Light airs, heavy airs, harbour starts and choppy windward-leewards … nothing phased the TP52 Matador as it took both IRC and TPR honours at the 6th annual SailFest Newcastle Regatta…
SailFest Newcastle Regatta 2025 got off to a flying start yesterday, with the TP52 and offshore fleets summing spinnakers inside the harbour and charging out the entrance for a…
SailFest, one of Australia’s oldest and boldest regattas, will set sail on March 20 and continue through to Sunday March 23, bringing TP52 and ocean racing yachts, top-level keelboat fleet…
After yesterday’s mark drama, today was far calmer on the offshore course as the 2024 Australian Yachting Championships and SailFest Newcastle completed two final windward-leeward races to decide the silverware.…
It was dubbed ‘Day 1 Take II’ of SailFest Newcastle and the Australian Yachting Championships after the first day’s racing was wiped out by wild weather, but the TP52s and…
Racing on Day 1 of the SailFest Newcastle Regatta, incorporating the 2024 Australian Yachting Championships and Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup Act 2, was abandoned this morning ahead of predicted…
An elite fleet of offshore racing thoroughbreds is assembling at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) this week ahead of the Australian Yachting Championships starting Friday, April 5, as part of…
“We shall fight off the beaches … and we shall never surrender” may well have been the catchcry of David Doherty’s TP52 Matador today as it charged like a bull…
As much a rite of passage as just a passage race, the opening salvo of SailFest Newcastle Regatta’s offshore series and TP52 Gold Cup Act 2 again lived up to…
This weekend’s 2023 Newcastle SailFest regatta will rekindle the city’s proud maritime tradition and salty sailing history, with action aplenty on the harbour and off the beaches. A carnival atmosphere…