Archive for September, 2017
DSS boats win Pipe Opener Series
Derwent Sailing Squadron boats Emotional Rescue and Wings Three today each clinched overall first place in their divisions of the Ronald Young & Co Builders Pipe Opener Series.
Continue ReadingPipe Opener to kick off ‘spring/summer’ sailing
The Derwent Sailing Squadron and Huon Yacht Cub will kick-start the ‘spring/summer’ sailing season this weekend when they join forces to conduct the traditional Pipe Opener Series.
Continue ReadingWinter Winners at the Derwent Sailing Squadron
And the winners are – B&G Advantage, T42 Another Toy, Vistula and Team Musto – each taking out their respective divisions of the Derwent Sailing Squadron Winter Series that ended today.
Continue ReadingExport Roo loses SB20 worlds by just two points
Tasmania’s Export Roo, skippered by Michael Cooper, has lost the 2017 SB20 world championship title by just two points after a final day of frustrating competition on The Solent, off Cowes, England. In a surprise result, prominent British yachtsman Jerry Hill came from fifth place going into the last Gold fleet race day to snatch […]
Continue ReadingExport Roo ‘praying for no wind’ on final day
Tasmania’s Export Roo, skippered by Michael Cooper, goes into the final day of racing at the 2017 SB20 world championship at Cowes with a slender three-point lead in the Gold fleet. Cooper notched up a 3-2-10-24 scorecard on the penultimate day of competition on The Solent which, with a carryover score of five from the […]
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