Racing 520 Miles North on Clockwork

Racing 520 Miles North on Clockwork

Event, Offshore, racing, Yacht

2026 Gold Coast to Mackay Role: HelmSkippers: Andrew Lloyd and Mary Ann Harvey There are races you plan for months, and there are races that find you. Mine found me through two good sailing mates, Irama Navarro Ruiz and Belinda Duivenvoorden, who reached out to say a...
Celebrating Legacy and Grit at the 2026 ORCV Awards

Celebrating Legacy and Grit at the 2026 ORCV Awards

Event, ORCV, SYC, Yacht

Stories from the 2026 ORCV Awards Held at the Sandringham Yacht Club, with MC Jolene George, the 2026 awards night was a celebration of a massive ocean racing season. But more than that, looking back at the honour rolls, it was a reminder that ocean racing in Victoria...
Brass Monkey Winter Pursuit

Brass Monkey Winter Pursuit

Hanse, SBSC, Yacht

Fog, Frost and First Place SBSC 2026 Brass Monkey Winter Pursuit Series · Race 4 · 28 June 2026Safety Beach Sailing Club · Port Phillip Bay There are winter mornings on Port Phillip Bay that make you question leaving a warm bed, and others that make you glad you did....
Smoke, Sparks, and 25 Knots

Smoke, Sparks, and 25 Knots

Hanse, ORCV, SYC, Yacht

Flare Drills Prepping Shimmer for Hobart at the ORCV Winter Series There is nothing quite like a biting, windy June morning on Port Phillip Bay to test both your gear and your nerve. On June 20th, before the starting gun even fired for Race 1 of the 2026 ORCV DYSC...
Time Out goes north

Time Out goes north

Delivery, Hanse, Yacht

Delivering ‘Time Out X2’ A Family Affair and Whale-Watching Along the Coast Delivery Map When her new owner, John Corrie, approached me to handle the technical leg of Time Out X2’s delivery—from Martha’s Cove on the Mornington Peninsula down around the...