Peter and Drew van Ryn’s 25 year-old Sea Hawk took out the Commodore’s Cup division one pointscore by four points in their first regatta since 2011 and division two went to the wire, Dave Griffin’s Alfresco the victor on a countback. The Commodores Cup is the traditional Sail Port Stephens opener and usually a very…
Among the gleaming white fibreglass boats racing en masse at the Commodores Cup, stage one of the two-part 10th anniversary Sai Port Stephens, is the classic timber boat Vittoria cutting a wide path through the gentle Nelson Bay chop. Built for the late and great Victorian yachtsman Lou Abrahams, the Sparkman & Stephens (S&S) 42…
Day two of the Commodore’s Cup at Sail Port Stephens yielded a new division one winner and though the Archambault 32 Esprit’s handicap slug after day one made a second victory much tougher, sailing couple Jane Bartels and Greg Wilkins romped in another division two win. Dennis Cooper’s Sydney 36cr Amante suits a windward/leeward track…
A huge fleet enjoyed a cracking start to the 10th anniversary Sail Port Stephens sailed on Nelson Bay in warm 15-20 knot SSE winds. Pantaenius Commodore’s Cup race one was a 15 nautical miler on a course better known as ‘the pub to pub’ race as it meanders close to a number of waterfront establishments….
A 20-knot sou’easter propelled a record fleet in record time from Newcastle to Port Stephens today, as the feeder race for – you guessed it – a record 2017 Sail Port Stephens regatta in Nelson Bay NSW. More than 40 yachts crowded the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club start line on an inky grey Harbour then…
Matrix will meet James Bond when the 2017 NSW IRC Championship gets underway at Sail Port Stephens on April 7, as new event sponsor Garmin continues to transform science fiction into sailing fact. Best known in the marine industry for its GPS chartplotters, fishfinder/sonar technology and radars, the electronics company is now infiltrating the high-performance…
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…