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Auckland Fiji Race: First racing monohull finishes in Fiji By Richard Gladwell and Zoe Hawkins, 12:54 PM Thu 6 Jun 2013
The Alan Andrews designed TP52 V5, skippered by David Nathan, crossed the finish line off resort of Musket Cove, at noon today. After a quiet start her crew reported they had a fast ride to Fiji, enjoying superb sailing conditions, particularly over the past 24 hours. ...[more]

Auckland Fiji Race: TeamVodafoneSailing slices two hours off record By Zoe Hawkins and Richard Gladwell, 8:00 PM Wed 5 Jun 2013
TeamVodafoneSailing has finished the Auckland to Musket Cove, Fiji Ocean Race in a new best time of 101 hours, 5 minutes and 5 seconds. The trimaran, owned and skippered by Simon Hull, crossed the finish line in Fiji at 1905hrs today, after 1,150 nautical miles of sailing. ...[more]

Auckland to Fiji Race: Injury confirmed assisting MOB crew recovery By Sail-World, 8:04 AM Wed 5 Jun 2013
Almost 18 hours after the incident, race organisers have this morning confirmed that a crew member was lost overboard from one of the competitors in the 2013 Auckland to Fiji Race. Rough conditions have affected all competitors in the race, a side effect from two nearby severe weather systems. The confused seas being more of an issue than the winds. ...[more]

Auckland to Fiji Race: Man overboard incident reduces fleet to four By Richard Gladwell, 9:31 PM Tue 4 Jun 2013
The racing fleet in the Auckland to Fiji race is down to just four boats with withdrawal mid-afternoon of Outrageous Fortune. The RNZYS website reported that 'at 1447hrs Outrageous Fortune contacted Maritime Radio to advise they were retiring from the race following an incident.' Maritime New Zealand confirmed to Sail-World this morning that a crewman had been lost overboard, and retrieved ...[more]

Auckland Fiji Race: Triple reef as headwinds slow leaders' progress By Zoe Hawkins and Richard Gladwell, 1:35 PM Tue 4 Jun 2013
Strong headwinds and building seas have slowed progress for the race leaders on Day 4 of the Auckland Fiji race. The leaders are now well past the halfway mark, and the first of the cruisers, Vision is expected to arrive in Fiji tomorrow. ...[more]

Auckland to Fiji Race: Equilibrium withdraws heads back to New Zealand By Richard Gladwell, 1:25 PM Mon 3 Jun 2013
From information on the Yellowbrick tracker on the RNZYS, indications are that one of the boats in the 2013 Auckland Fiji Race has withdrawn and is heading for Auckland. Information on the tracker shows that the Marten 55 Equilibrium headed west for a time, before turning and headed south at a speed of 7.10 kts. ...[more]

Auckland Fiji Race: Day 3 - Life aboard the Bouncy Castle By Zoe Hawkins, 11:56 AM Mon 3 Jun 2013
The Auckland to Fiji Race is in its third day as the fleet head for the finish at Musket Cove, and are around the halfway point of the race. Leading the fleet is the ORMA60 trimaran, TeamVodafoneSailing, as they tack back across the Great Circle route to Fiji. ...[more]

Auckland Fiji Race: Big trimaran finds breeze and takes second reef By Zoe Hawkins and Richard Gladwell, 11:53 AM Sun 2 Jun 2013
The ORMA60 trimaran, TeamVodafonesailing has found the breeze in the Auckland Fiji Race. But the Ray Lodge owned, Wild Card, leads fleet on handicap. ...[more]

Auckland to Fiji Race: TeamVodafoneSailing now making good time By Richard Gladwell, , 8:45 AM Sun 2 Jun 2013
TeamVodafonesailing, the ORMA 60 trimaran skippered by Simon Hull is now making good time heading for Musket Cove in Fiji, in the Auckland to Fiji race which started on Saturday at noon. She is now sailing in winds of 22kts and making 20kts of boat speed having left Auckland almost 24 hours ago. ...[more]

Predictwind tips new record for Auckland Fiji Race for multihulls By Zoe Hawkins, 10:17 PM Fri 31 May 2013
Crystal ball gazing before a race is a sailor's favourite past time and now that we have programs like PredictWind.com to give us a good idea of what is going to happen out there on the blue yonder, it is even more meaningful. According to PredictWind.com, Metvuw, and Metservice the conditions for the start of the race will be light: Variable even, with less than five knots from the West to es ...[more]

JJ Giltinan Trophy: NZ 18fter team NZ team reflects on two top tens By Auckland Sailing Club, Auckland , 6:57 PM Thu 14 Mar 2013
The better late than never recap of the New Zealand teams competing at the 2013 JJ Giltinan Trohpy. The New Zealand teams showed good form at this year’s JJ Giltinan Trophy with two boats finishing in the top 10 of the 31 boat fleet. ...[more]

18ft Skiff Ferry Patrons Trophy - Murray one of crew shuffles + Video By Bob Killick, Sydney , 6:39 PM Mon 4 Mar 2013
The 18ft Skiff Ferry Patrons Trophy 2013 kicked off the competition Sunday on Sydney Harbour with Mojo Wine cruising to an easy victory. It was a more relaxed affair, following on from the high adrenalin levels of the final race of the JJ Giltinan. Another helm change was a huge surprise, with Iain (Jethro) Murray, replacing Seve Jarvin on this years JJ Giltinan champion skiff Gotta Luv it 7. ...[more]

18ft Skiffs Ferry Patrons Trophy on Sydney Harbour By Frank Quealey, 8:04 PM Sun 3 Mar 2013
Ferry Patrons Trophy for 18ft skiffs, sponsored by Haier Appliances, made for a nostalgic day on Sydney Harbour when some of the greatest names in 18ft Skiff Racing history skippered boats in the race. The legendary Iain Murray, six-times, undefeated Giltinan champion between 1977 and 1982, five times champion Trevor Barnabas and 2000 winner John Winning all skippered top contenders. ...[more]

18ft Skiff JJ Giltinan International 2013 - All win for female crew By Frank Quealey, Sydney Harbour , 2:12 PM Sat 2 Mar 2013
18ft Skiff JJ Giltinan International 2013. When the Lomax Financial Group team finished Race 1 of the prestigious skiff boat event on Sydney Harbour, it set a record for being the first all-female crew to finish a race in the 74-year-old history of the Giltinan (World) Championship. ...[more]

JJ Giltinan Trophy: Iconic images from Race 7 - 18ft skiff 'Worlds' By Beth Morley, 8:51 PM Mon 25 Feb 2013
Sydney photographer, Beth Morley was on hand to capture the big breeze action from Race 7 of the JJ Giltinan Trophy, the unofficial World Championship for the 18ft skiff class, being sailed at the home of 18fter skiff sailing, on Sydney Harbour. ...[more]

JJ Giltinan 18fters: Racing in the Big Breeze - Heat 7 + Video By Bob Killick and Sail-World, 3:29 PM Mon 25 Feb 2013
The video of the final race in the 2013 JJ Giltinan Trophy sailed on Sydney Harbour yesterday is now available. Sailing in winds averaging 25 kts plus, the race started over the long three lap course to determine if Gotta Love It 7 would add a fourth successive JJ Gilitinan Trophy win, or if Rag and Famish Hotel to take the title. ...[more]

JJ Giltinan Trophy: Wild day gives Gotta Love It 7 fifth JJ 18fter win By Frank Quealey and Sail-World, Sydney Harbour , 7:00 PM Sun 24 Feb 2013
Gotta Love It 7’s Seve Jarvin, Scott Babbage and Peter Harris became the 2013 champions when the took out Race 7 of the Winning Group JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Following yesterday’s wipe out in Race 6 of the championship it all came down to today’s final race in a strong North-East wind with Gotta Love It 7 and Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel level on a net 8 poin ...[more]

JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiffs: Strong breeze again for Race 7 - PredictWind By Richard Gladwell, 9:44 AM Sun 24 Feb 2013
A strong breeze is forecast for the final race of the 64th JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship being sailed on Sydney Harbour, at 3.00pm. PredictWind is showing a breeze at increasing through the day to an 18kts average at the race start time of 3.00pm - less than yesterday and which should be sailable. ...[more]

JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiffs: Live coverage - normal start 3.00pm, Sydney By Richard Gladwell, 7:33 AM Sun 24 Feb 2013
Normal start time for Race 7 - 3.00pm. Organisers of the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Trophy are running a great website which features live tracking. Click on the links below to follow the live race tracking (all things willing). A video of the Invitation race and Races 1 & 2 are available for viewing, other races will be posted on the Video channel www.jj18footerstv.com as they are uploaded. ...[more]

18ft Skiff JJ Giltinan International 2013 - Gusty winds scrap Heat 6 By Bob Killick, Sydney , 10:09 PM Sat 23 Feb 2013
The 18ft Skiff JJ Giltinan International 2013 had to abandon Heat 6 due to gusty winds on Sydney Harbour. The East Coast low moving along the NSW Coast put paid to Gary Linacre's patience yesterday. ...[more]

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