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Phil Molony's wonderful boat Papillon and hot crew won Division B

Fun in the Sun for Race Three of the CYCA Winter Series

It was another perfect day for competitors in Race 3 of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Winter Series – a full course was sailed, the sun was shining burning off the early morning fog and once the breeze filled in there was some great races within races across the 13 divisions. ...

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  • 5/12/2013 6:30:00 PM
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MAY 2013

Tom Quick is enjoying the new Outlaw

Tricky and Shifty Conditions for Race Two of the CYCA Winter Series

Once again, Mother Nature smiled on the 124 yachts competing in Race 2 of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Winter Series, providing competitors with a glorious sunny day and moderate south south-westerly winds. The predicted 15-25 knots did not eventuate however conditions were fluky with some holes spread across the course. ...

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  • 5/5/2013 6:00:00 PM
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The start of the 2012 Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race

Entries Now Open for Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2013

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to announce the release of the Notice of Race for the 384 nautical mile Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race to start on Sydney Harbour at 1pm, Saturday 27 July...

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  • 5/3/2013 9:00:00 AM
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Wasabi (Bruce McKay and John Davies) wins line honours in the Melbourne Osaka Cup Double Handed

Through Hell in High Water - Wasabi's Melbourne to Osaka Race

CYCA and Cronulla Sailing Club member Bruce McKay and John Davies have described how they survived the ‘‘worst sailing conditions of their lives’’ before winning line honours in the Melbourne Osaka Cup Double-Handed — Australia’s longest category one yacht race over 5,500 nautical miles....

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  • 5/1/2013 7:00:00 AM
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APRIL 2013

Team Beau Geste won Stage 2 of the TP52 Southern Cross Cup

Team Beau Geste mounts stunning TP52 Southern Cross Cup defence

The internationally crewed Team Beau Geste from the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club mounted a stunning defence of their first round result in the TP52 Southern Cross Cup, wrapping up stage two this afternoon on Melbourne’s Port Phillip by a whopping 15 points....

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  • 4/28/2013 5:32:00 PM
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The tight duel between Crusader and Krakatoa

Summer like Conditions for First Race of the CYCA Winter Series

On a day that was reminiscent of summer with balmy temperatures in the mid-20s, 112 yachts took to the start line for Race 1 of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Winter Series, which has been part of the club’s sailing calendar for over 65 years....

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  • 4/28/2013 4:15:00 PM
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Celestial, IRC NSW Championships, 2013 Sail Port Stephens

Heartbreak for series leader - Sail Port Stephens 2013

With sunshine and puffy white clouds in the sky and a 10-15 knot forecast Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson's aim was to take the NSW IRC Championship fleet offshore to a relatively sheltered area in Providence Bay behind Yacaaba Head, while the Performance Racing fleets would sail inshore with the Elliott 7 Australian Championship fleet and the Performance Cruising fleets on their various bayside courses. ...

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  • 4/21/2013 8:46:00 PM
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Kathleen Gillett finished eleventh in the 2013 Great Veterans Race

Mister Christian wins the Great Veterans Race

David Salter’s Swanson 36 Mister Christian has won the Great Veterans Race from Mercedes IV and Fidelis. The Great Veteran’s Race, is the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual tribute to those classic Sydney Hobart Yacht race yachts that sailed south in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s and marks the opening of the CYCA Winter Series....

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  • 4/21/2013 5:31:00 PM
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Grace Franki skippered Saltshaker to a win in Division B spinnaker

All the Fun and Colour of Opening Ladies Day

Fun and colour was the name of the game on board many of the yachts competing in the Ladies Day race. A selection of images from official CYCA Winter Series photographer SailPix....

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  • 4/21/2013 4:00:00 PM
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NSW IRC Championships, 2013 Sail Port Stephens

Sail Port Stephens – Sailing in an East Coast Low

Today Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson was running the IRC NSW titles course. He told the story from a race officer's perspective ‘The first windward leeward was sailed in a south wester with gusts up to 25 knots and right at the end of the race a little southerly came in. We started another in the new breeze but there was a 50 degree shift so I abandoned that race, brought them back and we waited around for the breeze to fill in which it did. ...

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  • 4/20/2013 10:37:00 PM
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