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Sail Sydney Day 3: Light to start – fabulous to finish

Sometimes even the experts get it wrong and that was the case today when a beautiful nor-easter filled in on Sydney Harbour just after lunch, turning aside the earlier shifty light nor-westerly, which made a brief appearance on Day 3 of the Sail Sydney regatta, organised by Yachting NSW. Due to unstable and at times non-existent [...]

Sail Sydney Day 1: Competitors find the going tough

“You had to really concentrate,” said Beijing gold medallist Malcolm Page of the conditions on Sydney Harbour when he came ashore on Day 1 of Yachting NSW’s Olympic and Youth classes Sail Sydney regatta this afternoon. Page’s skipper Mat Belcher described the conditions: “east, south-south-east, everywhere really. We got 8-9 knots max. It was all over [...]