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If you went up to someone random on the street and asked them what they thought Australia’s top five most successful sports were, they would not mention sailing.
If you went up to someone random on the street and asked them what they thought Australia’s top five most successful sports were, they would not mention sailing.
After two years of frustration, Wild Oats XI will aim to claim a staggering ninth line honours victory in the 2017 Sydney to Hobart, but once again will face stiff opposition on the 628-nautical mile trek south. Join The Roar for live coverage of the race from 1pm (AEDT) on Boxing Day.
I’m going to nail my colours to the mast. I couldn’t care less about the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. And I’ll go out on a limb and say not many other folks do either.
At 1pm AEDT on Boxing Day, as lunch is taken at the MCG, the gun will fire to signal the start of the 72nd Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Join The Roar for live updates from the race.
When people think of extreme sports they often picture cliff diving, snowboarding out of a helicopter or base jumping from the edge of space, but few will have heard of the Extreme Sailing Series.
Followers of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race will be aware every few years the fleet is bolstered by the inclusion of the Clipper Fleet as part of their racing circumnavigation of the globe.
Nearly three years ago, in late 2013, Bob and Sandy Oatley of Wild Oats XI fame became the official challengers of record for the 35th Americas Cup to be held in 2017.
At 1pm on Boxing Day, as lunch is taken at the MCG, the gun will fire to signal the start of the 71st Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
Here is the third part of my series looking at the contenders for the upcoming Sydney to Hobart 2015.
After two full blingless days, our sailors have got the Australian medal tally ticking over again, bless their soggy cotton socks.
After two full blingless days, our sailors have got the Australian medal tally ticking over again, bless their soggy cotton socks.
After two full blingless days, our sailors have got the Australian medal tally ticking over again, bless their soggy cotton socks.
The contingent of maxis in this year’s Sydney to Hobart is a much larger than usual, with a total of 20 scheduled to start on Boxing Day.
The contingent of maxis in this year’s Sydney to Hobart is a much larger than usual, with a total of 20 scheduled to start on Boxing Day.
The contingent of maxis in this year’s Sydney to Hobart is a much larger than usual, with a total of 20 scheduled to start on Boxing Day.
This is the first of a series looking at the contenders for this year’s race, focusing on the supermaxis.
On Boxing Day 111 yachts of varying sizes, including the international round the world Clipper fleet, will head to Hobart in the 71st edition of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
And so it begins, the countdown to the 2015 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
This Saturday the seven teams competing in the 2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race leave Alicante on the first leg of their 38000-nautical mile round-the-world odyssey. First stop, Cape Town.
This year’s Pittwater to Coffs Harbour we didn’t have the close finish of last year when it came to line honours battle, but we certainly did have some exciting sailing in this year’s event.
After the excitement and intense media coverage of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, the sailing fraternity’s attention turns to the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s Pittwater to Coffs Race and Regatta.
The Sydney to Hobart’s two main trophies have been run and won, but spare a thought for those 20 or so smaller yachts and their hard working crews who are still at sea.
At 1.00pm today, as lunch is taken at the MCG, the gun will fire to signal the start of the 69th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race for 2013. Join us for live race updates as the fleet make their way beyond the heads and head south.
More than 38,000 nautical miles, 11 ports, five continents and four oceans. On October 11, 2014, seven teams will set off from Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca for what is the longest, but also one of the most arduous, professional sporting events in the world.
More than 38,000 nautical miles, 11 ports, five continents and four oceans. On October 11, 2014, seven teams will set off from Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca for what is the longest, but also one of the most arduous, professional sporting events in the world.
More than 38,000 nautical miles, 11 ports, five continents and four oceans. On October 11, 2014, seven teams will set off from Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca for what is the longest, but also one of the most arduous, professional sporting events in the world.
If you went up to someone random on the street and asked them what they thought Australia’s top five most successful sports were, they would not mention sailing.
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