Strictly Sailing at Sydney Boat Show

by Rob Kothe on 29 Jul 2007 The Boating Stage at the 40th Sydney International Boat Show is a must see for the Cruising Community each afternoon. The Sail-World Team has been working hard to deliver am exciting and interesting Strictly Sailing Stage and we really want to see you plenty of you there each day. The Show runs from Thursday August 2nd until Tueday 7th 2007.

There is an exciting morning of Boat Activities on the stage in the morning, you can drop in early and see how the other half live.

The Musto Fashion Parade runs from 12:30pm, and then Cooking personality Lyndey Main will be cooking up an on-board storm from 12:50pm.

At 1:10pm, it’s NSW Maritime discussing the Do’s and Don’t then at 1:30pm Ken Batt, a rare combination of sailor and meteorologist will be discussing severe weather ion the NSW Coast.

At 1:50pm, the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard will be trying to stop you ever having to climb into a Life Raft. Then more models on stage for the second Musto Fashion Parade of the day.

At 2:50pm the very popular Gary Schipper from Stormy Seas will be doing his Marine Safety presentation. –Gary always draw a crowd, stop by and you will see why.

3:10pm and we have Tony Mowbray, Australian solo circumnavigator and cruising aficionado. Mike Harker, the international cruising adventurer who has just crossed the Pacific to reach Sydney in time for the Show will be on stage from 3:30pm.

At 3:50pmRoyce Black will tell us about sailing through a Category 5 cyclone on a Seawind Catamaran.

At 4:10, Andrew Cribb from Yachting NSW will explain how adults can get into sailing.

Lyndey Main is back at 4:30pm and the action continues at 4:40 with young guns Micah Lane and Jack McCartney, the current Australian 18 footer champions, who spend most of their time on the Cruising scene with Vicsail Beneteau.

Andrew Cribb will be back explains how Kids can get into sailing and at 5:30pm Steven Bond, from Ozi Opti will be explaining that Kids and Boats are fun.

At 5:50pm Team RFD will get serious about Life Rafts, then at 6:10pm Trevor Joyce from Mariner Boating will be making us all dream of the best ever Cruising holidays.

Here is the current schedule.