Frantic, and her skipper Michael Martin, have claimed line honours in 4 days, 2 hours, 23 minutes, and 34 seconds – smashing the race record, previously held by Brindabella for 27 years. Update 5:30pm AEST 7/06/18 Michael Martin’s Newcastle TP52 Frantic is the line honours winner and new record holder of the PONANT Sydney Noumea […]
Six nautical miles between the top four boats in the PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race is setting up a drag race to the finish line as organisers prepare for a Thursday evening line honours arrival. Overnight the frontrunners traded places, Mick Martin’s TP52 Frantic moving to the lead and Tony Kirby’s Ker 46 Patrice slipping […]
Four yachts have now past the halfway point and the prediction is for the majority of the 20-boat fleet racing to New Caledonia to beat the 25-year old race record in the PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race. While the Auckland Noumea fleet has been tested by strong northerly winds, competitors who left Sydney Harbour at […]
Thirty years ago today Kay Cottee – an honorary member of the CYCA – became the first woman to perform a single-handed, non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world by way of both hemispheres. Her six-month-plus journey aboard Blackmores First Lady smashed records and broke-down barriers, paving the way for further and deeper female engagement […]
As the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 builds towards an exciting finish in June in The Hague, organisers can confirm the next edition of the race will start in 2021, under new ownership. Atlant Ocean Racing Spain, led by Richard Brisius, Johan Salén and Jan Litborn, will take over the Volvo Ocean Race from Volvo Group […]
Over the weekend a team from the CYCA Youth Sailing Academy competed at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club for the opening round of the 2018 Interclub Challenge. Over the weekend, Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club hosted the opening round of the 2018 Interclub Challenge. The ‘Interclub Challenge’ is a fleet racing series contested by the Cruising Yacht […]
With the start of the PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race and the Audi Centre Sydney Winter Series, Sydney Harbour had something for everyone. For those entrants of the Audi Centre Sydney Winter Series who set their alarms early and braved the rain squalls, they were rewarded with watching the start of the postponed PONANT Sydney […]
Wendy Tuck, Australian Skipper of Sanya Serenity Coast, remains on top of the overall Clipper Round the World Yacht Race Standings as the eleven teams embark on their next adventure which sees them navigate the Caribbean on their way upwind to New York. More than 200 non-professional crew members, including nine Australians, are taking part […]
PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race crews left Sydney Harbour at 10am on Sunday June 3, 2018 against a backdrop of dark clouds, windy rain squalls, bursts of sunlight and a spectacular rainbow that bridged Sydney Harbour. Most of the 22 crews opted for a western shoreline start and yachts exited the harbour under spinnaker in […]
The race committee of the PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race has announced that with the weather forecast unchanged, the start will be postponed until 0900hrs, Sunday 3 June with a weather briefing at 0700hrs. Please find amendments to the SI’s and NOR on the Sydney Noumea Competitors Page to reflect change of weather briefing to SUNDAY 0700hrs. […]
