Tag: Sport
Wot Rocket test run
2 hours, 20 minutes ago
Australia’s Wot Rocket team of Sean Langman and Martin ‘Tacka’Thompson are still waiting for the right conditions on Sydney’s Botany Bay to set the half sailboat, half sailplane loose…
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New fishing laws bite
2 hours, 23 minutes ago
Concerns have been raised new recreational fishing regulations, which come into force on October 15, could put some people out of business…
Duo sets sail for China
1 day ago
Sailors Malcolm Page and Nathan Wilmot, from Middle Harbour Yacht Club, are leaving no stone unturned in their quest for ultimate honours in Beijing…
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Wot Rocket's chance to fly blown away with a gale
2 days, 4 hours ago
Today was the day Wot Rocket pilot Sean Langman and wing man Martin Thompson were going to ‘fly’ but the opportunity was blown out of the water following a delay getting off the beach at Kurnell in Sydney’s south east…
10,000 to clean up algae at Beijing Olympics venue
3 days, 2 hours ago
A huge algae bloom at the Beijing Olympics’ sailing venue will take at least another two weeks to eradicate despite more than 10,000 workers being used in the clean-up effort, state media reported…
Wot Rocket on track for test tomorrow
4 days, 4 hours ago
Given this weekend’s light forecast and the fact the latest round of modifications to Wot Rocket are still in progress, the next planned test sail for Australia’s world speed sailing record attempt will be on Botany Bay tomorrow, Tuesday July 1…
westernaustralia2011.com completes final ocean crossing in penultimate race
4 days, 19 hours ago
westernaustralia2011.com, one of the ten internationally-backed yachts competing in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race, has completed her final ocean crossing of the 35,000-mile contest, finishing in ninth place in Race 13. The yacht crossed the finish line at 0355 local time (0255 GMT) on Sunday 29 June at the end of the 2,080-mile race across the North Atlantic from Nova Scotia, Canada, to Cork, Ireland…
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Earthrace - a vehicle for fuel change
5 days, 2 hours ago
Team Earthrace, led by New Zealand Skipper Pete Bethune, has smashed the world circumnavigation record for a speedboat by almost 14 days. Almost five years of preparation, planning and two record attempts have paid off leaving the bio-diesel powered Earthrace team to claim the round the world speedboat record…
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Rollicking regattas on a lake now vanished
6 days ago
Driving past Lake George these days, when there might be only a sliver of water sparkling in the distance, it’s difficult to believe it once hosted sailing regattas…
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Olympic sailing course choked with algae
1 week ago
They might be hundreds of kilometres away from the smog and pollution of Beijing but Australia’s Olympic sailors are facing an environmental challenge of their own - green sea algae…
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