Delivering ‘Mell’ to Her New Home

Delivering ‘Mell’ to Her New Home

Hanse delivery Melbourne to Newcastle Owner: Scott KnightsVice CommodoreNewcastle Cruising Yacht Club I joined Scott Knight, the Vice Commodore of the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club, and our third hand, Damien, for a milestone journey: delivering Scott’s newly...
Shimmer

Shimmer

Hanse 505 – Shimmer Skipper: Steve TwentymanSafety Beach Sailing Club (SBSC) Shimmer is one of the yachts I sail on most regularly, and over time she’s become a familiar and trusted platform. Sailing out of Safety Beach Sailing Club, much of our time together has been...
Airlie Beach Race Week 2025

Airlie Beach Race Week 2025

Whitsundays Airlie Beach Race Week There are worse offices than the Whitsundays in July. Turquoise water, trade winds, 74 islands — and a fleet of keelboats rounding marks you’d normally only see on a postcard....
Magnetic Island Race Week 2025

Magnetic Island Race Week 2025

Y Knot Hanse 430 Skipper: Rob Rainsford | Magnetic Island Race Week My first Magnetic Island Race Week. What a great event. I was the Bow person of the crew racing Y Knot, a Hanse 430 skippered by Rob Rainsford. Sailing at Magnetic Island feels a long way from the...
Airlie Beach Race Week 2024

Airlie Beach Race Week 2024

Into the Mystic Hanse 430E | Skipper: Adam Leeming I was invited by my OTB sailing friend Alister Danks to join him aboard Into the Mystic, a Hanse 430E owned by Adam Leeming, for Airlie Beach Race Week 2024 — one of Australia’s premier week-long offshore regattas set...
Melbourne to King Island 2025

Melbourne to King Island 2025

ORCV Melbourne to King Island 2025 54th Melbourne to King Island Ocean Race The 54th Melbourne to King Island Ocean Race was one of those events where the conditions aligned, the fleet was competitive, and the crossing of Bass Strait did everything it was supposed to...