sailing from Sydney to Fremantle, departing on 20th February 2010. The package also includes one ...
By any other name ... Geelong Week seeks new sponsor.(Seamark)
Aug 01, 2009 ... The event formerly known as Skandia Geelong Week has lost its naming sponsor due to the Skandia firm's withdrawal from Australia and will adopt simply "Geelong Week" next year. The 2010 Geelong Week will go ahead in January despite Skandia's withdrawal as the event organisers ...
Open season.(Publisher's Note)(regattas and yacht racing)(Column)
Aug 01, 2009; ... It's open season on the regatta circuit over the coming month as this issue previews the popular Queensland race weeks at Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island, all on course to attract big fleets once more. The CYCA's first class Audi Winter Series is drawing to an exciting conclusion as we ...
Yachties given real-time access to ocean data.(Seamark)
Aug 01, 2009 ... Yachtsmen competing in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and other major ocean races around the Australian coast will be able to use laptops to access valuable real-time information on coastal currents, sea temperatures and other vital stats from the continental shelves and open ...
At the helm: by the time you read this the Audi Sydney gold coast race will have been run and won. At the time of writing the fleet for the race is 81 yachts well up on last year's fleet. It is pleasing to see that the current economic climate recession has not had a detrimental effect on fleet numbers for our races.(Viewpoint)(2009 Audi Winter Series)(Column)
Aug 01, 2009; ... The Audi Winter Series 2009 continued to attract the best fleet of yachts of any yachting series in Australia with 217 entries! The series results of many divisions were decided by the last race, clearly a good result for the handicap system.-Congratulations to the winners and place ...