It’s not just the ‘big’ kids who can play at Sail Port Stephens 2017. Our Junior One-Sail Regatta, sponsored by Port Stephens Strata, is on April 11-12 as a stand-alone event. Yes, it’s in the school holidays, and yes it avoids a clash with the CHS regatta at Belmont. It’s open to O’pen Bics, Sabots,…
They’re usually harder to herd than cats, but as many as 20 crews will contest the Australian Sport Boat Association’s (ASBA) national titles from April 7-9 as part of the 2017 Sail Port Stephens race week. At the same time, around a dozen super-charged Super 12s will vie for their NSW state title, the strongest…
Sail Port Stephens is welcoming Sailability and Special Olympics sailors for the first time, contesting the Port Stephens Cup Regatta at Grahamstown Dam, near Newcastle, this weekend (11-12 March). Jason Elwes, secretary for the Grahamstown Dam Sailing Club and treasurer for the Sailability program, is expecting up to 20 boats for the first sponsored event in Sail Port Stephens’…
Everywhere you look these days, women’s sport is coming out of the doldrums. So it’s not surprising that the 2017 Sail Port Stephens race week will have its strongest ever representation of yachtswomen. The Women Who Sail Australia (WWSA) group will be staging their second annual Gathering on the Bay as an entrée to Sail…