Sydney Harbour's Sailing Spectacular, this Iconic Sydney Event, attracts the highly competitive, glamorous racing yachts frequently seen gracing the harbour and the most popular international keelboat classes. The "sailing regatta for all sailors" the harbour is also decorated with non-spinnaker racers and the Classic Yachts class. It is forms part of the prestigious Audi Australian IRC Championship.
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Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta winners announced
By Di Pearson,
9:36 PM Sun 8 Mar 2009
Another successful Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta - and with a record 308 entries. In IRC Bob Steel and his Quest crew nearly came a cropper when they dropped down the leaderboard in Race 5. However they recovered in Race 6. Alegria won IRC Division 2. ...
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Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta: Images from Crosbie Lorimer
By Crosbie Lorimer, Sydney ,
7:25 PM Sun 8 Mar 2009
The breeze built slowly all day as the clouds loomed progressively from offshore on Day 2 of the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta.
With the sun peering periodically through dark clouds the light was spectacular by early afternoon and made for some great images.
Crosbie Lorimer followed the fleet inshore and offshore to capture these images. ...
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Back to back winners prepare for another wet race track
By Lisa Ratcliff,
7:19 PM Sun 8 Mar 2009
Doug McGain has done it again, claiming top honours in the J24 division at Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta with Code Violation. Last year Ben Nossiter won an Audi sedan following the Audi Final Challenge and tomorrow two of his crew will take to a forecast wet track at Oran Park Raceway, thanks to Sirius’ overall win in the hotly contested Adams 10 division. ...
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Grrrrrrreat racing on the Flying Tigers at Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta
By Lisa Ratcliff,
5:38 PM Sun 8 Mar 2009
Andrew and Gae Bristow have made a spectacular return to racing following a 12 year break. They finished their debut Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta with a perfect scorecard – six wins from six races. The courses were good and we had plenty of wind. It was a bit like ocean racing surfing down waves at Sydney Heads but without having to go offshore,' grinned Andrew Bristow, the winning skipper. ...
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Pourquoi wraps up Yngling division at Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta
By Lisa Ratcliff,
3:52 PM Sun 8 Mar 2009
Three time Olympic sailor Karyn Gojnich called in the heavy artillery for the final day of the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta after her 16 year old daughter Amy was rostered for surf patrol at Manly’s North Steyne beach and couldn’t fill the for’ard hand’s shoes. ...
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Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta Day 2 images
By Sail-World,
3:00 PM Sun 8 Mar 2009
Yachting photographer Andrea Francolini was at the office again today. This time Sydney Harbour for the second day of the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta. Enjoy some of his images. ...
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Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta - images from Day One
By Sail-World.com,
8:22 AM Sun 8 Mar 2009
Sydney yachting photographer Andrea Francolini was on the water for the first day of the Audi Sydney Harbour regatta. Here are a selection of his images. ...
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Picture perfect start to Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta
By Lisa Ratcliff,
8:54 PM Sat 7 Mar 2009
A picture tells a thousand words and today’s curtain opener to the fourth annual Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta captured from the air illustrated the colour spread from Manly to the Harbour Bridge as the inshore fleets criss-crossed one of the world’s most beautiful waterways. ...
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Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta: Great racing in ideal sailing conditions
By Di Pearson,
8:45 PM Sat 7 Mar 2009
Ideal sailing conditions under sunny skies heralded the start of the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta on Sydney Harbour today. In IRC Division 1 Bob Steel's Quest leads from Graeme Wood's Wot Now, with Bob Oatley's Wild Oats X in third. ...
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Stars come out for Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta
By Di Pearson,
7:36 PM Fri 6 Mar 2009
The Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta, to be sailed this weekend 7-8 March, has exceeded 300 entries from Australia wide. ...
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I want to be an Audi sailor…
By Jardine Media,
10:32 AM Wed 4 Mar 2009
Probably one of the the youngest persons to take to the water at next week’s Audi Sydney Harbour regatta will be thirteen year old Mitchell Short. Mitchell, who is the son of well known racing identity and businessman Andrew Short, will be onboard his Dad’s recently purchased Reichel Pugh 80 for the prestigious event. ...
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