Archive for August, 2017
Export Roo on a roll on The Solent
With two wins and a second, Tasmania’s Export Roo has moved further ahead on the overall rankings after day three of the SB20 world championship on The Solent in England. Michael Cooper has steered his boat to a net 5 points after Royal Yacht Squadron race officers finally managed to run three races in improved […]
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Export Roo sails to lead at SB20 Worlds
Tasmanian yachtsman Michael Cooper and his crew of David Chapman and Gerry Mitchell have sailed Export Roo to an overall lead after two days of frustrating competition at the SB20 world championship in England. So far racing has been limited to just one race each day because of light winds on The Solent, the famous […]
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Tasmanian sailors to the fore in SB20 worlds
Tasmanian sailors have made a great start to the 2017 SB20 one-design sports boat world championship which began on The Solent off Cowes, England, overnight. Only one race was sailed because of light winds, with Michael Cooper, at the helm of Export Roo, winning the Yellow qualifying fleet. Nick Rogers finished second in the Blue […]
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Tasmanians in SB20 Worlds at Cowes
Eight Australians, seven from Tasmania, are among the 80-plus international helmsmen who will contest the 2017 SB20 one-design sportsboat world championship in the UK next week. Britain’s most exclusive yacht club, the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, is conducting the championship on The Solent, the intensely tidal, sandbank-strewn waterway between the Isle of Wight and […]
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Braving Hobart’s chilly winter
The J24 class yacht T42 Another Toy and her crew from the Latham Syndicate, are certainly enjoying Hobart’s winter chill in the Derwent Sailing Squadron/Battery World Winter Series. T42 Another Toy notched up its fourth successive win of the Winter Series in a 6-10 knot NNW breeze – straight down Mount Wellington.. The mountain was […]
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Yachting Hall of Fame honour to Matt Bugg
Rio Paralympic silver medallist Matt Bugg has been inducted into the Tasmanian Yachting Hall of Fame and also again named Tasmanian Male Sailor of the Year.
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Tasmanian SB20 helmsmen on podium at Cowes Week
Tasmanian SB20 helmsmen Elliot Noye and Michael Cooper fired a warning shot over the bow of the international SB20 fleet during the Lendy Cowes Week 2017 Grand Slam Regatta which ended yesterday. Sailed as part of the full sailing program at historic Cowes Week, the Grand Slam comprised eight races sailed in total and two […]
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Discards tighten lead in SB20 Cowes Grand Slam
With discard races coming into effect, the overall pointscore position had tightened going into the final day of racing in the SB20 Cowes Grand Slam on England’s famed waterway, The Solent. After six of the scheduled eight races, Tasmanian entry Porco Rosso has had its lead reduced to just one point ahead of the British […]
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