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Fifteen knots form the West promised good sailing conditions on Saturday, with five Redwings and four One-Designs coming to the start line laid a little east of Under Tyne.

The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron’s Brisbane to Bundaberg Offshore Yacht Race is officially set to launch this Thursday 18 June, bringing together sailors, spectators, tourism leaders and the Bundaberg community.

Ambrogio Beccaria, the incredible “comeback”! By crossing the line, this Tuesday June 16 at 03:07, the skipper of Allagrande Mapei wins after 8 days 14 hours 05 minutes 50 seconds of competition.

WiSH Sailing Club held a Challenger Open during the weekend 13-14 June. Sailors arriving on Friday viewed Scotsmans Flash with some trepidation as vicious 30kt plus gusts blasted across the water. The forecast for Saturday was better but not much.

Gary Appleby, one of Australia’s most outstanding international yachtsmen of the eighties and nineties, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning in hospital on the Gold Coast following a long illness. He was 84.

Emirates Team New Zealand wrapped up their winter test block on the Hauraki Gulf, on Monday, spending a valuable sailing day testing in light winds for just three hours.

While maxi yacht racing is often extremely close, for this year’s Loro Piana Giraglia inshore and coastal races, two clear leaders have already emerged after four races.

Nearly 100 junior sailors – representing Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas, and Trinidad & Tobago, and the U.S. states of California, Florida, Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island – are on the water today.

Racing at the 73rd Loro Piana Giraglia continued today with a superb third day of inshore competition in Saint-Tropez.

Hosted by the Royal Tay Yacht Club over the weekend 13th/14th June the fleet of 10 entries was reduced to 9 before the first race. First casualty of the forecast gale.