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International 14 Class Presentation at the Opera House point

International 14 Class Presentation at the Opera House point

Britain’s Archie Massey and his crew Dan Wilsdon were presented tonight (11 January) with the CST Composites International 14 Class World Championship 2010 trophy and the Australian Championship trophy at the Opera Points Events marquee, at the tip of Bennelong Point under the famous ’sails’ of the Sydney Opera House. Yachting Australia President Andrew Plympton presented [...]

Massey Wins Back to Back i14 Crown

Massey Wins Back to Back i14 Crown

British sailor Archie Massey and his crew Dan Wilsdon won the CST Composites International World Championship today with a race to spare on Sydney Harbour. Massey is the first sailor to win the i14 world title back to back. “Winning the worlds a second time … yeah I am happy with that, it is [...]

Greenhalgh Crashes Chasing Massey

Greenhalgh Crashes Chasing Massey

Former World Champion Rob Greenhalgh swims to his boat after its foiled rudder broke loose while jostling with current World Champion Archie Massey in race one of the Gold Fleet today (Thursday 8 Jan) in the CST Composites International 14 World Championship on Sydney Harbour. The two British helmsman were clear of the rest of [...]

Final Series – Day One

Final Series – Day One

Archie Massey and crew Dan Wilsdon won race one of the Final Series in the Gold fleet today in a 5-10knot sou’easter sailed out of North Harbour, Sydney. Wilsdon said it took them a while to get it together as they had duck a bunch of boats out of the start. But once the black boat Gill [...]

British Sailors Take Today’s Races

British Sailors Take Today’s Races

British sailors took first place in both the final Qualifying Races today (6 January) in Day 5 of the CST Composites International 14 World Championship. Defending World Champion Archie Massey and his crew Dan Wilsdon recovered from their breakages of yesterday and posted solid win in race one for the day. They basically led all the [...]

Blasting Conditions

Blasting Conditions

Sydney sailor Ben Austin and his crew Peter Nicholson had another hot race today in the CST Composites International 14 World Championship on Sydney Harbour. Austin and Nicholson have been a bit of a dark horse combination at this regatta, showing blistering boatspeed at times and are shaping as a genuine threat. Their [...]

Austin and Massey Running Hot in Qualifying

Austin and Massey Running Hot in Qualifying

Day two of the CST Composites International 14 World Championship was held in light to moderate east nor’east conditions and … thankfully … increasing sunshine. The two fleets of the Qualifying Series raced one heat each and it was the boats that showed form in the Teams Racing that continued to impress and dominate. Sydney sailor Ben [...]