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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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Chicago Match Race Center to host Canada's Cup
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After a hiatus of three years, an agreement has been reached enabling the Chicago Match Race Center (CMRC), a yacht club established in 2009 and operating out of North Belmont Harbor in Chicago, to host a 2010 edition of ...
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Finn Gold Cup : Ed Wright lays down the gauntlet
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The windiest day yet at the 2010 Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco produced some more thrilling racing, close finishes and spectacular sailing. Regatta leader Ed Wright has moved into a 13 point lead going into Saturday's medal race ...
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Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship :Rodriguez & Hall confirmed Champions
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Ernesto Rodriguez and Mary Hall of the US sailed the last race of the Championship and confirmed they are the true champions by winning the last race. With a storm brewing, the wind was strong out of the south ...
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RS:X World Championship : New Zealands Tom Ashley chases a medal in Denmark
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Tom Ashley is in the hunt for a World Championship medal with the RS:X Men’s title up for grabs in one final medal race to be sailed in Kerteminde, Denmark tonight. Lying fourth after a hard fought five days ...
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Laser World Championship : Four NZL Sailing sailors in top ten
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Things are heating up at the 2010 Laser World Championships at Hayling Island, Great Britain where a team of seven kiwis are competing. The NZL Sailing Team continues to feature strongly at the top of the fleet with four ...
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RS:X World Championship : New Zealands Tom Ashley chases a medal in Denmark
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Tom Ashley is in the hunt for a World Championship medal with the RS:X Men’s title up for grabs in one final medal race to be sailed in Kerteminde, Denmark tonight. Lying fourth after a hard fought five days ...
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PWA Women(s Slalom World Tour Almanarre, Hyeres event preview
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As the 2010 PWA slalom season draws to a close, it’s Almanarre that will this time play host to the final all female showdown. Without a male in sight, the women will be able to pack in a race ...
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St. Moritz Match Race : Mountains of suspense in the Swiss Alps
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The tension was palpable deep in the Swiss Alps at the St. Moritz Match Race today as the final push to qualify for the quarter-finals reached fever pitch. While three teams were assured of their place, a further six ...
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RS:X World Championships : Medal racers decided on high scoring day in Kerteminde
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Light shifting winds allowed just one shortened race to be held in both the Men and Women’s Gold fleets today at the RS:X World Championship in Kerteminde, Denmark, the competition watched by HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. Today’s ...
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Laser Worlds : Black flags cast a long shadow after first finals day
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Tom Slingsby may have emerged from an emotionally bruising first pair of high octane Finals races at the Laser World Championships off Hayling Island, with his overall lead all but intact, but the world title winner from 2007 and ...
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