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Veteran Sailor retains Victorian Sydney 38 Title
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Rowan Simpson - Secretary, Sydney 38 Southern Chapter, Victoria ,
3:54 PM Fri 24 Apr 2009
The 2009 FPT Sydney 38 Victorian Championships hosted by Sandringham Yacht Club was again won by the veteran 83 year old Lou Abrahams and his 'Challenge' crew. The series attracted 9 entries and was sailed in light conditions. All seven races were completed providing participants with a great weekend of racing....
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Sydney Yachts commends Sydney 38 National Championship winners
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Azzura Marine Media, Sydney ,
4:00 PM Tue 3 Mar 2009
In overwhelmingly consistent form, Tony Walls’ Sydney 38 Acuity held an eight point lead to claim victory in the Australian Sydney 38 Championships, proudly sponsored by Line 7 in collaboration with Sydney Yachts.
Traks Gordon, coach of team Acuity, believes the team earned the result they produced....
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Acuity dominates at Line 7 Sydney 38 Australian Championships
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Sydney 38 Media,
3:29 PM Mon 2 Mar 2009
The Tony Walls helmed 'Acuity' lived up to their name and proved to be the sharpest and keenest of Australia’s Sydney 38 Class by dominating the Line 7 Australian Sydney 38 Championships over the past three days....
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Sydney Yachts sponsors Sydney 38 Australian Championships
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Azzura Marine Media, Sydney ,
5:01 PM Tue 24 Feb 2009
Australia’s largest sailing yacht manufacturer, Sydney Yachts, in collaboration with clothing brand Line 7, is proud to support the 2009 Sydney 38 Australian Championship...
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Line 7 Sydney 38 2009 Australian Championship
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Sydney 38 Media,
3:26 PM Wed 18 Feb 2009
Australia & New Zealand’s leading sailing clothing brand Line 7, will continue its long standing support of the Sydney 38 class by sponsoring the 2009 Sydney 38 Australian Championship set to be run out of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron from February 27th thru to March 1st....
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Close racing highlighted 2009 Morris Financial Sydney 38 Regatta
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Rowan Simpson, Melbourne ,
5:15 PM Mon 2 Feb 2009
Close racing was the highlight of the 2009 Skandia Morris Financial Sydney 38 One Design Regatta held between 23rd and 26th January. With all of the Victorian fleet of Sydney 38’s on the water, 9 yachts made for great racing....
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Terra Firma wins Sydney 47 Regatta
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Bradshaw Kellett, Sydney ,
7:48 AM Tue 28 Oct 2008
Terra Firma wins the Sydney 47 Regatta with three firsts on the final day ahead of Balance and Jem....
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Close tussle for top spot at Sydney 47 Regatta
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Bradshaw Kellett, Sydney ,
8:07 AM Sun 26 Oct 2008
The first day of the Sydney 47 Regatta was held on a beautiful Sydney day, with a light northeasterly and enjoyed by all involved. With the lead changing many times, John Balderstone’s Jem was able to come back from last place after being caught on the wrong side of a wind shift to take first place on line honours and equal first on IRC with Peter Mooney’s Endorfin....
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2008 Sydney 47 Regatta
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Bradshaw Kellett, Sydney ,
1:36 PM Wed 22 Oct 2008
The inagural Sydney 47 Regatta, proudly supported by Sydney Yachts and Slam, will commence this weekend at the CYCA. Five Sydney 47's will be on the start line on Saturday morning for the first race....
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Conditions Test Victorian Sydney 38s at Geelong
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Rowan Simpson - Class Secretary, Melbourne ,
5:19 AM Fri 26 Sep 2008
Seven Sydney 38’s participated in the Morris Finance Short Course Regatta hosted by Royal Geelong Yacht Club over the weekend of the 20th and 21st September. The event is the traditional season opener for the Victorian fleet and is designed to provide owners and their crews the opportunity to have coaching, close short course racing and enjoy some social time together ....
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Record Breaking Numbers at Hamilton Jubilee
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Martine Ballantyne, Sydney ,
12:46 PM Mon 15 Sep 2008
Conditions may not have been as typically warm as previous years, but that didn’t stop the on water competition from reaching boiling points during the Silver Jubilee Audi Hamilton Island Race Week....
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Sydney Yachts Powers to Audi Victory
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Martine Ballantyne, Sydney ,
8:44 AM Wed 10 Sep 2008
Sydney Yachts 36CR owner and skipper Peter Sorenson demonstrated the premium race lineage of the Sydney brand by snaring the hotly contested 2008 Audi IRC Australian Champion title with The Philosopher’s Club....
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Sierra Chainsaw pipped at the post
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Rowan Simpson - Secretary, Southern Chapter, Victoria ,
4:13 AM Wed 20 Aug 2008
Sydney 38's enjoy close racing in ORCV Winter Series Race 5. On a cold, overcast day with a 14 to 17 knot south westerly wind blowing directly from the antartic, four Sydney 38’s competed in race five of the ORCV winter series on Port Phillip Bay on Sunday 17th August...
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New Sydney 36CR for International Umpire
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Brett Eklund,
1:21 PM Sat 26 Jul 2008
International sailing umpire Steven Hatch has spent many hundreds of hours watching America’s Cup and other boats manoeuvring in close match and fleet races and could well be considered an expert in handling and what a boat can and can’t do. When it came to buying himself a new boat with all of this experience Steven looked no further than the Sydney 36CR for its handling and performance....
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Sydney 38s VORC Winter Series
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Rowan Simpson, Melbourne ,
4:28 AM Tue 8 Jul 2008
Sydney 38 - VORC Winter Series Race 1. In a testing northerly wind ranging between 15 to 25 knots in what is primarily an IRC event, five Sydney 38’s faced the starter for the seven race event. 'Challenge' (Lou Abrahams) eventually was the first Sydney 38 across the line, followed by 'Sierra Chainsaw' (Andrew & Mel Mollison) and 'Scarlett Runner' (Rob Date)....
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Now this is more like it! Winter Series Race 12
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Brooke Paton, Mosman ,
5:21 PM Fri 4 Jul 2008
Oops… It’s happened again! And I thought sail makers had followed the ‘KISS’ principle in making a spinnaker, being that the 'Head' connects to the 'Halyard', but obviously not simple enough for some. This time it was Contentious Issues Bowman that got it wrong....
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Are we heading to Hobart or competing on a Sunday?
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Brooke Paton, Mosman ,
11:43 AM Thu 19 Jun 2008
Gordon Ketelbey’s Zen attracted her fare share of interest fronting up to the start line with a minimalist view on sail area, sporting a number three headsail only. Unfortunately on the way to the start line, one of the crew looked up and commented, 'The top of the main is not trimmed properly…' and they were right. The main was torn from the luff to the leach below the second batten....
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Race 8 & 9 Sydney 38 One Design Divisional Report
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Brooke Paton, Mosman ,
8:37 PM Thu 12 Jun 2008
Sunday, 1st June 2008, race eight of the Audi Winter Series 2008, was one of the most challenging for the series so far and it was made even more challenging with Swish launching their new mast head spinnaker. They were spotted out training in the very variable conditions. Good acceleration was observed from Zen, when they were on the first run to Cannae Point alongside Swish...
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Audi Winter Series Sydney 38 Race 7
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Brooke Paton, Mosman ,
7:52 PM Thu 29 May 2008
14 Sydney 38’s turned up for another winter Sunday on Sydney Harbour to work hard spotting breeze, shifting bodies and calculating how to be in the right place at the right time.
Racing started in approximately 8 knots or less of breeze as we saw Uplift catch the 'main' fleet start mark and an individual recall made for Ichi Bandit....
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2008 Ronstan Sydney 38 Victorian State Titles
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Rowan Simpson, Melbourne ,
11:25 AM Mon 21 Apr 2008
Legend Lou Abrahams successfully defended the 2008 Ronstan Sydney 38 Victorian One Design Championships hosted by Sandringham Yacht Club last weekend, the 19th and 20th of April. Due to very light winds of less than 12 knots, racing was delayed on both days and the race management did well to complete 5 of the scheduled 6 races....
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