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Super Saturday sail-ebration was one to remember Tomorrow we honour the Anzac legend and our selfless service men and women. Today, however, was all about remembering the legacy of Roger "Hicko" Hickman, Sail Port Stephens mentor and ambassador, with a Super Saturday Sail-ebration involving around 180 boats, great and small. They were packed five deep off Nelson Bay breakwall, spinnakers radiating in the sunlight if not exactly straining under the late-morning westerly. There were four more sta...

SoFarr leading - Sail Port Stephens © Salty Dingo The world wouldve watched in utter amazement today as 130 yachts lined up for the opening spell of a massive weekend of racing at Sail Port Stephens 2021. Spinnakers lined the entire bay, cheek and jowl, in a spectacle that turned the clock back to pre-COVID days, further mirrored by a simple post-race sausage sizzle from title sponsors Pantaenius Yacht and Sail Insurance that was appreciated by a horde of hungry sailors. Among the ...

TP52 Gold Cup at SailFest Newcastle © Salty Dingo It was a rare sight indeed to see eight top-flight TP52s going toe-to-toe on a start line, but ultimately a familiar name topped the IRC leader board on Day 1 of the TP52 Gold Cup at Newcastle SailFest Regatta. Matt Allens Ichi Ban claimed two of the three windward-leeward races contested off Newcastles Merewether Beach as the harbour city turned on a fluky and fluctuating south-westerly breeze. Those results were contrasted, howeve...