Today it was ‘do or die’ for several Contenders with aspirations of winning the 40th Contender World title which was on offer this afternoon. Another sunny day as the fleet left the dock at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, with 12-13 knots blowing, and a little cloud to seaward. It was also very humid – [...]
Current Contender World Champion Italy’s Andrea Bonezzi (ITA11) hopes of winning his eighth world title yesterday came under siege from Australia’s Jono Neate (AUS 2323) and the question on everyone’s lips today was ‘can Neate do it again?’ Competitors left the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron this afternoon on a day straight out of the Contender [...]
Competitors and officials on day three of the 40th Contender World Championships certainly needed the sunscreen as they left the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron this afternoon under almost cloudless skies and in bright sunshine. The breeze was an east north easter at 12 knots as the fleet headed out onto the Waterloo Bay course. Race [...]
The 40th Contender Worlds Day 2 were sailed on a benign Waterloo Bay in Brisbane Australia. Andrea Bonezzi sailed his first Championships 25 years ago and has won seven World titles since then. Today his experience continued to shine through. As they made their way to the start line for Race 3, the competitors were [...]
Perfect weather for Day One of the 40th Contender World Championships, being sailed out Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron The standard Olympic Triangle course, was set on Waterloo Bay in an easterly direction heading out towards the gap between King and Pine Islands. With the thunder of helicopters overhead, the beats went up amongst the 60 [...]
Italy’s Andrea Bonezzi is the King of the Contender Class. Yesterday the Pre-World event for the 40th Contender World Championships wrapped up at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in Brisbane. The Pre-Worlds, the 2010 Australian titles, were won by Queenslander Matt Mulder, ahead of Jono Neate from Melbourne. Third was the King of the Contender Class [...]
In 1967 the first prototype was called Dorothy. The second in 1968, was named Skippy after a bright young Australian TV star kangaroo. Skippy was a sporty little trapeze dinghy from the design pad of Australian skiff sailor Bob Miller/Ben Lexcen, later the America’s Cup designer of note. It was finally renamed the Contender. Miller [...]