Offshore Yachting back issues from October 2007:
At the helm.(View Point)
Oct 01, 2007; ... IT HAS BEEN A BUSY AND SUCCESSFUL WINTER FOR OUR MEMBERS BOTH INTERSTATE AND OVERSEAS. CONGRATULATIONS TO WILL RYAN, JAY GRIFFIN, JONOTHAN ENGLISH AND DEAN SOUTER FOR WINNING THE LENNA AUSTRALIAN YOUTH MATCH RACING CHAMPIONSHIP AT OUR SISTER CLUB, THE ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF TASMANIA. IT WAS ...
Here comes the sun!(Publishers Note)(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Although many of us have been out on the water all year competing in our local winter series races and in regattas to the far north, many yachts as usual will have been spending the winter months in hibernation. Well, summer is approaching and it's time to open the hatches, grease the ...
Waikiki Yacht Club hosts Veteran's Reunion.(Seamark)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Twenty five knot winds, beautiful 30 degree weather and a genuine Hawaiian hospitality greeted those yachties, and their followers, who participated in the recent Waikiki Offshore series. As well as the sailing events, a Veteran's Reunion hosted by the ...
CYCA's generous donation.(Seamark)(Cruising Yacht Club of Australia)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Commodore, Matt Allen, recently presented a cheque for $10,000 to staff at Pambula Hospital, the club's significant contribution towards a new mobile ultrasound machine. "The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has forged a strong link to the NSW south coast ...
New crew membership category at CYCA.(Seamark)(Cruising Yacht Club of Australia)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia recently announced that its crew membership category has been reopened to make membership more affordable to those in the 18-29 age bracket. Following the acceptance of a special resolution at the July annual general meeting, the previously ...
Correction.(Seamark)(Correction notice)
Oct 01, 2007 ... In the last issue of Offshore, a photo caption mistakenly said that Adrienne Cahalan was the recipient of the Sheila Patrick Memorial Trophy for ...
"Hobart Hero" Max Crafoord Memorial Service.(Seamark)(Obituary)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The family of the Max Crafoord have invited fellow sailors and friends on Sunday November 4 for the spreading of his ashes between Sydney Heads. They plan to meet at 1000hrs at the CYCA marina for a 1030 departure, returning at 1200hrs. Lunch and drinks will be provided between ...
Albany, Western Australia, chosen for start/finish of Antartica Cup Yacht Race.(Seamark)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Albany, Western Australia, has been selected as the start and finish port for the Antarctica Cup Yacht Race. The historic port, 150 n.m. east of Cape Leeuwin, sits on the very edge of the 'Roaring Forty' latitudes and provides crews with a natural springboard to attack the challenging ...
Rolex becomes Official Timepiece of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.(Seamark)(Rolex Watch U.S.A. Inc.)
Oct 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In Hong Kong, Rolex has celebrated the start of a long-term partnership with the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC), one of Asia's premier sailing and rowing clubs, which over its rich 150 year history has been a focal point for active and competitive ...
Supermaxi up for sale.(Seamark)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The 30m Alfa Romeo, described as the fastest and most successful supermaxi in the world, is available for sale after its second highly successful European season ends in October, with its owner and skipper, Neville Crichton looking forward to his next sailing challenge. 'I have ...
Australian supermaxi Wild Oats XI dismasted at Rolex Cup World Championship.(Seamark)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Australian supermaxi Wild Oats XI was dismasted in dramatic fashion during Race Three of the Rolex Cup Maxi Yacht World Championship off Porto Cervo in early September. Incredibly, only one crewmember, Sydneysider Peter Shipway, was slightly ...
Eight Bells; Les Gabriel, a Tasmanian veteran: 1917-2007.(Seamark)(Leslie Erskine Gabriel)(Obituary)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Leslie Erskine Gabriel, who passed away in Hobart in August, aged 90. was the longest serving member of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. He became a Senior Member of the club on 1 January 1939, thus completing 68 years of membership on 1 January 2007. including three years as Commodore. ...
X-41 turning heads wherever she goes.(Seamark)(X-41 Performance Racer)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The latest in a long line of winning yachts from the board of Neils Jeppersen is the new X-41 Performance Racer. She has been designed to perform as an IRC offshore yacht, yet still have sufficient comforts to make her a wonderful family yacht. ...
New builds: design #19-65' daysailer preliminary design.(Seamark)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Commissioned by an experienced local offshore racer, this yacht is designed by Paul Bury to be a fast, stylish and easily handled harbour racer. Built from carbon fibre, epoxy resin and PVC foam she features a large teak soled cockpit with dedicated guest ...
Bluewater 450m--second order confirms design success.(Seamark)(Bluewater Cruising Yachts Pty Ltd)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Bluewater Cruising Yachts Pty Ltd are pleased to announce the placement of an order for construction of their second Bluewater 450M. Managing Director, David Bradbum, believes that this vote of approval by his new clients confirms Bluewater's standing as a builder of superior cruising ...
Westhead Marine introduces Sunbeam Yachts to Australia.(Seamark)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sunbeam Yachts are well established and recognised in Europe for unmatched safety and quality in their class. The yachts are built for serious offshore cruising, combining luxury and striking tendency to high performance. For example, ONYX, a Sunbeam 44 ...
World Sailing League unveils speed machine design.(Seamark)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The World Sailing League (WSL) unveiled the innovative design for their futuristic 70ft catamarans that will be raced in the new global Grand Prix series, the premier annual sailing competition. The Spectacular speed-machines represent the next evolution of sailing and will be the fastest ...
New self levelling mast mount from Oceantalk.(Seamark)(Self Levelling Radar Mast Mount)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Scanstrut, the international experts on marine installation solutions, have just launched a self-leveling mast mount and it will soon be available in Australia through the region's exclusive distributor, Oceantalk. Mast mounting of the radome radar is ...
Out to sea but not out of touch.(Seamark)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Boat and yacht owners can now stay in touch and enjoy access to high-speed broadband services while they're offshore thanks to Ericsson's innovative new W25 Fixed Wireless Terminal. Unlike its predecessor which was limited to offering internet on the GSM network, Ericsson's new ...
Aquaglide Multisport LE sails into BCF.(Seamark)(Boating Camping Fishing )(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One of Australia's fastest growing recreational retail chains, Boating Camping Fishing (BCF), has become a leading stockist for the popular and versatile Aquaglide Multisport LE inflatable watercraft. The Multisport LE is one of the flagship models from ...
Burke Stiffey for peak performance.(Seamark)(Burke Marine redesigns hats for sailors)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The team at Burke Marine has redesigned their range of wide brim hats to make them more user friendly for those on and off the water. For years a wide brim hat has been a favourite of the sailor, fisherman and boating enthusiasts alike. While they offer good sun protection they generally ...
Rolex Fastnet Race: Loki toughs it out on tough conditions: on her European campaign, CYCA yacht Loki finished an impressive 4th overall in the Rolex Fastnet Race. Two other Australian entrants were forced to retire.(Ocean Racing)(Cruising Yacht Club of Australia)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cruising Yacht Club of Australia members were well represented in this year's Rolex Fastnet Race, England's 608 nautical mile ocean classic. There were Neville Crichton with his super maxi Alfa Rameo, Stephen Ainsworth with his 60-footer Loki and that ...
Record still standing: the opening race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia 2007/2008 Blue Water Pointscore Series. The Audi Sydney Gold Coast, sent a very respectable fleet of 72 scooting up the Australia east coast to Southport in quick time but again, the record stood fast.(Ocean racing)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A howling southerly that topped 38 knots on the first night put the front runners on record breaking pace but like so many times before, the further north they travelled, the lighter the breeze went, safeguarding Brindabella's course record for the eighth ...
Record race week: while the South East Queensland coast was being pounded by unseasonably wild weather, it was as if the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week fleet was sailing in a bubble in amongst the stunning Whitsunday islands with its turquoise water, blue skies and light to fresh south east trade winds.(Race & Regatta Round-Up)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The 24th running of Hamilton Island Race Week was another truly international affair, bringing a record fleet of 217 from as far afield as the USA, Hong Kong and New Zealand and all Australian states and the ACT to enjoy the week-long regatta at this ...
Whitsunday fun sail with Sunsail: some 20 Sunsail yachts chartered to compete in Audi Hamilton Island Race Week also battled amongst themselves to hold aloft the ocean slam sunsail trophy.(Race & Regatta Round-Up)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] OCEAN Media, publishers of Offshore Yachting and OCEAN Magazine, teamed up with the SLAM brand and Sunsail, to "contest" Race Week 2007, the best ever! What a week we had racing in the Cruising Spinnaker Division, but also sailing a Sunsail yacht, we ...
Aussies go for the cup! Like Alan Bond before them, the crew of Senta try to wrest the cup from the Americans. Unlike Bond, they miss out. Hopefully the race will not be their swan song!(Race & Regatta Round-Up)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Next year will mark a quarter-century since Australia prised the Auld Mug from the New York Yacht Club's hands. The America's Cup had been held by the United States for 132 years until Australia//made yachting history in 1983. As the only ...
Saskia's highland fling and Cowes caper: the nostalgic return by the international 8-metre class yacht Saskia to her firth of Clyde birthplace, featured in the last edition of offshore yachting, was a triumph.(Race & Regatta Round-Up)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Owned and jointly helmed by Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron members John and Michael Stephen, Saskia won the Sira Cup for the Classic division of the 8-Metre Centennial World Championship in Scotland and then went on to southern England to win a shortened ...
Luckless Loki's controversial loss.(Race & Regatta Round-Up)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Fresh from a highly creditable fourth place in the Fastnet Race, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Stephen Ainsworth took his ever improving Reichel/Pugh 60, Loki, to the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2007 in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, in search of more success ....
Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2007.(Race & Regatta Round-Up)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The recent Rolex Farr 40 World Championship held in Denmark Copenhagen was one of many challenges for the 36 teams racing. Four Australian teams, Ivan Wheen's Sputnik (RSYS), Marcus Blackmore's Hooligan (RPAYC), Matt Allen's Ichi Ban (CYCA) and Lang ...
Octogenarian skipper takes on his 39th race with turbo-charged yacht: seasoned veterans and first-timers line up the for 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart yacht race.(Race & Regatta Previews)(Syd Fischer)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Most 80-year-olds are well into their retirement years and enjoying less strenuous physical pursuits than racing a yacht across one of the world's most notorious stretches of ocean. But then Syd Fischer is not your average 80-year-old. The ...
Yendys heads Lord Howe Island race fleet: the 34th Hempel Gosford-Lord Howe Island Yacht Race has again attracted a high quality fleet.(Reichel/Pugh 55 Yendys)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One of the many unique aspects of the Gosford-Lord Howe Yacht Race is that for much of the passage across the Tasman Sea yachts are beyond helicopter rescue range. This year the race organiser Gosford Sailing Club is providing each entrant with a special ...
Middle Harbour's 30th SORC: Middle Harbour Yacht Club will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of its Short Ocean Racing Championship off Sydney over the weekend of November 24 and 25.
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Short Ocean Racing Championship is the longest standing regatta in Australia that has attracted sponsorship from high profile businesses. It will be sponsored by Savills again this year, and supported by Audi Australia and Henri Lloyd. The ...
Early interest in 20th Tasmania Three Peaks Race: the Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race over Easter 2008 is attracting considerable early interest, with 20-plus teams submitting their names to the race committee by the end of August. This response far exceeds any early interest in previous years, probably because next year's event will be the 20th.(Race & Regatta Previews)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Among the early interest is that of Martin Pryor, one of the founders of the Three Peaks Race, a unique event that combines short-handed offshore sailing and endurance running around and on the eastern coast of Tasmania. Pryor, who now lives in Sydney, in 1989, modelled the Tasmanian Three ...
Mumm 30 class to race with RSYS this season: the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron will include a trophy series for the increasingly popular Mumm 30 one design keelboat class as part of its 2007-2008 spring/summer racing calendar on Sydney Harbour. The Mumm 30s will race within the Squadron's prestigious division 1 fleet, but will have their own pointscore and season trophy.(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A strong line-up is expected, with the Squadron considering proposals from Mumm 30 owners to conduct the 2008 Australian championship and also make a bid for the 2009 World championship. Designed by Bruce Farr, the Mumm 30 is a fast and exciting ...
Port and Starboard, can we say more? You may be entitled to hold your course, however, if you strongly suspect a collision, it's smart to bear way and lodge a protest.(The Rule Book)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At a recent high profile International Regatta, a competitor complained to the International Jury: "I was on starboard and entitled to hold my course." Reasonable assumption? In the early stages yes, but not to be point of collision. ISAF Racing Rules of ...
Rear view mirror: Yendys' recent IRC win at the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week is testament to the success of this new Reichel/Pugh 55 and its crew. Anthony Twibill talks with owner Geoff Ross who recounts how his five Yendys, over a dozen years, have brought him to the front line of ocean racing.(Tack & Gybe)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] If yachts had a rear view mirror, Sydney yachtsman Geoff Ross, owner / skipper of Yendys, Sydney spelt backwards, would see most of the fleet behind him. With one Sydney Hobart overall win already under his belt, his sights are set on adding to the tally ...
Don't panic! Blue Robinson talks to the Olectric and Central Coast Hydraulics teams about re-sale rams and pre-loved PLCS.(Technical)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2007; ... After chatting with Guy Oliver and Greg Waters in Sydney about advice to owners of new and not so new canting keel boats, the advice from 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' came to mind--Don't Panic! If you are the proud owner of a new or "pre-loved" canting keel yacht, and ...
Inaugural Audi IRC championship goes to Queenslander: Queensland yachtsman Rod Jones scored his first major Australian yachting win in August when he and the Alegria crew sailed to an unassailable victory in the inaugural Audi IRC Championship.(Skipper)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Photograhy Andrea Francolini As a consequence, Jones won the classy Perpetual Trophy designed by John Woulfe and Joerg Hofmann, Managing Director of Audi Australia, handed him a set of keys to a new Audi Q7 SUV, both presented at the Audi ...
CYCA Youth sailors home and away: at home: CYCA Youth teams take the top four places in Club Marine NSW Youth Match Racing Championship.(Youth Sailing)(Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, New South Wales)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Evan Walker, with his new crew of Sean O'Rourke and Josh Cornford, snatched victory in the Club Marine NSW Youth Match Racing Championship by the narrowest of margins. The championship was contested by three teams from Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, three ...
In harmony with French design: Harmony Yachts are the latest product of innovative French yacht designers and builders.(Harmony Yachts 42)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] When the nautical historians of the 22nd Century come to rite the history of the production yacht, the French will dominate the entries. French manufacturers invented the modern fibreglass lightweight production in the 1960s and 40 years later ...
The world's your lobster: what is the most important thing to have on your boat while cruising in Maine? A wetsuit! At least that's what we are told. The chances of getting your prop into one of the three million lobsterpots that float around the new England shores are huge and the water is icy. So we buy one. Never use it once. Though. In hindsight, lobster pliers would have been more useful.(Destination)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Camden, Maine is the starting point of our three-week cruise along the New England coast. Here we pick up our Swan 46, bought sight unseen last November off the Internet. Modern times! To our relief Senta is gorgeous and with its eight bunks spacious ...
Vanished barks sail again: the tradition of boat building in Bangladesh dates back several thousand years. However it looked certain to face extinction until Runa Khan Marre stepped in and set about restoring these wooden river boats for a living museum.(Special Feature)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Up until a generation ago the 24,000 kilometres of Bangladesh's rivers presented a spectacle from another age: hundreds of thousands of wooden sailing boats jostling to move people and goods along the country's vast aquatic network. Lately the country's ...
L Eat fine dining by the pond: there are few better ways to spend an afternoon than lunch with friends and crew over fine food and a glass or two. Just add water and a marina of yachts to the experience and you have L Eat restaurant at the CYCA in Rushcutter's Bay; one of the most idyllic dining locations in Sydney Harbour.(Waterfront Dining)(Restaurant review)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The home of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and Australia's top fleet of ocean racers, old salts and young enthusiasts alike, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is also the home of one of the best located hospitality establishments in Sydney. Sitting ...
The Rise and Fall of Koomooloo: internationally-renowned navigator Richard 'Sighty' Hammond puts the record straight about who designed Koomooloo--the former Admiral's Cup and Sydney Hobart Race winner, which foundered in the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.(Nautical History)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Koomooloo was almost a replica of Mercedes III and the hull shape and lines were developed by Bob Miller (who changed his name to Ben Lexcen in the early '70s) for Ted Kaufman. Carl Ryves, a close friend of Bob Miller's, who shared a lot of his ...
Left for dead.(Rhumbline)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2007; ... THIS YEAR'S ROLEX FASTNET RACE BROUGHT INTO SHARP FOCUS THE MEMORIES OF MANY SAILORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO COMPETED IN THE TRAGIC 1979 FASTNET, IN WHICH THE DEADLIEST STORM IN THE HISTORY OF MODERN YACHT RACING STRUCK THE HUGE FLEET OF 303 YACHTS AS THEY SAILED INTO THE CELTIC SEA ...
Offshore racing calendar: major Australian and international offshore and inshore events for 2007-2008.(Calendar)
Oct 01, 2007 ... AUSTRALIAN OCTOBER 4 Telco Regatta 2007 5 Short Haul Night Harbour Race, CYCA 5 Blue Water Race CYCA--Bird Island 6 Ocean Pointscore Race, CYCA 12-14 Peppers Port Stephens Farr 40 Regatta 18 Starlight ...