Offshore Yachting back issues from April 2008:
At the helm: from Syd Fischer in the Blue Water Pointscore series to the YSA team in the Hardy Cup. CYCA members are scoring plenty of wins. A book about the history of the club will soon be published and we are about to embark on another winter series.(Viewpoint)
Apr 01, 2008; ... After being named overall winner of the inaugural Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, Syd Fischer and his crew on board Ragamuffin have won the coveted Blue Water Pointscore for a record ninth time. The last time Syd and Ragamuffin won was in 2001-02. The Tasman Performance Series ...
Clear skies ahead.(Publishers Notes)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Autumn is here and the unseasonably wet and wild weather Australia's east coast had for much of the summer months seems to be settling at last. This issue is considerably more varied than the previous two editions, which focused on the great race which is the Rolex Sydney Hobart. ...
Inaugural winner Hitchhiker to return for 25th Anniversary Edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.(news)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hitchhiker, the Champion Yacht at the inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week in 1984 and one of Australia's most famous ocean racing yachts of that era, is to return for the Audi sponsored 25th anniversary edition of the regatta in August this year. ...
South Pacific Cup for Hamilton.(news)(Audi Hamilton Island Race Week)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A new international team challenge trophy--the South Pacific Cup--will be launched at this year's Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, held from August 23rd to 30th. Initially, the competition will see teams of three yachts from Australia and New Zealand racing one another. Other ...
New Australian distributor for Marlow Ropes.(news)(Barlow Distributors)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Leading British rope manufacturer Marlow Ropes Ltd has appointed Barlow Distributors (Australia) as Australian distributor for their leisure marine range of products, effective immediately. Barlow is the Australian distributor for Lewmar and Navtec Norseman Gibb. In announcing ...
Sunsail adds six new yachts to fleet.(news)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Sunsail Yacht Charters, based on Hamilton Island and one of the largest charter companies in the Whitsundays, is expecting six new additions to its fleet of ...
Aussie Boat Sales scores Buizen.(news)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Aussie Boat Sales has been appointed the southern states' authorised agent for pilothouse yacht marque Buizen Yachts. Scott O'Hare from Aussie Boat Sales (Melbourne), said he was genuinely excited by the opportunity to ...
International Paint continue CYCA sponsorship.(news)(Cruising Yacht Club of Australia)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... International Paint, the worlds leading yacht coatings manufacturer, recently announced its ongoing support of one of the world's leading yacht clubs, the CYCA. As one of the initial sponsors of the Youth Sailing Academy, International has also supplied the CYCA with fillers, primers, ...
CYCA Winter Ball.(news)(Cruising Yacht Club of Australia)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The CYCA Winter Ball is scheduled for Saturday May 24, 2008, from 7pm till late. The three-course meal will be followed by dancing, with music by the New Trocadero Dance Orchestra. A silent auction will raise funds ...
GME to relinquish Garmin distribution for Australia.(news)(Standard Communications Pty Ltd and Garmin International Inc)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Standard Communications Pty Ltd, the manufacturer of GME marine and land communication products and Australasian distributor for Garmin recreational and marine products, announced in February the mutual cessation of its distribution agreement with Garmin International Inc. ...
2008 Sydney Harbour Week Award winners.(news)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The man behind Sydney's first marine biology institute, the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS), has been honoured for his long commitment and contribution to Sydney Harbour. Professor Frank Talbot won the most prestigious of the Sydney Harbour Week Award--the one for Lifetime ...
New owner for Oyster.(news)(Oyster Marine to Balmoral Capital )(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... OK yacht-builder Oyster Marine has been sold to UK-based private equity fund Balmoral Capital for an undisclosed sum. Oyster yachts are recognised throughout the sailing world for their distinctive deck saloon configuration. Oyster has twice been awarded the Queen's Award for Industry ....
Sunbeam 34 European Yacht of the Year 2008.(news)(Schochl Yachtbau Sunbeam 34)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Sunbeam 34, built by Schochl Yachtbau, has been voted Europe's top yacht of the year by a jury of experts from 11 leading watersports magazines. Every year, 100 new yachts are presented to the European market, so there are a large number ...
ISAF launches Introductory Rules for Racing.(news)(International Sailing Federation )(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... In order to help newcomers to sailboat racing, the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has produced a one-page set of Introductory Rules for Racing complete with some explanatory diagrams. The aim of the Introductory Rules for Racing is simple; make it as easy as possible ...
New speed record for sailing craft.(news)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] French windsurfer Antoine Albeau has set a new, all-category world sailing speed record at 49.09 knots, or 90.91 km/h. Despite harsh conditions, Albeau was in top form and managed to set the record on his third attempt. His first attempt over a 500-metre ...
BMW Oracle announces core sailing team.(news)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The syndicate announced its core sailing team for the 33rd America's Cup and confirmed the start of a training program in both monohulls and multihulls. Joining skipper Russell Coutts in the afterguard are American John Kostecki and Australian James Spithill, brother of world number three ...
Fedor Konyukhov plays Russian roulette at Cape Horn.(news)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Cape Horn certainly lived up to its reputation on March 12 as Russian adventure sailor Fedor Konyukhov swept through Drake's Passage, pushed by 50-65 knot westerlies. The infamous Cape marks the spiritual half way stage in Fedor's trail-blazing solo circumnavigation around the Antarctica ...
New Hunter at Sanctuary Cove Boat Show.(news builds)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... US Yachts, the Australian and New Zealand distributor for Hunter Yachts, has announced that the new Hunter 45 DS model will be on show at the Sanctuary Cove Boat Show from 22-25 May 2008. This new yacht replaces the Hunter 44, retaining some of that model's positive characteristics while ...
Eagle 340 RIB designed for local conditions.(news builds)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Eagle 340 RIB, to be released at Sanctuary Cove Boat Show 2008, was designed and manufactured in Europe specially for Australian boats and conditions. The Brig factory design team flew Down Under to measure the decks of locally-built boats and to evaluate the davit systems on the ...
Aquatx launches new jet-powered RIB at Auckland International Boat Show.(news builds)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Pro Sport Jet was be unveiled at this year's Auckland boat show. Aquatx has taken its most popular RIB model, the Pro Sport 4.7, and modified it to accept a 1200cc (130 HP) four-stroke jet propelled motor. The Pro Sport is 4.7m overall and has a 2m beam. It's made of 4ram aluminium ....
X-Yachts' Xc 45 first in new series.(news builds)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The new Xc 45 will be the first model in a completely new range dedicated to long-distance cruising. The new range targets the long-distance cruising market, so will contain more and heavier equipment than a coastal cruiser. This means: increased tank volumes, diesel generator, watermaker, ...
Impressive VPP and TCCs on Elan's new 380 Crossover.(news builds)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Rejuvenating yachts in the 38ft range this year will be Ban's bold new 380 Crossover, with its impressive VPP (Pelars) and a provisional TCC rating of 1.042, due for release in Europe in May. True to the name, the Elan 380 is a slick dual purpose boat set up for short-handed sailing or as ...
Emirates Team New Zealand jumps into AC ring, sues Alinghi.(news builds)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) is seeking financial compensation for the delay in holding the next America's Cup. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Managing director Grant Dalton said on March 7: "We have a duty to protect the investment in the team over many years by a wide ...
Leroy aims for hat trick after winning Harken Women's International: the world's number one woman match racer, Claire Leroy from France, became the first overseas competitor to win the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta when she narrowly beat Australia's two-time former winner and defending champion Nicky Souter.(Race And Regatta Round-up)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] With two races apiece in the best of five finals, Leroy and the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's Souter went into the starting sequence for the sudden death final race and immediately following the start gun, a second signal was sounded and Souter was ...
Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta: skippers and crew went into overdrive as they vied to win their divisions--and an Audi A4 car--at the record-breaking 2008 Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta.(Race And Regatta Round- up)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A record 267 yachts, crewed by more than 2,000 sailors, took part in the 2008 Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta. This third annual regatta is clearly a winner, with skippers and crews attracted not only by the strong sailing competition, but also by the chance ...
Fleet decimated in Adelaide to Port Lincoln race.(Race And Regatta Round-up)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Collisions at the start, a bowman overboard, dismasting of a line honours favourite, and 35 retirements from the fleet of 68. That was the story of a dramatic 2008 Lexus Adelaide Lincoln Bluewater Classic in mid February. Grant Wharington's ...
Lang Walker takes Farr 40 double back to back.(Race And Regatta Round-up)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In February, after three very different days of sailing on Sydney Harbour and off the Heads, Lang Walker and his team on Kokomo defended their double crown--the 2008 Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Championship and the 2007-08 Australian Farr 40 ...
Ransa win their Admiral's Trophy.(Race And Regatta Round-up)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Each summer, the RAN Sailing Association (RANSA) stages its RANSA Regatta on Sydney Harbour, which, apart from being a hotly contested sailing event, also raises funds for the Sir David Martin Foundation. The prestigious prize is the Admiral's Trophy, an interclub event based on ...
Walk on the Wild Side to Bunbury and return.(Race And Regatta Round-up)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Garth Curran's ageing, Jim Inglis-designed Walk on the Wild Side took line honours in Western Australia's 60th Bunbury and return race in February. The grey-hulled 60-footer had rounded the turning mark off Bunbury harbour at 10:50 pm on the Sunday night, then popped up her ...
Stening clinches M30 Australian championship.(Race And Regatta Round-up)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Sydney yachtsman Guy Stening, a driving force in building up the Mumm 30 (now called M30) class in Sydney, gained a just reward when he won the 2008 M30 Australian championship in February. His Australian title follows a fourth overall in the M30 World Championship in Sardinia ...
Etchells NSW title to veteran skipper.(Race And Regatta Round-up)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Veteran Sydney Etchells skipper John Dunn won his first NSW State Championship in February in Australia's most popular one-design keelboat class, the International Etchells--at the age of 65. Sailing Bald Eagle, Dunn upset the two boats that had been at the head of the ...
Ragamuffin wins BWPS battle of the TP titans.(Race And Regatta Round-up)(Cover story)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Line honours and an outright IRC win in the inaugural Audi Sydney Newcastle Offshore Yacht Race cemented Syd Fischer's place in history with a ninth Blue Water champion crown going to the eighty-one year-old pillar of ocean racing. Fischer's ...
Persistence, patience and sailing smart pay off for YSA sailors at 2008 Hardy Cup.(Youth Sailing)(Youth Sailing Academy)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Almost every weekend for the past five years, 21-year-old Evan Walker has travelled down from Lake Macquarie to sail Elliott 6 sports boats on Sydney Harbour and be coached through the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Youth Sailing Academy. ...
Thai Airways Elliott sponsorship launched.(Youth Sailing)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008; ... The CYCA's newest YSA sponsor, Thai Airways International, christened their Elliott 6 at a launch ceremony on February 20 held for invited guests and CYCA directors, staff and youth sailors. "Thai Airways International is delighted to be supporting the YSA under Thai's name and brand," ...
Audi winter series: a number of changes to the 2008 series will mean a tough 14-race pointscore competition.(Race And Regatta Preview)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The CYCA and naming rights sponsor Audi Australia have announced a number of initiatives for the Audi Winter Series 2008, Australia's most established and largest ongoing winter sailing series, which falls annually in between offshore seasons and attracts ...
Countdown to Qingdao: Iain Murray, one of the best known names in Australian Yachting, is chasing Olympic glory for the first time this year at the Beijing games.(Race And Regatta Preview)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Iain Murray has competed in four America's Cup campaigns, 14 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Races, three Admiral's Cups, and a Tour de France h Voile. Won a World Championship in the International Etchells class and, as a young man, he won seven 18-foot Skiff ...
Ocean crusader: Naomi James was the first woman to sail alone around the world via the three Great Capes: Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and the Feared Cape Horn, and that with only a few months of sailing experience. though the New Zealander will forever be remembered in sailing history, her heart is now firmly set not on sailing but on horses and philosophy.(Skipper)(Biography)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Sailing was never my thing," says Naomi James, sitting in a comfortable sofa in her little cottage in the village of Crosshaven on the south coast of Ireland. Wooden bookshelves with red bricks as partitions cover the walls. James is clearly a curious ...
Claire Leroy: Claire Leroy and her mermaidsailing team have dominated the women's match racing circuit for the last two years. Offshore Yachting caught up with the French champion in Auckland in March 2008. It was her birthday, and she had just won the New Zealand Women's Match Racing Regatta.(Tack And Gybe)(Interview)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Mermaidsailing team has made a habit of winning: over the last two years, the French team has won the 2006 ISAF nations cup, the IX International Women's Match Race Criterium, the 2007 Women's Match Race European Championship and the 2007 ISAF Women's ...
Multihulls revisited: when Offshore Yachting investigated the latest advances in cruising multihulls. We found that most of the prejudices that yachtsmen hold against the keel-less boats no longer hold water.(Multihulls)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Back in the mid 1980s, you would probably have been drummed out of the bar at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia if you dared mention multihulls and offshore sailing in the same breath, unless it was in a derogatory sense. For the vast majority of the ...
Cruising NSW: the coastline of New South Wales stretches 1,160 kilometres from Queensland to Victoria. It is home to many interesting, picturesque and protected boating destinations that offer year round cruising for all types and sizes of vessels.(Destination)(State overview)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The NSW coastline is well known for its famous beaches, world class fishing, diving and its pristine marine habitat. It has both a temperate and sub tropical climate and has a thriving fishing and aquaculture industry. The coast is exposed to ...
Fast French flair: Beneteau put a lot of effort into getting racing performance out of its new cruiser/racer, the first 45. they have succeeded: the boat is fast, particularly when carrying the optional carbon rig. Yet it's also comfortable, good-looking and spacious.(Beneteau First 45)(Product/service evaluation)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BENETEAU'S First 50, introduced last year, was a statement of intent by the French company. The 50 was conceived as a fast cruiser/racer but Beneteau went to Philippe Briand for the design because they wanted a superyacht look. And Briand delivered. ...
Perini Navi's Blue Goddess: Italian superyacht builder Perini Navi's latest build, the 56-metre, aluminium-hulled ketch Selene, is as beautiful as the moon goddess she's named after.(Selene)(Product/service evaluation)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Among the acres of gleaming white, multi-deck motor yachts at last years Monaco Yacht Show the dark blue hull and distinctive ketch rig of Selene certainly stood out from the crowd. Perini Navi's Selene is the fourth yacht in the Italian yard's successful ...
Down the Rhumbline: South Pacific Cup welcome news for yachting: the South Pacific Cup to be launched at this year's Audi Hamilton Island Race Week should stimulate international team racing.(Rhumbline)
Apr 01, 2008; ... The development of offshore yacht racing around the, world, and in Australia in particular, owes much to the Admiral s Cup team series sailed for many years from Cowes on the picturesque and historic Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The Royal Ocean Racing Club, the ...
Lowrance's marine radio line-up expands.(New Products)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lowrance has announced an all-new line of marine VHF radios which will soon be available in Australia. Lowrance's new LVR-880 is the first powerful, fixed-mount, DSC-equipped 25/1 watt radio to offer dual VHF and FM radio capabilities. The VHF ...
A traditional looking winch using the latest technology.(New Products)(Lewmar 111 Classic winch)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Lewmar's latest 111 Classic winch certainly gives the impression of traditional bronze styling, however, this winch is machined from stainless steel and features the very latest three or four speed options. Coated with hardwearing Titanium Nitride, Lewmar's new Classic winch has a bronze ...
Safety campaign generates shift to quality PFD yokes.(New Products)(Personal Flotation Device)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Consumers have embraced the life jacket safety message and swarmed on RFD's inflatable yoke style 11A Personal Flotation Device (PFD) in staggering numbers. "The PFD safety message has been ringing out loud and clear for a while now and we're glad that boaters are responding in ...
Riggtech distribute Reckmann yacht furling system.(New Products)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Reckmann Yacht Furling system sets a new benchmark in quality design along with first class workmanship using the very best materials available. The system is crafted to uncompromising quality by German engineers to be extremely robust and work easily in all conditions. There is a ...
New wireless Autoanchor-AA710.(New Products)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Need a chain counter but no way to run the wires through the boat? The new AutoAnchor AA710 wireless, remote chain counter and windlass control solves this problem. The AA710 has all the features of the original AutoAnchors, including the safety lock, the ...
New heat sensor helps stop onboard fires.(New Products)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Where there's intense heat aboard, there's going to be a fire. Sea-Fire Marine, a leader in fire suppression technology, works hard not only to find the latest ways to put out fires, but also prevent them. An innovative early warning system, their new Heat Sensor with display alerts boat ...
Henri Lloyd leads the way in fabric technology.(New Products)(The Phantom jacket and trouser)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Phantom has been made from Henri Lloyd's own pioneering technical fabric, TP2 Alpha. This fabric has been created to deliver a high level of protection to the wearer, while eliminating the debilitating effects of wearing heavier, more traditional ...
Offshore racing calendar.(Calendar)
Apr 01, 2008 ... AUSTRALIAN <Pre> APRIL 5RSYS/RPEYC final races harbour pointscores 5Barnes Bay Regatta, Kettering Yacht Club, ]as 5Club Marine Range Series, Port Phillip, RBYC 6Audi Winter Series Opening Ladies Day Race and Great Veterans Race, CYCA. 8Etchells, ...