It wasn’t just the St George Sailing Club social scene that shut down the day the wrecking ball started swinging in 2019, knocking down the old joint and laying the platform for a massive rebuild. The sailing program also took a back seat for three years, meaning dozens of competitors were either lost to the […]

If you look up the word “dominant” in the dictionary, the definition should feature a picture of Sarah Lee alongside it. The Bosker Build skipper is blitzing all comers in St George’s 16ft fleet, winning her fifth straight club championship heat at the weekend. Last year, sailing Noakes, she piloted the boat to six wins […]

Harry Price had only 24 hours to prepare for a race that’s been 115 years in the making before joining an illustrious list of skippers to win the Botany Bay Championship. Price guided Manly entrant Moonen Yachts to victory in the famous 16ft race after filling in for regular skipper Daniel “Ruffy” Turner, who is […]

Bosker Build is on track to sweep the Riley Fittings club championship at St George after registering a double victory at the weekend. The Sarah-Lee skippered skiff racked up back-to-back bullets in heats five and six and seem assured of being crowned overall winner despite having three heats left to sail. Bosker has a chance […]

One thing is certain at the Australian 13ft Championships on Hervey Bay: a Manly Skiff Club boat will take out the title. The hard part is predicting which of a range of contenders will be left holding the silverware come Saturday night. Manly boats have dominated proceedings as the regatta hits the halfway point, claiming […]

Modern Construction Concepts are daring to dream about pulling off one of the more remarkable Australian 16ft Championship victories after lighting up the first four heats of the nationals in Hervey Bay. Skipper Kurt Hansen and crew Jackson Cranfield and Chris Williams have guided the Manly boat to three seconds and a first to hold […]