Patrice toasts champagne sailing in IRC
Fittingly for a fleet boasting Wild Oats X for the first time, the NSW IRC Championships at Sail Port Stephens enjoyed champagne sailing conditions on the offshore race course for…
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Snakes and ladders for Super 12 opener
The Super 12 NSW Championship fleet opted for a pair of inshore passage races for their first hit-out at Sail Port Stephens, their numbers swollen to 17 by the late…
Read morePort Stephens primed for serious silverware
Some 120 yachts are tugging at their mooring lines like thoroughbreds, and a race track commonly described as Australia’s best is perfectly groomed just in time for tomorrow’s start of…
Read moreShowtime steals the show in Cup finale
On the third day, the wind gods summoned a cracking breeze for the Sail Port Stephens fleet contesting the Commodores Cup – a 6-knot northerly at the start, building to…
Read moreIsland time as fleet heads offshore
It was island time for day two of the Commodores Cup, as a 10-knot sou-easter allowed crews to get a taste of the blue waters and surfing beaches off Port…
Read moreShowtime for hot fleet in chilled start
Belying a tropical 30-degree heatwave, Sail Port Stephens 2018 got off to a chilled start today in light and fickle westerly winds that preceded a late afternoon glass-out. A record…
Read moreLight and easy opener predicted for Cup
Port Stephens wore its Sunday-best weather today, with summer-like temperatures and gentle autumn breezes, however it made for some leisurely progress in the annual Sail Port Stephens feeder race from…
Read moreSailing women gathering at event opener
The Women Who Sail Australia (WWSA) group will be staging their third consecutive Gathering on the Bay as an entrée to Sail Port Stephens. It’s a chance for women sailors,…
Read moreOats X to go wild at SPS18
Wild Oats wines and bubbles have graced Sail Port Stephens for many years but now the regatta is getting a taste of the ‘real thing’ – Wild Oats X is…
Read moreCupful of fun for Sail PS opener
Sail Port Stephens’ cruisy Commodores Cup regatta is set for its largest ever fleet when the starter’s flag drops on April 9. With entries still open until 5pm on Thursday…
Read more16-footers to enjoy first Sail ale
It will be all beer and skittles at Sail Port Stephens in April if you happen to be a 16-Foot skiff sailor, as a fun ‘Keg Run’ has been added…
Read moreEntries and NoR now online
ENTRIES and the Notice of Race for the 2018 Sail Port Stephens race week have now gone online as another ripper regatta is predicted for April 9-15. The success of…
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