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Loki the new Audi IRC Australian champion
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In the closest ever finish in the four year history of the Audi IRC Australian Championship, Stephen Ainsworth's Loki and Harvey Milne's Aroona went-blow-for-blow in the fourth and final event at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week to decide the winner, and this afternoon, Ainsworth received Australia's richest prize in sailing.
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Audi Hamilton Island Race Week saves the best for last
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Audi Hamilton Island Race Week saved the best for last with the sun lighting up the turquoise waters and the breezy trade winds bringing the fleet home from the Lindeman Island Race in super quick time to close the curtain on the 27th edition that attracted a strong fleet of 200 boats.
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17 seconds the difference after seven days and nine races
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The closest divisional battle of the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week was within IRC Passage 2 where Harvey Milne's Archambault 31 Aroona from Sydney and the Matthew Owen skippered BH36 Local Hero, racing with a majority ACT crew, fought tooth and nail for seven days over nine races to finish a point apart.
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Results tight at the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
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Stephen Ainsworth's Reichel Pugh 63, Loki, has strengthened its grip on the IRC Grand Prix division with a handicap win and a third in today's two windward/leeward races on the eastern course area on the penultimate day of racing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.
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Wet and windy weather sets the scene for fast racing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
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For the IRC Grand Prix division, race six of the week-long series was a 27 nautical mile course around Ann Island, Spitfire Rock then a reach to Pine Island and a spectacularly quick spinnaker run and finish in Dent Passage off Hamilton Island Yacht Club.
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The big and the small of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
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Audi Hamilton Island Race Week certainly is a regatta of contrasts.
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Perfect sailing cocktail for day four of racing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
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Stephen Ainsworth's RP63 Loki sailed another impeccable race, the 24 nautical mile course taking the Grand Prix fleet around Baynham and Pentecost islands, to maintain their leading edge in the series pointscore seven points clear of the nearest threat, the Iain Murray skippered RP66 Wild Oats X owned by Bob Oatley.
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Monumental tussle emerging between top two IRC Passage 2 boats at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
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It might have been Harvey Milne's Sydney based Archambault 31 Aroona's day today but the Matthew Owen skippered ACT entry Local Hero is still narrowly leading the series pointscore with no room for error over the remaining four days of competition due to a meagre one point split.
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Calm conditions in the morning at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week and the afternoon bringing wind
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This afternoon the Whitsundays were a sailor's paradise with sunshine and enough breeze to get around the track in reasonable time on day three of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.
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Loki's winning fortunes unchanged
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Loki's winning fortunes are unchanged at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week with a perfect series scorecard of three IRC wins from three starts after day two of racing.
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CYCA News
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CYCA Cruising Information Evening - Berrimilla Tales
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On Wednesday evening 16 June, over 240 CYCA members and their guests were entertained with photos and videos that accompanied stories delivered by Alex and Peter in a laconic style that was sometimes at odds with the places they had been and the feats they had achieved. "That was where Berrimilla had 85 knots..." was just one of the notable quotes from the evening.
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Cruising Yacht Club of Australia launches 2011 Cruise to Hobart
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The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, has today launched the second Cruise to Hobart, that will commence in January 2011, with the release of the Notice of Cruise.
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CYCA Cruising to Newcastle
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CYCA Cruising, together with 6 boats from RPAYC, spent the weekend of the 9th and 10th January as guests of the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club. We took the easy option of sailing north in two legs, overnighting in Pittwater and then riding an ESE breeze the 48nm to Newcastle.
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CYCA Proudly Launches the CYCA Medical Management for Mariners Course (MMM)
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Enrol today for the first CYCA Medical Management for Mariners Course (MMM), commencing on Tuesday 6 October 2009.
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Club Marine Cruise to Hobart - Tales from the sea
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After taking part in the Inaugural CYCA Cruise to Hobart Denis Doyle and Benjamin on 'Sextant' are currently enjoying the waters of the D'Entrecasteaux Chanel in Tasmania and on Saturday night reported they were anchored off Bruny Island enjoying oysters natural and Kilpatrick for dinner. Now that's cruising!
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Club Marine Cruise in Company 2009
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The successful completion of the inaugural Club Marine Cruise to Hobart was celebrated at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania last Friday night after all boats arrived safely in Hobart by the alloted time of 1200h Thursday 5 February.
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Eight Yachts to participate in the inaugural Club Marine 2009 Cruise
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The Club Marine 2009 Cruise to Hobart is an initiative of the CYCA Cruising Committee. Introduced into the 2008/2009 sailing calendar, the Club Marine 2009 Cruise is the result of a strategy to offer members of the club and other cruising enthusiasts the opportunity to take part in an organised long coastal cruise that conforms to a list of objectives.
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News from the Cruising Committee
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CYCA Cruising Christmas Picnic - Saturday 13 December
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On Saturday 13 December CYCA Cruising will join with the Blues Point Yacht Club for a Christmas get together. All CYCA members are invited to attend.
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FROM TWILIGHTS TO GRAND PRIX - REPORT ON CRUISING INFORMATION NIGHT
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On 25th November the CYCA Cruising Committee hosted an information evening entitled "From twilights to grand prix", a presentation by Michael Spies, Julian Plante, and Michael Coxon.
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World Maritime News
Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Breaking News
Sydney Mooloolaba Yacht Race Breaking News
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Tough start for Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet likely
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Those seas and wind against current will pose the first major tactical decision for skippers - whether to head offshore to find the northerly current that acts as a sort of conveyor belt south, but at the cost of pounding into steeper, bigger waves which can damage the boat, or to stay inshore where the waves should not be as steep.
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Last boat finishes Sydney Mooloolaba Yacht Race
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At 4.09pm this afternoon, the final yacht Phillip's Foote Witchdoctor crossed the finish line of the 2006 Sydney Mooloolaba Yacht Race.
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"Don't leave, we are coming!"
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"Don't leave just yet, we are coming," pleaded Sal Ridulfo, skipper of Plus 16 early this afternoon.
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Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race Breaking News
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Milne's comeback trail to Audi IRC Australian Championship contender
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With the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht race completed, Aroona placed seventh overall and first in division 4. They now sit on 14.74 points on the 2010 Audi IRC Australian Championship leader board, with Michael Hiatt's Victorian Farr 55 Living Doll second on 41.07 points and Stephen Ainsworth's Sydney based Reichel Pugh 63 Loki third on 60.87 points
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Nice Guys Finish Last
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The arrival of Tony Purkiss and his five Newcastle and Lake Macquarie mates on the Swanson 36 Mister Christian has signalled the end of the 25th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race.
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Gigantic Sydney 38 match race north
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The five-boat Sydney 38 fleet contesting the 25th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race enjoyed a "gigantic match race" up the New South Wales and south east Queensland coastline according to the co-owner of the eventual winner, JSteel.
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OnBoard Festival: Local youngsters stay upright in fun day afloat at Sutton Bingham Sailing Club
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Despite gusty wind conditions, 66 youngsters enjoyed a fun yet competitive day on the water without too many capsizes at Sutton Bingham Sailing Club when they competed in the annual OnBoard Festival on 28th August. The sailing festival attracted ...
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Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race :A Game of Two Halves
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It has been over 24 hours since any yacht, competing in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race finished. However a goal rush is expected for the second half, with three boats expected in the early hours of tomorrow ...
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Second part of BBC 'Olympic Sailing' documentaries to air this weekend
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Following on from their Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta documentary a fortnight ago, part two of the BBC’s two programmes on Olympic Classes sailing will air this weekend. There was no downtime for Britain’s top sailors after Sail for ...
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Velux 5 Oceans : Chris Stanmore-Major's Eco 60 Spartan gets new lease of life
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She was once known as Saga Insurance, grey hulled and light blue decked, the yacht which took Sir Robin Knox-Johnston round the world at the age of 67 in the last VELUX 5 OCEANS. But yesterday the famous Eco ...
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USA. New oil rig explosion burns in Gulf Of Mexico, Houston maritime lawyers renew calls for offshore workers protection
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The Deepwater Horizon explosion in April and the Mariner Energy rig explosion on September 2 punctuate the need for better protection of the safety of oil rig crews and other maritime employees, the Houston maritime lawyers of Arnold & ...
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Steiner X-Yachts Gold Cup : Sideracordis still leads X-41 fleet : Lelagain leads X-35
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Another day of great racing at the Steiner X-Yachts Gold Cup kicked off today at Marina di Scarlino in Maremma Tuscany organized by the Yacht Club Italiano and the Club Nautico Scarlino, in collaboration with X-Yachts Italia and in ...
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Normandy Channel Race : Renewal of a great Channel epic
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The 2011 race will set out from and return to Caen via the Saint-Marcouf Islands, the Isle of Wight, the offshore Irish lighthouses of Tuskar Rock and Fastnet Rock, the island of Guernsey and back to the Baie de ...
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RS:X Worlds : Alessandra Sensini takes the lead
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Showing that experience pays in this class, so today veteran windsurfer and quadruple Olympic medallist Alessandra Sensini from Italy pulled into the lead at the RS:X World Championships, being held at Kerteminde, Denmark. Following Wednesday’s layday, today was the ...
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Finn Gold Cup: Wright and Trujillo battle for supremacy
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After another two windy races, the top five at the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco maintain their relative positions but Rafa Trujillo (ESP) who scored 1-2 and Ed Wright (GBR) who scored 2-5 increased their lead over the ...
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470 Open Europeans : Patience/Bithell (GBR) & Conti/Micol (ITA) sail into lead
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Istanbul produced sun, wind and waves for a spectacular day three at the 2010 Open 470 European Championships. With the warm wind pulsing from 15 to 20 knots, it also provided the medicine that some teams needed to haul ...
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