ORCV Coastal Sprint #3

Hanse, Offshore, racing, ORCV, Yacht

ORCV Coastal Sprint 2026 West Offshore Products Coastal Sprint There’s something about an early Saturday start at Queenscliff. The fleet gets underway while most of Melbourne is still in bed, and by the time the city wakes up, you’re already working your...

Delivering ‘Mell’ to Her New Home

Delivery, Hanse

Hanse delivery Melbourne to Newcastle Owner: Scott KnightsVice CommodoreNewcastle Cruising Yacht Club There is a specific kind of magic that happens when a boat begins its next chapter. Last week, I had the pleasure of joining Scott Knights, the Vice Commodore of the...

Shimmer

Hanse, ORCV, Yacht

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

ABRW, Hanse, Yacht

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

Hanse, Yacht

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

ABRW, Hanse, Yacht

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...