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’…
DetailsTwo 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…
DetailsInaugural 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…
DetailsA 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsOne of the major annual ocean yacht races on Australia’s east coast, the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Race, has been rescheduled to finish on the Gold Coast next January. The race organisers at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, in Sydney, have announced the change after officials at Southport Yacht Club, at Main Beach,…
DetailsThe annual Bartercard Coffs to Paradise Yacht Race and Bartercard Sail Paradise are back! Coming as Southport Yacht Club’s extension of Royal Prince Alfred’s Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race, which starts on January 2, the annual Bartercard Coffs to Paradise Race will get underway on Saturday, January 7. The 150 nautical mile course will take competitors…
DetailsWith the fourth and final day of racing completed on Sunday 17th January, David Hows Beneteau 445 OCEAN GEM, along with the crew were awarded overall 2016 Bartercard Coffs to Paradise and Sail Paradise Champions. After being awarded first (1st) place in the IRC division of the 2016 Bartercard Coffs to Paradise Yacht Race earlier…
DetailsBIG BOAT RACING POSTPONED ON DAY THREE OF THE 2016 BARTERCARD SAIL PARADISE REGATTA The decision was made this morning by the race committee to unfortunately postpone the Keel Boat and Multihull Performance racing on day three of the 2016 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta. Conditions this morning at the Gold Coast seaway entrance were waves in…
DetailsAs the 2016 Bartercard Sail Paradise regatta completes the second day of racing, the conditions off the Gold Coast beaches was one that put a test to the best of sailors. With the swell reaching two meters and winds in excess of 20 knots the crews were battered and bruised after completing three races in…
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