Coffs Coast Advocate

GALLERY: Warm Whitsundays welcome for Clipper crews

The community welcomed crews from the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race who finished the fourth leg of the...

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13th Jan. 2020 9:01 AM

The Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam crew claimed line honours in the fourth leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Picture: Laura Thomas

First yacht pegged to arrive tonight

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is narrowing in on the Whitsundays with one boat pulling ahead.

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10th Jan. 2020 3:01 PM

The Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam yacht will claim line honours in the fifth leg of the Round the World Clipper Race this evening. Image: Supplied.

Wild Oats XI’s secret to success

The vessel hailing from Hamilton Island added to it’s racing accolades at the 75th Sydney to Hobart race.

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28th Dec. 2019 4:12 PM

Wild Oats XI placed third in the 75th Sydney to Hobart. Image: Craig Greenhill/Salty Dingo

‘There’s a bomb about to go off’

Sydney to Hobart competitors were sitting ducks as a monster storm hit the race. This is how six died in an Australian...

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26th Dec. 2019 5:12 AM

The 1998 edition of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race was an international tragedy.

Rob riding wave with the write stuff

THERE’S a nautical song playing in the background as author Rob Mundle (AM) talks about his latest book.

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03rd Dec. 2019 12:12 PM

BLUE WATER VOICE: Veteran author and commentator Rob Mundle.

High rise buildings take the wind from their sails

BALLINA'S mayor says planned changes to rezoning on the riverfront won't turn the town into a "Gold Coast", but one local...

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01st Nov. 2019 12:11 AM

High rise buildings are creating "dead spots" and erratic wind conditions for sailors on the Richmond River at Ballina.

Hamilton Island Race Week day 6 rolling start

It was perfect conditions for day five of racing, and waters were saturated with boats. Spinnakers ballooned as the gusts...

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23rd Aug. 2019 6:08 PM

Gladstone yacht to make use of SE winds

Restless at the ready as Gladstone's only monohull in the 71st Brisbane to Gladstone Race

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17th April 2019 1:04 PM

Skipper John Ibell and navigator Paul Janson from Restless which will compete in the Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race.

Restless will be in full race mode on Good Friday

The only question is the weather for the big race

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02nd April 2019 3:04 PM

NO RESTLESS NIGHTS: Skipper John Ibell and crew member Paul Janson from Restless, which will compete in the Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race. The yacht and crew will make it's way down South in the next few days.

Treacherous journey the 'experience of a lifetime'

A makeshift crew of sailors, a climber and a Hawaiian surfer faced five typhoons, medical emergencies and undersea...

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03rd Nov. 2018 5:11 AM

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