Close call between the leading crew’s at the 2017 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta Day four will see for an interesting race between the Performance 1 division with a close point score between leaders Cyclone, skippered by David Chadkirk and Glenn Burrell’s Wildflower II. With only one point in the lead, Cyclone will be required to…
Tonoa leads the trailer fleet after day two in the 2017 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta After finishing day one in third (3rd) place, David Keep and his crew on Tonoa, secured the top spot after day two of the 2017 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta. “After joining the regatta in 2016, we had such a great…
PERFECT CONDITIONS CALL FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL START IN DAY ONE OF THE 2017 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta With a 13 knot easterly breeze and rolling swell to begin with, the Gold Coast shoreline has proven perfect for sailing conditions at Southport Yacht Club’s 2017 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta. 25 entrants began racing today to…
Doug Coulter’s Shakti has taken full advantage of the current weather pattern to launch their boat up the NSW coast overnight and maintain the lead in the first ever Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Yacht Race. Shakti passed Coffs Harbour at around 8:30am this morning with gusts up to 27 knots from the south setting…
Bartercard $5,000 dream stay raises the stakes at Sail Paradise This year, one lucky skipper will sail away with a $5,000 dream stay at a destination of their choice, thanks to Bartercard! Could it be you? Bartercard is pleased to kick off its second year of sponsoring the annual Southport Yacht Club (SYC) Sail Paradise…
A need for speed as XVitesse prepares to join the race track for 2017 Bartercard Sail Paradise Having started sailing in dinghies as a child, Russell Birse’s passion for the sea began at a young age. He has found himself near the water ever since, leading him to enter his newly purchased XP 38 ‘XVitesse’…
Two skippers drawn by the longer distance of January’s first-ever Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Yacht Race have marked the January 2, 2017 start date and are busy preparing crews and their steeds for the first offshore event of the New Year. Entry has been extended to December 15, 2016 by the Royal Prince Alfred…
Inaugural Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Yacht Race set to ROCK! Denis Thompson appointed Race Director for Bartercard Sail Paradise Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s inaugural Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Yacht Race, starting January 2, is destined to “rock” when the fleet arrives at Southport Yacht Club, on the Gold Coast. The club has organised…
A summer sailing bonanza … Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Race + Bartercard Sail Paradise Series Australia’s east coast offshore sailing scene will take on an exciting new dimension in early January with the staging of the inaugural Club Marine Pittwater to Southport ocean race, followed by a new-look Bartercard Sail Paradise series out…
The yacht Frantic’s demise on the rocks at Grassy Island during the last race of Airlie Beach Race Week in August could easily have meant the withdrawal of the first Queensland entry for the Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Yacht Race starting in less than four months’ time. Instead, skipper Graham Furtado is scouting for…