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2021 Sail Port Stephens - Final day © Salty Dingo As Australia commemorated Anzac Day, there were battles aplenty on the water in an action-packed finale to Sail Port Stephens 2021, which saw some surprise victors in a number of divisions. The two-year break due to last year's COVID-enforced cancellation made the contests more willing than ever, yet when the spray settled the winners were grinners and the vanquished vowed to return next year to do it all again. Dates for 2022, incidentally, are April 4-10. Ichi Ban owner Matt Allen was delighted to be back at a regatta where he h...

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 starts offshore in the Fingal basin for the NSW IRC Championship and Performance Racing Division 1 th...

Second half of Sail Port Stephens kicks off today by Nic Douglass & Mark Rothfield 23 Apr 02:22 UTC 19-25 April 2021 The Pantaenius Port Stephens Trophy, the second half of Sail Port Stephens will kick off today with a fleet of 130 boats in a westerly breeze starting at 15 knots, set to ease all day. The majority of the fleet is heading offshore, with the Flagstaff Performance Cruising and Racing divisions starting off Nelson Bay breakwall at midday for Course 4A and 4B. They'll swing around the islands, dip into Fingal Bay then head for home. The IRC and Performance Racing fl...

SoFarr leading - Sail Port Stephens © Salty Dingo The world would've 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 events under way are the NSW IRC Championships, Australian Sports Boat Association NSW Titles, and ...